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Delle Donne hits late go-ahead 3-pointer, Mystics beat Sky 71-69

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:09:07 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Elena Delle Donne scored 25 points, Shakira Austin had 15 points and 11 rebounds and the Washington Mystics beat the Chicago Sky 71-69 on Friday night.Ariel Atkins rebounded her own miss and found Delle Donne open for a go-ahead 3-pointer with 22.4 to play. Kahleah Copper drove into the lane and was fouled before making 1 of 2 free throws with 10.4 left to get Chicago within 69-67. But Atkins sealed it by making two free throws for a four-point lead.Natasha Cloud had a team-high seven assists for Washington (2-2), which forced Chicago into 21 turnovers.The Mystics made 16 of 20 from the free-throw line while Chicago made 9 of 13. Washington led 53-37 before Chicago scored the next 16 points to tie it on Copper’s wide-open layup. Amanda Zahui B. answered with a 3-pointer on her first shot attempt of the game and Kristi Toliver converted a four-point play — her first points of the game — on the Mystics next possession to make it 60-53.Chicago tied it again at 60 after W...

LPGA Bank of Hope Match-Play Results

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:09:07 GMT

FridayAt Shadow Creek Golf CourseLas VegasPurse: $1.5 millionYardage: 6,804; Par: 72(Seedings in parentheses)Winner of each group advanceRound 3 Group PlayGroup 1FridayLilia Vu (1), United States def. Lauren Hartlage (64), United States, 4 and 3Albane Valenzuela (33),Switzerland def. Nanna Koerstz Madsen (32), Denmark, 3 and 2ThursdayAlbane Valenzuela (33),Switzerland def. Lilia Vu (1), United States, 2 upNanna Koerstz Madsen (32), Denmark def. Lauren Hartlage (64), United States, 3 and 2FridayLilia Vu (1), United States def. Nanna Koerstz Madsen (32), Denmark, 1 upAlbane Valenzuela (33), Switzerland def. Lauren Hartlage (64), United States, 4 and 3___Group 2WednesdayBrooke M. Henderson (2), Canada def. Yaeeun Hong (63), South Korea, 4 and 2Jeongeun Lee6 (31), South Korea def. Sophia Schubert (34), United States, tieThursdaySophia Schubert (34), United States, def. Brooke M. Henderson (2), Canada, 1 upJeongeun Lee6 (31), South Korea def. Yaeeun Hong (63), South Korea, 2 and 1FridayB...

Denver weather: 80 degrees and storm chances this weekend

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:09:07 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver's weather will stay stormy through Friday evening. Then the weekend brings a pattern of morning sunshine and more afternoon storms through the holiday. Eastern Colorado, including the Denver metro, remains under a slight risk for storms staying strong to severe through Friday evening. The main risk with these storms will be damaging wind gusts, large hail and abundant lightning strikes. Weather tonight: Strong storms clearingRain and storms will push east through the evening. This will be followed by clearing clouds and a low temperature of around 50 degrees. Weather tomorrow: Chance for afternoon storms Saturday will start with a mostly sunny sky.As temperatures climb up to 80 degrees, a chance for showers and thunderstorms will increase through the afternoon and evening.There is a marginal to slight risk of storms becoming strong to severe. The biggest risk with these storms will be strong wind gusts and hail. Looking ahead: More of the sameThe Memorial Day...

Parent group sees positive aspects to proposed safety plan for Denver schools

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:09:07 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Parents and officials at Denver Public Schools may have found some common ground on a proposed safety plan.The district released a second draft of the plan on Friday."Having the different levels and layers on top is what's going to provide the safest environment," said Scott Pribble, with Denver Public Schools.Those different levels apply to different proposed safety focuses in the plan.Deciding on school resource officers, weapons detectionThe first applies to school resource officers: "The board would make that decision for all comprehensive high schools and schools with 6th grade through 12th grade in the same building," Pribble said.There are 13 comprehensive high schools across the district.The next safety focus applies to how weapons would be detected on campuses."It should be a school-based decision," Pribble said. Judge denies student’s plea to wear Mexican and American flag sash at graduation The main point is whether schools will elect to have metal detec...

Vehicle goes into canal near Doral following 2-car crash; driver hospitalized

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:09:07 GMT

A two-car crash near Doral ended up with one vehicle in a canal, sending the driver to the hospital, officials said. Doral Police and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the crash in the area of Northwest 92nd Avenue and 58th Street, Friday afternoon. 7Skyforce hovered over the scene as fire rescue crews surrounded the area. The impact sent one of the vehicles involved over a guardrail and into the water.The driver of the submerged vehicle managed to get out and head back up the embankment. Paramedics took things over from there.According to MDFR, the patient was transported to an area hospital with minor injuries.There were no other injuries. The roadways in the area of 95th Avenue and 58th Street was closed as police investigated. They have since reopened to traffic.

