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49 jilibet Arsenal up to second after Kai Havertz goal sees off struggling IpswichINTRODUCTION: The words may seem a bit strange now, but a story by Bob Palmer Jr. in the sports section of the Waterbury Republican from Dec. 8, 1970 – exactly 54 years ago Sunday – opened with the following sentence: “The unusual arrangement of having three Waterbury high school basketball teams playing at home in three different gymnasiums – which could very well be a first – is on the agenda for tonight.” There was a time when some of the city’s schools did not have their own snazzy gymnasiums expansive enough to accommodate crowds of a decent size to watch a high school game. Sites such as the Crosby Palace and Wilby’s Reggie O’Brien gym that now regularly hosts the Naugatuck Valley League tournament had not yet been built. Both of those high schools were still in downtown Waterbury, in older buildings with tiny gyms by today’s standards. The lack of top-grade gymnasiums in the city was not an indication that high school basketball had yet to command a following among local sports fans. To the contrary, the State Armory on Field Street had regularly drawn crowds of more than a thousand or two to doubleheaders involving Waterbury schools throughout the 1940s, ’50s and early ’60s, with Bob Markovic, Dick Clary and Billy Finn among the standouts who dazzled the crowds with their hoop skills. Sacred Heart and Wilby captured state titles during the Armory era, while Leavenworth’s 1947 squad provided Waterbury with its only New England champion. Future Major League Baseball player Jimmy Piersall led the Engineers past Durfee High of Fall River, Mass., 51-44, in the final before a crowd of 13,000 at Boston Garden. That storied period in the city’s hoops history had begun to give way when Kennedy High replaced the Armory as host site for most city games, upon the school’s opening in 1965. By the end of the 1970s, less than 15 years later, – three more new high schools with new gymnasiums had been built in the city, which helped to transition Waterbury basketball into the modern era. The 1970s as a decade of change began with a new Catholic school added to the host of rivalries among city teams. As noted in Palmer’s article previewing the scholastic schedule for that December evening 54 years ago, the night’s action included home games for Kennedy, Kaynor Tech and Holy Cross, with Holy Cross competing on the varsity level for the first time, in the school’s third year of operation. Both Crosby (in 1974) and Wilby (in 1978) would move into impressive new school complexes and gyms on the outskirts of town. And by 1980, a trio of new basketball coaches would take over at city schools – Jack Taglia, Ed Generali and Nick Augelli – with each to eventually have city gyms renamed in their honor after outstanding and impactful coaching careers. For two of those three venues, both gyms were officially opened on the same calendar date, Dec. 6, nine years apart, and the two men whose names now adorn each court happened to be on hand for each gym’s first contest, decades before the sites were dedicated in their honor. WATERBURY – Kennedy High’s gym was dedicated Dec. 6, 1965, with a ceremony involving city dignitaries before the annual Waterbury High School Jamboree that included teams from Crosby, Kennedy, Sacred Heart and Wilby. A “turn-away throng of 2,200” people, according to the Waterbury Republican’s recap the following day, was on hand for the traditional season opener for scholastic basketball in the city. Joe Zorsky and Don Sasso scored key hoops in the final minute to lead the Hearts past the host Eagles, 22-19, in the championship quarter. Among the many fans in attendance was the man whose name is now synonymous with the gymnasium. Jack Taglia, who would go on to coach for 31 seasons at Kennedy and lead the Eagles to three Naugatuck Valley League titles, was a Sacred Heart sophomore and member of the Hearts’ junior varsity team at the time. “I was certainly there for that jamboree and I remember that the Kennedy gym was state-of-the-art compared to the Armory,” said Taglia. “Because the four city teams played there, there was a game almost every night of the week. Since I lived within walking distance to Kennedy, I was there for many of those early games.” The following season, Sacred Heart played most of its games at Kennedy, captured the NVL championship and then produced a memorable run through the CIAC tournament to claim a state title. The 6-7 Sasso, Paul Zorsky and playmaker Joe Summa led a deep Hearts team under coach John Gilmore that finished 20-3 and defeated Fairfield Prep for the 1967 Class L crown. “The one game that does stand out that year was when we beat Hillhouse High at Kennedy in the first game of the season,” recalled Taglia. “I don’t ever remember from the Armory days that a Waterbury team ever beat a New Haven team.” Kennedy’s gym would continue to host most contests involving city schools through the mid-1970s (before the Crosby gymnasium was built). And the host school did claim one NVL title over that time, when guard Chuck Giorgio and 6-5 sophomore Bill Eason – who would go on to enjoy a solid collegiate career at Providence College – led the