Jordan Peele ’s UFO thriller “Nope” topped the North American charts in its first weekend in theaters with an estimated $44 million in ticket sales, Universal Pictures said Sunday. Though it doesn’t come close to the $71 million debut of “Us,” it is still significantly impressive for an original, R-rated film — and the biggest of the pandemic for an original screenplay.
BALTIMORE— Giancarlo Stanton isn’ t injured, but he and the Yankees are actively working right now to try and prevent one. I am just beat up a little bit overall,” Stanton said before the series finale against the Orioles at Camden Yards.“ But I am fine. Neither Stanton nor Aaron Boone would discuss what the particular issue is right now.
The last time the Orioles made the trip to face their American League East rival, the Toronto Blue Jays, two key members of the team weren’ t available to join. Outfielder Anthony Santander and left-handed reliever Keegan Akin were added to the restricted list, missing the trip to Canada. To enter Canada, travelers are required to have the Johnson& Johnson vaccine or...
Daniel Vogelbach and Michael Perez are not going to win the Mets a World Series. That all hinges on the health of James McCann, Tomas Nido, and maybe Patrick Mazeika. The Mets understand that their pair of moves this week are not flashy, not Juan Soto, and not the types of players that whet fans’ appetite for a big deadline move.
It’ s been almost 20 days since 8- year-old Cooper Roberts was hospitalized after being critically wounded at the Independence Day parade shooting in Highland Park. Though he remains in the pediatric intensive care unit, Cooper went outside in a wheelchair on Thursday— his first time outdoors since the Independence Day parade that changed his life.
Yurtseven is in South Florida but scheduled to return to Turkey at mid-month, having been unable to participate in summer league due to a quadriceps injury sustained in the previous round of World Cup qualifying. That is unlike a year ago, when Adebayo and Team USA finished off their Olympic gold-medal run at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 6. Unlike Yurtseven, a veteran...
A stretch of Highway 236 -- the main roadway through the Big Basin Redwoods State Park -- reopened to drivers on Friday after state park officials made forward progress in restoring the forest after the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex Fire.
The new San Jose Sharks coach has to maximize the talents of the numerous veteran holdovers from last season’s team that went 32-37-13.
The man who cooked up the biggest college admissions scandal in U.S. history has been living among senior citizens at the Isle of Palms. They turned down his offer to help invest the mobile home park’s $10,000 savings fund.
What happened to the Bay Area parents and coach ensnared in the nation's biggest college admissions cheating case?
Americans need to see one of the foundation principles of society vindicated before it’s too late to matter.
This 49ers training camp will come with a sense of unease.
Q: Adam Silver has unilateral power, so tell him to call the Nets and have them make up their mind with Kevin Durant. A: At the moment, Adam Silver does not seem to be taking my calls. Q: You don’ t think the Heat will be as good of a team if P.J. Tucker is replaced by Caleb Martin or Haywood Highsmith?
When Anthony Santander saw the Orioles shortstop working his way through a sudoku puzzle in the clubhouse, crunched over a table with his eyebrows scrunched in concentration, Santander asked what Mateo was up to. ’”Mateo recalled about a week later, sitting across from Santander in the visitor’ s dugout at Wrigley Field in Chicago. That was all Santander needed to...
Florida Gators running back Nay’ Quan Wright was one of seven SEC players named to the Doak Walker Award watchlist on Wednesday. Wright played behind running backs Malik Davis, who is now with the Dallas Cowboys, and Dameon Pierce who was taken by the Houston Texans in the fourth round of the NFL draft. The Miami Gardens native is expected to have a more significant...
That’ s exactly what happened to Chris Bassitt, who gave the Mets seven strong innings, but threw an ill-fated two-strike slider to Manny Machado that became a two-run homer. “We had some opportunities,” Buck Showalter mourned afterward.“ We just couldn’ t get that hit to put us over the hump.”. Padres’ starter Blake Snell should think about opening an escape room after...
The A's have won 10 games this month – a drastic improvement from June when they won just five times.
The pickoff attempt from right-hander Albert Abreu didn’ t squirt very far from first baseman DJ LeMahieu, but Orioles shortstop Jorge Mateo hardly needs an invitation to run. It had been this way throughout Saturday night’ s game, with speed on the bases a decisive difference-maker for the Orioles. Baltimore opened the second half of the season with a loss Friday,...
For a moment, it looked as if the Chicago White Sox were going to take the lead in the eighth inning of Game 1 of a split doubleheader against the Cleveland Guardians. The Guardians broke through with three in the ninth against closer Liam Hendriks and won 7-4 in front of 18,518 at Guaranteed Rate Field. The Sox followed up what manager Tony La Russa described as a“...
Saturday, they just got beat the old-fashioned way; on the field by a scrappy, hustling Orioles team. The resurgent Orioles, who are in last place in the division, battled their way back to. 500, showing how tough the American League East will be down the stretch for the Yankees. They lost Luis Severino and Miguel Castro to the injured list with injuries right before...
For two days this week in Los Angeles, Kyle Schwarber reunited with friends. The All-Star Game on Tuesday brought together Schwarber and former Chicago Cubs teammates Willson Contreras and Ian Happ, but by Aug. 2, Contreras and Happ could find themselves in the same spot as the Philadelphia Phillies slugger— as former Cubs. The Cubs scored five runs in the 10th...
BALTIMORE— Aroldis Chapman seems to take one step forward and then one back. The Yankees’ former closer pitched a scoreless inning with two strikeouts against the Astros Thursday, which had manager Aaron Boone encouraged. I mean, the equipment is all there,” Yankees GM Brian Cashman said before Saturday’ s game against the Orioles at Camden Yards.“ I was encouraged...
A pedestrian was struck and killed by a Caltrain on Saturday afternoon in Palo Alto, according to the commuter rail line. The fatal collision occurred at approximately 4:47 p.m. Saturday when northbound train #253 struck an individual near West Meadow Drive in Palo Alto. There were approximately 200 passengers on board the train at the […]
With trade deadline nearing, Oakland could trade players away — but reinforcements from the injured list are nearing
About a third of Mariposa County's population was told to evacuate their homes as the biggest California wildfire this year burns out of control.