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Royce Lewis helps lead Twins to win in dramatic return

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:29 GMT

HOUSTON — Royce Lewis is back.Minnesota Twins’ Ryan Jeffers, right, celebrates with third base coach Tommy Watkins after hitting a home run against the Houston Astros during the 10th inning of a baseball game Monday, May 29, 2023, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)And he made sure everyone knows it, too.One year ago, to the day, Lewis crashed into the outfield wall, partially tearing his anterior cruciate ligament. A second knee surgery and a grueling year of rehab followed. Monday, the day he was eligible to come off the injured list, the Twins activated him and inserted him into the lineup, hitting fifth.“The 60-day IL stint being perfectly timed is really special and amazing. It feels so surreal,” Lewis said before Monday’s game. “I think something special is going to happen tonight. I couldn’t tell you what, but it just feels like it’s kind of like that time. I’m just excited.”It turns out, “something special” looks like a three-run home run and a two-out game-t...

Schenectady native remembered as World War II hero

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:29 GMT

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- As we honor this Memorial Day, we wanted to throw a spotlight on a local veteran and pilot who gave his life in World War II. We knew the Schenectady native died in a plane crash in England, but as NEWS10's John Gray found out, there is so much more to his remarkable story.

Ryan McMahon homers in fourth straight game, but Rockies blow early lead in Arizona

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:29 GMT

Three trends continued for the Colorado Rockies in the opener of their four-game series in Arizona.First, Ryan McMahon stayed scorching hot, blasting a home run for the fourth consecutive game as part of a four-hit day in Monday’s matinee at Chase Field.Second, rookie Karl Kauffman’s introduction to the big leagues remained rocky, as the right-hander got tagged for seven hits (two homers) and seven earned runs over four innings.And, third, the Rockies were roadkill for the fourth game in a row away from Coors Field, falling 7-5 to the NL West’s second-place Diamondbacks to start a seven-game road swing.Arizona erased an early four-run deficit in the bottom of the second inning, with the Diamondbacks plating five runs on six hits against the 25-year-old Kauffman. The big blast was a 426-foot home run from designated hitter Pavin Smith that gave the D-backs a 5-4 lead they never relinquished.Arizona tacked on runs in the third (Gabriel Moreno sac fly) and fourth (Lou...

Denver Nuggets mural on Colfax grabbing Nuggets Nation’s attention

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:29 GMT

A local artist is paying homage to the Denver Nuggets as they prepare to compete in the NBA Finals for the first time in team history.Related ArticlesDenver Nuggets | As Nuggets await clarity on NBA Finals opponent, KCP relishes shot at another title Denver Nuggets | Heat vs. Celtics Game 7 odds: What team sportsbooks think will advance to take on the Nuggets in NBA Finals Denver Nuggets | Keeler: Nuggets’ Jamal Murray is writing one of NBA’s greatest comeback stories. But will national media be too lazy to notice? Denver Nuggets | Nuggets Journal: Nikola Jokic intent on last laugh as NBA Finals approach Denver Nuggets | Kiszla: Why did Nikola Jokic decide to join the Nuggets back in 2015? It was love over basketball. “Very colorful, very vibrant, just very realistic” is how Kerry Merrell describes the mural, located next to the 7/11 on Colfax near High and Race streets.Merrell st...

PHOTOS: Colorado Mammoth beat Buffalo Bandits in Game 2 of the 2023 NLL Finals

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:29 GMT

The Colorado Mammoth defeated the Buffalo Bandits in a 16-10 win over at Ball Arena during Game 2 of the National Lacrosse League Finals on May 29, 2023 in Denver.Related ArticlesSports | Colorado Mammoth dominate Buffalo Bandits, send NLL Finals to decisive Game 3 Sports | Colorado Mammoth drop opening game of NLL Finals in Buffalo Sports | Colorado Mammoth back in National Lacrosse League Finals to defend title after roller-coaster regular season For the second straight year, the Mammoth forced a decisive Game 3 in the NLL Finals. And, for the second straight year, the defending NLL champion Mammoth will have to finish the best-of-three series off in hostile territory. Game 3 is 5:30 p.m. Saturday in Buffalo on ESPN+.Read the full game story.Want more sports news? Sign up for the Sports Omelette to get all our analysis on Denver’s teams.

