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Warriors overcome Boston Celtics in overtime behind Steph Curry’s late-game heroics

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:36:28 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Steph Curry hit the dagger rainbow 3-pointer in overtime to give the underdog Warriors a thrilling 132-126 win over the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night at Chase Center. The Warriors have won three straight and move to 13-14 on the year.The Warriors closed a tense fourth quarter and overtime with Curry, Klay Thompson, Chris Paul, Jonathan Kuminga and rookie Trayce Jackson-Davis.Jackson-Davis had his first double-double with 13 rebounds and 10 points in 28 minutes. He also had a key block in overtime, flying into the paint to deflect Jaylen Brown’s layup and preserve a four-point lead with 2:20 remaining. Jackson-Davis was a team-best plus-25.Curry had six points in overtime and finished with 33 points overall shooting 6-of-11 from 3. He played in some foul trouble having three against him by halftime. Jaylen Brown went at Curry plenty to start the third quarter, resulting in his fifth personal foul with six minutes remaining in the third quarter. That brou...

Stephen Curry scores 33 points, rallies Warriors past Celtics 132-126 in overtime

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:36:28 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry swished a 3-pointer with 12 seconds left in overtime on the way to scoring 33, and the Golden State Warriors rallied past the Celtics 132-126 on Tuesday night to snap Boston’s five-game winning streak. Jonathan Kuminga made a steal and uncontested dunk to put the Warriors ahead in overtime then grabbed a key rebound on the other end that led to another scoring play, and Boston missed key chance after chance when it mattered most. Klay Thompson hit a tying 3-pointer with 2:18 remaining in regulation then Derrick White answered from deep before Curry connected from the top to even it up again at 121. The Celtics then missed four shots their next possession and again before the buzzer sounded for regulation.Other key opportunities were wasted in the final minute of OT.Jaylen Brown finished with 28 points for Boston, while Derrick White scored 30 in Boston’s second loss in the last 10.Jayson Tatum added 15 points, eight rebounds and seven a...

What we know so far about the volcano eruption in Iceland

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:36:28 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Scientists anticipated the eruption of a volcano in southwestern Iceland for weeks, so when it happened on Monday night, it was no surprise. The region had been active for more than two years and thousands of small earthquakes rattled the area in recent weeks. Here is a look at what happened and what may be ahead: HOW THE ERUPTION UNFOLDED It started at about 10:20 p.m. local time on Monday north of Grindavik, a fishing town of 3,400 people on the Reykjanes Peninsula. The town is about 50 kilometers (31 miles) southwest of Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik, in an area known broadly as Fagradalsfjall volcano.First there was a series of small earthquakes. Then lava that’s some 1,200 degrees Celsius (2,192 degrees Fahrenheit) began pouring out of a fissure about 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) long. The Icelandic Meteorological Office estimated that hundreds of cubic meters of lava per second flowed out in the first two hours of the eruption, though the activity had signi...

Frisco Bowl Winners

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:36:28 GMT

Dec. 19, 2023 — UTSA 35, Marshall 17Dec. 17, 2022 — Boise St. 35, North Texas 32Dec. 21, 2021 — San Diego St 38, UTSA 242020 Cancelled due to Covid 19 pandemicDec. 20, 2019 — Kent St. 51, Utah St. 41Dec. 19, 2018 — Ohio 27, San Diego State 0Dec. 20, 2017 — Louisiana Tech 51, SMU 10Source

Ja Morant scores 34 in return from ban, hits game-winner at horn to lift Grizzlies over Pelicans

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:36:28 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ja Morant ended his regrettable absence from professional basketball with a comeback for the ages. Morant capped a stirring, 34-point season debut with a spinning dribble in the lane to set up a game-winning floater as time expired in the Memphis Grizzlies’ 115-113 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night.The Grizzlies, who entered on a five-game skid and were 6-19 during Morant’s 25-game suspension for his social media antics with guns, trailed by 24 in the first half but took a 113-111 lead on Morant’s inside basket with 1:22 to go.The Pelicans tied it and the teams exchanged missed 3-pointers before Morant finished it off at the horn, leaving much of the crowd stunned as he and his teammates celebrated under the basket.“I’ve been putting work in, man,” Morant said. “I ain’t play a game in eight months. Had a lot of time to learn myself. A lot of hard days where I went through it. But you know, basketball is my life — what I love,...

