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Uhuru Solidarity Movement rallies for Palestine in St. Louis

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:53:14 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Many St. Louisans held their own March for Palestine on Saturday.The Uhuru Solidarity Movement took to the streets of South St. Louis to lead a reparations march for Palestinians and other minorities. This is among several displays of support since Hamas, a militant group that controls Gaza, launched attacks against Israel earlier this month, triggering a response by Israeli forces. More than 1,400 people have been killed. For full remarks from Saturday's gathering, click here.

L.A. prop store struggling to stay open amid actors strike

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:53:14 GMT

As the SAG-AFTRA strike stretches past day 100, small businesses are struggling more than ever to keep their doors open. Hollywood production remains at a standstill and the owner of a prop store is speaking out about the impacts the ongoing strike is having on businesses like his. Marc Meyer, the owner of Faux Library Studio Props, says he’s been helping studios create Hollywood magic for decades, but fears that his business may not survive much longer if striking actors and studios can’t reach an agreement soon. Over the course of 30 years, Meyer has collected a warehouse of period piece treasures that he uses to dress film and television sets. The Hollywood strike has slammed his business to a screeching halt. "We usually have 15 or 20 trucks a day come through here and they would pick different set dressings or desks and furniture and books,” Meyer said. “The landlord keeps saying, ‘what am I gonna do, what is he going to do, because he’s not getting any income from th...

Ex-SF Giants first round pick throws gem as Phillies flatten Diamondbacks

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:53:14 GMT

PHOENIX — Kyle Schwarber got a hanging breaking ball at the top of the strike zone in the sixth inning and did what he does so well in the postseason, obliterate a baseball deep into the seats for another home run.The formidable Philadelphia Phillies looked mortal for a couple of days during a pair of frustrating one-run losses. Their response on Saturday night proved that they’re far from finished.Zack Wheeler delivered another postseason gem with seven shutdown innings, Schwarber, Bryce Harper, and J.T. Realmuto all homered and the Phillies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-1 to take a 3-2 NL Championship Series lead.“Everything was fantastic,” Schwarber said. “It was a great response. Obviously, didn’t work out the way we wanted last night, but it was great that we were able to turn the page and really put our focus and effort into this one.”Philadelphia moved one win from its second straight World Series appearance, regaining control after wasting late leads in consecutive losses ...

Hertl blasts Sharks’ lack of response after Predators player runs over Blackwood

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:53:14 GMT

The San Jose Sharks remained winless on the season as they once again gave up goals in rapid succession, digging themselves a hole they couldn’t escape in what became a 5-1 loss to the Nashville Predators on Saturday.Tommy Novak scored twice and goalie Juuse Saros made 31 saves to lead the Predators at Bridgestone Arena, as the Sharks fell to 0-4-1 on the season having only scored seven goals in their first five games.Kiefer Sherwood and Luke Evangelista each had a goal and an assist and Samuel Fagemo also scored for the Predators, winners of two in a row. Gustav Nyquist had two assists.Tomas Hertl scored and Mackenzie Blackwood made 28 saves for the winless Sharks.Fagemo scored the game’s first goal at 17:15 of the opening period with a wrist shot from the top of the left circle with Nashville on a power play.Novak and Sherwood scored goals 12 seconds apart early in the second to break the game open.Novak struck again at 2:47 of the third on a power play. His four goals this ...

Roslovic scores in overtime as Blue Jackets beat Minnesota Wild 5-4

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:53:14 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Jack Roslovic scored 3:07 into overtime and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Minnesota Wild 5-4 on Saturday night.Justin Danforth, Kent Johnson, Boone Jenner and Adam Fantilli also scored for the Blue Jackets. Elvis Merzlikins made 24 saves.Entering the Minnesota zone, Roslovic split three Minnesota defenders and whistled a low shot past Filip Gustavsson for his first goal of the season.“The way we played we deserved that win. We played really well, really connected, really intense,” said Columbus coach Pascal Vincent. “No game is perfect, we’re going to make mistakes, but the mindset was perfect. I’m looking for excellence and what I mean by excellence is working hard. We did that tonight.”Four of the last five games between the teams took extra time with the Wild previously winning twice in overtime and once in a shootout.Dakota Mermis, Mats Zuccarello, Jonas Brodin and Marcus Johansson scored for Minnesota, which got a career-high 49 saves from Gustavsson...

