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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Sam Lewis' 18 points helped Toledo defeat Defiance 111-49 on Saturday. Lewis also had five rebounds for the Rockets (6-3). Javan Simmons scored 16 points while shooting 8 of 9 from the field and 0 for 3 from the line and added eight rebounds. Sonny Wilson finished 7 of 10 from the field to finish with 16 points. Jalen Brown finished with 12 points for the Yellow Jackets. Connor Bush added eight points for Defiance. Donovan Stone finished with eight points. Toledo took the lead with 19:42 remaining in the first half and did not relinquish it. The score was 55-23 at halftime, with Simmons racking up 14 points. Toledo extended its lead to 90-34 during the second half, fueled by a 16-3 scoring run. Grgur Brcic scored a team-high 10 points in the second half as their team closed out the win. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .
San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan and quarterback Brock Purdy spoke with reporters after Friday's practice as the team prepares for its Week 14 matchup against the Chicago Bears. Here's everything they said. Transcripts provided by the San Francisco 49ers Communications staff. Head Coach Kyle Shanahan Opening comments: "Injuries for the game: [S] George Odum will be out, [LB Dre] Greenlaw is out, [T] Trent Williams is out, [RB] Jordan Mason is out, [DL] Nick Bosa is doubtful, [LB Demetrius] Flannigan-Fowles, questionable, [OL] Aaron Banks, questionable, [S Talanoa Hufanga] Huf is questionable. Go ahead." Nick being doubtful and not out. Does that mean that he was able to do a little bit more this week? "Yes, he did a little bit more." Does Banks still have steps to take, protocol? "Yes." How did QB Brock Purdy look in practice? I guess it's his first full week back in full participation. What are you expecting out of him? "He is good. We had to wait a while to give him rest to make sure it healed, and we could see that it did at the end of last week and that's why there's no issues last Sunday and it's been great all week. So, glad to get him back to full-speed and get him a full week of practice." What were your thoughts on OL Ben Bartch's first start for you last week? "I thought he did a good job. We were excited to get him to play with us, he hadn't yet. We've had him here for a little bit over a year. For his first game, I thought he did a real good job." I know he had that pretty severe knee dislocation in '22. Was last year a matter of just like building back strength still from that? "I think so a little bit. When we got him, I thought he was pretty good, and we didn't have any injuries and we didn't have a need to play him. But we felt fortunate to get him and he got to learn our offense a little bit and he's been real good here through the offseason." What was assistant head coach/defense Brandon Staley's role this season? How has that developed and have you been happy with what he's added? "Yeah, I think Brandon's done a real good job. He helps us out in all types of areas, works with the nickels probably the most. Real good at helping [defensive coordinator] Nick [Sorensen] with the game plan and stuff like that. Does our ball meeting." Has he helped develop elements of the defense or has it still been mostly the stuff that you've been doing? "I think we have different wrinkles and stuff each year. I wouldn't say that's just Nick. That's stuff we do as a group, but Nick's been a part of that group." What was the nickel plan Sunday in Buffalo? It seemed like you had multiple nickels going throughout the day. "Yeah, we had some injury situations, so we knew [DB Deommodore Lenoir] Dmo couldn't play. So we had a first and second-down nickel and then we had a third-down nickel." First and second-down nickel, is that just a bigger player? Is CB Nick McCloud sort of a bigger nickel? "No, just [CB] Renardo [Green] was a little banged up too. He just had a sore neck from the week before, so we didn't want to put too much inside on him." WR Deebo Samuel Sr.'s numbers, clearly they haven't been there this season. Would you attribute that to just kind of a trickle-down for the whole offense or are there things that he could be doing better? "I think we all could be doing things better, but I think it's more a trickle-down from the whole offense. He hasn't had as many opportunities for the big play. He's had a couple that he just missed, where you hit those and it makes a big difference just in terms of the perception of numbers. But I think it's more trickle-down to the whole offense." There's been in big games, like the playoffs, it's like 'Get Deebo the ball.' You can see that in your head almost sometimes. Have you had the same feelings this season and has it been frustrating not to be able to see him make those big plays? "Yeah, I mean I think it's been frustrating with everything on offense, especially these last few weeks. Would like to get Deebo going more, and hopefully we can find a way to do that here in these next five games." There's been struggles in situational football on both sides of the ball. As a coach, what can you do to kind of emphasize that or get better at that? "Most of it is schematic answers and stuff, which definitely don't want to talk about in here, but that's all you emphasize. Numbers-wise and stuff, you can have some decent numbers, but if your numbers aren't good in situational football you're rarely going to lead to many points. And points are what it takes to win the game. It's the stuff we emphasize all the time, stuff we're trying to get better at, challenging guys at and challenging ourselves schematically, also." You guys, I