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Jeff Kent elected to baseball Hall of Fame, which again keeps doors shut for Bonds and Clemens
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Jeff Kent was elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame on Sunday by the contemporary era committee, while steroids-tainted stars Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were among seven players who fell short once again.Kent appeared on 14 of 16 ballots, two more than the 12 ballots needed for the 75% minimum.
Carlos Delgado received nine votes, followed by Don Mattingly and Dale Murphy with six each.
Bonds, Clemens, Gary Sheffield and Fernando Valenzuela each received fewer than five votes.
Kent will be inducted at the hall in... Read More
La Scala gala crowd cheers premiere of Shostakovich's 'Lady Macbeth' once censored by Stalin
MILAN (AP) — The gala crowd at Milan's Teatro alla Scala cheered the season premiere of Dmitry Shostakovich's "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk '' with a 12-minute standing ovation Sunday, as the storied theater synonymous with the Italian repertoire opened with a Russian melodrama for the second time since Moscow's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.The crowd of luminaries fully embraced stage director Vasily Barkhatov's bold telling of merchant wife Katerina Izmajilova's fall into a murderous love triangle against the backdrop of Stalin's Soviet Union, right up to the jarring final scene with a... Read More
Trump says Zelenskyy 'isn't ready' yet to accept US-authored proposal to end Russia-Ukraine war
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “isn't ready” to sign off on a U.S-authored peace proposal aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine war.Trump was critical of Zelenskyy after U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators completed three days of talks on Saturday aimed at trying to narrow differences on the U.S. administration's proposal. But in an exchange with reporters on Sunday night, Trump suggested that the Ukrainian leader is holding up the talks from moving forward.
“I’m a little bit disappointed that... Read More
Keisean Nixon's game-sealing INT helps Packers beat Bears 28-21 to take over NFC North lead
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Keisean Nixon intercepted Caleb Williams' pass in the end zone with 22 seconds remaining to preserve Green Bay’s 28-21 victory over the Chicago Bears on Sunday that moved the Packers into first place in the NFC North.The Bears were facing fourth-and-1 from Green Bay’s 14-yard line when Williams faked a handoff and rolled to his left. Tight end Cole Kmet had gotten behind Nixon in the end zone, but Nixon made a leaping catch of the underthrown pass.
Josh Jacobs scored the tiebreaking touchdown on a 2-yard run with 3:32 remaining as the... Read More
Nobel literature laureate Krasznahorkai delivers rare lecture in Stockholm
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Hungarian László Krasznahorkai, who won the Nobel Prize in literature for his surreal and anarchic novels that combine a bleak world view with mordant humor, gave a lecture in Stockholm on Sunday in one of his rare public appearances.The lecture was part of the Nobel week that is underway in Stockholm and Oslo with laureates holding news conferences and giving speeches before they are awarded the prestigious prizes.
Krasznahorkai's lecture, which he gave in Hungarian, ranged across topics such as old and new angels, human dignity, hope or the lack... Read More
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- Nobel literature laureate Krasznahorkai delivers rare lecture in Stockholm
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- Jeff Kent elected to baseball Hall of Fame, which again keeps doors shut for Bonds and Clemens
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