Новости за 27.05.2017

Steve Sax won two World Series rings, was a five-time All-Star and had nearly 2,000 hits in the big leagues. [...] hugely popular 25 years after it first aired, that Simpsons episode featuring the voices of Ken Griffey Jr., Darryl Strawberry, Jose Canseco and a lineup of luminaries gets a fitting tribute Saturday, when the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., opens a Simpsons-themed exhibit inside the shrine. In the episode, most major-leaguers hired by the evil Mr. Burns to play for Springfield... Читать дальше...

WOERNSMUEHL, Alemania (AP) — La rutina de entrenamiento de Georg Schoettl es intensa, pero sólo involucra un dedo. El régimen de entrenamiento de Schoettl consiste en utilizar su dedo medio para levantar una pesa y jalar una liga una y otra vez. La preparación le sirve bien al granjero de 56 años del sur de Alemania cuando llega al 40mo Campeonato Alpino, donde es uno de más de 50 competidores. Cientos de personas vestidas al estilo tradicional bávaro se reúnen bajo una amplia carpa en el pintoresco poblado de Woernsmuehl... Читать дальше...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A proposed Texas "bathroom bill" targeting transgender people neared collapse Friday over a deadlock between Republicans heeding warnings from big businesses and sports leagues — including Google and the NFL — and social conservatives who drive the state's political agenda. Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said he is resolved to force a special session if a North Carolina-style law that could restrict bathroom access for transgender people doesn't prevail — but Republican Gov. Читать дальше...

LeBron James is grateful that he and the Cleveland Cavaliers will be playing the Warriors in the NBA Finals for the third straight year. While the Warriors led the league with 67 wins this season and are 27-1 in their past 28 games — including a perfect 12-0 in the Western Conference playoffs — Cleveland is fully awake after seeming sleepy at times in the regular season. There figures to be reminders of the Halloween party that James threw for the Cavaliers last fall, with “3-1 Lead” — a nod to what the Warriors lost in last year’s Finals ... Читать дальше...

Warriors’ Mike Brown ‘eventually’ wants to be head coach again Kerr’s lead assistant, Mike Brown appeared done as an NBA head coach. [...] as he prepares to shepherd the Warriors into the NBA Finals, Brown is back on front offices’ radars. There is a chance that, if Kerr is unable to return to the bench because of complications related to 2015 back surgery, Brown could replace him as Golden State’s head coach. The only time the Warriors have been seriously threatened under Brown came in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals... Читать дальше...

The fired 49ers coach is getting back into the college football business, this time without a headset. The man who took Oregon to the BCS title game in 2010 is joining ESPN as a studio analyst, primarily as part of Saturday pregame, halftime and wrap-up shows on ESPN2. [...] I have had a relationship with ESPN for many years from when I was coaching and after speaking with them, I decided it was the best step for me to take. The Minnesota Vikings’ head coach says he is not going to let the lingering... Читать дальше...

Trump correctly diagnosed a feeling among working people that the system was rigged against them, and then leveraged that against his opponents in both parties. In the past decade or so, I’ve experienced a nagging sense of deja vu as Americans perceive a widening gap between how they expect the system to operate and how it really does. Whether it’s your bank, your doctor, public school, news sources, unions, or even your place of worship, all have posted staggering declines in confidence in recent decades. Читать дальше...

Penguins ride maturity, resilience back to Stanley Cup Final PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Chris Kunitz stood shoulder to shoulder at center ice as midnight approached, crowd on its feet, Prince of Wales Trophy in hand. On the surface, it could have been a scene ripped from 2008 when the longtime Pittsburgh Penguin teammates earned their first crack at a championship together, the one that was supposed to be the launching pad for a dynasty. A closer look at the weary, grateful smiles told a different story. Читать дальше...

A 79-foot blue whale washed up on Agate Beach in Bolinas on Friday morning. The cause of death is unknown.

NASCAR is trying to inject some excitement into the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, where recent races have been relatively predictable, even dull: Stock-car racing’s governing body added a layer of traction compound called JP1 to the top groove of the speedway in an effort to promote more passing at Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600. “We talked through this opportunity with the track, teams, drivers and Goodyear,” NASCAR vice president of competition Scott Miller said. Using the compound on... Читать дальше...

INDIANAPOLIS — One of IndyCar’s all-time greats will lead the field to the green flag at Sunday’s Indianapolis 500. Alonso has never raced on an oval before, never raced an Indy car and hasn’t done a rolling start in 20 years — and that was in a go-kart. The two-time Formula One champion peppered race director Brian Barnhart with questions for 15 minutes Friday before riding off through Gasoline Alley on his skateboard. Alonso has enjoyed every minute at Indy, but he’s not letting the hype around... Читать дальше...

Backers of a $10 million plan to reinvent the American high school in Oakland have scrapped the project, saying it’s neither the time nor the place for such an experiment given turnover and turmoil in the city’s school system. Summit Public Schools, which operates a chain of charter schools, the Oakland school district and Mayor Libby Schaaf’s office submitted a winning proposal for a charter school focusing on personal learning and real-world experiences. “There are just better ways for us to help kids in the Bay Area,” said Jason Solomon... Читать дальше...

