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Former Anaheim Ducks left wing, SoCal native dead at 29

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:42:32 GMT

A SoCal native and former NHL player has died at the age of 29.A statement from the Anaheim Ducks social media page confirmed the death of Nicolas "Nic" Kerdiles late Saturday morning.The Irvine native became the first player from Orange County to play for the Ducks in 2017. According to TMZ, police in Nashville, Tennessee said that Kerdiles struck the driver’s side of a BMW with his Indian Motorcycle around 3:30 a.m. Saturday. Kerdiles posted a photo to his Instagram story that showed him on his motorcycle with the caption “Night rider” hours before his death. Kerdiles posted a photo to his Instagram story that showed him on his motorcycle with the caption “Night rider” hours before his death. (Instagram/@nickerdiles)The former Anaheim Duck was engaged to Savannah Chrisley — who stars in the reality TV show “Chrisley Knows Best” and is the daughter of convicted fraudsters Todd and Julie Chrisley — from 2017 to 2020. Kerdiles was most recently working as a real estate...

Homeboy 5K run held to raise money for gang rehab in L.A.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:42:32 GMT

Homeboy Industries, the largest gang rehabilitation and re-entry program in the world, held its 14th annual 5K run in downtown L.A. on Saturday morning. KTLA 5’s Wendy Burch was live from Chinatown at the event’s starting line, where an estimated 5,000 participants were gearing up to run for a good cause. “I’m running to support a very important and spiritual part of this community,” one runner said. The organization, which was founded by Father Greg Boyle, has provided training and support to former gang members and previously incarcerated people in the Los Angeles area for over 30 years. Homeboy Industries, the largest gang rehabilitation and re-entry program in the world, kicked off its 14th annual 5K run on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023 in Los Angeles, CA. (KTLA)“It’s heartening to see so many people here and every year it grows more and more,” Boyle said on the event’s main stage to KTLA 5’s Frank Buckley and Vera Jimenez.  The 5K kicked off just after 8:30 a.m. ...

How NASA Ames is bringing asteroid samples to Earth, safe and sound

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:42:32 GMT

As a primordial space rock hurtles toward Earth on Sunday morning, it will be protected by a heat shield invented in Silicon Valley.The priceless rock, grabbed by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from the distant asteroid Bennu, will face searing heat as it enters the Earth’s atmosphere at 27,650 mph. It is expected to fly over the Bay Area around 7:42 a.m. and land in Utah’s Great Salt Lake Desert around 7:55 a.m., where it will be greeted by teams of scientists.Without protection, “it would all burn up, and we’d lose everything of scientific value,” said aerospace engineer Todd White of NASA’s Ames Research Center, a Sunnyvale resident who helped design the thermal protection system for the capsule.The metallic material — lighter than water, with yellow and brown streaks — was designed in specialized wind tunnels, where air gets heat-blasted by a lightning-like arc of electricity, at NASA’s Mountain View facility.The OSIRIS-REx project, managed by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center...

Adell homers off Gray as Angels beat AL Central champion Twins 1-0

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:42:32 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jo Adell homered, Kenny Rosenberg outpitched Sonny Gray and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Twins 1-0 on Saturday, a day after Minnesota clinched the AL Central title.Rosenberg (2-2), a 28-year-old left-hander making his fourth big league start and ninth appearance, allowed five hits and two walks in five innings with five strikeouts. Carlos Estévez, the Angels’ fourth reliever, hit Kyle Farmer with a pitch starting the ninth, then got three straight outs for his 31st save in 35 chances.“Sometimes your best results aren’t necessarily your best execution or your best stuff,” Rosenberg said. “I felt like I was good. I didn’t feel like I had my best stuff, but navigated some runners on base in the first inning and then a couple really nice plays behind me defensively.”Gray (8-8) allowed a fourth-inning homer to Adell on a first-pitch sinker, just the eighth home run off Gray this season. He gave up four hits in six innings and struck out eight, lowering h...

Patriots look to get their first win and face a Jets team trying to rebound from an ugly loss

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:42:32 GMT

NEW ENGLAND (0-2) at NEW YORK JETS (1-1)Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, CBSOPENING LINE: Patriots by 2 1/2, according to FanDuel SportsBook.AGAINST THE SPREAD: Patriots 0-2; Jets 1-1.SERIES RECORD: Patriots lead 73-54-1.LAST MEETING: Patriots beat Jets 10-3 on Nov. 20, 2022, in Foxborough, Massachusetts.LAST WEEK: Patriots lost to Dolphins 24-17; Jets lost to Cowboys 30-10. PATRIOTS OFFENSE: OVERALL (14), RUSH (27), PASS (7), SCORING (22T).PATRIOTS DEFENSE: OVERALL (14), RUSH (23), PASS (13), SCORING (17T).JETS OFFENSE: OVERALL (29), RUSH (12), PASS (31), SCORING (27)JETS DEFENSE: OVERALL (21), RUSH (20), PASS (20), SCORING (15)TURNOVER DIFFERENTIAL: Patriots minus-2; Jets minus-1.PATRIOTS PLAYER TO WATCH: LB Matt Judon. He had a sack in last week’s loss to Miami, his second of the season, and faces a shaky Jets offensive line Sunday. Last season, Judon became the first Patriots player to have at least one sack in each of the first five games of a season. He currently leads the team with two sa...

