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Jazz use big 4th quarter to rally past Pelicans, 105-100

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:37:20 GMT

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Collin Sexton and a ragtag group for the Utah Jazz turned it on down the stretch.Sexton scored 10 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter in Utah’s 105-100 comeback victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday night.The Jazz (5-11) were missing their two top scorers, Lauri Markkanen (hamstring) and Jordan Clarkson (illness), for the first of two straight games between the teams in Utah. “Just making the right reads, not trying to make the home run play and just making a simple play and find the open guy,” Sexton said. “We made some really good plays and we got some really good shots out of it.”Rookie Keyonte George scored 15 and Kelly Olynyk added 13 for the Jazz, set to face the Pelicans again Monday night.“It was just opportunity all around,” George said.” For me, it just gave me a chance to even step up a little bit more, be a little bit more aggressive, and use my voice a lot more.”The Pelicans (9-8) rested Zion Williamson, who had averaged 27.3 p...

Ir de compras se siente como una adicción durante las fiestas por una razón. Los expertos explican por qué

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:37:20 GMT

(CNN) — Es la temporada de rebajas y compras, pero ¿estás seguro de que podrás parar cuando tengas suficiente?Entre decoraciones, banquetes y entrega de regalos, las vacaciones de invierno nos brindan muchas razones para gastar dinero, lo que el cerebro humano encuentra gratificante. Sin embargo, por muy buena que sea la sensación inicial, los hábitos de gasto durante las vacaciones pueden tener algunas consecuencias negativas.“Podemos racionalizarlo en este punto de la temporada, debido al hecho de que es Acción de Gracias, se acercan las rebajas y creo que mucha gente se deja llevar”, dijo el Dr. Ashish Bhatt, director de contenido médico del Addiction Center. “Pero si esto continúa una y otra vez y finalmente causa problemas en su vida financieramente o en sus relaciones, entonces realmente imita una adicción”.Las compras pueden no ser una adicción diagnosticable en el Manual Diagnóstico y Estadístico de los Trastornos Mentales, o DSM-5 , que los pro...

Champions League group stage resumes this week with much at stake for all teams

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:37:20 GMT

GENEVA (AP) — The Champions League group stage moves into the final two rounds of matches on Tuesday with the results also affecting entries to other international competitions this season and next.The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. Next season’s Champions League. This season’s Europa League knockout rounds. They’re are effectively in play right now. That gives extra incentive even to those teams which have already advanced to the Champions League round of 16 in February — Manchester City, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, Real Sociedad, Leipzig — to keep pushing for the best possible results. Likewise for the six teams already out of contention: Benfica, Red Star Belgrade, Antwerp, Salzburg, Union Berlin, Young Boys.FIRST THINGS FIRSTThe first priority is trying to earn one of the 10 remaining places in the Champions League round-of-16 draw on Dec. 18.Napoli would advance with a win Wednesday at Madrid, the already qualified Group C leader, though likely must wait for a fin...

Mikael Granlund breaks tie early in 3rd period, Sharks beat Canucks 4-3

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:37:20 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Mikael Granlund broke a tie 22 seconds into the third period, Ty Emberson scored his first career NHL goal and the San Jose Sharks beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 on Saturday night for their fourth victory in the first 21 games.Granlund scored for the first time since joining the Sharks in the Erik Karlsson trade this offseason. The veteran forward sped from his own end, deked Filip Hronek with an inside-out move and beat goalie Casey DeSmith. Mike Hoffman scored on a 4-on-3 power play minutes later, his sixth goal in six games. Fabian Zetterlund rounded out the scoring and Kaapo Kahkonen made 32 saves. San Jose has earned points in consecutive games for the second time this season.The Sharks ended an 11-game losing streak against the Canucks, which had been the third longest active streak in the NHL.Brock Boeser had two goals for the Canucks, the second cutting the lead in half with 3:13 left. He had a power play goal in the second.Canucks star defenseman Qui...

Marty Krofft, co-creator of hit kids’ TV shows, dies of kidney failure at 86

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:37:20 GMT

This photo provided by Sid & Marty Krofft Productions and Nickelodeon shows a scene with Cling and Clang driving the Rescue Racer with H.R. Pufnstuf riding in the back from the television series, "H.R. Pufnstuf." The title character of the 1969-71 children’s series will appear on an episode of Nickelodeon’s new preschool series “Mutt & Stuff,” the cable channel said Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015.(Robert Voets/Nickelodeon via AP) This photo provided by Sid & Marty Krofft Productions and Nickelodeon shows a scene with Cling and Clang driving the Rescue Racer with H.R. Pufnstuf riding in the back from the television series, "H.R. Pufnstuf." The title character of the 1969-71 children’s series will appear on an episode of Nickelodeon’s new preschool series “Mutt ...

