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Gritty Nuggets beat Heat to take commanding 3-1 lead in NBA Finals

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:02:45 GMT

MIAMI – As Stan Kroenke roamed the sidelines before Friday’s Game 4 of the NBA Finals, he issued a prophetic missive.“Opportunity knocks,” he said, his bold statement matched only by his blue jacket.The gritty and grimy Nuggets wrestled the Heat to the mat, seizing a 3-1 series lead in the NBA Finals with their resounding 108-95 win. All that was left was the pin, which could happen as soon as Monday when the series flips back to Denver for Game 5.There, the Nuggets will have a chance to clinch their first-ever NBA championship.“We’re not celebrating like we’ve done anything yet,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said.Nikola Jokic picked up his fifth foul three minutes into the fourth quarter, which preempted the defining sequence of the night. As their MVP shouted and coached from the baseline, the rest of Denver’s resilient group clawed to keep the Heat at bay.Jamal Murray buried a dagger 3-pointer. Reserve Jeff Green knocked one down, too. Together, as a unit, they put the clamps on ...

A’s beat Brewers 5-2 for first 3-game winning streak of season

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:02:45 GMT

By Steve MegargeeMILWAUKEE (AP) — Ramón Laureano hit a two-run triple, Jonah Bride also drove in a pair of runs and the Oakland Athletics beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-2 on Friday night for their first three-game winning streak of the season.The Athletics (15-50) entered the day having put together the worst 64-game start by any team since the 1982 Minnesota Twins also went 14-50, but they’ve won their last three games by a combined score of 25-9.“It’s huge,” said Ryan Noda, whose remarkable slide home highlighted the Athletics’ three-run rally in the first inning. “We’ve still got to keep doing the little things. We’ve still got to keep picking each other up. We did a great job today of situational hitting.”All three of those wins have come away from home. The A’s — planning to move to Las Vegas — had lost 15 straight road games before this streak.After winning 11-2 and 9-5 in the final two games of a series at Pittsburgh, the Athletics carried that momentum into Milwaukee and...

Police activity in Mission District Friday night

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:02:45 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- There is police activity in San Francisco's Mission District Friday night. The San Francisco Department of Emergency Management said to avoid the area of 24th Street and Treat Avenue. Emergency crews are on scene. Officials have not yet released the nature of the police activity. This is a developing story. Stick with KRON4 for updates.

Padres hit five homers to back Darvish in 100th win, 9-6 over Rockies

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:02:45 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Yu Darvish pitched into the sixth inning to earn his 100th career win and was backed by five home runs as the San Diego Padres beat the Colorado Rockies 9-6 Friday night.Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis Jr., Gary Sánchez, Trent Grisham and Brandon Dixon all went deep to help the Padres win consecutive games for the first time since May 25-26.“It definitely feels good,” Grisham said. “Everybody in here has been waiting – not if, but when, when it’s going to come around. It’s nice to stack two days like that on top of each other.”Darvish (5-4) earned the benchmark victory after allowing four earned runs and five hits while striking out six and walking four in 5 1/3 innings.“It means a lot,” Darvish said. “It just tells you that I’ve been able to play this long and go into battle with my teammates.”Jake Cronenworth had his second-consecutive three-hit game for San Diego after batting just .198 in his first 60 games of the season. After missing the pas...

A qué hora es la final de la Champions League entre Manchester City – Inter de Milán y cómo verla por TV e internet

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:02:45 GMT

(CNN Español) — La edición 2022/2023 de la Champions League masculina llega a su fin este sábado 10 de junio y el mundo del fútbol europeo tendrá a un nuevo monarca. El título del torneo más importante a nivel de clubes será disputado por el Manchester City de Inglaterra y el Inter de Milan de Italia.Por un lado, el City de Pep Guardiola luce como el favorito para ganar la competencia. Con su plantel con valor de más de mil millones de euros, según datos de Transfermarkt, los citizens ya ganaron la Premier League y la FA Cup esta temporada, por lo que ahora están en busca de conseguir el triplete con la Champions League.Del otro, el Inter de Simone Inzaghi no tuvo la mejor campaña en la liga local; sin embargo, tuvo un desempeño notable en otras competiciones domésticas (quedó campeón de la Supercopa de Italia en enero y de la Copa Italia en mayo) y en la Champions desplegó su mejor fútbol para alcanzar el partido por el título.Así que, aunque haya un favorito, los dos clubes ...