Allen scores 17 as Western Kentucky downs Cal Baptist 73-70

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:36:28 GMT

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Dontaie Allen’s 17 points helped Western Kentucky defeat Cal Baptist 73-70 on Tuesday night.Allen shot 6 for 11, including 4 for 8 from beyond the arc for the Hilltoppers (10-3). Don McHenry scored 14 points while going 4 of 15 from the floor, including 2 for 3 from 3-point range, and 4 for 4 from the foul line. Babacar Faye had nine points and was 4-of-5 shooting and 1 of 4 from the free-throw line. The Hilltoppers picked up their sixth straight win.Dominique Daniels Jr. finished with 32 points for the Lancers (7-4). Yvan Ouedraogo added 11 points and seven rebounds for Cal Baptist. In addition, Hunter Goodrick finished with 10 points and 11 rebounds.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

Wessels scores 20 as Saint Mary’s (CA) knocks off Middle Tennessee 71-34

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:36:28 GMT

Harry Wessels scored 20 points as Saint Mary’s (CA) beat Middle Tennessee 71-34 on Tuesday night.Wessels shot 10 of 13 from the field for the Gaels (7-5). Alex Ducas scored 13 points while shooting 5 for 8, including 3 for 6 from beyond the arc, and added five rebounds. Mitchell Saxen shot 4 of 10 from the field and 5 for 6 from the foul line to finish with 13 points.Jacob Johnson led the Blue Raiders (5-7) in scoring, finishing with nine points. Jestin Porter added five points and two steals for Middle Tennessee. O’zhell Jackson also had four points and two steals.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

Kelly, Ustby help No. 24 UNC women beat OU 61-52 at Women’s Jumpman Invitational

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:36:28 GMT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Deja Kelly scored 21 points, Alyssa Ustby added 15 points and 13 rebounds and No. 24 North Carolina started slow before beating cold-shooting Oklahoma 61-52 Tuesday night at the Women’s Jumpman Invitational.Kelly was 7-of-14 shooting and Ustby added three blocks. Lexi Donarski added 10 points for North Carolina (8-4). Kelly sandwiched a pair of jumpers around back-to-back layups by Ustby to trim UNC’s deficit to a point with 8 minutes left in the second and Kelly scored the final six first-half points to make it 36-all at intermission. Paris hit a 3-pointer about a minute into the third quarter and Donarski hit another to make it 48-36 about 4 1/2 minutes later and the Sooners trailed by double figures the rest of the way. North Carolina, which went into the game averaging 11.6 turnovers (No. 10 nationally) per game, committed a season-high 21 on Tuesday but limited the Sooners to just 16 second-half points — just four in the third quarter. Payton Verhlust led...

Ja Morant gratified by a ‘perfect ending’ to a ‘perfect day’ as he returns from NBA suspension

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:36:28 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant described his game-winning shot at the end of a 34-point performance against the New Orleans Pelicans as “the perfect ending” to a “perfect day.”His 25-game suspension stemming from his social media antics with handguns ended Tuesday, and a new chapter of his already spectacular basketball career began in historic fashion.Never in NBA history had a player returned from an absence as long as 25 games and scored as many points.Never mind the fact that Morant led Memphis back from a 24-point deficit to a 115-113 victory on the road against a New Orleans Pelicans squad that had won its four previous games and had the likes of Brandon Ingram and Zion Williamson on the court.Fans in New Orleans didn’t offer Morant the friendliest welcome back, booing him during pre-game introductions and again as he dribbled the ball on the game’s opening possession.“There’s a lot of people that don’t like me; you see where that g...

Olvida la comida a bordo: estas son las mejores y peores aerolíneas cuando el vuelo sale mal

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:36:28 GMT

Aviones modernos, asientos cómodos y azafatas imperturbablemente agradables.Estos son factores que muchas clasificaciones consideran para determinar las mejores aerolíneas del mundo.Pero pasan por alto un elemento crucial, según la empresa de derechos de los pasajeros AirHelp: cómo las aerolíneas tratan a los clientes cuando surgen problemas.“Creemos que una aerolínea debe ser evaluada no sólo por la forma en que trata a sus pasajeros durante el horario habitual, sino también por la consideración que muestra a los clientes cuando las cosas van mal”, afirma el informe.Para compilar su “AirHelp Score” anual, la organización evaluó 83 aerolíneas en función de la puntualidad, las opiniones de los clientes y la eficiencia con la que manejan las reclamaciones de compensación de los clientes.LAS MEJORES Y PEORES AEROLÍNEAS DE 2023Según datos del 1 de enero al 30 de septiembre de 2023, estas son las aerolíneas que encabezaron la puntuación AirHelp de 2023:Qatar Airwa...