Day: February 17, 2022

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jacques Villeneuve has a Formula One title to his name and an Indianapolis 500 victory. He has nothing left to prove and yet celebrated as if qualifying for the Daytona 500 was the biggest win of his career. The 50-year-old doubted he could make it into the race through Wednesday night's time trials at Daytona International Speedway. His Ford wasn't particularly fast and needed three tries to pass NASCAR inspection. So when he posted the fastest time of the six cars eligible Hoka One One  in time trials to earn a spot in Sunday's field, Villeneuve erupted in joy and jogged his way down pit lane in search of his crew. “To be able to make such a big race at such a high level is amazing and when I’m in the race car I don’t realize that I’m 50,...

BEIJING (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin skied out in the Alpine combined on Thursday and once again was unable to finish a race at the Beijing Olympics. She will leave the 2022 Games without an individual medal after participating in all five women’s events. Not only did she go 0 for 5, but the 26-year-old American did not even manage to complete three of those races. Shiffrin was fifth-fastest in the downhill portion of the two-run combined on Thursday morning but went out without making it to the bottom in the slalom leg in the afternoon. She took home a silver in the combined four years ago. She came to China as one of the biggest stars in winter Hoka Shoes UK  sports and already the owner of two Olympic gold medals — from the slalom in 2014 and the giant sl...

PHOENIX (AP) — Even without Chris Paul, the Phoenix Suns did what they've done pretty much every time they've taken the court this year. Win a basketball game. Depending on the status of Paul's right hand, the Suns might have to figure out more ways to win without their star point guard following the All-Star break. Devin Booker scored 24 points, Deandre Ayton added 23 and the NBA-leading Suns extended their winning streak to seven games, rallying after Paul was hurt and then ejected to beat the Houston Rockets 124-121 on Wednesday night. Phoenix improved to 48-10 heading into the All-Star break, Mint Velvet Sale  but the main concern was the status of Paul’s hand. The 12-time All-Star was angry after getting his right hand jammed on a pass and argued for the fi...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anthony Davis has missed over one-third of the Los Angeles Lakers games this season due to injuries. It looks like he will miss more time after another setback. Davis sprained his right ankle during the second quarter of Wednesday night's game against the Utah Jazz. He was down on the court for several minutes. The Lakers said an X-ray on Davis’ ankle was negative and that he would receive further treatment during the upcoming All-Star break. Coach Frank Vogel Oofos Shoes said after the Lakers' 106-101 win that Davis would get an MRI on Thursday to assess the severity of the sprain. “He was shaking his head about everything. He was frustrated because like it looks like he is going to miss some time,” said Vogel, who saw Davis in the locker room dur...

NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood's Super Bowl weekend largely fizzled with the muted debut of Kenneth Branagh's long-delayed Agatha Christie whodunit, “Death on the Nile,” a tepid reception for the Jennifer Lopez romantic-comedy “Marry Me” and modest box-office bumps for Oscar nominees. “Death on the Nile,” Branagh's follow-up to the 2017 hit “Murder on the Orient Express,” led all films with $12.8 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Produced under 20th Century Fox before its acquisition by the Walt Disney Co., Hey Dudes Shoes  “Death on the Nile” had been delayed by the pandemic and by scandal that engulfed one of its stars, Armie Hammer. Last March, Hammer was put under investigation by Los Angeles police in a sexual assault. Hammer has denied the allega...

The audience on NBC and Telemundo was a 6% increase over the 95.2 million TV viewers who saw the Tampa Bay Bucs crowned as champions in 2021, the Nielsen company said on Tuesday. The ratings improvement for what is traditionally the most-watched event of the year was no surprise, given the run of terrific playoff games leading up to it. Viewership for the NFL's divisional round was up 20% over last year, and the conference championships were up 10%, Nielsen said. Besides the good games, a sense — or hope —Hoka Running Shoes that the coronavirus pandemic may be winding down might have contributed to the increased audience, said Cole Strain, head of measurement for the research firm Samba TV. “We felt there was a little more freedom,” Strain said. The half...