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Brooks Koepka hangs on to win LIV event ahead of Masters

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:38 GMT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Brooks Koepka became the first multiple winner in LIV Golf when he closed with a 3-under 68, making a 4-foot par putt on the final hole for a one-shot victory over Sebastian Munoz.LIV Golf-Orlando came one week before Koepka and 17 other players in the Saudi-funded league go to Augusta National for the Masters.“Going into next week, that’s what you want to see,” Koepka said, who finished at 15-under 198 at Orange County National.Munoz was trying to stay with Koepka along the back nine and didn’t go away easily. He fell two shots behind when he sent a bunker shot flying over the green at the par-5 14th. And while he did well to scramble for par, Koepka made a short birdie.Munoz bounced back by holing a chip for birdie on the 16th to cut the deficit to one. But on the par-5 17th, the easiest hole at Orange County, the Colombian again hit a bunker shot over the green. He made another par, and Koepka gave him hope by missing a 5-foot birdie.The final hol...

Corey Conners wins Valero Texas Open for 2nd time in 5 years

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:38 GMT

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Corey Conners won the Valero Texas Open for the second time in five years Sunday for his second PGA Tour title, closing with a 4-under 68 for a one-stroke victory over rookie Sam Stevens.Also the 2019 winner, Conners had a 15-under 273 total on TPC San Antonio’s Oaks Course. The Canadian now heads to the Masters, where he tied sixth last year for his second straight top-10 finish at Augusta National.A shot behind Patrick Rodgers starting play, Conners had a three-shot lead after he birdied No. 15. Stevens eagled the 17th, but missed a 9-foot birdie putt at 18 that would have tied it. Connors ended it with a 3-foot par putt on 18.Stevens shot a 66. Sam Ryder (66) and Matt Kuchar (68) followed at 13 under.Rodgers saw a chance for his first tour victory and first Masters spot slip away. He shot a 73 to finish fifth at 11 under.Conner’s best finish since hoisting the 2019 Texas Open trophy was a third-place effort at the Arnold Palmer Invitational last year. Con...

Rantanen has 4-point night in Avalanche 5-2 win over Stars

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:38 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Colorado Avalanche forward Mikko Rantanen scored a goal and had three assists against the Dallas Stars in the 5-2 win Saturday night at Ball Arena. Nathan MacKinnon nabbed a cross-ice pass from Rantanen in the corner to put it past Stars goalie Jake Oettinger at 8:54 in the first period. "He drove right into like the best scoring area that there is, right between the hash marks, and capitalized on it. Plus the shot was elite. It was on and off his tape," head coach Jared Bednar said after the game. At 6:04 in the second period, Logan O'Connor slipped past Miro Heiskanen to beat Oettinger five-hole. LAFC, Colorado play to scoreless draw Stars forward Tyler Seguin got Dallas on the board with a power-play goal at 11:54 in the second after a scramble in front of the net. But MacKinnon put the Avs back up by two with a power-play goal at the end of the second off a faceoff win pass from J.T. Compher. It appeared the Stars pulled within one midway through the third pe...

Scooter rider struck by hit-and-run driver near busy Fort Lauderdale intersection

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:38 GMT

A South Florida man is recovering and sharing his story days after, he said, he was struck along a busy Fort Lauderdale roadway while riding his scooter by a driver who kept on going.Speaking with 7News on Sunday, 27-year-old Alexander Romanenko said his entire body is in pain and can’t even sleep at night, as he continues to relive the moment he was hit from behind and left lying in the street, Friday night.“I’m basically just sitting there, and the next second I’m on the ground,” he said.Surveillance video captured the victim on his scooter as he sat at a red light near Northeast Eighth Avenue and Sunrise Boulevard.Romanenko said he was heading home when a blue Toyota Prius hit him and knocked him off his scooter.“I wanted to try and get up and get out of the road; I couldn’t move,” he said.The victim is seen on the bottom left corner of the surveillance video as he was rear-ended.“In the video, you see me go kind of backwards ...

Archbishop Wenski officiates Palm Sunday Mass in Miami

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:38 GMT

The Archdiocese of Miami celebrated Palm Sunday with a special Mass.7News cameras captured Archbishop Thomas Wenski as he blessed the palms outside of St. Mary’s Cathedral in Miami.The Mass marked the beginning of Holy Week.“This week commemorates Jesus’ Passover from death to life and our Passover with Jesus, where we have died with Christ,” said Wenski. “We believe that we also shall rise with Him to new life.”

