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Negotiations between Hollywood writers, studios in 'home stretch'

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:08:21 GMT

The Writers Guild of America is in the final phase of negotiations with Hollywood’s major studios after meeting on Saturday, according to reports.  An industry insider told Variety that the talks are “mainly down to language now” and that negotiations are in the "home stretch." According to Deadline, after a full day of negotiations between the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, the guild’s lawyers are reviewing what the studios call their “best and final offer.” In a joint statement on Saturday, negotiators said, "The WGA and AMPTP met for bargaining Saturday and will meet again on Sunday." ‘Are you going to miss your mom?’ boy from viral video reunites with reporter Members of the Writer’s Guild have been on the picket lines for 145 days.“We’re doing this for the future generations of writers and actors,” said Kelly Younger, a WGA member.Negotiation meetings between the sides have made considerable progress in recent weeks, which may be attributed t...

Wet weather expected to linger through Sunday as Ophelia storm loses steam

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:08:21 GMT

Meteorologists expect that the worst of tropical depression Ophelia has already washed over the D.C. area, but some weather-related risks will linger through Sunday. Here’s what you need to know.The National Weather Service has issued the following alerts, in effect through Sunday:A flood watch is in effect into Sunday at 8 a.m. for urban areas including D.C. and areas in Maryland and Virginia — Anne Arundel, Central and Southeast Howard, Central and Southeast Montgomery, Charles, Prince George’s, Southern Baltimore, Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria, Central and Southeast Prince. William/Manassas/Manassas Park, Fairfax, King George, Spotsylvania and Stafford.A coastal flood warning is in effect in Anne Arundel County, Maryland for areas close to shore until 8 a.m. Sunday.A coastal flood warning for the shoreline in D.C. is in effect until Sunday at 7 a.m., especially around the time of high tide. A coastal flood advisory then goes into effect from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday.A...

Padres drop to 0-12 in extra innings, matching 1969 Expos, with 5-2 loss to Cardinals

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:08:21 GMT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Padres matched the expansion 1969 Montreal Expos as the only teams to go 0-12 in extra innings as the St. Louis Cardinals ended San Diego’s season-high, eight-game winning streak with a 5-2, 11-inning victory on Saturday night.“It’s been a problem in extra innings, obviously, as far as execution goes, but it was a different feeling today,” Padres manager Bib Melvin said. “We really felt like we were going to finish it off.”Richie Palacios and Andrew Knizner hit sacrifice flies in the 11th inning around Luken Baker’s run-scoring single off Scott Barlow (3-5). “They got some big hits later on with some guys in position,” Melvin said of the Cardinals. St. Louis (68-87) had dealt the Padres their previous extra-inning loss, at Busch Stadium on Aug. 29.“Everybody kind of stepped in today,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said. “Team win for sure.” San Diego (76-79), which opened the season with baseball’s third-highest payroll at $258 million, dropped fiv...

Daniels’ 4 TD passes, Ramos’ late kick lift No. 12 LSU over Arkansas, 34-31

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:08:21 GMT

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels was struggling to move the ball against Arkansas before he spotted receiver Brian Thomas in single coverage deep down the right sideline in the final minute of the first half.Daniels let it fly, Thomas made the grab for a 49-yard touchdown, and the 12th-ranked Tigers were back in business.“Everyone before that was just kind of out of whack,” Daniels said. “I’m the leader of this offense and once I find my rhythm, everybody is in a good rhythm and we put up points.” Daniels finished with 320 yards and four touchdowns passing, and Damian Ramos kicked a 20-yard field goal with 5 seconds left to lift LSU to a 34-31 victory over Arkansas on Saturday night.It was the fourth straight year that the annual fixture for the 200-pound “Golden Boot” trophy — designed in the shape of the states of Arkansas and Louisiana — was decided by just three points.“It’s just the nature of two teams in proximity, playing for a rivalry trophy and a team ...

Criss passes for TD, runs for 2 more, Louisiana-Lafayette

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:08:21 GMT

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Zeon Chriss passed for 249 yards and a touchdown and ran for two more TDs, Patrick Mensah returned an interception for a score, and Louisiana held off Buffalo for a 45-38 win Saturday night. Buffalo, which lost its first three games of last season, is 0-4 for the first time since the 2005 team lost its first nine games. Chriss threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Neal Johnson late in the first quarter and Kenneth Almendares kicked a 22-yard field goal in the second before Chriss ripped off a 54-yard TD run to make it 17-0 about 3 minutes into the second half. Buffalo responded with a six-play, 70-yard drive that culminated when CJ Ogbonna scored on a 4-yard run with 9:25 left in the third but Jacob Kibodi added a 69-yard touchdown run for Louisiana (3-1) before Mensah’s pick-6 made it 31-7 less than 3 minutes later. Cole Snyder threw a 12-yard touchdown pass Marlyn Johnson and the Bulls recovered their own onside kick to set up a short TD run by Jacqez Barks...

