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Alcaraz, Fritz, Gauff into quarterfinals at Indian Wells

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:41:59 GMT

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz is three victories away from returning to the world’s top ranking, having reached the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open on Tuesday.Alcaraz, ranked No. 2, advanced when Jack Draper retired with the Spaniard leading 6-2, 2-0 after 46 minutes of play. It was Alcaraz’s 101st ATP Tour victory.“I would say I returned well, I hit great shots,” Alcaraz said. “I finished the match with confidence in my shots, to come into the next round with more confidence.”Draper was affected by an abdominal injury that first surfaced in his win against Andy Murray a day earlier. The injury affected the Brit’s serve, which dropped well below 100 mph, and his movement. A trainer visited him between sets and Draper won just one point in the first two games of the second set before quitting.Coco Gauff rallied from a break down in the third set to beat Swedish qualifier Rebecca Peterson, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 and reach the quarterfinals.Down 2-4, Gauff f...

Canucks beat West-leading Stars 5-2 for 5th straight win

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:41:59 GMT

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Anthony Beauvillier scored midway through the second period and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Western Conference-leading Dallas Stars 5-2 on Tuesday night for their season-high fifth straight victory.Phillip Di Giuseppe, Andrei Kuzmenko, Guillaume Brisebois and J.T. Miller also scored for Vancouver, and Brock Boeser had three assists. Thatcher Demko stopped 25 shots in the finale of a six-game homestand.Wyatt Johnston and Jamie Benn scored for Dallas, and Matt Murray made 15 saves. The Stars lost for the first time on a six-game trip that ends with games in Edmonton on Thursday night and Calgary on Saturday night.Di Giuseppe opened the scoring at 1:35 of the first period. Kuzmenko made it 2-0 at the six-minute mark with his 33rd goal of the season.Johnston scored for Dallas at 48 seconds of the second. Beauvillier countered with 8:07 left in the second, and Benn got his 29th for Dallas on a power play with five seconds to go in the second.Briseboi...

Buffen scores 26, UAB tops Southern Miss 88-60 in NIT opener

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:41:59 GMT

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — KJ Buffen scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to help UAB beat Southern Miss 88-60 on Tuesday night in the opening round of the NIT.UAB (26-9) moves on to face the winner of the Clemson-Morehead State game.UAB took the first double-digit lead of the game with 4:04 remaining in the first half following an 18-4 run to make it 37-26. But Southern Miss closed on a 12-4 run to get within 41-38 at the break.Southern Miss scored the opening six points of the second half for its first lead since 22-21 midway through the first. But Buffen scored six straight points to begin a 14-0 run that put UAB ahead by double figures for good. The Blazers ended the game on a 13-2 run as Southern Miss only made one field goal in the final five minutes.Jordan Walker added 16 points, Trey Jemison had 14 and Ledarrius Brewer scored 10 for UAB.DeAndre Pinckney scored 15 points for Southern Miss (25-8). Austin Crowley and Nico Aguirre each scored 13 points.___ More AP...

Pitt edges Mississippi St in back-and-forth First Four game

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:41:59 GMT

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Jamarius Burton made a go-ahead jumper with 10 seconds left and Pitt edged Mississippi State 60-59 in a back-and-forth First Four game Tuesday night that featured 21 lead changes — most in the NCAA Tournament in five years.Mississippi State had a great chance to win at the end, but Shakeel Moore missed a wide-open 3-pointer from the corner with two seconds remaining off an inbounds play. D.J. Jeffries’ tip-in attempt was off target just before the buzzer. Nelly Cummings led Pitt with 15 points. Greg Elliott scored 13 and Blake Hinson added 12 as the Panthers (23-11) won an NCAA Tournament game for the first time since 2014. They slotted into the Midwest Region as the 11th seed and advanced to face No. 6 Iowa State on Friday in Greensboro, North Carolina.A layup by Tolu Smith gave Mississippi State a 59-58 advantage with 32 seconds left, but Pitt — after a three-minute scoring drought — grabbed the lead back on Burton’s short jumper. Guillermo Diaz Gra...

