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At Formula One’s inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix, music takes a front seat — at a cost

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:09:55 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — At the inaugural Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix, music and entertainment have taken a dominant role. As the elite motorsport experiments with the new race, A-list events are ubiquitous in Sin City, an unignorable part of the celebration.Here are some of the highlights.DAY FOUR: LET’S GO RACINGStreets flood with fans in their race kits. Some are unhappy with the week’s prohibitively expensive events — including the exclusive live music opportunities. Others are simply excited to be a part of history at this new Las Vegas race. Elizabeth Blackstock, a motorsports report at Jalopnik, explains that in some ways, the entertainment branding opportunities took precedent over the race fans in Las Vegas.“It’s way more expensive than Monaco,” Blackstock says of the infamously exclusive and prestigious street race. “It feels like Formula One just misunderstood entirely what the audience was going to be here and thought it was going to be this multi-million-...

Lukaku hits 4 goals for Belgium to set scoring record. Serbia qualifies for Euro 2024

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:09:55 GMT

Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku scored four first-half goals to lead a 5-0 rout of 10-man Azerbaijan in their final European Championship qualifying game, while Serbia locked up its spot at Euro 2024 after drawing 2-2 with Bulgaria on Sunday.Lukaku leads scoring in the qualifiers with 14 goals, four more than Cristiano Ronaldo before his Portugal team plays Iceland later.Lukaku’s haul set a record for European Championship qualifying, beating the previous mark of 13 goals held by Poland’s Robert Lewandowski (in Euro 2016 qualifying) and Northern Ireland’s David Healy (Euro 2008 qualifying).The Roma striker took all four of his goals between the 17th and 37th minutes in an awesome display of clinical finishing.Following Lukaku’s opener to make it 1-0, Azerbajian was down to 10 players in the 24th after Eddy Pascual got his second yellow card.Belgium had already qualified along with Austria from Group F before the game in Brussels, but the victory meant it finished in first place....

Carter, Oduro score 19 each to lead Providence past Georgia 71-64 in Bahamas

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:09:55 GMT

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Devin Carter and Josh Oduro scored 19 points each and Providence defeated Georgia 71-64 on Sunday at the Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship.The Friars led for most of the second half, but the lead was only two points when Georgia’s Noah Thomasson went to the line with 48 seconds remaining. He missed the first and made the second, then Providence sealed the win by going 4-for-4 from the line.Bryce Hopkins scored 15 points and Corey Floyd Jr. added 11 for the Friars (4-1). Carter had 11 rebounds and five assists and Oduro had nine rebounds.Thomasson led Georgia (2-3) with 19 points and RJ Melendez had 15.After trailing by two points at halftime, Providence opened the second half with a 13-5 run for a 45-39 lead. Georgia tied it a few minutes later, then a 3-pointer by Devin Carter put the Friars up by five near the 11-minute mark.Georgia finally regained the lead at 56-55 when Russel Tchewa threw down a dunk at 6 minutes to go. The Bulldogs took the lead ...

Texas Gov. Abbott endorses Trump as the former president returns to the US-Mexico border

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:09:55 GMT

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks during a visit to an unfinished section of border wall with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, in Pharr, Texas, June 30, 2021. Trump will return to the Southern border for a visit Sunday as he leans in on a hardline second term immigration agenda that would be far more expansive than his first. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)(AP/Eric Gay) FILE - President Donald Trump speaks during a visit to an unfinished section of border wall with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, in Pharr, Texas, June 30, 2021. Trump will return to the Southern border for a visit Sunday as he leans in on a hardline second term immigration agenda that would be far more expansive than his first. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)(AP/Eric Gay) E...

Heartbreak for Kohli and India as Australia wins Cricket World Cup for 6th time. Head hits 137

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:09:55 GMT

AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Virat Kohli covered his face with his India cap. Rohit Sharma walked off with his head down. What felt like the only cheers inside the 132,000-capacity Narendra Modi stadium that was a sea of Indian blue all day came from the jubilant Australian players on the field.Australia regained its status as the king of one-day cricket by claiming a record-extending sixth World Cup title on Sunday, ending India’s dominant run in its home tournament with a six-wicket victory in a low-scoring final on the back of a brilliant innings of 137 by Travis Head.The crowd was silenced as Head combined with Marnus Labuschagne (58 not out ) in a 192-run partnership to chase down the target of 241.Australia was wobbling in its chase on 47-3 after seven overs but Head and Labuschagne dug in to help their country add to its 50-over world titles in 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015.Head was dismissed off what proved to be the next-to-last ball of the match, caught in the deep while atte...

