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Boca Juniors gana en estrenos de Romero y Ascacíbar; River se lleva empate de Rosario
Por MARCELO R. ANDROETTO
BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Con los debuts del delantero paraguayo Ángel Romero y del volante Santiago Ascacíbar, Boca Juniors venció 2-0 sin sobresaltos a Newell’s Old Boys en La Bombonera, mientras que River Plate salió con un 0-0 en una visita de riesgo a Rosario Central, en sendos partidos disputados el domingo por la 3ra. fecha del Torneo Apertura del fútbol argentino.
El “Xeneize” festejó con un golazo de Lautaro Blanco, a los 40 minutos, y un penal de Leandro Paredes, a los 56, ante un rival en proceso de reconstrucción y que sigue sin conocer el triunfo en el certamen.
Romero, de 33 años, cumplió su sueño de ponerse la camiseta de Boca, al igual que ya lo había hecho su hermano Óscar en los años 2022-23.
El paraguayo ingresó en el entretiempo y en una de sus primeras intervenciones fue sujetado por la camiseta al intentar penetrar en el área de Newell‘s. El árbitro Darío Herrera cobró tiro libre, pero tras la intervención del VAR cambió su decisión por la pena máxima.
En tanto, Ascacíbar, hincha confeso del “Xeneize”, debutó en calidad de titular y entregó señales de que tiene mucho para aportar a su nuevo equipo, tras despedirse con polémica de Estudiantes de La Plata. El “Ruso” se desprendió varias veces y llegó al área de la “Lepra” con posibilidades claras de marcar.
“Es hermoso vivir este momento… mis ilusiones son grandes. Siempre tenemos que hacerlo de esta manera, entregarnos al máximo”, declaró Ascacíbar, de 28 años.
El técnico Claudio Úbeda alineó un mediocampo de lujo, con Ascacíbar, Paredes y el español Ander Herrera.
Con todo, al local le costaba encontrar los caminos al gol, porque carecía de profundidad por afuera y de peso en el área: ante una verdadera epidemia de delanteros lesionados, saltaron a la cancha los juveniles Gonzalo Gelini e Iker Zufiaurre, con un futuro promisorio por delante pero aún inexpertos.
Todo se destrabó con una gran jugada de Exequiel Zeballos — la figura del encuentro — y su asistencia para Blanco, quien la picó por sobre el cuerpo del arquero chileno Gabriel Arias. Y en el complemento, el penal ejecutado con sobriedad por Paredes liquidó muy temprano el pleito, ante un Newell‘s sin juego ni templanza para inquietar al anfitrión.
Boca suma seis puntos y se mantiene provisionalmente en un segundo escalón compartido en la Zona A, a un punto de los líderes Vélez Sarsfield y Platense, mientras que la “Lepra” continúa cerca del sótano de la tabla, con solo una unidad.
En el estadio Gigante de Arroyito, River estuvo más cerca de la victoria que el anfitrión, sobre todo en el primer tiempo. Pero otra vez la carencia de delanteros con gol le jugaron una mala pasada. En realidad, Sebastián Driussi definió bien y convirtió tras una montonera en el área de Rosario Central, pero el VAR marcó fuera de juego del atacante.
El conjunto de Marcelo Gallardo — volvió a alinear al chileno Paulo Díaz (de buen desempeño) tras varios meses de ausencia, en lugar del suspendido uruguayo Matías Viña—, llegó varias veces con peligro e incluso jugó un último cuarto de hora de muy buen fútbol, de la mano del colombiano Juanfer Quintero.
En el complemento, el equipo de Jorge Almirón primeramente niveló la balanza y luego se mostró preponderante. El sustituto Gaspar Duarte entró muy bien y Ángel Di María también aumentó su participación en el circuito de juego del “Canalla”. Tanto que el arquero de River, Santiago Beltrán, terminó destacándose.
“Hicimos un muy buen partido. Cuando no pudimos jugar, defendimos muy bien. Tuvimos varias ocasiones. Nos faltó el ‘Negro’”, argumentó Di María, quien aludió a la ausencia por lesión del colombiano Jáminton Campaz.
