Home

GB&I wins both Walker Cup sessions and builds 3-point lead over USA at St Andrews

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:12:11 GMT

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — John Gough of England won both his matches Saturday at St. Andrews and Great Britain & Ireland built a three-point lead over the Americans in the Walker Cup for its largest opening-day margin in 34 years.GB&I has not won the Walker Cup since 2015. It takes a 7 1/2-4 1/2 lead into Sunday, its largest lead since the same score in 1989 at Peachtree Golf Club in Atlanta.Gough and Matthew McClean held on for a 1-up victory in foursomes as GB&I sent the tone by taking three of the four team matches. Gough then won five straight holes to start his singles match and beat U.S. Amateur champion Nick Dunlap, 6 and 5, the shortest match of the day.The afternoon singles came down to four tight matches in the middle of the lineup.Gordon Sargent, the No. 1 amateur in the golf, made a 3-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole at the Old Course for a 1-up victory over Jack Bigham. Sargent earlier won a foursomes match with Dylan Menante, the only U.S. point in the ...

Prime shocker: Colorado upsets No. 17 TCU 45-42 in Deion Sanders' debut as Buffs coach

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:12:11 GMT

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — After nine months of hype, Deion Sanders had Colorado ready for prime time in his much-anticipated debut as Buffaloes coach.Shedeur Sanders, the coach’s son, threw for a school-record 510 yards with four touchdowns — the game-winner a 46-yard catch-and-run by freshman Dylan Edwards with 4:25 left —- and the Buffs pulled off an opening shocker with a 45-42 win Saturday over 17th-ranked TCU, last year’s national runner-up.Deion Sanders came to Boulder, Colorado, to revitalize a long-dormant program, with an unprecedented roster flip.Two-way star Travis Hunter, Edwards and Shedeur Sanders are among 87 newcomers at Colorado, which won only one game last season and has only two winning records since 2005.Coach Prime already has a signature win.“I’ve been talking about it and talking about it and you didn’t believe me,” he said after his first victory as a major college football coach.Edwards caught three touchdowns, including a 75-yarder in the opening minute of ...

Blazing fire leaves Southwest Miami-Dade home in ruins; no injuries reported

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:12:11 GMT

A fire engulfed a Southwest Miami-Dade home, leaving it charred and destroyed. The fire ignited in a house at the Lago Mar community on Southwest 158th Avenue, near 72nd Street, at around 11 p.m.. Friday.Officials said it took them about 30 minutes to put out the fire. Preliminary information reported this fire may be linked to something in the garage. One neighbor called authorities as soon as he saw the flames. “I was just playing video games, I was on FaceTime with my friend, and I looked outside, and there was a bunch of fire and flames, and I heard the alarm,” said Kavi. “And then, I ran to my mom’s room, and I told her I should call the cops and firemen, and they all came.”7News captured the decimated insides of the two-story home. Police said that everyone was able to escape the home on time, and no injuries were reported. As far as what sparked everything, Miami Dade Fire Rescue said it remains under investigation.

Shooting at Louisiana high school football game kills student and wounds woman, police say

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:12:11 GMT

PORT ALLEN, La. (AP) — Gunfire broke out during a high school football game on a warm late-summer evening in Louisiana, killing a 16-year old student and wounding a woman in the arm, authorities said Saturday.Police have made no arrests and investigators still don’t know why the violence erupted at halftime Friday in an area next to the stands, Sgt. Landon Groger with the West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office said.A medical helicopter landed on the field at Port Allen High School and the two victims were rushed to the hospital, where the teen was pronounced dead, Groger said. The woman’s injuries were not considered life-threatening.The game was suspended as stunned spectators headed for the parking lot, which was filled with emergency vehicles.“We don’t know what led up to the event and we don’t yet know if it was a targeted shooting or random,” Groger said by phone Saturday, adding, “We want to take our time and cover this from all angles.”The West Baton...

Howie Carr: Let’s set up Bidenvilles in posh Martha’s Vineyard, maybe Nantucket and Naushon Island, too

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:12:11 GMT

I have a modest proposal.Now that Labor Day is here and the Beautiful People will be flying back to New York in their private Gulfstreams and Lear Jets, let’s round up all the illegal aliens and ship them over to Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, and Naushon Island makes three.Plenty of room over there for the winter, and not just in the $20 million oceanfront mansions and swank resorts. How about new tent cities on all the conservation land and private golf courses?The undocumented Democrats could set up Bidenvilles in the posh boatyards. Their welfare grub could be delivered by all those world-class restaurants — the Chanticleer, the Wauwinet and the White Elephant, just to name three on Nantucket.After Monday, the islands will be basically empty. Sure they’re zoned NHP — No Hoi Polloi, hoi polloi being defined as anyone who goes to church on Sunday and/or doesn’t have a trust fund.But this is an emergency, dammit. Gov. Maura Healey called out the National Guard Thursday to make su...

