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Story hits 3-run HR, Red Sox beat Yankees 5-0 after firing Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:44:44 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Trevor Story hit a three-run homer, Tanner Houck pitched six effective innings and Boston climbed out of the AL East basement with a 5-0 victory over the New York Yankees on Thursday in the opener of a doubleheader after the Red Sox fired Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom.Bloom was dismissed after nearly four seasons. He was hired from the Tampa Bay Rays to help revive the farm system and bring financial stability to a team that was one of baseball’s biggest spenders.“It’s not easy,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said of the move. “I’ve been through this twice already. Obviously, it’s a decision that ownership decided to go this route. We worked together all these years. It’s never easy to hear that.”Rookie Ceddanne Rafaela added a solo shot and Wilyer Abreu had a first-inning RBI single for Boston, which has won nine of the 12 meetings between the longtime rivals this season.Coming off a doubleheader sweep on Tuesday that moved New York ...

Duxbury bounces back to edge Mansfield in 21-17 thriller

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:44:44 GMT

MANSFIELD — After season-opening losses last week, Mansfield and Duxbury met Thursday night searching for positive momentum.And with a tight, comeback win in enemy territory, Duxbury showed everyone that — despite that early setback — the Dragons still know how to win, thank you very much.On the back of a Finn Carley fourth-quarter touchdown run, Duxbury (1-1) earned a 21-17 win over the host Hornets (0-2).“Just really proud of the guys,” Duxbury coach Matt Landolfi said. “This is a big game for both teams. (Mansfield coach Mike) Redding’s an unbelievable coach. They have a historical program, and just coming here to play here, we’re going to get better just doing that. I think today we got better vs. last week. Happy for the kids.”“Last week, we kind of beat ourselves,” Carley said of the loss to Hanover. “It was a discipline thing, It was a physicality thing, penalties. This week, we just didn’t hurt ourselves, you know? ...

Needham holds off spirited Lincoln-Sudbury rally, 14-13

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:44:44 GMT

NEEDHAM – Even in high school football, the game is completely one-sided towards the offensive side of the ball – unless you play Needham.Needham didn’t make it easy on itself but outlasted Lincoln-Sudbury, 14-13, in a non-league slobber knocker of a game. In an old-school, smash mouth style battle, the Rockets (2-0) posted their second impressive home victory over a quality opponent.Everything came down to the final seconds as Needham dominated on defense most of the game, but two touchdowns in the final six minutes gave the Warriors (1-1) the opportunity to tie or go for two with 17 seconds left in regulation.“We executed the way we wanted to. We wanted it to come down to the last possession right there and that was kind of the way the game had been going back and forth,” said Lincoln-Sudbury head coach Jim Girard. “It was kind of a tale of two halves as they sort of dominated the first half, but I thought our defense played great in the second half.”Girard went for the win with t...

UAW poised for midnight strike at plants in Wayne, Michigan, Toledo, Ohio, and Wentzville, Missouri

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:44:44 GMT

By TOM KRISHER and DAVID KOENIG (AP Auto Writers)DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union says it will go on strike at three vehicle assembly plants as it presses Detroit companies to come up with better wage and benefit offers.The factories include a General Motors assembly plant in Wentzville, Missouri, a Ford factory in Wayne Michigan, near Detroit, and a Stellantis Jeep plant in Toledo, Ohio.Contracts between 146,000 auto workers and the companies are set to expire at 11:59 p.m. Thursday. Workers will stay on the job at all other plants.“Time is of the essence,” union President Shawn Fain told workers late Thursday in an online address less than two hours before the deadline.Despite increased offers from Ford and GM, it appears that no deals will be reached before the contacts expire.Fain said for the first time in the union’s 88-year history, the UAW will strike at all three companies at the same time.About 13,000 workers at the three plants are prep...

Thursday’s football scores and highlights

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:44:44 GMT

Charlie Vyardo completed 18-of-25 passes for 230 yards and three touchdowns as Newton South (1-1) defeated Brookline 29-8 in a nonleague contest. … Mason Nash ran for two touchdowns to help Abington (2-0) outlast Apponequet 34-26. … Devin Harding dominated the ground with a pair of rushing scores, both after catching a touchdown pass for Holliston in a 29-6 win over Middleboro.Myles Sanchez ran for three scores as Wakefield (2-0) defeated Lexington 35-0 in a Middlesex League crossover game to extend its winning streak to 17. …Treyvon Fields threw a pair of touchdown passes, while Andrew Hedgepath tallied a pair of scores and an interception as Cathedral (1-0) defeated Whittier, 20-14.Kieran Corr booted three field goals as Winchester (2-0) defeated Waltham, 16-6.Andrew Pisciotta’s 1-yard TD run with less than three minutes left gave Westborough (1-1) a 7-0 win over Sharon. … Max Dresens ran for two scores and added a TD reception as Wayland (1-1) defeated Ashland, 27-20.James Bruso ...

