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Champagne bottles cause problems at Wimbledon

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:45:21 GMT

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Where and when to pop your Champagne is such a Wimbledon problem.Someone got the timing wrong Sunday at the oldest Grand Slam tournament, where the bubbly helps wash down the strawberries and cream.“Ladies and gentlemen, please, if you are opening a bottle of Champagne don’t do it as the player is about to serve. Thank you,” Australian umpire John Blom announced just after the start of a match on No. 3 Court.Anastasia Potapova smiled and nodded in approval. The 22nd-seeded player was serving to start her third-round match against teenager Mirra Andreeva. When she tossed the ball in the air a cork popped and she sent the serve long. She then lost the point on her second serve, and the umpire's warning followed.Lanson Champagne is available on the grounds of the All England Club by the glass, half-bottle and bottle. “Le White Label Sec” goes for 95.10 pounds ($122) for a bottle.“Usually, actually, we buy it here, but it’s quite nice that you ca...

Former priest sentenced for drugging, molesting 17 men

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:45:21 GMT

METAIRIE, La. (WGNO) — A former Louisiana priest pleaded guilty to drugging and molesting 17 men he picked up in New Orleans' touristy French Quarter. Stephen Sauer, 61, will serve 25 years in prison in connection to multiple sexual assault charges starting in 2019. He targeted people in the French Quarter who appeared drunk, lost or in need of help, according to Jefferson Parish District Attorney Paul D. Connick Jr. Many of the victims were visiting from out of state. In some cases, he would drug victims men by putting different narcotics in their drinks and used an eyedropper to feed them the sleep-inducing substances after they passed out before bringing them back to his home.Court documents revealed that back in June 2021, an investigation began on Saucer after he sent a computer hard drive to an electronics repair company in New York. A data recovery technician found hundreds of images suggesting sexual assault. New York law enforcement officials determined the images were take...

Sorry, no real heat relief in sight

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:45:21 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Sunday's temperatures were the third warmest of the year with a high of 104º at Austin's Camp Mabry making for our 18th triple digit day of the year.It'll be a warm night with lows only dropping to 79º by Monday morning, which would tie the record warm low for the date most recently set in 2020.Monday will be mostly sunny with similar high temperatures as we had on Sunday, if not slightly hotter.Monday afternoon highsA Heat Advisory continues for most of Central Texas through Monday evening with the expectation that will likely be extended later in the week. Maximum heat index values this afternoon will climb up to 106° to 112°. Heat Advisory for some of Central Texas starting early this afternoonHigh pressure will maintain a hold on the weather pattern all week even as it re-centers itself over the southwest by next weekend. Relief? Not much in sight, but some additional clouds on Tuesday may drop temperatures closer to 102º rather than the 103º-104º highs that we ...

Saints set season high in runs in 20-4 blowout of Cubs

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:45:21 GMT

All nine St. Paul Saints batters registered a hit, Andrew Stevenson had a career-high six RBIs and Kyle Garlick drove in five scores as the Saints set a season high in runs during a 20-4 blowout victory over the Iowa Cubs Sunday afternoon in Des Moines, Iowa.The Saints (9-3 second half) scored 16 unanswered runs after Yonathan Perlaza hit a solo home run in the bottom of the first inning, tying the game after the Saints took an early 1-0 lead on Stevenson’s 400-foot solo blast in the top of the frame.Trevor Larnach, Gilberto Celestino and Anthony Prato were all walked consecutively to start the second inning. Tony Wolters was then walked as the Saints went up 2-1. Then, with one out, Stevenson was walked. With two outs, Matt Wallner was walked.Then Garlick hit a two-run single as the Saints opened up a 6-1 lead.The Saints scored eight in the fourth, including a three-RBI double from Prato and a two-run single from Stevenson.By the end of the sixth, the Saints were up 17-1.The ...

Rockies select Tennessee right-hander Chase Dollander at No. 9 overall in 2023 MLB Draft

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:45:21 GMT

Let the re-stocking of arms begin.The pitching-needy Rockies selected Tennessee right-hander Chase Dollander at No. 9 overall on Sunday, hopefully giving them a piece in their thinned rotation at Coors Field in a few years’ time.Colorado picks next in the second round at No. 46 overall, at then at No. 65 overall in Competitive Balance Round B.Last year, the Rockies took right-hander Gabriel Hughes at No. 10 overall out of Gonzaga. Prior to that, GM Bill Schmidt & the Rockies spent their prior four first-round draft picks on position players. Colorado also selected outfielders Sterlin Thompson and Jordan Beck in last year’s first round.Also of note on the first day of the draft, the Pirates got things going at No. 1 overall by selecting right-hander Paul Skenes out of LSU. Skenes pitched two seasons at Air Force before transferring to Baton Rouge, where he established himself as the draft’s consensus overall prospect.With the Falcons, Skenes was had a 2.72 ERA a...

