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Canes fans fill UM’s Wastco Center for Final Four watch party

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:33 GMT

It’s a fan frenzy at the University of Miami, as Hurricanes fans cheer on their men’s basketball team during their Final Four game in Houston.Students, staff, alumni and other South Floridians filled up the Watsco Center on the Coral Gables campus, Saturday night.“I’m really excited; that’s all I can say,” said student Jayda Changar.Attendees are there to watch the Canes make history, as the men’s basketball team competes in the NCAA Final Four for the first time, ever.“I feel pumped. I’m so excited; I’m all merched out, like, I’ve got the sign, all of that. It just feels really exciting,” said student Jene Turner.Students at the watch party said it’s about time.“I can’t believe we made it to the Final Four,” said student Tyreke Walker. “I’ve been watching since last year when we made it to the Sweet 16, it was pretty cool. We made it to the Elite 8; now I’m excited that we made it to the...

Drier but colder Sunday after Saturday rain

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:33 GMT

After the showers and storms on Saturday, Sunday’s forecast will feature some sunshine but will also be a chilly one. Winds pick up out of the northwest during the morning, with gusts over 30mph possible.High temperatures are likely to occur in the morning before colder air moves in. Expect afternoon high temperatures generally in the mid 40s.After a chilly Sunday, mild weather returns to the forecast to start the work week.

Jimmy Butler’s 35 help Heat survive Luka Doncic’s 42 in 129-122 victory over Mavericks

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:33 GMT

For extended stretches Saturday night at Miami-Dade Arena, defense was optional, which for the Dallas Mavericks has become the story of a season gone sour.For extended stretches Saturday night, the Miami Heat found themselves nearly as defenseless.Finally, a stand was made, one that snapped a three-game losing streak and moved the Heat closer to the top seed in the Eastern Conference play-in round.No, not exactly the type of game Erik Spoelstra would prefer, and not the type of postseason placement the Heat had targeted at No. 7 in the Eastern Conference, but the 129-122 victory at Miami-Dade Arena at least restored a healthier sense of order.“I wouldn’t have necessarily drawn it up this way, but I also had a gut feeling,” Spoelstra said, “we were going to have to put some points on the board.”Pushing to an early 18-point lead even with center Bam Adebayo sidelined by a hip bruise, the Heat improved to 41-37 with four games left in their regular season....

Revolution give up a late goal in a 1-1 draw with NYCFC

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:33 GMT

FOXBORO – The New England Revolution began the first of four home games in April with a 1-1 draw with New York City FC before 18,521 on Saturday night at Gillette Stadium.The Revolution (4-1-1) fell into second place tie with Atlanta with 13 points, one behind Cincinnati (4-0-2) in the Eastern Conference, and will host CF Montreal next Saturday. NYCFC upped its mark to 2-2-2.“Give them credit but I think we could have done better,” said Revolution head coach and sporting director Bruce Arena. “It was OK, it’s not a loss.”Arena made two changes to the starting XI that beat D.C. United 2-1 on March 25 at Audi Field, one of which accounted for a significant upgrade in the midfield. Revolution rainmaker Carles Gil, the 2021 league MVP, made his fifth appearance and first start since the home opener against the Houston Dynamo on March 4. Gil missed the game in D.C. with a hamstring injury.Gustavo Bou and Jack Panayotou made deep flanking runs in the eighth and ninth minutes, but both pro...

Winderman’s view: Heat sixth sense with Love produces dividends against Mavericks

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:33 GMT

Observations and other notes of interest from Saturday night’s 129-122 victory over the Dallas Mavericks:– With Bam Adebayo out, some of Saturday’s alterations to the Heat rotation were out of need.– But Kevin Love to the bench worked.– With Love at backup center in a five-out alignment proving liberating to both Love and Heat.– In the absence of Adebayo, the Heat may have found something.– Then again, Cody Zeller certainly acquitted himself well enough to maintain a spot in the rotation.– Of course this all was against the Mavericks’ defense, so there also has to be perspective.– And Dallas continually hunted Love on the defensive end, so there’s also that.– As for Omer Yurtseven, his time appears to have come and gone.– Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said there was no choice but to sit out Adebayo due to Adebayo’s hip contusion.– “Just the movement,” Spoelstra said. “He’s j...

