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Oklahoma tops Tennessee 9-0 to win 50th straight, advance to Women’s College World Series semifinals

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 09:01:27 GMT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Tiare Jennings and Kinzie Hansen homered, and No. 1 seed Oklahoma rolled past No. 4 Tennessee 9-0 in five innings on Saturday to win its 50th straight game and advance to the Women’s College World Series semifinals.The Sooners (58-1) extended their Division I record for consecutive wins and inched closer to a possible third consecutive national title.Oklahoma starter Jordy Bahl allowed one hit — a double to Kiki Milloy, the game’s first batter. Bahl went 3 2/3 innings, walked one and struck out three to earn the win. Relievers Alex Storako, Kierston Deal and Nicole May did not allow a hit.Tennessee (50-9) will play No. 6 Oklahoma State in an elimination game Sunday.Tennessee chose not to throw Ashley Rogers, a National Fastpitch Coaches Association first-team All American. She and No. 2 pitcher Payton Gottschall watched as hard-throwing freshman Karlyn Pickens got the nod.The decision paid off early. Pickens escaped a bases-loaded jam in the first and didn...

Carlson, Pence one-hit Wright State, North Carolina wins 5-0 to stay alive in Terre Haute Regional

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 09:01:27 GMT

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Max Carlson and Dalton Pence combined on one-hitter and Mac Horvath belted his 23rd home run of the season to carry North Carolina past Wright State 5-0 in an elimination game at the Terre Haute Regional on Saturday afternoon.The Tar Heels (36-23) will face the loser of Saturday’s late game between host Indiana State and Iowa in a Sunday elimination game. Carlson retired the first 12 batters he faced before giving up a base hit to Sammy Sass for the Raiders’ lone hit leading off the fifth. After Julian Greenwell reached on a two-base error by right fielder Casey Cook with two out in the seventh, Carlson gave way to Pence, who blanked Wright State (39-23) the rest of the way.Carlson (5-2) walked just two batters and struck out five over 6 ⅔ innings. Pence worked 2 ⅓ perfect innings for his second save.Wright State starter Luke Stofel (5-6) gave up a pair of base hits to start the third inning and the Tar Heels took the lead when Horvath grounded i...

For Nuggets rookie Christian Braun, praise from mom is high praise indeed

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 09:01:27 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Nuggets rookie Christian Braun gets high praise from coach Michael Malone, and his star teammates Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray also rave about the rookie.And praise from them is nice, for certain.But it pales compared to praise from his mom.Lisa Braun is part of a basketball family — a big-time one. She and her six siblings in the Sandbothe family, all of them All-State players who went to college on athletic scholarships, were inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame together in 2019. She starred at Missouri, where she was a two-time All-Big Eight conference pick.“Mom doesn’t give me constructive criticism at all,” said Braun, whose father also played the game in college. “Mom is more critical. It’s not constructive most of the time. She’ll throw it in there every once in a while, but mom is definitely the critical one of the bunch.”Braun — the only rookie in Denver’s eight-man rotation right now in the NBA Finals — is looking to win championships i...

Haley says US forces ‘need to align’ with countries including Russia; campaign says she misspoke

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 09:01:27 GMT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley suggested in an interview that United States forces “need to align” with non-European countries including Russia to enhance global security, a remark her campaign characterized as a gaffe.Asked by WMUR-TV for a segment Wednesday on regions of the world to which she felt the U.S. could pay more attention, Haley — who served the Trump administration as United Nations ambassador, first said “the Arab world,” saying the U.S. needs Arab countries “to kind of join with us” on opposing Iran.“You see Saudi Arabia making deals with China, that’s not good for us. We need them to be with us, and then we need to align with others, Russia, Australia, Japan, Israel,” Haley added.“We need to start focusing on the allies that we have besides the Europeans and make sure that we have more friends — one, for our needs, so that we’re not dependent on an enemy for energy or medicines or anything else, and the...

