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Thompson scores 15, Oral Roberts knocks off Ozark Christian 110-51

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:16 GMT

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Kareem Thompson had 15 points in Oral Roberts’ 110-51 win against Ozark Christian on Saturday night.Thompson also contributed seven rebounds, five assists, and three steals for the Golden Eagles (4-4). Jailen Bedford added 14 points while going 5 of 6 (3 for 3 from 3-point range). Trey Phipps and Elijah Lawrence each finished with 13 points.The Ambassadors were led in scoring by Andre Johnson, who finished with 14 points. Ozark Christian also got 12 points and nine rebounds from Danny Foster. In addition, Joel Pugh had 12 points.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin injured on hit from behind in 5-1 loss to Senators

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:16 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Claude Giroux and Vladimir Tarasenko each had a goal and an assist and the Ottawa Senators beat Detroit 5-1 on Saturday night in a game overshadowed by a hit from behind that left Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin face-down and motionless on the ice.Larkin was down for about a minute after being cross-checked in the back of the head and neck by Ottawa’s Mathieu Joseph Eventually, Larkin was able to stand up and was hunched over as he was assisted to the locker room. There was no immediate report on the injury.Standing near the Ottawa goal during a first-period power play, Larkin took the hit from Joseph and fell into the Senators’ Parker Kelly, who also hit him.Joseph and Kelly were assessed roughing penalties on the play with 6:10 left in the period. Detroit’s David Perron was given a match penalty for intent to injure for cross-checking Artem Zub as the Ottawa defenseman stood next to the prone Larkin. Detroit’s Christian Fischer and Joseph dropped the gloves early in ...

Fallah scores 29 to lead Southern Utah to 82-74 victory over Idaho State

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:16 GMT

CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) — Parsa Fallah scored 29 points as Southern Utah beat Idaho State 82-74 on Saturday night.Fallah added seven rebounds for the Thunderbirds (3-6). Prophet Johnson was 6 of 12 shooting and 3 of 6 from the free throw line to add 15 points. Zion Young was 4 of 6 shooting (2 for 4 from 3-point range) to finish with 12 points.The Bengals (4-6) were led in scoring by Kiree Huie, who finished with 20 points and two blocks. Brayden Parker added 16 points and six rebounds for Idaho State. Miguel Tomley also had 12 points.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

Pageau scores in OT as Islanders rally for 3-2 win and hand Kings 1st road loss

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:16 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored 13 seconds into overtime and Ilya Sorokin stopped 34 shots as the New York Islanders ended the Los Angeles Kings’ record 11-game season-opening road winning streak with a 3-2 victory Saturday night.Anders Lee scored twice in the third period to tie the score for the Islanders, who improved to 4-0-1 in their last five games and 7-1-4 in their last 12.Adrian Kempe and Vladislav Gavrikov scored in the second period to give the Kings a 2-0 lead. Kevin Fiala had two assists, and Cam Talbot finished with 27 saves to fall to 9-0-1 on the road.In the extra period, Pageau swooped in on Talbot before depositing a backhand into the net for his second of the season and setting off a raucous celebration at UBS Arena.Kempe got the Kings on the scoreboard with a one-timer on the power play at 5:40 of the middle period for his ninth of the season.Gavrikov made it 2-0 at 9:18 when his shot from the left point eluded Sorokin for his third.Lee banged ho...

Elliott scores in stoppage time and Liverpool beats Palace 2-1 to move to top of Premier League

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:16 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Mohamed Salah scored his 200th Liverpool goal on Saturday as Jurgen Klopp’s team came from behind to beat 10-man Crystal Palace 2-1 in the Premier League.But it was substitute Harvey Elliott who struck Liverpool’s winner with a long-range shot in the 91st minute at Selhurst Park to move the club to the top of the standings.Liverpool now leads Arsenal by a point after the Gunners were beaten 1-0 by Aston Villa in the late kick off. Salah had evened the score with a deflected shot in the 76th. Palace had been reduced to 10 men just a minute earlier when Jordan Ayew was sent off.The home team had taken the lead through Jean-Philippe Mateta’s penalty in the 57th after he had been fouled by Jarell Quansah.But the game turned around when Ayew was shown a second yellow card.Liverpool quickly capitalized as Salah struck his landmark goal. He became the fifth Liverpool player to reach 200 for the club.Even then, Klopp’s team looked set to drop points until Elliott’s clincher.Sa...