Man stabbed following fight in east end

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:33 GMT

A man has been stabbed following a fight in the city’s east end.Police say they were called to a building in the Chester Hill Road and Thorncliffe Avenue area around 9:45 Saturday night. There were reports that three men were fighting and when police arrived they found one man suffering from stab wounds. The man was taken to hospital. The extent of his injuries is unknown.

No more room for vroom? Paris votes on banishing e-scooters

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:33 GMT

PARIS (AP) — The wheels may be about to come off Paris’ ubiquitous for-hire electric scooters.Zipping around the City of Light on one of them, wind in the hair, or romantically but naughtily e-scooting à deux on one machine when the gendarmes aren’t looking could soon be over if Parisians vote Sunday to do away with the 15,000 opinion-dividing micro-vehicles.The question City Hall is asking in a citywide mini-referendum is: “For or against self-service scooters in Paris?”The answer could doom a leading market for the swift two-wheelers that have expanded locomotion choices in the French capital and other urban centers and towns around the world.Scattered around Paris, easy to locate and hire with a downloadable app and relatively cheap, the scooters are a hit with tourists who love their speed and the help-yourself freedom they offer. In the five years since their introduction, following in the wake of shared cars and shared bicycles, for-hire scooters have also bu...

Man shot in parking lot of Alsip children's indoor playground

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:33 GMT

ALSIP, Ill. — A group ambushed and shot another man in the parking lot of a children's indoor playground Saturday evening, according to Alsip police.Police said they received a call around 5:27 p.m. reporting gunfire at the My Kidzplay in the 4800 block of 111th Street. After arriving on scene, their investigation showed the victim was shot several times before the group of offenders fled eastbound on 111th Street in two different vehicles, one being a silver BMW and the other being a Jeep Compass.The victim was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where his condition is currently unknown.Police said the incident appears to be a targeted attack on a single individual, and there is no immediate risk to the community.If you or someone you know has information that can help police make a breakthrough in their investigation, Alsip police can be reached via their tip line at 708-385-6902, extension 2272.

Loons take down MLS expansion darling St. Louis City 1-0 on Saturday

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:33 GMT

Luis Amarilla could have had reason to be timid — his final touch has not been sharp this season, including on Saturday — but the Paraguayan blasted his penalty kick into back of the net.Amarilla went straight down the middle to convert from the spot in the 78th minute to give St. Louis City its first defeat as an MLS expansion franchise, 1-0, at lively CityPark.Minnesota ended a perfect start for St. Louis and the Loons (3-0-2) have now won three straight road games for the second time in club’s MLS history (June-July 2022).Amarilla also won the PK after being taken down in the box by Kyle Hiebert. Amarilla scored his second goal of the season, including a PK in the 2-1 win over Colorado Rapids on March 18.St. Louis (5-1-0) had been on pace to challenge the best start for any club in the post-shootout era, which was set by Sporting Kansas City (7-0-0) in 2012.Coming into the week, St. Louis led MLS with 15 goals this season, but had an expected goals of roughly half that. MNUFC hel...

At least 26 dead after tornadoes rake US Midwest, South

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:33 GMT

By ADRIAN SAINZ and ANDREW DeMILLO (Associated Press)WYNNE, Ark. (AP) — Storms that dropped possibly dozens of tornadoes killed at least 26 people in small towns and big cities across the South and Midwest, tearing a path through the Arkansas capital, collapsing the roof of a packed concert venue in Illinois and stunning people throughout the region Saturday with the damage’s scope.Confirmed or suspected tornadoes in at least eight states destroyed homes and businesses, splintered trees and laid waste to neighborhoods across a broad swath of the country. The dead included at least nine in one Tennessee county, four in the small town of Wynne, Arkansas, three in Sullivan, Indiana, and four in Illinois. Other deaths from the storms that hit Friday night into Saturday were reported in Alabama and Mississippi, along with one near Little Rock, Arkansas, where city officials said more than 2,600 buildings were in a tornado’s path.Residents of Wynne, a community of about ...