For Asian American actors, playing a hot mess is liberating

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:45:21 GMT

By Matt Stevens, The New York TimesAshley Park did not tell her mother much about the drugs, the sex or any of the other debauchery in “Joy Ride,” the over-the-top comedy in which she is co-starring.So perhaps it was understandable when, at South by Southwest, just before the Lionsgate film was set to premiere, Park’s mother approached one of the screenwriters, Teresa Hsiao, with a question: If swear words were removed, would the movie still have to be rated R?“Teresa was like, ‘Oh, I don’t even know how to explain it,’” Park recalled in an interview.Moviegoers will be able to decide for themselves, starting Friday. Compared with “The Joy Luck Club” and “Crazy Rich Asians,” in which the most egregious transgressions involved earning poor grades or simply being middle class, the threesomes and cocaine reveries of “Joy Ride” are eye-popping. Arriving in the months after “Everything Everywhere All at Once” made Oscar history with its best-picture win, “Joy Ride” is one of several film ...

Fiery crash into parking lot of elementary school in Murrieta kills 3, seriously injures 1

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:45:21 GMT

Three people were killed, and another was seriously injured after a single-vehicle crash that caused the car to burst into flames in the parking lot of an elementary school Saturday night in Murrieta, authorities announced.  Officials with the Murrieta Police Department received calls about the crash, which ended in the parking lot of Alta Murrieta Elementary School located at 39475 Whitewood Road, at around 11:09 p.m. At the scene, officers found the vehicle fully engulfed in flames. “One male occupant was discovered outside the vehicle with severe injuries,” a MPD new release stated, and was rushed to a local hospital. Authorities have not provided any updates on the man's condition. Personnel with the Murrieta Fire Department worked to extinguish the car fire and later discovered three victims inside the vehicle, including the driver, who were pronounced dead at the scene.  Footage of the scene showed the burnt out wreckage under a carport in the school's parking l...

MLB Draft: Oakland A’s select Jacob Wilson, son of former big leaguer, at No. 6 overall

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:45:21 GMT

After becoming the first casualty of MLB’s new draft lottery, the Oakland A’s watched five of the best prospects in baseball get drafted ahead of them on Sunday night.Despite having the second-worst record (60-102) last year, the A’s drew the sixth selection in the 2023 MLB Draft in the inaugural lottery, then chose Jacob Wilson, a 21-year-old shortstop from Grand Canyon University.“It’s a dream come true,” Wilson said on MLB Network. “This is a moment I’ve been waiting for for a long time now.”Wilson hits and throws right-handed. He’s considered a solid overall player who can hit for power and average, has average speed and is an acceptable defensive shortstop, though some think he could eventually shift over to third base.Here’s part of the scouting report on Wilson from MLB.com: “He might be one of the better pure hitters in the class, one who consistently finds the barrel and struck out just seven times in 275 plate appearances as a sophomore. He’s starting to tap into his...

Family contracts COVID on board Ruby Princess cruise

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:45:21 GMT

(KRON) -- Four family members contracted COVID and one also battled an undiagnosed illness while on board the Ruby Princess this week, according to medical records obtained by KRON4. This comes days after the Ruby Princess suffered damages when it crashed into Pier 27 in San Francisco. The family says the illnesses were just the latest issues that ruined their family vacation aboard the Princess Cruise lines ship. More than 100 people arrested after Dolores Park riot The passengers have asked to remain anonymous to avoid sharing their personal medical details publicly. However, they confirmed their diagnoses to KRON4 by sharing medical bills from the Ruby Princes Medical Center and and diagnostic reports from their doctors. One passenger tells KRON4 that everyone in the family had managed to avoid COVID for the entirety of the pandemic but "ended up with it on this vacation." The passenger says her family boarded the Ruby Princess on June 26 and were so excited to take one of thei...

Pittsburgh selects hard-throwing LSU pitcher Paul Skenes with top pick of amateur draft

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:45:21 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates selected hard-throwing LSU right-handed pitcher Paul Skenes with the top pick in baseball’s amateur draft on Sunday night, with teammate Dylan Crews going No. 2 to the Washington Nationals. Skenes went 12-3 with 209 strikeouts in 122 innings in helping lead the Tigers to the College World Series championship. The pick was announced by Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr., the top pick of the 1987 draft by the Seattle Mariners. Skenes was the first college pitcher selected No. 1 overall since Casey Mize by Detroit in 2018.For the second time in three years, the Pirates held the top overall selection after picking catcher Henry Davis at the top of the 2021 draft. Davis made his major league debut last month for Pittsburgh.Skenes’ slot value is expected to be about $9.7 million. It seemed to be a debate between Skenes and Crews for the top pick. It didn’t take long for Crews to come off the board after hitting .426 with 18 home runs while play...