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Updated: December 15, 2022 @ 4:32 pm
Portugal’s head coach Fernando Santos gestures during the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Morocco and Portugal, at Al Thumama Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022.
Portugal’s head coach Fernando Santos gestures during the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Morocco and Portugal, at Al Thumama Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022.
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal coach Fernando Santos has quit, the Portuguese soccer federation announced Thursday, after eight years in the job and five days after Portugal’s exit from the World Cup in the quarterfinals.
The 68-year-old Santos reached an amicable agreement with the federation to leave two years before his contract ends, a statement said.
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The Baltimore Orioles have agreed to an $8 million, one-year deal with second baseman Adam Frazier. Frazier hit .238 with three home runs and 42 RBIs in 156 games last season for the Seattle Mariners. He also stole a career-high 11 bases. Frazier hit a career-best .305 the previous year for Pittsburgh and San Diego. Frazier played all three outfield positions and both middle infield spots in 2022, but he spent most of his time at second base. He joins a Baltimore team that made a big improvement this year behind rookie catcher Adley Rutschman and a surprisingly impressive bullpen.
Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals look to extend their winning streak to six games when they visit Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who are clinging to first place in the NFC South despite having a losing record. The Bengals and Baltimore Ravens sit atop the AFC North at 9-4. The Bucs are 6-7 and coming off a 28-loss to the San Francisco 49ers. Brady leads the NFL in completions and is fourth in passing yards, however the Bucs are only scoring a little more than 17 points per game. That ranks 28th in the league.
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LAS VEGAS — Former Louisville and Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino will become UNLV’s new offensive coordinator, a source with knowledge of the hiring confirmed to the Review-Journal Thursday.
LOS ANGELES — Ann Meyers Drysdale never let up while playing for the first U.S. women’s Olympic basketball team, even in practice. That meant she would occasionally have some explaining to do.
New York has become the latest state to ban the sale of cats, dogs and rabbits in pet stores in an attempt to target commercial breeding operations decried by critics as “puppy mills.” The new law was signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday. It takes effect in 2024. The law allows pet stores to work with shelters to offer animals up for adoption. It will also ban breeders from selling more than nine animals a year. California enacted a similar law in 2017, becoming the first state to ban sales of commercially bred dogs at pet shops.
An engineering firm has settled a lawsuit with four families after being accused of not doing enough to stop lead contamination in the Flint, Michigan, water supply. The deal involving Lockwood, Andrews & Newman comes four months after a jury couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict. No details were disclosed. LAN and another company, Veolia North America, were accused of not doing enough to get Flint to treat the highly corrosive water or to urge a return to a regional water supplier. Flint’s water became contaminated in 2014 because water pulled from the Flint River wasn’t treated to reduce the effect on lead pipes. The families’ new trial against Veolia is scheduled to begin in February.
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The Detroit Tigers have bolstered their rotation by agreeing to a one-year contract with right-hander Michael Lorenzen, according to a person familiar with the situation. Lorenzen will make $8.5 million and can earn $1.5 million in performance bonuses based on innings pitched, another person told The Associated Press on Thursday. The people spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal had not been announced. Lorenzen was 8-6 with a 4.24 ERA in 18 starts last season with the Los Angeles Angels. Since making his major league debut with the Cincinnati Reds in 2015, he is 31-29 with a 4.10 ERA.
An engineering firm has settled a lawsuit with four families after being accused of not doing enough to stop lead contamination in the Flint, Michigan, water supply. The deal involving Lockwood, Andrews & Newman comes four months after a jury couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict. No details were disclosed. LAN and another company, Veolia North America, were accused of not doing enough to get Flint to treat the highly corrosive water or to urge a return to a regional water supplier. Flint’s water became contaminated in 2014 because water pulled from the Flint River wasn’t treated to reduce the effect on lead pipes. The families’ new trial against Veolia is scheduled to begin in February.
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The Detroit Tigers have bolstered their rotation by agreeing to a one-year contract with right-hander Michael Lorenzen, according to a person familiar with the situation. Lorenzen will make $8.5 million and can earn $1.5 million in performance bonuses based on innings pitched, another person told The Associated Press on Thursday. The people spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal had not been announced. Lorenzen was 8-6 with a 4.24 ERA in 18 starts last season with the Los Angeles Angels. Since making his major league debut with the Cincinnati Reds in 2015, he is 31-29 with a 4.10 ERA.
