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Magic beat Heat in overtime despite 38 points by Butler

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:47 GMT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Wendell Carter had 27 points and 11 rebounds and the Orlando Magic bounced back from a fourth-quarter collapse to beat the Miami Heat 126-114 in overtime Saturday night.Jimmy Butler scored 38 points for the Heat, including 15 in the final six minutes of the fourth quarter when Miami overcame a 15-point deficit. Butler’s 3-pointer at the buzzer sent the game to overtime. The finish of the fourth quarter included a wild sequence during which Paolo Banchero’s foul on a 3-point attempt by Butler with 14.5 seconds left was overturned by a replay.Banchero had 17 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists for the Magic. Franz Wagner had 17 points and eight rebounds before leaving with an ankle injury early in the fourth quarter.Wagner’s 3-pointer late in the first quarter gave Orlando a 12-point lead, but Butler scored twice during a 12-0 run that got the Heat quickly back into the game.Heat guard Kyle Lowry played 36 minutes in his first game in more than a mont...

Kyrou scores hat trick as Blues beat Blue Jackets 5-2

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:47 GMT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Jordan Kyrou scored three goals, seldom-used goaltender Thomas Greiss stopped 38 shots and the St. Louis Blues cruised to a 5-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night.Sammy Blais had a goal and two assists, Brandon Saad had a goal and an assist, and Brayden Schenn and Robert Thomas each had two assists for the Blues, who won their second straight after losing eight of nine.Greiss, a 37-year-old journeyman, played in just his fourth game since Jan. 26 as starter Jordan Binnington got a rest on the front end of a back-to-back.Patrik Laine scored his team-high 21st goal, Boone Jenner also scored and Michael Hutchinson, in his first start with the Blue Jackets, had 19 saves for the NHL’s worst team. Columbus has lost four straight.Saad poked the puck past Hutchinson’s right leg in traffic to get the Blues on the board at 7:19 of the first period. Laine answered less than two minutes later with a one-timer off a perfect cross-ice pass from ...

Smith leads Pacers to 121-115 win over short-handed Pistons

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:47 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Jalen Smith scored 11 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter and the Indiana Pacers beat Detroit 121-115 Saturday night, extending the Pistons’ losing streak to 11 games.Isaiah Jackson added 19 points and 11 rebounds for Indiana (31-37), which improved to 5-2 in its last seven games.“I thought our young guys placed exceptionally well,” Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said. “Jalen was great, Isaiah did a great job, especially playing without fouling, and I loved the way (Andrew) Nembhard ran the team.” Isaiah Livers had a career-high 18 points for Detroit (15-53), and Killian Hayes had 17 points and 13 assists.“Killian has to play at that level and with that force for every minute he can,” Pistons coach Dwane Casey said. “That’s a hard thing for young players to understand, whether it is on the offensive or defensive end.”The Pistons were missing five of their top six scorers; Hayes was the only one in the lineup. The Pacers played without Tyrese Haliburton, Bennedict...

D-backs, OF Corbin Carroll agree to $111 million, 8-yr deal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:47 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Outfielder Corbin Carroll and the Arizona Diamondbacks agreed on Saturday to an $111 million, eight-year contract that also has a club option for the 2031 season.The D-backs announced the length of the deal. A person with direct knowledge of the contract confirmed the financial terms. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team did not disclose those details.The 22-year-old Carroll is one of baseball’s top prospects and among the betting favorites — according to FanDuel Sportsbook — to win NL Rookie of the Year this season. Carroll was very good in a late-season cameo last season, batting .260 with four homers and 14 RBIs in 32 games.The Diamondbacks aren’t historically a big-spending team but were willing to pay to make Carroll a franchise cornerstone. The soft-spoken speedster is a Seattle native.He’s part of a young core of D-backs players, including outfielders Alek Thomas, Jake McCarthy, catcher Gabriel Mo...

Queen’s engineering announces bridge program with colleges

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:47 GMT

Queen’s is launching a pathway that will make it easier for college engineering technology students to integrate into the university’s engineering program. The university announced that pathway agreements were being finalized with Algonquin, Cambrian, Mohawk, Seneca and St. Lawrence College on Thursday.Students in engineering technology programs at these schools will be able to begin additional studies in their final year and the summer following, allowing them to bridge into full-time upper year studies at Queen’s in either civil engineering or mining. Someone thinking about a career in engineering can now start that journey at SLC and finish at Queen’s over a five year period. Brian Frank, the Dupont Chair in Engineering Education Research and Development at Queen’s, says college students normally leave their program with enough applicable credits to knock off about a year’s worth of courses. The problem is, however, those courses can be from ye...

