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Los Angeles and Dallas face off in conference showdown

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:24:24 GMT

Dallas Wings (6-6, 4-3 Western Conference) at Los Angeles Sparks (5-7, 5-6 Western Conference)Los Angeles; Sunday, 3 p.m. EDTBOTTOM LINE: Satou Sabally and the Dallas Wings visit Nneka Ogwumike and the Los Angeles Sparks in Western Conference action.The Sparks are 5-6 in conference play. Los Angeles is fifth in the Western Conference in rebounding with 32.3 rebounds. Ogwumike leads the Sparks with 9.7 boards.The Wings are 4-3 in Western Conference play. Dallas is third in the WNBA scoring 85.5 points per game while shooting 40.6%.TOP PERFORMERS: Jordin Canada is averaging 13.4 points, 5.5 assists and 1.9 steals for the Sparks. Ogwumike is averaging 19.6 points, 9.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.5 steals over the last 10 games for Los Angeles.Sabally is scoring 20.0 points per game and averaging 10.4 rebounds for the Wings.LAST 10 GAMES: Sparks: 4-6, averaging 76.8 points, 32.5 rebounds, 19.1 assists, 6.8 steals and 2.4 blocks per game while shooting 43.1% from the field. Their opponen...

President Vladimir Putin calls armed rebellion by mercenary chief ‘betrayal,’ promises to ‘defend the people’ and Russia

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:24:24 GMT

MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin calls armed rebellion by mercenary chief ‘betrayal,’ promises to ‘defend the people’ and Russia.Source

Mystics play the Liberty, seek 4th straight win

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:24:24 GMT

Washington Mystics (8-4, 4-3 Eastern Conference) at New York Liberty (7-3, 5-3 Eastern Conference)New York; Sunday, 1 p.m. EDTBOTTOM LINE: Washington aims to keep its three-game win streak intact when the Mystics take on New York.The Liberty are 5-3 against Eastern Conference opponents. New York scores 85.6 points and has outscored opponents by 6.5 points per game.The Mystics are 4-3 in conference matchups. Washington is 2-1 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.The teams square off for the second time this season. The Mystics won 80-64 in the last matchup on May 19. Natasha Cloud led the Mystics with 14 points, and Sabrina Ionescu led the Liberty with 18 points.TOP PERFORMERS: Courtney Vandersloot is averaging 10.3 points and 8.6 assists for the Liberty. Breanna Stewart is averaging 23.9 points and 10.8 rebounds while shooting 50.3% for New York.Elena Delle Donne is averaging 18.4 points and 6.4 rebounds for the Mystics.LAST 10 GAMES: Liberty: 7-3, averaging 85.6 points, 36.3 rebou...

President Vladimir Putin addresses the nation after mercenary chief called for armed rebellion, reached key Russian city

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:24:24 GMT

MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin addresses the nation after mercenary chief called for armed rebellion, reached key Russian city.Source

Riquelme, el “último mohicano” del fútbol: los 10 momentos más gloriosos de su carrera

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:24:24 GMT

(CNN Español) — “Jugadores como Riquelme podrían jugar en el fútbol de hoy”, expresó Eden Hazard, astro de la selección de Bélgica en el Mundial Qatar 2022. A 9 años de haber dejado la actividad, el excrack del fútbol sigue despertando admiración más allá de las fronteras de Argentina. Es que Román, como lo llaman los fans de Boca Juniors, fue un jugador deslumbrante con base en su manejo de tiempos, desconcertando a sus rivales con su talento de varios quilates, sus pases de billar y un concepto genial para entender el juego como ninguno.“Uno no puede no enamorarse de un jugador como Riquelme”, dijo el italiano Daniele de Rossi, exfutbolista de la Roma y de la Selección Italiana, que finalizó en 2020 su carrera en Boca Juniors.El mediocampista italiano contó que es tanta la admiración que él y muchos futbolistas del mundo sienten por Riquelme, que en su teléfono tiene un grupo de Whatsapp, en el cual solo se habla de mediocampistas y la foto del perfil...