Ohtani has 3 hits, Moniak hits winning homer as Angels top Mariners 5-4

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:02:45 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani homered and had three hits, but did not factor in the decision after allowing three runs in five innings, Mickey Moniak hit the go-ahead, two-run homer and the Los Angeles Angels extended their winning streak to five with a 5-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night.It was the seventh time, and second this season, the Japanese two-way superstar has homered in a game where he also pitched. Ohtani has also hit safely in the past six games and is 11 for 24 during that stretch.Two of Moniak’s five homers this season have ended up being the game-winning hit. This one came on a fastball from Luis Castillo (4-4) with two out in the sixth inning. Anthony Rendon got aboard when he was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning.Jacob Webb (1-0) got the win and Carlos Estévez picked up his 17th save.Jarred Kelenic and Mike Ford homered for the Mariners, who have dropped five of their last six.Seattle got to 5-4 in the ninth when Ford hit a solo ...

Boris Johnson renunció cómo diputado. ¿Qué sigue ahora para su carrera?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:02:45 GMT

(CNN) — Boris Johnson, ex primer ministro británico y uno de los líderes más divisorios de su generación, renunció como miembro del Parlamento tras acusar a una comisión de intentar echarlo, según declaró el viernes en una carta.El exlíder del Partido Conservador se declaró “desconcertado y consternado” tras recibir una carta de la comisión de la Cámara de los Comunes que investiga si mintió a los legisladores británicos sobre las fiestas que violaron los confinamientos durante la pandemia, en un escándalo conocido como el “Partygate”.Johnson, uno de los principales artífices del Brexit, dijo que la carta dejaba “claro, para mi asombro, que están decididos a utilizar los procedimientos contra mí para echarme del Parlamento”.También dijo que el informe Partygate de la comisión, que aún no se ha hecho público, “está plagado de inexactitudes y apesta a prejuicio, pero bajo su absurdo e injusto proceso no tengo capacidad formal para impugnar nad...

Oregon rallies for 9-8 victory, ends Oral Roberts’ 21-game win streak

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:02:45 GMT

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Bennett Thompson hit two home runs, Drew Cowley singled in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning and Oregon rallied from an eight-run deficit to beat Oral Roberts 9-8 on Friday night, snapping the Golden Eagles’ 21-game win streak.Oregon (41-20), which won the second regional title in program history last week, can punch its ticket to the College World Series with a win over Oral Roberts (49-12) on Saturday in the best-of-3 series. The Ducks have made only one previous CWS appearance — in 1954. They lost both games. The Golden Eagles have to win Saturday and Sunday to advance to their second CWS and first since 1978.Matt Hogan hit a three-run home run in the third inning for Oral Roberts and Jake McMurray capped the eight-run inning with a three-run single. Oregon answered with home runs from Jacob Walsh and Thompson leading off the bottom of the inning.Thompson hit a three-run homer in the fourth to pull the Ducks within 8-5. Drew Smith hit a s...

Comic Con sabor latino: Carlos “Kiko” Villagrán y actores de voz dan vida a su apertura en Bogotá

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:02:45 GMT

BOGOTÁ – “Mi vida ha sido hacer reír a las personas”, dijo el actor mexicano Carlos Villagrán, quien personificó a “Kiko” en la serie “El Chavo del Ocho”, en la apertura de la Comic Con Colombia, que busca reunir en un mismo lugar a los fanáticos de los cómics, la cultura pop y la industria del entretenimiento en Bogotá.En su décima edición, la Comic Con llega al recinto ferial Corferias y en su inauguración también contó con los actores de doblaje René García, Mario Castañeda, quienes le dan vida a la voz de los personajes de Vegeta y Goku, respectivamente, del anime japonés “Dragon Ball Z”, y Juan Guzmán, que interpreta a Rick Sánchez de la serie animada “Rick and Morty”.Un nutrido grupo de entusiastas de todas las edades, ataviados con los trajes de sus personajes preferidos como Harry Potter, Pikachu y Transformers, llenaron de vida el primer día de esta cita imperdible para los amantes del cómic, quienes podrán p...

Heat, on the brink of elimination, appear to be running out of playoff magic

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:02:45 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Get this series back to the 305.That’s what Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra repeated fervently after a loss to the Denver Nuggets on Friday night left them once again facing elimination. The question now is if the Heat have enough left in the tank to overcome it.The team whose improbable run from the play-in tournament to the NBA Finals has kept finding ways to win. No matter the opponent, no matter the adversity, finding a way when their backs were against the wall has been part of the Heat’s identity in these playoffs.But Miami seems to have met an opponent in Denver that is too good and too deep. The eighth-seeded Heat fell into a 3-1 hole after their 108-95 loss in Game 4 as the series heads back to Denver.“I told the guys, ’Feel whatever you want to feel tonight. That’s fine. You probably shouldn’t sleep any tonight any amount of time,’” Spoelstra said. “We have an incredibly competitive group. We’ve done everything the hard way, and that’s the way it’s going...