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North Central College recruit Kendall Grant gets a double-double for Oswego. And golf? ‘Couldn’t give one up.’
Since the middle of her freshman year, Kendall Grant has been on the varsity for Oswego.
During that time, however, things haven’t always gone well for the Panthers on the basketball court. Under new coach Venita Parsons, Grant has been trying to help the program turn a corner.
“As a player, everything she could do, everyone just has to trust her and believe we’re a different team than we were the past three years,” Grant said of Parsons. “I did a lot of preseason work.
“I think we just have to believe that we’re a good team. We have to get confidence.”
Some of those old feelings crept back Monday for Grant and Co. in a 41-23 nonconference loss to Dixon. The host Panthers were actually only down 10-7 at halftime before Dixon erupted.
Scoring the first 16 points of the third quarter, Dixon (7-0) took control and didn’t look back. Ahmyrie McGowan had a huge game, scoring 16 points with 16 rebounds and seven steals.
Oswego’s Kendall Grant (42) shoots the ball in the post against Dixon’s Kamille Prather (22) and Kiley Gaither during a nonconference game in Oswego on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (Sean King / The Beacon-News)
The 5-foot-11 Grant did her part for Oswego (4-3), scoring 10 points to go with 10 rebounds. The third quarter was emblematic of what Grant knows needs to change for the program.
Especially if the Panthers want to get back to their winning ways.
“We’re used to losing,” Grant said. “Sometimes, we have a bad first half and the other team has a bad first half and we just assume they’re going to have a great second half and we’re not.
“I’ve been working hard at becoming a better leader and keeping myself up because that’s important for everyone else to see.”
Oswego’s Kendall Grant (42) shoots a 3-pointer from the corner against Dixon during a nonconference game in Oswego on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (Sean King / The Beacon-News)
Parsons, a 2014 Oswego East graduate, knew what she was facing when she took the job.
“Changing the entire culture from last year has been really tough,” Parsons said. “Losing games shoots down everyone’s confidence. My intent is to get them to understand that even if a game isn’t going your way, you still have to fight.
“A few shots going in for the other team doesn’t mean the game is over.”
That said, Parsons is pleased she has a veteran like Grant to lean on.
Oswego’s Kendall Grant (42) passes the ball up the court against Dixon during a nonconference game in Oswego on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (Sean King / The Beacon-News)
“She has a great basketball IQ,” Parsons said. “She’s constantly talking to her teammates, which definitely takes a lot off of me as the coach. She already knows what the deal is and knows what she wants to do and communicates to her teammates.”
On the court, Grant’s game has evolved through the years. She was primarily a post player her first two seasons before expanding her game to the perimeter last winter.
“At the end of my sophomore year, I started shooting a little bit more,” Grant said. “Last year, I was kind of more inside and out.
“This year, I’ve been inside and out, but my shot hasn’t been falling recently, so I’ve been focusing on being inside more and letting the shots come to me.”
Oswego’s Kendall Grant (42) grabs a rebound against Dixon during a nonconference game in Oswego on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (Sean King / The Beacon-News)
Parsons is doing her best to keep Grant’s confidence up in the midst of that slump.
“When you’re talking about somebody who is over 5-foot-9 who can score, who can shoot, who can play inside and out, that’s definitely hard to guard,” Parsons said. “You definitely like to have somebody like that and let along the kind of leader she is as well.
“Even the best shooters get into funks, so it’s just keeping her head high, helping her with her skills inside the paint so she knows when her shot isn’t falling that she can still make something happen down low.”
Last month, Grant also made a decision about her future, keeping her basketball and golf careers going next year at North Central College.
“I was back and forth between the two and I ultimately decided that I couldn’t give one up,” Grant said. “I decided to pick a school that would let me work with that.”
Paul Johnson is a freelance reporter for The Beacon-News.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/08/kendall-grant-oswego-dixon-ihsa-girls-basketball/
Carlos Alcaraz y otras estrellas del tenis participan en evento de exhibición en el loanDepot Park
Por ALANIS THAMES
MIAMI (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz quería jugar frente a una multitud enérgica en el el torneo de exhibición de Miami.
El jugador de tenis número uno del mundo cumplió su deseo, recibió una ovación cuando pisó la cancha y escuchó vítores eléctricos durante un evento de exhibición el lunes por la noche en el loanDepot Park, el hogar de los Marlins de Miami del Béisbol de Grandes Ligas.
Fue un evento único —la primera vez que se juega tenis en el loanDepot Park— y también contó con la participación del destacado brasileño en ascenso João Fonseca y las estrellas femeninas Amanda Anisimova y Jessica Pegula.
