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Caribbean Heritage Festival among St. Louis Juneteenth celebrations

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:33 GMT

ST. LOUIS - This weekend, the St. Louis Metro is abuzz with multiple Juneteenth celebrations. One of the notable events is the third annual Caribbean Heritage Festival, held in Missouri, known as the gateway to freedom and justice. The festivities kick off bright and early at 7 a.m., as the lawn fills up with enthusiastic attendees, gathering to honor Juneteenth, a day that marks the emancipation of slaves. "We are here to celebrate the past, honor the present and build for the future,” said the Director of the National Network of Young Adults and Reverend at the Beloved Community United Methodist Church, Kevin Kosh. Teen drowns in Meramec River in Crawford County The holiday is also marked during National Caribbean Month. A portion of African slaves were forced to work in the Caribbean as well, thus, the Caribbean festival’s connection to Juneteenth."Less than 20 percent came here to the states and the rest of my relatives went to South America and the Caribbean, so our families ...

Waino wins No. 198; Cards snap skid with 5-3 win over Mets

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:33 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Adam Wainwright pitched into the seventh inning for his 198th win, Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run homer and the St. Louis Cardinals snapped a six-game losing streak by beating the New York Mets 5-3 on Saturday.Jordan Walker also went deep for the Cardinals (28-43), who began the day with the worst record in the National League. Brendan Donovan and pinch-hitter Dylan Carlson each had an RBI single as St. Louis won for only the fourth time in 17 games.On a windy afternoon in Queens, Brandon Nimmo launched Wainwright's first pitch for his ninth career leadoff homer and second in five days. Luis Guillorme had a two-run shot for the fourth-place Mets (33-37), who have dropped 10 of 13. David Freese declines induction to Cardinals Hall of Fame Pitching at Citi Field for perhaps the final time, the 41-year-old Wainwright (3-1) tossed a season-high 6 1/3 innings. He needs two wins to become the fifth active pitcher with 200.Wainwright gave up three runs and struck out thre...

'Stop Gun Violence' basketball game held in St. Louis

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:33 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A community basketball game Saturday afternoon aimed to raise awareness on gun violence in St. Louis. The O'Fallon Park Rec Complex hosted its first "Stop Gun Violence" basketball game, organized by local group BGP and gun control advocates. The two teams, BGP Hellcats and the STL Guys In Blue, consisted of community members and police officers. Records: Man accused of scamming St. Louis slots is cross-country cheater Despite the friendly competition, there was a deeper meaning beyond the final score. Organizers held a moment of silence and memory dedication ceremony for local gun violence victims and their families.The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has reported 77 homicides this year, nearly all of which have been gun-related. Saturday's event was considered the "1st annual" anti-gun violence basketball game for BGP.

Kiszla: How did Michael Malone coach the Nuggets to a championship? “It sure ain’t about drawing up (bleeping) plays.”

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:33 GMT

As the sweet taste of champagne drenched everybody and everything in the Nuggets locker room, Michael Malone hung up the telephone in his office after calling his 80-year-old mother, sipped on a beer and told a dirty little secret about coaching a championship team:X’s and O’s are overrated.“The best coaches are not the greatest X’s and O’s guys,” Malone told me Monday night, after the Nuggets wrestled a 94-89 victory from Miami to win the first championship in franchise history.And the greatest coach in the history of a team that has employed Larry Brown, Doug Moe and George Karl?It’s Malone, without a doubt.As Nikola Jokic dunked teammate Jamal Murray in the team’s therapy pool to celebrate winning the whole thing, 21-month-old Ognjena, a little girl who’s the apple of the real MVP’s eye, danced happily in a chair in Malone’s office. The coach was surrounded by staffers at a conference table turned into a makeshift bar that included a magnum of champagne hand-delivered by th...

Aurora police to conduct sobriety checkpoint for drivers in City Center area

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:33 GMT

The Aurora Police Department will conduct roadside sobriety checks in the City Center area tonight.Checkpoint operations will begin at 9 p.m. Saturday on East Alameda Avenue near Interstate 225, the police department said in a news release.The undertaking is part of the “DUI Checkpoint Colorado” program aimed at reducing alcohol-related crashes and traffic-related deaths, police said.Motorists passing through the checkpoint will be contacted briefly by an officer who will be looking for signs of intoxication and impairment. Motorists should expect minor traffic delays in the area, where signs about the checkpoint will be posted. The program is funded by a National Highway Transportation Safety Administration grant in partnership with the Colorado Department of Transportation. 

