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Retired F1 champ Vettel to help lead new German team in Ellison’s SailGP

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:16:18 GMT

DUSSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Retired four-time Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel and double Olympic sailing bronze medalist Erik Heil will help lead the new Germany SailGP Team in tech tycoon Larry Ellison’s global league. Vettel will be a co-investor alongside team owner Thomas Reidel and both will take an active role in the management and performance of the team. Heil will steer the team’s 50-foot foiling catamaran.Germany becomes the 10th team in SailGP, which begins its fourth season on June 16-17 with the Rolex United States Sail Grand Prix at Navy Pier in Chicago.“I see a lot of potential as SailGP starts its fourth season and for the first time with a German team,” Vettel said. “Parallels between sailors and Formula 1 have long existed. The boats are fascinating and the speeds on the water are incredibly high. The races are exciting and I am happy to be close to them with a motivated group of young sailors. In addition, the series not only uses wind power but al...

Cal Raleigh’s RBI single in 10th inning gives Mariners 1-0 win over Yankees

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:16:18 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Cal Raleigh’s single leading off the bottom of the 10th inning scored pinch-runner Jose Caballero to give the Seattle Mariners a 1-0 win over the New York Yankees on Wednesday night.Seattle avoided a three-game sweep and snapped New York’s four-game win streak thanks largely to a terrific pitching performance from starter George Kirby and Raleigh’s clutch hit.Raleigh lined a 2-2 pitch from Ron Marinaccio (2-2) into right field and Caballero scored easily after starting the inning as the runner at second base.Justin Topa (1-2) pitched around J.P. Crawford’s error on DJ LeMahieu’s grounder leading off the 10th inning as the Yankees failed to score with the bases loaded and one out. Anthony Volpe hit a slow chopper and third baseman Eugenio Suarez was able to get the force out at home plate for the second out. Pinch-hitter Franchy Cordero then struck out on a 3-2 pitch to end the threat.This scoreless shutout between the teams lacked some of the drama from Aug. 9, 2022 w...

Rodríguez, Boyd spark Galaxy to 3-2 victory over Real Salt Lake

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:16:18 GMT

SANDY, Utah (AP) — Memo Rodríguez and Tyler Boyd scored two minutes apart late in the second half to rally the Los Angeles Galaxy to a 3-2 victory over Real Salt Lake on Wednesday night.The Galaxy (3-9-3) trailed until Rodríguez took passes from Riqui Puig and Calegari in the 72nd minute and scored for the first time this season. Boyd delivered the winner two minutes later, using assists from Calegari and Dejan Joveljic to net his second goal.Neither team scored until Gastón Brugman found the net for the first time this year on a penalty kick in the fourth minute of stoppage time to give the Galaxy a halftime lead.Real Salt Lake (4-7-4) pulled even in the 56th minute when Danny Musovski took a pass from Jefferson Savarino and netted his second goal of the campaign. Pablo Ruiz gave RSL a 2-1 lead with his third goal this season, scoring unassisted in the 67th minute.Jonathan Bond totaled six saves for the Galaxy. Gavin Beavers saved one shot in his second start for Real Salt Lake.Rea...

French Open 2023: Still no women’s matches in night sessions at Roland Garros

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:16:18 GMT

PARIS (AP) — When the French Open introduced night sessions a year ago, just one of the 10 matches scheduled for under the lights in the main stadium featured women. That drew criticism from Tennis Hall of Famer and equal rights advocate Billie Jean King, among others — both as a matter of fairness and because that sort of exposure is the best way to bring more attention to players.Well, so far in 2023, all of the first four night sessions have featured men’s matches.“If the tournament is not going to change it, then there’s nothing we can do,” 2017 U.S. Open champion and 2018 French Open finalist Sloane Stephens said.Thursday night’s second-round contest in Court Philippe Chatrier originally was supposed to be France’s Gael Monfils against Denmark’s Holger Rune, the sixth-seeded man. After Monfils withdrew from the tournament late Wednesday, that was replaced by 2020 U.S. Open runner-up Alexander Zverev against Alex Molcan. WHO ELSE PLAYS THURSDAY?The remain...

Seattle Thunderbirds beat Kamloops Blazers 6-1 to reach Memorial Cup semifinal

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:16:18 GMT

KAMLOOPS, British Columbia (AP) — Jared Davidson and Jordan Gustafson scored in an eight-second span in the second period and the Seattle Thunderbirds beat the host Kamloops Blazers 6-1 on Wednesday night to advance to the Memorial Cup semifinal.The Western Hockey League champion Thunderbirds finished round-robin play 2-1, rebounding from a 3-1 loss to the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League champion Quebec Remparts (2-1) on Monday night. Kamloops (1-2) and the Ontario Hockey League champion Peterborough Petes (1-2) will meet Thursday night, with the winner advancing to face Seattle in the semifinal game Friday night. The semifinal winner will play Quebec for the title Sunday, with Hall of Fame goalie Patrick Roy stepping aside as the coach of the Remparts after the tournament.Davidson made it 2-1 on a power player at 6:39 of the second period, slipping a long wrist shot inside the far post. Gustafson quickly doubled the advantage after a Kamloops giveaway behind the net.Kyle Crnkovic...

