Big 12 football players hail from 579 different cities in 40 different states (and the District of Columbia) and seven countries. Still, it's a Texas-dominated league. Thirty-seven percent of players on 2019 Big 12 rosters hail from the Lone Star State. No other state has more than 100, and Texas' 423 players are more than the combined total of the next nine states. Nine of the 10 teams have at least one player from Houston ( West Virginia does not), and if Houston were a state, it would have the eighth-most Big 12 players (37). Of the 14 cities with at least 10 players, 10 are in Texas, led by Houston and Austin (18). Tulsa, Okla. (16) has the most players of any non-Texas city. California has the fourth-most Big 12 players, but ranks first among states that don't have a Big 12 team (51 players), followed by Florida (42, seventh overall) and Louisiana (40, eighth overall). Among cities in states without a Big 12 team, New Orleans has the most players (10 players, 12th overall), followed by Kansas City, Mo. (nine, 15th overall) and Atlanta (six, 23rd overall). Australia leads foreign countries with six players, followed by Canada (four) and four countries with one apiece: Austria, Bahamas, Nicaragua and Sweden. MORE: Best CFB Player From Each State Here's the full list of states and countries (scroll down for a very long list of cities): State Players Texas 423 Kansas 84 Oklahoma 78 California 51 Iowa 47 Florida 42 Louisiana 40 Ohio 31 Georgia 29 Missouri 29 West Virginia 28 Illinois 20 Pennsylvania 20 Arizona 14 Arkansas 12 North Carolina 11 Maryland 10 New Jersey 9 Tennessee 9 Michigan 8 Wisconsin 8 Virginia 7 Alabama 6 Australia 6 Minnesota 6 South Carolina 5 Canada 4 Colorado 4 Connecticut 3 Washington, D.C. 3 Mississippi 3 Nevada 3 South Dakota 3 Utah 3 Indiana 2 Massachusetts 2 New York 2 Nebraska 2 Washington 2 Austria 1 Bahamas 1 Delaware 1 Hawaii 1 Nevada 1 Nicaragua 1 Oregon 1 Sweden 1 City Players Houston, Texas 37 Austin, Texas 18 Tulsa, Okla. 16 Fort Worth, Texas 15 Wichita, Kan. 14 Frisco, Texas 13 Arlington, Texas 12 Dallas, Texas 12 Oklahoma City, Okla. 11 Katy, Texas 10 Mansfield, Texas 10 New Orleans, La. 10 Plano, Texas 10 San Antonio, Texas 10 Kansas City, Mo. 9 Lawrence, Kan. 9 Cypress, Texas 8 Overland Park, Kan. 8 Southlake, Texas 8 Allen, Texas 7 Keller, Texas 7 Richmond, Texas 7 Atlanta, Ga. 6 McKinney, Texas 6 Morgantown, W.Va. 6 Norman, Okla. 6 Shreveport, La. 6 St. Louis, Mo. 6 Aledo, Texas 5 Cedar Rapids, Iowa 5 Cibolo, Texas 5 Cincinnati, Ohio 5 Des Moines, Iowa 5 Detroit, Mich. 5 Edmond, Okla. 5 Olathe, Kan. 5 San Jose, Calif. 5 Abilene, Texas 4 Baton Rouge, La. 4 Bridgeport, W.Va. 4 Cedar Hill, Texas 4 Chandler, Ariz. 4 Charlotte, N.C. 4 Denton, Texas 4 Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 4 Grand Prairie, Texas 4 Irving, Texas 4 Jacksonville, Fla. 4 Lenexa, Kan. 4 Philadelphia, Pa. 4 Phoenix, Ariz. 4 Temple, Texas 4 Topeka, Kan. 4 Waco, Texas 4 West Des Moines, Iowa 4 Amarillo, Texas 3 Argyle, Texas 3 Atchison, Kan. 3 Baltimore, Md. 3 Bixby, Okla. 3 Brenham, Texas 3 Carrollton, Texas 3 Chicago, Ill. 3 Cleveland, Ohio 3 Colleyville, Texas 3 DeSoto, Texas 3 Desoto, Texas 3 Fairmont, W.Va. 3 Flower Mound, Texas 3 Garland, Texas 3 Humble, Texas 3 Longview, Texas 3 Lubbock, Texas 3 Martinsburg, W.Va. 3 Missouri City, Texas 3 Odessa, Texas 3 Sachse, Texas 3 Scottsdale, Ariz. 3 Spring, Texas 3 Sunnyvale, Texas 3 Texarkana, Texas 3 Valdosta, Ga. 3 Washington, D.C. 3 Alpharetta, Ga. 2 Angleton, Texas 2 Ankeny, Iowa 2 Bakersfield, Calif. 2 Belleville, Ill. 2 Bettendorf, Iowa 2 Bossier City, La. 2 Buford, Ga. 2 Canadian, Texas 2 Charleston, W.Va. 2 Cimarron, Kan. 2 Columbia, Mo. 2 Columbus, Ohio 2 Conroe, Texas 2 Council Bluffs, Iowa 2 Cuero, Texas 2 Dayton, Ohio 2 Delray Beach, Fla. 2 East Palo Alto, Calif. 2 Elkton, Md. 2 Ellenwood, Ga. 2 Emporia, Kan. 2 Ennis, Texas 2 Euless, Texas 2 Forney, Texas 2 Fredericksburg, Va. 2 Fresno, Calif. 2 Gilbert, Ariz. 2 Gilmer, Texas 2 Grapevine, Texas 2 Harker Heights, Texas 2 Harrisburg, Pa. 2 Hays, Kan. 2 Henderson, Texas 2 Henrietta, Texas 2 Inglewood, Calif. 2 Justin, Texas 2 Kennesaw, Ga. 2 Knoxville, Tenn. 2 La Vernia, Texas 2 Lakeland, Fla. 2 Las Vegas, Nev. 2 Lawton, Okla. 2 League City, Texas 2 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Texas 1 Barnwell, S.C. 1 Bartlesville, Okla. 1 Basehor, Kan. 1 Baxter, Iowa 1 Bay Village, Ohio 1 Bealeton, Va. 1 Beaumont, Texas 1 Beavercreek, Ohio 1 Bellaire, Texas 1 Belleair Bluffs, Fla. 1 Belton, Texas 1 Beresford, S.D. 1 Bergenfield, N.J. 1 Bethel Park, Pa. 1 Birmingham, Ala. 1 Bluffton, S.C. 1 Bolivar, Tenn. 1 Boston, Mass. 1 Bowie, Md. 1 Bradenton, Fla. 1 Brecksville, Ohio 1 Brockton, Mass. 1 Broken Arrow, Okla. 1 Brooklyn, N.Y. 1 Brownsville, Texas 1 Bryant, Ark. 1 Buhler, Kan. 1 Burleson, Texas 1 Burlington, N.J. 1 Burnet, Texas 1 Cache, Okla. 1 Calgary, Canada 1 Camden, Ark. 1 Canton, Ohio 1 Canyon Country, Calif. 1 Cape Coral, Fla. 1 Carroll, Iowa 1 Carthage, Texas 1 Cascade, Iowa 1 Castle Rock, Colo. 1 Cecilia, La. 1 Cedar Park, Texas 1 Centennial, Colo. 1 Centerville, Ohio 1 Central Valley, N.Y. 1 Chagrin Falls, Ohio 1 Chardon, Ohio 1 Charleston, Ark. 1 Charleston, S.C. 1 Chaska, Minn. 1 Chattanooga, Tenn. 1 Chickasha, Okla. 1 Choctaw, Okla. 1 Churdan, Iowa 1 Claremore, Okla. 1 Clarksdale, Miss. 1 Clearwater, Fla. 1 Clinton, Okla. 1 College Station, Texas 1 Collierville, Tenn. 1 Collinsville, Okla. 1 Colorado Springs, Co. 1 Compton, Calif. 1 Convent, La. 1 Coppell, Texas 1 Copperas Cove, Texas 1 Coral Springs, Fla. 1 Corinth, Texas 1 Corona, Calif. 1 Coweta, Okla. 1 Creston, Iowa 1 Crete, Ill. 1 Crosby, Texas 1 Cumming, Ga. 1 Daingerfield, Texas 1 Dakota Dunes, S.D. 1 Danville, Calif. 1 Darien, Conn. 1 De Soto, Kan. 1 Decatur, Ill. 1 Deerfield Beach, Fla. 1 Dike, Iowa 1 Downers Grove, Ill. 1 Dripping Springs, Texas 1 Duquesne, Pa. 1 Durham, N.C. 1 Earle, Ark. 1 Eastvale, Calif. 1 Eau Claire, Wis. 1 Eden Prairie, Minn. 1 Edina, Minn. 1 Edna, Texas 1 Edwardsville, Ill. 1 El Cajon, Calif. 1 El Dorado, Ark. 1 El Paso, Texas 1 Eldridge, Iowa 1 Elk River, Minn. 1 Farmerville, La. 1 Folsom, Calif. 1 Fort Meyers, Fla. 1 Fort Smith, Ark. 1 Franklin, Texas 1 Fredricksburg, Va. 1 Friendswood, Texas 1 Fulshear, Texas 1 Fuquay-Varina, N.C. 1 Garden Plain, Kan. 1 Georgetown, Texas 1 Giddings, Texas 1 Gilbert, Iowa 1 Gilbert, W.Va. 1 Glen Ellyn, Ill. 1 Glendale, Ariz. 1 Goddard, Kan. 1 Godley, Texas 1 Gonzales, La. 1 Goodland, Kan. 1 Grandview, Mo. 1 Greenwood, S.C. 1 Grenada, Miss. 1 Grinnell, Iowa 1 Halawa, Hawaii 1 Hallsville, Texas 1 Hammond, La. 1 Hampton, Iowa 1 Hartland, Wis. 1 Heath, Texas 1 Helotes, Texas 1 Hempstead, Texas 1 Highland Park, Texas 1 Hillsboro, Kan. 1 Hitchcock, Texas 1 Holcomb, Kan. 1 Holland, Mich. 1 Hollywood, Fla. 1 Holton, Kan. 1 Hooker, Okla. 1 Hooks, Texas 1 Hope, Kan. 1 Horton, Kan. 1 Hudson, Iowa 1 Hudson, Ohio 1 Huffman, Texas 1 Humboldt, Iowa 1 Huntington Beach, Calif. 1 Huntington, W.Va. 1 Huntsville, Texas 1 Hutchinson, Kan. 1 Idalou, Texas 1 Independence, Mo. 1 Indianapolis, Ind. 1 Innsbruck, Austria 1 Iowa City, Iowa 1 Irwin, Pa. 1 Jacksonville, Texas 1 Jacobsburg, Ohio 1 Jay, Okla. 1 Jefferson City, Mo. 1 Jefferson, Iowa 1 Jenks, Okla. 1 Johnstown, Pa. 1 Jones, Okla. 1 Junction City, Kan. 1 Kansas City, Kan. 1 Kaufman, Texas 1 Kerens, Texas 1 Kilgore, Texas 1 Kingwood, Texas 1 Knightdale, N.C. 1 Kountze, Texas 1 Kyle, Texas 1 La Porte, Texas 1 La Puente, Calif. 1 Lacey, N.J. 1 Lafayette, La. 1 Lake Mills, Wis. 1 Lake Tapps, Wash. 1 Lakewood, Calif. 1 Lancaster, Texas 1 Lansdale, Pa. 1 LaPorte, Ind. 1 Las Vegas, Nev 1 Leander, Texas 1 Leesburg, Ga. 1 Lehi, Utah 1 Lemont, Ill. 1 Lewisville, Texas 1 Lexington, N.C. 1 Liberty Hill, Texas 1 Liberty Township, Ohio 1 Lincoln, Neb. 1 Lindale, Texas 1 Lisle, Ill. 1 Little Elm, Texas 1 Little Rock, Ark. 1 Littleton, Colo. 1 Logansport, La. 1 Loganville, Ga. 1 Long Beach, Calif. 1 Long Grove, Iowa 1 Lorena, Texas 1 Los Altos, Calif. 1 Los Banos, Calif. 1 Louisburg, Kan. 1 Lucas, Texas 1 Lufkin, Texas 1 Lumberton, N.C. 1 Madill, Okla. 1 Maize, Kan. 1 Managua, Nicaragua 1 Manhattan, Kan. 1 Manor, Texas 1 Many, La. 1 Marietta, Ga. 1 Marrero, La. 1 Maryland Heights, Mo. 1 Marysville, Kan. 1 Marysville, Ohio 1 Mathews, Ala. 1 McAllen, Texas 1 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1 Pensacola, Fla. 1 Perryton, Texas 1 Pewaukee, Wis. 1 Phillipsburg, Kan. 1 Pickering, Canada 1 Pickerington, Ohio 1 Pine Brooke, N.J. 1 Pittsburg, Calif. 1 Pittsburg, Kan. 1 Pittsburgh, Pa. 1 Plainville, Kan. 1 Plymouth, Wis. 1 Point Fredrick, Australia 1 Pompano Beach, Fla. 1 Ponchatoula, La. 1 Pooler, Ga. 1 Port Allen, La. 1 Port Neches, Texas 1 Portland, Ore. 1 Prairie Grove, Ark. 1 Prairie Village, Kan. 1 Pratt, Kan. 1 Prattville, Ala. 1 Prosper, Texas 1 Quincy, Ill. 1 Racine, Wis. 1 Ramsey, N.J. 1 Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. 1 Reinbeck, Iowa 1 Reno, Nev. 1 Reston, Va. 1 Richardson, Texas 1 Richmond, Va. 1 Riverside, Calif. 1 Robbinsdale, Minn. 1 Rock Hill, S.C. 1 Rohnert Park, Calif. 1 Roswell, Ga. 1 Rowlett, Texas 1 Sabetha, Kan. 1 Saint Francisville, La. 1 Saint Louis, Mo. 1 Saint Rose, La. 1 Salt Lake City, Utah 1 San Angelo, Texas 1 San Bernardino, Calif. 1 San Clemente, Calif. 1 San Diego, Calif. 1 San Mateo, Calif. 1 Santa Ana, Calif. 1 Sarahsville, Ohio 1 Sarver, Pa. 1 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A Central Florida company behind a virtual reality game that teaches students about the elements is in line for a $225,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. The company, called Not Suspicious, has created the game TableCraft. Its founders expect to learn this month whether they will receive the financial boost as they build out their educational technology game. TableCraft is part of a growing trend of products that use VR technology to help teach students about various subjects. "The work we are doing is important," said cofounder Rafael Brochado, 27, who said growing up in a bad neighborhood in Portugal sometimes made him consider his personal safety more important than education. "For students who have that problem, they may be in a bad social situation. Sometimes they need a place to be themselves and explore things at their own pace." The game requires players to don virtual reality goggles and deconstruct everyday virtual objects like chalk, salt or toothpaste by guiding them through exercises in which they extract specific elements. Each element then affixes itself on the periodic table of elements. "If you fail in a game, you can keep trying and, eventually, you can complete a lesson," he said. "If you fail in the real world, there is a high chance you might have to stay behind." Since Brochado started working on TableCraft last summer, it has been received well, having been featured at an education expo during a defense technology conference in Orlando. Cofounder Guillaume Bailey, 25, said the accolades have come because the game makes a complex subject simple. "It's a very unpretentious concept," he said. "It's like a playroom or toy box. It has relatively few ambitions to be more than it is." As they worked on TableCraft, Bailey and Brochado, who both earned degrees in game design from Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy at UCF, used those connections to find teachers who could help test the game. That's where they found eighth grade science teacher Cady Brewer of Lake Highland Preparatory School in Orlando. "I love the idea of innovation, and anything you can do to reach kids where they are at is important," said Brewer, who has taught 11 years at the school. "Right now, VR is where they are at. I'm almost 40, and I didn't have a cell phone in college. Now, they all have iPads." Brewer, who has worked with other game development teams at Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy in the past, helped the TableCraft team develop science content for the game. "This is a new approach to teaching," she said. "You need to have a balance of both old and young, a blend of traditional science with the gamification. Part of the innovation comes from that blending and seeing classic concepts like the periodic table done in a more innovative manner." While Brochado worked in Portugal's interactive entertainment industry in 2016, he recognized virtual reality's potential in education. After he transferred to University of Central Florida, he met Bailey at a SpaceX rocket launch in December 2017. Got a news tip? msantana@orlandosentinel.com or 407-420-5256; Twitter, @marcosantana