Mets top Rockies behind Max Scherzer’s best start of the season

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:09:07 GMT

DENVER — Max Scherzer has accomplished a lot in his 16-year, Hall-of-Fame-worthy career, but one of the few things that eluded him was a win at Coors Field.Scherzer (4-2) finally conquered that mountain Friday night in Denver, pitching the Mets to a 5-2 win in the first game of a three-game series against the Colorado Rockies. It was a vintage performance from the right-hander, who went seven innings for the first time this season in the win – his first in Colorado in six tries.Scherzer only allowed one earned run on six hits and struck out eight. He got 19 swings and misses and did not allow a walk, which was also a season-best mark.After a slow start to the season, a suspension and some nagging injuries, Scherzer has allowed only two earned runs over his last three starts. He’s looking a lot more like his old self.Ryan McMahon led off the second inning with a home run and Scherzer didn’t allow another hit until the fifth. He had runners on the corners in th...

Friday’s high school roundup/scores: Acton-Boxboro nets Dual County League volleyball title

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:09:07 GMT

VOLLEYBALLParth Pawar had 34 assists as Acton-Boxboro (16-1) clinched the Dual County League title with a 3-0 win over Lincoln-Sudbury.Ian Hoskins registered 17 kills as Dighton-Rehoboth defeated Brockton 3-1 in a nonleague contest. …Victor Lam had 50 assists as Chelmsford defeated Westford Academy, 3-1.SOFTBALLJill Ondrick struck out 11 and went 3-for-3 with the game-winning RBI as Archbishop Williams defeated Braintree 3-1 in a nonleague contest. …Kelly Colleran threw a no-hitter and homered as coach Bill Wallace earned his 300th win as North Attleboro defeated Milton, 4-0. … Shannon Varvitsiotis threw a complete-game shutout as Abington (13-7) topped Notre Dame (Hingham), 2-0. … Lauren Bernaiche went the distance with 11 strikeouts, giving up six hits and two runs, while Zoe Trinque went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI as Apponequet (10-10) bested Dartmouth, 4-2. … Ruby Calienes tossed a four-hit shutout with six strikeouts, while Eva Walton went 3-for-3 with a double and three...

Man sought after fatal stabbing in Oakwood Village

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:09:07 GMT

Police are searching for a suspect following a fatal stabbing in the city’s west end. Police were called to a building in area of Dufferin Street and Rowan Drive, south of Eglinton just before 10:30 p.m. Friday for reports someone had been stabbed.When they arrived they found a male suffering from stab wounds and were pronounced dead at the scene. The age of the victim or the circumstances leading up to the stabbing were not released. The suspect is described as male, approximately 30 years of age, five-foot-nine with a medium-to-heavy build and a short afro. He was last seen wearing a grey shirt and blue jeans. #listen-box {box-shadow: 0 0 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);animation: pulse 2s infinite;margin:20px;padding:15px;}@keyframes pulse { 0% { box-shadow: 0 0 0 0 rgba(0, 157, 79, 0.7); } 70% { box-shadow: 0 0 0 10px rgba(0, 157, 79, 0); } 100% { box-shadow: 0 0 0 0 rgba(0, 157, 79, 0); }}Listen to CityNews 680 overnight for updates on this story

CFD: Grill on roof of Lake View building catches fire

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:09:07 GMT

CHICAGO — An official with the Chicago Fire Department said a barbecue grill on the roof of a residential building in Lake View likely caught on fire Friday night.The fire started around 9 p.m. on the roof of a building near North Sheffield Avenue and West Belmont Avenue. Already a college graduate, CPS high schooler taking success to new degree The fire official said the grill was next to a propane tank the roof was made out of lots of wood.People posted videos and photos of the fire on social media showing heavy fire on top of the building.#chicago #fire #lakeview pic.twitter.com/B1FVRLyHbc— DSP blue check (@DPilsk) May 27, 2023The official said it appears no one was injured.Some roads in the area were closed while first responders were on the scene.

U.S. weather movement slows due to “blocking pattern” aloft; rain-free high pressure locked in for Memorial Day weekend in Chicago with incoming high/mid-level clouds—temperatures cycling higher

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:09:07 GMT

Mid-continent atmospheric blocking pattern is to stall major weather systems in place over the coming week setting the stage for a Memorial Day weekend of warming temps and rain-free weather in Chicago within a building dome of warm air. Day-to-day temp increases are in store here with highs flirting with 90-degrees Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday next weekThe most important rule of thumb as ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING PATTERNS come together is what’s happening across the central United States: the weather system in control as the blocking pattern gets underway is likely to stick around. Blocking patterns by their very nature slow the movement of weather systems.In the case of Chicago and the Midwest, we find ourselves smack dab in the middle of a sprawling Canadian high pressure. We had Friday afternoon relative humidities as low as 22%, about as dry as it gets this time of year. The dry in the heart of this high pressure is to down ANY PROSPECT OF RAIN for the foreseeable future, and tha...