The Denver Nuggets have won their first NBA title by beating the Miami Heat in five games in the Finals

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:30:36 GMT

The Denver Nuggets have won their first NBA title by beating the Miami Heat in five games in the Finals DENVER (AP) — The Denver Nuggets have won their first NBA title by beating the Miami Heat in five games in the Finals.Source

Arizona manager Lovullo ejected after Phillies hit Carroll in consecutive at-bats

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:30:36 GMT

Arizona manager Lovullo ejected after Phillies hit Carroll in consecutive at-bats PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona manager Torey Lovullo has been ejected against the Philadelphia Phillies after Diamondbacks outfielder Corbin Carroll was hit by pitches in consecutive at-bats.Carroll, named the NL player of the week on Monday, was hit in the first inning by Phillies starter Matt Strahm and again in the third inning.Lovullo rushed out of the dugout quickly and got into an argument with Philadelphia catcher J.T. Realmuto after Carroll was hit the second time. Lovullo had to be held back by Diamondbacks third base coach Tony Perezchica as players from both dugouts and bullpens converged at home plate.Plate umpire Vic Carapazza ejected Lovullo while players and coaches from both sides got into each other’s faces.After a fly out by Christian Walker, Strahm yelled back and forth with someone from Arizona’s dugout. Diamondbacks outfielder Josh Rojas was ejected after the second confrontation, sending Arizona bench coach Jeff Banister out of the dugout to talk to Carapaz...

El anciano viudo de “Up”, Carl Fredricksen, tiene una segunda oportunidad en el amor en el tráiler de “Carl’s Date”

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:30:36 GMT

El anciano viudo de “Up”, Carl Fredricksen, tiene una segunda oportunidad en el amor en el tráiler de “Carl’s Date” (CNN) — Carl Fredricksen, el recordado anciano de la película “Up” de Pixar, regresa a la pantalla gigante en el nuevo cortometraje “Carl’s Date”.El tráiler de la producción de Disney/Pixar, que se estrenó este lunes, muestra al viudo Carl ––cuya vida con su amada Ellie marcó un momento icónico y doloroso de “Up”–– junto a su adorable perro Dug, mientras se embarcan en una nueva aventura en nombre del amor.“Le gusto a la señorita Meyer y ella quiere tener una cita”, le dice Carl a Dug en el tráiler, señalando después: “¡No sé cómo tener citas!”.A continuación, se ve a Carl intentando prepararse para el encuentro, mientras recoge frenéticamente flores de su jardín, con un adorable comentario de Dug que dice que no le parece “nada divertido.”Según la sinopsis de la producción, “Carl’s Date” muestra al personaje mientras “acepta a regañadientes tener una cita con una amiga, pero admite...

Victoria histórica: Denver Nuggets son campeones de la NBA; 94-89 vs Miami Heat

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:30:36 GMT

Victoria histórica: Denver Nuggets son campeones de la NBA; 94-89 vs Miami Heat DENVER, Colorado – Los Denver Nuggets han hecho historia al ganar el campeonato de la NBA y coronarse como los mejores del baloncesto mundial. Después de una emocionante temporada y una serie de partidos intensos, el equipo logró vencer a los Miami Heat y llevarse el título a casa.Jokic anotó 28 puntos y capturó 16 rebotes, mientras que Porter sumó 16 puntos y 13 rebotes en la victoria de Denver por 94-89.A pesar de tener una noche desafortunada en tiros de tres puntos, los Nuggets lograron ganar el Juego 5. Al entrar en el último cuarto, habían encestado solo 3 de 23 intentos desde la línea de tres puntos y terminaron con un registro de 5 de 28 desde más allá del arco.Durante más de dos cuartos completos, Denver no estuvo al frente en el marcador. Desde que los Nuggets tenían una ventaja de 18-16 con poco más de tres minutos restantes en el primer cuarto, hasta que un triple de Porter Jr. les dio la ventaja de 69-66 con 1:31 por jugar en el tercer cuarto.Los jugadores, entren...

Nuggets' championship parade will be Thursday: Here are all the details

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:30:36 GMT

Nuggets' championship parade will be Thursday: Here are all the details DENVER (KDVR) -- The Denver Nuggets are NBA champions and that means we're looking forward to a celebration parade this week.The parade will take place rain or shine on Thursday, June 15. A pre-rally starts at 9 a.m. at Civic Center Park and will include live music, highlight reels and live video from the parade. The parade will start at 10 a.m. at Union Station.FOX31 will carry the parade and rally live on air and on streaming at kdvr.com. News coverage will start at 4:30 a.m. as usual, with parade and rally coverage expected to kick into gear around 9 a.m.Nuggets parade routeThe parade then travels 17th Street to Broadway and ends at Civic Center Park, where there will be a rally at about noon. It will include:Denver Nuggets players, coaches, and managementE. Stanley and Josh KroenkeDenver Mayor Michael B. HancockAdditional Civic LeadersSuperMascot Rocky!Denver Nuggets DancersSkyline DrumlineNuggets PA Announcer - Kyle SpellerMile High City Hype Squad Complete Denver Nuggets NBA...