Con la igualdad, River lidera momentáneamente en soledad la Zona B, con siete puntos, mientras que Central, campeón de la temporada 2025, suma cuatro unidades.
Además, en el estadio “Claudio Fabián Tapia” Barracas Central y Riestra igualaron 1-1 en un partido con final polémico: en los descuentos, el anfitrión pasó de tener un penal en contra a contar con uno a favor -tras intervención del VAR-, con lo que el “Guapo” cosechó a la postre un agónico punto.
West Aurora wrestler Marcus Quintana, much like his brothers, also trains in boxing and MMA. ‘My own style.’
West Aurora junior Marcus Quintana always weighs his personal standards against the high school wrestling achievements of his older brothers, Moses and Noah.
Moses and Noah made a combined six appearances at state for the Blackhawks.
“I always try to do better than them or at least the same because I know they’re going to make fun of me if I do worse,” Marcus said. “I had a great childhood growing up with them.
“It was wrestling in the basement or the backyard or training at the MMA gym.”
It all paid off Saturday for Quintana, who won by fall in the first period over Waubonsie Valley’s Chase Nailos in the 165-pound championship match of the Class 3A East Aurora Regional.
Senior Dayne Serio captured the 175-pound title and junior Malan Hatfield won at 157 for the Blackhawks, who finished as the runner-up to defending dual team state champion Marmion.
West Aurora’s Marcus Quintana, right, battles for position with Waubonsie Valley’s Chase Nailos in the 165-pound final of the Class 3A East Aurora Regional on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (Sean King / The Beacon-News)
West Aurora advanced nine wrestlers to the Hinsdale Central Sectional on Saturday, Feb. 14.
Quintana, who qualified for state in each of his first two seasons, wants to make it three straight.
“He’s always pushing the pace and he’s very strong on top,” Hatfield said of Quintana. “His personality is kind of nonchalant. He’s always chilling. He always sets an example.
“He’s very serious about the sport.”
West Aurora’s Marcus Quintana, top, works for a pin against Waubonsie Valley’s Chase Nailos in the 165-pound final of the Class 3A East Aurora Regional on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (Sean King / The Beacon-News)
Noah Quintana has the family’s best individual finish with fourth place at state in 2024 at 150. As a freshman, Marcus qualified for state at 126. He returned to state last season at 144.
“Marcus is a very disciplined and resilient kid,” Moses Quintana said. “He never takes the easy way out and is always ready to push himself by facing any challenge head on.
“It’s his commitment to constant growth that really sets him apart from others.”
Marcus Quintana (26-4), who came up with two wins by fall in the regional, is ranked No. 9 in Class 3A at 165 by the Illinois Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association website.
West Aurora’s Marcus Quintana, top, works for control against Waubonsie Valley’s Chase Nailos in the 165-pound final of the Class 3A East Aurora Regional on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (Sean King / The Beacon-News)
His pin only 51 seconds into the final was the quickest championship match at East Aurora.
“I really came in with the attitude of really keeping the pace and outworking the other guys,” Quitana said. “I like to wrestle at a higher pace, but still smart.
“When there’s a shot, I like to go for it because you get into that special flow and movement.”
Despite being the youngest, Marcus confirmed his older brothers never took it easy on him. He watched and studied them while developing his own style and rhythm.
Moses, the oldest brother, was the natural leader. Noah was quiet with self-determination. Marcus called himself a hybrid of both.
“Noah wrestled really high-paced but he was always relaxed,” Marcus said. “Sometimes, I look at his old videos and film to see what he did out there and how he wrestled but I keep my own style.”
West Aurora’s Marcus Quintana, right, drives through a takedown of Waubonsie Valley’s Chase Nailos in the 165-pound final of the Class 3A East Aurora Regional on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (Sean King / The Beacon-News)
Wrestling marks a personal triumvirate for Marcus, who also boxes and trains in mixed martial arts with a special emphasis on jiujitsu.
“I’ve had nine bouts in boxing,” said Quintana, pointed out that he finished second last year in the Golden Gloves at 157. “I don’t really do jiujitsu competitively but I train with it.
