(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE St. Louis, Detroit (Postponed) Philadelphia 11, NY Yanks 7 NY Yankees 3, Philadelphia 1 Miami 1, Baltimore 0 Minnesota 5, Pittsburgh 2 Cleveland 2, Cincinnati 0 Toronto 2, Atlanta 1 Milwaukee 1, Chi White Sox 0 Arizona 14, Houston 7
AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston 5, Tampa Bay 0 Oakland 6, Texas 4 Seattle 7, LA Angels 6 NATIONAL LEAGUE NY Mets 3, Washington 1 San Francisco 4, Colorado 3 LA Dodgers 7, San Diego 6
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Utah 124, Memphis 115 Philadelphia 107, Washington 98 Denver 132, San Antonio 126 Oklahoma City 105, LA Lakers 86 Toronto 109, Orlando 99 Boston 145, Brooklyn 114
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Florida 3, NY Islanders 2 Arizona 4, Nashville 1 Tampa Bay 3, Boston 3 Colorado 4, Dallas 0 Montreal 4, Pittsburgh 3 Edmonton 3, Chicago 2
(DENVER) — The old saying is “you can run, but you can’t hide.” It worked for a long time for one prison escapee, but the FBI finally caught up to him in hiding on Wednesday.
After 46 years, Luis Archuleta was arrested in New Mexico, and will be returned to Denver, where he escaped from a prison cell in 1974.
Archuleta, also known as Larry Pusateri, escaped from a Colorado Department of Corrections facility over four decades ago and a federal arrest warrant was issued for him three years later.
But he remained on the lam until this week.
Archuleta, now 77 years old, was found in Española, New Mexico, where he had been living under the name Ramon Montoya.
Authorities said he had been residing in the area under the alias for about 40 years.
“This arrest should send a clear signal to violent offenders everywhere: The FBI will find you, no matter how long it takes or how far you run, and we will bring you to justice,” FBI Denver Special Agent in Charge Michael Schneider said in a statement announcing Archuleta’s arrest. “I want to thank the Española Police Department for working closely with the FBI Denver and Albuquerque Divisions on this investigation and getting this dangerous fugitive off the streets.”
Archuleta was convicted of assault of a police officer with a deadly weapon for shooting a Denver officer in 1973. The officer survived the shooting.
Denver has changed a little in the four decades Archuleta was in hiding. The city’s population was about 1.1 million in 1973 compared to 2.8 million now.
A new federal arrest warrant was reissued June 30 for unlawful flight.
“The Denver Police Department is grateful to our law enforcement partners for their tireless commitment to bring this suspect to justice,” Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen said in a statement. “Many members our community were hurt by Luis Archuleta’s actions. The passing of time does not erase or excuse his crimes.”
Pazen was 2 years old when Archuleta was convicted in the shooting.
Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for THR(LOS ANGELES) — Oprah Winfrey is facing backlash over her comments about white privilege.
During the latest episode of the Apple TV+ series The Oprah Conversation, the 66-year-old media mogul, who was joined by former NFL pro and race activist Emmanuel Acho, opened the floor up for non-Black viewers to ask questions.
One guest took this opportunity to say, “Not all white people have power. There’s plenty of poor, working-class white people. But I think that when we group all of white people together and we don’t recognize the fact that there’s a lot of white people that struggle, and it’s a different struggle as you mentioned because they’re not streaming upstream let’s call it…”
They continued, “I think that if we’re gonna come together and really attack racism and the inequities that are in this country and are in this world, that it’s important not to group all white people.”
Winfrey responded, “There are white people who are not as powerful as the system of white people — the caste system that’s been put in place. But they still, no matter where they are on the rung or ladder of success, they still have their whiteness.”
She added, “You still have your whiteness. That’s what the term ‘white privilege’ is. It means that whiteness still gives you an advantage, no matter.”
Oprah’s response didn’t seem to sit well because over on Twitter users blasted her by using her Forbes estimated $2.6 billion fortune against her.
One of her critics was Texas Senator Ted Cruz who tweeted, “Billionaire Oprah lectures the rest of us… What utter, racist BS.”
Connecticut-based activist JT Lewis also chimed in and questioned, “How did Oprah make 2.6 billion dollars if America is so racist?”
Broken BowThis week, LOCASH is all gratitude, as “One Big Country Song” ascends to the top of the country chart, becoming their second career number one.
“We’re blessed to do this, you know what I mean?” Chris Lucas asks. “And it’s good to be around people that kinda understand that, too. There’s a lot of people that are like, ‘Look what we do for a living!’ You know what I mean?”
“Sometimes you have to stop and enjoy the journey you’re on,” Preston Brust reflects, “because sometimes the rewards and what you think is the end, you know, peak is not exactly what you thought it would feel like or be like or wanted anyway. And sometimes it’s the journey.”
It’s has been quite a journey for the duo, who put out their first single in 2010 and didn’t make it to number one until 2016 with “I Know Somebody.”
“I can say for sure that it’s been a long, tough journey for us,” Preston tells ABC Audio. “I wouldn’t really change anything, maybe make it move a little bit faster.”
“But so many experiences and lessons in life we learned, we could have never learned in college or at a structured job someplace,” he adds.
For Chris, it all comes down to the effect the music has on the fans.
“It could be one fan saying, ‘I just want you to know this song right here, man, me and my wife, you know, went through a hard time,'” he offers as an example. “‘You know, this was going on. This saved us. This saved my life.'”
“One Big Country Song” is also LOCASH’s first number one in Canada. It’s from their 2019 album, Brothers.
(NEW YORK) — The NCAA has stepped up to protect student-athletes’ welfare amid the ongoing pandemic as it pertains to scholarships, eligibility and player health for the 2020 fall season.
The NCAA Board of Governors announced on Wednesday that athletes who opt out of the 2020 season will retain full scholarships.
“All student-athletes must be allowed to opt out of participation due to concerns about contracting COVID-19,” the NCAA said. “If a college athlete chooses to opt out, that individual’s athletics scholarship commitment must be honored by the college or university.”
All schools and conferences must follow the NCAA’s newly released return-to-sports guidelines in order to carryout preseason, regular season and postseason schedules, and they can’t ask student-athletes to sign COVID-19 waivers.
“Our decisions place emphasis where it belongs — on the health and safety of college athletes,” NCAA President Mark Emmert said in a statement. “Student-athletes should never feel pressured into playing their sport if they do not believe it is safe to do so.”
On the heels of Wednesday’s news, the University of Connecticut Athletic Department said in a statement that its football program has decided to “cancel all competition for the 2020-21 school year.”
Among the other proclamations from the NCAA, there will be a new hotline for “athletes, parents or others” to report COVID-19 violations.
This gives players a way to make the NCAA aware of unacceptable behavior by coaches who may be inclined to bully and/or to retaliate against those who would dare to complain.
Due to the continued threat of coronavirus infection, the NCAA said it could still cancel fall championships, which could pressure conferences and schools to forgo a college football season. The decision for Division I must be made no later than Aug. 21.
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