The NFL Network and Conference USA struck a deal that will see the league air 10 C-USA games, starting this fall. "While exploring new media options for football, NFL Network stood out as an excellent opportunity for national exposure," C-USA commissioner Judy MacLeod said. "We look forward to showcasing our conference through their tremendous platform and reach." The contract runs for four years, and will see NFL Network air one game a week for 10 weeks. "We are excited to showcase the next generation of NFL athletes to our fans on a weekly basis," said Hans Schroeder , Chief Operating Officer of NFL Media. "Our fans crave live football, and partnering with Conference USA   a conference which boasts several Hall of Fame players   provides us with an excellent opportunity to do so." Specific game announcements will be named at a later date. It's an important move for C-USA, who has seen more and more of its games moved off of TV and onto streaming platforms, such as ESPN Plus, Stadium and Facebook. The league also has a TV deal with CBS Sports Network.


Although many fish contain some amount of mercury, the FDA warns that these fish can contain more than others do. Some fish are higher in mercury than others. You should avoid fish high in mercury if you're pregnant or nursing. The FDA recommends avoiding fish like marlin, shark, and tilefish. But it can depend on where you live and the exact type of fish. Fish can be a healthy and delicious meal, but if you're a fish fan, you may be concerned (and even a little confused) about mercury levels in your fish. To be clear, all fish contains some amount of mercury . Some people should be more worried about mercury than others, including pregnant people, people who are nursing, and children. We rounded up some recommendations from the FDA of fish you should consider avoiding because of their high mercury levels. Just a note that where you live and how a fish is raised and caught can play a factor in its mercury levels. It's important to do your research before buying and consuming fish. King mackerel starts off the list. King mackerel is a medium-sized fish with a strong taste that can contain high levels of mercury, according to the FDA. But not all mackerel should be avoided: Atlantic mackerel is actually on the low end of mercury levels, according to the FDA, and can be a great alternative. Marlin can contain higher levels of mercury because of its place on the food chain. Marlins are bigger fish that eat lots of little fish and therefore ingest the mercury inside them and make their own mercury levels higher, according to PBS. And they're not the only ones. "Sharks, marlin, polar bears and people at the end of the food chain have the highest concentration of mercury," Tim Fitzgerald, a marine scientist for the Environmental Defense Fund, who provides health consumption information to Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch , told PBS. Orange roughies suffer from over-fishing and contain higher levels of mercury. These fish have a longer lifespan than many other types of fish , which can make their mercury levels higher, according to SF Gate. In fact, they can live up to 149 years , according to Smithsonian. This fish also suffers from over-fishing, according to the Smithsonian, so if you're concerned about sustainability, it could be one to avoid for that reason, too. Sharks are another big fish that eats little fish. Sharks are known predators and are another fish that gets its high mercury levels from ingesting smaller fish. In fact, mercury levels in sharks can be two to six times the recommended maximum for human consumption , according to a small 2011 study of sharks in New Jersey. Swordfish is a mild fish that the FDA said should still be avoided. Many tout swordfish as a milder fish , great for those who aren't sure if they like seafood. It also can be high in mercury, making it not the best option for everyone. If you're looking for a mild fish alternative, shrimp and whitefish can be good choices that are lower in mercury . Tilefish is not recommended depending on where you are. Tilefish remains on the FDA list for high levels of mercury, but it's worth noting that some states like South Carolina have scaled back on their advisory for the fish in the past. As always, these regulations can change based on where you are and where you get your fish, so it's always best to do your research. Some types of tuna make the list. In one of the more confusing entries on the list, big-eye tuna is on the FDA's watch list for high mercury levels. Other tunas like ahi tuna make the watch list for organizations like the Natural Resources Defense Council for their mercury levels, too. However, some other variations of the fish like skipjack tuna are actually recommended by the FDA due to their typically low mercury levels. Any fish that is caught by you or someone you know may contain high amounts of mercury. If you or your loved ones are prone to catching your own food, the FDA warns that these fish can contain unknown amounts of mercury, even if the fish isn't on this list. The FDA suggests checking for local advisories, and if there aren't any, you can safely eat that fish, but should avoid eating fish for the rest of the week.


SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) Valeri Qazaishvili scored a goal in each half and the San Jose Earthquakes beat the Houston Dynamo 2-0 on Wednesday night. Qazaishvili opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. After San Jose played a quick corner kick, he flicked it over goalkeeper Joe Willis. In the 75th minute, Tommy Thompson sent a cross through traffic and Qazaishvili created space to slot it past Willis for his third goal of the season. San Jose (6-6-4) extended its unbeaten streak to five games. Houston (7-5-3) is winless in four games. Chris Wondolowski nearly made it 2-0 in the 62nd minute, but Willis knocked the header wide. Magnus Eriksson sailed an open shot over the crossbar three minutes later.