Alcaraz derrotó al clasificado número 24 Fonseca 7-5, 2-6, 10-8 en un emocionante partido de individuales, en el primer enfrentamiento entre ellos. Anisimova superó a Pegula 6-2, 7-5 más temprano en la noche. Alcaraz y Pegula también vencieron a Anisimova y Fonseca en un desempate de dobles mixtos a diez puntos.
“Solo espero que la gente se entretenga viéndonos jugar. Creo que es inusual vernos jugar en este tipo de estadios y cancha. Estoy realmente emocionado de jugar aquí con João. Estoy emocionado de ver cómo va a responder la gente”, afirmó Alcaraz antes del partido.
El joven de 22 años Alcaraz recientemente concluyó la temporada 2025, en lo más alto del ranking de la ATP al final del año, con el mayor número de victorias en partidos del tour, 71, y ocho trofeos, además de un par de títulos de Grand Slam que elevaron el total en su carrera a seis.
El español ha estado ocupado durante la temporada de exhibición, que también incluyó un evento en Newark, Nueva Jersey, el domingo, en el que Alcaraz jugó un partido de individuales contra el dos veces semifinalista del Abierto de Estados Unidos, Frances Tiafoe.
“Me estoy divirtiendo mucho. Recibiendo la energía de la gente, jugando en algunos lugares a los que no estamos acostumbrados. Es emocionante. Ha sido genial hasta ahora, y lo estoy disfrutando mucho”, expresó Alcaraz.
La multitud del lunes incluyó a las estrellas del Inter Miami Sergio Busquets y Jordi Alba, quienes se convirtieron en campeones de la MLS hace solo un par de días en el último partido de sus condecoradas carreras.
Anisimova, finalista del Abierto de Estados Unidos y Wimbledon este año, y Pegula, quien llegó a las semifinales del Abierto de Estados Unidos, ambas señalaron que la exhibición del lunes fue una gran manera de prepararse para la próxima temporada en un nuevo entorno.
“Creo que nos encanta jugar al tenis y nos encanta competir. Poder cambiar un poco cómo se ve eso, donde no es algo que hacemos el 95% del año, siempre es muy agradable y refrescante para nosotros. Creo que es genial para el deporte. Le da un aspecto diferente para los fanáticos, para todos los involucrados. Para los jugadores, nos mantiene renovados y nos recuerda por qué estamos jugando”, comentó Pegula.
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Deportes en español AP: https://apnews.com/hub/deportes
Hockey at the Winter Olympics will be played on shorter ice than NHL dimensions
MILAN — Hockey, one of the premier events at the Winter Olympics and one that is welcoming NHL players back for the first time in more than a decade, will take place on ice that is shorter than NHL-regulation size.
Men’s and women’s games at two arenas will be played in rinks that are 60 meters long by 26 meters wide, or 196.85-by-85.3 feet. NHL dimensions are 200 by 85 feet (60.96 by 25.908 meters), so the Olympic ice will be slightly wider and more than 3 feet shorter.
The International Ice Hockey Federation approved the Milan rinks, which fit one of the governing body’s standard sizes and was used by the Pittsburgh Penguins and Nashville Predators for two games in Stockholm in November.
The IIHF shifted to the NHL dimensions at the Olympics beginning in 2018 and used again in 2022. The 2026 Games in February mark the first time NHL players will be at the Olympics since 2014 in Sochi.
The IIHF on Monday confirmed the different size was in place in Milan without explanation.
“While these dimensions differ slightly from a typical NHL rink, they are consistent with IIHF regulations, match the rink size used at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games and are fully consistent with the dimensions the NHL requires as part of its Global Series Game arena specifications,” the federation said. “All involved, the IIHF, the Organizing Committee, NHL, NHLPA, IOC and the relevant venue authorities agree that the differences in rink specifications are insignificant, and should not impact either the safety or quality of game play.”
Olympic hockey had been played on international ice of 60 by 30 meters (196.85 by 98.4 feet) in 1998, 2006 and 2014, with a slight variation in Salt Lake City in 2002. It was played on NHL-sized ice in Vancouver in 2010 because of the existing arenas.
“It’s the same for every team, and I think that’s the bottom line,” Finland men’s hockey general manager Jere Lehtinen told The Associated Press. “Our coaches, maybe it’s more interesting and something you need to pay attention more.”
