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No. 1 Longhorns lose to Long Beach State in season opener, rebound to beat LMU

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:21 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The defending national champions and preseason No. 1 team in the country dropped its first match of the season but bounced back for a California split.The Texas Longhorns fell August 25 to Long Beach State in the season opener 3-1 at Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, California, but bounced back to sweep Loyola Marymount the following day.MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for our More than the Score sports newsletter at kxan.com/newslettersAgainst LMU, Texas won 25-22, 25-22, 25-19 behind 10 kills from Jenna Wenaas and eight from Madisen Skinner. Skinner, the preseason Big 12 Conference player of the year, also had a team-high 10 digs. Freshman setter Ella Swindle had 24 assists and five digs with three blocks.In the first set, Skinner served five consecutive points to give the Longhorns a 12-6 cushion and Wenaas had five kills in the set. She had five more in the second set to help push the Longhorns to the set win. With l...

Phillies complete sweep of Cardinals with a 3-0 victory

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:21 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Aaron Nola allowed one hit and struck out nine in seven sharp innings, Kyle Schwarber homered and the NL wild-card leading Philadelphia Phillies completed a three-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals with a 3-0 victory Sunday.Johan Rojas doubled among his three hits and Bryce Harper hit an RBI single for the defending NL champion Phillies, who outscored the Cardinals 22-3 in the series.“Our offense was really good the entire series; we played really good defense, and our pitching was outstanding,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson said.José Alvarado tossed a scoreless eighth and Craig Kimbrel completed the two-hit shutout with his 20th save in 22 tries with a scoreless ninth.“We're hitting our stride when we want to,” Schwarber said. “We have to keep pushing, keep going.”St. Louis has dropped nine of 11.After Tommy Edman led off the game with a double, Nola (12-8) retired 21 of the next 22 batters.“I really felt like I had to get in the zone,” Nola said after Edman's...

Broncos roster cutdown tracker: Denver begins moving from 90 toward 53

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:21 GMT

The Broncos’ cut down to 53 players and 16 practice squad members is underway.A couple of deadlines to keep in mind: Teams must be down to 53 players by 2 p.m. MDT Tuesday. They can place waiver claims on eligible players until noon Wednesday. Denver is fifth in the waiver priority order, so Sean Payton and general manager George Paton have a good chance of landing a player if they like one who gets waived in the coming days.At 12:01 p.m. Wednesday, teams can start filling their 16-man practice squads.More than 1,100 players league-wide will be out of work for at least some time between now and Wednesday. Life in the bubble can be tough.“There’s going to be anxiety and you’re going to have nervousness, but at the end of the day it’s kind of out of our control at this point,” second-year safety Delarrin Turner-Yell told The Post after the Broncos’ 41-0 preseason-closing win over the Los Angeles Rams on Saturday night. “You just have to ...

Five rookie starters, strong start by Ty Blach lift Rockies past Orioles

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:21 GMT

BALTIMORE — The Rockies’ kids were more than all right on a steamy Sunday afternoon.With five rookies in the starting lineup, including first baseman Hunter Goodman who sparkled in his major league debut, the Rockies beat the Orioles, 4-3, at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.The victory snapped Colorado’s six-game losing streak, and a 10-game road losing skid as well. Lefty starter Ty Blach did the heavy lifting, pitching seven innings of three-hit ball. He gave up just one run on a solo homer to Cedric Mullins in the fifth, struck out seven and walked one.Now, about those kids.Rookie right fielder Michael Toglia hit a one-out, solo homer off right-hander Jack Flaherty in the fifth to give the Rockies a 2-0 lead. In the sixth, Baltimore intentionally walked rookie left fielder Nolan Jones and pitched to Goodman, who drilled a single to center off Flaherty to drive in Ryan McMahon and boost Colorado’s lead to 3-1. McMahon had reached on a double.Goodman also scored...

El Segundo 12U All Stars win Little League World Series 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:21 GMT

It could not have ended any better. The El Segundo 12U All Stars won the Little League World Series on Sunday afternoon in the most dramatic style possible: a walk off home run. Louis Lappe stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the sixth inning to deliver the game-winning home run; he led the entire Little League World Series with 5 home runs throughout the tournament. El Segundo, Calif.'s Louis Lappe, right center, celebrates with manager Danny Bole, left center, and teammates after hitting a solo walk-off home run off Curacao's Jay-Dlynn Wiel during the sixth inning of the Little League World Series Championship game in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023. California won 6-5. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)El Segundo, Calif.'s Louis Lappe, center, celebrates with teammates after hitting a solo walk-off home run off Curacao's Jay-Dlynn Wiel during the sixth inning of the Little League World Series Championship game in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 27,...