Avalanche danger in Colorado expected to rise throughout the weekend

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:16 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- After fresh snowfall rolled in over the weekend, the avalanche danger is expected to be elevated throughout the weekend.Some areas in the mountains got up to 14 inches of snow in 48 hours. Colorado snow totals for Dec. 8-9 Right now, the danger is considerable throughout much of Colorado. That's level three of five on the scale.“The avalanche conditions are really a combination of each of these weather events that we get throughout the year and then the weather that we’re having right now," Ethan Greene, Director of Colorado Avalanche Information Center said. “We had mostly moderate and considerate avalanche danger this week."He said there could be more red on the map soon."We do expect some areas to reach high avalanche danger on Sunday," Greene said.Greene said Sunday's winds will drift snow onto easterly slopes making avalanche problems worse.“So parts of the Gorge, Park Range, the Elk Mountains and parts of the Front Range," said Greene.A field report filed on...

Denver Police investigating outdoor death on Harvard Avenue

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:16 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Denver Police Department said it was investigating an outdoor death Saturday evening.DPD posted about the investigation on X, formerly known as Twitter, a little after 9 p.m. Saturday. Police warn holiday shoppers of tampered gift cards Police were investigating in the 10000 block of East Harvard Ave. The death was not being investigated as a homicide as of Saturday night.DPD said the Denver Office of the Medical examiner would provide the cause of death.No further details were immediately released.

Miami-Dade Animal Services hosts adoption event amid shelter overpopulation

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:16 GMT

A special event in Doral aimed to give some furry friends a home for the holidays.Miami-Dade County Animal Services on Saturday hosted an adoption event that officials hope will alleviate the shelter overpopulation crisis.Some good boys and girls of all ages met their new families and even got their picture taken with Santa.New pet owner Joel Pompa told 7News why he thinks more people should consider adoption.“There’s a lot of great little guys here — medium size, large size, you name it. It runs the gamut, and you’ll enjoy having helped somebody, one of the dogs to come home for Christmas and the holidays and to have some treats,” he said.Shelter officials said there are more than 800 dogs and 100 cats that need homes.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crews shop for toys at Walmart in Doral, seek donations for holiday drive

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:16 GMT

Santa’s elves are getting ready for the big day.Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and Walmart teamed up on Saturday to check some things off Christmas wish lists.Firefighters and cadets spent the day shopping for toys at the Walmart in Doral.They can use all the help they can get — they’re also collecting new unwrapped toys.Those who would like to donate may head to the nearest MDFR station through Dec. 25. The toys will be distributed to children across South Florida.

Drunk astronomers, monsters and red underwear: New book explores the myth and folklore of eclipses

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:27:16 GMT

(CNN) — An ancient Chinese story tells of two court astronomers, Hsi and Ho, who got drunk and failed to predict an eclipse of the sun. This grave oversight led to them being executed, off-with-their-heads-style, by the Emperor Chung K’ang.Set sometime between 2159 and 1948 BC, the legend is thought to be the oldest recorded reference to a solar eclipse — and it’s just one of the interesting cultural anecdotes recounted in a new book called “Totality: The Great North American Eclipse of 2024” that was coauthored by Mark Littmann, journalism professor at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, and Fred Espenak, retired astrophysicist emeritus at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.“I find the mythology and folklore of eclipses fascinating,” Littmann said in an email. “To see how people long ago and people today reacted to a total eclipse of the Sun, a sight so unexpected, so dramatic, so surprising in appearance, and so unnatural even though it is utterly natural.”Such ent...