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Red Sox Notebook: Nathan Eovaldi admits he misses Boston ahead of first start against his former team

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:47 GMT

The Texas Rangers’ three-game series at Fenway Park will conclude with a resounding exclamation point.Ahead of Tuesday’s series opener, Nathan Eovaldi confirmed that he’ll take the mound for the finale on Thursday.“I’m definitely excited, obviously. I had this (series) on my schedule,” the former Red Sox star told reporters on Tuesday morning. “To be able to start this one, I mean, I was super excited.“I was excited just to be able to come back here alone, but to be able to pitch in front of the fans again, it’ll be awesome.”The last time Eovaldi pitched against the Red Sox, he was a New York Yankee. That was back on August 10, 2016, his last game of the season before needing Tommy John surgery for the second time.While his arm recovered, he signed with the Tampa Bay Rays in February ’17. At the following summer’s trade deadline, they dealt him to Boston, and he immediately cemented himself as a crucial member o...

Alleged wrong-way reckless Massachusetts driver with a knife charged with OUI drugs, identified

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:47 GMT

The alleged wrong-way reckless driver on Route 3 in Weymouth who hit several vehicles and then carried a knife down the highway before getting arrested has been charged with OUI drugs and numerous other offenses, according to police.Michael Silvia, 43, of Plymouth, has been identified as the suspect who’s accused of the chaotic wrong-way incident Saturday evening south of Boston.Silvia allegedly struck several vehicles before crashing into a guardrail, then apparently got out of his vehicle while carrying a knife, according to Massachusetts State Police who tried to tase him.After troopers were unable to tase Silvia, he allegedly threw the knife toward the woods and was arrested. He was transported to South Shore Hospital in Weymouth for a psychiatric evaluation.The Plymouth man is now facing a litany of offenses, including assault with a dangerous weapon (knife), OUI drugs, and possession of a Class B drug (cocaine).The other charges are: reckless operation of a motor vehicle...

Bruins’ prospect Fabian Lysell learns tough lessons in first pro season

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:47 GMT

Like most players who enter pro hockey as teenagers, Fabian Lysell encountered his share of challenges in his first year with the Providence Bruins.The B’s first round pick in 2021 (21st overall) traversed hills and valleys throughout his season before it came to a dead end stop when he was the recipient of a late, high hit from Hartford’s veteran forward Adam Clendening in the Calder Cup playoffs after Lysell had delivered a pass and cut into the middle of the ice, concussing one of the B’s brightest prospects and ending his first pro year.Lysell started fast, had a tough World Junior Championships for Sweden and then see-sawed the rest of the season. The skilled right wing wound up with 14-23-37 totals in 54 games, a decent output for a player his age, though not quite the totals that would label him a can’t-miss-kid.“It’s a lot of new things, a lot of new things to take in,” said Lysell on Tuesday. “I feel like the start of the year was really good, ...

Ticker: China throttles high tech metal exports; Nokia renews patent lease with Apple

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:47 GMT

China has imposed export curbs on two metals used in computer chips and solar cells, expanding a squabble with Washington over high-tech trade ahead of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s visit to Beijing this week.The controls on gallium and germanium are intended to “safeguard national security,” the Commerce Ministry said late Monday. It said exports will require official permission once the rules take effect Aug. 1 but did not say what restrictions might be applied.China is the biggest global source of gallium and germanium, which are produced in small amounts but are needed to make computer chips for mobile phones, cars and other products, as well as solar panels and military technology.Yellen is due to arrive Thursday as part of efforts by the Biden administration to revive relations that have plunged to their lowest level in decades due to disputes about technology, China’s military buildup, human rights and other irritants.Nokia renews patent lease with...

Yankees use Lou Gehrig’s ‘Luckiest Man’ anniversary to honor Sarah Langs, others battling ALS

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:47 GMT

When Aaron Boone worked as a broadcaster at ESPN, he knew he could count on Sarah Langs.The baseball-obsessed researcher always had whatever stat the future Yankees manager needed while on-air. And as the two got to know each other, Boone could tell how deeply she loved the sport he had spent his entire life around.“Her passion and her love for the game was infectious,” Boone said Tuesday while sitting beside Langs, who now works for MLB Network.Langs is battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. The Yankees, as part of their annual HOPE Week initiative, hosted the 30-year-old and other women from the organization Her ALS Story. They received a tour of Monument Park and the team’s museum, and Langs joined Boone on the dais for his pregame press conference while the rest of the group watched.Yankees ace Gerrit Cole then presented Langs with a team-signed “Baseball Is The Best” T-shirt. Langs frequently tweets the phrase, and the shirt highlights the...

