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MLB playoffs guide: All 12 berths clinched, just matchups left to be decided for postseason’s start

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:11 GMT

Major League Baseball’s 12 playoff teams have been decided, with just the first-round matchups left to be determined.Arizona, Houston, Miami, Texas and Toronto all clinched playoff berths on the next-to-last day of the season.Best-of-three Wild Card Series start Tuesday at Minnesota, Tampa Bay, Milwaukee and Philadelphia, while Atlanta, Baltimore and the Los Angeles Dodgers enjoy first-round byes along with the AL West champion, either the Astros or Rangers.There will be a lot of familiar faces in October, particularly in the National League. The speedy and strong Ronald Acuña Jr. — the one and only member of the 40-70 club — will lead the Braves as they try to win their second title in three years. Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and the Dodgers also look like a tough out.Over in the American League, the upstart Orioles will try to build on their 100-win season with a deep run in the playoffs. The franchise lost 110 games just two seasons ago.Houston will be trying to become th...

Ryder Cup, results

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:11 GMT

At Marco Simone Golf & Country ClubGuidonia Montecelio, ItalyYardage: 7,181; Par: 71EUROPE 16½, UNITED STATES 11½SundaySinglesUnited States 6, Europe 6Scottie Scheffler, United States, halved with Jon Rahm, Europe.Viktor Hovland, Europe, def. Collin Morikawa, United States, 4 and 3.Patrick Cantlay, United States, def. Justin Rose, Europe, 2 and 1.Rory McIlroy, Europe, def. Sam Burns, United States, 3 and 1.Max Homa, United States, def. Matt Fitzpatrick, Europe, 1 up.Tyrrell Hatton, Europe, def. Brian Harman, United States, 3 and 2.Brooks Koepka, United States, def. Ludvig Aberg, Europe, 3 and 2.Justin Thomas, United States, def. Sepp Straka, Europe, 2 up.Xander Schauffele, United States, def. Nicolai Hojgaard, Europe, 3 and 2.Jordan Spieth, United States, halved with Shane Lowry, Europe,Tommy Fleetwood, Europe, def. Rickie Fowler, United States, 3 and 1.Robert MacIntyre, Europe, def. Wyndham Clark, United States, 2 and 1.Source

Ryder Cup in Rome stays right at home for the Europeans. The US loses its seventh straight in Europe

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:11 GMT

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — Europe won back the the Ryder Cup on Sunday, just like it always does before its raucous crowd, with Rory McIlroy leading the way and Tommy Fleetwood delivering the decisive point to extend its dominance over the Americans on home soil.The outcome was never seriously in doubt at Marco Simone. Europe started the final day with a five-point lead. McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Viktor Hovland and Tyrrell Hatton put the Europeans on the verge of the cup, forcing the Americans to win the remaining five matches on the course.Just like everything else this week, there was little chance of that.McIlroy was still fired up over what he perceived to be bad behavior by Patrick Cantlay’s caddie on the 18th green the previous evening. He won his match to cap a 4-1 week and was Europe’s top scorer for the first time in the Ryder Cup.And then Fleetwood hit a signature shot on the signature hole, a drive to 25 feet on the reachable 16th. Rickie Fowler hit into the w...

OPINIÓN | Dejé de beber un año, pero puede que no lo haga para siempre

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:11 GMT

Nota del editor: Jemal Polson, quien escribió este ensayo, es productor de medios sociales en CNN desde Londres.(CNN) — En un principio no era algo que tuviera intención de hacer a largo plazo.Abstenerme del alcohol durante un par de semanas o incluso un mes no era nada nuevo para mí. Sin embargo, solo era cuestión de tiempo que volviera a beber, con la ansiedad y el remordimiento posteriores que a menudo duraban días.Conocía la clave para aliviar estos problemas. Cómo dejar de llenar los espacios en blanco con las peores ideas imaginables sobre lo que podría haber hecho o lo que podría haber pasado la noche anterior. Pero francamente estaba en negación.Dejar de beber por tiempo indefinido era un salto demasiado grande para mí. Pero en octubre de 2022 supe que tenía que romper el ciclo.Después de despertarme en demasiadas ocasiones con un recuerdo borroso de la noche anterior, comencé mi viaje hacia la sobriedad tras ver este artículo de CNN Wellness, que casualmente se public...