West Virginia GOP Legislature passes transgender care ban

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:47 GMT

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A bill that would ban evidence-based health care for transgender minors in West Virginia, the state estimated to have more transgender youth per capita than any other in the nation, is headed to the desk of Gov. Jim Justice.The Republican governor has not taken a public stance on the measure and it’s unclear whether he will sign it into law. A spokesperson said he was unavailable for comment Saturday.A 2017 study by UCLA Law’s The Williams Institute estimated West Virginia had the highest per capita rate of transgender youth in the country.Every major medical organization, including the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Psychiatric Association, supports gender-affirming care for youths.But lawmakers in West Virginia and other states advancing bans on transgender health care for youth and young adults often characterize gender-affirming treatments as medically unproven, potentially dangerous in the long te...

Iran arrests more than 100 people over suspected poisonings of schoolgirls

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:47 GMT

(CNN) — Iran has arrested more than 100 people “in connection with” the suspected poisoning of hundreds of schoolgirls across the country, according to the state-run IRNA news agency.Citing a statement from Iran’s Interior Ministry, IRNA said the people had been “identified, arrested and investigated” in several cities, including the capital Tehran.“Initial inquiries show that a number of these people, out of mischief or adventurism and with the aim of shutting down classrooms and influenced by the created psychological atmosphere, have taken measures such as using harmless and smelly substances,” the statement read.Iran has seen a wave of suspected poisonings, carried out almost entirely at girls’ schools, in recent months.While Iranian politicians have suggested the girls could have been targeted by hardline Islamist groups, activists believe that the poisonings may be linked to the nationwide protests that erupted last Septemb...

NYCFC defeats Inter Miami 1-0 on an own-goal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:47 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — An own-goal in the first half gave New York City FC a 1-0 victory over Inter Miami at Yankee Stadium on Saturday night.Inter Miami (2-1-0) went into the day as one of just four undefeated teams in Major League Soccer.NYCFC, which had a loss and a draw in its first two matches of the season, got a goal in the 36th minute when Miami defender Christopher McVey tried to deflect an NYCFC free kick.Miami had shut out its opponents in the first two games. Only two teams have started the season with three clean sheets: The Sounders in 2009 and the Galaxy in 2010.Miami goalkeeper Drake Callender finished the match with seven saves. But the team was hurt in the 73rd minute when midfielder Gregore was injured and limped off the field.New York City knocked Miami out of the playoffs in the opening round last season.Both teams next play Saturday. Inter Miami travels to play Toronto, while NYCFC will entertain D.C. United.

Wendell Carter’s return fuels Magic’s overtime win over Heat

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:47 GMT

The Orlando Magic are hoping the return of their starting big man will lead to better defensive performances.Saturday’s 126-114 overtime win over the Miami Heat at Amway Center was a step in the right direction.Wendell Carter Jr. was back in the lineup after missing the previous three games — losses to the Portland Trail Blazers, Milwaukee Bucks and Utah Jazz — because of hip pain.“He does so many little things,” coach Jamahl Mosley said pregame. “Like his ability to when to roll and where to roll in pick-and-rolls. It’s why he and Franz [Wagner] have such a great connection in the pick-and-roll.“Defensively, that early talk, that early help with the guards; helping them navigate through screens and being in the right position if something breaks down — those are the things that you don’t really pick up on because he’s covering it so fast.”The Magic’s defensive efficiency tanked without Carter in the previ...

NBA official explains why Celtics’ Marcus Smart was ejected after altercation with Hawks’ Trae Young

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:47 GMT

The Celtics ran into some unneeded adversity late in their win over the Hawks on Saturday night.With 1:25 remaining in the fourth quarter, the Celtics led by eight when Marcus Smart was ejected after an altercation with Trae Young. Smart was trailing behind Young when the Hawks star rose up for a shot and inadvertently kicked the Celtics guard in the groin. Smart took issue with Young and charged at him. The two went face to face before they both fell to the floor, with Smart seemingly losing his balance and taking Young with him. Young got up and pointed at Smart as the skirmish continued.After a lengthy review, Smart and Young were assessed double technical fouls, but Smart was ejected and Young stayed in the game. Young made both technical free throws to cut the Celtics’ lead to six, but Boston ultimately prevailed with a 134-125 victory.Marcus Smart was ejected after getting into it with Trae Young (via @ESPNNBA) pic.twitter.com/9lR5ZsG7yj— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) Marc...