“What I really love about all three is you can’t really rely on anyone else except yourself.”
Outgoing and personable, Quintana is an avid outdoorsman who loves fishing and recently took up golf. And when it comes to the future, he uses his brothers as a measuring stick.
“Noah got fourth at state and I want to see if I could do better than that,” he said. “I didn’t place last season, but it made me realize I’m one of the top competitors and I can hang with those guys.
“Now, my goal is to win the sectional.”
Patrick Z. McGavin is a freelance reporter for The Beacon-News.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/01/marcus-quintana-west-aurora-wrestling/
3 takeaways after the Chicago Bulls’ brutal 134-91 loss in Miami, including a frigid night of 3-point shooting
MIAMI — Nothing good lasts long for the Bulls this season.
Less than 24 hours after a short-handed roster clinched a galvanizing win over the Heat, the Bulls returned to the Kaseya Center to receive a crushing 134-91 smackdown in their final game of the series.
The Bulls should have been better equipped to fend off the Heat after regaining Coby White and Nikola Vučević, who sat on Saturday for injury and load management. Center Jalen Smith (calf) and guard Josh Giddey (hamstring) remained sidelined and guard Kevin Huerter (lower back) joined the injury report, but the Bulls inched closer to full strength with the return of White and Vučević.
The pair combined for 28 of Chicago’s 91 points as the rest of the roster seemed to come up empty in the final game of a grueling stretch of four games in five days played in three different markets. The Bulls managed to score only 13 points in the first quarter, slipping into a double-digit deficit that ballooned as the game wore on. They spent most of the fourth quarter lofting a white flag while playing deep rotational players like Yuki Kawamura, Lachlan Olbrich and Julian Phillips.
“They came into the game really physical, really took it to us and it didn’t help that we couldn’t make a shot,” Vučević said. “We just never really found a way to respond.”
Here are three takeaways from the loss.
1. Frigid finishing in chilly Miami.
Chicago Bulls forward Isaac Okoro shoots as Miami Heat forward Simone Fontecchio defends on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Outside the arena, Miami experienced its coldest day since 2010 as temperatures dropped into the lower 30s early Sunday morning. Inside, that same cold crept into the Bulls roster, who failed to ignite any vestige of their typical shooting acumen at the perimeter.
The Bulls made only one 3-pointer in each of the first three quarters of the game. Ayo Dosunmu was the only starter to make a 3. Matas Buzelis went 0-for-5, while Coby White went 0-for-6 and Patrick Williams went 0-for-7 from behind the arc. Julian Phillips and Dalen Terry were the only players to make multiple 3s, both of which occurred in garbage time during the fourth quarter. The Bulls finished shooting at a 14.6% clip from 3-point range.
While the Heat’s 36.8% shooting wouldn’t have been particularly notable on any other night, they still went 14-for-38 from behind the arc to outscore the Bulls 42-18 from 3-point range.
2. More minutes for Yuki Kawamura.
After making his Bulls debut Saturday, two-way guard Yuki Kawamura returned to the lineup for considerable minutes for the team’s second night in Miami.
Kawamura played nearly 27 minutes in the loss, including 10 minutes and 30 seconds in the fourth quarter. He finished with six points and six assists as one of only two players with a positive plus-minus score.
3. Another lost series.
The Bulls dropped to 1-3 against the Heat in their final matchup of the regular season. The two teams played each other three times in four games due to a rescheduled game caused by excessive condensation on the United Center court earlier in January.
This result could be crucial for the final standings of the Eastern Conference, which currently features a familiar cast — Chicago, Miami and Atlanta — in position for the play-in tournament. The Heat now holds a tiebreaker over the Bulls in potential postseason positioning. The Bulls hold the regular-season tiebreaker over the Hawks.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/01/chicago-bulls-miami-heat-3-point-shooting/
Democrat Wins Texas Special Election, Eroding GOP’s Slim House Majority
Democrat Wins Texas Special Election, Eroding GOP’s Slim House Majority
Republicans’ thin majority in the US House grew slimmer still on Saturday, as a special election in Texas has filled a long-vacant seat with a Democrat who’s vowed to “tear ICE up from the roots.”