What to stream this week: Drake, ‘Fair Play,’ Assassin’s Creed Mirage and William Friedkin last film

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:11 GMT

Drake’s latest album called “For all the Dogs,” the corporate movie thriller “Fair Play” starring Phoebe Dynevor, and a game show on CBS that’s being described as Mexico’s version of Bingo are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near youAmong the offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists are the late director William Friedkin’s final movie, “The Caine Mutiny Court Martial,” and season two of “Quantum Leap” premieres on NBC.NEW MOVIES TO STREAM— The corporate thriller “Fair Play” stars Phoebe Dynevor (“Bridgerton”) and Alden Ehrenreich (“Solo”) as two analysts at the same hedge fund in a secret relationship. The workplace environment — sexist, cutthroat — is not exactly a healthy one for romance. In Chloe Domont’s film, that turns out especially true after Emily (Dynevor) gets a promotion Luke (Ehrenreich) expected for himself. “Fair Play,” which begins streaming Friday on Netflix, was a hit...

England will prepare for Rugby World Cup quarters against Samoa and welcome back Curry

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:11 GMT

LE TOUQUET, France (AP) — England will give free-again flanker Tom Curry a chance to start the Rugby World Cup anew against Samoa next weekend.Curry has completed a two-game suspension and tackle school.“Tough for him (with the ban) but he has reacted really well and got stuck into his training and looked really good,” England attack coach Richard Wigglesworth said on Sunday.“I don’t think he will hold much back. He is all action, he is as fit as a fiddle, and that is the way he plays. He has multiple actions in-game where he affects the game. I think we will get the best of Tom Curry in terms of him getting straight into it from the start so absolutely delighted to have him back.”Captain Owen Farrell, who had to miss England’s first two matches because of his own suspension, said of Curry, “I’m sure he can’t wait to show what he can do.“He is in a good place I think. I don’t think there’s too much revving up Tom can do anyway — he’s p...

Huge but glum: Poland’s opposition puts a million people on the streets

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:11 GMT

WARSAW — Poland’s opposition held an enormous rally in Warsaw and other cities on Sunday — claiming more than a million people took part — but the mood two weeks ahead of the election is grim rather than triumphant.That’s because the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party has been holding on to a significant lead in the polls. POLITICO’s Poll of Polls has PiS at 38 percent while Civic Coalition, the main opposition grouping, is at 30 percent.The Million Hearts march called by Donald Tusk, a former prime minister who heads the Civic Coalition, was supposed to lift the spirits of opposition supporters and show them that PiS — in power since 2015 — can be beaten.“The impossible has become possible, when I see this sea of hearts, when I see these hundreds of thousands of smiling faces, I feel that this turning point in the history of our homeland is approaching,” Tusk told the crowd in Warsaw.But the mood among the thousands of people streaming through the hear...

EU’s top diplomat urges US to reconsider dropping Ukrainian aid from stop-gap budget bill

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:11 GMT

LONDON (AP) — The European Union’s foreign policy chief called on U.S. lawmakers Sunday to reconsider their decision to omit financial support for Ukraine from a stop-gap budget bill Congress passed to halt a federal government shutdown.The legislation approved Saturday to keep the federal government running until Nov. 17 dropped provisions on providing additional aid to Ukraine, a White House priority opposed by a growing number of Republican lawmakers.Speaking in Kyiv after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, said European officials were surprised by the last-minute agreement in Washington and pledged the 27-nation bloc would carry on helping the invaded country defeat Russia. “I have hope that this will not be a definitive decision and Ukraine will continue having the support of the U.S.”, Borrell said.“We are facing an existential threat. Ukrainians are fighting with all their courage and capacities, and if we want th...

Victim in hospital with gunshot wound in Etobicoke

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:11 GMT

A victim has attended the hospital with a gunshot wound after a potential shooting in Etobicoke.At approximately 12:39 p.m. the victim attended hospital with gunshot wound from an incident that police say possibly occurred yesterday in the Kipling Avenue and Dixon Road area.The victim’s injuries are non-life-threatening and anyone with information is asked to contact police.

2 people killed and 2 wounded in Houston shooting, sheriff says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:11 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — Two people were killed and two more hospitalized with gunshot wounds in a shooting that authorities believe stemmed from a romantic dispute, a Houston-area sheriff said Sunday.Deputies responded to the shooting in northwest Houston Sunday morning and found multiple gunshot victims, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. He said two were confirmed dead on the scene and two others were taken to a hospital. He didn’t provide further information on their condition. The sheriff had earlier said four people were killed in the shooting. Gonzalez said the investigation is in its early phases but that the dispute may have stemmed from a break-up or divorce. He did not identify any of the people who were shot, nor the suspected shooter, but said there is no active threat to the community. The shooting took place in a residential neighborhood about 20 miles (32 kilometers) northwest of downtown Houston.Associated Press, The Ass...