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Clendaniel: Oakland A’s John Fisher: the worst owner in MLB history?

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:57:05 GMT

I fully understand Oakland A’s fans frustration with John Fisher. He is a contender for worst owner in MLB history.I know a thing or two about bad professional sports owners, having worked as a sportswriter in the Northwest for several years while George Argyros wreaked havoc on the Seattle Mariners from 1981-89.Like Fisher, Argyros had a nasty habit of selling off his team’s best players and alienating fans at every turn. His teams never finished over .500 (the Mariners are still the only MLB team that has never appeared in a World Series) and never drew more than 1.1 million fans in a season.During the summer of 1983, in what would be a 102-loss season, a friend and I bought tickets at the Kingdome for a 1 p.m. game and sat three rows directly behind home plate without any other fans within 20 yards of us. The home plate umpire even responded to me between innings when I politely asked if a pitch he called a ball had been high or outside.Argyros’ baseball knowled...

Opinion: How California can fix its transmission lines bottleneck

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:57:05 GMT

California’s grid is stretched to its limits. Power lines in parts of the state are already at capacity. Housing developments and even a hospital in Humboldt County face indefinite waits to get connected. At the same time, record amounts of wind and solar power are being wasted  – almost $650 million worth in 2022 –– as the grid just does not have enough capacity to handle the supply. And new fast chargers for electric cars? Approving them takes years as sites often need more capacity than the transmission system can provide. All while demand for power is climbing to feed those new electric cars, trucks and heat pumps.The Golden State needs a staggering increase in transmission capacity.  Experts at Princeton forecast that the state will need to triple its grid capacity by 2050. The bulk of that long term increase will come from the decades-long process of planning, approving, and building new transmission lines. California cannot wait this long. The state has virtually no chance of...

Joshua fight canceled after Whyte’s doping test shows ‘adverse’ findings

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:57:05 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Dillian Whyte’s heavyweight rematch against Anthony Joshua was canceled after Whyte returned “adverse analytical findings” on a doping test, Matchroom Boxing said Saturday.The bout had been scheduled for Aug. 12 at London’s O2 Arena.“Today, the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) informed Matchroom, the Association of Boxing Commissions and the British Boxing Board of Control that Dillian Whyte had returned adverse analytical findings as part of a random anti-doping protocol,” Matchroom said in a statement.“In light of this news, the fight will be canceled, and a full investigation will be conducted.”___AP sports: https://apnews.com/sportsSource

Hegerberg benched to start in Norway’s 3-1 loss to Japan at Women’s World Cup

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:57:05 GMT

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Star forward Ada Hegerberg started on the bench and went on late in Norway’s 3-1 loss to Japan on Saturday in the round of 16 game at the Women’s World Cup.The former Ballon d’Or winner hadn’t played since Norway lost 1-0 to New Zealand in the tournament opener on July 20. She was named to start against Switzerland in the group stage but withdrew just before kickoff because of a groin injury.Norway coach Hege Riise kept Sophie Roman Haug up front. Haug scored a hat-trick in Norway’s 6-0 win over the Philippines to finish the group stage. Riise scored when 1995 World Cup winner Norway beat Japan 4-0 in their only previous World Cup meeting in 1999.Guro Reiten scored an equalizer for Norway in the 20th minute to cancel out Ingrid Syrstad Engen’s own goal five minutes earlier.Japan went ahead on Risa Shimizu’s 50th-minute goal and Hinata Miyazawa score the clincher for the 2011 champions in the 81st.Hegerberg went...

La FDA aprueba la primera píldora para la depresión posparto en EE.UU.

