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Brewers activate Winker and Miley, option Miller, designate Singleton for assignment

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:16:01 GMT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brewers pitcher Wade Miley and designated hitter/outfielder Jesse Winker were reinstated from the injured list on Saturday before Milwaukee’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.Miley is scheduled to start Saturday after missing a month with a lat strain. Winker hasn’t played since May 27 because of a cervical strain.In other moves, the Brewers optioned right-hander Tyson Miller to Triple-A Nashville and designated first baseman Jon Singleton for assignment.The Brewers are hoping Winker regained his power during his rehabilitation assignment in Nashville.Winker, 29, averaged 16.5 home runs per season from 2019-22 — including a career-high 24 with the Cincinnati Reds in 2021 — but he hadn’t gone deep in 39 games with Milwaukee before his neck injury. He was hitting .204 and had only three extra-base hits, all doubles.He homered three times in seven games with Nashville and had a .500 on-base percentage.Miley, 36, had been one of Milwaukee’s most reliable starti...

Hay padres peores que tú… en el reino animal

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:16:01 GMT

(CNN) — Si eres padre, probablemente has experimentado un sinfín de ansiedades y te has preguntado si estás haciendo lo suficiente por tus hijos. ¿Qué pasa si tus hijos heredan tus malos hábitos? ¿Qué pasa si dejas que vean demasiada televisión o les das los alimentos equivocados?Preocuparte es normal y cometerás errores, pero puedes poner las cosas en perspectiva si sabes que algunos padres son mucho peores que tú, según el libro del escritor de comedia Glenn Boozan “There Are Moms Way Worse Than You: Irrefutable Proof That You Are Indeed a Fantastic Parent”. Priscilla Witte ilustró el libro, que también presenta a algunos “malos” padres animales.Glenn Boozan “Hay mamás mucho peores que tú: prueba irrefutable de que eres un padre fantástico” también presenta algunos padres animales “malos”. Publicación de trabajadoresEntre los padres del mundo animal cuestionables están los osos pardos, que se comen a sus crías cuando la comida escase...

Gritos homofóbicos de hinchas mexicanos obligan a terminar antes el partido contra EEUU

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:16:01 GMT

El partido de fútbol entre Estados Unidos y México fue interrumpido el jueves por la noche por el árbitro después de que el estadio se convirtió en ecos de cánticos homofóbicos de los fanáticos del fútbol mexicano, quienes durante años han insultado a los porteros de los equipos contrarios.Los funcionarios han estado tratando de acabar con la preocupante tradición durante el mismo tiempo con multas, expulsión de los estadios y ahora acabando los partidos antes. El juego se detuvo debido al ruido ensordecedor en el minuto 90 en el Allegiant Stadium de Las Vegas, cuando EEUU ganaba por tres goles. Cuando se reanudó el juego, se sumaron 12 minutos de alargue, pero los cánticos persistentes y los vergonzosos gritos homófobos hicieron que el árbitro salvadoreño Iván Barton terminara el partido en el minuto 8.NO ES LA PRIMERA VEZLa FIFA multó a México con 100,000 francos suizos (108,000 dólares) en enero por cánticos homófobos de los aficionados en dos partidos. Eso se produjo después de ...

Alexandrova and Kudermetova to meet in all-Russian women’s final on Den Bosch grass

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:16:01 GMT

DEN BOSCH, Netherlands (AP) — Ekaterina Alexandrova will defend her Libema Open title against fellow Russian and top seed Veronika Kudermetova after both reached the final on Saturday without dropping a set all week.The No. 4-seeded Alexandrova defeated No. 7 Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus 6-1, 7-6 (1) by taking her break point chances, three of five. She denied all five for Sasnovich, who was playing her first semifinal of the year and first ever on grass.Alexandrova will be playing for her fourth WTA singles title on Sunday. She beat Kudermetova in the semifinals here last year en route to the title.Kudermetova, a tournament top seed for the first time, knocked out unseeded Viktoria Hruncakova of Slovakia 6-3, 6-2.Hruncakova couldn’t convert all six of her break chances, while Kudermetova took four of her five to make the difference.Kudermetova won her only WTA singles title in 2021 at Charleston and has lost three finals since then, all of them last year. She’s rank...

WNBA working with Brittney Griner and Mercury on travel options including charter flights

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:16:01 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA is working with Brittney Griner and the Phoenix Mercury on travel options including charter flights going forward.Griner’s travel was back in the spotlight last week when the team took a flight to Texas and then Indiana, requiring Griner and her Mercury teammates to go through commercial airports. While going through a Dallas airport last Saturday, the All-Star center who had been detained in Russia for nearly 10 months was harassed by what the WNBA called a “provocateur.”The league doesn’t allow teams to use charter flights except for when they have back-to-back games.Many teams have been using public charter airline JSX. Those flights are allowed by the WNBA with certain protocols in place, including that teams fly on the 30-seat planes using preset routes and times.The Mercury flew to their first road game in Los Angeles on JSX and took the airline to Dallas. There wasn’t a standard flight available on the airline from Dallas to Indianapolis, which was wh...