Hofstra beats top-seeded Rutgers 88-86 in overtime in NIT

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:41:59 GMT

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Tyler Thomas scored 25 points, including a go-ahead jumper with 9.3 seconds left in overtime, and Hofstra beat top-seeded Rutgers 88-86 on Tuesday night in the first round of the NIT.Hofstra (25-9) advances to play the winner of Wednesday’s Cincinnati-Virginia Tech game.Hofstra forward Nelson Boachie-Yiadom forced overtime by grabbing an offensive rebound off a missed 3-pointer by Jaquan Carlos and sinking a jumper from the free-throw line with 2.2 seconds left.Darlinstone Dubar added 17 points, Aaron Estrada scored 13, Carlos had 12 and Boachie-Yiadom finished with 10 points and eight rebounds for Hofstra.Cam Spencer had 22 points, eight rebounds and five assists for Rutgers (19-15). Derek Simpson added 19 points, Clifford Omoruyi had 14 and Caleb McConnell scored 13.___ More AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball and https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25Source

McGhee scores 26, leads Liberty over Villanova 62-57 in NIT

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:41:59 GMT

LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Darius McGhee sank five 3-pointers and scored 26 points to lead Liberty to a 62-57 victory over Villanova on Tuesday night in the first round of the NIT.McGhee added four assists and four turnovers for the third-seeded Flames (27-8), who advance to play No. 2 seed Wisconsin in the second round. Colin Porter finished with 14 points and seven rebounds. Zach Cleveland came off the bench to grab 12 rebounds and hand out five assists to go with six points.Brandon Slater scored 18 points to lead the Wildcats (17-17). He added nine rebounds. Eric Dixon had 12 points and 13 rebounds, while Mark Armstrong scored 12.McGhee scored 12 points in the first half to lead Liberty to a 32-25 advantage at the break.___AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball and https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25Source

Xcel, Black Hills answer questions about high bills and record profits

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:41:59 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — In the second meeting of Colorado’s Joint Select Committee on Rising Utility Rates, lawmakers pressed utility companies for answers about rates, profits and expenses. Representatives from Xcel Energy and Black Hills Energy agreed with previous reports from the Public Utilities Commission that their customers have experienced higher-than-usual bills due to high natural gas prices during an unusually cold winter.  Denver housing costs 37% more than the national average “To heat a house when it is 30 degrees takes less energy than it does when it’s 10 degrees, so just the difference in cold weather has had a major impact on usage,” said Nick Wagner, Black Hills Energy vice president of Colorado regulatory affairs. Despite lawmakers, the PUC and Colorado’s Office of the Utility Consumer Advocate reporting unprecedented complaints from constituents saying their bills are double or triple, Xcel said its customers are paying the lowest electricity bills among the country’...

Kendrick Castillo's parents refuse settlement, push to release STEM shooting records

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:41:59 GMT

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — On any given day, you can find John and Maria Castillo at the Seven Stones Cemetery in Douglas County. Every day after work, they meet at their son's memorial to speak with him about their day. But Tuesday wasn't just any day. Tuesday would have been Kendrick's 22nd birthday."Me and your mom wish you were here with us today," John said, addressing his son at the memorial site. "Not here, but somewhere else."Castillos refuse settlement, push for public recordsNearly four years after their son was killed inside STEM School Highlands Ranch, they say certain details of what happened are not public.  Retired teacher and daughter lose almost $200,000 in wire fraud A Douglas County judge has ordered STEM to pay the Castillos $387,000 as part of a lawsuit settlement. According to attorney Dan Caplis, STEM is asking the court to prevent the public from seeing certain evidence in that testimony."The Castillos believe that what they have unc...

Colorado teachers could be reimbursed for supplies bought on their dime

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:41:59 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A bill is being discussed at the state Capitol that would put money back into the pockets of teachers during tax season. This is in an effort to offset some of the unexpected costs educators face during the school year, which has teachers talking. Bullet goes through home of Colorado senator Some educators across the state, out of the kindness of their own hearts and love for their students, dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies, educational materials and more for the classroom. If the bill passes, teachers could get their money back.Teachers pay for supplies out of their own pocketsWhile class is in session, so is the state legislature, where lawmakers are hammering out numerous proposed bills. One of those would give licensed teachers a state income tax credit to offset the financial burden often placed upon them.Kate Roome teaches sixth-grade literacy at Harmony Ridge P8 in Aurora."Any support that you can give to a teacher is wonderful," Roome said....

Chicago Bears free-agency news: RB Travis Homer agrees to a 2-year deal as David Montgomery joins the Detroit Lions

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:41:59 GMT

In his second offseason with the Chicago Bears, general manager Ryan Poles has plenty of salary-cap space to rework a roster that finished 3-14 in 2022.As the NFL’s new league year approaches, allowing free agents to begin signing with new teams, the Tribune will track all of the Bears’ arrivals and departures and provide insight into what they mean.The free-agency negotiation window opened across the league at 11 a.m. Monday. Unrestricted free agents can finalize deals when the new league year begins at 3 p.m. Wednesday.Column: Bears’ aggressive start to free agency has one common thread — young players entering their prime yearsWhat headline-grabbing move is next? 5 Bears questions before free agency.Column: Ryan Poles checked a big box on the Bears’ offseason list with his bold trade. Now comes the hard part.Bears trade the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NFL draft to the Panthers. Here’s what they got in return.Sign up for our free Bears alerts so you ...