Progressive leftist Christian Menefee will represent Texas’s 18th Congressional District, after beating fellow Democrat Amanda Edwards in a runoff election for a seat that’s been vacant since Democrat Sylvester Turner died last March.
The development comes as new polls show Democrats with a national edge heading into November’s midterms.
While the black-and-Latino-dominated Houston-area district was predestined to send another Democrat to Washington, the finality of a free-for-all race that started with 16 candidates means Republicans will soon have a razor-thin four-seat lead.
Before Saturday, Republicans held a narrow 218–213 majority in the U.S. House. Democrats will likely push for Menefee’s immediate swearing in, which will erode the GOP lead to 218–214.
Three additional House vacancies in Georgia, New Jersey, and California have special elections scheduled in March, April, and August, respectively.
Democrats were furious last year when House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) delayed the swearing-in of Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) until mid-November, two months after she won a special election.
Despite Democrats’ excitement over Menefee’s win, it doesn’t offer much insight into which party has an edge in November’s midterm elections.
The 2024 Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Kamala Harris won Texas’s 18th district by a 40 percent-point margin over President Donald Trump, 69 percent to 29 percent.
Chistian Menefee (right) was endorsed by Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett (Photo: Menefee for Congress)
Democrats accused Gov. Gregory Abbott of slow-rolling the special election, so as to ease the pressure on House Speaker Mike Johnson, who must repeatedly contend with rebellious GOP holdouts as he ushers bills through the legislative process in a closely-split House.
Though Turner died in March, Abbott didn’t schedule the election until November, saying he felt it important not to rush things, given Harris County’s checkered election history.
“No county in Texas does a worse job of conducting elections than Harris County. They repeatedly fail to conduct elections consistent with state law,” he said in April.
The delay was compounded when the race went to a runoff.
Speaking to cheering supporters Saturday night, Menefee addressed some of his remarks to President Trump:
“The results here tonight are a mandate for me to work as hard as I can to oppose your agenda, to fight back against where you’re taking this country and to investigate your crimes.”
The progressive Menefee, who was Harris County Attorney, assured the crowd that he would work to deliver universal health care, impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and “tear ICE up from the roots.”
Amanda Edwards going *very* negative on Christian Menefee in the closing days of the TX-18 all-Democratic special election >>> pic.twitter.com/i9rLeOSJV1
— Jacob Rubashkin (@JacobRubashkin) January 30, 2026
If recent polls are an indication, the GOP has ground to make up if it’s to retain its hold on the House. A Fox News poll published this week found that, in a generic “which party do your prefer” question, 52% of voters said they’d back a Democrat to represent their district, compared to 46% who said they’d vote Republican.
Analysts caution that these polls have limited predictive value at this point.
“Political science analyses demonstrate that aggregate responses to this question begin to more accurately predict the actual House vote by around mid-summer,” GOP pollster Daron Shaw told Fox.
Trump could be a significant handicap for Republican office-seekers.
On the issue of affordability, voters currently prefer Democrats by a whopping 14-point margin, and Dems are sure to emphasize the role of Trump’s sprawling tariff regime in boosting prices.
He’s also given them a heap of tone-deaf quotes to use in advertising – for example, saying “the word ‘affordability’ is a con job.”
Meanwhile, Trump has dampened the enthusiasm of many conservatives, through his failure to deliver spending cuts, his administration’s attempts to avoid releasing the Epstein files, and his pursuit of the Deep State’s regime change agenda in Venezuela, Cuba and Iran.
Tyler Durden
Sun, 02/01/2026 – 21:35
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/texas-special-election-narrows-gops-slim-us-house-margin
Wizards superan 116-112 a Kings con el mejor registro de puntos del novato Will Riley en la campaña
WASHINGTON (AP) — El novato Will Riley anotó 18 puntos, su máximo de la temporada, incluyendo un triple decisivo con 2:07 por jugar, y los Wizards de Washington vencieron 116-112 a los Kings de Sacramento el domingo por la noche en un enfrentamiento de equipos en último lugar.