Spieth recovered from a bad start by going 5 under over his final 13 holes at the Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas, on Friday, and his 2-under-par 68 put the defending champion at 2-under 138, four shots behind second-round leaders Webb Simpson, Kevin Kisner, Danny Lee and Scott Piercy. “When your back’s against the wall and you feel the nerves kick up because you’ve got to do something, and you’re not going to be able to play both weekends in town,” said Spieth, coming off missed cuts in the Players Championship and AT&T Byron Nelson. Читать дальше...

Streaming service Hulu might not get all the attention that Netflix or HBO does, but it’s turning out some quality shows that rival the big networks and streaming services alike. Sending up reality TV shows about real housewives, “The Hotwives of Orlando” is has some great casting, including Kristen Schaal of “Bob’s Burgers” and “Last Man on Earth,” and Angela Kinsey of “The Office.” A mix-up finds a pair of goofy government office workers mixed up in a kidnapping plot in Hulu’s British comedy. Читать дальше...

The officer initially approached the woman as she was loading stolen alcohol into her car outside a shopping center, according to the San Mateo Police Department. The officer was passing by the Woodlake Shopping Center on North Delaware Street and Peninsula Avenue when he noticed a Safeway employee running from the store and gesticulating at the woman, who was transferring the pilfered alcohol from a shopping cart into her car, police said. The officer spoke with the woman once she was in the driver’s... Читать дальше...

There’s a British knight, a mob of Aussies even though there’s no Australian team, a crew of New Zealanders looking for redemption and the now-familiar billionaire set. For the next 2½ weeks, five challengers will vie for the right to face two-time defending champion Oracle Team USA in the best-of-13 America’s Cup match starting June 17. The qualifiers had been scheduled to begin Friday with the opening races of Round Robin 1, but they were pushed back to Saturday because of predicted strong winds deemed unsafe for the 50-foot... Читать дальше...

Anna Halprin has always been about peace, and on Sunday, June 4, the renowned 96-year-old choreographer and dancer will present the 37th annual Planetary Dance at Mount Tamalpais State Park. “In this time of global conflict, economic hardship and ecological crisis,” Halprin says, I believe people need to embrace their connection to each other and the planet and take a stand for their lives and all they hold dear. The Planetary Dance offers people of all ages and abilities a way to come together and take this stand.

Joyce Hayes, a longtime member of the Glide Memorial United Methodist Church family who proved her faith by being a foster mother to 87 children over a span of 40 years, has died at 73. A large personality, even by the exuberant standards of Glide, Ms. Hayes was known for her flowing African robes in shades of red, and for taking in people who had no other place to go. “Joyce was the heartbeat of the children’s program,” said Janice Mirikitani, co-leader of Glide with her husband, the Rev. Cecil Williams. Читать дальше...

Watch new additions Moana and Orange Is The New Black and stream CSI: The cult classic featuring Jennifer Garner as a 13-year-old trapped in a 30-year-old’s body will be on the streaming service at the beginning of the month. [...] with all that Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) has been through–like a plane crash and a bomb–can you believe she’s still thriving at Grey-Sloan Memorial? Join in the adventures with Maui (Dwayne Johnson) and Moana (Auli’i Cravalho) in this Academy Award-nominated animated film. Читать дальше...

An offer you can’t refuse: ‘The Godfather’ in cinemas again Was “The Godfather” ever underrated? [...] returning to screens nationwide as part of Fathom Events’ 45th anniversary celebration, “The Godfather” is not only a film that changed movies forever, but it is also one that never went out of style. “It always comes back to ‘The Godfather,’” said Robert Duvall, who played Corleone family lawyer Tom Hagen, in 2010.

A 28-year-old former Contra Costa County community college professor was arraigned Friday morning after allegedly assaulting at least seven people with a bike lock at an April clash between Trump supporters and counterprotesters in Berkeley. Eric Clanton was arrested at his Oakland apartment at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday and booked into Berkeley Jail that evening on three counts of assault with a deadly weapon, one count of wearing a mask or disguise to evade police, and a sentencing enhancement for causing great bodily injury... Читать дальше...

Some performers merely have a preference for contemporary music, and some have an omnivorous hunger for it. Ensemble for These Times — a trio comprising soprano Nanette McGuinness, pianist Dale Tsang and cellist Anne Lerner-Wright — lives up to its name by scouring the globe for music by living composers. An international dragnet last year pulled in a whopping 275 new works from composers young and old, from which the group selected 56 to start with.

When news broke that several advertisers were withdrawing ads from Sean Hannity’s show this week, many in the media world wondered whether the Fox News host was headed for a Bill O’Reilly repeat. In April, O’Reilly, then the network’s most visible talent, was fired by Fox when advertisers fled “The O’Reilly Factor” en masse after a sexual harassment scandal involving multiple reported victims became public. Hannity hasn’t been accused of sexual harassment, but he provoked a backlash this week over... Читать дальше...

State lawmakers and a mayor are among those expected to lead the packed field that met Friday's filing deadline for most candidates. Political scientists say Curtis could be a front-runner, given his political experience and name recognition. Henderson is a Republican senator from Spanish Fork who could also be a key contender given her political experience in both the state legislature and as Chaffetz's campaign manager in his first run for office.

Fifteen Republicans, four Democrats, one Libertarian and two independents have filed to run after Chaffetz announced he would step down next month from the heavily Republican 3rd Congressional District, which stretches from suburban Salt Lake City to desert towns in southeastern Utah. Despite name recognition and a track record as a popular mayor, he may struggle to gain enough support at his party's convention after previously running as a Democrat before becoming a Republican in 2006. Boyd Matheson... Читать дальше...