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David Blough rallies the Cardinals to a 18-17 victory over Vikings in the preseason finale

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:05:33 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — David Blough had a touchdown pass and a rushing score in a second-half rally by the Arizona Cardinals to beat the Minnesota Vikings 18-17 in their final preseason game on Saturday.Zach McCloud, who joined the team only four days ago, had three of Arizona’s six sacks of Minnesota rookie Jaren Hall.Davion Davis caught the touchdown pass from Blough, who spent last season on the practice squad with the Vikings and was vying for a spot on an unsettled Cardinals’ depth chart with Kyler Murray still in rehab mode from a torn ACL in his right knee late last season.Hall, a fifth-round draft pick out of BYU, had his most efficient performance to date in his bid to make the team behind Kirk Cousins and Nick Mullens. The Vikings haven’t kept a third quarterback on the active roster coming out of training camp in seven years.Hall went 16 for 27 for 178 yards, one touchdown and one interception and rushed six times for 21 yards. His last-chance completion to ...

Deshaun Watson leads the Browns to a pair of TDs in a 33-32 preseason loss to the Chiefs

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:05:33 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Deshaun Watson led Cleveland on back-to-back touchdown drives, capping one with a toss to tight end David Njoku, before the Kansas City Chiefs’ backups overcame two pick-6s from their quarterbacks and rallied for a 33-32 victory over the Browns on Saturday in the exhibition finale for both teams.Browns kicker Cade York, whose job could be on the line after a tough preseason, gave them the lead with a 40-yard field goal with 4:23 to go. But the Chiefs quickly drove the other way, and Harrison Butker hit from 44 yards to regain the lead.York had another chance with less than a minute left, but his 43-yard attempt was partially blocked and never had a chance.Watson played sparingly in the Browns’ first three preseason games, so coach Kevin Stefanski gave him the entire first quarter against Kansas City (2-1). There were plenty of miscues, including a pair of fumbled handoffs, but the $230 million quarterback also provided some highlights once he sett...

Lyles, Richardson anchor US sweep of relays at world championships

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:05:33 GMT

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Sha’Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles anchored the U.S. to back-to-back victories in the 4×100 Saturday, giving the Americans a sweep of the short relays at the world championships for the first time since 2007.For Lyles, it closed out a 3-for-3 championships. He’s the first man since Usain Bolt in 2015 to win the 100, 200 and 4×100 at worlds.When Lyles crossed the line, closing out a lap of 37.38 seconds for the U.S., he lifted three fingers in the air to punctuate what he’s done.Bolt won all three races at three championships, and also at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics. Now, Lyles will be trying to do it in Paris in 2024.The men stayed on the track to watch the women, and when Richardson crossed, lead runner Christian Coleman came out and tackled the 100-meter champion and they fell to the track. Richardson popped right back up and everyone laughed. She will leave Budapest with her two golds, plus a bronze in the 200.The U.S. women finished...

Former Cup Series champ Kurt Busch formally retires while still recovering from concussion

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:05:33 GMT

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Kurt Busch, the 2004 NASCAR champion who stepped away from racing last season following a significant concussion, officially retired Saturday at Daytona International Speedway.Busch, 45, held back tears as he called it quits while sitting on the same stage where he celebrated one of his most memorable Cup Series victories — the 2017 Daytona 500.“My body is just having a battle with Father Time,” Busch said, adding he has dealt with arthritis and gout while trying to recover from a rear-impact collision he says rattled his brain.“I’m very happy, complacent,” he said. “There’s nothing I look back on and regret about having this opportunity at the top level of NASCAR.”His younger brother, Kyle, sat at the back of the media center during the announcement. NASCAR executives Jim France, Ben Kennedy, Steve O’Donnell and Mike Helton also were on hand along with countless Toyota brass and 23IX Racing drivers Bubba Wallace and Tyler Reddick.“ItR...

Dollar General store shooting in Jacksonville that left 3 dead was racially motivated, sheriff says

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:05:33 GMT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville, Florida, sheriff says that a racially motivated shooter fatally shot three people inside a Dollar General Store on Saturday before killing himself.“Plainly put, this shooting was racially motivated and he hated Black people,” Sheriff T.K. Waters said at a news conference,THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Multiple people were fatally shot Saturday inside a Jacksonville, Florida, Dollar General store, the city’s mayor has told a television station. A city council member says the shooter is dead.Mayor Donna Deegan told WJXT “there are a number of fatalities” inside the store but didn’t give a precise number. Numerous police officers were in the area near Edward Waters University, a small historically Black university.“This is unacceptable,” Deegan told the station. “One shooting is too much but these mass shootings are really hard to take.”Jacksonville City C...

