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West’s 3-run homer, Rogers’ pitching help Tennessee top Alabama 10-5 in WCWS softball opener

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:51 GMT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Rylie West hit a three-run homer and No. 4 seed Tennessee defeated No. 5 seed Alabama 10-5 on Thursday in the opening game of the Women’s College World Series.Jamison Brockenbrough and Katie Taylor had two hits and Kiki Milloy scored twice for the Lady Vols (50-8).Tennessee’s Ashley Rogers, a first-team National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-American, gave up two runs in four innings to improve to 19-1 this season.Jenna Johnson and Kenleigh Cahalan each had two hits and Marlie Giles hit a solo homer for Alabama (45-21). Jaala Torrence gave up six runs, but just two earned, in 2 1/3 innings for the Crimson Tide. Alabama’s Ashley Prange committed three errors that led to four unearned runs. She had six errors all season before Thursday.Tennessee opened the scoring in the second when Taylor doubled to knock in two. Milloy, the nation’s home run leader, was intentionally walked, then Zaida Puni doubled to score Taylor and Milloy and push ...

New San Francisco NWSL team will be called Bay FC

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:51 GMT

The new National Women’s Soccer League team in the San Francisco Bay Area will be called Bay Football Club, or Bay FC for short. The team’s name, logo and colors — navy, poppy red and fog gray — were unveiled Thursday. Bay FC is set to join the NWSL as the league’s 14th team in 2024. The team expects to announce where it will train temporarily in the coming months, with plans to build a permanent practice facility in the future.“One of the things that we contemplated throughout this whole process was we wanted to be for the whole big area — we didn’t want to be just for the North Bay, we didn’t want to be just for the East Bay or the South Bay,” said Aly Wagner, co-chair of Bay FC. “There are incredible, incredible places in the Bay Area that make this one of the most special places in the world.”Wagner is a founding partner of the team along with fellow former U.S. team players Brandi Chastain, Danielle Slaton and Leslie Osborne. Bay FC’s l...

VMware: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:51 GMT

PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — VMware Inc. (VMW) on Thursday reported fiscal first-quarter profit of $224 million.On a per-share basis, the Palo Alto, California-based company said it had net income of 52 cents. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense and costs related to mergers and acquisitions, were $1.49 per share.The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.57 per share.The cloud computing company posted revenue of $3.28 billion in the period, which also fell short of Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $3.31 billion._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on VMW at https://www.zacks.com/ap/VMWSource

Newly discovered stone tools drag dawn of Greek archaeology back by a quarter-million years

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:51 GMT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Deep in an open coal mine in southern Greece, researchers have discovered the antiquities-rich country’s oldest archaeological site, which dates to 700,000 years ago and is associated with modern humans’ hominin ancestors.The find announced Thursday would drag the dawn of Greek archaeology back by as much as a quarter of a million years, although older hominin sites have been discovered elsewhere in Europe. The oldest, in Spain, dates to more than a million years ago.The Greek site was one of five investigated in the Megalopolis area during a five-year project involving an international team of experts, a Culture Ministry statement said.It was found to contain rough stone tools from the Lower Palaeolithic period — about 3.3 million to 300,000 years ago — and the remains of an extinct species of giant deer, elephants, hippopotamus, rhinoceros and a macaque monkey.The project was directed by Panagiotis Karkanas of the American School of Classical Studies at...

Five Below: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:51 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Five Below Inc. (FIVE) on Thursday reported fiscal first-quarter earnings of $37.5 million.The Philadelphia-based company said it had net income of 67 cents per share.The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 12 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 62 cents per share.The discount retailer posted revenue of $726.2 million in the period, falling short of Street forecasts. Eleven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $729.2 million.For the current quarter ending in July, Five Below said it expects revenue in the range of $755 million to $765 million. Analysts surveyed by Zacks had expected revenue of $634.1 million.The company expects full-year earnings to be $5.31 to $5.71 per share, with revenue ranging from $3.5 billion to $3.57 billion._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock ...

