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Red Sox notebook: Troubling Chris Sale update headlines slew of roster moves

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:38:17 GMT

NEW YORK — Before kicking off their first Rivalry series of the season on Friday night, the Red Sox announced a slew of roster moves.Throughout the week, Adam Duvall’s return from the injured list was the eagerly-anticipated update; the veteran outfielder was off to a scorching start to the season before fracturing his wrist in mid-April.But while Duvall has, indeed, been reinstated and is in the lineup for Friday night, the announcement included much bigger, bad news: Chris Sale has been transferred from the 15-day to 60-day injured list.The 34-year-old southpaw last pitched on June 1. After looking dominant in the early frames, his velocity and command took a sharp turn. When Alex Cora came out to the mound to take him out after 3 ⅔ innings, it was clear something was wrong.Sale’s diagnosis was left-shoulder inflammation. The latest from the team is that imaging indicated a stress reaction in his scapula (shoulder blade bone). While the injury doesn’t currently r...

Mets place Pete Alonso on injured list after new tests reveal bone bruise, sprain of left wrist

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:38:17 GMT

PITTSBURGH — The freefalling Mets are facing the possibility of being without their best hitter for 3-4 weeks. The extra imaging on Pete Alonso’s left wrist showed a bone bruise and a sprain, forcing the club to place him on the injured list Friday.It’s a huge blow for a team that has lost six straight and done so in brutal fashion. Alonso leads the Mets and MLB with 22 home runs and the lineup is lacking in power outside of Alonso, Francisco Alvarez and Francisco Lindor.The first baseman was hit on the left wrist with a 97 mph fastball from Atlanta Braves’ right-gander Charlie Morton on Saturday night at Truist Park. The injury came in the first inning and X-rays came back negative, but the club still felt it best to send him to New York to undergo more imaging and get examined by team doctors.The Mets called up infielder Luis Guillorme from Triple-A Syracuse to take his spot on the roster. The club also made a move to get a fresh arm in the bullpen, designa...

Celtics’ Grant Williams has successful hand surgery, expected to make full recovery before training camp

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:38:17 GMT

Celtics forward Grant Williams had successful surgery on his left hand on Friday, the team announced.Williams’ surgery repaired a tear of the radial collateral ligament of the third metacarpo-phalangeal joint on his left hand. The Celtics said the forward is expected to make a full return to basketball activities in 6-8 weeks, which would put him in line to return in late July or early August. He’ll make a full recovery before training camp begins in late September.According to a report Friday from ESPN, Williams suffered the injury in March and played through it as the Celtics advanced to Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals.Williams, who also suffered an elbow injury at one point this season, had an underwhelming fourth season despite finishing with career bests of 8.1 points and 4.6 rebounds in 25.9 minutes per game, as he fell out of Joe Mazzulla’s rotation during the second half of the season. His playing time was uncertain throughout the Celtics’ playoff run, but he pushed ...

Revolution look to end winless streak against Inter Miami

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:38:17 GMT

The New England Revolution will look to end their five-game winless streak against the team that started the slide.The Revolution haven’t won since beating Toronto FC on the road on May 3. The current winless streak that cost them first place in the MLS Eastern Conference began with a 2-1 setback at Inter-Miami on May 13 and was followed with a blowout 3-0 loss at Philadelphia.The Revolution have recorded three straight draws over a stretch of three games in eight days that ended with a scoreless tie against New York City FC at Yankee Stadium on June 3.“Hopefully we will be a little bit more rested,” said Revolution head coach Bruce Arena. “Last week was a difficult week and hopefully we will have advantage playing at home.“There’s probably only a couple of teams that have only lost three games, so it’s not the end of the world. Getting points on the road at Atlanta and New York is not bad.”The fourth-place Revolution (7-3-6) begin a three-game homestand on Saturday night (7:30) aga...

Key moments in Trump indictment: Showing off classified material, storing documents in a bathroom

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:38:17 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department detailed stunning allegations against former President Donald Trump in a criminal indictment unsealed Friday, including allegations he stored classified documents in a bathroom and shower at his Florida club, flaunted the documents to people without security clearances and at times tried to conceal material from his own lawyers as well as investigators. In the indictment, prosecutors spell out the types of classified material the Republican presidential candidate is accused of keeping at his Florida beach club after he left office in 2021, along with where he is said to have kept them and what he did with them. A look at key moments as described in the indictment:FLAUNTING DOCUMENTSIn July 2021 at Trump’s Bedminster, New Jersey, golf course, the former president showed a writer, a publisher and two of his staff members — none of whom had a security clearance — a “plan of attack” that had been prepared by the Defense Department and a sen...