know you don't want to pay attention to what's being said, but you look at it mathematically, it's tough. You look at the conversation about where the 49ers are. Do you sense the mood or do you want the mood in the locker room to be kind of like denial of that anger or acceptance that this is a tough spot that you're in? "We understand where we're at. We go to work and we practice football. We don't discuss it all week, we don't read all week. I get all that. I understand how the NFL works, I understand what our record is at. We knew coming into this year we were going to have to work to, I didn't feel there right after training camp, I thought we had a chance though to get better as the year went, especially at the beginning of our schedule, which I thought was a lot easier than the second half. I thought we would improve and kind of build that as we went and I was hoping we could be 8-2 when we got to the tough stretch. And I've talked about those three games, which I feel we should have won that we let get away from us, and that got us to 5-5. And then right when we got at the toughest part where I was hoping we would have had some continuity and developed into the team that I thought could really make a run and push some things, that's when we took a, subtracted a lot of guys from us and we're kind of at our toughest spot and that's where we are now which when you don't take advantage of kind of what you had earlier in the year and you are in a tough spot, that's why it makes it extremely hard to get out of. So, like I said earlier in the week, we've got to do some special things to get out of this hole we put ourself in and we understand that. But you know, we can talk about it every day we have to come to a press conference or talk about it outside of here. But when it's with each other, it's how to play better football, how to find a way to get a win. And that usually comes down, it only comes down to playing better football." President of football operations/general manager John Lynch said on the radio today, "You can't get your ass kicked two weeks in a row and not respond." And he wants to see a response that's up to your guys' standards. Do you have any doubt about this team's ability to respond in that way? "Of course we want to respond. We've been on the road two weeks in a row where we've given up over 100-yards rushing in the first half and we've had six turnovers in two games. And when that happens, you're going to get your ass kicked like we did. I want to go out there, I want to stop the run, I want to not turn the ball over. And if that does, we'll have a football game. And if we can get it into a football game, I like our chances of winning and I like our team to do that." Getting back to you saying that you thought that you might be 8-2. Is that something that you do every year? "It's not that. I thought we should have been 8-2. Yeah, we were 5-5 and I believe there were three games that we let get away that we should have won. That doesn't mean that we'd been much of a different team at 8-2 than 5-5, but it's how you improve as the year goes." Do you do that every year? Sort of map out how you think it might go? "No, I didn't. I don't. I didn't really do that this year. I'm just saying, I know where our team's at after training camp and I know where I want to be. And I thought we could get there as it got to a harder part of our schedule and we didn't take advantage of the easier part of our schedule, is what I'm saying, with those three games. And when we did get to it, we weren't in a place to give ourselves some cushion, because I thought we were wounded when we got to the harder part and that was a challenge we put ourself in." What was your level of concern at the end of training camp then with all the injuries and everything that had happened at that point? "I just knew we weren't where I wanted to be, which rarely you are exactly at the beginning of the year. And that's why you play and that's why you get better as it goes and that's what I was planning to do. That's always the goal. We weren't able to consistently do that. It seemed like every time we took a step forward, we took two steps back and that was kind of how it went. And once you lose some close games, ones you think you should have won, that's the difference between being 5-5 at the halfway point and being 8-2 at the halfway point from a record standpoint, not just the overall where your team's at." This season's been such a struggle for a lot of people, but one person seems to have been impervious to it all is TE George Kittle. He's been so productive and upbeat. How important is it to have a leader like him on your team? "That's just George's personality. He's always upbeat. But, I do think he's had a hell of a year. He's been able to stay healthy too. He's missed two games I believe which were obviously tough without him. But I've just been proud of how he's taken care of himself, the way he comes to work every single day. I love being around George and love having him on our team." Former NFL head coach Gary Kubiak was here today. Was it more business or pleasure? He's a guy I'm sure you admire. Do you bend a guy like that's ear and talk football with him? "I mean, not really. I'm close with Kube. I mean, he gave me a big start, gave me my first position job and coordinator job a long time ago. I've known him most of my life and he's here I think visiting his son and his granddaughter and probably it's nice to get out of the house a little bit every once in a while and come watch some football. So he's welcome up here anytime." Did you babysit for him? "Kind of. I wasn't a very good babysitter. So usually when people say that