PITTSBURGH (KDKA)   Red beady eyes glowing, the cicadas are swarming out of the ground in Western Pennsylvania. One home in Fawn Township sits right at the epicenter of the cicada invasion. The family says they are dealing with a major cicada problem as thousands of the bugs crawl all over their home. From their back porch, to their furniture, the ground and trees, the cicadas are making life miserable for the family. The 17-year cicada emergence started earlier this month all across Western Pennsylvania. "Oh my word, the bugs are everywhere. I'm having a hard time handling this," said Laura Cherock as she took her daily walk. Glenn Himes and his wife, Heather, discovered them Sunday. They couldn't miss the sound. Not the mating call of the cicadas… "They were crunching under our feet. That's when my wife said, I want to turn back. I don't even want to walk anymore," Glenn Himes said. Jim Meli, of Murrysville, just looked on wide eyed. "Oh, it's amazing to see them come out like that. It's incredible," he said. All over the ground, on the sidewalks, squashed in the streets by cars, the cicadas are crawling everywhere. Bob Weakland, of West Mifflin, wanted to make it clear. "I'm a man's man. I like campin', huntin', fishin'. These things come out, and they just creep me out … They can look for love anywhere else that I'm not," he said. Roger Wiegard's home is a front row seat to the 17-year cicada emergence. "I think they're kind of cool," he said. And then there's Dr. Chad Gore. "I find them pretty fascinating. I think they're really interesting," he said. A totally expected reaction from the entomologist from Ehrlich Pest Control. Gore says there really is no need to take action against the winged critters. Their mating ritual only lasts a couple weeks. "They're not harmful at all. They don't bite at all. They're actually quite fun to handle," Gore said. Cherock isn't buying the "fun to handle" part. "I know they're not going to hurt me, but I still don't want it on me … I mean he's kind of cute, his face is colorful, but ehhhh," she said. The cicadas come out of the ground, climb the nearest tree, shed their shell, dry their wings and go looking for a mate. With the soil temperatures now running in the 60s, the cicadas will continue to pop out in pockets and be around western Pennsylvania until early to mid-July.


Wood Brothers Racing will pay tribute to the man who started it all with its throwback paint scheme for this year's Southern 500 (Sept. 1 on NBCSN). Paul Menard 's No. 21 Ford will honor the late team founder Glenn Wood, who passed away in January at 93 . Wood, who went by Glen after the second N in his name was dropped over time, would have been 94 today. The car will boast a black-and-red scheme inspired by the 1957 Ford Sunliner that Wood raced himself. In 1957 Wood made his only appearance as a driver at Darlington Raceway. The car finished 13th due to an engine failure after Wood was relieved by Fonty Flock. Wood also raced the car at Daytona in 1958 in the Convertible circuit's final appearance on the beach road course. Wood finished sixth in that race. In 1957, Wood won four Convertible races and two poles and finished in the top five in 23 of the 46 races that year. More: Southern 500 throwback paint schemes The car, which Wood also raced in the Cup Series after he added a top to it, was originally used for endurance testing on the Ford proving grounds in the desert. "They were going to scrap it once the endurance testing was over, but my Dad found out about it and called John Cowley, who ran Ford's NASCAR effort back then," Eddie Wood, Glenn's son, said in a press release. "He gave the car to my Dad and they made a race car out of it." "They kept the red-and-black paint scheme that was on the car during the endurance tests." Also, we picked today as the day because it would've been Glenn's 94th birthday. pic.twitter.com/1mHeSpewnl   Wood Brothers Racing (@woodbrothers21) July 18, 2019 Here it is. Our @MQL_Racing Mustang for the @TooToughToTame throwback weekend. (Psst.. watch the video to see what it is) #NASCAR pic.twitter.com/RhJseHAlxP   Wood Brothers Racing (@woodbrothers21) July 18, 2019 Follow @DanielMcFadin and on Facebook


Waving small white flags under a giant Mexican flag at the El Chaparral border facility in Tijuana, dignitaries and federal Mexican officials vowed Monday to care for the human rights of all people who come to Mexico   visitors and migrants alike. The National Institute of Migration kicked off its Summer 2019 Paisano Program with a special ceremony at Tijuana's El Chaparral point of entry with U.S. border officials, federal police, and Mexican federal immigration officials from Mexico City. The head of the agency resigned Friday amid Mexico's immigration crackdown spurred by the Trump administration. Tonatiuh Guillén, a former Tijuana resident, sociologist, and academic the Colegio de la Frontera Norte University in Tijuana, did not give his reason for resigning. The 30-year Paisano program is traditionally aimed at visitors, and Mexican nationals who live abroad but visit their homeland in the summer. This year, authorities said it will also serve Central American migrants who request asylum in the United States, but are returned to Mexico. According to INM, their latest numbers show 4,435 migrants returned to Baja California of the total 11,922 migrants who have been returned to Mexico under a new U.S. policy known as the Migrant Protection Protocols. Mexico's under Secretary of Human Rights Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez said as many as 50,000 asylum seekers are expected in border states from the U.S. in the coming months   a nearly five-fold increase from the number who have already been returned. "We have to strengthen our commitment to support the forces of migration and show that Mexico is a place that welcomes everyone who wants to visit our country," said Encinas. "In particular, we need support for the shelters and services for these refugees, who are welcome here." The under-secretary, who works closely alongside Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard, did not give many details about what specific services would be allocated for handling the migrant crisis in Tijuana or if the local shelters would receive more federal aid. "We are finalizing details," he said, briefly answering reporters' questions after the ceremony. In a bilateral deal announced June 7, Mexico promised to send 6,000 troops from its just-formed National Guard to its southern border and agreed to accept a greater number of migrants returned under the Migrant Protection Protocols program, otherwise known as Remain in Mexico. "We're going to guarantee them refuge and respect their human rights," said Encinas. "All of the migrants have rights and, of course, the government of Mexico is trying to be the better country to receive these refugees." The federal Paisano Program places volunteers at the U.S.-Mexico border and at other entry points like airports and bus terminals to provide paperwork for entry into Mexico and answer questions from travelers. Sometimes, they direct beneficiaries to the correct local, state or federal department or agency for assistance with specific issues. Last year, the program served 6 million people, according to INM officials. This year, the Summer 2019 Paisano Program will have 879 civil volunteers, starting now through August 2019. "The INM and other federal, state and municipal institutions work to welcome Mexicans and others, privileging that their entry, stay and departure are satisfactory and attached to the unrestricted respect for human rights," states the federal migration agency on its website. More information is available: www.gob.mx/paisano.     ©2019 The San Diego Union-Tribune Visit The San Diego Union-Tribune at www.sandiegouniontribune.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.


GM is reportedly considering a return to the Hummer brand, but not in the traditional Hummer way. No, a report from Bloomberg says that GM is mulling over the idea of building an electric Hummer. The report cites unnamed sources within GM, as the folks prefer not to be named due to the private nature of the conversations. At this point, Bloomberg characterizes the Hummer talks as preliminary discussions. GM is figuring out how it wants to organize its future electric trucks and SUVs, and Hummer is a part of those discussions. Just as anyone would expect, Hummer could be used to profit off the current demand for rugged and tough vehicles. Mark Reuss didn't commit either way to a Hummer revival when asked by Bloomberg. "I love Hummer. I don't know. We're looking at everything," Reuss said. Other GM sources said that the company sees an opportunity to compete with Jeep for off-road vehicles that have creature comforts commanding high premiums. The report states that designers have done work with Hummer concepts, experimenting with Hummer styling to implement it on GMC-branded products, too. There's also the question of whether an electric Hummer is a smart move to begin with. Folks bought up Hummers before because they're big, brawny, good off-road, and gas was cheap. Gas is relatively cheap today, but attitudes around cars that achieve 10 mpg have changed. Rivian thinks that consumers are interested in premium electric SUVs and trucks, and the hype around that company is real right now. An electric Hummer would undoubtedly go after the same space as the Rivian R1S . The number of people willing to drop over $70,000 on an electric adventure vehicle is still untested, though. Even if GM did give an electric Hummer project the green light, we're still years away. We know GM is currently in development of an electric pickup truck platform, but that doesn't mean it's anywhere close to production. We haven't seen a new Hummer since GM halted sales of the brand in 2010. The recession and high gas prices drove sales down so low that Hummer declared bankruptcy in 2009, but GM still kept the brand in its portfolio. It's hard to think of a better time than the SUV and crossover hoopla of today to introduce something like an electric Hummer, but until we hear something more substantial from GM, the vehicle is going to remain a rumor .


A 21-year-old American woman claims she is now the youngest person to have visited every country in the world, according to Forbes and Fox News . Lexie Alford says her impressive achievement was completed on May 31 when she set foot in North Korea, the 196th sovereign nation on her list, the news sites report. Alford is aiming to beat out the current Guinness World Record holder James Asquith, who was 24 years old when he finished visiting every country in 2013. Alford has tracked her journey on social media, amassing over 73,000 followers on Instagram. "OFFICIALLY TRAVELED TO EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD," she wrote along with a photo of her in North Korea. "it's crazy to have years of hard work culminate into one single moment. I'm so grateful to everyone that's helped me get here. The greatest chapter of my life is coming to a close. Cheers to a new beginning" One of her posts also explains that she received approval from Guinness that visiting the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), which is on the border of North and South Korea, could count as her visit to North Korea. In an interview with Forbes , Alford said her love for travel began at a young age thanks to her family owning a travel agency in California. "My parents would take me out of school and place me on independent study for weeks and months at a time every year," she said. "My parents placed a lot of importance on exposing me to every way of life around the world, and that had a very profound impact on the person I am today. I've always had a curiosity about other people's ways of life and how they find happiness." In order to claim the Guinness World Records title, Alford told the news outlet she has to submit nearly 10,000 pieces of evidence of her travels in chronological order. What's next for the young traveler? She says she's writing a book about her experiences and is going to start public speaking. "After finally completing this massive life goal, I'll be taking the next few months to nourish my physical and mental health as I make plans for the future," she told Forbes. RELATED VIDEO: Want to travel? Here are some ways to save some money


