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Red Sox notebook: Ceddanne Rafaela stealing his way towards promotion

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:30 GMT

Catch him if you can.Ceddanne Rafaela is known for his Gold Glove-potential defense and serious speed, but he took the latter to the next level over the weekend. On Saturday, the Double-A Portland standout set a franchise record when he stole six bases in one game. He was originally credited with seven, but his ninth-inning grab was later changed to defensive indifference.According to Major League Baseball, only four players in American and National League history have stolen six bases in a game, the first of whom had significant ties to Boston baseball. Philadelphia Athletics star Eddie Collins had a 6-steal game in 1912, 21 years before new Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey hired him to be his club’s vice president and general manager. Collins famously signed Bobby Doerr and Ted Williams during the same scouting trip, but is also infamous for his involvement in the organization’s decision to pass on Jackie Robinson.But back to Rafaela, because the 22-year-old showed up for Sund...

Tom Brady praises exes Gisele Bündchen, Bridget Moynahan in Mother’s Day Instagram post

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:30 GMT

Tom Brady included exes Gisele Bündchen and Bridget Moynahan in an Instagram post celebrating Mother’s Day.The seven-time Super Bowl champion, 45, gave a shoutout to “all these amazing women who have given our family so much throughout their lives.”“Thank you all for your love, compassion and kindness, and for setting such an amazing example for all of our little ones,” Brady wrote. “We are all so grateful for your support and helping us all achieve our dreams. I wish all the mothers in the world a special day with the people that love them the most.”The post included a slideshow of photos that featured his own mom, Galynn, along with Moynahan and Bündchen in a series of Brady family photos.Moynahan and Brady dated from 2004 to 2006, and Moynahan is the mother of Brady’s oldest child, 15-year-old Jack.Bündchen and Brady were married for 13 years and share two children, Ben and Vivian. Their highly publicized divorce was ...

Chicago Bears won’t play in Germany this year — and the rest of the NFL schedule will be released Thursday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:30 GMT

The Chicago Bears will not play in Germany during the 2023 season.The NFL announced its five-game international slate Wednesday morning, and the Bears were not part of the lineup.Rumors and news reports this spring suggested the league was considering sending the Bears to play the Kansas City Chiefs in Frankfurt, Germany. But NBC Sports’ Peter King reported this week the Chiefs requested the Bears not be their international opponent.The Chiefs will play the Miami Dolphins in Frankfurt on Nov. 5 and will host the Bears at Arrowhead Stadium this season. The date and time of that matchup will be announced Thursday when the full NFL schedule is released.The Bears’ 2023 opponents already are set. At home, they will play the Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Denver Broncos, Las Vegas Raiders and Arizona Cardinals. The Bears will go on the road to play the Lions, Packers, Vikings, Chiefs, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Bucca...

Jayson Tatum’s epic Game 7 performance leads Celtics past 76ers, back to Eastern Conference Finals

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:30 GMT

Jayson Tatum corralled a rebound late in the third quarter, dribbled up court and had the matchup he wanted. With De’Anthony Melton guarding him, Tatum took a few steps back to size up his defender.There was almost no doubt how this possession would end.Tatum took a few dribbles and went to work. He crossed over between his legs a few times. He took a step to his left and unleashed another 3-pointer. Swish.Upon draining yet another shot on a day full of them, Tatum turned to where his mom and son Deuce typically sit courtside and posed a one-word question.“What?”There wasn’t much else to say. On one of the biggest stages of his basketball life, Tatum delivered the best game of his career and one of the greatest in Celtics playoff history. Tatum scored 51 points – an NBA Game 7 record – with 13 rebounds and five assists to lead the Celtics to a blowout 112-88 victory to dispatch the Philadelphia 76ers and advance to the Eastern Conference Finals once again.Game 1 against the Miami He...

Election count shows Turkey’s Erdogan may go to a presidential election runoff

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:30 GMT

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Voter support for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dipped below the majority required to win reelection outright with the unofficial ballot count from Turkey’s national election nearly completed Sunday, making it more likely the country is headed toward a May 28 presidential runoff.With almost 95% of ballot boxes counted, Erdogan had 49.6% of the vote, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency. His main challenger, opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, had 44.7% after the gap between the two shrank as the night went on. If neither candidate secures more than 50%, the two will compete head-to-head in two weeks. Turkey’s election authority, the Supreme Electoral Board, said it was providing numbers to competing political parties “instantly” but would not make the results public until the count was completed and finalized. The majority of ballots from the 3.4 million eligible voters living abroad still needed to be tallied, according to the board, and a runoff...

