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Pat McCormick, 4-time Olympic diving champion, dies at 92

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:20 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pat McCormick, who became the first diver to sweep the 3-meter and 10-meter events at consecutive Olympics, has died. She was 92.She died Tuesday of natural causes at an assisted living facility in the Orange County city of Santa Ana, her son, Tim, said Friday.McCormick won the springboard and platform events at the 1952 Helsinki Games. She accomplished the feat again four years later at the Melbourne Games. Tim McCormick was born just five months before the Olympics in Australia.Greg Louganis equaled McCormick’s accomplishment when he swept the 3-meter and 10-meter titles at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and again in 1988 at Seoul.McCormick’s daughter, Kelly Robertson, competed on the same Olympic teams as Louganis. She won a silver medal on springboard in 1984 and a bronze in the same event in 1988.Pat McCormick won the James Sullivan Award as the nation’s top amateur athlete in 1956, the second woman to do so.Born Patricia Joan Keller on May 12, 193...

No. 6 Marquette holds off No. 11 UConn in Big East semifinal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:20 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Tyler Kolek and David Joplin each scored 17 points, and No. 6 Marquette moved into the Big East championship game for the first time by holding off No. 11 UConn 70-68 on Friday night.Playing with three key players on the bench in foul trouble for a large chunk of time down the stretch, the top-seeded Golden Eagles (27-6) opened a four-point lead on a 3-pointer by Olivier-Maxence Prosper with 3:39 left and then held on at raucous Madison Square Garden.UConn had a chance to tie or win in the final 10 seconds, but coach Dan Hurley elected not to call a timeout as his team brought the ball across halfcourt. Jordan Hawkins missed badly on a contested, desperation 3 at the buzzer — and Golden Eagles coach Shaka Smart jumped high and pumped his fist in celebration.Marquette limited the fourth-seeded Huskies (25-8) to two points over the final 3:50 and kept them scoreless for the last 2 1/2 minutes, winning for the first time in four semifinal appearances at the Big East Tou...

No. 21 Duke holds off No. 14 Miami 85-78 in ACC semifinals

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:20 GMT

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Filipowski had 17 points and 11 rebounds, Jeremy Roach hit a huge 3-pointer at the 1:32 mark and No. 21 Duke held off No. 14 Miami 85-78 in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament semifinals on Friday night.Roach’s 3 from the left wing over Isaiah Wong with the shot clock going down proved to be the biggest shot, giving Duke a 78-71 lead that Miami couldn’t overcome in a well-played matchup that often resembled a second-weekend NCAA Tournament game.The fourth-seeded Blue Devils (25-8) did enough late to stay in control, closing out their eighth straight win and earning their 17th trip to the title game in the past 25 tournaments.This one comes in the debut run of first-year coach Jon Scheyer, who replaced retired Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski and has Duke within a win of another title.Tyrese Proctor hit two free throws with 9.8 seconds left, and Filipowski rebounded Wong’s last-ditch 3-pointer to start Duke’s celebration. Proctor...

Colin Kaepernick denuncia el racismo de sus padres adoptivos en la promoción de su novela gráfica

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:20 GMT

(CNN) — El ex mariscal de campo de la NFL Colin Kaepernick acusó a sus padres adoptivos blancos de perpetuar el racismo en su hogar en una entrevista con Adriana Díaz de CBS este jueves.“Sé que mis padres me querían, pero aún así hubo cosas muy problemáticas por las que pasé”, dijo el jugador de 35 años.“Creo que era importante mostrar que no, que esto puede pasar en tu casa, y cómo se avanza colectivamente mientras se aborda el racismo que se perpetúa”.2020, el año en el que Colin Kaepernick fue reivindicadoKaepernick reveló que cuando se hizo trenzas de niño, su madre le dijo: “Tu pelo no es profesional, pareces un pequeño criminal”.El ex mariscal de campo de los 49ers de San Francisco agregó: “Esos se convierten en espacios donde es como, ‘¿Cómo navego esta situación ahora?’ y es algo que he informado sobre por qué tengo el pelo largo hoy”.Rick y Teresa Kaepernick son una pareja de Wisconsin. CNN intentó ponerse en conta...

Sports on TV for March 11-12

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:20 GMT

(All times Eastern)Schedule subject to change and/or blackoutsSaturday, March 11AUTO RACING11 a.m.FS1 — NHRA: Qualifying, Gainesville Raceway, Gainesville, Fla. (Taped)12:30 p.m.FS1 — NASCAR Xfinity Series: Qualifying, Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, Ariz.2 p.m.FS1 — NASCAR Cup Series: Qualifying, Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, Ariz.4:30 p.m.FS1 — NASCAR Xfinity Series: The United Rentals 200, Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, Ariz.BASEBALL5 a.m.FS1 — World Baseball Classic Pool Play: Czech Republic vs. Japan, Pool B, Tokyo6 a.m.FS2 — World Baseball Classic Pool Play: Netherlands vs. Chinese Taipei, Pool A, Taichung, Taiwan12 p.m.FS2 — World Baseball Classic Pool Play: Nicaragua vs. Puerto Rico, Pool D, Miami2:30 p.m.FOX — World Baseball Classic Pool Play: Colombia vs. Mexico, Pool C, Phoenix7 p.m.FS1 — World Baseball Classic Pool Play: Dominican Republic vs. Venezuela, Pool D, Miami9 p.m.FOX — World Baseball Classic Pool Play: Great Britain vs. U.S., Pool C, Phoenix10 p.m.FS1 — World Baseball Clas...