it was more because I was around and my younger sister did it for me." You've been through the gauntlet the last two weeks on the road. You have obviously an opponent coming up that's been struggling. How do you keep the guys motivated and not taking this week lightly? "Because we don't see Chicago any different than these last two teams we've played. I know the record's not the same, but it's a fine line between your record and what a team's capable of. This team was 4-2, would've been 5-2 if they didn't give up a Hail Mary, they had two bad games which led them to 4-4 and then they played three of the best teams in the NFL and lost by a total of seven points. And the film is very real and all you've got to do is have them see the film, which I showed first thing Wednesday morning. That's all you need to get their attention." QB Brock Purdy What is your connection to Samaritan's Purse for My Cause My Cleats and why did you select them for your cause? "I was just thinking about if I'm going to have a chance to raise money, I'd like to hopefully do it with an organization that legitimately impacts and helps people in need. And so, with Hurricane Helene that just came through, I just looked at organizations that were on the ground, hands on, helping. Samaritan's Purse has done that and they are doing that. And so, I chose them and hopefully we can raise some money to go help out people in need with the hurricane relief." Can you talk about your connection with WR Jauan Jennings and how it's developed over the last couple years and how, I guess, the comfort level you have with him when he's running the routes with his body language where you know where he's going to be where he needs to be on time? "I think he does a good job with using his frame and creating separation with just how big he is. And he's a guy that I feel like has actually got some underrated speed. And it may not look like that, but he really does. He gets up on guys quick and gets out of cuts pretty well. And his radius for the ball and stuff is really good. So, definitely trusting him. He's an easy guy, as a quarterback, to see, run his routes as a target, know where he is going to be and just give him a chance and he'll come down with it. And so, we've definitely grown in that area but would like to continue to get him more targets and get him the ball whenever we can, in the right matchups, in the right situation." How would you compare the demands and pressures of being an NFL quarterback that is on a team that's on a roll and headed to the playoffs as opposed to one that's lost a few games in a row and is now fighting for its life in terms of how you prepare and the outlook and all that? "I think just what you're trying to do as a leader matters with trying to get into the playoffs, what you've got to do for your job and then trying to elevate other people around you and their job. Whereas, if you're on a team where everything's good and you're winning games and you know that you have some room to honestly fail and know that you're going to still make it and stuff, I feel like that's just a little bit different. But right now, the sense of urgency has just got to be higher and it's got to be on all the time. And we have no room to really slip up right now, not a lot of margin for error. So for me it's like, I've got to be on top of my stuff, my game, and just make sure the standard is still there within our team and hold everybody to the standard to win here. So that's how I look at it." This three-game losing streak has obviously kind of has things in somewhat of a desperate situation. With Seattle you had a bum shoulder, then you couldn't play, and then you're in a snowstorm. How frustrating is it that you haven't been, for various reasons, maybe able to function at the peak of your powers? "It's been tough. That's just sort of how the last three games have gone. But that's the NFL, this game is physical. You've got to be able to overcome those kinds of things and find a way. And I feel like the good teams, the good players, they don't have excuses. They find a way to get it done for their team and give it their all when they can, physically when they can. So that's just been how the last three games have gone. But for me, it hasn't been woe is me. I'm like, 'Dude, that's the NFL, that's life and that's the challenge in front of us and what are we going to do about it?' So it's more of, as motivation for me and how am I going to answer this kind of stuff and how am I going to be there for my team when things aren't always perfect? This is, I think, really where you see people for who they are. And so, that's how I'm looking at it. And honestly, I'm excited for the challenge. I think I'm the guy for that." Are you going to take more out of this year to be a better quarterback in the future out of the hard things you've learned this year as opposed to before when things were going well? "For sure. I really do think you can learn so much when things aren't going your way for who you are, for the guys around you, how guys respond and react to adversity rather than everything's perfect, you're winning games, and everyone thinks that it'll never end and you'll always be perfect. You can learn some things from that, but not a whole lot. But I think when you face some adversity, that's really where true colors show, all that kind of stuff. But more than anything, how you respond to it and how the respect you've earned from other guys when you can show that you can get out of it and you can pull through and be the guy to lead the way. So learning a lot right now for sure as a young quarterback in the NFL." Head coach Kyle Shanahan was just saying that at the end