Barcelona, minus Messi, wins Spanish league title for 1st time since 2019

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:30 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Barcelona won its first Spanish league title after the departure of Lionel Messi with a 4-2 victory against Espanyol on Sunday.Robert Lewandowski scored twice to lead the Catalan club to its first league title since 2019. The title was secured with four rounds remaining and two years after Messi left amid the club’s financial struggles.The title celebrations were short-lived, though, as players had to rush into the locker room after a large group of Espanyol fans invaded the field from behind one of the goals and started running toward the Barcelona players who were singing and celebrating in the center. Security guards quickly intervened but riot police had to stand in front of the tunnel’s entrance to prevent the fans from going in.Alejandro Balde and Jules Koundé also scored for Barcelona, which now has 27 league titles, eight fewer than Real Madrid. Third-place Atletico Madrid is 16 points back after losing 1-0 at last-place Elche earlier Sunday.The victory o...

‘There’s got to be a better way’: Family of man killed by police demanding answers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:30 GMT

The father of a man shot and killed by Toronto police outside an east-end plaza is demanding answers, saying police failed his son and he’s seeking accountability for their actions. It’s been a difficult week for Horst Geisler and his family. On Wednesday he received a call from his ex-wife that he says completely broke him – his son, 40-year-old Andrew Geisler, had had an interaction with police and he was dead. Police were called to the Shoppers World Danforth plaza in the Danforth Avenue and Victoria Park Avenue area around noon on May 10 where they encountered a man armed with a knife. An eyewitness told CityNews that despite several warnings to drop the weapon, the officer shot the man who was later pronounced dead at the scene. “What ended up happening is he shot him in cold blood. He was killed in broad daylight with people all around,” Geisler tells CityNews. “Our police officers are sworn to do the right thing for us, to protect and serve...

Biden, congressional leaders likely to meet Tuesday for talks on raising the debt limit

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:30 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and congressional leaders will likely resume talks on Tuesday at the White House over the debt limit, the president said Sunday, as the nation continues to edge closer to its legal borrowing authority with no agreement in sight.The meeting was initially supposed to be Friday, but was abruptly postponed so staff-level talks could continue before Biden and the four congressional leaders huddled for a second time. Administration and congressional officials said Sunday that a meeting has not been finalized. Biden said he was optimistic he could reach a deal with the Republicans. “I remain optimistic because I’m a congenital optimist,” Biden told reporters while out for a bike ride in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. “But I really think there’s a desire on their part as well as ours to reach an agreement. I think we’ll be able to do it.”Aides reported some progress in the discussions that carried through the weekend.“The staff is very enga...

Victims of racist Buffalo supermarket mass shooting remembered on anniversary

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:30 GMT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Standing in the same parking lot where he was shot in the neck a year ago in a racist attack at a Buffalo supermarket, Zaire Goodman said he was grateful to see the community come together in remembrance Sunday.His family and others affected by the mass shooting gathered with top state and local officials, first responders and religious leaders to remember the 10 people who were killed and three, including Goodman, who were wounded at Tops Friendly Market, which closed Sunday for the one-year anniversary of the shootings.Goodman, 21, who worked at the store and was shot while collecting carts outside, has been back to the market many times since, even visiting while it was being remodeled in the weeks after the massacre as some questioned whether it should ever reopen.“I just wanted to show people that it’s alright. We don’t need to close the store indefinitely,” he said. “We know the store is still important to people in this area.”Mayor Byron Brown read the 13...

Thailand’s opposition wins big election victory, challenging army-backed conservative establishment

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:40:30 GMT

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s main opposition parties easily bested other contenders with virtually all the votes counted from Sunday’s general election, fulfilling many voters’ hopes that the balloting would serve as a pivotal chance for change nine years after incumbent Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha first came to power in a 2014 coup.With 99% of the votes counted by early Monday morning, the junior opposition Move Forward Party had eked out a small edge over the favored Pheu Thai Party, whose leaders earlier in the night conceded they might not finish on top.The winner of Sunday’s vote is not assured the right to form the new government. A joint session of the 500-seat House of Representatives will be held with the 250-member Senate in July to select the new prime minister, a process widely seen as undemocratic because the Senators were appointed by the military rather than elected but vote along with Sunday’s winning lawmakers.Sunday’s voter turnout was about 39.5 million, or 75% ...