Crisis en Rusia: Moscú impone medidas antiterroristas, mientras Grupo Wagner sigue en rebeldía

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:24:24 GMT

MOSCÚ – Rusia introdujo medidas antiterroristas en la capital y en la región de Moscú, después de que el jefe del grupo de mercenarios Wagner, Yevgueni Prigozhin, se declaró en rebeldía con el mando militar del Ministerio ruso de Defensa para acabar con el “caos” que supone la guerra en Ucrania.“Con relación a la información que llega, en Moscú se están tomando medidas antiterroristas destinadas a fortalecer la seguridad”, afirmó el alcalde de Moscú, Serguéi Sobianin, en su canal de Telegram.El regidor de la capital explicó que se han organizado un control adicional en las carreteras y advirtió que es posible que se limite la celebración de actos públicos.“Es posible que haya controles adicionales en las carreteras, en este sentido, les pido que se abstengan de viajar en transporte personal en el sur de la región de Moscú si es posible. Por favor mantengan la calma”, recalcó el gobernador de la provincia, Andréi Vorobiov, en la misma aplicac...

Wagner boss Prigozhin claims control of Russia’s Rostov-on-Don, menaces Moscow

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:24:24 GMT

Russian warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed early Saturday to have taken control of the strategic southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don without a fight, as Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to “neutralize” the threat posed by the renegade Wagner mercenary army.Multiple reports also indicated that Prigozhin’s forces had taken control of military facilities in Voronezh, a city roughly 500 kilometers south of Moscow and around 500 kilometers north of Rostov — giving the mercenary group a foothold in two Russian cities that are key to the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine.Overnight, Prigozhin had said in a series of short voice messages posted to social media that he was leading a “march of justice” and not a military coup, and suggested that 25,000 of his men were en route to Moscow to oust Russia’s military leadership — and were ready to die for the cause.The moves escalate the stakes in an uprising by Prigozhin’s Wagner group against the military leader...

Mix of bravado and access to guns contribute to mass shootings by teens in St. Louis, other cities

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:24:24 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — A 1 a.m. shooting at a party in downtown St. Louis kills one and injures nearly a dozen. Gunmen open fire during a fight near Florida’s Hollywood Beach, injuring nine, including a 1-year-old. Bursts of gunfire at a Sweet 16 party in Dadeville, Alabama, kill four and wound more than 30. What these and other recent mass shootings share in common is they all involve suspects in their teens, highlighting what can be a deadly mix of teenage bravado and impulsiveness with access to guns.The days when many teens opted to fight out disagreements with fists seem quaint by comparison.“I remember when I was a child and we had fights — somebody got a black eye or a broken nose and (they) lived to tell about it,” St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones told reporters after Sunday’s shooting. Reaching for a gun is the default these days for some teens who are as quick to take offense as to pull a trigger, agreed Rodney Phillips, a 50-year-old former Chicago Black Disciples leade...

Long heritage of Native Hawaiian gender-fluidity showcased in Las Vegas drag show

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:24:24 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Drag queens donning the white, red and blue of the Hawaiian flag shimmied across the stage to a throbbing techno remix of “Aloha Oe,” a song composed by Hawaii’s last reigning monarch. Spectators roared as a performer shook her hips in a Tahitian-style dance.All were “mahu” — a Hawaiian term for people with dual male and female spirit and a mixture of gender traits. They starred in a drag show this week called “Mahu Magic” on the sidelines of a Native Hawaiian convention in Las Vegas to remind the world of the respected place gender-fluidity has held in Hawaiian culture for hundreds of years, while also making a foray into the national conversation about transgender rights. “It’s a little different from other drag shows because this one has a very specific purpose,” Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, who is mahu, a community leader and a master teacher of hula and chanting, told the audience midway through the event.“It is meant to reinstate the rightful plac...

UK village marks 80th anniversary of fight against US Army racism in World War II

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:24:24 GMT

BAMBER BRIDGE, England (AP) — The village of Bamber Bridge in northwestern England is proud of the blow it struck against racism in the U.S. military during World War II.When an all-Black truck regiment was stationed there, residents refused to accept the segregation ingrained in the U.S. Army. Ignoring pressure from British and American authorities, pubs welcomed the GIs, local women chatted and danced with them, and English soldiers drank alongside men they saw as allies in the war.But simmering tensions between Black soldiers and white military police exploded on June 24, 1943, when a dispute outside a pub escalated into a night of gunfire. Private William Crossland was killed and dozens of soldiers from the truck regiment faced court martial. When Crossland’s niece learned about the circumstances of her uncle’s death, she called for a new investigation to uncover how he died.The community has chosen to focus on its stand against segregation as it commemorates the 80th anniversar...