of training camp, this team wasn't where he hoped it would be or thought it might be. Obviously, you guys had a lot of injuries, you had canceled joint practice, all that. Were there any warning signs, or did you get a sense that this was going to be a little bit more of an uphill climb than it has been in the past going into this year and how has that kind of manifested as the year started? "No one really knew early in the year, like you said, canceling the inner squad, practices and stuff, no one knew. Where we were in the moment, like that's just what happened. And so we were like alright, let's be smart. We'll cancel those, focus on our team and getting healthy and obviously we've had a lot of guys get banged up and injured this year. But more than anything, like that's just where we're at. That's just how it's gone this year. Obviously, no one wants to be in this kind of situation and the standard that we have here to be excellent and to play well, we just haven't lived up to that. But, with that being said, we still have five games ahead of us and what we can control right now is manning up and going out and competing and playing a physical game at a high level this Sunday. That's got to be our mindset. Not, 'oh man, this happened, or this happened and season's over.' That's no one's mindset in this building, I can tell you that. We're going to give it our all and we've just got to execute and play better. Simple as that. No matter who's out there, who's hurt, none of that stuff I think matters. I think we still have the right guys in here and enough guys and enough firepower to go out and win." We've seen glimpses of greatness from WR Ricky Pearsall, but the last few weeks, it seems like you guys are having a hard time connecting. Is there any reason for that? Are they taking him away? Are you struggling to find him in the pattern? "Obviously I'd love to get Ricky the ball as many times as we can. I know that he's explosive and he does a good job with creating separation in man coverage. So as a quarterback, it's like, dude, for sure I want to get him the ball and I love the kid, he's awesome. But for some reason, just with how the game has gone when I've been in there and stuff, I just haven't been able to connect to him within the last three games. So for me, it's not like I'm freaking out going, 'alright, Ricky and I, our chemistry's off' this or that. That's just how the game's gone. Going through progressions, I've hit some other guys. I don't know exactly why Ricky hasn't been like a certain target in a certain play. It's just I'm going through my progressions and that's it. Going into a game, like I said, I want to get everybody the ball as best as I can. J.J., [TE] George [Kittle], [WR] Deebo [Samuel Sr.], Ricky, all those guys deserve it and I want to play for them and get them the ball as much, but that's just how the last three games have gone." This article first appeared on 49ers Webzone and was syndicated with permission.
RALEIGH, N.C. -- CNN wants a court to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson that attacks its report that he made explicit posts on a pornography website’s message board. The network says Robinson presented no evidence that the network believed its story was false or aired it recklessly. The September report says Robinson, who ran unsuccessfully for governor this month, left statements over a decade ago on the message board in which, in part, he referred to himself as a “black NAZI" and said he enjoyed transgender pornography. The report also says he preferred Adolf Hitler to then-President Barack Obama and slammed the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as “worse than a maggot.” Robinson, who was seeking to become the state's first Black governor, said he didn’t write those posts and sued in October, just before early in-person voting was to begin. While filing a dismissal motion Thursday in Raleigh federal court, attorneys for CNN said Robinson’s arguments suggesting he was the likely victim of a computer hacking operation that created fake messages would require a series of events that is not just “implausible, it is ridiculous.” Generally speaking, a public official claiming defamation must show a defendant knew a statement it made was false or did so with reckless disregard for the truth. “Robinson did not and cannot plausibly allege facts that show that CNN published the Article with actual malice,” attorney Mark Nebrig wrote in a memo backing the dismissal motion, adding that the lawsuit “does not include a single allegation demonstrating that CNN doubted the veracity of its reporting.” For Robinson, who already had a history of inflammatory comments about topics like abortion and LGBTQ+ rights , the CNN story nearly led to the collapse of his campaign. After the report's airing, most of his top campaign staff quit, advertising from the Republican Governors Association stopped and fellow Republicans distanced themselves from him, including President-elect Donald Trump. Robinson lost to Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein by nearly 15 points and will leave office at year-end. Robinson's lawsuit was initially filed in state court. It says, in part, that CNN chose to run its report based on data from the website NudeAfrica, which had been hacked several years ago and ran on vulnerable, outdated software. His suit claims the network did nothing to verify the posts. He's seeking monetary damages. Thursday's memo highlights the network's story, including a section where the CNN journalists showed how they connected Robinson to a username on the NudeAfrica site. As the CNN story said previously, the memo says the network matched details