Man sought in connection with 2 suspicious deaths in Franklin, NH found dead

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 09:01:27 GMT

Authorities say a man who is being sought in connection with two suspicious deaths in Franklin, New Hampshire has been found dead, officials announced Saturday.Jamie Bell, 42, was wanted in connection with two deaths at a residence on Elkins Street in Franklin, according to Attorney General John M. Formella, New Hampshire State Police Colonel Nathan A. Noyes, and Franklin Police Chief David B. Goldstein.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Steeple falls as fast-moving fire tears through historic church in Spencer

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 09:01:27 GMT

A fire ripped through a historic church in Spencer Friday, toppling the structure’s steeple and drawing a massive emergency response. “For a lot of folks its a death in the family, for folks who have gone through life milestones here from baptisms to weddings to funerals, it’s devastating,” Rev. Dr. Bruce MacLeod of the church said.After hours spent battling the flames, investigators on Friday evening said the fire may have been caused by lightning. “I’m just sad for the parishioners and the generations and generations of people who have put their heart and soul into this church,” said Danielle Debo after witnessing the fire.The Spencer Police Department shared multiple photos of the First Congregational United Church steeple showing heavy smoke around 3 p.m. Firefighters from surrounding communities ultimately joined the response, pouring water on the structure as smoke continued to rise over the area. Community members on scene said the histor...

Pedaling for a purpose: Founder discusses Best Buddies Challenge ahead of 2023 ride

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 09:01:27 GMT

Hundreds of riders were resting up Friday for a big day on Saturday just hours before this year’s Best Buddies Challenge. With the fundraiser bike ride from Boston to Hyannis Port around the corner, 7NEWS spoke with Best Buddies founder Anthony Shriver about the ride.“It’s really an event to sort of kick-start people getting engaged in inclusion and acceptance, involved in social justice, inspiring young people to recognize that the greatest thing they can do is give back,” Shriver said.    Shriver took an idea born in his college dorm room more than 30 years ago and built Best Buddies into a global organization helping people with intellectual and developmental disabilities live full lives.“It’s helping them find jobs, helping them find friends, helping them create leadership opportunities for themselves — good integrated living,” Shriver said. Shriver’s biggest supporter was his mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the founder of the Special Olympics...

7NEWS Team members among hundreds taking part in annual Best Buddies Challenge bike ride

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 09:01:27 GMT

Hundreds of riders took off for the annual Best Buddies Challenge on Saturday, including a few familiar faces!Bikers rode from Boston to Hyannis Port to support the organization’s mission to change the lives of people living with intellectual and developmental disabilities.7NEWS is a proud partner with Best Buddies, continuing a relationship forged by the late owner of our station — Ed Ansin. There’s still time to donate to the station’s fundraiser in his memory.Members of the 7NEWS Team started their ride 10:30 a.m. The Team also had time to meet with some of the buddies before setting off on their 20-mile ride.7’s Kim Khazei, Jeremy Reiner and Jadiann Thompson checked in with the station from Sandwich ahead of their ride on a somewhat dreary day.It’s Reiner’s first time participating in Best Buddies, and he reported that rain hasn’t hindered the event, and there’s a wind coming in as well. “No matter the weather, we’re Boston Strong,” Thompson said.

Mets induct Gary Cohen, Howie Rose, Al Leiter and Howard Johnson into team Hall of Fame

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 09:01:27 GMT

Shortly before Tylor Megill threw the first pitch against George Springer and the Toronto Blue Jays, the Mets inducted some of the franchise’s most beloved figures into the team’s Hall of Fame.Al Leiter, Howard Johnson, Gary Cohen and Howie Rose were inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame Saturday in front of family and friends at Citi Field.Mets VP of media relations Jay Horwitz also became the fifth person in team history to be honored with the Mets Hall of Fame Achievement Award for contributions to the organizationThe 2023 Hall of Fame class induction started with Horwitz receiving his flowers first. He’s worked with the Mets for 40 years and has been tasked with putting together these same kinds of events to honor Mets players throughout his tenure.But on Saturday, he was the one being honored.Horwitz, who Cohen called the backbone of the team, didn’t speak on-field like the other honorees but he admitted to reporters prior that the tables being turned this...

Photos: A hazy morning fishing Quincy Bay

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 09:01:27 GMT

The warm weather over the end of the week was the perfect setting for a trio of fishermen who took to Quincy Bay.At around 6:30 a.m. Friday, three anglers could be seen on the hazy bay on calm waters.The bay is quite shallow in places, and the motor could be seen lifted and one of the men wielded a long pole and appeared to be push-poling the skiff.While temperatures would rise to balmy 80 degrees or more in Quincy and even hotter elsewhere in Greater Boston by the afternoon, the time of the fishing trip was a much more temperate 70 degrees.Matt Stone/Boston HeraldA trio fish from their boat during the early hours in Quincy Bay on Friday in Quincy. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald)