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22 minutes ago
- Sport
Maxi Urruti scores in second-half stoppage time and New England draws with Colorado
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Maxi Urruti's header in the third minute of second-half stoppage time lifted the New England Revolution into a 3-3 tie with the Colorado Rapids on Saturday night. Urruti scored with a header from the center of the box to the upper left central zone. The score came after a well-placed pass by Tanner Beason. The Revolution (24 points, 6-6-6) overcame a 3-0 second-half deficit. Their first goal came on an own goal by Colorado and the second was delivered in the 86th minute on a penalty kick by Carles Gil. Colorado (26 points, 7-8-5) took a 2-0 lead into the halftime break. At 29 minutes, Calvin Harris connected on a rebound in front of the goal after New England's Aljaz Ivacic saved a shot by Ted Ku-Dipietro's. In the 40th minute, Navarro, who helped set up the first goal, bounced a shot past Ivacic to the lower right corner. Ku-Dipietro made it 3-0 in the 55th minute, scoring with a right-footed shot from the central position outside the box to the bottom left corner. Colorado gave up an own goal when Sam Vines knocked a shot by Gil into his own net in the 58th minute. Gil scored in the 86th minute on a penalty with a left-footed shot to the bottom right corner. Colorado's Nico Hansen made eight saves. Ivacic had one stop for New England. Colorado hosts Sporting Kansas City on Friday.
23 minutes ago
- Politics
US cities cap Pride Month with a mix of party and protest
NEW YORK -- The monthlong celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride reaches its rainbow-laden crescendo as New York and other major cities around the world host major parades and marches on Sunday. The festivities in Manhattan, home to the nation's oldest and largest Pride celebration, kick off with a march down Fifth Avenue featuring more than 700 participating groups and expected huge crowds. Marchers will wind past the Stonewall Inn, a Greenwich Village gay bar where a 1969 police raid triggered protests and fired up the LGBTQ+ rights movement. The site is now a national monument. In San Francisco, marchers in another of the world's largest Pride events will head down the city's central Market Street, reaching concert stages set up at the Civic Center Plaza. San Francisco's mammoth City Hall is also among the venues hosting a post-march party. Chicago, Seattle, Minneapolis and Toronto, Canada are among the other major North American cities hosting Pride parades on Sunday. Several global cities including Tokyo, Paris and Sao Paulo, held their events earlier this month while others come later in the year, including London in July and Rio de Janeiro in November. The first pride march was held in New York City in 1970 to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. Pride celebrations are typically a daylong mix of jubilant street parties and political protest, but organizers said this year's iterations will take a more defiant stance than recent years. The festivities come days after the tenth anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark June 26, 2015, ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges that recognized same-sex marriage nationwide. But Republicans, led by President Donald Trump, have sought to roll back LGBTQ+ friendly policies. Since taking office in January, Trump has specifically targeted transgender people, removing them from the military, preventing federal insurance programs from paying for gender-affirmation surgeries for young people and attempting to keep transgender athletes out of girls and women's sports. The theme for the Manhattan event is, appropriately, 'Rise Up: Pride in Protest." San Francisco's Pride theme is 'Queer Joy is Resistance' while Seattle's is simply 'Louder.' 'This is not a time to be quiet,' Patti Hearn, Seattle Pride's executive director, said in a statement ahead of the event. 'We will stand up. We will speak up. We will get loud.' Among the other headwinds faced by gay rights groups this year is the loss of corporate sponsorship. American companies have pulled back support of Pride events, reflecting a broader walking back of diversity and inclusion efforts amid shifting public sentiment. NYC Pride said earlier this month that about 20% of its corporate sponsors dropped or reduced support, including PepsiCo and Nissan. Organizers of San Francisco Pride said they lost the support of five major corporate donors, including Comcast and Anheuser-Busch.
