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Wrexham opens US tour with 5-0 loss to Chelsea before 50,596 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:36 GMT

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Sue Martin had the summer mapped out for her family from St. Augustine, Florida.Then along came word that Chelsea and Wrexham would play a preseason friendly on U.S. soil.“We had a whole vacation planned and they dropped this game,” Martin said before . “We needed to be here. We love soccer. We love Ryan Reynolds.”Reynolds and co-owner Rob McElhenney have taken Wrexham from a struggling fifth-tier side to a fan favorite, largely through the globally-streamed docuseries “Welcome to Wrexham.” The Red Dragons opened a four-game preseason U.S. tour Wednesday night with a 5-0 loss to Chelsea, which got two goals from Ian Maatsen and one each from Conor Gallagher, Christopher Nkunku and Ben Chilwell. The game drew 50,596 to Kenan Memorial Stadium.The match was a must-see event and the first of its kind in this college town. Chelsea, coming off a miserable 13th-place finish in the Premier League, was the 2021 European champion, Wrexham, the oldest club from Wales, ...

Nelson throws 7 innings to help the Diamondbacks beat the slumping Braves 5-3

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:36 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks made the most of timely hits for another win over the Atlanta Braves when they couldn’t repeat their 16-run performance of the night before.Ryne Nelson allowed only three hits in seven innings, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. gave Arizona the lead with a two-run double and the Diamondbacks beat Atlanta 5-3 on Wednesday night, handing the Braves their fourth consecutive loss.The Diamondbacks scored all five runs with two outs.“It was a totally different game,” said Arizona manager Torey Lovullo in comparing the game to the wild 16-13 win Tuesday night. “… It was all built around what Ryne Nelson did for us, seven unbelievable innings against a very good offensive team.”Nelson (6-5) allowed two runs with five strikeouts in seven innings to continue his trend of strong road starts. Entering the game, Nelson was 3-0 with a 1.50 ERA in his last seven road starts.Nelson said his plan was to give the hitters a different look than they saw when ...

Contreras’ 7th-inning double leads Brewers over Phillies 5-3

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:36 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — William Contreras hit a tiebreaking double in the seventh inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 on Wednesday night for their fifth win in six games.Contreras had three hits and two RBIs for the NL Central leaders, and Blake Perkins also drove in two runs. Five of Milwaukee’s 10 hits were doubles.Contreras also got a key out in the ninth, throwing out Bryson Stott trying to steal second.“He was all over the game, for sure,” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. “He made his impact felt in every part of the game.”Nick Castellanos homered for the Phillies, whose four-game winning streak was stopped.“They got the best of us today,” Philadelphia’s Brandon Marsh said. “We’ll lock it in tomorrow.”Hoby Milner (2-0), Elvis Peguero, Joey Payamps and Devin Williams each pitched an inning of scoreless relief, combining for seven strikeouts and no walks.“They were nasty, really,” Counsell said.Bryce Harper singled leading off the nint...

Eduardo Rodriguez pitches Detroit Tigers to 3-2 win over Kansas City Royals

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:36 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Eduardo Rodriguez allowed two runs and four hits over seven dominant innings, Miguel Cabrera drove in the go-ahead run and the Detroit Tigers held on through a nervy ninth for a 3-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night.Rodriguez (6-5) needed just 37 pitches to cut through the Kansas City lineup once, and the left-hander still had not allowed a hit until Matt Duffy’s one-out single in the fifth. Rodriguez wound up striking out seven without allowing a walk.Jason Foley worked the eighth for Detroit before Alex Lange ran into trouble closing things out.He began by plunking Salvador Perez, bounced by to get pinch hitter Nicky Lopez to ground into a double play, then walked Michael Massey. Drew Waters followed with a sharp single that looked as if it might score the tying run, but third base coach Vance Wilson threw up the stop sign, leaving the Royals with runners on the corners and two outs.Lange proceeded to strike out Kyle Isbel and fin...