Eagles to a 12-2 record in NVL contests to finish atop the 1971-72 standings. That Kennedy team was coached by Marty Sweeney, who Taglia replaced as head coach in 1977. “And in my first couple of years, wins were hard to come by,” admitted Taglia. “I coached because I loved the game and I loved working with my players and watching them evolve into a team.” The dedication and perseverance would pay off a decade later, when Kennedy claimed three straight NVL titles between 1989 through 1991, marking the first time that any school had accomplished that feat in nearly 30 years. “The most memorable game that I ever coached was when we beat Wilby in the last game of the year in front of a standing room crowd for my first league championship as a coach. I had been coaching 12 years up to that point and I had my doubts that I would ever be involved in a league championship,” said Taglia. “Playing in a state championship game certainly is right up there, but winning the first league title was really something special.” Two more NVL titles would follow, along with an appearance in the Class M title game in 1990, with Jerome Malloy, Malik Williams and Garnett Petteway leading that talented team. Taglia would go on to guide the Eagles through the 2007-08 season. In January 2013, the Kennedy High gym was renamed Jack Taglia Gymnasium. Among the speakers at the ceremony to honor Taglia was retired Torrington coach Tony Turina, who provided some historical perspective on the venue. When city basketball moved out of the old Armory and into the newly built Kennedy High gym, “it was like Madison Square Garden. The new gym took the place of the Armory, and it was the beginning of the future for NVL basketball.” A number of others also offered kind words to honor Taglia, who thanked many family, friends, colleagues and former players during the ceremony. “And I was fortunate to have my wife, my father, and my brother and sister there to share in the honor,” he said. “The dedication of the Kennedy gym in my name was by far the most humbling honor I’ve ever received as a coach. It is not something that ever crossed my mind or that I aspired to while I was coaching,” added Taglia. And surely not something that crossed his mind 59 years ago this weekend, the first time he entered the Kennedy High gymnasium, to attend its opening event.

Golden Minerals Announces NYSE American Notice to Commence Delisting and Intended Transition to OTCQB MarketTexas Sen. Ted Cruz on Trump Cabinet picks, the border wall and Hunter Biden's pardonOTTAWA — Two senior members of the federal cabinet were in Florida Friday pushing Canada's new border plan with Donald Trump's transition team, a day after Trudeau himself appeared to finally push back at the president-elect over his social media posts about turning Canada into the 51st state. Both Trudeau and former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney, who Trudeau has been courting to become Canada's next finance minister, shared posts on X Thursday, a day after Trump's latest jab at Canada in his Christmas Day message. It isn't clear if Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc, who has repeatedly insisted Trump's 51st state references are a joke, will raise the issue with Trump's team when he and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly meet with them in Palm Beach. The two are there to discuss Canada's new $1.3 billion border plan with just under four weeks left before Trump is sworn in again as president. He has threatened to impose a new 25 per cent import tariff on Canada and Mexico the same day over concerns about a trade imbalance, as well as illegal drugs and migration issues at the borders. The broad strokes of Canada's plan were made public Dec. 17, including a new aerial intelligence task force to provide round-the-clock surveillance of the border, and improved efforts using technology and canine teams to seek out drugs in shipments leaving Canada LeBlanc's spokesman, Jean-Sébastien Comeau, said the ministers will also emphasize the negative impacts of Trump's threatened tariffs on both Canada and the U.S. Comeau said the ministers will build on the discussions that took place last month when Trudeau and LeBlanc met Trump at Mar-a-Lago just days after Trump first made his tariff threat. It was at that dinner on Nov. 29 when Trump first raised the notion of Canada becoming the 51st state, a comment LeBlanc has repeatedly since insisted was just a joke. But Trump has continued the quip repeatedly in various social media posts, including in his Christmas Day message when he said Canadians would pay lower taxes and have better military protection if they became Americans. He has taken to calling Trudeau "governor" instead of prime minister. Trudeau had not directly responded to any of the jabs, but on Thursday posted a link to a six-minute long video on YouTube from 2010 in which American journalist Tom Brokaw "explains Canada to Americans." The video, which originally aired during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, explains similarities between the two countries, including their founding based on immigration, their trading relationship and the actions of the Canadian Army in World War 2 and other modern conflicts. "In the