Changes are coming to the San Jose Sharks. How drastic will they be?

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 19:11:39 GMT

Longtime NHL goalie Kelly Hrudey won just 16 of the 48 games he played in his first season with the San Jose Sharks in 1996-1997, as the team finished next-to-last in the overall standings. But he knew the direction the organization was taking under then-first-year general manager Dean Lombardi.“It wasn’t a fun year because of the losing,” Hrudey told this news organization in February. “But there was a plan in place that we all recognized.”Now, 26 years later, today’s Sharks players are expressing a similar sentiment.Finishing with a record of 22-44-16, the Sharks just endured one of the worst seasons in franchise history, with five fewer wins than that 1996-97 team. But players also acknowledge that their first-year GM, Mike Grier, has a blueprint for how he wants to turn the franchise around as Lombardi did a generation ago.“I’m sure once the season ends, everything will be digested,” Sharks captain Logan Couture last week. “I know the front office has a plan that the...

Bob Lee murder suspect due in court Friday

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 19:11:39 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A 38-year-old tech executive who lives in Emeryville will be in court Friday to be arraigned in the killing of Cash App founder Bob Lee. Nima Momeni was arrested at his residence in the early hours of Thursday morning and booked into San Francisco Jail on one count of murder for allegedly stabbing the tech mogul.San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins' office has charged Momeni with murder as well as a special enhancement for using a knife. The DA's office wants to hold Momeni without bail with Jenkins saying he represents a danger to the community in a news conference Thursday. FBI releases surveillance video of Bay Area woman being kidnapped in Mexico Lee, 43, was found stabbed shortly after 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 4, in San Francisco's upscale Rincon Hill neighborhood. Surveillance video shows his staggering around, holding his wounds and trying to hail a passing car before he ultimately collapsed to the pavement.Officers arrived, rendered aid...

Archie Bradley agrees to minor league contract with Marlins

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 19:11:39 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Pitcher Archie Bradley has agreed to a minor league contract with the Miami Marlins as he tries to return from a broken elbow that ended his 2022 major league season in June. The 30-year-old right-hander would get a $1 million base salary in the major leagues if added to the 40-man roster.Bradley was 0-1 with a 4.82 ERA last year in 21 relief appearances for the Los Angeles Angels, striking out 15 and walking seven in 18 2/3 innings. He broke a bone in his elbow on June 26 when he slipped and fell while climbing over the dugout railing during a brawl with the Seattle Mariners.He returned to make four rehab appearances for Triple-A Salt Lake from Sept. 15-24 and was activated on Sept. 27, then went back on the injured list two days later because of a strained right forearm.Bradley is 30-29 with a 3.92 ERA and 32 saves in 35 starts and 294 relief appearances over eight seasons with Arizona (2015-20), Cincinnati (2020), Philadelphia (2021) and the Angels.___AP MLB: https:/...

South Carolina’s Staley hires Duke assistant for Gamecocks

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 19:11:39 GMT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina has hired Duke assistant Winston Gandy for a spot on coach Dawn Staley’s staff. The school announced the hire Friday, less than a week after Staley’s long-time assistant Fred Chmiel left to become coach at Bowling Green. Gandy worked for the Blue Devils in the past three seasons, including 2020-21 when the team cut short its season due to COVID-19 concerns. He helped Duke go 14-4 in the Atlantic Coast Conference this past season and advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Staley said in a statement Gandy was exactly the right person for the her team because of how he connects with young people. “He is a highly sought after young talent in our game, and I’m so happy he is bringing his great basketball mind and ability to recruit and develop talent” to the Gamecocks, she said. Gandy was an assistant at Rice for three seasons before moving to Duke. Gandy also spent three seasons with the Washington Wizards, where he was...