Angels finish sweep of Yankees with 7-3 win, finishing New York’s 1-5 trip

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:36 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Taylor Ward and Luis Rengifo hit two-run homers, Chase Silseth struck out a career-high 10 in his first big league outing in seven weeks and the Los Angeles Angels defeated the reeling New York Yankees 7-3 Wednesday to complete a series sweep.The Halos swept a three-game series from the Yankees for the first time since 2009. Los Angeles has won four of five to get back over .500 at 49-48.Giancarlo Stanton and Franchy Cordero homered for the Yankees, who have lost four straight and nine of 11. New York hit .171 in going 1-5 at Colorado and Anaheim and is batting .218 since Aaron Judge tore a ligament in his right big toe on June 3.Carlos Rodón (0-3) allowed six runs, four hits and five walks in 4 1/3 innings. He didn’t endear himself to Yankees fans when he sarcastically blew a kiss while walking to the dugout with his team trailing 4-0 after the second inning. Making his 150th start, Rodón has a 7.36 ERA in his first three outings after signing a $162 million,...

Colorado firefighters travel to Ukraine to teach trauma treatment techniques

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:36 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) – A pair of local firefighters is just back from the war zone in Ukraine, where the skills they use on the job every day in Colorado were put to use training Ukrainian first responders.“How many times do we sit back and say 'oh I’d love to help' and then we don’t actually do anything,” Jennah Marsh told FOX31.Marsh and her husband Ross were part of a team from Project Victory, a nonprofit started by Marine Corps veteran Jared Malone. The charity’s mission is to provide food, shelter, medical supplies and other essentials to people in the war-torn country.They traveled through Poland and into Kiev, Ukraine, where they worked with the national police and others. They trained them on how to triage patients in a mass casualty situation, and how to apply tourniquets and other life-saving techniques. Colorado nonprofit sending aid and life-saving training to Ukraine “The biggest thing teaching these people is just how to recognize those major bleeds, and then getting ...

CU chemists say dissolving plastic with electricity could be future of recycling

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:36 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Chemists at the University of Colorado in Boulder have developed a new way to recycle plastic using electricity.The researchers found a way to deconstruct the molecular analogs of the common plastic polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, into their molecular components, according to a study published earlier this month in the Chem Catalysis journal. Did CSU researchers just find the oldest-known case of cannibalism? PET is found in everyday products like soda and water bottles and polyester fabrics. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, less than one-third of all PET plastic in the U.S. was recycled in 2018.Chemists at CU began the study in hopes to find an effective way to recycle PET.“We pat ourselves on the back when we toss something into the recycling bin, but most of that recyclable plastic never winds up being recycled,” Oana Luca, co-author and assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry said. “We wanted to find out how w...

New employment program at airport helps overlooked population 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:36 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A new program at Denver International Airport is giving hope to a group of often overlooked individuals. New Heights is giving former Colorado inmates a job and a steady paycheck."DEN New Heights offers alternative employment pathways to marginalized community populations and serves as an innovative approach to provide access for individuals to engage in a work experience at DEN,” DEN CEO Phil Washington said.The pilot program launched in April of this year as part of the airport’s Center of Equity and Excellence In Aviation, in partnership with Bayaud Enterprises. New program offers free community college tuition for in-demand jobs Participants are offered a job for 12 weeks working on the grounds doing everything from trash clean up to landscaping, to road repairs. They get a stable paycheck and a job to add to their resume post-prison.James H Big Boy Jr. is one of the participants after serving 17 years at the Colorado Department of Corrections.“People look at ...

Injunction blocking Florida law targeting drag shows applies to all venues, judge says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:36 GMT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge said Wednesday that his order blocking a Florida law targeting drag shows doesn’t just apply to the restaurant that brought the lawsuit challenging it but to other venues in the state, reiterating that the legislation championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis is likely unconstitutional.A state agency that would enforce the law had asked U.S. District Judge Gregory Presnell to put on hold his preliminary injunction stopping the law from being enforced until a trial is held to determine its constitutionality while the state of Florida appeals the injunction.Attorneys for Florida told the judge that the preliminary injunction should only apply to the Orlando restaurant that sued seeking to get the law ruled unconstitutional and not “nonparties” to the complaint.The judge rejected that argument, saying any harm to the state of Florida is minimal if the preliminary injunction remains in place, and that all Floridians are potentially parties since free spe...

Dump truck hits light pole in NW Miami-Dade; no reported injuries

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:36 GMT

A wreck involving a dump truck led to some traffic headaches in Northwest Miami-Dade.The dump truck crashed into a light pole near Northwest 119th Street and 22nd Avenue, Wednesday afternoon.The pole fell, blocking several lanes.No injuries were reported.