Octave puts up 22 as Holy Cross takes down IUPUI 74-61 at Rock Hill Classic

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:09:55 GMT

ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Joseph Octave scored 22 points helped Holy Cross defeat IUPUI 74-61 on Sunday in the final round of the Rock Hill Classic tournament.The Crusaders dropped the first two games of the tournament, falling to host Winthrop and Elon. The Jaguars lost all three tournament games and have now lost four straight after a 2-0 start. Octave was 6 of 12 shooting, including 4 for 7 from 3-point range, and went 6 for 7 from the line for the Crusaders (2-4). Bo Montgomery scored 12 points and added five assists. DeAndre Williams was 4 of 8 shooting (2 for 3 from 3-point range) to finish with 10 points.Bryce Monroe led the way for the Jaguars (2-4) with 15 points. Abdou Samb added nine points and two steals for IUPUI. Jlynn Counter also had eight points, seven rebounds and four assists.NEXT UPBoth teams next play Saturday. Holy Cross visits St. John’s (NY) and IUPUI squares off against Cleary at home.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by...

Davis has 17 points, No. 16 Ole Miss women use big 3rd quarter to beat Arizona 56-47

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:09:55 GMT

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Marquesha Davis scored 17 points, Madison Scott had a double-double and No. 16 Mississippi defeated Arizona 56-47 on Sunday in the semifinals of the Battle 4 Atlantis.Down 22-16 after a sluggish first half, the Rebels turned it around in the third quarter, outscoring the Wildcats 25-11. K.K. Deans had a 3-pointer and Davis followed with a 3-point play in the midst of a 13-0 run that turned a 25-18 deficit into a 31-25 lead.Davis had 13 points in the quarter on 5-of-7 shooting.Arizona got within 47-44 midway through the fourth quarter but made just one of its last six shots and had five turnovers over the last 5 1/2 minutes.Deans had 13 points for Ole Miss (4-1) and Scott had 10 points with 11 rebounds.Maya Nnaji led the Wildcats (4-1) with 12 points.Arizona shot just 32% (19 of 56), going 3 of 17 from 3-point range. The Rebels also struggled, making just 1 of 12 behind the arc and finishing at 37% (21 of 57) but they were 10 of 17 in the decisive quarter to th...

Chargers’ Joey Bosa leaves game after injuring his foot on opening series

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:09:55 GMT

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Los Angeles Chargers edge rusher Joey Bosa was carted to the locker room after injuring his foot on the opening series of his team’s game against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday.Bosa limped to the sideline after a play. Once he got to the sideline, he started lying on his back in pain with his hands on his head. Bosa went into the medical tent and eventually got carted into the locker room, holding a towel over his face.The Chargers said Bosa was questionable to return. The four-time Pro Bowl selection has been one of the game’s top pass rushers, though he has struggled to stay healthy. Bosa has 6 1/2 sacks in eight games this season.Bosa missed 12 games last season with a torn groin muscle. He had some knee and hamstring issues earlier this season that sidelined him for one game.___AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFLSource

Rosalynn Carter, outspoken former first lady, dead at 96

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:09:55 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, has died at the age of 96.The Carter Center said she died Sunday after living with dementia and suffering many months of declining health. The statement announcing her death said she “died peacefully, with family by her side" at 2:10 p.m. at her home in the rural south Georgia community of Plains. It said a schedule of memorial events and funeral preparations would be released later. “Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything I ever accomplished,” Carter said in the statement. “She gave me wise guidance and encouragement when I needed it. As long as Rosalynn was in the world, I always knew somebody loved and supported me.”The Carters were married for more than 77 years, forging what they both described as a “full partnership.” Unlike many previous first ladies, Rosalynn sat in on Cabinet meetings, spo...

Trump picks up the endorsement of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott during a visit to a US-Mexico border town

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:09:55 GMT

EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — Donald Trump picked up the Texas governor’s endorsement Sunday during a visit to a U.S.-Mexico border town and promised that his hard-line immigration policies in a second presidential term would make Greg Abbott’s “job much easier.”“You’ll be able to focus on other things in Texas,” Trump told Abbott as they each appeared before a crowd of about 150 at an airport hangar in Edinburg.Abbott, a longtime ally and fellow border hawk, said he was proud to endorse the former president, who is the Republican Party’s front-runner for the 2024 nomination.“We need a president who’s going to secure the border,” Abbott said, speaking in a town that is about 30 miles from the Hidalgo Port of Entry crossing with Mexico. “We need Donald J. Trump back as our president of the United States of America.”Earlier, Trump served meals to Texas National Guard soldiers, troopers and others who will be stationed at the border over Thanksgiving. Trump and Abbott handed out tacos, ...