Canada general manager Doug Armstrong first brought up the ice being slightly off from NHL regulation size on a podcast in early September and then discussed it again in October. National federations have been aware of the specs for quite some time; Canada assistant coach Peter DeBoer broached the topic recently on a radio show, raising questions about why it’s not NHL-sized ice.
The ice dimensions will be the same in both hockey arenas in February: the main arena that is still being built and the smaller, temporary venue that is situated inside an exhibition center.
Construction at the Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena — the new, 16,000-seat venue on the outskirts of Milan — is going down to the wire and organizers told The AP that there was “no plan B.”
A test event had to be moved to the Rho Ice Hockey Arena and new test events at the main venue aren’t scheduled until Jan. 9-11, less than a month before the first puck is dropped. Workers on Friday were still putting the finishing touches to the venue in Rho, just three days before the start of the IIHF Group B Under 20 World Championship that will serve as a test event.
“We’re aware that they’re behind schedule a little bit, but we’re all assuming that that’ll all be taken care of,” Canada men’s assistant coach Bruce Cassidy said last week.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has brought up logistics concerns repeatedly. At the league’s annual fall Board of Governors meeting in October, he said: “We are constrained in what we can and can’t do, request and demand and if it reached a certain point, we’ll have to deal with it. But I’m not speculating, and we’ve been constantly assured by the IOC and the IIHF that it will be OK.”
The men’s Olympic hockey tournament is scheduled from Feb. 11-22. The women’s tournament runs from Feb. 5-19.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/08/milan-cortina-winter-olympics-hockey-ice/
Tribunal en Beijing ordena a Malaysia Airlines indemnizar a familias de las víctimas del vuelo MH370
Un tribunal de Beijing determinó que Malaysia Airlines debe pagar 2,9 millones de yuanes (410.000 dólares) a cada una de las familias de los ocho pasajeros que desaparecieron en el vuelo MH370 hace más de una década.
El tribunal ordenó que la aerolínea debe compensar a cada una de las familias por el fallecimiento de sus seres queridos, incluidos gastos funerarios y daños derivados del sufrimiento emocional, según se indicó en un comunicado el lunes. A pesar de que se desconoce lo qué ocurrió con los pasajeros, ya fueron declarados legalmente muertos.
En vuelo, que desapareció en 2014 luego de despegar de Kuala Lumpur con destino a Beijing, llevaba 239 pasajeros y tripulantes a bordo. A pesar de años de búsquedas, se desconoce por qué el avión se estrelló o qué sucedió con las personas a bordo. La mayoría de los pasajeros eran chinos, y sus familias en China siguen buscando respuestas.
El tribunal indicó que otros 23 casos siguen pendientes. En otros 47 casos, las familias han llegado a acuerdos con las aerolíneas y han retirado sus demandas.
El gobierno de Malasia anunció el miércoles que reanudaría la búsqueda del avión a partir del 30 de diciembre.
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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
Jeff Vorva’s high school girls basketball rankings and player of the week for the Daily Southtown
T.F. South, T.F. North and Lockport inch upward, while Stagg enters the rankings.
Top 10
With records through Monday and previous rankings in parentheses.
1. Marist 8-0 (1)
Wednesday showdown at Carmel could be a big test for Olivia Cosme and the RedHawks.
2. Bloom 7-0 (2)
Jenesis Moore and Blazing Trojans turn up the defense in 65-33 win over unbeaten Kankakee.
3. Providence 6-1 (3)
Eilish Raines and the Celtics recover from loss to Loyola by rolling past Joliet Catholic 77-47.
4. Mother McAuley 4-2 (4)
Quinn Arundel is honored for her performance at the Dave Yates Chicagoland Showcase.
5. Lincoln-Way West 5-2 (5)
Mackenzie Roesner and the Warriors try to shake off a nonconference loss to Kankakee.
6. T.F. South 8-1 (7)
Brie Hawthorne and the Red Wolves are off to a scalding start.
7. T.F. North 6-0 (8)
Gamaria Branch scores 20 points and grabs 17 rebounds against Argo.
8. Homewood-Flossmoor 5-3 (6)
Those three losses by the Vikings are against teams that enter this week with a 22-2 record.
9. Lockport 5-2 (10)
Evelyn Ingram and the Porters head into this week with a three-game winning streak.
10. Stagg 5-3 (NR)
A huge test against Homewood-Flossmoor looms Thursday for Rayven Brewer and Chargers.
Player of the Week
Senior guard Abbey Hobart, a Missouri S&T recruit, piles up 62 points, 13 rebounds and 12 steals for Stagg in wins over Lincoln-Way Central, Lincoln-Way East and Romeoville.
