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SF Giants sign top two draft picks, luring both away from college commitments

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:26:22 GMT

The San Francisco Giants selected high-school prospects with their top two picks in last week’s amateur draft, and it didn’t take long to lure them away from their college commitments with multi-million-dollar signing bonuses.First-rounder Bryce Eldridge, a two-way prospect from Virginia, and second-rounder Walker Martin, a Colorado prep shortstop, agreed to terms with the Giants on Monday, according to MLB.com’s Jim Callis.Eldridge, selected 16th overall, signed for a reported $3.9975 million. By signing for slightly under the $4,326,600 slot value for the pick, it freed up some bonus pool money for the Giants to go over-slot to ink Martin for a reported $2.9975 million, well above the $1,620,800 slot value for the 52nd pick.Martin, the Gatorade player of the year in Colorado, led all prep prospects with 20 home runs and was committed to the University of Arkansas. Eldridge, a power-hitting first baseman with a fastball that touches 96 mph, was committed to the Un...

If Ariana Grande couldn’t make her pandemic marriage last, she’s not alone

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:26:22 GMT

When Ariana Grande wed luxury real estate agent Dalton Gomez in a top-secret ceremony in May 2021, the room “was so happy and so full of love.”But maybe Grande and everyone else shouldn’t have been so quick to believe that she and Gomez would really live happily ever after — and not just because of her history of cycling through romances that don’t last.The durability of Grande and Gomez’s romance probably was questionable all along because it blossomed during the COVID-19 pandemic when they were alone together for an extended amount of time during lockdown. News has now come that Grande, 30, and Gomez, 27, have been separated since the beginning of the year and are headed towards divorce, TMZ, Us Weeky and other outlets have reported.Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez are no longer together. pic.twitter.com/U0gMlkuudT— E! News (@enews) July 17, 2023Many couples who met during the pandemic and enjoyed all that intense time together also found t...

Judge halts Iowa’s new 6-week abortion ban

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:26:22 GMT

By Hannah Fingerhut | Associated PressDES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa judge on Monday temporarily blocked the state’s new ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, just days after Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the measure into law.That means abortion is once again legal in Iowa up to 20 weeks of pregnancy while the courts assess the new law’s constitutionality.The new law prohibits almost all abortions once cardiac activity can be detected, which is usually around six weeks of pregnancy and before many women know they are pregnant.The Republican-controlled Legislature approved the measure in a rare, all-day special session last week, prompting a legal challenge by the ACLU of Iowa, Planned Parenthood North Central States and the Emma Goldman Clinic. Judge Joseph Seidlin held a hearing on the matter Friday, but said he would take the issue under advisement — just as Reynolds signed the bill into law about a mile away.Abortion providers said they scrambled last week ...

Correction: Cow Palace lowrider show

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:26:22 GMT

The headline and caption for a photograph of a lowrider exhibit appearing in Monday’s local news section incorrectly said the event took place at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. The Cow Palace is in Daly City.

Russia ends grain deal that allowed Ukraine exports

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:26:22 GMT

By Courtney Bonnell | Associated PressLONDON — Russia on Monday halted a breakthrough wartime deal that allowed grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices have pushed more people into poverty.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Black Sea Grain Initiative would be suspended until demands to get Russian food and fertilizer to the world are met. An attack Monday on a bridge connecting the Crimean Peninsula to Russia was not a factor in the decision, he said.“When the part of the Black Sea deal related to Russia is implemented, Russia will immediately return to the implementation of the deal,” Peskov said.Russian representatives at the operation center for the initiative were more definitive, calling the decision “a termination,” according to a note obtained by The Associated Press. Russia has complained that restrictions on shipping and insurance have hampered its agricul...

San Jose roofing company owner caught in insurance fraud scheme

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:26:22 GMT

(KRON) -- The death of a man in San Jose revealed a $460,000 insurance fraud scheme orchestrated by a local business owner, the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office announced in a press release. Two Santa Clara County deputies die in one week in separate incidents Employees of a local roofing business were driving two company trucks in June 2020 when a tire blew out. The driver with the flat tire overcorrected and crashed. One of the employees was ejected from the vehicle and died.Charlie Duong, 64, is the owner of CD All Roofing, and the DA's office says he tried to cover up that his dead employee had been working full time at the company for years. Duong claimed that the victim in the crash only started working at the company days before the fatal crash and that he was only working part time. He also took efforts to prove that the victim was not "on the job" when the crash occurred, even though the crash happened in a company vehicle, the DA's office said. Close ...

