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High-schooler Sammy Smith wins Xfinity race at Phoenix

Published Thu, 06 Feb 2025 10:57:00 GMT

AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Sammy Smith won the Xfinity Series race at Phoenix Raceway on Saturday, the first victory for the 18-year-old high school student who is taking classes online so he can be a full-time driver.Making his 13th start in the last two years for Joe Gibbs Racing, Smith led the final 52 laps and held off Cup Series star Kyle Busch on two restarts to take the checkered flag for the first time in a NASCAR national series event.“It’s amazing. It’s a dream come true,” Smith said. “It’s awesome.”Ryan Truex finished second, followed by Sheldon Creed, Riley Herbst and Chandler Smith. Busch was second following a final restart with 15 laps to go, but made contact with Chandler Smith on the final lap and ended up ninth.Sammy Smith put JGR in victory lane in Phoenix for the 16th time in the second-tier series and for the sixth consecutive year — with six different drivers. Christopher Bell (2018), Busch (2019), Brandon Jones (2020), Daniel Hemric (2021) and Ty...

Lowry back for Heat, comes off bench for 1st time since ’13

Published Thu, 06 Feb 2025 10:57:00 GMT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Kyle Lowry played for the first time in more than a month, and did so without starting for the first time in more than a decade.The Miami Heat guard, who had missed his team’s last 15 games with left knee soreness, returned to game action at Orlando on Saturday night — coming off the bench. It was his first time playing as a reserve since Jan. 26, 2013.Lowry had started in each of his last 677 regular-season appearances, with 94 playoff games pushing that streak to 771. He checked in for the initial time with 6:21 left in the opening quarter.“He’s truly excited about getting back out there,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “He’s worked very diligently behind the scenes to prepare for this. I’m excited to have him back in the mix. We could use another spark right now during this stretch run.”Gabe Vincent started at point for Miami, with the Heat running a set play for him to get a layup on their opening possession. The first player off the bench to celebrate that...

Utah Royals to return next season as NWSL’s 13th team

Published Thu, 06 Feb 2025 10:57:00 GMT

The Royals are returning to Utah and the National Women’s Soccer League.The NWSL and Major League Soccer’s Real Salt Lake announced the second iteration of the Utah Royals on Saturday. The Royals were part of the NWSL for three seasons from 2018 to 2020.“When we acquired Real Salt Lake last year, we said it was a matter of when, not if, the NWSL would return to Utah. This has always been an integral part of our mission,” RSL co-owner David Blitzer said in a prepared statement.Michelle Hyncik, RSL’s general counsel, was named president of the Royals. America First Credit Union will be the team’s jersey sponsor. When FC Kansas City, one of the NWSL’s founding clubs, folded in 2017, its players were transferred to a new team in Utah owned by Dell Loy Hansen, who also owned Real Salt Lake. The original Royals folded in 2020 after Hansen relinquished ownership of both clubs. In an interview with a local radio station, Hansen had criticized MLS players for supporting the...

Burke’s defense too much for Randolph to handle

Published Thu, 06 Feb 2025 10:57:00 GMT

Over the last decade, Sean Ryan has attempted to establish a winning culture at Burke. In spite of the ever-changing landscape also known as the MIAA’s league ranks, the Bulldogs have always managed to find ways to stay competitive with their peers, regardless of which division they have been placed in.You can add another chapter to the program’s impressive legacy. Sophomore sensation Jaeden Roberts registered a game-high 24 points Saturday night, as second-seeded Burke clinched a trip to the Div. 4 boys basketball semifinals by unseating last year’s state champion with a convincing 68-50 rout of No. 7 Randolph.“Every team is different,” said Ryan. “Every team’s different offensively and defensively. They really bought into defense. As a coach, when a team does that, it’s really special. New guys, new faces, but they totally came together, especially during the mid-part of the year. I’m super happy for them.”Burke’s Josh Jean Charles, left, looks to shoot over Randolph’s...

Man killed in stabbing near gas station identified

Published Thu, 06 Feb 2025 10:57:00 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A 42-year-old man killed in a stabbing near a San Ysidro gas station was identified Saturday, authorities said.Manuel Omar Rico Arellano, of Mexico, was announced as the deceased, Lt. Adam Sharki with the San Diego Police Department stated in a news release.The incident occurred early Wednesday at a gas station located in the 300 block of East San Ysidro Boulevard, when officers found Arellano with at least one stab wound to his upper body, according to police. He was taken to a hospital, where the medical staff pronounced him dead. California man is ‘the most dangerous person’ in a Michigan jail, judge says Detectives say Arellano was with a group of people at a vacant building before he was apparently stabbed without provocation. That's when he walked over to the gas station and was found by concerned citizens.On Thursday, a 32-year-old man suspected in the deadly stabbing was arrested at the San Ysidro Point of Entry pedestrian gate, Sharki said. He was identified ...

