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Sevilla wins Europa League again at Mourinho’s expense as Montiel clinches another penalty shootout

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:02:51 GMT

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Five months after scoring the winning penalty in the World Cup final, Gonzalo Montiel converted the clinching spot kick in the Europa League final to earn Sevilla a seventh title in the competition at the expense of Jose Mourinho’s Roma on Wednesday.The Argentina international’s penalty sealed a 4-1 win in the shootout for Sevilla after the match finished 1-1 after extra time in Budapest, where Mourinho was looking to maintain his record of having never lost a final in European competitions.Gianluca Mancini and Roger Ibanez failed to convert for Roma from the spot.Sevilla has still never lost a final of the Europa League or its precursor, the UEFA Cup — the team also won the competition in 2006, ’07, ’14, ’15, ’16 and ’20 — and secured a place in next season’s Champions League.It was the first loss for Mourinho in a European final after five victories. As Sevilla players celebrated on the field, Mourinho kept his calm.Paulo Dybala put Roma ahead in the 35th ...

Naylor HR and 6 RBIs highlights Guardians’ rare power surge in 12-8 win over Orioles

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:02:51 GMT

Cleveland Guardians' Jose Ramirez hits a double off Baltimore Orioles pitcher Keegan Akin during the first inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, May 31, 2023, in Baltimore. Guardians' Myles Straw scored on the double. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Cleveland Guardians' Jose Ramirez hits a double off Baltimore Orioles pitcher Keegan Akin during the first inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, May 31, 2023, in Baltimore. Guardians' Myles Straw scored on the double. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Josh Naylor homered, had a career-high four hits and drove in six runs to highlight a rare power display by the Cleveland Guardians in a 12-8 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday.Josh Bell and Gabriel Arias also went deep for th...

Biden arrives in Colorado for Air Force Academy speech

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:02:51 GMT

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KXRM) — On Thursday, 919 cadets from the U.S. Air Force Academy will graduate and hear a commencement speech from President Joe Biden.Biden arrived just before 6 p.m. Wednesday at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs.The graduation event is open to the public with the purchase of a ticket and will be held at Falcon Stadium.USAFA said visitors to Falcon Stadium for graduation should refrain from bringing large bags, coolers, backpacks or other items that will require additional scrutiny or searches. Polis makes wager: If Nuggets win finals, Disney World moves to Colorado USAFA advises guests to dress comfortably and be prepared for Colorado weather. "You may experience all four seasons during the ceremony," according to the USAFA.The final event of graduation will be a salute to the graduates by the world-renowned U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds. Guests will have to remain in the stadium during the Thunderbird's performa...

Gordon Ramsay, competing chefs dish out deets on new Fox show ‘Food Stars’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:02:51 GMT

Like many of us, Chef Gordon Ramsay just can’t stay away from the kitchen. But unlike some of us, he’s not there looking for Doritos and a can of Cheez Whiz. (He doesn’t know what he’s missing.)Ramsay’s busy with a project on the front burner. His “Food Stars” is returning to Fox Wednesday night, and if he seems a little grumpier than usual, there’s a reason: he’s serving his own money to the winner.Caroline D’Amore: “We did our best.”Ashley Davies: “No, we didn’t do our best.”Only the best of the best will do for Chef Gordon Ramsay … especially to be on his new Fox show, “Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars.”Gordon Ramsay: “To be in a position now to change this up and get behind those ideas — get into the marketing, the digital, the creativity and more importantly, invest my own cash into their business — this is unlike any competition I’ve ever done before.&#...

Local healthcare company Compass Medical announces plan to close practices after ‘steady stream of challenges’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:02:51 GMT

Local healthcare company Compass Medical confirmed an “imminent plan” to close its practices Wednesday, sharing a message on its website after after patients complained that the company with several locations in Massachusetts had suddenly shut down.Compass Medical’s facilities include local sites in Quincy, Braintree, Bridgewater and Abington, among other locations. In its statement, Compass said “a steady stream of challenges” ultimately forced the company to close its offices effective immediately. “There is no good way to share this news,” Compass said. “We are heartbroken and truly sorry as we know the unprecedented impact on our valued patients.” State officials also responded on Wednesday, saying the state is launching an investigation into the matter.“Our administration is concerned by reports of Compass Medical’s closure,” a spokesperson for the state Executive Office of Health and Human Services said...