Jaxson Dart has 246 yards of offense and 3 TDs, No. 13 Mississippi beats Auburn 28-21

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:53:14 GMT

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Jaxson Dart had 246 yards of offense and three touchdowns to help No. 13 Mississippi beat Auburn 28-21 on Saturday night.Dart led the Rebels (6-1, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) to touchdowns on their first two drives before plunging into the end zone from a yard out on the final play of the third quarter for a lead Ole Miss held onto.“The energy changed on the last play of the third quarter,” Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin said. “The fact that we scored and took the air out of the stadium really changed the energy as we headed into the fourth quarter.”Quinshon Judkins added 124 yards rushing and a fourth-quarter touchdown run for the Rebels. Tre Harris had 102 yards receiving.Auburn (3-4, 0-4) answered Ole Miss’ first score with a 53-yard touchdown run from Jarquez Hunter, who finished with 91 yards.Hugh Freeze’s Tigers tied it at 14 with a 1-yard score from Hunter, taking advantage of a short field that was set up by Donovan Kaufman’s interception.The teams then comb...

McCarthy throws 3 TD passes in 1st half, No. 2 Michigan routs Michigan State 49-0

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:53:14 GMT

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — No. 2 Michigan put together perhaps its most complete performance of its unbeaten season, and still wasn’t satisfied.J.J. McCarthy threw three of his career-high four touchdown passes in the first half and the second-ranked Wolverines routed Michigan State 49-0 on Saturday night.“We’re not even close to our peak yet,” McCarthy said.The Wolverines (8-0, 5-0 Big Ten) have won a school-record 20 consecutive conference games since losing at Michigan State nearly two years ago.The latest lopsided win happened just days after it was disclosed Michigan is under NCAA investigation for allegedly stealing the play-calling signals used by opponents. Coach Jim Harbaugh served a three-game suspension to start the season as part of self-imposed penalties for NCAA recruiting infractions.“People don’t like to see people be successful,” Harbaugh said. “There’s a target, yeah. Everybody has pointed that out from the beginning of the season, but our guys are very focus...

Real Salt Lake reaches 50-point mark for just the second time since 2015

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:53:14 GMT

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Diego Luna scored in the 74th minute and Real Salt Lake beat the Colorado Rapids 1-0 on Saturday night.Real Salt Lake (14-12-8) reached the 50-point mark for just the second time since 2015 (53 in 2019). RSL has 19 regular-season wins over Colorado since the start of the 2014 season. Colorado (5-17-12) lost only two of its last 10 regular-season matches at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. The Rapids finished with just 17 points in 17 home games this season.Salt Lake goalkeeper Zac MacMath stopped six shots. Colorado goalkeeper Abraham Rodriguez made four saves. ___AP MLS: https://apnews.com/hub/major-league-soccerSource

LAFC’s Bouanga scores 20th goal in 1-1 draw with Whitecaps

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:53:14 GMT

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Dénis Bouanga scored his league-leading 20th goal of the season for Los Angeles FC, but Ali Ahmed answered in the second half for Vancouver as the defending champions and the Whitecaps played to a 1-1 draw in a regular-season finale on Saturday night.Bouanga, who entered the final day of the regular season with a two-goal lead, wrapped up the Golden Boot Award when he took a pass from Ilie Sánchez in the 34th minute and scored to give LAFC (14-10-10) the lead.Defender Ali Ahmed pulled Vancouver (12-10-12) even in the 58th minute, using an assist from Richie Laryea to score his second goal of the season and the second of his career. Ahmed has made 12 starts and 24 appearances over the past two seasons for the Whitecaps.Maxime Crépeau totaled two saves in his seventh start of the season for LAFC. Yohei Takaoka saved six shots for Vancouver.LAFC had already clinched a top-four seed in the West entering the match. Vancouver had already earned a spot in...

Espinoza helps Earthquakes grab playoff berth in 1-1 draw with Austin

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:53:14 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Cristian Espinoza scored a first-half goal to help San Jose earn a 1-1 draw with Austin FC on Saturday night and that was enough to get the Earthquakes into the postseason after the Houston Dynamo defeated the Portland Timbers.San Jose (10-10-14) grabbed a 1-0 lead in the 17th minute when Espinoza took a pass from Jeremy Ebobisse and scored his 13th goal of the season. It was Espinoza’s 26th goal contribution this season, second most in Earthquakes history for a single season.Owen Wolff used passes from Nick Lima and Sebastián Driussi in the 32nd minute to score his second goal of the campaign for Austin (10-15-9), knotting the score at halftime.Brad Stuver saved seven shots for Austin. Daniel de Sousa Britto did not have a save for San Jose.Austin has won just three of its last 22 matches on the road in all competitions (3-14-5). Austin was the only team without a clean sheet on the road this season.The Earthquakes are 2-0-5 in seven all-time matchups ...