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Reds sign reliever Buck Farmer to $2.25 million, 1-year contract

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:58:24 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds brought back Buck Farmer on Thursday, signing the reliever to a $2.25 million, one-year contract.Farmer became a free agent after he went 4-5 with three saves and a 4.20 ERA in 71 appearances for Cincinnati this year. The right-hander had a 2-2 record with two saves and a 3.83 ERA in 44 games in 2022, his first season with the Reds.He can earn $350,000 in performance bonuses for games pitched: $50,000 each for 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60 and 65. He had a $1.75 million, one-year contract for this season.Cincinnati also designated outfielder Bubba Thompson for assignment. The 25-year-old Thompson is a .242 hitter with a homer and 13 RBIs in 92 big league games — all with Texas.Farmer, a Georgia native who turns 33 in February, was selected by Detroit in the fifth round of the 2013 amateur draft. He made his major league debut with the Tigers in 2014.He is 21-28 with a 4.98 ERA in 356 career games, including 21 starts.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/M...

No festive cheer for Arsenal and Tottenham as north London rivals lose in Premier League

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:58:24 GMT

There was no festive cheer for north London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham on Thursday.A 2-0 home loss to West Ham stopped Arsenal moving back to the top of the Premier League.A 4-2 defeat at Brighton prevented Tottenham moving back into the top four.Arsenal’s setback was more surprising, given it was the team’s first loss at home in any competition in seven months.And it’s just one win in its last four league games for the Gunners, at a time when Manchester City — the defending champion — has been looking vulnerable with just one win in six before a come-from-behind victory at Everton on Wednesday.In truth, Arsenal — despite having 30 shots — never looked like getting the better of West Ham once the visitors went ahead through a goal that was less conclusive than the final score.Cameras did not show definitively whether the ball was out of play when Jarrod Bowen turned it back into the penalty area for Tomas Soucek to force home a finish in the 13th minute. Bowen’s right leg bl...

Packers-Vikings could be wild-card elimination game, with division clinched for Lions

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:58:24 GMT

GREEN BAY (7-8) at MINNESOTA (7-8)Sunday, 8:20 p.m. EST, NBCOPENING LINE: Vikings by 1½, per FanDuel Sportsbook.AGAINST THE SPREAD: Packers 6-9, Vikings 7-6-2.SERIES RECORD: Packers lead 65-58-3.LAST MEETING: Vikings beat Packers 24-10 at Green Bay on Oct. 29.LAST WEEK: Packers beat Panthers 33-30, Vikings lost to Lions 30-24.PACKERS OFFENSE: OVERALL (17), RUSH (18), PASS (18), SCORING (11T).PACKERS DEFENSE: OVERALL (23), RUSH (30), PASS (13), SCORING (17T).VIKINGS OFFENSE: OVERALL (10), RUSH (27), PASS (3), SCORING (21T).VIKINGS DEFENSE: OVERALL (13), RUSH (9), PASS (17), SCORING (10).TURNOVER DIFFERENTIAL: Packers even, Vikings minus-9.PACKERS PLAYER TO WATCH: RB Aaron Jones hasn’t been as productive as usual, due in part to a hamstring injury that sidelined him for three games and a knee injury that knocked him out for three more. Jones had 21 carries for 127 yards at Carolina last week, season highs in both categories.VIKINGS PLAYER TO WATCH: QB Jaren Hall will take over the off...

No. 2 Washington’s ‘nasty’ offensive line out prove West Coast football can out-tough Texas in CFP

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:58:24 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Washington offensive tackle Troy Fautanu has heard all the snide remarks about West Coast football and how those pass-heavy offenses in the Pac-12 are not tough enough to win a national championship.“We’re kind of used to slander,” Fautanu said Thursday.The Huskies’ biggest dawgs allowed only 11 sacks this season, paving the way for Michael Penix Jr. and No. 2 Washington to reach the College Football Playoff and earning the Joe Moore Award, given to the best offensive line in the country. If there are still questions about the Huskies’ line, Fautanu has a suggestion: “Turn on the tape.”In the Sugar Bowl semifinal on Monday, Fatanu and company will get a chance to prove they can out-tough No. 3 Texas and a defensive line anchored by maybe the best set of tackles in the country in All-American T’Vondre Sweat and second-team All-American Byron Murphy II.“It’s a great group of guys and we’ll face ’em Monday,” said the 362-pound Sweat, who seemed to t...

Bucs aim for 5th straight win, 3rd consecutive NFC South title against division rival Saints

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:58:24 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (7-8) at TAMPA BAY (8-7)Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, FOXOPENING LINE: Buccaneers by 2 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.AGAINST THE SPREAD: Saints 4-10-1; Buccaneers 10-5.SERIES RECORD: Saints lead 39-25.LAST MEETING: Buccaneers beat Saints 26-9 in New Orleans on Oct. 1, 2023.LAST WEEK: Saints lost to Rams 30-22; Buccaneers beat Jaguars 30-12.SAINTS OFFENSE: OVERALL (14), RUSH (T21), PASS (12), SCORING (T13).SAINTS DEFENSE: OVERALL (14), RUSH (25), PASS (7), SCORING (9).BUCCANEERS OFFENSE: OVERALL (23), RUSH (30), PASS (17), SCORING (T17).BUCCANEERS DEFENSE: OVERALL (24), RUSH (7), PASS (32), SCORING (11).TURNOVER DIFFERENTIAL: Saints plus-4; Buccaneers plus-10.SAINTS PLAYER TO WATCH: Second-year receiver Chris Olave has had 94 or more yards receiving in four of his past five games, including a season-high 123 yards last week.BUCCANEERS PLAYER TO WATCH: QB Baker Mayfield has thrown for 3,598 yards and 26 touchdowns vs. eight interceptions. He’s completed 62 percent of hi...