ATLANTA (AP) Caleb Smith wasn't satisfied with his first start in a month. Thanks to a productive day by the National League's worst offense, Smith's return was good enough to beat the first-place Braves. Yadiel Rivera hit a go-ahead, two-run single in the fifth inning and the Miami Marlins beat Atlanta 5-4 on Saturday for only their second win over the Braves this season. Smith (4-4) returned from missing 26 games with a hip injury to give up four runs, three earned, in six innings. It was his first start since June 6. ''Physically I felt good,'' Smith said. ''Just my command wasn't there with any of my pitches at all. It got better as the game went on. After the third inning, I kind of settled in, but it still wasn't great.'' The Braves had been 9-1 against Miami before the Marlins snapped a five-game losing streak. The Marlins' struggling offense, shut out in a 1-0 loss to Atlanta in the series opener, had 15 hits, including homers by Harold Ramirez and Starlin Castro. The shot by Castro reached the second level of the left-field seats. ''We swing the bats really good,'' Castro said. ''It's not easy to beat those guys.'' Rivera was hitting .125 with one RBI before his line-drive single to left field drove in Garrett Cooper and Castro. ''The one pitch to the eighth-place hitter is the one that hurt,'' said Braves manager Brian Snitker of Rivera's at-bat. Braves left-hander Max Fried gave up three runs on four hits in the fifth. ''I just left some balls over the plate ... and wasn't able to stop the damage,'' Fried said. Sergio Romo gave up an infield single to Nick Markakis to open the ninth before recording three straight outs for his 16th save in 17 chances. Romo struck out Tyler Flowers to end the game. Atlanta couldn't take advantage of a scoring opportunity against Nick Anderson in the eighth. With one out, Ozzie Albies doubled off the center field wall and moved to third on Freddie Freeman's single. Josh Donaldson hit into a double play to end the inning. Albies had a career-high three doubles. Ronald Acuna Jr., who will participate in Monday's All-Star Home Run Derby, led off the first inning with his 21st homer. Rookie Austin Riley homered in the second, but the Atlanta offense lost its momentum after a run-scoring single by Markakis in the third gave the Braves a 4-2 lead. The NL East-leading Braves began the day 6 1/2 games ahead of second-place Philadelphia. Fried (9-4) allowed five runs on 11 hits, including the homers by Ramirez and Castro, in five innings. He was given his first loss since May 28 against Washington. The left-hander had two wins and four no-decisions in June. TRAINER'S ROOM Marlins: Cooper left the game in the sixth with cramping in his right leg. JT Riddle entered the game as a pinch-runner after Cooper's single to left field. ... 3B Brian Anderson (elbow contusion) missed his fourth straight start and popped out to right field as a pinch-hitter in the seventh. Braves: RHP Anthony Swarzak had no problems after throwing on Friday. He could return by the end of next week. ... As expected, SS Dansby Swanson (sore left quadriceps) was rested for the second straight game. He is expected to start on Sunday. HIT PARTY Miami ranks last in the NL in runs and last in the major leagues in homers. The 15 hits were four away from the Marlins' season-high 19 on June 4 at Milwaukee. HOMER HAPPY The Braves set a franchise record for most home runs before the All-Star break with 142. The 2003 Braves hit 140 before the break and finished with 235, another franchise record. ROSTER MOVE Smith, who had been on the injured list since June 7 with left hip inflammation, was activated before the game. The Marlins optioned right-hander Jeff Brigham to Triple-A New Orleans. UP NEXT Marlins: RHP Trevor Richards (3-9, 4.02) is 0-1 with a 3.45 ERA in three career starts against the Braves. In his only start at SunTrust Park, he allowed five runs in 4 1/3 innings on Aug. 14, 2018. Braves: LHP Dallas Keuchel (1-2, 4.08) will make his fourth start since signing with Atlanta. --- More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP-Sports


LORDSTOWN, Ohio   In the weeks since he lost his job at the car plant, Rick Marsh has blasted Pink Floyd while cleaning the house. He has watched the cat watching the birds. He has smoked cigarettes out the sliding glass door. He has watched Motor Trend, a TV network about cars. He bought a grill and built a swing set. He has done everything he could to avoid thinking about the fact that, after 25 years at the General Motors plant in Lordstown, he was losing the only real job he ever had. For Mr. Marsh the plant is personal, but in the three months since G.M. stopped making cars there, it has become political. A parade of presidential hopefuls has come through, using the plant to make the point that American capitalism no longer works for ordinary people. President Trump has taken an interest too, berating both G.M. and the union on Twitter, and then suddenly announcing brightly in early May that the plant would be sold to a small company that few people in Lordstown had ever heard of. The news caused a stir. TV trucks showed up at the union hall. But after a few days it became clear to Mr. Marsh that the buyer   which had no experience in mass vehicle production and quarterly revenues that were less than the price of one high-end sports car   was probably not a solution. "To me, it's another flagrant sign that these people, they really don't have a clue," Mr. Marsh said of the country's political class. "They are so out of touch with reality and real people. All of them." Sign Up For the Morning Briefing Newsletter He made no exception for Mr. Trump. Mr. Marsh voted for him, as did a majority of voters in Trumbull County, a small square on the map of northeast Ohio that hadn't voted for a Republican for president since 1972. The path to the White House next year runs through places like Lordstown, and Mr. Marsh and many of his neighbors, far from knowing how they will vote, say the G.M. plant shutdown has only left them more at sea politically. They tried voting for Barack Obama, then Mr. Trump. Now they don't know where to turn. Jeremy Ladd, a Lordstown plant worker now taking classes to get into nursing school, said that most workers were still coming to terms with what had happened, and that for many, the politics were an open question whose answer would unfold over time. "People are trying to make sense of this politically," he said. "It's like a free radical bouncing around." Related video: GM tries to save two North American plants (provided by Reuters) Shawn Wodogaza, a Lordstown plant worker who voted for Mr. Trump reluctantly, said he felt politically lost now. "I don't know where to go," he said. "It seems like no matter what he does or tries to do, it doesn't work out," he said of the president. "Well, now what? What the heck do we do? Do we go back to beating our heads against the wall? Or do we try something different?" Mr. Marsh, too, is still making up his mind. For three generations of Marsh men, the G.M. plant was a golden ticket to a middle-class life in a part of the country where those were not easy to come by. Then, when Rick Marsh got the biggest test of his life   the birth of his beloved daughter, Abigail, and her diagnosis of cerebral palsy at the age of one   his job became a central part of how he saw himself. He was her provider, her protector. That was his worth in the world. So when the last car rolled off the Lordstown assembly line around 2:45 p.m. on Wednesday, March 6, it was like a heart stopping. He had lost the thing that made him who he was. He knows he is looking for one thing from the country's political system: a president who will save the plant that has meant everything to his family. "I really don't care if it's a Democrat, Republican, male, female, black, white, I don't care," he said. 'Made in Mexico' This wasn't supposed to happen. Mr. Marsh thought he would retire from the Lordstown plant, just like his father. Richard Marsh Sr. started in 1967, the year after the plant opened. He came straight out of the Army, inspecting headlights for $1.92 an hour. When he got his first paycheck, $100, "I thought I was rich," the elder Marsh said. The job lifted the Marsh family from apartment to trailer to house on a pretty street lined with cornfields and long, smooth driveways. Rick grew up there, in a back bedroom with heavy-metal posters on the walls. His grades weren't good, but he wasn't worried. When a history teacher told him he'd be stuck flipping burgers for the rest of his life, Rick told him he knew where he'd be working. When his father   at the time an elected union official   got him a job at the plant, it came with two pieces of advice. "Get to work on time, and don't embarrass me," the younger Marsh recalled his father saying. That was 1993, and the plant was its own little city. It employed around 9,000 people. Its giant parking lot was packed. Workers grilled sausages in the break room. He grew up with his colleagues, going to bars, attending weddings, coaching their children in softball, taking up collections when someone's parent died. The truth was, he never really liked the work. He found it boring and physically demanding. He worked in the paint shop, wearing two sets of gloves, big plastic boots and a full body apron, while he wielded a sanding tool that smoothed the primer on the surface of the cars. Every night he came home drenched and exhausted. But he was grateful for it. With his G.M. paychecks, he built a big house in the woods just half a mile from his parents. He paid for his wedding in full and bought his new wife, Lindsay Marsh, a blue Chevy TrailBlazer. And when Abby came along   his beautiful girl, his floppy baby   his financial security powered the family through the six years of therapy it took to teach her how to walk. In those early years, Mr. Marsh didn't care about politics. He voted for Democrats without really thinking about it. It was what his family had always done, more out of union loyalty than ideology. But he started to pay attention in the late 1990s, after the United States struck a trade deal with Mexico. When he asked his father about Nafta, the elder Marsh fumed that it would destroy manufacturing. He remembers his father calling him shortly after he picked up his new 1999 two-door Chevy Tahoe, shouting at him to return it. "I said, 'What do you mean, take it back?'" Rick Marsh said. "He said, 'It's made in Mexico.'" The younger Marsh could not believe a G.M. truck would be made in Mexico, and he told his father so. "He said 'I'm telling you, I'm in the union right now. Just take it back.'" He eventually traded it in, miserably, for a Chevy Impala. "That was the first I'd ever heard of our cars being made somewhere else and sold here," he said. 'Nobody Had Our Backs' At some point, change sped up, like an invisible hand moving behind him, erasing things. Automation accelerated. In Mr. Marsh's area of the paint shop, nicknamed Cripple Creek, someone had written on the wall how many workers there were each year. In 1970 it was 38. By the time he left in the early 2000s, it was four. He was sent to Oklahoma to learn how a plant's paint shop was set up. A few years later, the whole plant was shut down. He ticked off others that closed: Detroit, Delaware, Janesville, Shreveport. "It's literally in your face   the decline of manufacturing," he said. "You can work where I work and watch it." Nafta had given him a new political awareness: Republicans may have started it, but it was Democrats who sealed the deal. "That's when I realized these parties were not so different," he said. "They are all there to make money on our backs." Still, he kept voting for Democrats, including twice for Barack Obama. He gives him credit for the bailout of G.M. The company would have died without that help. But it made him angry that a financial crisis that started with banks ended with autoworkers giving up raises and the right to strike, which seemed to him the only real leverage they still had. (They got it back later.) Mr. Marsh had never had a definitive moment with politics, a sudden clarity in which he clicked with a candidate. That changed in 2016. He remembers sitting at home watching a debate between Mr. Trump and Hillary Clinton. He was expecting suit-and-tie civility. Instead, he got a circus. Mr. Trump was like a boxer who kept landing punches. It was electrifying. "I said, 'Wow, I've never seen anything like this,'" he said. He knew what it looked like. Mr. Trump was kind of crazy. But he liked the fact that he didn't back down. Then Mr. Trump brought up Nafta, and it was like he was speaking directly to Mr. Marsh. Nothing else mattered   not Russia, not porn stars, not divorces. "Nobody had our backs in office, not Democrats or Republicans," he said. "I'm tired of being sugarcoated and being robbed in the process." He voted for Mr. Trump, and so did his father, along with just under half the workers represented by the union. He was in the plant on election night. He remembers being in the break room with the TV off, and a woman came in crying. Trump had pulled ahead. The reaction would intensify over the following months. He found it baffling. The only explanation he could think of was generational: millennials freaking out after not getting their way. 'It's Humiliating' The end began the day after Mr. Trump's election. On Nov. 9, 2016, G.M. announced it was cutting its third shift   an evening crew of about 1,200 people, about one-quarter of the plant's total work force. Then some months later, a daytime shift was let go, including Mr. Marsh's nephew, who got the layoff notice on the same day that he received a certificate congratulating him on 10 years at the plant. The final cut came last year, a few days after Thanksgiving. Now Mr. Marsh faces a choice. He can stay in Lordstown for as long as there is a chance the plant might restart production; its fate will be decided in negotiations between the company and the union this summer. If it does close for good, he can hope his seniority will be enough to land a job at another G.M. plant. Or he could transfer to another G.M. plant sooner, but he hates that idea. His biggest worry is for his daughter, Abby, now 14. He and his wife have spent years fighting to get her services in Ohio, aides in school and coverage under Medicaid. Moving would be wrenching. Hundreds of workers have already transferred. His nephew packed up his family and moved to Flint. The alternative, working on natural gas wells in Pennsylvania, paid him $13 an hour, about half what he was making at G.M. G.M. is a lifeline for Mr. Marsh, too. It will pay him a pension, a rare thing in today's economy. He may have given up raises, but he gets a share of the company's profits   last year, about $10,000. Under the union contract, he gets payments to supplement his unemployment check, and his family still has health insurance   unlike his brother-in-law, who worked at a company that made the seats for the cars. Going against G.M., he said, "is like rooting for the pilot of my own plane to go down." At the same time, he feels angry that a company can just do this   blow out of town after highway exit ramps were built for it and the government bailed it out, and meanwhile announce that the new Chevy Blazer will be made in Mexico. What has happened with the plant has made him see things differently. He never used to care that G.M.'s chief executive, Mary Barra, made millions of dollars every year. Now he thinks about it. Companies have more and more power. It makes him feel small. Like the time they were told they'd be laid off, and everybody just went right back to work. "It felt like we were begging," he said. "It's humiliating, as a man, as a person, as a worker." He understands this to be a political problem. But what is the solution? He doesn't blame Mr. Trump for the problems at the plant. They are older and bigger than him. Yes, he made promises during the campaign, telling people not to sell their houses because factory jobs were coming back. But politicians make promises. That's what they do. The real question is whether anything is changing, and so far the answer is no. And he finds that Mr. Trump is "getting harder and harder to defend." "He repealed Nafta and tried to replace it," he said. "Am I happy with the result? No. Mexico is still killing us." Then there was an unfortunate tweet storm from the president about the plant this spring, criticizing Mr. Marsh's union leaders. "The leader of the free world has no idea how unions work," he said. "He might understand business, but he doesn't understand our business." When Mr. Trump tweeted about the prospective sale of the plant earlier this month, Mr. Marsh was at home preparing for his wife's birthday. Cheering the deal might check a political box for the president, but getting hired by the buyer would probably mean making $11 an hour, he said, a wage he last made in his early 20s. "It would be back to square one after 25 years in the plant," he said. The presidential election is still many months away, and he hasn't started paying attention to any of the candidates. But he plans to watch the debates carefully to see whether any political leader in America understands his family's story. The answer has never felt more important. "People are going to get hungry, and when I mean hungry, I don't mean just for food," he said. "I think, once you get pushed to a point that you have nothing left," he said, and paused. "Without the ability to feed my family and pay for my children and feed my children, what am I as a man?"