Red Sox Notebook: Garrett Whitlock is living the Ted Lasso life

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:02:51 GMT

Early Sunday morning, after a strong first game back following more than a month on the injured list, Garrett Whitlock went for a hike wearing a royal blue t-shirt bearing a large yellow rectangle with the word ‘Believe.’ View this post on InstagramA post shared by Garrett Whitlock (@gwhit17)Any fan of the show ‘Ted Lasso’ will recognize the iconic design, a motif throughout the show’s three seasons, which came to an end on Tuesday night.As the shirt suggests, the young Red Sox starting pitcher counts himself among them, though Whitlock is relatively new to the Lasso-verse, a kinder, gentler version of the world as we know it. He started watching during spring training and has been binging the show whenever his frenetic baseball schedule allows. He’s currently a couple episodes into the third, and likely final season.“I just fell in love with the person, who he is, and everything,” he says.“To me, what resonates is like, there&#...

Column: A blown chance to sweep the Tampa Bay Rays and an injury to Justin Steele make the Chicago Cubs’ day a total loss

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:02:51 GMT

The Chicago Cubs were in prime position to end a horrible May on a positive note, threatening to send the Tampa Bay Rays to their first series sweep of the season.With a day off Thursday before a 10-game West Coast trip, a win over the mighty Rays would’ve been reason to believe the Cubs’ prolonged stretch of bad baseball was behind them.But a pair of late two-run homers off Mark Leiter Jr. gave the Rays a 4-3 comeback win in front of a sun-baked crowd of 29,360 at Wrigley Field, and an injury to Cubs starter Justin Steele made the day a total loss.Steele was removed after three innings with left forearm tightness, a move the left-hander labeled precautionary.“I’m really not too concerned about it,” Steele said, adding his forearm was “throbbing” after the second inning. But he went out to pitch the third.“Radar went way up, obviously,” manager David Ross said. “The trainers, they felt comfortable, and then watched him pump...

Officials urge students to get involved in open BPS summer programming, summer jobs

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:02:51 GMT

With a “historic” increase to 17,000 BPS summer programming seats and 7,000 youth summer jobs this year, the programs are still looking to fill spots, the mayor and BPS superintendent emphasized.“We’re well ahead of last year for the registration,” Superintendent Mary Skipper said of summer programming at a media availability outside Charlestown High School around noon Wednesday. “But we would like to make sure every single one of those seats is actually filled. We know for every student who attends summer programming and is in session at least three days in the week, they come back more ready to learn, more wanting to learn and more engaged.”BPS added 2,000 additional summer programming seats, and the city added 1,000 youth job opportunities this year, doubling the number of jobs filled last year.“If there’s something you want to learn, there’s likely a program for you,” Skipper added, outlining BPS opportunities in ...

Hull’s extended election to cost taxpayers $20,000

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:02:51 GMT

Hull taxpayers may have to fork over roughly $20,000 when polls reopen for two hours in mid June after a raging fire prevented some residents from casting ballots during the May municipal election.Polls will be open June 13 between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. at Hull High School for any residents who couldn’t access the town’s lone polling place on May 15 due to the fire, officials announced Wednesday.A Brockton Superior Court justice last week ordered the small South Shore town to reopen the polls for two hours to ensure all residents had equal access to vote in the annual election, which officials say has had the strongest voter turnout in years.Justice Brian S. Glenny also ruled last Friday the approximately 2,480 votes cast in May would be counted, approving the town’s second emergency motion.“Despite the time and effort it has taken to get to this point, we are proud that we reacted quickly to protect the interests of all the voters of our good town,” Hull Town Clerk Lori West wrote in ...

Francisco Alvarez’s offensive spark puts him in All-Star Game conversation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:02:51 GMT

Voting for the 2023 MLB All-Star Game has officially opened and while Pete Alonso and Brandon Nimmo are early favorites, Mets rookie catcher Francisco Alvarez is also putting himself in the All-Star conversation.The 21-year-old has sparked a Mets’ offense that looked listless and, at times, lifeless only a month ago. The Mets desperately needed someone to drive in runners and Alvarez has done exactly that. His eight home runs are tied for the third-most out of all qualified rookies and his 19 RBI are tied for 10th.The Mets always knew they had something special in the Venezuelan backstop, but they weren’t expecting an offensive outburst like this in 2023. He started the season in Triple-A and likely would have stayed there had Omar Narvaez not gotten injured.“It’s not like it’s out of the realm of possibilities that he has that skill to be considered there, but we might not have thought that it was going to be this year, but maybe next year” manag...