Bolder Boulder: Molly Grabill leans on local training to win women’s citizen’s race

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:29 GMT

Molly Grabill wins the women’s citizen race at the 2023 Bolder Boulder. (Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer)Nell Rojas might be a household name in the Boulder running community. Yet back in 2019, when Molly Grabill competed in the Bolder Boulder of the first time, Rojas was a complete stranger.Rojas won the women’s citizen’s race in 2019, and since then has twice posted the top time by an American woman at the Boston Marathon, including last month. Yet that rise to national prominence still was in the future for Rojas on that day four years ago, and Grabill was unfamiliar with the woman who eventually crossed the finish line first.“I’d never heard of Nell before and I was just like, ‘Who’s this chick?’” Grabill recalled with a laugh. “Now we’re training partners.”Rojas did not compete at the 43rd Bolder Boulder on Monday, but she returned to her hometown race as the official starter alongside her father Ric, the winner of the inaugural Bolder Boulder in 1979. Rojas made no mi...

Biden calls for repeal of Uganda's anti-gay law, threatens sanctions

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:29 GMT

President Biden called for the immediate repeal of Uganda’s new Anti-Homosexuality Act and warned of possible sanctions in a statement Monday, as his administration evaluates “the implications of this law on all aspects of U.S. engagement with Uganda.” “This shameful Act is the latest development in an alarming trend of human rights abuses and corruption in Uganda.  The dangers posed by this democratic backsliding are a threat to everyone residing in Uganda, including U.S. government personnel, the staff of our implementing partners, tourists, members of the business community, and others,” Biden wrote after lawmakers passed the law, which Uganda’s president subsequently signed into law.The new anti-gay law would impose the death penalty in cases of “aggravated homosexuality” and would impose a life sentence for engaging in gay sex. The state defines “aggravated homosexuality” as homosexual acts carried out by those infected with H.I.V. or homosexual acts that involve children, disa...

Slater, Bailey homer as Giants bats catch fire against Pirates

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:29 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — It felt just like old times at Oracle Park.A robust Memorial Day crowd of 39,323 welcomed home a Giants team brimming with homegrown talent that’s starting to turn a once-boring squad into something that inspiring hope. From the mainstays to the young guys, the entire lineup was involved in San Francisco’s 14-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday afternoon.Six Giants had multi-hit games to bring them their 11th win in 14 games.Austin Slater, activated of the injured list prior to Monday’s game, hit a two-run home run off left-handed starter Rich Hill in his second at-bat. The 410-foot home run was the final touch on a five-run second inning; Giants hitters were all over Hill’s curveball, which wasn’t dropping far enough out of the zone to generate swings and misses.The inning started with Mitch Haniger’s single off a curveball that dropped into shallow center field. Rookie Casey Schmitt hit a curve to deep left field, j...

Letters: Fire defense | BART tube | Gun violence | Proclaiming rights | Bolster education

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:29 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Orinda needs to finishfire defense planAs one who witnessed the Oakland Hills Fire, for me wildfires can never be an abstraction. From our orchestra-seats deck, we watched aircraft crisscrossing above us, trailing gouts of water, making desperate lace patterns against the smokey sky, and all the while TV news channels were flashing the header “Orinda Threatened.”Orinda was spared and we were lucky enough to be able to shelter good friends in the wildfires’ aftermath.  But here we are once again at a crossroads, with the following concerns unmet: wildfire evacuation; emergency response capacity; crucial buy-in by Moraga Orinda Fire District/Cal Fire.As a co-leader of Orinda’s incorporation, I sought to empower our community, not endanger it. Just as with incorporation, Orinda is once again being threatened with forfeiting to the political agenda of a more powerful government entity.Once again,...

Fire forces evacuations at UC Berkeley housing in Albany

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:29 GMT

ALBANY — A fire broke out at an apartment community for UC Berkeley students and their families on Monday morning, prompting evacuations and severely damaging at least one unit, authorities said.UCPD reported the fire at 11:35 a.m. in a tweet that also stated that the fire affected buildings 105, 106 and 107, which are located off Ohlone Avenue near the corner of Jackson and Buchanan streets.In later tweets, the department added that building 104 was also affected, and urged people living in those buildings to evacuate to a predetermined emergency gathering area.At 1:13 p.m., the department announced that the fire was out, but that an “investigation is ongoing.” A little over an hour later, authorities declared the area “all clear” and that anyone whose unit was not affected was free to return home.No major injuries were reported. Firefighters contained the fire to the originating unit, though at least one other unit sustained water damage. NBC Bay Area...