Новости за 11.08.2016

MINNEAPOLIS — Evan Gattis homered and had four RBIs, Carlos Correa went deep for the third straight game and the Houston Astros beat the Minnesota Twins 10-2 Thursday night to sweep a doubleheader. Houston had 16 hits in the nightcap, three fewer than it had in a 15-7 win during the day. The doubleheader was

PITTSBURGH — Rookie Jameson Taillon pitched three-hit ball for eight innings, David Freese drove in two runs and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the San Diego Padres 4-0 Thursday. Taillon (3-2) struck out four and walked two. The Pirates helped him with two double plays. Neftali Feliz got two outs in the ninth, and also gave

RIO DE JANEIRO — Several swimmers were listed with the wrong qualifying times coming into the Rio Olympics. World governing body FINA was able to correct some mistakes, including that of a Kuwaiti swimmer competing under the International Olympic Committee flag because her country’s national committee has been suspended from taking part in the games.

NEW YORK — If you want to glimpse the future of sports broadcasting, you can check out the Rio Olympics in virtual reality. But if you really want to immerse yourself in the competition, just turn on the TV. NBC, BBC and other Olympic networks around the world are offering the opening and closing ceremonies

RIO DE JANEIRO — Golf formally returned to the Olympics on Thursday, on a course that saw its construction threatened by lawsuits aimed at protecting the nature preserve on which it was built. The first official Olympic golf shot in 112 years was struck by Brazil’s Adilson da Silva to open the round, and plenty

WASHINGTON — More than a dozen animals live longer than we do. A new study estimates that at least one Greenland shark lived about 392 years, making it the longest-living animal with a backbone. Here are the animals that the scientific longevity database AnAge says have lived the longest. Many of these live in the

SAN DIEGO — In early July, Betsy Davis emailed her closest friends and relatives to invite them to a two-day party, telling them: “These circumstances are unlike any party you have attended before, requiring emotional stamina, centeredness and openness.” And just one rule: No crying in front of her. The 41-year-old artist with ALS, or

WATERLOO, Iowa — The city with Iowa’s highest African-American population has settled lawsuits against white police officers who roughed up three black residents, including a 13-year-old girl who was handcuffed after yelling at a passing officer to “slow down.” Videos obtained by The Associated Press in two of the cases show questionable uses of force

RIO DE JANEIRO — Juan Martin del Potro had doubted he could win the six matches in eight days needed for another Olympic medal. After all, this is a player who went 2½ years between majors because of three left wrist surgeries before he entered Wimbledon this year. But now that the 2009 U.S. Open

The Indianapolis Colts came to training camp with plenty of questions. They headed home from Anderson University still searching for many of those answers. Coach Chuck Pagano has not named the starting offensive linemen, new defensive coordinator Ted Monachino is dealing with injuries along the defensive line and Andrew Luck continues to work on his

RIO DE JANEIRO — U.S. women’s water polo coach Adam Krikorian shook his head in disgust after an ugly turnover in the third. He put in five new swimmers after China scored in the fourth, and then clapped his hands at his bench as if trying for a late wake-up call. All that even though

CAIRO — Inside a large mosque in the Nile Delta, an Egyptian cleric looked over his congregation as he climbed the pulpit clutching a piece of paper and began to speak — delivering a 13-minute discourse on the virtues of personal hygiene. For the first time in his career, the young imam found himself forced

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The U.S. surgeon general on Thursday urged Puerto Rico to step up its public education campaign against Zika as he warned that 25 percent of the island will be infected with the mosquito-borne virus by year’s end. Dr. Vivek Murthy said during a visit to the U.S. territory that local

CINCINNATI — Andy Dalton will run out of the tunnel at the south end of Paul Brown Stadium — the one he used to access the X-ray machine eight months ago — in a big moment for Bengals fans. For the quarterback? Not so much. Dalton will get back into a game on Friday night

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — CW President Mark Pedowitz says the network is in talks with Nina Dobrev about returning for the series finale of “The Vampire Diaries.” “There are discussions going on with Nina, we’d love to have her back,” he said Thursday at an annual summer event for journalists who cover TV. “She was

Patrick Roy has stepped down as coach and vice president of hockey operations for the Colorado Avalanche. Roy made the announcement Thursday through a public relations agency, two months before the start of the NHL regular season. An Avalanche spokesman did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment, and the team’s website had no

NEW YORK — What’s Jamie Dornan got to look forward to? The links. While happy to be employed, the “Fifty Shades” hunk said he’s been working on back-to-back projects for what seems like forever and can’t wait to “play a bit of golf” as he chills at home in London with his wife and two

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina sheriff’s department whose deputy tossed a student across a classroom after she refused to give up her cellphone has agreed with the U.S. Justice Department to do its part in ending what the federal agency calls a “school-to-prison pipeline.” The settlement of a civil rights review comes as the

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Texas prisoner who was set to die later this month for the slaying of a corrections officer has received a reprieve. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has stopped the scheduled Aug. 23 execution of 36-year-old Robert Pruett. Pruett already was in prison with a 99-year sentence when he was condemned

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A new NCAA rule change is catching some recruits by surprise while causing coaches to debate how much time they should spend on social media. Under the change that took effect last week, athletic department staff members are allowed to retweet or show their approval of social media posts made by recruits.

RIO DE JANEIRO — In more than two decades as a pro, Adilson da Silva never felt nerves like this on the first tee. Thursday wasn’t any tournament. It was the official return of golf to the Olympics, the first games in South America. And as the only Brazilian in the men’s competition, he was

WASHINGTON — In the cold waters of the Arctic, a denizen of the deep lurked for centuries. Now scientists calculate that this female Greenland shark was the Earth’s oldest living animal with a backbone. They estimated that the gray shark, part of the species named after Greenland, was born in the icy waters roughly 400

LOS ANGELES — Disney’s first Latino princess will keep her throne: The TV series “Elena of Avalor” is getting a second-season renewal. The decision was announced Thursday, shortly after the July debut of the animated series on Disney Channel and Disney Junior. Disney had already demonstrated its confidence in the project with extensive merchandise tie-ins,

NEW YORK — The Huffington Post is going to be without a Huffington. Arianna Huffington, The Huffington Post’s editor-in-chief, announced Thursday that she’s leaving to head a new health, wellbeing and productivity startup. “I thought HuffPost would be my last act,” Huffington said in a tweet . “But I’ve decided to step down as HuffPost’s

RIO DE JANEIRO — Putting aside the disconcerting lime-like waters at the aquatics center, the focus of the Rio Games turned toward the emerald green fairways of the Olympic Golf Course on Thursday. Adilson da Silva, who learned the game using tree branches for clubs, put golf back into the Olympics for the first time