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Nuggets seize historic Game 3 behind triple-doubles from Jokic, Murray

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:06:41 GMT

MIAMI – The only thing coursing through the white-hot crowd was an artificial bass.The Nuggets stormed into South Beach and stomped the life out of the crowd on Wednesday night.With surgical passing and physical, hard-nosed play, the Nuggets seized control of the NBA Finals with a dominant 109-94 win in Game 3. Behind dueling 30-point triple-doubles from Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, Denver’s two franchise pillars, the Nuggets wrested homecourt advantage back from Miami after ceding it in Game 2.Up 2-1 in the series, they can get greedy come Friday’s Game 4. Even though Duncan Robinson connected on a couple late 3-pointers, most Heat fans who’d left with more than three minutes remaining weren’t there to see them.After the Heat believed they’d found something defensively for Jokic, the two-time MVP systematically destroyed their defense for a 32-point, 21-rebound, 10-assist triple-double. It was ruthless and relentless, and the type of performance that can help carve a legacy. Joki...

Man killed in San Jose shooting

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:06:41 GMT

(KRON) -- A man was killed in a San Jose shooting Wednesday afternoon, the city's police department said. The shooting happened on the 2000 block of Beatrice Court. Police were called to the scene at 3:20 p.m. SJPD tweeted at 9:05 p.m. that the victim was killed. SJPD expects traffic to be impacted on Princess Anne Drive and Beatrice Court while an investigation is conducted. This is a developing story. Stick with KRON4 for updates.

Trout, Moniak use bats and gloves to power Angels past Cubs, 6-2

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:06:41 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mike Trout homered, Mickey Moniak had a three-run double and Luis Rengifo hit a tying homer and a tiebreaking RBI single in the Los Angeles Angels’ 6-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night.Trout and Moniak also made stellar defensive plays for the Halos, who are on their first three-game winning streak in two weeks after taking the first two games from the Cubs to open their homestand.Hard-throwing reliever Ben Joyce (1-0) earned his first major league victory for the Angels with an eventful sixth inning. The 6-foot-5 right-hander threw 20 of his 27 pitches faster than 100 mph, but walked the bases loaded before escaping on Trey Mancini’s groundout.Mancini hit an RBI double and scored on Miguel Amaya’s single in the fifth inning for the Cubs, who have lost three straight and nine of 13. Chicago’s bullpen had a second straight rough night at Angel Stadium, while the Cubs’ offense has scored runs in only two of its last 33 innings.A...

Six individual champions crowned at outdoor track and field championships

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:06:41 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Arkansas’ Carey McLeod swept the indoor and outdoor long jump titles and Arizona’s Jordan Geist did the same in the shot put on Wednesday night at the outdoor track and field championships.Arkansas took first and second in the long jump behind McLeod’s 8.26-meter jump on his first attempt, followed by teammate Wayne Pinnock. Geist won the shot put on his last collegiate throw, reaching 21.06 meters.South Alabama junior pole vaulter Kyle Rademeyer cleared his only attempt at 5.70 meters to win the event. Rademeyer and Akron’s Hunter Garretson were the only two to clear the winning mark, but Garretson did so on his second attempt.Kenneth Ikeji became Harvard’s third NCAA champion in the hammer throw — and first since 1962 — with a personal-best throw of 77.92 meters.Tzuriel Pedrigo won his second NCAA title in three years with a javelin throw of 79.79 meters to set LSU’s program record. Stanford’s Ky Robinson and Charles Hicks finished first and ...

French Open 2023: No. 1 Iga Swiatek and No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka can set up a final showdown

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:06:41 GMT

PARIS (AP) — If Iga Swiatek meets Aryna Sabalenka for the French Open championship, more than the trophy would be at stake. The No. 1 ranking would be, too.But there’s work to be done for both players first — getting to the final.In Thursday’s semifinals, No. 2 Sabalenka of Belarus will play unseeded Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic, before No. 1 Swiatek of Poland faces No. 14 Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil.Sabalenka is unbeaten in Grand Slam action in 2023; she won her first major title at the Australian Open in January. She’s drawn more attention for non-tennis matters over the past 1 1/2 weeks, however, connected to her country’s assistance to Russia during the invasion of Ukraine. After being asked about that at two news conferences, Sabalenka skipped the next two post-match sessions with reporters, before speaking to the media for the first time in nearly a week after her quarterfinal victory.Swiatek has not been challenged much at Roland Garros thi...