Cher pide la tutela temporal de su hijo Elijah Blue Allman

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:58:24 GMT

(CNN) — Cher solicitó la tutela legal temporal de su hijo adulto Elijah Blue Allman, citando sus presuntos problemas continuos de abuso de sustancias.Según la solicitud presentada esta semana ante el Tribunal Superior de Los Ángeles y obtenida por CNN, Cher busca ser la única responsable del patrimonio de su hijo, bajo el argumento de que él “actualmente no puede administrar sus bienes debido a problemas graves de salud mental y de abuso de sustancias”. .”“Elijah tiene derecho a recibir distribuciones periódicas del fideicomiso, pero debido a sus continuos problemas de salud mental y de abuso de sustancias”, explican los documentos, “a la peticionaria [Cher] le preocupa que cualquier fondo entregado a Elijah se gaste inmediatamente en drogas, dejando a Elijah sin activos para mantenerse y poniendo en riesgo su vida”.El hombre de 47 años es hijo de Cher y su exmarido, el fallecido rockero Gregg Allman.La pareja estuvo casada de 1975 a 1979. Allman murió en 2017 a la edad de 69 ...

Venerable coaches lead Steelers and Seahawks into key Week 17 matchup

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:58:24 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — On the list of the NFL’s winningest coaches, Pete Carroll and Mike Tomlin are linked by proximity and success.Carroll ranks 13th all-time with 180 wins between the regular season and the playoffs. Right behind him is Tomlin, with 179 victories.Despite being among the league’s longest-tenured coaches, the two have met only four times previously heading into Sunday’s matchup between the Steelers and the Seahawks.Even though their teams have rarely crossed paths, there’s a healthy respect between the two leaders.“He’s a really good man,” Carroll said. “They’ve had the good fortune of having him for years; 16 years and never had a losing season. That’s a pretty good mark, that’s hard to get that done. I have the ultimate respect for him.”This fifth matchup between the coaches is arguably the most important to date because of what is at stake. Both teams have playoff hopes, although the path for Seattle is clearer.The Seahawks (8-7) need wins over the Steelers ...

Biden administration hands Louisiana new power to expand carbon capture projects

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:58:24 GMT

The Biden administration is handing Louisiana regulators new power to attract and approve carbon capture projects at a time when the state’s influential energy sector wants to make the Gulf Coast a hub for the rapidly expanding industry.Louisiana will be able to issue permits for wells that store carbon dioxide, a critical component of carbon capture and removal technology. In all but two other states, the Environmental Protection Agency is responsible for permitting. Proponents of the change say it will speed up approvals of new projects that are critical for reducing climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions.Environmental groups had opposed the move, doubting that a state home to a concentrated stretch of oil, gas and petrochemical plants commonly called “cancer alley” is capable of proper industry oversight and protecting residents. The EPA said the Louisiana agreement includes safeguards to protect poorer, often majority-Black communities that live near those facilities — and tha...

Pinstripe Bowl Winners

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:58:24 GMT

Dec. 28, 2023 — Rutgers 31, Miami 24Dec. 29, 2022 — Minnesota 28, Syracuse 20Dec. 29, 2021 — Maryland 54, Virginia Tech 10Dec. 29, 2020 — Canceled due to coronavirus concernsDec. 27, 2019 — Michigan St. 27, Wake Forest 21Dec. 27, 2018 — Wisconsin 35, Miami 3Dec. 27, 2017 — Iowa 27, Boston College 20Dec. 27, 2016 — Northwestern 31, Pittsburgh 24Dec. 26, 2015 — Duke 44, Indiana 41, OTDec. 27, 2014 — Penn St. 31, Boston College 30, OTDec. 28, 2013 — Notre Dame 29, Rutgers 16Dec. 29, 2012 — Syracuse 38, West Virginia 14Dec. 30, 2011 — Rutgers 27, Iowa St. 13Dec. 30, 2010 — Syracuse 36, Kansas St. 34Source

Maine bars Trump from ballot as US Supreme Court weighs state authority to block former president

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:58:24 GMT

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause, becoming the first election official to take action unilaterally as the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to decide whether Trump remains eligible to continue his campaign.The decision by Secretary of State Shenna Bellows follows a ruling earlier this month by the Colorado Supreme Court that booted Trump from the ballot there under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. That decision has been stayed until the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether Trump is barred by the Civil War-era provision, which prohibits those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office.The Trump campaign said it would appeal Bellows' decision to Maine's state courts, and Bellows suspended her ruling until that court system rules on the case. In the end, it is likely that the nation's highest court will have the final sa...