long history of sovereign neighbours there has never been a relationship as close, productive and peaceful as the U.S. and Canada," Brokaw says in the video. Trudeau did not expand about why he posted a link to the video, posting it only with the words "some information about Canada for Americans." Carney, who is at the centre of some of Trudeau's recent domestic political troubles, also called out Trump's antics on X Thursday, calling it "casual disrespect" and "carrying the 'joke' too far." "Time to call it out, stand up for Canada, and build a true North American partnership," said Carney, who Trudeau was courting to join his cabinet before Chrystia Freeland resigned as finance minister last week. Freeland's sudden departure, three days after Trudeau informed her he would be firing her as finance minister in favour of Carney, left Trudeau's leadership even more bruised than it already was. Despite the expectation Carney would assume the role, he did not and has not made any statements about it. LeBlanc was sworn in as finance minister instead the same day Freeland quit. More than two dozen Liberal MPs have publicly called on Trudeau to resign as leader, and Trudeau is said to be taking the holidays to think about his next steps. He is currently vacationing in British Columbia. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 27, 2024. Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press

APA Corp. stock underperforms Friday when compared to competitorsPublished 4:20 pm Saturday, December 7, 2024 By Staff Reports There are 12 contests on Sunday’s NBA schedule, among them the Houston Rockets versus the Los Angeles Clippers. You will find info on live coverage of Sunday’s NBA action right here. Sign up for NBA League Pass to get access to games, live and on-demand, and more for the entire season and offseason. Watch ESPN originals, The Last Dance and more NBA content on ESPN+. Use our link to sign up for ESPN+ or the Disney bundle. 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 .Zooming in on surveillance footage of a gun that could have had a silencer fitted to it. Scouring the web to identify the brand of a backpack. Triangulating data of a rental bike to uncover an escape route. Wednesday’s shocking murder in Manhattan of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson – what police called a targeted killing — brought out a bevy of sleuths and true-crime fans across social media looking for clues about the killer’s motivation and how he managed to flee from the scene and seemingly disappear into the city of more than 8 million people. By Thursday, police were examining evidence ranging from surveillance video to items discarded nearby that could contain DNA to find the killer. Authorities also asked for the public’s help, releasing a photo with a clear view of his face. Meanwhile, platforms including Bluesky, Reddit and X sprouted hundreds of posts from amateur gumshoes poring over video and photos. “Dude had a suppressor, which is an extremely difficult thing to acquire, especially in a state like New York,” wrote one Reddit user. Such forums are rife with so-called internet detectives who pick through publicly available reports to uncover information in the aftermath of major crimes. Sometimes, they succeed: Online sleuths helped investigators identify numerous rioters who took part in the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, following Joe Biden’s presidential election victory in 2020. But such “crowd-sourced investigations” also can go awry. Following the April 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, Reddit users spread theories that pointed at the wrong people, which were later amplified by publications including the New York Post. The FBI released pictures of their leading suspects to quell the speculation. Social media helps people connect around a shared subject, but it also blurs the line between news and speculation, said Tahneer Oksman, a professor in Marymount Manhattan College’s communications department in New York. “So many people are no longer making the important distinctions between getting vetted information and chatting/speculating about such vetted information,” she said. SCOURING THE INTERNET A Reddit post about Thompson on the subreddit MorbidReality, which has more than 1 million members, garnered over 260 comments. Users speculated the killer’s weapon was a Station 6 pistol or an “exotic firearm called a B&T VP9.” Others focused on the backpack, calling it a “Peak Design Everyday Backpack 30L, Camera Bag.” On X, some users tried to chase leads on Citi Bike – New York’s bicycle rental system – for clues. One user posted details about a bike that seemed to have been the only one that left the area shortly after the shooting and headed toward Central Park. Police later told media outlets they believe that the killer likely used an unmarked e-bike, not a Citi Bike. Early Thursday, users examined another crumb: reports that the words “deny,” “defend” and “depose” were carved into the shell casings found at the scene. The words evoke the title of a 2010 book critical of the insurance industry titled “Delay Deny Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don’t Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It.” Those comments set off more chatter about the shooter’s motivation, ranging from an early 2024 federal investigation into the company to a lawsuit filed by a Florida pension fund alleging insider trading. Retired FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer on Thursday posted a 26-minute video on X laying out thoughts on the murder, saying the killer knew exactly where Thompson would be and when. “That just tells me there likely could be somebody on the inside, somebody that knew when he would be leaving,” she said. Coffindaffer did not respond to attempts to contact her on X or LinkedIn.