Local business 'Cloud Cookie' blows up on TikTok, sees orders from across nation

Published Thu, 06 Feb 2025 10:57:00 GMT

CHICAGO — A small-time cookie shop just outside of Wrigleyville would have never expected to take off the way it did with just a post of a TikTok.Cloud Cookie, located on North Clark Street, has received more shipping orders in the past week than they have in the past seven to eight months, the owner says.“We’re stretched a little thin right now, but we’re handling it.  We’re not rushing anything. We’re keeping the quality which is what’s important to me and always has been,” Morin said.Anne Marie Morin, the owner of Cloud Cookie, says the shop took off in quarantine, just getting off the ground, amid a global scare and is now grateful for the abundance of love.Her dedicated staff is working night and day to cater to their now national reach.“The orders are coming in, I’ll look at my phone, my email and every ten minutes, we’re getting more shipping orders.” Weekend Break: St. Patrick’s Day celebrations at Old St. Pat’s Church She has also gone live from the kitchen, a recent...

Want to own a piece of the Golden Gate Bridge? Here's how much it'll cost

Published Thu, 06 Feb 2025 10:57:00 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Want to own a piece of the Golden Gate Bridge? If you do, you're in luck because you can own two large trusses or pieces, according to Facebook Marketplace.But you'll need to pay a pretty penny for it. Both pieces of the iconic San Francisco Bay Area landmark are selling for $12,000. ‘Princess Diaries’ mansion in San Francisco listed for nearly $9M One bridge truss is 37 feet, and the other is 17 feet long. The seller is located in Penngrove, California, a census-designated place just north of Petaluma. The pieces were obtained from when the Golden Gate Bridge went through its four-phase seismic retrofit, according to Facebook Marketplace. The project was intended to strengthen the bridge against major earthquakes and disasters.The first three phases were completed between 2002 and 2014, according to the Golden Gate Bridge Highway & Transportation District. Construction for the fourth and final phase of the seismic retrofit project is expected to begin ...

SXSW Film & TV Festival 2023 premieres with Chris Pine, Elizabeth Olsen, Eva Longoria and more!

Published Thu, 06 Feb 2025 10:57:00 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Chris Pine, Eva Longoria, Elizabeth Olsen were just some of the stars we spotted on the red carpet for the first weekend of South by Southwest Film & TV Festival.Day 1 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among ThievesThe first film to premiere on opening night of the festival is Dungeons & Dragons. "A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people," the film's description reads. The film stars Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Justice Smith, Daisy Head and Sophia Lillis. Chris Pine at the 2023 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival in Austin, Texas. (KXAN/Ricky Garcia) Regé-Jean Page at the 2023 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival in Austin, Texas. (KXAN/Ricky Garcia) AUSTIN, TEXAS - MARCH 10: (L-R) Sophia Lillis, Michelle Rodriguez, Chris Pine, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith and Daisy Head attend the World Premiere screening of Paramoun...

Local businessman visits legendary Vikings coach Bud Grant two days before death, takes final photo of him

Published Thu, 06 Feb 2025 10:57:00 GMT

On Thursday afternoon, Twin Cities real estate agent and businessman Buddy Becker visited legendary Vikings coach Bud Grant at his home in Bloomington for what he had expected to be a routine meeting.Becker, who shares a home in Blaine with former Vikings star quarterback Tommy Kramer and is involved in setting up many functions involving former players, had been talking to the elderly Grant and his live-in partner Pat Smith, about whether Grant might be better served moving into a one-level residence rather than being at his multi-level home.“The last couple of weeks, we had been talking,’’ Becker said Saturday. “On Thursday, I talked to him and he said, ‘I appreciate everything that you are doing, but this is my home.’ He said, ‘I want to die here.’ He said, “I’ve lived a good life, and my kids are all taken care of and my grandkids are all taken care. I made sure of all of that.”’On Saturday morning, Grant died at his home at the age of 95. Becker said that on Thursday, despite w...

Timberwolves need Anthony Edwards to show patience against switching defenses

Published Thu, 06 Feb 2025 10:57:00 GMT

Anthony Edwards has displayed the ability to adapt and react as defenses flash various looks in attempts to befuddle, or at least slow, him all season. Now, the Timberwolves guard has the next scheme he must master — switching.Minnesota’s past two opponents, Philadelphia and Brooklyn, have switched nearly every ball screen. Previously, opponents were often blitzing Edwards off of screens, sending two bodies at him. Edwards adjusted nicely, getting off the ball the moment the second defender came.That allowed his teammates to play offense essentially in a 4-on-3 situation and led to quality possessions.But with the switching, there is no easy key that triggers an automatic pass. Edwards is instead usually lined up against a slightly-lesser but still capable defender standing in front of him after the switch. The third-year guard seems to be interpreting that look as a signal to attack.He’s doing so early in shot clocks off Minnesota’s initial action, usually against...