Coyle SO goal helps Boston beat St. Louis 4-3 for 60th win

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:38 GMT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Charlie Coyle scored the game-winning shootout goal as the Boston Bruins recovered from blowing a 3-0 lead to beat the St. Louis Blues 4-3 for its 60th win of the season.Linus Ullmark made 35 saves and stopped all three St. Louis shootout attempts to lead Boston to its third straight win.Jake DeBrusk, Tyler Bertuzzi and Oskar Steen all scored in regulation for Boston.Jordan Kyrou scored a pair of goals, and Torey Krug also scored for St. Louis.Jordan Binnington made 28 saves for St. Louis which lost its second straight game.Dmitry Orlov appeared to have scored the game-winner 2:24 into overtime, but after a quick review the goal was overturned as David Pastrnak was off-side entering the St. Louis zone.Kyrou scored his second goal of the game and team-leading 36th of the season with 25 seconds remaining in regulation after Binnington was pulled for an extra attacker to tie the game 3-all.Krug buried a rebound from Brandon Saad past Ullmark for his seventh goal of the...

Sunny start to the work week

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:38 GMT

After an unsettled day Saturday, high pressure moved over New England Sunday, and will be with us through Monday as well. Monday afternoon the center of the high will be just off the coastline, keeping sunshine in the forecast, but also allowing a southerly breeze to warm things up.High temperatures Monday afternoon should reach the mid 50s for most, with some places on the Cape and Buzzard’s Bay in the low 50s. After Monday unsettled weather moves in again, with showers possible Tuesday through Thursday.

Teamsters President Sean O’Brien blasts UPS ahead of contract negotiations: ‘We are not afraid’ to strike

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:38 GMT

Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien tore into UPS on Sunday as he pumped up delivery drivers and other workers in Boston ahead of national contract negotiations, warning the shipping giant that the employees are “not afraid” to strike.O’Brien and other Teamsters officials rallied union workers in Charlestown while they gear up for the start of national negotiations impacting more than 340,000 package delivery drivers and warehouse logistics workers across the country.“We have 15 days before we go sit across the table from this white collar crime syndicate known as United Parcel Service,” O’Brien said during the rally at Teamsters Local 25.“We are not going to take and accept what UPS gives us,” he added. “We’re going to demand, take and punish if they don’t give us what we want moving forward.”The Teamsters’ national master agreement with UPS is the largest private-sector collective bargaining a...

Mets Notebook: Can Mets find production against lefty pitching?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:38 GMT

MIAMI — Last season, the Mets hit .246 against left-handed pitching. It was neither good nor bad, it was exactly in the middle, the 15th-best mark in the league. Or the 15th-worst mark, if you’re more of a glass-half-empty type of person. The .717 OPS was also toward the bottom half of the league.The struggles against southpaw pitching were well-documented last season and alarm bells sounded all over again this weekend after the Mets managed only two hits off Miami Marlins left-hander Jesus Luzardo on Friday night in a 2-1 loss to the Miami Marlins at loanDeport Park. They answered some questions over the weekend with two wins against lefties, but this particular storyline might be one that follows the Mets through the early part of the season if the trend continues.The Mets possess a very balanced lineup but the 2023 lineup is almost identical to the 2022 lineup. The club made a few tweaks to try and combat this problem. Right-handed DH Darin Ruf is no longer on the Maj...

Column: Will Chicago Cubs ask starters to go longer this year? Despite short debut, Jameson Taillon says ‘innings are sexy again.’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:38 GMT

Jameson Taillon has a theory on the evolution of starting pitching.“Innings are making a little bit of a comeback,” the Chicago Cubs starter recently told me. “I think innings are kind of sexy again.”Well, it all depends on your definition of sexy.If Taillon is correct, it means more starters lasting later in games before giving way to the parade of relievers and the pendulum swinging back to the pre-analytics era.But we’re not quite there yet, and neither was Taillon in his Cubs debut Sunday. The team’s most prominent free-agent pitcher since Yu Darvish lasted only four innings in a 9-5 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers before 33,266 at Wrigley Field.Taillon wasn’t particularly sharp but didn’t think it was “anything too major.” Could it have been the added adrenaline of making his first start with a new team?“Yeah, maybe — there’s definitely some extra adrenaline,” he said. “But at this stage of ...