of the account on the message board to other online accounts held by Robinson by comparing usernames, an email address and his full name. The details discussed by the account holder matched Robinson’s length of marriage, where he lived at the time, and that both Robinson and the account holder had mothers who worked at a historically Black university, the memo says. CNN also said it found matches of figures of speech used by both the NudeAfrica account holder and in Robinson’s social media posts. “This is hardly a case where, as Robinson alleges, CNN ‘disregarded or deliberately avoided the truth’ rather than investigate,” Nebrig said, adding later that the network “had no reason to seriously doubt that Robinson was the author” of the posts. Robinson's attorneys didn't immediately respond to an email Friday seeking comment. The lawsuit says anyone could have used Robinson's breached data to create accounts on the internet. His state lawsuit also sued Louis Love Money, a former porn shop worker who alleged in a music video and a media interview that for several years starting in the 1990s, Robinson frequented a porn shop where Money was working and that Robinson purchased porn videos from him. Robinson said that was untrue. Money filed his own dismissal motion in the state lawsuit. But since then, CNN moved the lawsuit to federal court, saying that it's the proper venue for a North Carolina resident like Robinson and a Georgia-based company like CNN and that the claims against Money are unrelated.
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Victor Wembanyama and Anthony Edwards will play Christmas Day games for the first time on Wednesday as the NBA delivers its 77th year of contests on the holiday. French centre Wembanyama, last season's NBA Rookie of the Year, will lead the San Antonio Spurs into New York to face the Knicks, who have the league's longest holiday history. The Knicks have played the most Christmas games of any NBA club at 56 entering this year, the first coming in 1947, the year the first NBA Christmas game was played. Wembanyama, a 20-year-old who stands 7-foot-3 (2.21m), averages 24.8 points, 9.9 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 4.0 blocked shots a game for the Spurs, who return to the Christmas lineup for the first time in eight years. "Very excited just about spending Christmas in New York," Wembanyama said. "Going to be like the movies I hope, maybe get a little snow. "I'll approach it just like any other game. We've got to learn about their team, scout them and apply it for sure. I'm sure it's going to be special. I'm sure the league is going to make it something special that we're going to be able to feel." Edwards, a two-time NBA All-Star guard who helped the United States capture gold at the Paris Olympics, will try to spark the Minnesota Timberwolves on a holiday road trip to Dallas in a rematch of last season's Western Conference finals. "Ant-Man" leads the T-Wolves with 25.3 points a game and also has 5.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.4 steals a contest this season. The league's past three champions will also take the court on Wednesday with the defending champion Boston Celtics playing host to Philadelphia, the 2022 trophy-lifting Golden State Warriors playing host to the Los Angeles Lakers and the 2023 winner Denver Nuggets on the road at Phoenix. Lakers star LeBron James, who turns 40 next Monday, is the NBA career leader in points on Christmas with 476 in a record 18 games on December 25. He and former Miami teammate Dwyane Wade share the lead in wins by a player on Christmas with 10. The Lakers and Knicks share the NBA record for Christmas wins by a team with 24 for each. This year marks the 40th anniversary of Bernard King scoring 60 points, the highest NBA total on Christmas Day. Three other players -- Rick Barry, Wilt Chamberlain and Slovenian Luka Doncic -- have scored 50 or more in a game on the holiday. Dallas guard Doncic joined the club with a 50-point effort last year. The Lakers (16-13) and Golden State (15-13) are fighting for seventh in the Western Conference just ahead of San Antonio (15-14) and Minnesota and Phoenix, both 14-14. Dallas is fourth in the West at 19-10, just ahead of Denver 16-11. The Celtics are second in the Eastern Conference at 22-7, ahead of New York (19-10) while Philadelphia has struggled to a 10-17 start, 12th in the East. js/pb
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson . Thompson, 50, died in a dawn ambush Wednesday as he walked to the company’s annual investor conference at a Hilton in Midtown Manhattan, blocks from tourist draws like Radio City Music Hall and the Museum of Modern Art. The killing, and the shooter’s movements in the minutes before and afterward, were captured on some of the multitudes of security cameras present in that part of the city. One video showed him approach Thompson from behind, level his pistol, and fire several shots, barely pausing to clear a brief gun jam while the dying health executive tumbled to the pavement. Other security cameras captured the initial stages of the gunman’s escape. He was seen fleeing the block across a pedestrian plaza, then escaping on a bicycle into Central Park, where he vanished. Police used drones, helicopters and dogs in an intense search, but the killer’s whereabouts remained unknown late into the night. New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said that while investigators had not yet established a motive, the shooting was no random act of violence. “Many people passed the suspect, but he appeared to wait for his intended target,” Tisch said at a news conference Wednesday. “From watching the video, it does seem that