Minneapolis OKs dawn Muslim prayer call, 1st for big US city

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 19:11:39 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) — Minneapolis will allow broadcasts of the Muslim call to prayer at all hours, becoming the first major U.S. city to allow the announcement or “adhan” to be heard over speakers five times a day, year-round.The Minneapolis City Council unanimously agreed Thursday to amend the city’s noise ordinance, which had prevented dawn and late evening calls at certain times of the year due to noise restrictions, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. The vote came during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.“The Constitution doesn’t sleep at night,” said Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, after the vote. He said the action in Minneapolis shows the world that a “nation founded on freedom of religion makes good on its promise.”Minneapolis has had a flourishing population of East African immigrants since at least the 1990s, and mosques now are common. Three of 13 members of the council identify as Mus...

Nadal to also miss Barcelona Open with nagging hip injury

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 19:11:39 GMT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Rafael Nadal will miss the Barcelona Open, leaving him without another clay-court tournament to prepare for the French Open.The 22-time Grand Slam champion said Friday he had not fully recovered from a left hip flexor injury he picked up at the Australian Open in January. That knocked him out of the Indian Wells, Miami and Monte Carlo tournaments also.“Barcelona is a special tournament for me because it is my adopted club and because playing at home is always a unique feeling,” Nadal said in a message posted on Twitter. “I still don’t feel prepared and therefore will continue with my preparation process to get back to competing.”The 36-year-old Nadal has won the Barcelona Open a record 12 times. His last victory came in 2021.The French Open takes place from May 28-June 11.___AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports Source

Intentó abrir la puerta de salida emergencia: detienen a pasajero por causar pánico en un vuelo

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 19:11:39 GMT

Un pasajero fue acusado de atacar a una azafata e intentar abrir la puerta de salida de emergencia de un avión en un vuelo de Los Ángeles a Boston.El pasajero fue identificado como Francisco Severo Torres, de 33 años, quien iba a bordo de un vuelo de United Airlines el fin de semana pasado.Aproximadamente 45 minutos antes de aterrizar en el Aeropuerto Internacional Logan de Boston, los miembros de la tripulación fueron alertados de que la “puerta de emergencias” había sido manipulada, según la oficina del fiscal federal. Una azafata que inspeccionó la puerta notó que la manija se había movido hacia la posición de desbloqueo.El asistente, que no fue identificado, cerró la manija y avisó a sus compañeros de tripulación. Otro asistente notó que Torres había estado junto a la puerta antes y sospechaba que podría haberla manipulado, dijeron funcionarios federales. Ahorros para viajeros: Google Flights podría reembolsarte la diferencia si tu vuelo baja de precio ...

Optum business helps push UnitedHealth past 1Q expectations

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 19:11:39 GMT

UnitedHealth beat first-quarter forecasts and hiked its 2023 guidance for the first time, pushed in part by more growth from its Optum care segment.The health care giant said Friday that revenue jumped 25% from its Optum segment, which provides care and manages prescription drug benefits. Operating earnings from that part of the business also grew 19% to $3.7 billion. The Optum business runs a growing number of clinics and urgent care and surgery centers. UnitedHealth says it served 103 million people in the first quarter. Revenue per customer from that business jumped 34% compared to last year’s quarter. The insurer attributed that to its emphasis on value-based care. That involves basing doctor pay more on how a patient population does instead of delivering a fee for each service. Health care bill payers like the federal government have grown more interested in these arrangements as they try to keep people healthy and out of hospitals. CEO Andrew Witty told analysts on Frida...

Celtics hope for deep playoff run, but first face the Hawks

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 19:11:39 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Joe Mazzulla has been navigating an opportunity he’s always wanted, but never expected to have this soon. Along the way, the Celtics coach hasn’t strayed too far from what put him in this position in the first place. “As big as this is, I still think it comes down to the most simple of the details,” Mazzulla said this week. “Just having a plan. Executing that plan.”It’s been the north star for him as he’s guided Boston this season back from the disorienting preseason jolt of seeing former coach Ime Udoka suspended. The Celtics are a 57-win team, finished second in the Eastern Conference and are again positioned to make another deep playoff run. A core led by All-Stars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown views Saturday’s tip-off of their first-round playoff series with the Atlanta Hawks as the first step toward another shot at an NBA title.“We’ve essentially been waiting for this moment,” Tatum said. “The group is locked in. The group is focused.”Having to constantly he...