The biggest storyline for the Buccaneers in 2019 will be Jameis Winston and how the quarterback performs under Bruce Arians, and rightfully so. But, that doesn't mean we should forget about the other major storyline for the Bucs, which is the arrival of Todd Bowles as the new defensive coordinator. Bowles is coming off a stint with the New York Jets, where he helped build the team into the league's fourth best defense in his first year as coach back in 2015. He'll have his work cut out for him this training camp, though, as he inherits a team that finished 27th overall last year in defense. But with new faces and a strong rookie class, Bowles has a lot to work with, even without last year's leading pass rusher Jason Pierre-Paul . As the Bucs kicked off practice today, we not only got our first chance to see Bowles with his new squad, we got to see him running drills with them, too! Take a look. Spot that defensive coordinator running drills with the players pic.twitter.com/TZG4HIMcTz - Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers) July 26, 2019 Now all we need to see is Arians running deep routes with the receivers. In all seriousness, the Bucs are lucky to have a veteran coach like Bowles on their staff. He's one of the best defensive-minded coaches in the NFL, which is exactly the kind of coach this rebuilding defense needs right now. MORE: Pirates announcers called out the Cardinals for breaking a lame unwritten rule Celtics fans should expect Robert Williams in a limited role next year 'Jeopardy James' Holzhauer Has a Role in Media, If He Wants It Observations from Lions training camp, Day 2: Welcome to the T.J. Hockenson show Things starting as expected for 2 former Steelers


PITTSBURGH   Mike Sullivan is sticking around to see if he can get the Pittsburgh Penguins back to the Stanley Cup. The club announced Friday that it has signed Sullivan who guided the Penguins to championships in 2016 and 2017 to a four-contract extension that runs through the 2023-24 season. The terms of the new deal will kick in when Sullivan's current contract expires at the end of the upcoming season. The 51-year-old Sullivan is 174-92-34 with Pittsburgh since taking over for Mike Johnston in December 2015. Sullivan's arrival provided a spark that helped the Penguins become the first team in nearly two decades to repeat as Stanley Cup champions. The deal gives Sullivan time to help Pittsburgh retool after getting swept by the New York Islanders in the first round of the 2019 playoffs. ''Mike has done a great job delivering four, 100-plus point seasons with our team,'' general manager Jim Rutherford said in a statement. ''To win back-to-back Stanley Cups in this era speaks volumes of him as a coach.'' The extension doubles as a vote of confidence from Rutherford, who expressed concern about the need for a culture change inside the dressing room after the Penguins slogged through much of 2018-19 before the earliest playoff exit of the Sidney Crosby era. Sullivan clashed at times with prolific but temperamental forward Phil Kessel, whom the Penguins traded to Arizona last week for Alex Galchenyuk, among others. Pittsburgh also sent defenseman Olli Maatta to Chicago and signed versatile forward Brandon Tanev to a six-year deal on the opening day of free agency earlier this week. ''Mike has proven he is a tremendous leader for our team,'' Penguins President and CEO David Morehouse said. ''Our trust in him as a coach has continued to grow since winning back-to-back Stanley Cups in his first two years. Mike has a championship mindset and he is the right guy for our team, the organization and the city of Pittsburgh.'' Sullivan has preached about ''playing the right way'' from the day he took over for Johnston while helping build a team identity focused on speed and solid defensive play. Speed hasn't been an issue during his tenure, but the Penguins have slid defensively since raising the Cup for the fifth time in franchise history in 2017. Rutherford hinted during Pittsburgh's season-ending news conference that the front office had no problem with Sullivan's tactics and instead placed the blame for Pittsburgh's abrupt postseason ouster on the players. The roster overhaul in recent weeks has focused on trying to creating more depth up the middle and making the Penguins more difficult to face. Sullivan is the third-winningest coach in Penguins' history, trailing only Dan Bylsma and Eddie Johnston. He is 9-2 in playoff series and his 38 postseason wins rank second behind Bylsma.


Kelly Craft, President Trump's nominee to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, will face her confirmation hearing on Wednesday. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has officially scheduled Craft for her nomination hearing at 10:15 a.m. on June 19, according to a press advisory issued Monday. Craft, who is currently the U.S. ambassador to Canada, would replace Nikki Haley as ambassador to the U.N. Haley resigned her post at the end of 2018. The position has remained vacant for six months. Trump announced plans to nominate Craft in February after his first choice, former State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert, abruptly withdrew from consideration after it was revealed she had employed a nanny without proper authorization to work in the U.S. Craft was not officially nominated to the position until last month. Craft is a Kentucky native and the wife of billionaire coal executive Joe Craft; both are influential Republican donors. Craft is likely to face some tough questions about her family's business interests and her views on climate change during her confirmation hearing, as well as questions about geopolitical issues from North Korea to Iran. Craft attracted criticism when she said it was important to believe in "both sides of the science" when asked about climate change in a 2017 interview shortly after becoming U.S. ambassador to Canada. The Foreign Relations Committee, chaired by Jim Risch (R-Idaho), must approve Craft before her nomination reaches the Senate floor for a final vote.


DALLAS (1080 KRLD) - Dallas police say someone shot fireworks at two officers from an apartment complex Thursday night. Police say the officers were at a complex near Overton Road and I-45 about 10:45 Thursday evening. Police say a group of people was gathered outside a building at the complex. They say the group was upset with the officers' presence, and one person shot a firework at the officers' car. Police say the firework shattered the glass on the driver's side window. The glass flew into the car and onto the two officers inside. Paramedics treated one officer at the scene for cuts from the broken glass. The other officer was not hurt. Police say the person who shot the firework ran off. They have not made any arrests.


MIAMI, FL   As the reigning Miss Carnaval Miami, Camila Cuesta enjoys a lot of perks in her adopted city of Miami, but parking is evidently not one of them. The vivacious Cuban-born Cuesta was attending a press conference on Wednesday to help announce the selection of Latin superstars Ricky y Mau as the 2020 Kings of Carnaval when the queen discovered her silver Nissan missing from the spot where she left it along Calle Ocho. See also America's Largest Hispanic Street Party Draws Thousands In Miami "I don't know what to do. I've never had my car towed," the 19-year-old confided to Patch as she tried to find out from a city of Miami parking enforcement officer where her car was towed   and more importantly, how she could get it back. Cuesta had been parked under a sign that allows public parking during only part of the day   unfortunately just not the part she picked   and parking for tour buses at other times. Miami's iconic Calle Ocho (8 Street) was the very same street where Cuesta and her court presided over the nation's largest Hispanic street festival just a few months ago in March. How soon they forget. The annual event draws thousands of people not only from Miami but from all over the country as a 20-block area of Little Havana comes alive with hip-shaking rhythms during the Calle Ocho Music Festival. Chosen for a combination of "talent, beauty, poise and community involvement," Miss Carnaval Miami is the official host of all Carnaval Miami activities. The winner of each year's competition must be between the ages of 16 to 26 and becomes the "ultimate Miami ambassador" after being selected by a panel of top business leaders , media and civic leaders. The winner also receives a college scholarship and paid entry to the Miss Florida USA pageant. Cuesta was disappointed that the parking enforcement officer chose to have her car towed instead of simply giving her a ticket. "I would pay the ticket," she told Patch. "He was like, 'I towed your car.'" No word from Miami Mayor Francis Suarez if a pardon is in the works. #FreeCamila