Jeff Vorva is a freelance reporter for the Daily Southtown.
Jim Quinn On The West’s Mass Collective Societal Suicide
Jim Quinn On The West’s Mass Collective Societal Suicide
Authored by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog,
“Historians will look back at the wreckage of a once-great American civilization and not with wonder that tens of millions of people who were entirely dependent upon government welfare payments were nonetheless allowed to vote.
Even to include millions of illiterate 3rd world illiterate aliens who snuck in, then were put on welfare, and were given driver’s licenses and social security numbers, so they could vote in elections to give themselves more welfare. Eventually, the historians will agree that America committed mass collective suicide, because obviously such insane policies could never be contemplated by a rational people.” – Matt Bracken
The United States and many other formerly western white developed world countries have been in the process of committing mass collective societal suicide for the past thirty five years, with a rapid acceleration over the last several years.
The implications are vast, with the ultimate extinguishment of the white race baked into the demographic cake, unless massive changes in immigration policies are implemented and a cultural reversal in attitudes about having children takes hold. Neither seems likely at this point. The chart below paints a dire picture, but it is even worse than it appears.
The chart tells a story of which countries have embraced the mass suicide of their culture and those still resisting. The chart reveals the number of immigrants, but not where they came from and whether they arrived legally. So, Switzerland has the largest number of immigrants and a 66% increase since 1990, but the vast majority are from other European countries, as only 2% of their population are African. Iceland is another similar example, as the number of immigrants since 1990 has increased by a factor of six, but Africans still make up less than 1% of their population.
All you need to do is follow alt-media outlets to understand which countries have purposefully decided to destroy their cultures, economies, and national identity at the behest of globalist billionaires attempting to implement their Great Reset new world order by destroying the social and economic fabric of formerly white countries. Just view video evidence posted daily on the internet to know which countries are circling the drain because they have allowed and encouraged an invasion of low IQ, ignorant, violent, feral, 3rd world dregs to overwhelm their formerly cohesive white nations. Diversity has proven not to be a strength.
Those with the most dramatic transformation (deformation) towards 3rd world shithole status include: Ireland, Sweden, Belgium, Italy and the U.K.
In the case of Ireland it isn’t necessarily the pure number, but the growth of groups who are wreaking havoc. There were approximately 4,000 Muslims in Ireland in 1990. Today there are over 100,000 Muslims (2% of total population) and their growth rate is accelerating. They are highly concentrated in the major cities and account for the large percentage of crime, while consuming an inordinate percentage of welfare outlays. The captured woke Irish politicians allow this demographic to commit murder, while locking up white Irish natives for speaking out against this invasion.
Sweden is the poster child for the mass insanity of a previously homogeneous, safe, white society. There were approximately 50,000 Muslims in Sweden in 1990, less than 1% of the total population. Inexplicably, other than as part of a globalist plot to destroy Sweden, the fostered invasion by Muslim hordes has resulted in 2 million (20% of total population) of these godless savages rampaging through Sweden’s urban areas, raping Swedish girls and siphoning billions in welfare benefits. There are areas within Swedish cities declared no-go-zones, where even the police won’t go. Were the white Swedish people so guilt ridden by their 1st world, happy, homogeneous society, they felt the need to commit harakiri by opening their doors to a population who hate whites and all non-Muslims?
When I spent several days in Belgium in 1990, walking the streets of Brussels was safe and enjoyable. History and magnificent architecture oozed from every crevice. Muslims accounted for 2.7% of the population. Today they account for 8% of the population and white people are afraid to walk the streets. The once glorious culture of Belgium has been degraded, as they plunge towards third world shithole status. It has all been planned, initiated, and executed by the EU/WEF globalist coalition of billionaire psychopaths in suits.
Italy has historically been a very homogeneous nation, with Rome as the center of the Christian world. In 1990, there were less than 150,000 Muslims (less than 1% of total population) living in Italy. Today, after years of boats arriving from Africa with hordes of “refugees”, there are approximately 3 million Muslims representing 5% of the population. That is an invasion worthy of D-Day. These people don’t fit into Italian society, nor do they want to assimilate into Italian society. They stay in enclaves, where whites don’t dare venture. The largest Mosque in Europe is now located in Rome and the pope is a cuck to the Muslim religious fanatics.
Which brings us to our long-time ally – the U.K. The growth of immigrants is up 170% since 1990. Again, this has not occurred naturally or by accident. There has been a coordinated effort to “diversify” the whiteness out of the U.K. And if you point this out publicly, like Tommy Robinson has done, you are arrested and thrown in prison, while the savage Muslims rape your daughters and suck your welfare system dry. The U.K. police thugs crackdown on grannies for social media posts while violent Muslims wreak havoc in the capital and other urban areas. Dozens of native British citizens are thrown in jail daily for “offensive” social media posts.
In 1990, there were approximately 600,000 Muslims, making up a little more than 1% of the U.K. population. Today, they number 4 million, or 6.5% of the U.K. population. They may make up only 6.5% of the population, but do make up over 17% of the prison population. They spread hate and chaos wherever they go. The overthrow of the U.K. by Muslim hordes, promoted by captured co-conspiratorial government officials, and bankrolled by the likes of Soros, Gates, and their fellow WEF billionaire cronies, is well under way and unlikely to be stopped at this point.
Most of these European countries are too far gone to be saved. Their double pronged suicide pact not only includes the implosion of their cultures through importation of low IQ violent savages, but a World War 3 death wish from provoking Putin and depleting their treasuries to supply the most corrupt regime (Ukraine) in world history in a fruitless losing effort meant to distract their populace from their disastrous domestic policies.
The U.S., on the other hand has not crossed the Rubicon yet. Immigrant growth of 65% since 1990 is large, but considerably less than their European counterparts. The worst happened during the dementia basement dummy’s reign of error and terror, as his handlers implemented the Soros/Gates/Schwab Great Reset plan to the best of their ability while Joe took naps and shit his pants.
The U.S. immigration debacle is multi-pronged, with 52 million total immigrants, but an astronomical number of those being illegal invaders. The Muslim problem is large and growing. In 1990, there were approximately 750,000 Muslims in the U.S., constituting about 0.3% of the total population. They now number close to 5 million, or 1.5% of the population.
That doesn’t sound like a lot, but they take over specific areas of our urban enclaves and then gain power by electing themselves into political positions. They spread hate and divisiveness, while committing an inordinate amount of crimes, and gaming/scamming the welfare system. Muslim men who account for less than 1% of the total U.S. population, now account for 9% of all prison inmates.
With Somalis stealing billions from taxpayers in Minnesota, with the blessing of retard Walz and incestuous Omar, in the news for the last few weeks, the question of why Minnesota and other areas of the U.S. have been flooded by these low IQ , deceptive, criminal lowlifes is unanswered. There were only 2,000 Somalis in the U.S. in 1990. Now there are 300,000, with one-third in the Minneapolis area. Why would people from a country with an average temperature of 90 degrees emigrate to a region with winter temperatures averaging 20 degrees?
This invasion was clearly coordinated and planned by the globalists looking to create havoc, disarray, the tearing of the social fabric of a vibrant white culture, and the destruction of community norms which have successfully sustained our society for decades. One must ask themselves, has the increase in 3rd world African shithole country migrants from under 400,000 in 1990 to near 5 million today benefited our country? If these low IQ dregs supposedly increase the vibrancy and diversity of our country, why are the countries they came from still shitholes? Their occupation in our country costs real American taxpayers BILLIONS per year in welfare payments, not to mention the outsized cost of dealing with their rampant criminal behavior.
There is a reason Africa looks the same today as it did a century ago, before the western world poured $2.6 trillion down the shithole drain of 3rd world countries who do not have the wherewithal or intelligence to improve their own lot.
It’s bad enough for our society with the invasion of Africans/Muslims, but the biggest issue over the last several years was the Biden/Harris coordinated attack on America, with their co-conspirators Soros, Gates, USAID, bought off democrat politicians, globalist funded NGOs, and willing apparatchiks within the government bureaucracy. The border was opened wide, as busses, trains, and air transport dropped 3rd world mutts into our cities across the land. All designed to undermine our once cohesive society.
There are now approximately 27 million Latin Americans roaming our streets, refusing to assimilate, committing crimes, and sucking our welfare system dry. At least 14 million of them are illegal, but the number is probably much higher. They may be illegal, but somehow they vote, get drivers licenses, collect welfare, go to our public schools, commit an outsized proportion of crime, and generally create chaos and havoc in our own democrat run urban shithole cities. The country is already $38 trillion in debt, with another $200 trillion of unfunded welfare liabilities. Our cities and states are also essentially bankrupt, using GAAP accounting. Allowing the country to be overrun by 3rd world rabble is accelerating our societal suicide.