The Los Angeles Times’ NFL writer, Sam Farmer, examines this week’s matchups. Lines according to FanDuel Sportsbook (O/U = over/under). Last week’s record 6-7 (.462); season 125-81-2 (.607). Using point spreads with the scores Farmer predicted, the record against the spread last week would h…
The California Air Resources Board is set to vote on an ambitious plan to achieve carbon neutrality in the state by 2045. The plan, which has undergone multiple changes after input from the public, has a goal of cutting emissions in the energy, transportation and agriculture sectors. But its targets for capturing carbon from the atmosphere has left critics concerned that big emitters will have a pathway to keep polluting. The vote comes months after Gov. Gavin Newsom wrote a letter to the board, urging it to approve drastic steps to cut emissions.
There’s no doubt in Mike White’s mind he’ll start at quarterback for the New York Jets on Sunday. White said Thursday he’s continuing to prepare to start against Detroit. He has said all week that is his mindset. White has been limited at practice this week after he was twice knocked from the Jets’ loss to the Bills in Buffalo last Sunday by big hits. He finished the game, but left the stadium in an ambulance to be examined at a hospital. White acknowledged he’ll likely wear some sort of protection around his midsection against Detroit.
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The Dallas Cowboys are accustomed to playing meaningful games in December. This is somewhat rare for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Both teams have something at stake when they meet in Jacksonville for the first time since 2006. Dallas can clinch a postseason berth for the second consecutive year, a feat “America’s Team” last accomplished in 2007. The Jaguars, meanwhile, need a victory to either keep pace with or close the gap on AFC South-leading Tennessee. It’s a unique spot for Jacksonville since the franchise has been in playoff contention this late just once since 2010.
Sam Darnold spent the better part of this season on the sideline in a boot and watching other quarterbacks play and learning the importance of being patience under center. Those lessons appear to be paying off. Darnold is 2-0 since taking over as Carolina’s starting quarterback and has the Panthers in control of their playoff destiny with four games remaining. They’ll win the NFC South if they win their last four games beginning Sunday at home against Pittsburgh.
There’s no doubt in Mike White’s mind he’ll start at quarterback for the New York Jets on Sunday. White said Thursday he’s continuing to prepare to start against Detroit. He has said all week that is his mindset. White has been limited at practice this week after he was twice knocked from the Jets’ loss to the Bills in Buffalo last Sunday by big hits. He finished the game, but left the stadium in an ambulance to be examined at a hospital. White acknowledged he’ll likely wear some sort of protection around his midsection against Detroit.
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The Dallas Cowboys are accustomed to playing meaningful games in December. This is somewhat rare for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Both teams have something at stake when they meet in Jacksonville for the first time since 2006. Dallas can clinch a postseason berth for the second consecutive year, a feat “America’s Team” last accomplished in 2007. The Jaguars, meanwhile, need a victory to either keep pace with or close the gap on AFC South-leading Tennessee. It’s a unique spot for Jacksonville since the franchise has been in playoff contention this late just once since 2010.
Sam Darnold spent the better part of this season on the sideline in a boot and watching other quarterbacks play and learning the importance of being patience under center. Those lessons appear to be paying off. Darnold is 2-0 since taking over as Carolina’s starting quarterback and has the Panthers in control of their playoff destiny with four games remaining. They’ll win the NFC South if they win their last four games beginning Sunday at home against Pittsburgh.
A person familiar with the situation says the Chicago Cubs have added bullpen help and agreed to a $2.8 million, one-year contract with veteran right-hander Brad Boxberger. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the deal has not been announced. ESPN first reported the agreement. The 34-year-old Boxberger was 4-3 with a 2.95 ERA and one save over 70 appearances and 64 innings with Milwaukee last season. An All-Star with Tampa Bay in 2015, he is 31-37 with a 3.44 ERA in 11 seasons with San Diego, the Rays, Arizona, Kansas City, Miami and the Brewers. Chicago relievers had a 4.12 ERA last season. The Cubs finished 74-88 and missed the playoffs for the second straight year.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Former Fort Worth police Officer Aaron Dean was convicted of manslaughter Thursday in the death of 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson, who the ex-cop fatally shot while responding to a call at her mother’s home more than three years ago.