Prime shocker: Colorado upsets No. 17 TCU 45-42 in Deion Sanders’ debut as Buffs coach

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:12:11 GMT

By STEPHEN HAWKINS (AP Sports Writer)FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — After nine months of hype, Deion Sanders had Colorado ready for prime time in his much-anticipated debut as Buffaloes coach.Shedeur Sanders, the coach’s son, threw for a school-record 510 yards with four touchdowns — the game-winner a 46-yard catch-and-run by freshman Dylan Edwards with 4:25 left —- and the Buffs pulled off an opening shocker with a 45-42 win Saturday over 17th-ranked TCU, last year’s national runner-up.Deion Sanders came to Boulder, Colorado, to revitalize a long-dormant program, with an unprecedented roster flip.Two-way star Travis Hunter, Edwards and Shedeur Sanders are among 87 newcomers at Colorado, which won only one game last season and has only two winning records since 2005.Coach Prime already has a signature win.“I’ve been talking about it and talking about it and you didn’t believe me,” he said after his first victory as a major college football coach.Edwards caught three touchdowns, including ...

‘Margaritaville’ singer Jimmy Buffett dies at 76

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:12:11 GMT

Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, who popularized beach bum soft rock with the escapist Caribbean-flavored song “Margaritaville” and turned that celebration of loafing into a billion-dollar empire of restaurants, resorts and frozen concoctions, has died. He was 76.“Jimmy passed away peacefully on the night of September 1st surrounded by his family, friends, music and dogs,” a statement posted to Buffett’s official website and social media pages said late Friday. “He lived his life like a song till the very last breath and will be missed beyond measure by so many.”The statement did not say where Buffett died or give a cause of death. Illness had forced him to reschedule concerts in May and Buffett acknowledged in social media posts that he had been hospitalized, but provided no specifics. Buffett is survived by his wife, Jane; daughters, Savannah and Sarah; and son, Cameron.“Margaritaville,” released on Feb. 14, 1977, quickly took on a life of its own, becoming a state of mind for tho...

Farm report: Even top prospect promotions couldn’t reverse Red Sox’s August skid

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:12:11 GMT

To paraphrase Taylor Swift, this baseball season’s August slipped away into a moment in time.Yet for the Red Sox, watching this month fade in the rearview mirror couldn’t come soon enough.Despite getting several key players back from the injured list – Chris Sale, Tanner Houck and Garrett Whitlock, to name a few – and promoting a couple of their top prospects, Boston finished the month 13-15, including 1-5 in their last homestand. They maintained their winning record (69-65) through the end of the month, but their postseason hopes look decidedly dashed; by Aug. 31, they’d fallen to 6.5 games back of the last Wild Card. Leapfrogging the other American League contenders for a playoff berth would require a miracle.As such, it feels like the most meaningful moments in these dog days of summer were about the future, not the present; August saw the Major League arrivals of Wilyer Abreu and Ceddanne Rafaela, an impressive Triple-A pitching debut, and a notable, prolonged absence from...

Biden tells Idalia’s Florida victims ‘your nation has your back’ and DeSantis doesn’t show up

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:12:11 GMT

LIVE OAK, Fla. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Saturday saw from the sky Hurricane Idalia’s impact across a swath of Florida before he set out on a walking tour of a city recovering from the storm. Notably absent was Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate who declined to join Biden after he suggested that the Democrat’s presence could hinder disaster response efforts.Biden, when asked about his rival’s absence, said he was not disappointed by the turn of events, but welcomed the presence of Rick Scott, one of the state two Republican U.S. senators. He pledged the federal government’s total support for Floridians.“I’m here today to deliver a clear message to the people of Florida and throughout the Southeast,” Biden said after the walking tour. He spoke outdoors near a church that had parts of its sheet metal roof peeled back by Idalia’s powerful winds and a home half crushed by a fallen tree.“As I’ve told your governor, if there’s an...

Entrance to Burning Man in Nevada closed due to flooding. Festivalgoers urged to shelter in place

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:12:11 GMT

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The entrance to the Burning Man counterculture festival in the Nevada desert was closed and attendees were urged to shelter in place Saturday as flooding from storms swept through the area.The entrance will be closed for the remainder of the event, which began on Aug. 27 and was scheduled to end on Monday, according to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, which oversees the Black Rock Desert where the festival is being held.About 6 inches (15 centimeters) of rain is believed to have fallen on Friday at the festival site, located about 110 miles (177 kilometers) north of Reno, the National Weather Service in Reno said. Another quarter of a foot of rain is expected late Saturday into Sunday.Organizers urged festivalgoers to conserve their food, water and fuel. ___ This story has been corrected to say that the amount of rain Friday at the festival was believed to be about 6 inches, not one-half inch, and that another quarter foot of rainfall, not another quarter of an ...