But that is the point, isn’t it. There is no rational explanation for why the U.S. and western European countries would insanely encourage and allow the uninhibited invasion of their nations by 3rd world riff-raff who degrade and diminish the standard of living of their native populations. The level of bribes, payoffs, corruption, and propaganda from feckless legacy media outlets, are at astronomical levels when it comes to promoting and propagating this mass collective societal suicide. The amount of money to initiate and perpetuate this global years long invasion numbers in the hundreds of billions and could only be funded by the likes of Soros, Gates, and their other Davos billionaire cronies.
The goals are demoralization of the white native populations of western developed nations, the destruction of the economies sustaining the formerly 1st world status of these countries, degradation of the culture through insane woke agendas celebrating abnormality, capture of governments through insertion of political operatives, and indoctrination of the youth within the government school systems and universities with radical communistic beliefs destined to purposefully fail. Their Great Reset/Great Taking plan is real. You will own nothing and not actually be very happy once they are done with you.
None of what is happening is normal or naturally occurring. It’s part of a plan to enslave the world in a digital gulag, where your CBDCs will be doled out according to your subservience and maintaining the proper social credit score, and everything you say, type or do will be monitored 24/7 by the ruling totalitarian oligarchs who have society’s “best interest” at heart. Wait until they pull the plug on the financial system and your 401k is vaporized/ bailed-in to “save” the system. They will own everything and you will own nothing. We are already more than 50% down this path.
If I lived in the UK, this article would get me thrown in jail.
“The real hopeless victims of mental illness are to be found among those who appear to be most normal. “Many of them are normal because they are so well adjusted to our mode of existence, because their human voice has been silenced so early in their lives, that they do not even struggle or suffer or develop symptoms as the neurotic does.” They are normal not in what may be called the absolute sense of the word; they are normal only in relation to a profoundly abnormal society. Their perfect adjustment to that abnormal society is a measure of their mental sickness. These millions of abnormally normal people, living without fuss in a society to which, if they were fully human beings, they ought not to be adjusted.”
– Aldous Huxley, Brave New World Revisited
The censorship police will be coming to the U.S. next. Their propaganda machine has convinced billions what is happening is normal. But it is profoundly abnormal, as Huxley described seven decades ago. This mass societal suicide in progress is a form of mental illness and I refuse to adjust my mind to this warped abnormal dystopian fantasy world. Time is growing short to stand up against the psychopaths in suits implementing their abnormal agenda. I hope enough of us are up to the challenge.
Tyler Durden
Mon, 12/08/2025 – 23:25
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/jim-quinn-wests-mass-collective-societal-suicide
Suns superan 40 puntos de Edwards y rompen racha de cinco victorias de Timberwolves al ganar 108-105
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Mark Williams anotó 22 puntos y capturó siete rebotes, y los Suns de Phoenix superaron los 40 puntos de Anthony Edwards para romper la racha de cinco victorias consecutivas de los Timberwolves de Minnesota con una victoria de 108-105 la noche del lunes.
Collin Gillespie sumó 19 tantos y Dillon Brooks tuvo 18 para los Suns, quienes sorprendieron a Minnesota con una remontada tardía en su encuentro anterior, pero tuvieron un tiempo más fácil el lunes. Phoenix nunca estuvo detrás por más de dos puntos en su último ajuste antes de viajar a la ciudad líder de la liga, Oklahoma City, el miércoles para un partido de cuartos de final de la Copa NBA.
Edwards lanzó 15 de 21 y Julius Randle anotó 21 puntos, pero el resto de los principales jugadores de Minnesota tuvieron dificultades. Naz Reid tuvo dos de 12 desde la banca y Jaden McDaniels y Donte DiVincenzo ambos terminaron uno de siete.
Rudy Gobert estaba teniendo una buena noche hasta que fue expulsado en el tercer cuarto por una falta flagrante. Terminó con 15 puntos y ocho rebotes.
En la victoria de los Suns en casa por 114-113 el 21 de noviembre, se convirtieron en el primer equipo desde enero de 2022 en ganar en tiempo reglamentario después de estar detrás por ocho o más puntos en el último minuto.
Esta vez, los Suns arrollaron a los Wolves con una racha de 14-3 para comenzar el cuarto período, convirtiendo un empate a 84 en una ventaja de 98-87. Minnesota volvió al juego y tuvo la oportunidad de empatar, pero McDaniels falló un triple con 3,7 segundos por jugar.
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Basketball and local scores for the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County
High school and local college results and highlights from the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County coverage areas.
Email Daily Southtown results to southtownsports@gmail.com, Beacon-News, Courier-News and Naperville Sun results to tribwestsports@gmail.com and News-Sun results to newssunsports@gmail.com.