Suspect who fired gun leads to SF police barricade in SoMa

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:21 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Authorities needed to set up a barricade in order to arrest a suspect who fired a gun early Sunday morning in the SoMa neighborhood, the San Francisco Police Department said. Around 5:35 a.m., SFPD responded to a call about a person with a firearm on the 800 block of Brannan Street. SF restaurant bans armed officers, police union responds When officers arrived on scene, they spotted the male suspect and tried to stop him. A foot chase began, and the suspect fired at least one gunshot as he was trying to get away, SFPD said. No one was struck by the gunfire. (Tiffany Justice)Officers then set up a perimeter around the area to barricade the suspect. The suspect then hid underneath a vehicle and appeared to be in possession of a firearm, according to SFPD.The standoff lasted for several hours, but police were able to get the suspect to surrender without further incident. SFPD Sgt. Kathryn Winters tweeted at 10:30 a.m. that the incident was now resolved.SFPD sa...

Mu takes bronze in 800, men’s 4×400 wins gold as Americans close out worlds with 29 medals

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:21 GMT

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Athing Mu still had on her bedazzled aqua-blue track spikes when she made her announcement: She was officially on vacation.Before heading on a trip for some rest and relaxation, the 800-meter runner grabbed a bronze medal on the final day of world championships Sunday night. Time for a quick reset before getting back to work to defend her Olympic title at the Paris Games in 11 months.“I’m just happy my race is over,” said Mu, who entered as the defending champion but nearly skipped worlds due to fatigue. “I can go home and finally enjoy vacation and stop thinking about track and field.”A bronze from Mu and a gold by the men’s 4×400 relay team pushed the Americans final total to 29 medals in Budapest, including 12 gold. The red, white and blue eclipsed the Jamaicans (12) in total medals, along with Canada and Spain (four apiece) in gold medals. This wasn’t quite the bountiful haul of last summer, when the U.S. amassed 33 medals, 13 gold, at worlds ...

California wins Little League World Series 6-5 over Curacao on walk-off homer

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:21 GMT

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Louis Lappe hit a walk-off homer and California beat Curacao 6-5 in the Little League World Series championship on Sunday, despite giving up a four-run lead.Louis flipped his bat and threw his arms in the air as he trotted around the bases, leaping onto home plate before he was greeted by his teammates surrounding the batter’s box. The leadoff hitter in the bottom of the sixth inning, Louis lofted the second pitch he saw just beyond the left field fence.Curacao tied the game in the fifth on Nasir El-Ossais’s grand slam to center. Nasir also drove in a run in the third.Jaxon Kalish and Lucas Keldorf drove in two runs each for California.It was the first trip to the final for the team from El Segundo, a community in the Los Angeles area. California’s eight titles are the most by any U.S. state.Curacao, a small island off the coast of Venezuela that is home to just 150,000 residents, has represented the international side of the bracket in the championshi...

Vlahović to the rescue as Juventus snatches 1-1 draw against Bologna amid jeers. Napoli wins again

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:21 GMT

MILAN (AP) — Juventus needed Dušan Vlahović’s late goal to rescue a 1-1 draw at home to Bologna in Serie A on Sunday.Lewis Ferguson had given Bologna the lead in the 24th minute and the Bianconeri were booed off the field at halftime. But Vlahović, who earlier had a goal ruled out for offside, headed in the equalizer with 10 minutes remaining.Defending champion Napoli made it two wins out of two after beating 10-man Sassuolo 2-0. Last year’s runner-up Lazio surprisingly lost 1-0 at home to newly promoted Genoa.After a difficult time last season, Juventus had kicked off the new campaign with a 3-0 win at Udinese. It was a second tricky test for Bologna, which lost to AC Milan in its opener.The visitors took the lead after Joshua Zirkzee drew two defenders towards him and managed to knock the ball forward to Ferguson, who had time to control and fire into the far bottom corner.After the jeers at halftime, Juventus appeared to have more impetus in the second period and thou...

Little League World Series Championships

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:21 GMT

2023 — El Segundo (Calif.) 6, Willemstad (Curaçao) 52022 — Honolulu 13, Willemstad (Curacao) 3, 4 innings2021 — Taylor (Mich.) 5, Hamilton (Ohio) 22020 — Canceled due to COVID-192019 — River Ridge (La.) 8, Willemstad (Curacao) 02018 — Honolulu 3, Seoul (South Korea) 02017 — Tokyo 12, Lufkin, Texas 2, 5 innings2016 — Endwell, N.Y. 2, Seoul (South Korea) 12015 — Tokyo 18, Lewisberry, Pa. 112014 — Seoul (South Korea) 8, Chicago 42013 — Tokyo 6, Chula Vista, Calif. 42012 — Tokyo 12, Goodlettsville, Tenn. 2, 5 innings2011 — Huntington Beach, Calif. 2, Hamamatsu (Japan) 12010 — Tokyo 4, Waipahu, Hawaii 12009 — Chula Vista, Calif. 6, Taoyuan (Taiwan) 32008 — Waipahu, Hawaii 12, Matamoros (Mexico) 32007 — Warner Robins, Ga. 3, Tokyo Kitasuna (Japan) 2, 8 innings2006 — Columbus, Ga. 2, Kawaguchi City (Japan) 12005 — Ewa Beach, Hawaii 7, Willemstad (Curacao) 6, 7 innings2004 — Willemstad (Curacao) 5, Thousand Oaks, Calif. 22003 — Tokyo (Japan) 10, Boynton Beach, Fla. 12002 — Louisville, Ky. 1...