Aaron Judge grand slam powers Yankees past Red Sox 8-5

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:44:44 GMT

It felt in the moment like a crippling blow.Having loaded the bases with one out in the top of the second, Red Sox lefty Brennan Bernardino got a big strikeout and appeared to draw an inning-ending groundout to escape the jam. Upon further review the umpires ruled that DJ LeMahieu beat Pablo Reyes’ throw at first, overturning the call to give LeMahieu an RBI single and bring Aaron Judge to the plate.You can probably imagine what happened next.Judge cranked a grand slam to straightaway center field to put the Yankees ahead, and though the Red Sox fought back to tie the game they couldn’t hold the Yankees off late in Thursday night’s 8-5 loss.LeMahieu delivered the game-winning RBI double in the top of the eighth and Oswald Peraza added a two-run home run in the ninth for the exclamation mark. By splitting the doubleheader, New York clinched the series and moved back into a tie with Boston for last in the AL East.The Red Sox took an early 2-0 lead, with Ceddanne Rafa...

Orioles fall short in first game of pivotal series vs. Rays, 4-3, as AL East lead drops to one

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:44:44 GMT

The Tampa Bay Rays arrived at Camden Yards with the chance to overtake the Orioles atop the American League East this weekend.They’re one step closer.In their biggest game of the season to date, the Orioles were outplayed by their division foe in every facet, falling to the Rays, 4-3, to make the race for the AL East crown even tighter.Baltimore (91-55) now holds a slim one-game lead over Tampa Bay (91-57) for the circuit’s best record. That advantage was at four Saturday, but the Orioles have dropped three straight games for the first time since before the All-Star break and just the third time this season.Rays right-hander Aaron Civale outpitched Orioles ace Kyle Bradish, the latter of whom allowed four runs for just the second time in his past 19 starts dating to May 28. Tampa Bay’s defense played clean baseball, while Baltimore’s made several missteps in a three-run fourth inning.The Rays’ bats came up clutch in several instances with two RBI hits w...

In recording, a Seattle police officer joked after woman’s death. He says remarks were misunderstood

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:44:44 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — A city watchdog agency is investigating after a body-worn camera captured one Seattle Police Department union leader joking with another following the death of a woman who was struck and killed by a police cruiser as she was crossing a street.Daniel Auderer, who is the vice president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild, responded to the Jan. 23 crash scene where another officer, Kevin Dave, struck and killed Jaahnavi Kandula, 23, in a crosswalk. Dave was driving 74 mph (119 kmh) on the way to an overdose call, and Auderer, a drug recognition expert, was assigned to evaluate whether Dave was impaired, The Seattle Times reported.Afterward, Auderer left his body-worn camera on as he called guild President Mike Solan to report what happened. In a recording released by the police department Monday, Auderer laughs and suggests that Kandula’s life had “limited value” and the city should “just write a check.”“Eleven thousand dollars. She was 26 anyway,” Auderer said, inaccur...

Former North Carolina US Sen. Lauch Faircloth dies at 95

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:44:44 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Lauch Faircloth of North Carolina, a onetime conservative Democrat who switched late in his career to the Republicans and then got elected to Congress, died Thursday. He was 95. Faircloth, who served one Senate term before losing to then-unknown Democrat John Edwards in 1998, died at his home in Clinton, said Brad Crone, a former campaign aide and close friend. Years after an unsuccessful Democratic bid for governor in 1984, Faircloth switched to the GOP and ran in 1992 against U.S. Sen. Terry Sanford, a longtime friend and former political ally. Faircloth pulled off the upset, attacking Sanford as a big-spending liberal and benefiting politically from Sanford’s health problems in the campaign’s final weeks.While in the Senate, the millionaire businessman and Sampson County farmer was known as one of the most partisan senators, blasting Bill and Hillary Clinton and calling for the dismantling of Cabinet departments and other federal agencies. He...

Trudeau calls on major grocers to stabilize food prices, drawing industry pushback

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:44:44 GMT

TORONTO — The federal government is demanding major Canadian grocers come up with a plan to stabilize prices, drawing pushback from the food industry.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday said the call comes as Canadians continue to struggle with inflation.“Large grocery chains are making record profits. Those profits should not be made on the backs of people who are struggling to feed their families,” he said, speaking in London, Ont., following a caucus retreat. He said the government will be asking the five largest grocery companies, — Loblaw, Metro, Empire, Walmart and Costco — to come up with a plan by Thanksgiving.“If their plan doesn’t provide real relief for the middle class and people working hard to join it, then we will take further action and we are not ruling anything out including tax measures.”The call comes as grocery prices rose 8.5 per cent year-over-year in July, showing a slight easing of price growth but still running much hotte...