The race-winning Stewart-Haas Racing No. 4 Ford has passed post-race inspection at New Hampshire Motor Speedway with no issues, confirming Kevin Harvick's first victory of the year in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. The SHR No. 4 Ford was found to be compliant with the 2019 NASCAR Rule Book after Sunday's Foxwoods Resort Casino 301. No other issues were reported from technical inspection or the post-race lug-nut check. With the post-race teardown complete, the race results are official. Competition officials indicated the Team Penske No. 12 Ford of fourth-place Ryan Blaney would travel to the NASCAR Research & Development Center in Concord, North Carolina, this week for further evaluation. RELATED: Official race results | Harvick holds off Hamlin The post-race process is part of a new, more timely approach to inspection for all three NASCAR national series. Competition officials announced in February thorough post-race inspections would take place shortly after the checkered flag at the track instead of midweek at the NASCAR R&D Center. Those inspections come with a stiffer deterrence structure that includes disqualification for significant rules infractions   "a total culture change," said Steve O'Donnell, NASCAR Executive Vice President and Chief Racing Development Officer. In the past, race-winning teams found in violation of the rules were penalized with post-race fines, points deductions and/or suspensions, but victories were allowed to stand. Competition officials introduced the quicker post-race inspection timetable in an effort to make the results official on race day, aiming for a 90-minute target time frame to complete their scrutineering. The new post-race inspection process was also designed to deal with potential violations more promptly, avoiding any midweek news that might cloud the previous week's results or the build-up to the next week's event. NASCAR will still inspect cars and parts for technology trends at the R&D Center as needed, but the more comprehensive at-track inspection will take priority. The first NASCAR national-series organization to run afoul of the new inspection system was Niece Motorsports, which absorbed a disqualification June 16, stripping Ross Chastain's No. 44 of an apparent Gander Outdoors Truck Series victory at Iowa Speedway. The first-finishing Niece truck failed to meet the minimum ride height, an infraction that was upheld after an appeal. Two disqualifications have occurred in the NASCAR Xfinity Series since then: Christopher Bell's third-place finish at Chicagoland Speedway was thrown out June 29 for a ride-height violation, and AJ Allmendinger's third-place result was nullified July 5 at Daytona International Speedway because of an engine infraction. According to NASCAR statistical archives, the last time a premier series driver was disqualified occurred in 1973, when early retiree Buddy Baker was demoted to last place in the National 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The last time an apparent race winner in NASCAR's top division was disqualified came April 17, 1960, when Emanuel Zervakis' victory at Wilson (N.C.) Speedway was thrown out because of an oversized fuel tank on his No. 85 Chevrolet. ]]>


The year is 2019, and the brainy engineers of Silicon Valley are hunkered down, working on transformative, next-generation technologies like self-driving cars, digital currencies and quantum computing. Meanwhile, the buzziest start-up in San Francisco is … an expensive email app? Sign Up For the Morning Briefing Newsletter A few months ago, I started hearing about something called Superhuman. It's an invitation-only service that costs $30 a month and promises "the fastest email experience ever made." Marc Andreessen, the influential venture capitalist, reportedly swore by it, as did tech bigwigs like Patrick and John Collison, the founders of Stripe. The app was rumored to have a waiting list of more than 100,000 people. "We have the who's who of Silicon Valley at this point," Superhuman's founder, Rahul Vohra, told me in an interview. The waiting list is actually 180,000 people long, he said, and some people are getting desperate. He showed me a photo of a gluten-free cake sent to Superhuman's office by a person who was hoping to score an invitation. "We have insane levels of virality that haven't been seen since Dropbox or Slack," Mr. Vohra added. Last month, Superhuman raised a $33 million investment round, led by Mr. Andreessen's firm, Andreessen Horowitz. That valued the company at roughly $260 million   a steep valuation for an app with fewer than 15,000 customers, but one apparently justified by the company's trajectory and its support among fans, which borders on evangelical. "Superhuman is the future of work," said David Ulevitch, the Andreessen Horowitz partner who led the firm's investment. "Once I started using Superhuman, I couldn't conceive of relying on anything else." When I first heard about Superhuman, I was skeptical. Didn't Google already solve email? How could any start-up get away with charging a premium for something that was already available free? I suspected that it might be a Veblen good, a term economists use for luxury products that primarily function as status symbols for the rich. But I was curious, so I spent several weeks testing it out. And it turns out that the hype is mostly justified, at least if you're the kind of person who can spend $30 a month to get your inbox in order. Signing up for Superhuman is not easy. First, you fill out a long questionnaire about your email habits and work flow. Then, if you're approved for access, there's a mandatory session in which a representative gives you a videoconference tutorial. In my case, Mr. Vohra spent a full hour teaching me how to use the app's features. Superhuman, which plugs into your existing email account, works with only Gmail and Google G Suite addresses for now, but the company plans to expand to other providers soon. Some of the app's features   such as ones that let users undo sending, track when their emails are opened and automatically pull up a contact's LinkedIn profile   are available in other third-party email plug-ins. But there are bells and whistles that I hadn't seen before. Like "instant intro," which moves the sender of an introductory email to bcc, saving you from having to manually re-enter that person's address. Or the scheduling feature, which sees that you're typing "next Tuesday" and automatically pulls up your calendar for that day. These features will appeal most to power users who spend most of their day typing on a laptop or desktop. (Superhuman has a mobile app, but much of the heavy-duty functionality requires a keyboard.) Mr. Vohra said the app was targeted at people who spend three or more hours a day checking their email. "When you're doing three-plus hours of email every day, it's your job," Mr. Vohra said. "And every single other job has a tool that makes you do it faster." Superhuman promises to help V.I.P.s get through their inboxes twice as fast. Partly, that's because every command has a keyboard shortcut, so a busy power broker never has to waste precious seconds reaching for the mouse. And partly it's because the app itself is built for speed   it stores information locally in a user's browser rather than retrieving it from Google's servers, which cuts down on the time required to surf between emails. I am a notoriously bad emailer. My usual Inbox Zero strategy is letting a bunch of important emails pile up in my inbox for months, before going on a guilt-driven purge in which every message I send begins with "Sorry for the delay." But with Superhuman, I bushwhacked through my unread emails in less than an hour, eventually reaching a kind of dissociative flow state. Invitation to a blockchain-themed happy hour? Hit ⌘-; to insert a "snippet," a canned reply politely declining. Newsletter from a hotel I stayed at once in 2014? Hit ⌘-U to unsubscribe. It made checking my email feel less like doing work and more like speed-running a video game in which the object is to annoy as few people as possible. It's strange, on one level, to think about my email at all. For years, email felt like a remnant of an earlier technological era that was fading into obsolescence. Workplace chat apps like Slack sold themselves to large corporations as "email killers," and messaging apps replaced email as many people's primary inboxes. Yet email lives. In fact, it's thriving. Nearly 300 billion emails will be sent and received this year, according to Radicati , a research firm that studies messaging trends. Even if half of those are spam, that's an enormous amount of communication taking place on a decades-old system. Part of email's enduring appeal is that it is, at least in theory, manageable. Unlike chat apps, which interrupt you throughout the day, or social media feeds, which are sorted and ranked by algorithms, email is asynchronous and user controlled. It can be compartmentalized and scheduled. It fits into your day, rather than taking it over. And despite the spam, marketing fluff and occasional reply-all nightmare that lands in my inbox, it's still a decent place to get work done. Mr. Vohra, who previously founded another email start-up, Rapportive, which was sold to LinkedIn in 2012, thinks that email will dominate our lives for years to come. "It's the only thing that's owned by the company, uniquely identifies you, and allows you to correspond both internally and across companies," he said. The 800-pound gorilla of email, of course, is Gmail. The 15-year-old service has 1.5 billion users and Google's bottomless resources. If it wanted to, it could simply copy all of Superhuman's features and offer them free. But Mr. Vohra doesn't think that's very likely. "It's not in Google's DNA to build premium tooling for relatively small numbers of people," he said. As a journalist who gets a fair bit of email, I'm one of those people, and I liked Superhuman more than I expected to. After a few weeks of testing, the worst thing I can say about it is that the idea of giving a start-up access to my emails is unnerving. Superhuman says it does not store any user emails on its servers; still, users are required to grant the app full access to their email accounts, which may dissuade some privacy hawks. In truth, Superhuman's biggest obstacle may be that most people aren't power emailers. For the average person, a super-premium email experience would be worth the cost only if it automatically read and wrote messages for you, scheduled all your meetings, ordered your lunch and filed your taxes. But if you are the kind of ultrabusy email hound who can shell out $30 a month   or, better yet, expense it   it's worth getting behind the velvet rope and seeing what life is like for the inbox 1 percent. Top illustration by Pablo Rochat


49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo got one rep of 11-on-11 work in the team's final minicamp practice earlier this month, but any plans for further work on that front came to an end when 49ers defensive linemen provided a bit more pressure than head coach Kyle Shanahan wanted to see. Given how far Garoppolo's come since last year's torn ACL, Shanahan's reluctance to push things in June is understandable. There will come a point when Shanahan can't call off the dogs and Garoppolo said at the end of the offseason program that will be the point he knows whether he's all the way back to form. "I think all of that will come with tim e," Garoppolo said, via ESPN.com. "I'll try to implement as many drills as I can during these 40 days or so. But, I think once the bullets start flying and everything, then we'll really see." Garoppolo will spend the time before camp working with his receivers and with quarterback coaches Tom House and Adam Dedeaux in order to be as prepared as possible for the moment when the opposing defense is trying to knock him down.