SATURDAY’S EVENT
LOCAL COLLEGES
FOOTBALL
NCAA DIVISION III QUARTERFINAL
Bethel (Minn.) (12-0) at North Central College (12-0), noon.
MONDAY’S RESULTS
HIGH SCHOOLS
BOYS BASKETBALL
Grayslake Central 50, Prairie Ridge 46
Grayslake Central (4-3): Alex Granville 17 points. Carson Woods 14 points.
Plano 61, IMSA 50
IMSA (4-3): Lota Owamezee 16 points.
Vernon Hills 61, Rochelle Zell 33
Vernon Hills (6-1): Daniel Odhiambo 20 points. Graham Lis 13 points.
Warren 77, Grayslake North 47
Warren (3-1): Jaxson Davis 27 points. Joel Paasch 12 points. Avonn King 11 points.
Grayslake North (3-3): Uros Mitrovic 17 points. Maurice Jorden 10 points.
Wolcott 57, Morgan Park Academy 43
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Beecher 52, Gardner-South Wilmington 34
Beecher (4-5, 3-1 River Valley): Madison Smith 15 points. Gianna Bonomo 14 points.
Bloom 65, Kankakee 33
Dixon 41, Oswego 23
Elk Grove 49, Bartlett 35
Evergreen Park 57, IMSA 13
Genoa-Kingston 49, Indian Creek 39
Indian Creek (2-2): Madison Boehne 14 points. Ally Keilman 10 points.
Marist 57, Lincoln-Way Central 39
Lincoln-Way Central (3-5): Brooke Katzmann 8 points. Christina Galka 8 points.
Metea Valley 50, Willowbrook 46
Metea (3-5): Jailyn Cutts 17 points. Payton Giannone 11 points.
Morgan Park Academy 51, Wolcott 22
Parkview Christian 49, Somonauk 23
Southland Prep 59, Unity Christian 57
Compiled by Josh Krockey.
Una sinfonía de ladridos: Casi 2.400 golden retrievers se reúnen en un parque de Argentina
Por ISABEL DEBRE
BUENOS AIRES (AP) — La cacofonía podía escucharse a kilómetros de distancia, el sonido inconfundible de 2.397 perros ladrando en la capital argentina, rompiendo un récord mundial no oficial del mayor número de golden retrievers reunidos en un solo lugar.
La emoción podía sentirse en Bosques de Palermo, un enorme parque en Buenos Aires, mientras dueños de golden retrievers de todo el país transformaban el parque en un mar de pelaje dorado.
Dueños de perros de todas las edades, con la ropa cubierta de pelo de perro y manchada de babas, se sentaron en mantas de picnic con sus queridos goldens para contemplar la surrealista vista de tantos otros excepcionalmente parecidos. Los niños gritaban de alegría mientras acariciaban con entusiasmo a cada perro que se les acercaba.
Las familias posaban para tomarse selfies con sus mascotas bajo el ardiente sol del verano en el hemisferio sur.
Bebiendo el tradicional mate argentino, los asistentes intercambiaban datos curiosos sobre su raza favorita –como la famosa habilidad de los golden para detectar niveles bajos de azúcar en la sangre y cáncer–, y compartían historias de cómo sus perros les han brindado consuelo durante los altibajos de la vida.
“Desde chicos nos acompañó en la familia en todo momento. Hemos tenido vacaciones con ella, hicimos todo juntos”, declaró Nicolás Orellana, un joven de 26 años que llevaba una camiseta con la fotografía de un golden retriever. Su familia dijo que condujeron una hora y media desde su ciudad natal en la provincia de Buenos Aires para asistir al evento.
“Es un tipo de perro que se sabe que crea un vínculo especial”, señaló mientras se arrodillaba para acariciar a Luna, su perra de 13 años de edad.
A su alrededor, otros golden retrievers se olfateaban unos a otros incesantemente, algunos de ellos con disfraces que iban desde camisetas de fútbol y la bandera nacional hasta tutús y pañuelos de Star Wars.
A través del tsunami de colas agitándose, diez voluntarios amantes de los perros recorrían el lugar para registrar a cada golden retriever presente.
Después de horas de un meticuloso conteo, la cifra final se dio a conocer la noche del lunes. Con 2.397 golden retrievers registrados, el organizador del evento, Fausto Duperre, anunció que Argentina había roto el récord mundial informal establecido el año pasado, cuando un evento en Vancouver reunió a 1.685 goldens.