PHOTOS: Juneteenth Music Festival 2023

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:33 GMT

Festival goers gathered for the 2023 Juneteenth Music Festival in the Five Points Neighborhood in Denver. The two-day festival took over a portion of Welton Street at 27th as people celebrated.

MLB’s second-youngest position player, Luis Matos shows poise beyond his years vs. Dodgers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:33 GMT

LOS ANGELES — Giants manager Gabe Kapler didn’t think his 21-year-old rookie outfielder would be shaken by the bright lights of Dodger Stadium. But Luis Matos showed a level of poise — and swagger — Friday night in his second MLB game that even Kapler didn’t see coming.“I didn’t know Matos could keep it together like that, to be honest with you,” Kapler said a day later. “It’s not that I doubted his ability to keep it together like that. But there was a confidence and a poise that we saw last night that was really encouraging.”Matos, the second-youngest position player in MLB, didn’t even need to take the bat off his shoulders to make an impression in his introduction to one of baseball’s most storied and heated rivalries, with the screams of 49,074 fans on top of him in center field.Matos worked walks in all three of his final plate appearances, including one to lead off the Giants’ three-run rally to take the lead in the eighth...

Athletics push aside the reality of a lame duck season at Coliseum in 2024

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:33 GMT

OAKLAND — The Athletics are just days into their “long goodbye” with their stated intention to play the 2024 season at the Coliseum in their final year of their lease.“The schedule is set,” an A’s spokesman said Saturday. “We are playing in Oakland.”The Athletics have lost four straight since their “Reverse Boycott” garnered national attention, with the latest a 3-2, 12-inning defeat against the Philadelphia Phillies Sunday before 12,105 at the Coliseum.The Athletics are 19-54. As a matter of comparison, the 1979 A’s, which were 54-108, were 22-51 after 73 games although the current A’s have been more competitive of late.Unlike some of the miniscule crowds earlier this season that seemed smaller than the announced attendance, this one seemed bigger than the official crowd count and included the familiar drumbeat in right field which had vanished in recent weeks.Click here if you are having a problem viewing the ...

SF Giants lose key bullpen piece as starting rotation gets healthier

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:33 GMT

LOS ANGELES — The Giants activated one member of their starting rotation from the injured list Saturday but lost a key piece of their bullpen.Right-hander John Brebbia was placed on the 15-day IL with a lat strain in his throwing shoulder. The move cleared space on the roster to activate lefty Alex Wood, who fills one of two vacant spots in the Giants’ rotation and was scheduled to start Saturday in their second game against the Dodgers.Infielder Wilmer Flores, who fouled a pitch off his left foot Friday, was also placed on the 10-day IL, with right-hander Tristan Beck taking his roster spot to provide some relief to a bullpen that used eight pitchers to cover 11 innings in the 7-5 win. Flores completed the at-bat, even hitting a two-run home run, but was removed from the game and tests revealed a contusion on the foot but no structural damage.Brebbia, who started Friday’s bullpen game in his eighth appearance as an opener this season, will be eligible to return July 2. ...

College World Series: Stanford’s upset bid vs. top-seeded Wake Forest falls just short

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:33 GMT

OMAHA, Neb. — Sanford was five outs away from stunning No. 1 national seed Wake Forest when the Demon Deacons’ powerful offense come to life just enough to hand the Cardinal a 3-2 loss in their opening game at the College World Series on Saturday.Stanford (44-19) led 2-1 before Danny Corona hit a go-ahead two-run single with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning in the Demon Deacons’ first CWS appearance in 68 years.Stanford will play In an elimination game Monday when it faces the loser of Saturday night’s game between LSU and Tennessee. The Deacons (53-10) will play the winner of that game on Monday.“I think that if we can fight together and scratch a couple of elimination wins and hang here long enough,” Stanford junior first baseman Carter Graham said, “I think we can get our rhythm and get hot and really surprise a lot of people.”Stanford grounded into a double play to end the game, prompting Wake Forest closer Camden Minacci to pu...