Red River Rivalry returns as the name for the Texas-Oklahoma football matchup

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:26:22 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — The Red River Rivalry is back.The name, that is. The game itself never went anywhere.Allstate was announced Monday as the new title sponsor of the Texas-Oklahoma football matchup played every year at the Cotton Bowl amid the Texas State Fair in Dallas.And with it comes the return of the “Red River Rivalry” nickname for the game, ditching the unpopular “Red River Showdown” used since 2014. The game was long known as the Red River Shootout before being changed to the Red River Rivalry in 2005.The rivalry dates to 1900 and this year’s meeting on Oct. 7 will be the 119th matchup between the Longhorns and Sooners. It will be the last for both schools as members of the Big 12. Texas and Oklahoma move to the Southeastern Conference starting in 2024.This year’s Allstate Red River Rivalry will be broadcast on ABC. Texas lead the series 63-50-5.“Our annual, iconic matchup with the Longhorns each October features more than a century of tradition between our two ...

Sofía Vergara y Joe Manganiello anuncian que se divorciarán

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:26:22 GMT

(CNN) –– El matrimonio de Sofía Vergara y Joe Manganiello, que duró casi ocho años, llega a su fin oficialmente.La pareja compartió la noticia con el medio PageSix el lunes, a través de un comunicado: “Hemos tomado la difícil decisión de divorciarnos”.“Como dos personas que se aman y se preocupan mucho por el otro, pedimos amablemente que se respete nuestra privacidad en este momento mientras atravesamos esta nueva etapa de nuestras vidas”, se lee en la declaración.CNN se ha comunicado con los representantes de Vergara y Manganiello para obtener comentarios.La colombiana, recordada por su papel en “Modern Family”, se casó con Manganiello en una lujosa boda en Palm Beach en 2015, como reveló en su momento una serie de fotos que Vergara publicó en su página de Instagram.Los dos actores comenzaron a salir en 2014 y se comprometieron después de seis meses de relación.Manganiello publicó a principios de este mes una foto con Vergara para desearle un feliz cumpleañ...

Avalanche sign forward Ross Colton to a four-year contract and avoid arbitration

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:26:22 GMT

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Avalanche have avoided arbitration with forward Ross Colton, signing him to a four-year contract.The deal is worth $16 million with a $4 million annual salary-cap hit, according to a person with knowledge of the move. The person spoke Monday to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team doesn’t disclose contract terms.Colorado acquired Colton from cap-strapped Tampa Bay prior to the NHL draft for the 37th pick. Colton was a restricted free agent whose arbitration rights could have hurt the Lightning, making him their top trade candidate.Colton, now 26, scored the Stanley Cup-clinching goal for Tampa Bay in 2021. He was also with the Lightning the following year when they lost to the Avalanche in the final.“Ross is a hard-working, two-way center with a championship pedigree,” Avalanche general manager Chris MacFarland said at the time of the trade. “He has physicality to his game, is ultra-competitive and his versatility will make...

San Francisco 49ers owners assume control of English soccer club Leeds United

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:26:22 GMT

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The owners of the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers have assumed control of the English soccer club Leeds United.Leeds United announced Monday that the English Football League had approved the sale of the club to 49ers Enterprises, allowing for “an immediate transition of ownership.” Leeds was relegated from the Premier League to the second-tier Championship for next season.“This is an important moment for Leeds United and we are already hard at work,” said Paraag Marathe, who will take over as chairman of the club. “This transition is a necessary reset to chart a new course for the Club.”Marathe succeeds Andrea Radrizzani as Leeds’ majority owner. Leeds CEO Angus Kinnear will remain in that role.Marathe and 49ers CEO Jed York lead 49ers Enterprises. The ownership group first invested in Leeds in 2018 and increased its share to 44% in late 2021, then reached an agreement last month to take over Leeds with NBA players Larry Nance Jr. and T.J. McCo...