MacKinnon, Prosvetov key Avalanche’s 3-1 win over Flames

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:37:20 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist and Ivan Prosvetov stopped 30 shots as the Colorado Avalanche beat the Calgary Flames 3-1 Saturday night for their sixth win in seven games.Ryan Johansen added a goal and Jonathan Drouin had a first-period power-play score for Colorado, the seventh straight game in which the Avalanche scored on the power play.Mikael Backlund scored for Calgary, which wrapped up a four-game road trip at 2-2. The Flames outshot the Avalanche 16-6 in the third period but Prosvetov turned away one scoring chance after another to help preserve the win.Colorado extended its lead to 2-0 when Johansen chased down a loose puck deep in Calgary’s zone, carrying it with speed behind the net ahead of Flames defenders and knocking in a wraparound shot at 10:10 of the second.The Flames broke through for a goal on Backlund’s wrist shot from up close off a feed from Jonathan Huberdeau at 12:03 of the second.Colorado answered with its third goal of the night jus...

Paul George scores 25 while his fellow LA stars are quiet in the Clippers’ 107-88 win over Dallas

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:37:20 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul George had 25 points and nine rebounds, Terance Mann added 17 points and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Dallas Mavericks 107-88 on Saturday night for their fourth victory in five games.James Harden had just eight points and seven assists, while Kawhi Leonard missed his first nine shots before finishing with eight points for the Clippers, who didn’t need all four of their stars to shine. Russell Westbrook had 14 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, but the Clippers largely dominated with only George scoring consistently in a comfortable victory over the normally high-scoring Mavericks.Luka Doncic scored 30 points and Kyrie Irving had 26 for the Mavs, who had the past two days off in Los Angeles after beating the Lakers on Wednesday. Dallas had its lowest-scoring performance of the season for its second straight game, failing to crack 100 points for the first time.Norman Powell scored 15 points with three 3-pointers as the Clippers rebounded from a home...

El zapato que resiste: la suela roja de Louboutin cumple 30 años

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:37:20 GMT

(CNN) — Cuando se trata de calzado, hay pocos elementos más icónicos o más aspiracionales que la suela roja de Christian Louboutin.En los 30 años transcurridos desde su creación, la marca quizás haya hecho más que cualquier otra para transformar una pieza de calzado en un objeto de arte: el diseño de sus tacones destinado a acentuar la curvatura del pie, el parpadeo de la suela roja casi un guiño travieso cuando el usuario se aleja.Lucido por las coristas del cabaret Crazy Horse de París y en las pasarelas de las casas de moda de alta gama, Pamela Anderson, Lady Gaga y Blake Lively se encuentran entre las muchas celebridades fans de Louboutin.La modelo Kate Moss, vista aquí en 2011, tiene un estilo de zapatos Louboutin que lleva su nombre, el “So Kate”, que presenta una punta más afilada y un tacón “delgado”.“Mi guardarropa está repleto de Louboutins; el clásico tacón de aguja Pigalle negro en charol o cuero negro mate es mi zapato preferido”...

How can Chicago Bears and QB Justin Fields handle the Minnesota Vikings pressure better in Monday’s rematch?

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:37:20 GMT

The play happened 5 1/2 weeks ago, but Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields still can recite the details and his thought process all the way up through D.J. Wonnum crunching him to the Soldier Field grass.It was, after all, just two starts ago for Fields.With a free rusher, Wonnum, to his left on the first play of the Bears-Minnesota Vikings game on Oct. 15, Fields needed to drift to his right and get the ball out quickly to fullback Khari Blasingame. But in the second before Wonnum got to him, Fields worried that a Vikings cornerback was sitting on the route — not expecting Blasingame to go deep — and he didn’t want to throw an interception on the first play of the game.“Learning from that, I’ve just got to sail it over his head and move onto second and 10,” Fields said Wednesday at Halas Hall.Instead, Fields’ day started with that sack and ended in the third quarter with another sack — and Fields dislocating his right thumb. The B...

Israeli forces kill at least 8 Palestinians in surging West Bank violence, health officials say

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:37:20 GMT

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli forces operating in the occupied West Bank killed at least eight Palestinians in a 24-hour period, Palestinian health officials said Sunday, as a fragile pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip entered its third day.Violence in the West Bank has surged in the weeks since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, setting off a devastating war in the Gaza Strip. Israeli forces have killed dozens of Palestinians and arrested hundreds in the West Bank. Jewish West Bank settlers have also stepped up attacks. The Palestinian Health Ministry said that five Palestinians were killed in the militant stronghold Jenin, while three others were killed in separate areas of the West Bank since Saturday morning. One of those killed, in al-Bireh in the central West Bank, was a teenager, the ministry said.The Israeli military said forces entered the Jenin refugee camp to arrest a Palestinian suspected of killing an Israeli father and son at a West Bank car w...