Pedestrian hit, killed on Aurora road, police said

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:16:01 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A man was killed in a vehicle versus pedestrian crash Friday night in Aurora, according to police.According to a release from APD, this incident makes for 32 traffic-related deaths this year in Aurora alone. Man hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being shot while driving in Aurora on Friday At approximately 9:58 p.m., officers from both APD and Denver PD responded to reports of a crash near South Havana Street near East Tennessee Avenue, which is on the border of Denver and Aurora.When they arrived on the scene, they said they found a 46-year-old man dead, lying in the northbound lanes of Havana Street.A 36-year-old woman from Texas was driving a Toyota Highlander northbound on South Havana Street, striking the man. The driver stayed on the scene and worked with officers in the investigation.APD said the pedestrian's name will be released by the Arapahoe County Coroner's Office, The road was closed for some three hours while investigators documente...

Looking Glass: Running from the cops seemed like such a good idea

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:16:01 GMT

A man ran a red light in Altoona, Pa., right in front of a police officer and led the cop on a high-speed chase. His license had been suspended, he was high on drugs, had a felony warrant for his arrest and was using the vehicle he was driving without the owner’s permission. He reached speeds over 80 mph on various side roads, and ran two more red lights, the second of which was at an intersection where a Jeep slammed into him. He took off on foot and jumped a fence before being tased and handcuffed.IT’S A LITTLE SLOW BUT IT GETS YOU THERE: A man stole a backhoe in Williamson County, Ill., and drove it to the airport so he could catch a flight to the West Coast. He was arrested as soon as he got off the plane in Elko, Nev.I TOOK ALL THAT RISK FOR NOTHING!: A Minnesota man traveled to Chicago where he robbed several banks, but, when he returned to the Minneapolis suburb where he lives, someone stole his car with the cash in it. Police found the vehicle abandoned with the engine runni...

Video shows Conor McGregor and rape accuser together at club after alleged sexual assault

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:16:01 GMT

New footage shows Conor McGregor and the woman who accused him of sexual assault hanging out together about half an hour after she says the incident took place.The woman claims McGregor forced her to perform oral sex on him before attempting to sodomize her. The alleged attack took place on June 9, after game 4 of the NBA finals between the Denver Nuggets and the Miami Heat.The footage, which was obtained by TMZ, was shot just before 1 a.m. and appears to show the woman and the UFC fighter chatting at a club.Ariel Mitchell, a lawyer for the accuser, describes the clip as showing the pair “awkwardly interacting with each other,” which she said did not happen before the alleged assault, according to TMZ.“My client has always stated that there would be video of before and after, and in those videos she emphasized that the difference in the interactions between them would be visibly noticeable,” Mitchell said in a statement to the outlet, noting the new footage f...

3 New Hampshire men charged with harassing, intimidating New Hampshire Public Radio journalists

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:16:01 GMT

Three New Hampshire men were charged Friday with harassing and intimidating two New Hampshire Public Radio journalists after the outlet published an article last year detailing allegations of sexual misconduct by the founder of the state’s largest addiction treatment network.Police arrested Tucker Cockerline, 32, and Michael Waselchuck, 35, on Friday after the pair, along with Keenan Saniatan, 36, vandalized the journalists’ homes as well as the residences of one of the journalists’ immediate family members with bricks, large rocks, and red spray paint.Federal prosecutors said Saniatan “remains at large” as of Friday. Federal Magistrate Judge Paul Levenson signed a warrant for Saniatan’s arrest on Thursday. A hearing where a judge could decide if Cockerline and Waselchuck should remain in jail as their case plays out is scheduled for Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Boston.People have a right to express their opinion but taking it “over the line” and vandalizing homes “will not be tolerated,” s...

Search underway for missing hiker at Three Sisters Falls

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:16:01 GMT

JULIAN, Calif. -- Authorities are searching for a missing hiker at Three Sisters Falls in Julian.According to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department, deputies with the Julian Sheriff's Substation received a call for help just before 5 p.m. Friday.Authorities say two people were swimming at the middle level of the falls when one went underwater and did not resurface. How ‘burn scars’ could create disaster during monsoon season in Southern California Deputies, CAL FIRE San Diego crews and volunteers with Sheriff's Search and Rescue (SAR) responded to the area to look for the missing 27-year-old man. A San Diego Sheriff Special Enforcement Detail (ASTREA) helicopter also helped with the search, SDSO confirmed.A search operation was conducted around the waterfalls until sunset. According to authorities, the darkness and amount of water flowing into the waterfalls made it too dangerous to continue with the search.The dam that feeds water to Three Sisters Falls, which is controlled b...