Indiana outlasts Akron 29-27 in four overtimes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:08:21 GMT

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana quarterback Tayven Jackson turned a trick play on a mandatory two-point conversion in the fourth overtime into a scoring pass to DeQuece Carter, and Akron’s conversion pass on the ensuing possession fell incomplete as the Hoosiers held on for a 29-27 victory Saturday night.Cam Camper caught four passes for 103 yards and a touchdown, and Christian Turner ran 13 times for 67 yards and a TD as the Hoosiers (2-2) recovered from blowing a 17-10 lead in the final minutes of the fourth quarter.“It shouldn’t have been in overtime,” Indiana coach Tom Allen said. “Really, really frustrating in a lot of ways but proud of our defense. Offense was really, really out of sync and performed poorly but found a way to get that final two-point conversion there with a great call.”Jackson lined up left as a wide receiver, then took a pitch from Donaven McCulley, rolled right and hit a wide-open Carter for the winning points. After being named the starter prior to last we...

Kershaw tosses 2-hit ball over 5 innings and Dodgers beat Giants 7-0

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:08:21 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pitching on six days’ rest with a velocity no longer matching his prime years, Clayton Kershaw still is finding ways to win for the Los Angeles Dodgers.The 35-year-old left-hander tossed two-hit ball over five innings, Mookie Betts hit a two-run double that set a record of 105 RBIs for a leadoff hitters and the Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 7-0 on Saturday night.The NL West champion Dodgers clinched a first-round bye in the postseason. They earned their 95th win and 15th shutout, tied for second in the major leagues behind Seattle’s 16.Kershaw (13-4) struck out five and walked two in winning his 210th game, breaking a tie with Don Drysdale for second on the Dodgers’ career list behind Don Sutton’s 233. “I have a lot of respect for Don Drysdale and what he meant to this organization, so it’s a huge honor to get to do that,” Kershaw said. “Wins are just being on good teams and being in the right spot.”Kershaw will pitch on six days’ r...

Bryant throws TD to Mangieri in OT as Northwestern beats Minnesota 37-34

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:08:21 GMT

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Trailing by 21 through three quarters, Northwestern appeared headed toward yet another loss. The Wildcats had other ideas.Ben Bryant threw a 25-yard touchdown to Charlie Mangieri in overtime, Bryce Kirtz set a career high with 215 yards receiving and caught two TDs, and Northwestern rallied to beat Minnesota 37-34 on Saturday night.Bryant rolled to his right and found Mangieri on the left side near the goal line for the winning score on the first play after Minnesota’s Dragan Kesich kicked a 20-yard field goal. Fans in the student section poured onto the field, celebrating a rare win for a program that has also been engulfed in a hazing and abuse scandal.“It’s a lot of emotions,” Bryant said. “As a team, we’ve been through so much. It’s so nice to get that victory in the (Big Ten) West and to do it the way we did.”Bryant threw for 396 yards and four touchdowns. A.J. Henning caught a tying TD in the closing seconds of regulation. The Wildcats o...

AP Top 25 Takeaways: On Statement Saturday, CU wilts, FSU soars, ‘Bama bows up; Ryan Day goes off

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:08:21 GMT

The bill came due for Coach Prime and Colorado in Oregon.Florida State stared down Clemson’s Death Valley.Alabama embraced winning ugly.And Ohio State coach Ryan Day had enough of critics questioning the Buckeyes’ toughness.A Statement Saturday in September that featured six games matching ranked teams was the first chance to make some sense of the season.Here’s what we learned.Day is no fan of Lou Holtz. The former Notre Dame coach called out the Buckeyes for a lack of toughness earlier this week while picking the Fighting Irish to win.“I’d like to know where Lou Holtz is right now,” Day said during a postgame interview with NBC. “What he said about our team, I cannot believe. This is a tough team right here. We’re proud to be from Ohio. It’s always been Ohio against the world, and it’ll continue to be Ohio against the world. But I’ll tell you what: I love those kids. We’ve got a tough team.”Buckeyes-Fighting Irish was a worthy main event on a loaded schedul...

Hoppe scores equalizer for Earthquakes in 1-1 draw with Nashville

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:08:21 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Matthew Hoppe scored in the 74th minute to rally the San Jose Earthquakes to a 1-1 draw with Nashville SC on Saturday night.Hoppe, who subbed in in the 61st minute, took a pass from Carlos Akapo and scored his second goal in his fourth appearance for San Jose (10-10-11) this season.Nashville (12-9-8), which needed a victory and some help to clinch a spot in the playoffs, took a 1-0 lead in the 50th minute when Teal Bunbury used an assist from Shaq Moore to net his third goal of the season.Elliot Panicco saved four shots in his second start this season for Nashville. Daniel de Sousa Britto had three saves for the Earthquakes.Hoppe scored in his first start for San Jose last time out. He is just the third Earthquakes player to score in his first start in the past six seasons, and the first since Cade Cowell did it in August of 2020.Both previous meetings between the clubs ended in draws.The Earthquakes improve to 8-2-6 at home this season.Nashville will host th...