Massachusetts State Police call for evacuation of Boston POPS event due to weather

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:47 GMT

The Massachusetts State Police is shutting down entry to and calling for evacuation of the Esplanade due to the weather.“URGENT—Due to expected heavy rain and possibility of lightning thru 5 PM we are temporarily suspending entry onto the Esplanade at the security checkpoints,” the agency tweeted at around 2:30 p.m. “This is being done so that if we do have to evacuate venue in case of lightning, fewer visitors will have to be evacuated.”The warning was bolstered by an emergency alert, which was automatically pushed to this reporter’s phone at 3:18 p.m.: “Emergency Alert: Per MSP; Pls evacuate Boston POPS event area and seek shelter due to incoming weather. All entry gates will be closed, will reopen when safe to do so.”The July 4 Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular at the Hatch Shell on the Charles River Esplanade is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. and runs until around 11 when fireworks wrap up. Gates open at noon, and officials say they are ready for an all-day affai...

Woman found dead in SUV near San Ysidro mall

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:47 GMT

SAN DIEGO — San Diego police are investigating a suspicious death Monday after a woman was found dead inside a vehicle in San Ysidro.Shortly after midnight, a security guard discovered the woman inside an SUV parked at a strip mall located at 4400 Camino De La Plaza, near the Las Americas Premium Outlets, SDPD said.The circumstances that led to the woman's death are still under investigation by SDPD's Homicide Unit. She was described by police as being in her 30s. Three arrested after police standoff in North County Officials said the incident is being investigated as a suspicious death. There was not any suspect information immediately available.The strip mall is located at the last exit before the U.S.-Mexico border.

Joey Chestnut shakes off rain delay and defends title at Nathan’s Fourth of July hot dog contest

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:47 GMT

NEW YORK — Eating superstar Joey “Jaws” Chestnut shook off a rain delay and gobbled his way to another win at Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, downing 62 franks and buns in 10 minutes.Chestnut out ate runner-up Geoffrey Esper and the rest of an international field of 15 competitive eaters by double digits to clinch his 16th title. Esper, of Oxford, Massachusetts managed to ingest 49 hot dogs and buns.In the women’s contest, defending champion Miki Sudo forced down 39 1/2 hot dogs and buns to collect her ninth Mustard Belt. But before the men could compete, stormy weather moved over New York City’s Coney Island and delayed the competition for two hours.“What a roller coaster, emotionally,” Chestnut said after riding out the rain and wondering whether the famed contest would go on at all. The 39-year-old from Westfield, Indiana first competed for the Nathan’s title in 2005 and hasn’t lost it since 2015. His best finish was in 2021 when he ...

Search continues for two people missing after Quebec landslide

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:47 GMT

SAGUENAY, Que. — A search continued Tuesday for two people swept away by landslides in Quebec’s Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region triggered Saturday by a “phenomenal” rainfall that washed away roads and caused flooding.Rescue teams continued to look for a man and woman in their 40s missing in Rivière-Éternité, Que., about 260 kilometres northeast of Quebec City. More than 50 residents of the town were forced to leave their homes after a storm on Saturday dumped 130 millimetres of rain in the space of two hours.During a technical briefing on Tuesday, officials said the “the phenomenal amount” of rain that fell on Saturday in the Parc du Fjord-du-Saguenay triggered seven or eight landslides on the main road that leads to the campground at the provincial park.An engineer with the Transport Department showed an aerial photo of a vehicle where a landslide occurred on Saturday.“What we understand of the event is that there was a first small landslide and peop...

Whitby woman charged with impaired had 5-year-old in car, toddler at home

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:47 GMT

Durham Regional Police said a woman suspected of driving while under the influence had her five-year-old child in the car with her at the time of her arrest and a toddler at home alone.Officers received reports of an impaired driver just before 9 a.m. on July 1 in the Columbus Road East and Baldwin Street North area in Whitby, Ont.Police tracked down the vehicle and noticed the driver showed signs of being impaired.Once the driver was pulled over, police located a five-year-old child in the vehicle and determined that the woman had left her two-year-old at home unsupervised.The children were physically unharmed.A 28-year-old woman from Oshawa, Ont. was charged with impaired operation and failing to comply with police.The woman was not identified.