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David Perron, Ville Husso help Red Wings beat Canadiens 5-0

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 08:00:20 GMT

MONTREAL (AP) — David Perron had two goals and an assist, Ville Husso returned from a lower-body injury to make 24 saves and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-0 on Tuesday night.Husso was back after sitting out seven games. Lucas Raymond, Matt Luff and Joe Veleno also scored and Jordan Oesterle and Olli Matta each had two assists. Detroit (35-33-9) ended a three-game Canadian trip with consecutive victories.Cayden Primeau made 16 saves for in his second start for Montreal this season.Referee Marc Joannette ended his career with the game. He officiated more than 1,500 NHL games and three Stanley Cup finals.Raymond shocked Primeau with a wrist shot from point-blank range to open the scoring for Detroit 4:55 into the first.Oesterle found Perron with a long stretch pass to create a breakaway and the Sherbrooke player deked Primeau to double Detroit’s lead.At 7:12 of the second period, Luff hopped on a loose puck in the slot to score his second goal of the season.Detroi...

Los soldados digitales de Putin: cómo los blogueros se convirtieron en pieza clave de la maquinaria de guerra de Rusia

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 08:00:20 GMT

(CNN) –– El asesinato de Vladlen Tatarsky ha puesto el foco sobre el oscuro mundo de los blogueros militares rusos a favor de la invasión de Ucrania y ha resaltado el rol que desempeñan en la maquinaria de propaganda de Moscú.Vladlen Tatarsky nació en Ucrania, pero se convirtió en un firme partidario de su destrucciónTatarsky, cuyo nombre era Maxim Fomin, murió el pasado domingo en la explosión de un café de San Petersburgo, donde se encontraba como invitado de un grupo a favor de la guerra. Tatarsky era conocido por su apoyo a la guerra contra Ucrania y al jefe del grupo mercenario Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin. También por sus ocasionales, pero fuertes, críticas a los fracasos de Moscú en el campo de batalla.Aunque era una voz destacada en el mundo de los “milbloguers” (o blogueros militares), con más de 500.000 suscriptores a su canal de Telegram, sin duda no era el único con influencia.Rusia obligó al cierre de los últimos medios independientes que quedaban en el territorio poco des...

Mercer scores 1st hat trick as the Devils sweep Penguins

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 08:00:20 GMT

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Dawson Mercer scored his first career hat trick and the New Jersey Devils beat the fading Penguins 5-1 Tuesday night, putting Pittsburgh’s bid for a 17th straight Stanley Cup playoff berth in serious jeopardy.Dougie Hamilton and Timo Meier also scored for the Devils and Vitek Vanecek made 22 saves as New Jersey rebounded from its worst loss of the season, a 6-1 setback in Winnipeg on Sunday night.Coupled with Florida’s win over Buffalo, the Panthers moved a point ahead of the Penguins in the race for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Both teams have four games left, but they don’t play each other.Bryan Rust ruined Vanecek’s bid for a fourth shutout this season when he scored his 20th of the season at 6:14 of the third period. Tristan Jarry had 32 saves for the Penguins, whose run of 16 straight postseason appearances is the longest active streak among the major North American sports leagues.Pittsburgh is 4-7 in its last 11 ...

Butler leads Heat to late win against Pistons, 118-105

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 08:00:20 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Jimmy Butler scored 18 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter and the Miami Heat avoided an embarrassing loss by rallying to beat the hapless Detroit Pistons 118-105 on Tuesday night.Miami (42-37) kept its chance of escaping the Play-In tournament alive, but Detroit (16-63) made it tough before losing its 10th straight and falling to 1-21 in its last 22 games.Gabe Vincent scored 22 points for the Heat while Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro had 18 apiece.Jaden Ivey scored 30 points for the Pistons, while fellow rookie Jalen Duren had 20 points and 14 rebounds.The Heat led 80-79 at the start of the fourth quarter, but weren’t able to pull away from the NBA’s worst team. Back-to-back 3-pointers by Cory Joseph put Detroit ahead 97-94 with 6:42 left, but Butler’s floater gave Miami a 100-99 edge with 4:35 remaining.Eric Spoelstra started sending his defense hard at Ivey, and Detroit struggled to adapt. Butler made it 107-99 from the free throw line with 2:47 l...

Siakam scores 22, leads Raptors over Hornets 120-100

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 08:00:20 GMT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Pascal Siakam scored 22 points and the Toronto Raptors rallied from four 9-point first quarter deficits to roll past the Charlotte Hornets 120-100 on Tuesday night.Toronto has won five of its last six games, improving to 40-39 and solidifying their position for the NBA play-in tournament.The Raptors scored 19 straight points during a stretch late in the third quarter and into the fourth quarter after Charlotte had gotten within 80-75 with 3:49 left in the third quarter.Siakam also had 14 rebounds and was joined in double digits by Chris Boucher (21 points), Will Barton (20), O.G. Anunoby (17), Fred VanVleet (16), Precious Achiuwa (12) and Jakob Poeltl (10).The Hornets, who were leading 40-38 in middle of the second quarter, were led by Bryce McGowens’ career-high 20 points. Nick Richards added 18 points and 11 rebounds and Svi Mykhailiuk had 17 points, JT Thor 13 and Theo Maledon 13 as all five of Charlotte’s starters scored in double figures.The Hornets (26-5...