Outside in Style , an outdoor furniture and accessories retailer with stores in San Antonio and Austin, is going out of business after more than 40 years. Closing sales will continue through Oct. 27 or until the stores run out of merchandise, said owner Karen Galindo, who is retiring. The local store is at 1623 N. Loop 1604 W. Galdino's parents started the business, formerly known as Greenhouse Mall, in 1977, she said. She recalled working with them as a youngster before later taking over the operations, and said the decision to close was a difficult one. "We're going to miss our customers," she said. Alcohol delivery app Drizly is nearly quadrupling its San Antonio store count through an expansion with Gabriel's Liquor and will now offer delivery from more than 30 retail locations. Drizly launched in San Antono in 2017 , and Gabriel's Liquor was among the first retailers with delivery available through the app. Customers can use the Boston company's mobile app or website to compare prices and have booze dropped off for a $5 delivery fee. Several other apps, such as Minibar Delivery and TopShelf, also provide alcohol delivery in the area. The Palm on Houston Street downtown closed its doors June 29 to start renovations, Staff Writer Paul Stephen reports. The restaurant will be shuttered through early August while walls are removed to widen the bar area, new electronics are added to the private dining room and other upgrades are made. Big Hops' downtown location near the Hays Street Bridge closed June 29, owner Rob Martindale told Staff Writer Chuck Blount . Martindale said his lease was ending and he decided not to extend it. The brand has three locations around San Antonio, and Martindale said he plans to add several more down the road. Starbucks is eyeing a new shop at 5314 Thousand Oaks with a drive-thru, a TDLR filing indicates. Work is expected to start in August and end in November. Many shopping centers around San Antonio are full, but more are being built. Around 94 percent of San Antonio's retail space was occupied at mid-year, according to a new report by Dallas commercial real estate firm Weitzman. Most of the stores that are part of the first phase of The Shops at Dove Creek, a retail center at Potranco Road and Loop 1604, are open. Santikos Entertainment and Evo Entertainment recently opened amusement complexes along the I-35 corridor that anchor mixed-use developments. Several projects are in the works around town, including shopping centers at Loop 1604 and Vance Jackson and Potranco Road near Loop 1604, the report notes. The Fiesta Trails Shopping Center at De Zavala and I-10 West is adding several multi-tenant buildings. City Base Commons, a retail complex at Brooks on the South Side , is scheduled to open later this year with Raising Cane's, Tia's Taco Hut, Mr. C's Fried Chicken and Waffles and other tenants. madison.iszler@express-news.net


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Edwin van der Sar has weighed in on the future of Ajax captain Matthijs de Ligt, ahead of a big summer for the in-demand 19-year-old. Now working at Ajax as the club's Chief Executive, the former Manchester United goalkeeper has revealed that he expects de Ligt to leave Amsterdam during the transfer window, with a number of top clubs circling the impressive teenager. As reported by Four Four Two , van der Sar admitted to Italian media: "I think these will be de Ligt's final games with Ajax, but I hope he goes out on a high. "He's been here since he was a child and will end up at a big club. I think he'll go to England or Spain." De Ligt captained his Ajax team throughout their run to the Champions League semi-final, starring against the likes of Real Madrid and Juventus - scoring a towering header against the latter in Turin. The academy graduate also found the net with his head against Tottenham but it wasn't to be for the young Dutchman, as Spurs completed a miraculous second-half comeback to eliminate Ajax at the final hurdle. However, the defeat will not hamper de Ligt's chances at a big money move, with Bayern Munich , Barcelona and Manchester City all expressing an interest in the centre-back reportedly worth €70m. While's de Ligt's already reportedly  turned down a move to Manchester United , he could still be set for a move to England, if van der Sar is to be believed. However, his comments will worry Bayern Munich and Juventus fans. Not even 20 years old, de Ligt has made 115 appearances for Ajax, scoring a pretty impressive 13 goals and played on Europe's biggest stages. With two games remaining, Ajax are currently level on points with PSV Eindhoven at the top of the Eredivisie and de Ligt will hope he can leave as a champion.


Start your day off right by looking at some charming cats! There are dozens of cats up for adoption right here in New York City. Hoodline partnered with Petfinder , an online adoption site that lists "more than 315,000 adoptable pets from nearly 14,000 animal shelters and rescue groups" to bring you this roundup of cats near you. (Details like pet availability, training, vaccinations and other features are based on data provided by Petfinder and may be subject to change; contact the shelter for the latest information.) Nylar, tortoiseshell and domestic shorthair mix Nylar is a female tortoiseshell and domestic shorthair mix being cared for at NYC Animal Rescue Girls (NYCARG) . Nylar is the life of the party   she gets along well with dogs, cats and kids. Good news: She has already been house-trained. She's vaccinated and spayed. Notes from Nylar's caretakers: Nylar was rescued from a very dangerous area in Crown Heights. While shy at first, she has really come out of her shell. She loves to play, loves her catnip and loves to be petted. She's very affectionate and gets along well with other cats. We also think she could be fine adopted as a single cat. Read more about Nylar on Petfinder . Toby, tabby Toby is a male tabby cat in the care of Ready For Rescue . Toby likes to socialize, and he gets along well with other cats. He's already house-trained. Toby is already neutered and vaccinated. Toby's current caretakers say: Toby is an adorable, super-friendly eight-year-old silver tabby. He's cuddly and curious, and his tail is always up as he struts around the house. He purrs often. He loves playing with his catnip fish toy and loves it even more when you watch him. Read more about Toby on Petfinder . Miette, Chartreux Miette is a female Chartreux cat staying at Zanis Furry Friends ZFF, Inc . She has mastered her house-training etiquette. She has been vaccinated and spayed. From Miette's current caretaker: Miette is a sophisticated lady that equally loves playtime and lounging around just looking chic. She loves meeting new people. Energetic and chill, there is no string (strap, rope, belt, power cord) she won't chase and no window she won't gaze through. Apply to adopt Miette today at Petfinder . Zima, Persian Zima is a female Persian cat in the care of Fur Real . Zima will do best with an owner who has time to bond with her. She'll need a home free of other cats. She is sweet with small children. She's already house-trained. Zima is already spayed and vaccinated. From Zima's current caretaker: Meet lovely Zima, a mother cat from the streets of Qatar, who was thrown out in the rain in March 2019 with her three little kittens. She has a very laid-back personality and loves humans. She would probably be best as an only cat, so that she can focus on spending time with her humans and just chilling. Read more about Zima on Petfinder . This story was created automatically using local animal shelter data, then reviewed by an editor. Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


Browns running back Duke Johnson reported to training camp today amid talk that he's unhappy with his contract and eager to be traded. Johnson's coach doesn't sound eager to trade him. Browns coach Freddie Kitchens said today that he thinks there's plenty of balls to go around in the offense and the best course of action is to keep Johnson and use him alongside Nick Chubb and, when he arrives midway through the season, Kareem Hunt . "We're not giving away good players," Kitchens said, via Albert Breer of SI.com. "Don't worry about the ball. We'll find enough balls for them." Browns General Manager John Dorsey confirmed today that he talked to Johnson's agent, Drew Rosenhaus. It's possible that some team will emerge that wants to trade for Johnson, and perhaps give him a new contract to Rosenhaus's liking. But for now, the Browns are operating as if they expect Johnson to pay in Cleveland this year.


MINNEAPOLIS   The Minnesota Twins have built the best record in the major leagues, fueled by a massive power surge. Their six-game winning streak was stopped, fittingly, by the Milwaukee Brewers with a big swing from Orlando Arcia. Arcia drove in three runs, including a go-ahead homer in the eighth inning , before Josh Hader struck out Miguel Sano on three pitches with two runners aboard Monday night to preserve a 5-4 victory for the Brewers. BOX SCORE: BREWERS 5, TWINS 4 "I was just trying to find a way to get the runner over, and thankfully I was able to get my hands through and get good contact on the ball," Arcia said through a translator. The Twins, who fell to 19-7 in May, had a one-run decision for the first time in 11 games. They outscored their opponents 53-16 during their six-game streak. "Even when you play pretty well, you're not going to win every game, especially when you run into a good, talented team," Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. After an RBI single by rookie Luis Arraez and a three-run homer by Byron Buxton , both with two outs in the second inning against Brewers starter Gio Gonzalez, the Twins stopped scoring. Gonzalez settled down and retired the last six batters he faced. Then the bullpen finished with 4 1/3 scoreless innings, scattering three singles. Jeremy Jeffress, Junior Guerra and Corbin Burnes (1-3) bridged the gap to Hader, who notched his 13th save with a two-inning appearance. The crowd of 29,167 included at least an even split with Brewers fans, the local contingent likely lessened by an all-day downpour that dampened the Memorial Day holiday and didn't stop until shortly before first pitch. During a brief return by the rain, Keston Hiura had the first of three straight hits against Michael Pineda in the third, the only hits allowed by the Twins starter in six innings. Arcia doubled to put the Brewers on the board , and Lorenzo Cain and Christian Yelich followed with sacrifice flies to bring them to 4-3. "When you score three, you feel like, with that long to go in the game, you're essentially tied," Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. In the eighth, Arcia took Taylor Rogers (1-1) deep for a two-run shot after pinch-hitter Hernan Perez led off with a double, the first homer allowed by Rogers in 17 appearances since April 2. "Off the bat, I knew it was gone," Rogers said. Gonzalez failed to finish the fifth for the first time in six starts with the Brewers and gave up a season-most four runs. "I just want to get past this," he said. "That second inning was a head-scratcher." LOOK OUT! Jeffress, who relieved Gonzalez after 102 pitches, ran quite the gauntlet to get the final out of the fifth. After issuing a walk, he was directed by the umpires -- after Baldelli inquired -- to change his pull-off sleeves from light gray to navy blue to match his teammates and comply with baseball's uniform rules. Then after giving up a single, Jeffress snagged a screaming line drive hit by Willians Astudillo with his glove right in front of his face. Jeffress bent awkwardly backward as he fell with the momentum from making the catch. After lying flat on his back in front of the mound in shock and discomfort, Jeffress walked gingerly off the field on his own after being checked by the team. "I just reacted. That's all I could do," he said. GOING, GOING, GONE The Brewers lead the National League with 90 home runs, buoyed by Yelich's major league-best 21. They're fourth in the majors, with the Twins (105) on top. Buxton's shot to the bullpen behind left-center field matched the Minnesota record for most homers in one month (55), first set in May 1964. GETTING STRONGER Pineda, in his comeback season from Tommy John surgery on July 18, 2017, allowed exactly three earned runs in each of his five May starts. He logged 30 innings this month, finishing the sixth in each of his last four turns while lowering his ERA from 6.21 to 5.34. "I consider this a very positive start. That's a tough lineup," Baldelli said. TRAINER'S ROOM Brewers: Backup catcher Manny Pina (strained right hamstring) went through a workout in Milwaukee and will start a rehab assignment Tuesday with Class A Wisconsin. He has missed the last 10 games. Twins: Backup catcher Mitch Garver (sprained left ankle) headed out for a rehab assignment with Double-A Pensacola. "I've passed every agility test that they've wanted me to pass. As far as I'm concerned, the training staff is concerned, my ankle is healthy and we're ready to go," Garver said. UP NEXT Brewers: RHP Zach Davies (5-0, 2.43 ERA) starts the finale of the two-game series, coming off his worst start of the season. Davies gave up six runs on six hits and one walk over three innings last week in an 11-9 win over Cincinnati. Twins: LHP Martin Perez (7-1, 2.95 ERA) takes the mound Tuesday night having won six of eight turns with one no-decision since joining the rotation after a bullpen stint when the Twins began the season with four starters. With a victory, Perez would match Houston's Justin Verlander for the second-most in the majors. ___ More AP baseball coverage: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports


MILWAUKEE   Hunter Trimmel couldn't give away his season tickets to Milwaukee Bucks games five years ago. Losing season after season made the Bucks almost an afterthought in Wisconsin, where most teams live in the shadow of the Green Bay Packers. But now the Bucks are the hottest ticket in town, with a glittery new arena and a young superstar that has the team knocking on the door of the NBA Finals. Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final against Toronto is Wednesday night. Trimmel, 37, was among hundreds of fans flocking to the plaza outside Fiserv Forum last week before the Bucks faced Boston in Game 5 of the conference semifinals. The plaza, with plenty of bars and jumbo TV screens for fans who can't get inside, is part of an atmosphere that Trimmel   a Bucks fan since 1992   said is a new experience. "I hate to say it but we felt like a minor league team for a while," Trimmel said. It's a golden era in Milwaukee: The Bucks are in contention just a year after the Brewers came within one game of going to the World Series, shifting the focus of this sports-crazed state from the beloved Packers to two long-neglected teams suddenly on the rise. The last Wisconsin professional sports team to win it all was the Packers in 2011. The Bucks' success has been a long time coming. Their only NBA title came in 1971, when a team featuring legends Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Oscar Robertson beat the Baltimore Bullets. The Bucks were solid in the 1980s, putting up several 50-win seasons behind stars like Sidney Moncrief, Marques Johnson and Junior Bridgeman before things got brutal in the '90s   six losing seasons, including four where they didn't win more than 30 games. Video by USA Today Sports "There was a generation when they stumbled through the wilderness, and a lot of fans lost interest," said Drew Olson, a longtime Milwaukee sports reporter who now hosts a sports talk radio show on 97.3's The Game. "It was almost to the point that people went to the Bucks games to see the other team." Olson traced the turnaround to Herb Kohl selling the team in 2014 to Wes Edens and Marc Lasry, two hedge fund managers from New York, and said it paralleled the Selig family's sale of the Brewers to Los Angeles investor Mark Attanasio in 2005. "In both cases the locals were skeptical whether we should trust these guys   whether they're buying the team to move the team," Olson said. "As it turns out, they've been really good stewards of these franchises." Leading the Bucks' resurgence is MVP candidate Giannis Antetokounmpo, a fan favorite and a source of pride for Milwaukee's Greek community. Antetokounmpo was born in Athens, Greece. He is just 24. "It's important for the Greek community to be able to gather together as a unit and celebrate him. And he in turn celebrates us," said Tim Stasinoulias, 61, a Bucks fan since the team came to Milwaukee in 1968. The Bucks host an annual "Greek Night" event where fans get a Q&A session with Antetokounmpo. Since his arrival in Milwaukee in 2013, Antetokounmpo's been known to sing the Greek national anthem during those events. "It's a bit of a renaissance in Milwaukee sports, just in general with the success recently of the Brewers and now we have the Bucks," said Stasinoulias. "Who would have thought that the Packers would be third on the totem pole at this point?" Rather than ranking each team's success, others take another view. "This is the best Wisconsin sports has ever been as a whole," said Steven Slack, 35, a resident of Sun Prairie who was waiting for the game outside the arena. "We've never had three teams actually in contention before simultaneously. Because we have, we literally have the MVP in all three leagues," he said, referring to reigning National League MVP Christian Yelich, Antetokounmpo's potential to win it this year, and Aaron Rodgers, the Packers quarterback who has won two MVPs and is in frequent contention. The Bucks' success is also a financial boon for the city. Each playoff game is estimated to have a $3 million economic impact on downtown businesses   everything from hotels to transportation and food and beverage, according to Visit Milwaukee, an agency that promotes tourism to the city. It only helps that the Bucks are playing in their new half-billion-dollar arena for the first time this year, attracting dedicated and casual fans alike to the restaurants and bars in the plaza outside the stadium. Taxpayers contributed about $250 million to the arena's construction. Away from the arena, the city has been expressing its pride for the team, too, with buses and streetcars flashing "Fear the Deer" and "Go Bucks" on their digital displays. The city's Public Market has a banner under its name with the same phrase, which is the team's rallying cry. Billboards on the highway are counting down the number of victories needed to win the championship. Longtime season-ticket holder Rod Johnson, 55, went to games with his father back when tickets cost $5 and the Bucks played in what was called the MECCA Arena. He saw Abdul-Jabbar play and remembers the 1971 championship season. It's been an agonizing wait for another title. "We're hoping for one more now," he said. "This could be the year." ___ Associated Press writers Carrie Antlfinger and Doug Glass contributed. ___ More AP NBA: https://apnews.com/NBA and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports


It's the largest gathering of LGBTQ+ people in the nation and an excellent anchor for a trip to the Bay Area. San Francisco Pride runs June 29 and 30 this year, in the heart of the city. Beyond the centerpiece parade   1.5 miles down Market Street from Embarcadero to Civic Center on June 30   the festival offers two days of speakers and performers designed to inspire and entertain. Nearly two dozen community stages and spaces scattered around town invite you to explore the city over the weekend. Whether you're ready to book your trip now or just curious about the options, take a look at these forthcoming flights between Phoenix and San Francisco, which we pulled from travel site Skyscanner . We've also included top-rated hotels, restaurants and attractions in San Francisco to round out any visit. (Prices and availability are current as of publication and subject to change.) Hoodline offers data-driven analysis of local happenings and trends across cities. Links included in the articles may earn Hoodline a commission on clicks and transactions. Cheapest San Francisco flights The cheapest flights between Phoenix and San Francisco are if you leave on June 26 and return from California on June 30. American Airlines currently has tickets for $327, roundtrip. American Airlines also has tickets at that price point later in June. If you fly out of Phoenix on June 27 and return from San Francisco on June 30, American Airlines can get you there and back for $327 roundtrip. Top San Francisco accommodations Regarding where to stay, here are some of San Francisco's top-rated hotels, that we selected from Skyscanner's listings based on price and customer satisfaction. The Fairmont San Francisco (950 Mason St.) If you're looking to treat yourself, consider The Fairmont San Francisco . The hotel has a 4.6-star rating on Skyscanner, and rooms are currently available for $186. This Nob Hill hotel is close to Grace Cathedral, while within easy walking distance to Union Square shops and restaurants. Additional attractions include Chinatown, easily accessible by foot or via the California Cable Car line that runs just out front. The Buchanan (1800 Sutter St.) If you're looking for an inexpensive place to stay, there's The Buchanan , which has rooms for $92/night. "Located in Japantown next to a bunch of great little shops. ... Clean rooms, great amenities and the world's most comfortable bed," wrote visitor Jamie. The Hotel Vertigo (940 Sutter St.) A third option is The Hotel Vertigo . The 4.8-star hotel has rooms for $99/night. "This hotel is one of the trendiest in San Francisco that I've seen. It manages to pay homage to Alfred Hitchcock's classic film 'Vertigo', without coming across as kitschy," wrote reviewer Kate. "Several scenes from the movie were actually filmed here, so its credibility is real!" Featured San Francisco restaurants Don't miss San Francisco's food scene, with plenty of popular spots to get your fill of local cuisine. Here are a few of the top-rated eateries from Skyscanner's listings. Bi-Rite Creamery (3692 18th St.) First things first: dessert. For a popular option, check out Bi-Rite Creamery , which has an average of 4.7 stars out of 188 reviews on Skyscanner. The creamery uses Straus Family Farms organic dairy in its ice cream and strives to create unique and exciting flavors. "They attract loads of customers from the nearby Dolores Park social scene ... In this foodie city the locals are still willing to wait for an hour or more to get a scoop of Earl Grey, lavender honey, black sesame, malted vanilla and my favorite, salted caramel," wrote visitor Tracy. "If the line is daunting, try the shorter line that serves soft serve only." Gary Danko (800 N. Point St.) One of San Francisco's most popular restaurants is Gary Danko , with 4.8 stars from 61 reviews. The award-winning restaurant has consistently received a five-star Mobil rating and reviewers continue to extol its delights. "One of the top restaurants in the city," wrote Albert. "I've been here a few times and their menu is extremely well done. If you do the five-course, please get ready to eat a feast. Cocktails are a must. Reasonably priced, very kind staff and amazing aura." Nopa (560 Divisadero St.) Finally, there's Nopa , a San Francisco gathering place north of the Panhandle, that serves urban rustic food and specializes in organic wood-fired cuisine. "Hip restaurant serving gourmet comfort food," wrote diner Travis. Featured San Francisco attractions San Francisco is also full of sites to visit and explore. Here are some popular attractions to round out your trip, again from Skyscanner's listings. Golden Gate Bridge First up is the 1.7-mile Golden Gate Bridge , which opened in 1937. The name doesn't come from its color, but because the Golden Gate Strait is the entrance to the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. The bridge is painted "international orange." "An amazing feature of modern engineering, the space surrounding the Golden Gate Bridge could not be more beautiful," wrote visitor Anna. "We went at sunset to catch the views and I was blown away with how impressive the bridge itself was." Golden Gate Park (Stanyan and Haight streets) The 1,000-acre Golden Gate Park is another popular destination. You'll find serenity with a myriad of attractions   art museums, a Japanese tea garden, a Shakespeare garden, even a buffalo paddock. You can also take part in activities such as hiking, riding horseback, archery or feeding the ducks at one of three ponds. "This is a scenic, tranquil place to go," wrote visitor Irene. "It is so calm here and a great escape from the busy city streets. There are lots of native plants here and birds to view. Nearby are several museums and the iconic bridge." California Academy of Sciences (55 Music Concourse Drive) Lastly, spend some time at the California Academy of Sciences , a research and natural history museum located in Golden Gate Park. Designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano, the academy's roof is made of grass and sculpted to look like the park's rolling hills have been lifted up and the academy slipped underneath. Beneath the roof, the building houses a full-scale aquarium, a natural history museum and a planetarium. Great for kids, there is enough to see here for a full day. This story was created automatically using flight, hotel, and local attractions data, then reviewed by an editor. Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


Doug Pederson was around the NFL as a player and an assistant before getting the head coaching job in Philadelphia and that left him with no doubt about the importance of having the right relationship with his starting quarterback. Pederson notes that's not always easy, but the coaches and quarterbacks that have been successful "have built that lifelong relationship" that he's trying to build with Carson Wentz . The last two years have brought obstacles in the form of injuries that have taken Wentz out of action, but the team still signed him to an extension this offseason and Pederson heads into the season focused on the positive things Wentz can accomplish. "This is also a great opportunity for Carson, to really regain the type of player he is to what we saw in 2017, and really what we saw in 2018 when he was playing," Pederson said, via Zach Berman of TheAthletic.com. "He is a tremendous competitor. He is a tremendous leader, and quite frankly, I don't think a lot of that bothers him. He just moves on. He is excited for this new season. It is a new team, there are new guys around him. He is energized, he feels good and I am just excited for that." Pederson said the team's offseason work was "rejuvenating" and that he's pleased to have continuity after last year saw a lot of change to the coaching staff in the wake of a Super Bowl title. That might not wind up mattering much if the team has to scramble at quarterback during the season, which makes Wentz's ability to capitalize on his opportunity all the more significant to the outlook for 2019 in Philadelphia.