23 minutes ago
- Sport
Rookie JJ Quinerly scores season-high 15 in her first WNBA start to help the Wings beat the Mystics
ARLINGTON, Texas -- JJ Quinerly scored a season-high 15 points in her first WNBA start and fellow rookie Aziaha James also had 15 to help the Dallas Wings beat the Washington Mystics 79-71 on Saturday night. Dallas' other rookie, Paige Bueckers, did not play because of a right knee issue. There were no details about what the exact issue was a day after she scored 27 points and had six assists while playing nearly 36 1/2 minutes in the Wings' 94-86 loss to the Indiana Fever. Dallas jumped out to a 28-9 lead over Washington at the end of the first quarter after making 11 of 18 shots and led 45-31 to match their largest halftime lead of the season. Washington responded by scoring the opening 12 points of the third quarter to get within 45-43. But that's as close as the Mystics would get. Dallas regained control by going on an 8-0 run later in the third quarter, started by Kaila Charles' three-point play and capped by James' 3-pointer for a 62-51 lead. The Wings also started the fourth with seven straight points for a 15-point lead. Arike Ogunbowale finished with 14 points and Myisha Hines-Allen had 13 points, six rebounds, five assists and three steals for Dallas (5-13), which outscored Washington 36-5 in bench points. Sonia Citron had 22 points and 10 rebounds for Washington (8-9). Shakira Austin added 18 points. Brittney Sykes returned to the starting lineup and scored six points in 26 minutes.
23 minutes ago
- Sport
Philip Zinckernagel kick-starts first-half onslaught and Chicago goes on to defeat Charlotte 3-2
CHICAGO -- Philip Zinckernagel scored to open a three-goal surge in the first half and the Chicago Fire held on to defeat Charlotte 3-2 on Saturday night. Chicago scored three times in an 11-minute span of the first half and took a commanding 3-0 lead into the halftime break. Zinckernagel opened the scoring in the 23rd minute, followed by Brian Gutiérrez (25th minute) and Hugo Cuypers (33rd minute). Zinckernagel's goal came at the end of a long run in which he outraced the defense then delivered a right-footed shot from the right side of the box to the lower right central zone. After trailing 3-0 at halftime, Charlotte rallied in the second half. In the 56th minute, Pep Biel scored with a left-footed shot from the center of the box to the bottom left corner. In the 59th minute, Idan Toklomati scored with a left-footed shot from the center of the box to the top left corner. Biel assisted on the play. Charlotte did not play another shot on goal the rest of the match. Seven yellow cards were shown in the second half. Chicago drew five and Charlotte two. Charlotte's Kristijan Kahlina had two saves. Charlotte scored on both of their shots on goal against Chicago's Jeffrey Gal. Charlotte has lost three straight on the road. Chicago won 4-1 at Charlotte on May 17. Chicago visits Cincinnati on Saturday.
23 minutes ago
- Sport
San Diego's Tomás Ángel comes through in stoppage time for 3-2 win over Dallas
FRISCO, Texas -- Tomás Ángel scored late in second-half stoppage time and MLS Western Conference-leading San Diego FC rallied to defeat FC Dallas 3-2 on Saturday night. Ángel, a second-half substitute, scored with a right-footed shot from the center of the box to the upper left central zone. The goal was assisted by Anders Dreyer, with a second assist by Jasper Löffelsend. Expansion San Diego (39 points, 12-5-3) trailed 2-1 early in the second half and didn't draw even until the 77th minute when Hirving Lozano scored with a left-footed shot from the center of the box to the central bottom zone. He was assisted by Milan Iloski, with a second assist by Dreyer. Dreyer, who finished with a goal and two assists, scored the first goal of the match with Anders Dreyer with a penalty in the 26th minute. Petar Musa of Dallas scored with a right-footed shot from the center of the box to the bottom right corner, making it 1-all in the 44th minute. Sebastian Lletget made it 2-1 for Dallas when he scored with a left-footed shot from the center of the box in the 56th minute. Dallas had only two more attempted shots the rest of the game, including Petar Musa's header from the center of the box that went over the goal in the third minute of stoppage time. CJ dos Santos made four saves for San Diego, which scored on all three shots on goal against Maarten Paes of Dallas (21 points, 5-8-6). Dallas hosts Minnestoa on Friday.