UFC’s White says WWE partnership will grow both fan bases

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 08:00:20 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — UFC President Dana White said Tuesday that combining marketing forces with World Wrestling Entertainment will create an even larger fan base for both organizations.The sides will work together after Endeavor announced a $21.4 billion deal on Monday to bring WWE under its umbrella with UFC.“You have the power of the fan base of the WWE, you have the power of the fan base of the UFC,” White told The Associated Press in his first public comments beyond a written statement. “And you have the power of the viral. I don’t even know what the hell this thing is yet. We can reach all these people in so many different ways. It’s fascinating.”White also said the Power Slap League has agreed to a two-year media rights deal with Rumble, which will televise the next two seasons of “Power Slap: Road to the Title,” a reality series in which slap-fighting competitors also compete. He said the deal includes eight events, with the championship of next season’s series expect...

Antetokounmpo’s triple-double lifts Bucks over Wizards

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 08:00:20 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 28 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, and Jrue Holiday nearly added a triple-double of his own as the Milwaukee Bucks took another step toward wrapping up the NBA’s best record with a 140-128 victory over the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night.Holiday finished with 26 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds, and Bobby Portis added 19 points and 20 rebounds for Milwaukee.The Bucks (57-22) moved to 2 1/2 games ahead of Boston, which played at Philadelphia on Tuesday.Kendrick Nunn scored 24 points for the Wizards, who are out of playoff contention and played without Bradley Beal (left knee), Kristaps Porzingis (illness) and Kyle Kuzma (right ankle). Washington kept it close until late in the second quarter, when Milwaukee closed the half on a 13-5 run to lead 75-62.It wasn’t close after that, with the Bucks leading by as many as 24 points. Milwaukee wasn’t at full strength either. Khris Middleton (right knee) missed the game,...

El tráiler de “Barbie” revela un elenco repleto de estrellas y mucha “diversión, diversión”

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 08:00:20 GMT

(CNN) — Tantas Barbies, tan poco tiempo.El martes se lanzó un avance de “Barbie”, que presenta no solo a Margot Robbie como Barbie, sino también a Dua Lipa e Issa Rae como otras Barbies.La película, dirigida por Greta Gerwig, tiene un elenco repleto de estrellas, incluido Ryan Gosling como Ken, al menos uno de los Ken.En el tráiler, vemos el mundo completo de Barbie desde la casa de sus sueños hasta un automóvil descapotable.Sin mencionar la historia de amor de Barbie y Ken.Margot Robbie en ‘Barbie’.“Pensé que podría quedarme esta noche”, le dice el Ken (Gosling) a la Barbie (Robbie).“¿Por qué?”, ella responde“Porque somos novia y novio”, responde Ken.“¿Para hacer qué?”, Barbie pregunta a lo que Ken responde: “En realidad no estoy seguro”.La película será estrenada por Warner Bros., que es propiedad de la empresa matriz de CNN.“Barbie” se estrenará en los cines el 21 de julioThe-CNN-Wire™ & ©...

Marlins’ Alcantara pitches 1:57 CG, majors’ 1st this season

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 08:00:20 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Sandy Alcantara pitched the major leagues’ first complete game this season, a three-hitter that led the Miami Marlins to a 1-0 win over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.The 2022 NL Cy Young Award winner, who pitched six of the big leagues’ 36 complete games last season, struck out five and walked one in a 1-hour, 57-minute game that was the shortest of the season.Avisaíl Garcia homered in the second inning for the game’s only run.Twins starter Kenta Maeda, who missed last season after having Tommy John surgery, struck out nine before leaving in the sixth with an apparent arm issue. The 34-year-old Maeda (0-1), who had not pitched since Aug. 21, 2021, allowed three hits and threw 79 pitches.Alcantara (1-0) threw 68 of his 100 pitches for strikes. He bounced back from a 5 2/3-inning outing on opening day against the New York Mets in which he allowed three runs and walked four.Alcantara retired the first 11 batters before Trevor Larnach beat out a soft grounder t...

Denver mayor election has Johnston, Brough leading as potential runoff candidates

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 08:00:20 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- With early results in, two candidates for Denver mayor are holding close leads, with the potential to meet again in a runoff.Mike Johnston and Kelly Brough are the only two candidates to to have over 20,000 votes as of 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Both have less than 25% of the vote. Full results: Denver mayor election If no candidate gets at least 50% of the vote, the top two candidates will face each other in a runoff on June 6.A total of 29 people filed paperwork to run and 17 candidates obtained enough signatures to get their names on the ballot. Tattered Cover CEO Kwame Spearman, who is one of the 17, dropped out of the race in March after ballots had already been printed and mailed.The mayor sets the budget for the city and oversees operations of Denver International Airport, the police department, the sheriff’s office, the Department of Public Safety, and more than 11,000 city employees.In addition to mayor, Denver voters decided on city council members, auditor and...