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:57:05 GMT

(CNN) — La Administración de Medicamentos y Alimentos de EE.UU. (FDA) aprobó el medicamento zuranolona para el tratamiento de la depresión posparto, lo que la convierte en la primera píldora oral aprobada por la FDA en Estados Unidos específicamente para la depresión posparto, una enfermedad mental grave que puede desarrollarse en aproximadamente 1 de cada 7 nuevas madres después del partoEste viernes, la FDA anunció que el tratamiento, que se venderá bajo la marca Zurzuvae, ha sido aprobado como una pastilla que se toma una vez al día durante 14 días.“La depresión posparto es una afección grave y potencialmente mortal en la que las mujeres experimentan tristeza, culpa, inutilidad e incluso, en casos graves, pensamientos de hacerse daño a sí mismas o a sus hijos. Y, debido a que la depresión posparto puede alterar el vínculo materno-infantil, también puede tener consecuencias para el desarrollo físico y emocional del niño”, dijo la Dra. Tiffany R. Farchione, directora de la Di...

Chelsea signs goalkeeper Robert Sanchez from Brighton

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:57:05 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Chelsea signed goalkeeper Robert Sanchez from Brighton on a seven-year contract on Saturday.The transfer fee was reported to be 25 million pounds ($32 million) for the Spain international, who is expected to challenge Kepa Arrizabalaga for a starting spot.The 25-year-old Sanchez made 23 Premier League appearances last season. He joined Brighton as a teenager and progressed through the club’s academy, becoming the Seagulls’ first-choice goalkeeper during the 2020-21 season.Chelsea, which hosts Liverpool on Aug. 13 in its season opener, has made seven summer signings under new manager Mauricio Pochettino.___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/SoccerSource

Car crashes into beauty salon in East Boston

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:57:05 GMT

A SUV smashed into the front of a building in East Boston early Saturday morning, shattering the glass of a beauty salon.Around 2:30 a.m., police responded to 128 Meridian Street, where Michael Kairos Hair Salon is located, for a motor vehicle accident.“Maybe today it’s closed, a couple weeks closed,” owner Michael Kairos said.Video shows a passenger who seemingly got out of the car and walked away, while the driver walked around the vehicle before police arrived.One person was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

Mike Lupica: Yankees should have their eyes checked over handling of Anthony Rizzo’s concussion

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:57:05 GMT

This isn’t another ode to George Steinbrenner about the days when he was running the Yankees, the George Old Days romanticized so frequently around here, even more frequently lately. But this is about something that happened once with him and Reggie Jackson, something worth remembering now because of what just happened with Anthony Rizzo.It was back in another baseball August, in 1981, and even though the Yankees were on their way to another World Series, no one had any idea that might happen at the time. And in the middle of it all, because he was always in the middle of everything, in good times and bad, was Reginald Martinez Jackson. Himself.Reggie was hitting .212 in August, with just six homers and 28 RBI. So here is what the owner of the team up and did: Made him go through a day-long series of tests at the New York University Medical Center.“I ordered the examination for Reggie’s good and for my edification,” George said at the time. “But mostly ...

Two people shot in early morning at parking lot in Scarborough

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:57:05 GMT

Two people were shot in a parking lot in the McNicoll Avenue and Markham Road area of Scarborough on Saturday morning.Police responded to a call at approximately 3:10 a.m. that two people were shot in a parking lot.One male was transported to the hospital by medics, while another male attended a local hospital on his own.Both victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries.Anyone with information is asked to contact police.

Opera singer David Daniels and his husband plead guilty to sexual assault

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:57:05 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — A renowned opera singer and his husband have pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting another singer in Houston.Countertenor David Daniels, 57, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Scott Walters, 40, entered the pleas Friday after a jury was assembled for the trial of the pair on first-degree felony charges of aggravated sexual assault.Both pleaded guilty to sexual assault of an adult, a second-degree felony, and were sentenced to eight years’ probation and required to register as sex offenders.Daniels, Walters and their attorney declined to comment following the hearing.Daniels and Walters were charged in 2019 when Samuel Schultz filed a criminal complaint in 2018 alleging the two assaulted him in their apartment in 2010 after he met them at a Houston Grand Opera reception while he was a graduate student at Rice University.The AP doesn’t normally name victims of sexual assault, but Schultz offered to publicly identify himself to help others fearful of reporting an assault....