LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — A 53-year-old British man who injured 65 people when his car rammed into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans celebrating their team’s Premier League championship was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, police said Tuesday.The driver was also being held on suspicion of dangerous driving and driving on drugs, Detective Chief Superintendent Karen Jaundrill said.The incident late Monday afternoon turned a jubilant parade into a tragedy that sent 50 people to hospitals for treatment of their injuries. Eleven remained hospitalized Tuesday in stable condition.The wounded included four children, one of whom had been trapped beneath the vehicle with…
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Who is he and where did he come from? He’s Ryan Noda. He’s the newest Red Sox in town after Boston sent the Angels everyone’s favorite name: Cash Considerations. Noda, who turned 29 in March, grew up in northern Illinois, was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 15th round of the 2017 MLB Draft, and shot up prospect boards but stalled a bit in the Dodgers’ farm system after being the “player to be named later” in a Ross Stripling deal. He then ended up in Oakland via the Rule 5 draft, and was an everyday starter for them…
Jrue Holiday is a logical offseason trade candidate for the tax-strapped Celtics, and at least one team reportedly has interest in acquiring the veteran guard. NBA insider Marc Stein listed the Dallas Mavericks as a potential suitor for Holiday, who turns 35 this summer and has three years remaining on his contract with Boston. “League sources say Dallas is expected to at least explore whether there are any feasible trade pathways to Boston’s Jrue Holiday — complicated as that would likely be given the three years and $104 million still left on Holiday’s contract,” Stein wrote in his The Stein…
One shouldn’t pay too much attention to social media in any aspect of life, but Red Sox fans on the X app over the last week might have stumbled across an opinion that is gaining a little bit of steam: Boston should consider sending down Kristian Campbell. After a tremendous start to his first season in the major leagues, Campbell has predictably hit a wall. Very few players of his age and experience avoid this valley. Eventually, there’s a book on the player, and the league adjusts. Baseball is a game of adjustments, and thus, the player must make his…
There continues to be a huge investment in soccer from the Middle East as Saudi Arabian clubs look to ensure that the Saudi Pro League is one of the most exciting in the world. There has been no shortage of players making the move to clubs in the region, with the floodgates being opened following Cristiano Ronaldo’s decision to move to Al Nassr, ending his long stay at the top of the game in Europe. However, another former Champions League winner could move to the Middle East this summer, with Raphael Varane lined up by Al Nassr. Varane Offered Mega-Money…
WELLESLEY – Lachlan McCaghren snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. McCaghren defeated Duxbury senior Tim Vargas 1-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1 in the finals of the Massachusetts High School Individual Tennis Tournament, coming from behind to pull off the remarkable feat. “That first set, he was killing me,” said McCaghren. “But I believed I could hang with him. Mentally, I knew I could do it.” A junior from the Middlesex School, McCaghren had struggled to solve the puzzle that the top-seeded Vargas created on the court. Vargas won the first set, 6-1, then was on the cusp of winning it…
The dream of virtually any high school baseball player in Massachusetts is to get an opportunity to compete at the next level. Dan Donato is hoping to make some of those dreams come true. For the third straight year, Donato has spearheaded the New England Elite 100 Showcase, designed for high school baseball players looking to get noticed by college coaches at all levels. The two-day event will take place at Boston College on June 4-5. “The numbers are coming in but we appear to be 15 ahead of last year’s pace,” said Donato, the head baseball coach at No.…
The Boston Red Sox are losing patience with themselves. Losers in back-to-back contests, the team aimed to turn its luck around to begin a three-game series on the road against the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday. But for the third straight time, the Red Sox faltered. The offense was sluggish. The momentum was non-existent and the trend of mediocre baseball continued for the club. Red Sox manager Alex Cora, along with the rest of the clubhouse, admitted to the self-inflicted damage the team continues to bring upon itself. “Right now, we’re not putting a complete game together,” Cora told reporters following…
PHOTO: Worcester Red Sox/Facebook So far this season, the Boston Red Sox are sitting at 10-10, opening up their homestand with a four-game series against the White Sox.The buzz around the team seems to be when the electric duo of Marcelo Mayer and Roman Anthony will join Kristian Campbell in calling Fenway Park home.In baseball, timing is always of the essence, and in most cases, when a top prospect makes their debut, it is often due to an injury at the major league level, forcing that decision. PHOTO: Worcester Red Sox/FacebookI do not think that will apply in this scenario,…
WELLESLEY – With the MIAA State Tennis Tournaments set to begin this week, several top girl’s competitors were in action for the USTA Massachusetts High School Individual Singles and Doubles Championships at Babson College. The tandem of Sienna Solorza and Emily Zhu from Newton South defeated Lincoln-Sudbury’s Lindsey Grosberg and Nina Gill 7-6, 6-3 in the doubles championship while Wellesley’s Kimmy Tai defeated Natick’s Grace Zhang 6-3, 6-3 in singles. The morning started with the singles semifinals, where Tai defeated Acton-Boxboro’s Maya Muhunthan and Zhang defeated Sophia Lirio of Notre Dame Academy. That set the final for an afternoon start and…