“Es un evento histórico, no tiene precio”,exclamó Duperre, un actor argentino de 28 años que se ha convertido en una especie de influencer de golden retrievers en redes sociales, donde publica regularmente contenido sobre su golden Oli, de 10 años.
“Estoy muy agradecido y contento, orgulloso, emocionado, feliz, todo junto”, añadió.
Las expectativas de una enorme foto grupal únicamente con los perros se desvanecieron rápidamente al quedar claro que ningún dueño, ni perro, soportaría siquiera unos momentos de separación. Además, existía el temor muy real de que los perros se perdieran entre sus miles de compañeros peludos. Dueños tiraban de correas y lidiaban con los perros más inquietos para mantenerlos cerca.
Algunos dijeron que esperaban un caos total en el evento del lunes, pero quedaron sorprendidos al ver que resultó ser fácil y encantador, como los propios perros.
“Tenía miedo de perderla, tenía miedo de que peleara, tenía miedo de que otro perro la atacara”, comentó Elena Deleo, de 64 años, mientras acariciaba a su perra Angie. “Pero no, son muy buenos, muy tranquilos, son perros muy cariñosos. es una linda experiencia”.
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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
Seattle’s Woke World Cup Agenda Implodes As ‘Pride Match’ Set Between Countries With Anti-Gay Laws
Seattle’s Woke World Cup Agenda Implodes As ‘Pride Match’ Set Between Countries With Anti-Gay Laws
Authored by Sarah Anderson via PJMedia.com,
You couldn’t make this stuff up if you tried…
The 2026 World Cup has been the talk of the sports – and political – world lately. The United States, Mexico, and Canada will host it, and last week, the presidents of all three countries attended and participated in the draw to determine which teams would play in which groups.
In the United States, Seattle is one of the host cities, and one of the matches in that city will take place on June 26.
Before the draw, local organizers there determined that the theme for that particular night would be LGBT-etc “Pride Night” to coincide with June being “Pride Month.” Why? Because Seattle’s going to Seattle and insert propaganda into sports, no matter how much it alienates people.
So now that everything’s finalized and settled, we know who will be paying in that particular match: Egypt and Iran. No, I’m serious.
In case you’re unfamiliar, Iran follows strict Sharia law, which means that being gay is off the table. You’re a guy who has sex with another guy or a girl who has sex with another girl, and you ended up flogged, in jail, or more likely, facing the death penalty.
And they aren’t afraid to enforce it.
In 2013, 17 people were arrested and some beaten for attending a “gay birthday party.” In 2022, a 16-year-old “queer activist” was disappeared and murdered by Iranian security officials. A 2014 report found an uptick in officials raiding what they believed to be “gay parties” and forcing those who were arrested to name names of other alphabet mafia folks. In 2020, a gay man was reportedly executed via public hanging. In 2021, two gay men were executed for sodomy. You get the idea.
Egypt is a bit more liberal in this area, I guess. Its laws as of 2024 do not outright ban homosexuality, but it does use other “criminal” acts like “indecency” and “debauchery” to punish people who participate in intimate same-sex acts with up to three years in prison and a fine. Law enforcement often uses dating apps to hunt people down.
In 2022, school children were taught anti-LGBT awareness to prevent deviant behavior, and the government has demanded that Netflix remove “offensive” homosexual content from its platform.
Notably, the Pride branding is not a FIFA initiative.
Host cities are permitted to build their own fan experiences around match days, and Seattle’s committee chose to highlight LGBTQ+ inclusion through art installations, community partnerships, and Pride-related programming across the city.
The match will take place on a Friday night during what is not only “Pride Month” across our beautiful, mixed-up country – you know, the month that every store you’ve ever shopped at suddenly adds a rainbow flag and sparkles to their logos in their emails – but also Seattle’s own personal extra gay “Pride Weekend.”
The city has even invited Washington-based LGBT-etc artists to submit their work for display around the stadium.
A spokesperson for the Seattle Pride Match Advisory Committee says the match will still go as planned. “Soccer has a unique power to unite people across borders, cultures, and beliefs. We are honored to host a Pride Match and to celebrate Pride as part of a global football community,” they said, adding, “This match reflects our ongoing commitment to respect, dignity, and unity for all.”
Translation: “Ignore the public executions in Tehran. We’re going to distract you with our colorful murals.”
Oh well, we’ll see what happens in June when 69,000 Seattle progressives take to Lumen Field to wave their rainbow flags and shout their pronouns at men from countries who will literally kill you for sex outside of a heterosexual marriage.
Tyler Durden
Mon, 12/08/2025 – 22:35