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams appears open to switching parties to become a Republican, as he declined to rule out a future change in political allegiances during a pair of interviews Friday that came as he has increasing warmed to President-elect Donald Trump. The comments from Adams, the top Democrat in one of the country's most liberal cities, riled critics who have grown concerned over the mayor's increasing willingness to throw his support behind Trump and his hardline immigration policies. Adams, who faces federal corruption charges , was a registered Republican in the 1990s and early 2000s but has spent his political career as a Democrat. In a Friday morning interview with the local cable news station NY1, Adams was asked if he would consider a return to the GOP. The Democrat appeared to leave open the possibility of a switch. “The party that’s the most important for me is the American party,” he said. “I’m a part of the American party. I love this country. This is the home of the free, the land of the brave.” In another interview about a half-hour later on PIX11, Adams said he would run for reelection as a Democrat but still appeared to leave some wiggle room for his future. “So no matter what party I’m on or vote on, I’m going to push for the American values," he said. "And I think America has told us, stop the squabbling, leaders, and start leading us out of the crisis that we’re facing.” Adams won office on a centrist platform and has spent significant time as mayor quarreling with the progressive wing of his party. But his rhetoric has taken a noticeable rightward turn in the weeks since Trump's election victory, particularly on immigration, with Adams boosting the president-elect's platform and appearing enthusiastic about the incoming administration. Rather than restricting cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as he once promised, Adams recently expressed a willingness to roll back the city’s so-called sanctuary policies, and he plans to meet with Trump’s top border official over concerns about what the mayor said was the “rising illegal alien crime rate in New York City.” He has also praised those in Trump’s orbit, including Elon Musk, who has claimed falsely that Democrats are illegally “importing” migrants to garner votes. “This is a racehorse that wanted to run its right pace and we’ve been holding back that racehorse out of fear of being canceled,” Adams said of the country Tuesday. “And now you have a bunch of people who are not afraid of being canceled.” The shift comes as Adams is trying to fight off an indictment on federal corruption charges while governing the city and gearing up to run for a second term. Adams has pleaded not guilty in his criminal case, in which he has been accused of accepting free or discounted overseas trips and illegal campaign contributions from people looking to gain his influence, including people connected to Turkey or the Turkish government. Adams’ critics have seized on his recent comments about the Trump administration as a move toward self-preservation, accusing the mayor of cozying up to the next president in an effort to secure a pardon in his corruption case. “Eric Adams continues to sound more like he is auditioning for a job in right-wing media than running for reelection in a Democratic primary,” said Zohran Mamdani, a state assembly member who is challenging against Adams in the mayoral primary. “Eric Adams is in City Hall because Democratic voters sent him there. To serve his own narrow self-interests, he is clearly prepared to betray them.” Zellnor Myrie, a state senator who is also challenging Adams in the primary, said “at a time when the Republican Party has never been more out of line with New York values, we need a mayor who isn’t scared to call himself a Democrat.” “Instead of playing footsie with the next president, we need a mayor with the courage to stand up for our city,” Myrie wrote on X. Adams on Friday did distance himself from the Trump administration's potential plans to carry out mass deportations, saying, “You know, I’m not for mass deportation, but I’m not for mass saturation.” Still, the mayor's recent remarks are a major departure from his stance before he took office. In June of 2021, a few weeks before winning the Democratic mayoral primary, Adams spoke to a room full of immigrant New Yorkers about the challenges facing city residents who are in the country illegally. “Too many of our neighbors live in the shadows,” he said at the time, “scarred by the abusive rhetoric and tactics of the Trump era and fearing a denial of their rights.” Izaguirre reported from Albany.