Zelenskyy pushes for Ukraine support at European leaders’ summit in Moldova

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:51 GMT

BULBOACA, Moldova (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s unrelenting quest for more political support and security backing from NATO got a warm welcome but no concrete commitments Thursday during a sprawling summit where nearly every European leader had assembled to condemn non-invitees Russia and Belarus.Almost hoarse from drumming up support for his nation week after week, Zelenskyy made a surprise visit to neighboring Moldova that ended up as the focal point of an event designed to quell regional conflicts and to shore up Europe’s unity in the face of Russia’s war. After a day of talks at a stately winery in the countryside, Zelenskyy said the best security guarantee for Ukraine was membership in NATO and the European Union, and that any proposed peace plans to end the 15-month-old war in his country could not take into account Russian concerns. He told the leaders sitting with him that during a NATO summit scheduled for July, “the clear invitation to member...

NCAA Division I Softball World Series Glance

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:51 GMT

At OGE Energy Field at the USA Softball Hall of Fame ComplexOklahoma CityAll Times EDTDouble Elimination; x-if necessaryThursday, June 1Game 1 – Tennessee 10, Alabama 5Game 2 – Oklahoma (54-1) vs. Stanford (42-13), 2:30 p.m.Game 3 – Florida St. (52-8) vs. Oklahoma St. (43-14), 7 p.m.Game 4 – Washington (41-13) vs. Utah (39-14), 9:30 p.m.Friday, June 2Game 5 – Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 7 p.m.Game 6 – Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser, 9:30 p.m.Saturday, June 3Game 7 – Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 3 p.m.Game 8 – Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 7 p.m.Sunday, June 4Game 9 – Game 5 winner vs. Game 8 loser, 3 p.m.Game 10 – Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 loser, 7 p.m.Monday, June 6Game 11 – Game 7 winner vs. Game 9 winner, noonx-Game 12 – Game 7 winner vs. Game 9 winner, 2:30 p.m.Game 13 – Game 8 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 7 p.m.x-Game 14 – Game 8 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 9:30 p.m.Championship Series(Best...

Teen denied bond in connection to armed school bus attack in Prince George’s Co.

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:51 GMT

A teenager will be held without bond, a judge ruled Thursday, for his alleged role in an armed attack on a Prince George’s County school bus on May 1.The teenager, who police are only referring to as “Baby K” at this time, is the fourth suspect in connection to the case to be held without bond.In a court hearing Thursday, the 15-year-old appeared on video from the Prince George’s County adult detention center.The teen’s lawyer, Keith Showstack, said the teen was on his way to Showstack’s office, preparing to surrender to authorities, when he was arrested earlier this week. State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy told reporters after the hearing she “wasn’t convinced” he was ready to turn himself in.“For a month, this county felt like it was, in some respects, under siege. We weren’t sure what was going to happen. We didn’t know where the individual was — that he eluded police for nearly a month, is very concerning...

Uruguay tops Gambia at Under-20 World Cup, plays US in quarterfinals

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:51 GMT

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Anderson Duarte’s strike from the edge of the penalty area put Uruguay through to the Under-20 World Cup quarterfinals with a 1-0 win against Gambia on Thursday.Uruguay plays the United States in the last eight on Sunday.Both teams lost players to red cards in the hard-fought match in Santiago del Estero. Mansour Mbye’s ejection left Gambia a man down from the 17th minute, while Uruguay’s Luciano Rodriguez was sent off shortly before the break.Uruguay wasted several opportunities to double its lead against a tired Gambian team that had few chances to equalize after Duarte scored in the 65th with a low left-footed shot into the corner.The winner of Uruguay vs. U.S. will play Brazil or Israel in the semifinals.Ecuador plays South Korea later Thursday for a place in the quarterfinals. ___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/Soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

6 things to know as Nuggets face Heat in NBA Finals

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:51 GMT

DENVER (AP) — The NBA Finals get underway Thursday night as the Denver Nuggets host the Miami Heat in Game 1. Before you watch, at home or in-person, here are six things to know about the 2023 finals.6 games are most commonThe NBA Finals will end in six games. At least, that’s what history says.Out of the first 76 editions in the history of the NBA Finals, the series has ended in six games 30 times.That’s by far the most common outcome. Watch: Larry O’Brien trophy arrives at Ball Arena The title series has gone to Game 7 on 19 occasions, ended in five games on 18 occasions and wound up as a four-game sweep only nine times.Each of the last four years has seen the finals end in exactly six games — Toronto over Golden State in 2019, the Los Angeles Lakers over the Heat in 2020, Milwaukee over Phoenix in 2021 and Golden State over Boston last season.Denver will break franchise recordThe Nuggets will tie a franchise record by playing their 50th home game of the season on Thursday night...