TCU’s Sonny Dykes takes jabs at refs, SMU after beating former school again

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:42:32 GMT

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — TCU coach Sonny Dykes had already ripped the officials with unsolicited comments when he was asked about the rivalry with his former school, SMU, being one step closer to a pause.“Hooray,” a smirking Dykes deadpanned without elaborating as another reporter started asking an unrelated question.Dykes led the Horned Frogs to the national championship game last season. TCU and SMU are not scheduled to play each other after 2025.Dykes had a bit of an edge after pushing his personal winning streak to four games in the “Iron Skillet” series matching the Dallas-Fort Worth rivals with TCU’s 34-17 victory at home Saturday. The first two were when he coached the Mustangs — both in Fort Worth, despite SMU having just one victory in the previous 11 meetings.The next was in Dykes’ return to Dallas last year, a 42-34 victory that Dykes said he was happy to have behind him.The Frogs pulled away after halftime Saturday in the 102nd meeting.TCU officials have said littl...

Gettman kicks Bryant past Princeton in OT; Bulldogs top Tigers 16-13

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:42:32 GMT

PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — Ethan Gettman connected on a 38-yard field goal with under two minutes left in regulation, then hit from 37-yards out in overtime to lift Bryant to a 16-13 win over Princeton in a non-conference contest Saturday afternoon.Princeton took a 13-3 lead to start the fourth quarter after Dareion Murphy scored from 5 yards out, but the Tigers fumbled away their next possession. They got the ball back after Bryant tied the game at 13-13 but were held to a three-and-out and punted with :28 left in regulation.Zevi Eckhaus found Konor Lathrop from 11 yards out with 6:37 left. Gettman got Bryant on the board with 2:31 left in the third quarter.Neither team had a big offensive day. Princeton had 277 yards of total offense while Bryant managed just 209. Bryant converted 4 of 17 third-down opportunities; Princeton was of 5 of 14. The Bulldogs, however, were 2-for-2 converting on fourth down while Princeton was 0-for-3. Eckhaus was 19 of 27 passing for 126 yards to lead Bryan...

MATCHDAY: Real Madrid visits Atletico in their first derby of the season, PSG hosts Marseille

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:42:32 GMT

A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Sunday:ENGLANDAnge Postecoglou faces his first north London derby as Tottenham manager with Spurs flying high in the Premier League. A win at Arsenal on Sunday would be a statement of intent after Spurs’ unbeaten start in the league. But history is against Postecoglou. Arsenal has dominated this fixture, last losing at home to Tottenham in the league in 2011. Liverpool, which is level on points with Tottenham and Arsenal, hosts West Ham. Brighton faces Bournemouth at home. Chelsea is aiming to turn its form around at home to Aston Villa and Newcastle travels to Sheffield United.SPAINReal Madrid visits Atletico Madrid in their first derby of the season. Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti says forward Vinícius Júnior will be ready to play after being sidelined with a hamstring injury for the past month. Atletico will try to stop Jude Bellingham from adding to his six goals in as many games since joining Madrid. A win for Madrid would re...

Angels’ Tyler Anderson to finish season on IL with knee soreness

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:42:32 GMT

Brin’s 4 TD passes, Lantz’s 4 FGs help Georgia Southern beat Ball State 40-3

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:42:32 GMT

MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Davis Brin completed 34 of 46 passes for 344 yards with four touchdowns, Michael Lantz kicked four field goals and Georgia Southern beat Ball State 40-3 Saturday. OJ Arnold added 90 yards rushing on nine carries for Georgia Southern (3-1). Brin threw first-quarter touchdown passes of 1 yard to Evan Lester Jr. and 9 yards to Keaton Upshaw and Lantz made field goals of 41, 26 and 37 yards in the second quarter to give the Eagles a 23-0 halftime lead. Brin connected with Khaleb Hood for a 21-yard touchdown pass with 8:47 left in the third quarter and Lantz added a 37-yard field goal late in the period before Brin hit Anthony Queeley for an 8-yard TD to make it 40-0 with 13:42 remaining in the fourth.Jackson Courville kicked a 23-yard field goal to get Ball State (1-2) on the board with 7:15 to play. Hood finished with seven receptions for 107 yards. The Eagles outgained the Cardinals 530 yards to 197.___AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/college-football an...