Новости за 11.08.2016

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The start of production on the new “Star Trek” TV series is a month away and the debut date isn’t until next January, but the effort to build fan interest is already in motion — if not at warp speed. Following up a Comic-Con panel in July about “Star Trek: Discovery,”

SEATTLE — Felix Hernandez and Justin Verlander couldn’t settle things Wednesday night, so slugger Nelson Cruz decided the outcome with his bat. Cruz hit his 28th homer in the eighth inning after Hernandez and Verlander dueled through the first seven, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Detroit Tigers 3-1 to complete a three-game sweep. Cruz

ARLINGTON, Texas — David Dahl’s triple gave the Colorado Rockies a chance to give Texas a little payback with a late comeback and put him on the brink of a modern major league record. Instead, Adrian Beltre and the Rangers left the rookie and his teammates with an all-too-familiar feeling. Beltre answered Dahl’s tying hit

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Lorenzo Cain’s night was not going the way he wanted. He was hitless in his first six at-bats with three strikeouts. It all ended with his fifth career walk-off hit. Cain’s two-out single in the 14th inning scored Christian Colon from second base and the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — Pride in the Rio Olympics is palpable in this Boston suburb, nicknamed “Little Brazil” for its thriving population of Brazilian immigrants and their shops and bakeries flying the nation’s green and yellow flag, often alongside the U.S. flag. But here and in other major Brazilian-American enclaves, many expats also are striking a

RIO DE JANEIRO — Forget the snarling traffic and unexpected rainstorms. Foreign spectators and athletes at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro have something else to get used to: The boisterous booing and sometimes thunderous taunts of Brazilian fans who aren’t satisfied to just sit back and watch the action unfold. Feeling lost in translation?

MILWAUKEE — Freddie Freeman is closing in on a new career high for homers. His two solo shots weren’t enough for the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night. Freeman hit his 20th and 21st home runs, but Chris Carter had a three-run shot to lift the Milwaukee Brewers over the Braves 4-3. Freeman pulled the Braves

NEW YORK — In a recent conversation with an undercover FBI agent wearing a wire, a reputed mobster from Connecticut named Eugene “Rooster” O’Norfio proclaimed himself the new boss of the “Mulberry Street Crew” in Manhattan’s Little Italy. New Yorkers could be forgiven for responding: Rooster who? “I didn’t even know he existed,” said Joseph

RIO DE JANEIRO — Fabian Cancellara couldn’t imagine competing at the highest level of cycling another eight years, which is how long it would take him to match American rider Kristin Armstrong’s longevity. “No, definitely not,” the Swiss rider said. “I mean, 35 or 44 or whatever age you have, it’s everyone’s own choice how

OAKLAND, Calif. — Ross Detwiler knows it will take more than one strong outing for people to take him seriously again as a starting pitcher. Eight scoreless innings in his Oakland Athletics debut is certainly a good place to start, and far more than what manager Bob Melvin hoped for from his new left-hander. Detwiler

RIO DE JANEIRO — Olympic boxing is bloody again. Men are fighting without headgear for the first time in 36 years, making the sport debatably safer and undoubtedly more attractive to fans. But the most tangible consequence is gore: At least 10 boxers at the Rio Games have already incurred significant facial cuts in the

RIO DE JANEIRO — Martin Kaymer is tired of talking about the golfers who aren’t at the Olympics. Even before the first shot is hit Thursday — the official return of Olympic golf for the first time in 112 years — Kaymer has spent enough time at other sports and with other athletes to remember

RIO DE JANEIRO — When rugby sevens was added to the Olympic program for Rio seven years ago, there was an almost instant clamor for gold in Fiji. Finally, the people of the Pacific had a realistic chance of winning an Olympic medal. The pressure has intensified ever since, and so has the focus of

RIO DE JANEIRO — Majlinda Kelmendi stood on the podium with a wide smile on her face. A gold medal hung around her neck, and not just any gold medal — the first one ever for Kosovo. Kelmendi went to Rio with Kosovo’s first Olympic team, and she knew she had to deliver in the

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia announced on Thursday it plans to block Chinese bidders from leasing a major Sydney electricity grid on national security grounds. Treasurer Scott Morrison said Chinese state-owned State Grid Corp. and Hong Kong-registered Cheung Kong Infrastructure Group had until next Thursday to respond to his preliminary view that their leasing a 50.4

CHICAGO — The banged up Los Angeles Angels could have used a few breaks. Playing the team with the best record in the majors was not what they needed. Jason Hammel won his career-best fifth straight start, pitching four-hit ball over six scoreless innings, and the Chicago Cubs beat Los Angeles 3-1 on Wednesday night

HAVANA — Ramses Fernandez’s most cherished possession is barely larger than a refrigerator, with the legroom of an economy airplane seat and a little more horsepower than a riding lawnmower. “That’s my second baby,” said Fernandez, smiling proudly at the 39-year-old automobile purchased about the time his 10-month-old son was born. “My wife says that

PITTSBURGH — Ryan Vogelsong feared his career might be over when he took a fastball to the face from the Rockies’ Jordan Lyles on May 23 and sustained facial fractures that necessitated surgery and a three-night hospital stay. However, the 39-year-old right-hander has looked sharp in his first two starts since coming off the disabled

ARLINGTON, Texas — Adrian Beltre wasn’t surprised to see Colorado intentionally walk new teammate Carlos Beltran in front of him to load the bases late in a one-run game. What happened next was all too familiar for the Rockies. Beltre singled in two runs in the eighth inning, and the Texas Rangers rallied late for

RIO DE JANEIRO — The battle of the last winless men’s basketball teams in Group A went down to the wire as Venezuela squeaked past China 72-68 Wednesday night to take another step toward advancing. The Chinese (0-3) are now unlikely to qualify for the next round. Venezuela power forward Nestor Colmenares made the two

NEW YORK — It took more than 1 1/2 seasons for the Arizona Diamondbacks to get much of a reward for selecting Oscar Hernandez in the Rule 5 draft. Worth it. Hernandez hit his first major league homer in the 12th inning, leading the Diamondbacks over the New York Mets 3-2 on Wednesday night. Hernandez

MINNEAPOLIS — Dallas Keuchel and the Houston Astros were given a welcomed do-over. The Minnesota Twins had their strong start washed away. The Astros-Twins game was postponed Wednesday night by rain that came in the top of the third inning and never quit, and Major League Baseball finally made the decision after a 2½-hour delay.

TORONTO — Tampa Bay’s Blake Snell was fired up for his first career start against the Toronto Blue Jays. Toronto’s big bats gave the Rays rookie a harsh lesson about life in the major leagues. J.A. Happ and three relievers combined on a four-hitter as Happ became the first 16-game winner in the majors, and

BOSTON — Red Sox star David Ortiz left Wednesday night’s game against the New York Yankees in pain after fouling a pitch off his right shin. Boston said X-rays were negative. The 40-year-old designated hitter, who has announced he will retire after this season, fouled a 98.5 mph fastball from Dellin Betances off the shin

ST. LOUIS — The movement of Anthony DeSclafani’s pitches can be his best weapon or his worst enemy. It was the latter Wednesday night. “I feel like I haven’t really been sharp the past couple of outings and once again today kind of struggling,” DeSclafani said after the Cincinnati Reds lost 3-2 to the St.