NEW YORK — For as pleasant as the contributions of the Mets’ younger hitters have been the past two days at Citi Field, this offense will not — cannot — return to prime form until Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonso do the same. Wednesday, perhaps, marked the beginning of that trend. Lindor snapped a career-worst 0-for-31 streak with a two-hit …
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White Sox 7, Pirates 2: Opening second half with first sweep
After failing to finish the job with their first five opportunties, the White Sox didn’t let this chance for a sweep pass them by. The White Sox demoralized the Pirates in all three games at PNC Park, following up a pair of 10-run efforts on Friday and Saturday with a five-run victory this afternoon to open the second half 3-0. …
Read More »Ionescu wins 3-point contest, Cloud claims skills competition in Liberty All-Star sweep
INDIANAPOLIS — Sabrina Ionescu put on another shooting clinic to win the 3-point contest for the second time at All-Star weekend on Friday night. The Liberty’s star guard, who also won the title in 2023 with a record performance, had a strong final round, scoring 30 points to beat defending champion Allisha Gray. It completed a New York sweep of …
Read More »Ionescu wins 3-point contest, Cloud claims skills competition in Liberty All-Star sweep
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Sabrina Ionescu put on another shooting clinic to win the 3-point contest for the second time at All-Star weekend on Friday night. The Liberty’s star guard, who also won the title in 2023 with a record performance, had a strong final round, scoring 30 points to beat defending champion Allisha Gray. It completed a New York sweep …
Read More »Sabrina Ionescu wins 3-point contest as Liberty sweep WNBA All-Star Weekend festivities
INDIANAPOLIS — Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu won her second WNBA 3-Point Contest on Friday night to complete an epic Liberty sweep after Natasha Cloud captured the Skills Challenge title just moments before. Despite not having practiced shooting off the rack in a long time, Ionescu caught fire in the final round, registering a whopping 30 points for the win. Only …
Read More »A vast shadow will sweep over Saturn’s cloud tops early on July 18 — Here’s how to see it
Early risers will get a rare opportunity to see something extraordinary in the early hours of July 18 — the dark shadow of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, sweeping across the planet’s cloud tops. Once every 15 years, Saturn‘s tilted orbit brings its iconic rings — and Titan‘s orbital path — into an edge-on alignment with Earth. This event, known as …
Read More »‘The White Lotus’ Gets 23 Emmy Nominations, Doesn’t Sweep Supporting
While The White Lotus didn’t sweep the Supporting Actor/Actresses in a Drama Series category, as was at times predicted, the HBO powerhouse did match its Season 2 Emmy nomination tally with 23 this year, bringing its to-date total to 66 with 15 overall wins — with more potentially in store at the ceremony to be held Sept. 14. Once again …
Read More »Heavy rains and flash flooding sweep across Northeast : NPR
This image made from video shows cars submerged in floodwaters in Rahway, NJ., on July 14. AP/WABC-TV hide caption toggle caption AP/WABC-TV NEW YORK — Heavy rain swept across parts of the U.S. Northeast on Monday night, inundating sections of New York and New Jersey with flash flooding that stranded vehicles in roadways, closed subway lines and led to the …
Read More »Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano 3 results, highlights: Irish champion retains titles to sweep trilogy
After two all-time classics, the trilogy fight between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano failed to live up to the hype on Friday night. After 10 rounds of slow-paced action, Taylor took her third razor-thin decision over Serrano to retain the undisputed junior welterweight title. Serrano, who had her most success in the first two fights by charging forward and throwing …
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