he’s proficient in the use of firearms as he was able to clear the malfunctions pretty quickly,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said. Police issued several surveillance images of the man, who wore a hooded jacket and a mask that concealed most of his face and wouldn’t have attracted attention on a frigid winter day. Some of the photos were taken at a Starbucks coffee shop shortly before the shooting. The police department originally offered a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction. But the reward increased to $50,000. Investigators recovered several 9 mm shell casings from outside the hotel and a cell phone from the alleyway through which the shooter fled. They were also searching Thompson’s hotel room, interviewing his UnitedHealthcare colleagues, and reviewing his social media, Kenny said. Police initially said the shooter rode into Central Park on a bicycle from the city’s bike-share program, CitiBike. A spokesperson for the program’s operator, Lyft, said police officials informed the company Wednesday afternoon that the bike was not from the CitiBike fleet. Healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group was holding its annual meeting with investors to update Wall Street on the company’s direction and expectations for the coming year. The company ended the conference early in the wake of Thompson’s death. Thompson, a father of two sons, had been with the company since 2004 and served as CEO for more than three years. UnitedHealthcare is the largest provider of Medicare Advantage plans in the U.S. and manages health insurance coverage for employers and state and federally funded Medicaid programs. More News
Published 5:37 pm Friday, December 6, 2024 By Data Skrive The New York Giants (2-10) take a seven-game losing streak into a matchup against the New Orleans Saints (4-8) on Sunday, December 8, 2024 at MetLife Stadium, and here are some best bets recommendations. BetMGM is one of the most trusted Sportsbooks in the nation. Start with as little as $1 and place your bets today . Don’t miss a touchdown this NFL season. Catch every score with NFL RedZone on Fubo. What is Fubo? Fubo is a streaming service that gives you access to your favorite live sports and shows on demand. Sign up today and watch seven hours of commercial-free football from every NFL game every Sunday. Think you know who will win the game? Sign up at BetMGM and place your bet today. Want to bet on this game’s spread? Head to BetMGM and place your wager today. Want to bet on the over/under in this matchup? Make your wager at BetMGM . Not all offers available in all states, please visit BetMGM for the latest promotions for your area. Must be 21+ to gamble, please wager responsibly. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, contact 1-800-GAMBLER .BEIRUT — Insurgents’ stunning march across Syria gained speed on Saturday with news that they had reached the suburbs of the capital and with the government forced to deny rumors that President Bashar Assad had fled the country. The rebels’ moves around Damascus, reported by an opposition war monitor and a rebel commander, came after the Syrian army withdrew from much of southern part of the country, leaving more areas, including several provincial capitals, under the control of opposition fighters. The advances in the past week were among the largest in recent years by opposition factions, led by a group that has its origins in al-Qaida and is considered a terrorist organization by the U.S. and the United Nations. In their push to overthrow Assad’s government, the insurgents, led by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group, or HTS, have met little resistance from the Syrian army. For the first time in the country’s long-running civil war, the government now has control of only four of 14 provincial capitals: Damascus, Homs, Latakia and Tartus. The U.N.’s special envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, on Saturday called for urgent talks in Geneva to ensure an “orderly political transition.” Speaking to reporters at the annual Doha Forum in Qatar, he said the situation in Syria was changing by the minute. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, whose country is Assad’s chief international backer, said he feels “sorry for the Syrian people.” In Damascus, people rushed to stock up on supplies. Thousands went to Syria’s border with Lebanon, trying to leave the country. Many shops in the capital were shuttered, a resident told The Associated Press, and those still open ran out of staples such as sugar. Some were selling items at three times the normal price. “The situation is very strange. We are not used to that,” the resident said, insisting on anonymity, fearing retributions. “People are worried whether there will be a battle (in Damascus) or not.” It was the first time that opposition forces reached the outskirts of Damascus since 2018, when Syrian troops recaptured the area following a yearslong siege. The U.N. said it was moving noncritical staff outside the country as a precaution. Syria’s state media denied social media rumors that Assad left the country, saying he is performing his duties in Damascus. He has had little, if any, help from his allies. Russia is busy with its war in Ukraine. Lebanon’s Hezbollah, which at one point sent thousands of fighters to shore up Assad’s forces, has been weakened by a yearlong conflict with Israel. Iran has seen its proxies across the region degraded by regular Israeli airstrikes. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday posted on social media that the United States should avoid engaging militarily in Syria. Get local news delivered to your inbox!