Driver killed in multi-vehicle SR-76 crash identified

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:06:41 GMT

PALA, Calif. -- A 65-year-old man killed last week in a multi-vehicle crash on State Route 76 has been identified, local medical officials said.Manh Bangvan Nguyen, of Fountain Valley, was announced as the deceased, the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office said on its website.The head-on collision occurred May 29 around 9:10 p.m. when a Toyota Camry traveling eastbound on SR-76 veered into the westbound lane of the highway east of Magee Road, striking a Lexus GS-350 driven by Nguyen, according to California Highway Patrol. A Jeep sports utility vehicle also hit the back of the Lexus, law enforcement said. BMX star Pat Casey dies in crash at Ramona motocross track Nguyen was pronounced dead at the scene while the drivers of the Toyota and Jeep, as well as two passengers from the vehicles, were taken to a hospital for minor to moderate injuries, CHP confirmed. The Hyundai driver was treated for minor injuries on the scene.Bianca Anahy Hernandez, the driver of the Toyota, was a...

UNICEF says 300 trapped children rescued from a Sudanese orphanage after 71 others died

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:06:41 GMT

CAIRO (AP) — About 300 infants, toddlers and older children have been rescued from an orphanage in Sudan’s capital after being trapped there while fighting raged outside, aid officials said Thursday. The evacuation came after 71 children died from hunger and illness in the facility since mid-April.The tragedy at the Al-Mayqoma orphanage made headlines late last month as fighting raged outside between Sudan’s military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The deaths have highlighted the heavy toll inflicted on civilians since mid-April when the clashes erupted between forces loyal to Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan and RSF forces led by Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo.About 300 children at the Al-Mayqoma orphanage in Khartoum were transferred to a “safer location” elsewhere in the northeastern African nation, said Ricardo Pires, a spokesman for the U.N. children’s agency, UNICEF.Sudan’s ministries of social development and health have taken charge of the children, while UNICEF has provided...

Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray dance to NBA Finals history: “That’s what champions do.”

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:06:41 GMT

MIAMI — Like two ships passing in the night, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope was angling to leave the victorious locker room Wednesday night while Nikola Jokic was hustling to the shower.Uncertain who was going in which direction, they bumped into a wall and dislodged one of the numerous motivational posters that Nuggets trainer Sparky Gonzales created for the NBA Finals and plastered throughout the away locker room.“We have a chance to do something nice,” the poster read, quoting the team’s irreverent and understated Serbian.Jokic, a constant comedian, and Caldwell-Pope, fiddled and struggled with the poster board before finally getting it to stick some 30 minutes after the Nuggets snatched Game 3 with an emphatic 109-94 win. It was the same poster that hung inside Jokic’s locker room stall, which sat two down from Jamal Murray, who had a quote from Bruce Lee taped to the side of his gray wall.“Knowing is not enough,” Murray’s read. “We must apply. Willing is not enough. We must do....

Kiszla: Why is America last to realize what world knows? Nikola Jokic is best hooper on the planet.

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:06:41 GMT

MIAMI — The NBA is Nikola Jokic’s world, and we’re just lucky to live in it. While America has been slow to fall in love with the Joker, he’s winning hearts from Nairobi, Kenya, to Belgrade, Serbia, where savvy basketball fans aren’t afraid to stand up and applaud him as the best player on the planet.So let’s toast him with a glass of Rakija, a Serbian brandy as sweet as the 32 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists Jokic dropped on Miami on Wednesday night to lead the Nuggets to the most crucial victory in franchise history.From Wilt Chamberlain to Michael Jordan, the NBA Finals have never witnessed a triple-double of the size and scope as this performance by Jokic.But forget the numbers. All that matters to him is the W.“To be honest, it’s just a stat,” Jokic said. “I don’t care.”When the final buzzer sounded, and Denver had beaten the Heat 109-94 to regain an ironclad, no-doubt-about-it grip on this best-of-seven...

Kosovo open to new elections in municipalities hit by unrest

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:06:41 GMT

Kosovo is open to the possibility of new elections in four northern Serb-majority municipalities following unrest, but other steps need to be taken before then, Kosovan Foreign Minister Donika Gervalla-Schwarz said on Tuesday (6 June).Violence has flared since Kosovo authorities installed ethnic Albanian mayors in offices in the municipalities after being elected on a turnout of just 3.5%, angering Serbs who form a majority in the region and who had boycotted local polls.Gervalla-Schwarz, speaking after meeting the Czech foreign minister in Prague, said an end to the violence was the first condition to consider new elections."Yes, we are open to elections in those four municipalities but to have new elections we need steps in between," she said.She said Kosovo also needed "a commitment from Serbia that they will no more threaten Serbian citizens of Kosovo not to participate in the election," adding that people should not feel the threat of mob violence.Reinforcements for NATO's peac...