Ambrose: Biden’s plan to tax people for money that isn’t money

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:30:36 GMT

Ambrose:  Biden’s plan to tax people for money that isn’t money President Joe Biden, eager to get more tax money to pay for the faults of others along with his own disastrously irresponsible, inflationary overspending, has said that American billionaires have tax rate of just 8%. Here, then, is a great excuse to hit this relatively small group of 700 or maybe 1,000 people with a fiscal fist as big as the Treasury Department without worrying about losing millions of votes.A difficulty for Biden, however, is that the tax rate is more than three times bigger than he said, 25.6%, either demonstrating that he made a major mistake or qualifies to be called a political trickster. I endorse the second possibility, seeing as how the tiny-tax assertion could confuse the public enough for him to seem a hero catching cheapskate billionaires even though the top 1% of taxpayers deliver something like 43% of all federal taxes.The way Biden arrives at his deception is by saying the billionaires and still other super-rich tax targets pay nothing for the unrealiz...

Editorial: Want affordable housing? Build more homes in Mass.

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:30:36 GMT

Editorial: Want affordable housing? Build more homes in Mass. The notion is supply-and-demand simplicity itself: Massachusetts needs affordable housing, so why not build more houses?That’s the position of the Massachusetts Association of Realtors, who visited Beacon Hill Monday in opposition to transfer tax and rent control bills.“Rent control tries to attack a symptom of our lack of building. And that’s not the way to fix the issue. We need to build more housing,” said Justin Davidson, the association’s government affairs director, according to State House News.“If we build enough housing, if people have the options of where to live and what type of home to live in, we don’t need rent control,” Davidson said.That’s long been an issue in the Bay State, particularly in Greater Boston. Rents are high, home prices astronomical, and so begins the exodus to the suburbs and beyond in hopes of staying ahead of exorbitant costs. Sometimes that trek leads out of state.Our population outpaces our hou...

Red Sox squander strong Paxton start, lose to Rockies 4-3 in 10 innings

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:30:36 GMT

Red Sox squander strong Paxton start, lose to Rockies 4-3 in 10 innings The Red Sox had every opportunity to put the Colorado Rockies away.They had old friend Connor Seabold on the ropes in the first inning, tagging the ex-Red Sox hurler for three straight singles out of the gate before squandering the prime scoring opportunity and coming away with nothing.They took a 2-1 lead on a Christian Arroyo solo shot in the seventh, only to immediately allow Colorado to tie it right back up the following inning.Rafael Devers put a charge into what would have been the go-ahead two-run home run in the eighth, but Rockies outfielder Nolan Jones made an unbelievable catch at the bullpen wall to keep the ball in the yard and the game tied.Finally, with two outs and the extra-innings ghost runner still at second, Nick Pivetta loaded the bases and walked in the go-ahead run. With a steady rain devolving into a complete deluge, the Rockies added another on a Triston Casas error at first and the grounds crew came out to stop the action with the Red Sox trailing by two in...

Chris Hemsworth back in action in ‘Extraction 2’ for Netflix

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:30:36 GMT

Chris Hemsworth back in action in ‘Extraction 2’ for Netflix Chris Hemsworth has been a mighty Thor many times but to return to his black ops mercenary Tyler Rake in the “Extraction 2” sequel, streaming Friday on Netflix, was something different.“Extraction,” adapted from a graphic novel, introduced Rake, a former Australian Army Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) operator turned rescuer-for-hire, recruited to save an incarcerated drug dealer’s son in Bangladesh.The novel ended with Rake dead. The movie followed suit. “When we began the original script, the character was done by the end, riddled with bullets, a piece of Swiss cheese toppling off a bridge. That completion felt necessary for the story of this redemption tale,” Hemsworth, 39, said in a Zoom interview Monday.Rake didn’t stay dead for long. Before filming finished, Hemsworth and director Sam Hayward “started talking about if we ever did another one, what the character would do. How the world could expand.They decided, “We should give ourselves an out in case audiences respond. So...

Dear Abby: Teen’s disturbing behavior worries uncle

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:30:36 GMT

Dear Abby: Teen’s disturbing behavior worries uncle Dear Abby: My nephew is 19. I have been co-parenting him and his sister since they were 15. He has some issues that are normal for his generation. What isn’t normal is his inflated sense that life is all about him. If it doesn’t benefit him, he doesn’t do it. I have been giving him the structure, guidance and direction that he has asked for, but he’s not changing. His girlfriend has been on him about his poor hygiene, but he doesn’t change.Lately, he has become withdrawn and silent, and he is by himself a lot. He literally sleeps all day. Oh, and he’s a compulsive liar, so we don’t know if anything he tells us is truthful. He does have depression issues and some trauma. Those signs are easy to spot in him. What gives, if you know? — Observant Uncle in IndianaDear Uncle: Has your nephew been treated for his depression or trauma? Whether the answer is yes or no, it’s time for him to be checked by a physician to determine whether he...