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It’s David Peterson’s time to shine
By: Tribune News Service
The Mets suffered several losses over the weekend. They lost two of their three games against the Mariners. Those pair of L’s gave them their first series loss of the year. On top of that, breakout sensation Tylor Megill went on the 15-day injured list with inflammation in his right...
Dolphins’ Jaelan Phillips got leaner in offseason as he looks to grow into all-around outside linebacker
By: Tribune News Service
When Jaelan Phillips came out of his momentary retirement from football in college and decided he would renew his career at the University of Miami in 2019, he had a lot of work to do on his body. The time away from the game, due to multiple injuries and concussions...
Column: MLB needs to change the definition of a no-hitter and reward the Cincinnati Reds pitchers for making history
By: Tribune News Service
The Cincinnati Reds threw a combined no-hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates and still lost Sunday, the equivalent of winning the lottery and losing your ticket in the wash. It will go down as a quirk of history, one of only six games in which a team lost while throwing eight...
Denver Art Museum named one of the world’s best “new” museums
By: John Wenzel
The Denver Art Museum has been selected as one of the world’s best museums, in league with Antwerp, Belgium’s Momu and architectural wonders such as Oslo’s Munch Museum and Tokyo’s Murakami Library. The honor, doled out in a May 3 list from Condé Nast Traveler, was part of the magazine’s...
Johnny Cueto will start tonight for the Chicago White Sox in the series opener against the Kansas City Royals
By: Tribune News Service
Johnny Cueto has joined the Chicago White Sox in Kansas City and will start Monday’s game against the Royals at Kauffman Stadium. The Sox purchased Cueto’s contract from Triple-A Charlotte. The veteran went 0-1 with a 5.17 ERA and 17 strikeouts in four starts with Charlotte after signing with the...
The tantalizing possibilities of the Knicks’ best-case lottery scenario
By: Tribune News Service
It’s always dangerous to get conclusive about a draft class before the picks are called, let alone before the players step on the court, but the preliminary consensus among scouts and experts is that 2022 is top heavy. Specifically, there are four players that sit as the cream. So for...
Colorado Supreme Court rules in favor of woman who expected to pay $1,337 for surgery but was charged $303,709
By: Shelly Bradbury
A woman who expected to pay $1,337 for surgery at a Westminster hospital but was billed $303,709 may be off the hook for the massive bill after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled in her favor Monday. The justices unanimously found that the contracts patient Lisa French signed before a pair...
Brauchler: A mulligan of a year and Colorado Democrats still shanked the ball
By: George Brauchler
The General Assembly just wrapped up a 2022 legislative session dedicated to undoing their damaging bills from the preceding three years. The golf term is “mulligan,” and politicians coincidentally appearing on this November’s ballot sought a bucket of them. In 2019, after sweeping into full control of every aspect of...
Russia runs into more obstacles in Ukraine, on global front
By: Oleksandr Stashevskyi, Ciaran McQuillan
By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and CIARAN McQUILLAN KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Europe pushed to toughen its response Monday to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, with Sweden joining Finland in deciding to seek NATO membership and European Union officials working to rescue proposed sanctions on Russian oil. Ukrainian troops repulsed Russia’s attempted advances...
Police: Buffalo gunman aimed to keep killing if he got away
By: Carolyn Thompson, Michael Balsamo
By CAROLYN THOMPSON and MICHAEL BALSAMO BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The white gunman accused of a racist rampage at a Buffalo supermarket planned to keep killing if he had escaped the scene, the police commissioner said Monday, as authorities investigated the massacre of 10 Black people as a potential hate...
Russia encounters more obstacles in Ukraine, on global front
By: Oleksandr Stashevskyi, Ciaran McQuillan
By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and CIARAN McQUILLAN KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Europe pushed to toughen its response Monday to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, with Sweden joining Finland in deciding to seek NATO membership and European Union officials working to rescue proposed sanctions on Russian oil. Ukrainian troops repulsed Russia’s attempted advances...
Parishioners stop gunman in deadly California church attack
By: Damian Dovarganes, Christopher Weber, Deepa Bharath
By DAMIAN DOVARGANES, CHRISTOPHER WEBER and DEEPA BHARATH LAGUNA WOODS, Calif. (AP) — A man opened fire during a lunch reception at a Southern California church, killing one person and wounding five older people before a pastor hit the gunman on the head with a chair and parishioners hog-tied him...
Raw, real, relentless: A motivated Jimmy Butler providing playoff passion for Heat
By: Tribune News Service
In the 2020 NBA playoffs, Jimmy Butler was sublime, his performance in pushing the Miami Heat to the NBA Finals encapsulated by the every-last-breath photo of his leaning over a courtside barrier during Game 5 of the championship series against the Los Angeles Lakers. In the 2021 playoffs, Butler, after...
Clay Holmes is the Yankees best reliever right now
By: Tribune News Service
CHICAGO — With a two-run lead to protect heading into the ninth inning on Sunday, Aaron Boone wanted Clay Holmes on the mound. The Yankees’ right-handed reliever has pushed himself into the manager’s circle of trust very quickly. The 29-year-old could very easily be closing games as this season goes...
Kim blasts pandemic response as North Korean outbreak surges
By: Kim Tong-Hyung, Hyung-jin Kim
By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un criticized officials over slow medicine deliveries and mobilized the military to respond to a surge in suspected COVID-19 infections, as his nation struggled to contain a fever that has reportedly killed dozens and...
Panthers-Lightning Eastern Conference semifinal schedule has potentially six games played on same day as Heat-Celtics | Schedule
By: Tribune News Service
The NHL released its Eastern Conference semifinals schedule for the Florida Panthers-Tampa Bay Lightning series early Monday morning, and the league placed six of the potential seven games on the same days as Heat-Celtics games in the NBA’s Eastern Conference finals. The one variation is the Heat play their Game...
Buffalo shooter’s prior threat, hospital stay under scrutiny
By: Carolyn Thompson, Michael Balsamo
By CAROLYN THOMPSON and MICHAEL BALSAMO BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The white gunman accused of committing a racist massacre at a Buffalo supermarket made threatening comments that brought police to his high school last spring, but he was never charged with a crime and had no further contact with law...
Who has the edge: Heat-Celtics could go the distance, and why it could be in Heat’s favor
By: Tribune News Service
About the only sure thing in the Eastern Conference finals is take the under. This will not be about who can outscore who. Instead, this well could be how low can you go? Which, to a degree, makes sense, considering how Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo believes that the 2022...