No. 3 Kansas beats Iowa St 71-58, moves to Big 12 title game

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:20 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jalen Wilson had 25 points and 10 rebounds, Gradey Dick made a couple of crucial baskets during a second-half run that gave Kansas control, and the third-ranked Jayhawks went on to beat Iowa State 71-58 on Friday night to reach the Big 12 Tournament title game.Dick finished with 15 points for the top-seeded Jayhawks (27-6), who fell behind early in the second half before the defending champs rallied to reach Saturday night’s title game against seventh-ranked Texas or No. 22 TCU.The Jayhawks were once again without Hall of Fame coach Bill Self, who is recovering after a hospital trip Wednesday night for what doctors with the University of Kansas Health System would only call “a standard procedure.”Longtime assistant Norm Roberts, serving as the acting coach, said Self addressed the Jayhawks remotely during breakfast and was “doing a lot better.” It’s still unclear whether he will be available to coach next week, when they begin defense ...

Frontier Airlines pays incentives to agents who charge extra baggage fees at gate

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:20 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Frontier Airlines is under fire from passengers after it came out that their policy to charge at the gate for larger bags is an incentive for agents.The budget airline's policy for baggage is that passengers are entitled to one personal item that measures certain dimensions, such as purses, totes, computer bags, briefcases, diaper bags and kids’ backpacks. Southern Colorado has 6 earthquakes in 24 hours, region’s strongest in a decade Those who bring in larger bags for their personal item are subject to a fee at the gate. FOX31 was told by passengers that the fee is $100. But with that fee, the agent who levied the charge, Frontier said, does get compensated for it. This all happens at the gate, so it's either pay or don't fly.Frontier responds about baggage charge at gateFrontier said there's a reason behind the compensation.“It is simply an incentive for our airport customer service agents to help ensure compliance with our policies and that all customers are tre...

Bennet makes his case for a national TikTok ban

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:20 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — There is one thing uniting both Democrats and Republicans in Washington D.C. right now: a potential ban on the social media app TikTok.Two Colorado congressmen, Rep. Ken Buck and Sen. Michael Bennet, are leading the push to ban the app. Their concern is that the Chinese government could use the app to spy on Americans and maybe even use it for espionage. Gun reform debate heats up at the Colorado Capitol Bennet talked with "Colorado Point of View" anchor Matt Mauro about TikTok and the growing national security threat China poses.“Tiktok is wholly owned by ByteDance. ByteDance is completely subject to the Chinese Communist Party’s rules on data. And they can suck that privacy whenever they want,” Bennet said. He also said he confirmed that with the head of TikTok U.S.Bennet also said that the average American spends three weeks a year on TikTok.“I think the American people have something better to do with their time,” Bennet said. “I have seen an epidemic in Colora...

At 105, Colorado veteran is West Point’s oldest living graduate

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:20 GMT

HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (KDVR) – The staff at Windcrest Senior Living center opted for three wax numbers instead of 105 candles. They figured they’d be easier for Paul Phillips to blow out. Staff members, family and friends threw a birthday party for the World War II veteran Friday to mark a milestone birthday.“Well it makes me feel wonderful, and I wonder how it happened to me,” Phillips told FOX31.From West Point to a WWII POWFew make it as long as he has, and even fewer have a back-story as fascinating.Phillips attended the University of Denver and then the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he graduated in 1940. He is the military academy’s oldest living graduate. Denver veteran survives suicide attempt, now helping others After that, he was off to the Philippines and World War II. He was taken prisoner of war there in 1942 and was moved around several times as a prisoner. One of those times, he was on a ship that was bombed by U.S. forces. They were unaware that Americ...

A culture of secrecy is obstructing British historians

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:20 GMT

Andrew Lownie is one of Britain’s leading literary agents and the author of “Stalin’s Englishman: The Lives of Guy Burgess,” “The Mountbattens: Their Lives and Loves” and “Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.”Documents are the lifeblood of historians. And while many of these documents will come from private collections of papers — all with their own problems of access — many will come from public archives. In Britain, this is most notably the National Archives at Kew, outside London.Subject to some Freedom of Information (FOI) exemptions, in the United Kingdom, government records must by law be deposited in the National Archives after 20 years — but this is not what is happening, and much of it is down to a continuing culture of secrecy in Whitehall.Whereas in America the assumption is that everything should be released unless there are strong grounds to withhold documents, such as national security or data protection, the complete opposite mi...