FTC hits Amazon with $25 million fine for violating child privacy with Alexa voice assistant

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:16:18 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Amazon agreed Wednesday to pay a $25 million civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations it violated a child privacy law and deceived parents by keeping for years kids’ voice and location data recorded by its popular Alexa voice assistant. Separately, the company agreed to pay $5.8 million in customer refunds for alleged privacy violations involving its doorbell camera Ring.The Alexa-related action orders Amazon to overhaul its data deletion practices and impose stricter, more transparent privacy measures. It also obliges the tech giant to delete certain data collected by its internet-connected digital assistant, which people use for everything from checking the weather to playing games and queueing up music.“Amazon’s history of misleading parents, keeping children’s recordings indefinitely, and flouting parents’ deletion requests violated COPPA (the Child Online Privacy Protection Act) and sacrificed privacy for profits,” Samuel Levine, the ...

US births in 2022 didn’t return to pre-pandemic levels

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:16:18 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. births were flat last year, as the nation saw fewer babies born than it did before the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.Births to moms 35 and older continued to rise, with the highest rates in that age group since the 1960s. But those gains were offset by record-low birth rates to moms in their teens and early 20s, the CDC found. Its report is based on a review of more than 99% of birth certificates issued last year.A little under 3.7 million babies were born in the U.S. last year, about 3,000 fewer than the year before. Because the numbers are provisional and the change was small, officials consider births to have been “kind of level from the previous year,” said the CDC’s Brady Hamilton, the lead author of the report.U.S. births were declining for more than a decade before COVID-19 hit, then dropped a whopping 4% from 2019 to 2020. They ticked up about 1% in 2021, an increase experts attributed to pregnancies that coup...

Today in History: June 1, GM enters bankruptcy protection

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:16:18 GMT

Today in History Today is Thursday, June 1, the 152nd day of 2023. There are 213 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 1, 1813, the mortally wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, Capt. James Lawrence, gave the order, “Don’t give up the ship” during a losing battle with the British frigate HMS Shannon in the War of 1812. On this date: In 1533, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, was crowned as Queen Consort of England.In 1792, Kentucky became the 15th state. In 1796, Tennessee became the 16th state. In 1812, President James Madison, in a message to Congress, recounted what he called Britain’s “series of acts hostile to the United States as an independent and neutral nation”; Congress ended up declaring war.In 1916, Louis Brandeis took his seat as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, the first Jewish American to serve on the nation’s highest bench.In 1943, a civilian flight from Portugal to England was shot down by Germany during World...

Denver weather: Storm chances for the next 7 days

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:16:18 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver's weather will stay stormy Wednesday night into Thursday. Storms could turn severe along the Front Range and Eastern Plains on Wednesday night. Weather tonight: Stormy Scattered storms will move north across the Denver metro area, the Front Range and the plains on Wednesday night. Some storms could turn severe with gusty winds and hail up to the size of a quarter. Temperatures will cool to the 50s overnight with partly cloudy skies. Weather tomorrow: Heavy rainThursday will have partly to mostly cloudy skies with a high temperature in the mid-70s. There will be a 40% chance for scattered showers and storms through the afternoon and evening. May 2023 rain setting new records, relieving drought in Denver There won't be a threat for storms to turn severe on Thursday, but storms will still bring the chance for heavy rain and lightning. Looking ahead: Storm chances continueScattered storms will stay in the forecast for the rest of the week, with the highest chanc...

Denver's altitude: Problem or perception for athletes?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:16:18 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — With the Miami Heat in town to face the Denver Nuggets for the basketball championship, a long-held belief has resurfaced. Altitude matters. Ben Thompson, professor of human performance and sport at Metropolitan State University of Denver, said it can and does affect the body. “So, when you’re exercising,” he said, “your heart rate’s gonna be higher. Your breathing rate’s gonna be elevated, to try and make up for the altitude.” How to get to downtown Denver during the NBA Finals Thompson said the Heat’s decision to arrive in Colorado as early as possible was strategic. “It’s more, I think, gonna be kinda psychologically understanding how they are gonna feel when they come up in altitude to play," Thompson said. Denver hosts the Heat on Thursday evening in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.Nuggets-Heat NBA Finals scheduleGames 1 through 4 are guaranteed to be played, but Games 5 through 7 are only if necessary.All times are in Mountain Daylight Time:Game 1 in Denver – T...