Sami Valimaki of Finland has taken a two-shot lead at the Mauritius Open after setting a course record of 62. The 24-year-old Valimaki shot a bogey-free 10 under at Mont Choisy Le Golf to finish the first round two strokes ahead of playing partner Oliver Bekker of South Africa. Valimaki’s 10 birdies included two runs of four in a row. Pierre Pineau of France was three strokes off the lead in third, and JC Ritchie of South Africa was a further shot back in fourth.
LGBTQ representation took a hit in 2021, though the year also saw the first transgender character in a major release in five years, according to a new report from GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy group.
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Serbia has formally demanded that its security troops return to the breakaway former Serbian province of Kosovo, despite warnings from the West that such calls are unlikely to be accepted and only add to tensions in that part of the Balkans. Serbia’s government said in a statement Thursday that it asked NATO-led peacekeepers stationed in Kosovo since 1999, when the Western alliance pushed out Serb troops from the region, to allow the return of up to 1,000 Serbian army and police officers to the Serb-populated north of the country. Serbian officials claim a U.N. resolution that formally ended the Kosovo war allows for Serbian troops to return to Kosovo.
Sami Valimaki of Finland has taken a two-shot lead at the Mauritius Open after setting a course record of 62. The 24-year-old Valimaki shot a bogey-free 10 under at Mont Choisy Le Golf to finish the first round two strokes ahead of playing partner Oliver Bekker of South Africa. Valimaki’s 10 birdies included two runs of four in a row. Pierre Pineau of France was three strokes off the lead in third, and JC Ritchie of South Africa was a further shot back in fourth.
LGBTQ representation took a hit in 2021, though the year also saw the first transgender character in a major release in five years, according to a new report from GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy group.
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Serbia has formally demanded that its security troops return to the breakaway former Serbian province of Kosovo, despite warnings from the West that such calls are unlikely to be accepted and only add to tensions in that part of the Balkans. Serbia’s government said in a statement Thursday that it asked NATO-led peacekeepers stationed in Kosovo since 1999, when the Western alliance pushed out Serb troops from the region, to allow the return of up to 1,000 Serbian army and police officers to the Serb-populated north of the country. Serbian officials claim a U.N. resolution that formally ended the Kosovo war allows for Serbian troops to return to Kosovo.
Virginia regulators have granted a critical approval for Dominion Energy’s plans to construct and operate a 176-turbine wind farm in the Atlantic Ocean. The State Corporation Commission effectively signed off Thursday on an agreement Dominion reached this fall with the Virginia attorney general and several other parties. In the agreement, the company agreed to implement several consumer protections in connection with the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project. Dominion thanked the commission in a statement. The company says the project will have many benefits for customers, including the fact that it will be emissions free. But the project will come at an enormous expense.
The Republican leader of the Wisconsin Senate said Thursday he is considering legislation that would change military absentee voting laws, a reversal of his previous position on the issue. Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu joins with some members of the Wisconsin Election Commission who have said changes to state law could be the best way to address concerns about voter fraud after a top Milwaukee election official was accused of making false requests for military absentee ballots and sending them to the home of a state lawmaker days before the midterm election.
Ryan Seacrest will usher in 2023 on “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” from Times Square, with iconic bands from the 1980s and 1990s as well as a member of BTS and a TikTok sensation. Duran Duran will play from a catalogue that includes hits like “Hungry Like the Wolf,” “The Reflex” and “Rio.” R&B and pop group New Edition will perform a medley of their chart-toppers and solo hits like “Rub You The Right Way,” “My Prerogative” and “Poison.” South Korean songwriter and member BTS, will play a medley of his songs, and Tik-Tok star Jax will sing pop hits “Victoria’s Secret” and “90s Kids.”
When it comes to Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, their escape from «the Firm» is an essential part of their modern love story — and the final three episodes of their much-talked-about Netflix docuseries, which premiered Thursday, walk viewers through what made royal life intolerable.
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A suspect in a Reno drug-trafficking case who fled to Mexico in 2014 has been arrested and is expected to be returned to Nevada to face drug and money-laundering charges involving more than 140 pounds of methamphetamine. 64-year-old Nassrollah Behmard was indicted by a federal grand jury in Reno in June on eight criminal counts, including distribution of meth and conspiracy to launder money. Behmard also went by the name Michael Holt. He was arrested on a federal warrant in Mexico and was returned to Southern California where he made an initial appearance in U.S. District Court on Tuesday. His next court appearance is Dec. 27.