FIFA suspends Spain soccer chief Luis Rubiales and coaches resign over unwanted kiss with Women’s World Cup winner

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:05:33 GMT

(CNN) — Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales’ unwanted kiss on Women’s World Cup winner Jenni Hermoso has triggered a crisis in Spanish soccer, with world governing body FIFA suspending the president and Spain’s women’s coaches resigning en masse.FIFA said it was suspending Rubiales from “all football-related activities at national and international level” for 90 days while disciplinary proceedings are underway, deepening a scandal that tainted a historic victory for the women’s team.Rubiales says the kiss was consensual and has refused to resign over the incident despite fierce criticism from Hermoso, her teammates and the Spanish government.Hermoso said the kiss was unwanted and she and the entire World Cup-winning squad have refused to play while Rubiales remains president.“I did not like this incident,” she wrote in a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter. “I felt vulnerable and a victim of an impulse-driven, sexist out of place act with...

Record heat recorded in Dallas as scorching summer continues in the United States

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:05:33 GMT

(AP) — Another record-setting day of high temperatures hit the Dallas/Fort Worth area Saturday before a slight cooling trend moves into the area, according to the National Weather Service as heat warnings stretch from the Gulf Coast to the Southeastern U.S. and upper Mid-South.The high in Dallas reached 109 degrees Fahrenheit (42.8 degrees Celsius), breaking by three degrees the previous record set in 2011, before the heat dome that has been over the state since June begins to move out of the area, according to weather service meteorologist Matt Stalley.Excessive heat warnings were in effect for much of eastern Texas, most of both Louisiana and Mississippi and portions of Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois and the Florida Panhandle.The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, has asked the state’s 30 million residents five times this summer to voluntarily reduce power usage because of the high temperatures creating high demand for electricity.ERCOT has r...

At least 7 people hurt in shooting that halted Boston parade, police say

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:05:33 GMT

(CNN) — At least seven people were injured Saturday morning in a shooting that halted a popular Boston parade, police said.The victims were taken to local hospitals with non-life threatening injuries. Two arrests were made and multiple firearms recovered, police said.Boston Police Sgt. Detective John Boyle earlier said the shooting occurred during the J’ouvert Parade, which is part of the city’s Caribbean Carnival.Police Commissioner Michael Cox later clarified that the violence erupted on the outskirts of the event. The parade was halted because of the shooting, which was unrelated, Cox said.“It’s always heart wrenching to hear that a treasured community event has been disrupted by acts of violence from those who had nothing to do with the event,” Mayor Michelle Wu told reporters.“And there’s no – absolutely – no excuse for something that is open to the community and part of Boston’s culture and heritage to be talked about in this way because of the acts that were introduced.”...

Arrests made, guns recovered after 8 people shot near Caribbean festival in Dorchester

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:05:33 GMT

Police say arrests have been made and weapons have been recovered in connection with a brazen daylight shooting in Dorchester on Saturday that left at least eight people hospitalized and cast a shadow over the city’s annual Caribbean festival. Officers responding to a reported shooting in the area of Blue Hill and Talbot avenues around 7:45 a.m. found all of the victim suffering from what were considered non-life-threatening injuries, according to Boston police.The shooting delayed the beginning of the Caribbean festival, which stepped off and continued as planned. At least two people were arrested and firearms were recovered.Boston Mayor Michelle Wu decried the violence. “It’s just heart-wrenching to hear that a treasured community event has been disrupted by acts of violence from those who had nothing to do with the event and there’s absolutely no excuse for something that is open to the community and part of Boston’s culture and heritage to be talked...

A shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, has left multiple people and the shooter dead, officials say

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:05:33 GMT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Multiple people were fatally shot Saturday inside a Jacksonville, Florida, Dollar General store, the city’s mayor has told a television station. A city council member says the shooter is dead.Mayor Donna Deegan told WJXT “there are a number of fatalities” inside the store but didn’t give a precise number. Numerous police officers were in the area near Edward Waters University, a small historically Black university.“This is unacceptable,” Deegan told the station. “One shooting is too much but these mass shootings are really hard to take.”Jacksonville City Council member Ju’Coby Pittman told the station the shooter is dead. She did not give details.“My heart is heavy. I am tired of all of the shootings,” she said.Edward Waters University students were being kept in their dorms, the school said in a statement. No students or faculty are believed involved, the school said.Further details were not immediately available. The city says ...