Lafayette Renaissance guard Mathew Gordon passes the ball against Westgate defenders during their Sunkist Shootout game Thursday at St. Thomas More. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A large group of freshmen led by Cayden Lancelin and Shadon Lee have the Westgate High boys basketball team on a hot streak. Lancelin and Lee combined to score 43 points as the Tigers knocked off another young talented local squad, Lafayette Renaissance, in the opening round of the St. Thomas More Sunkist Shootout on Thursday. It was the fourth win in five games since Dec. 20 for the Tigers, who erased a double-digit deficit for the 68-58 victory. Westgate (5-3) beat Iowa, which reached the 2023-24 Division II nonselect state tourney, on its home court last weekend, and blew out Division V select runner-up J.S. Clark by 17 points on Monday. "We've had some really good wins," said Westgate oach Oliver Winston, whose team will face the St. Thomas More/Patterson winner at 6 p.m. Friday in the second round. "It's really important when you're young like that, to get some success against a tough schedule. We've had a couple of games where we got blown out by teams with older guys." Westgate, which has lost to Lafayette High (9-0), Sulphur (11-2) and H.L. Bourgeois, fell behind LRCA 12-2 in the first quarter as coach Brad Boyd's Tigers made their first five field goals. "It was a little bit of youth and me not doing a good job of making sure we're tuned in at the beginning of a game," Winston said of the slow start. "I thought we did a good job once we started making some adjustments and turning up the tempo of the game." LRCA (7-3) was led by Matthew Gordon (17 points, four rebounds, three assists, three steals), Bubba Etienne (14 pts, four rebounds, three steals) and Tavion Gallien (nine points, four assists). There were seven lead changes during the game, which was tied seven times. Antonio Quetel, one of 10 Westgate freshmen, put the Tigers ahead 53-52 with 5:15 remaining. Quetel (seven points, five rebounds, three assists) added a jumper from the baseline a few seconds later after a steal by Lancelin, whose 3-pointer made it 59-56 with 2:13 to go. "Cayden really kept us in the game in the first half offensively," Winston said of the freshman, who made 5 of his first 6 field goals and finished just shy of a triple-double with nine rebounds and eight steals (five assists). "It's good to have a kid who can do that. "In the second half, we had other guys step up and help him. Lee does a good job defensively. He's all over the ball, attacking the rim and making shots. He's an overall scorer." Lee finished with five rebounds and four steals. Freshman forward Chance Archangel (7 pts, 8 rebs) and senior forward Peyton Knatt were able to stay in the game despite foul trouble. The two big-bodies were a force inside. Archangel, who picked up his fourth foul in the third quarter, asserted himself in the lane with two buckets in the closing minutes. "I thought we did a good job of hustling, taking charges and getting steals," Winston said. "Once we sped up the game, it's a little better style for us." Four players fouled out and another nine finished the game with either 3-or-4 fouls. "We're carrying 14 players," Winston said. "We're going to play 12. We'll play 14 if we have to. If you're sitting on the bench, you have to be able to play."
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