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The 2025 edition of the Volta Ciclista a la Comunitat Valenciana is in doubt after flash floods devastated the area in late October, killing more than 200 and leaving almost 100 missing.According to the news agency EFE, the race’s headquarters in Massanassa were flooded by muddy water, destroying much of the infrastructure used to put on the race.Former pro racer Ángel Casero, the race’s general director, told the Spanish paper they had been digging mud out of the warehouse for nine days and had lost 95% of their supplies.”We got 1.60 metres (5.25 feet) of water and everything on the…
Jayson Tatum leads all scorers with 37 points as the Celtics tip off their repeat campaign with a 132-109 win vs. the Knicks. • Get NBA League Pass TODAY > BOSTON — The first game of the 2024-25 NBA season did nothing to dispel the notion that the defending champion Boston Celtics are the clear favorites to hoist the Larry O’Brien Trophy again. Game 1 of 1,230 was a thorough domination by the champs of the team many expect to be their toughest competition in the Eastern Conference, a 132-109 victory over the New York Knicks in which the Celtics tied…
Two Somali pirates have been sentenced to 30 years in prison for kidnapping American journalist Michael Scott Moore and holding him hostage for 977 days, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Moore, a freelance journalist, traveled to Somalia in 2012 to research piracy and the nation’s economy. On January 21, he was kidnapped by multiple heavily armed men and transported him to a secluded area, where he was held captive along with two fishermen from the Seychelles. Moore was moved several times over the course of three months, then transported to a hijacked boat, the F/V Naham III. Moore and one of the…
A second-round pick in 2020, Uche has been a rotational edge rusher throughout his four-plus seasons in New England. He’s started just four career games. An 11.5-sack breakout season in 2022 didn’t last. Uche netted just three QB takedowns in 2023 and has two through seven games in 2024. Uche had a chance to sign elsewhere in March but returned to New England on a one-year deal. That lasted just eight weeks into the season before the Pats moved on for little return. Giving up a future late-rounder for a player with upside is a smashing move by Chiefs general…
Rigoberto Urán has closed out his professional cycling career with a farewell event at the Atanasio Girardot stadium in Medellín on Sunday. The Colombian received the Medalla Categoría Oro, the highest award given by the Mayor’s Office, while among 8,000 fans.”This is a very special moment for any cyclist. I couldn’t do it in the Vuelta a España, but God knows how he does these things. Today in Medellín, in front of all my people and the participants of the Giro de Rigo, witnesses of what is going to happen, I am [retiring from] cycling professionally,” Urán said in a report published in Marca.”I…
L39ION of Los Angeles co-founder, Cory Williams, and team rider Llori Sharpe won the elite categories at the Caribbean Road Race Championships last week in Georgetown, Guyana. It was the first time the South American country hosted the road championships. Sharpe, a 24-year-old from Jamaica, rode solo for the win in the 53-mile elite women’s event, seven seconds ahead of Flor Espiritusanto (Dominican Republic) and Daymelin Perez (Cuba), second and third, respectively. “I don’t think it has fully sunk in that I actually won in all honesty. Nonetheless, I’m really happy that I was able to pull off the victory for myself,…
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Eight international aid groups have jointly rebuked Israel for not only failing “to meet any of the specific criteria” set out by the Biden administration in an Oct. 13 letter demanding that the U.S. ally drastically increase the flow of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip within 30 days, but accusing Israel of taking “actions that dramatically worsened the situation on the ground, particularly in Northern Gaza.”The U.S. letter had threatened to cut off some U.S. military assistance to Israel if its demands were not met within 30 days — a deadline that has now passed.”Israel’s actions failed to meet…
WireImage, From Leonardo to Demi, see which other stars share a birthday on November 11! Happy Birthday to some of Hollywood’s best talent! Quite a few stars were born today, November 11, and we’re celebrating their latest trip around the sun. Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the few Scorpios who was born on November 11. The Titanic actor and Academy Award winner is known for countless film roles and his activism in climate change. Demi Moore is another movie star who shares the same birthday. From A Few Good Men to Substance, Demi’s career continues to thrive. Scroll through the…