Texas court dismisses GOP donor’s defamation lawsuit against Beto O’Rourke

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:38:17 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas appeals court on Friday dismissed a billionaire’s defamation lawsuit against Democrat Beto O’Rouke that was brought after O’Rourke criticized a $1 million campaign contribution to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. The ruling by the Third Court of Appeals in Austin comes more than a year after O’Rourke repeatedly made critical remarks about the donation during a failed run for governor, at one point saying that it “looks like a bribe to me.” The contribution came from Kelcy Warren, chairman of pipeline company Energy Transfer, which reported about $2.4 billion in earnings related to the catastrophic February 2021 winter storm that sent natural gas prices soaring in Texas. Warren, a major Republican donor, accused O’Rourke of trying to humiliate him and discourage other Abbott supporters from making campaign donations. In the court’s opinion, Chief Justice Darlene Byrne wrote that a reasonable person would view O’Rourke...

Music Review: Jess Williamson’s ‘Time Ain’t Accidental’ spans the American west and human heart

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:38:17 GMT

“Time Ain’t Accidental” by Jess Williamson (Mexican Summer)Jess Williamson’s fifth solo album “Time Ain’t Accidental” incarnates 2023 through a lyrical road trip that unpacks America, its western landscapes, reckless storms and evanescent roots, transforming country music’s legacy into her own search for redemption.Merging the grit of heartbreak with the lyricism of repair, Williamson’s voice ranges like tobacco smoke ascending into electric sunrises that beam into the full moon as mellow acoustics, brass, beats and sonic twists ground the soundscapes of the winding path. Her lyrics question genres, like the lies behind her dubious love song “now that the love is gone” and they argue with classic norms of the country song, “I’m not a good woman if I leave or if I stay” and her transitions play on each other, “Whatcha take me for?” as she answers “Take me for a ride.” Love is both a delusion and a cure as her lyrics trace her roots in Texas, reinvention ...

David Johnston resigning as special rapporteur amid controversy

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:38:17 GMT

Amid ongoing calls for his resignation, David Johnston has announced he is stepping down as Canada’s special rapporteur on foreign interference.In a letter to the prime minister, Johnston says his objective when he accepted the role was to “help build trust in our democratic institutions.”“I have concluded that, given the highly partisan atmosphere around my appointment and work, my leadership has had the opposite effect,” the letter reads.“I am therefore tendering my resignation, effective no later than the end of June 2023, or as soon as I deliver a brief final report, which I hope to be earlier.”Johnston was appointed special rapporteur by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to investigate alleged meddling in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections.Opposition MPs have been calling for his removal due to perceived bias, noting his friendship with Pierre Elliott Trudeau, which included ski trips the current prime minister joined when he was a child.In a vo...

David Johnston quits as special rapporteur on foreign interference

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:38:17 GMT

OTTAWA — David Johnston says he is stepping down from his role as special rapporteur investigating foreign interference, effective no later than the end of June, citing the highly partisan atmosphere around his work.The former governor general says in a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that his leadership of the government’s probe into foreign meddling by China has not helped build trust in democratic institutions because of partisanship.The appointment of Johnston, who says he will release a brief final report, has been contentious, with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre accusing him of being too close to Trudeau’s family. All opposition parties in the House of Commons have called for the government to call a public inquiry into foreign interference, but Johnston recently released a report recommending against that. In his letter, he says a deep and comprehensive review of foreign interference should be an urgent priority for Parliament and reiterates his repo...

With GM and Ford embracing Tesla’s EV charging technology, here’s what it means for consumers

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:38:17 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Starting next year, owners of electric vehicles made by General Motors and Ford will be able to charge their EVs at many of Tesla’s charging stations, the largest such network in the country.As part of their move, both Detroit-area automakers have decided to adopt Tesla’s EV charging connector, the plug that links an electric vehicle to a charging station.With GM and Ford joining Tesla’s charging system, the rest of the auto industry may be forced follow suit. If so, it would provide a major victory to Tesla, which would be assured a new and guaranteed revenue stream for years to come.At present, two main types of EV charging plugs exist: Tesla’s North American Charging Standard and CCS, used by nearly all other automakers. It’s not yet clear which other automakers might join Ford and GM.WHAT’S GOING TO CHANGE?With 17,000 charging plugs, Tesla commands the largest network in the United States. Its stations can charge faster than mos...