AJ Johnson sumó 17 unidades y Bilal Coulibaly y Marvin Bagley III anotaron 15 cada uno para los Wizards, quienes dependieron en gran medida de sus reservas al propinarle a los Kings su novena derrota consecutiva.
Washington ha ganado tres de cuatro desde su propia racha de nueve derrotas. Los Wizards comenzaron la noche en el último lugar de la Conferencia Este, pero se movieron medio juego por delante de Indiana.
Zach LaVine anotó 35 tantos y DeMar DeRozan tuvo 32 para los Kings, quienes están en el último lugar del Oeste y concluyeron su viaje más largo por la Costa Este con una marca de 0-6.
Maxime Raynaud añadió 14 puntos para Sacramento, pero ningún otro jugador de los Kings tuvo más de seis. Washington lideró 61-20 en puntos desde la banca, y los reservas de los Wizards también superaron en puntos a sus titulares.
El entrenador de los Wizards, Brian Keefe, tuvo a cuatro jugadores que han pasado tiempo en la G League esta temporada en la cancha en los minutos finales. Riley y Johnson fueron acompañados por Skal Labissiere y Sharife Cooper, cuyo enceste dio a Washington una ventaja de 115-110 con 37,2 segundos por jugar.
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Is An Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust Right For You? Are You Super Rich?
Is An Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust Right For You? Are You Super Rich?
Authored by Javier Simon via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
An irrevocable life insurance trust (ILIT) can allow affluent individuals to pass on wealth to heirs while keeping it outside of their taxable estate. This could help them reduce or avoid the estate tax upon death, which can be as high as 40 percent.
It also can help you pass over assets to individuals with special needs without affecting their eligibility for government programs like Medicaid or Social Security Disability Income (SSDI).
But it may not be the best for everyone. It’s virtually impossible to amend an ILIT without a court order or the consent of its beneficiaries. There are also some more pitfalls to watch out for.
So let’s take a closer look at an ILIT and see if it’s right for you as part of your comprehensive estate plan.
What Is an ILIT?
You can establish an ILIT with the help of a qualified estate-planning attorney. The ILIT is a legal arrangement that holds assets, mainly a life insurance policy, for the benefit of another or others.
As a trust grantor, you create the trust. You may appoint a trustee to manage the trust. The trustee can be anyone such as a lawyer, a family member, a friend or an organization. The trustee uses trust assets to purchase a life insurance policy in your name. The trustee is also responsible for paying annual insurance premiums and administering the trust.
When you pass away, the policy’s death benefit is paid directly to the trust and then proceeds are distributed to the beneficiary.
Tax Benefits of an ILIT
One of the main reasons people utilize ILITs is to minimize any estate tax burden. When you transfer assets to an ILIT, you relinquish control of those assets completely and they technically become property of the trust, which is its own legal entity.
So these assets won’t be part of your gross taxable estate and thereby could minimize estate taxes or eliminate them.
In 2026, the federal estate tax is levied on assets upon death worth more than $15 million ($30 million for married couples) before they can be transferred to heirs.
These amounts are known as the lifetime gift and estate tax exemption.
Here’s an example of how an ILIT may reduce your estate tax liability:
Let’s say you have assets totaling $15 million and purchase a life insurance policy that pays a $5 million death benefit to your child. After you pass away, you would have a taxable estate of $20 million. That’s above the lifetime gift and estate tax exemption.
But if the $5 million insurance policy were owned by an ILIT, your taxable estate would remain at $15 million. That’s under the exemption amount.
However, keep this in mind: Life insurance gifted to an ILIT within three years of your death would be included in your gross estate for estate tax purposes.
But ILITs have more to offer.
ILIT Asset Protection
If set up right, an ILIT can protect the insurance policy cash value or death benefit from creditors of both you and your beneficiaries. The reason is that ILITs are not considered to be owned by the beneficiaries. And there’s another upside to this.
If your beneficiary has special needs, their eligibility for government programs like Medicaid and SSDI may be affected by the size of their assets. Since the ILIT is not technically owned by the beneficiary, this could avoid income-based drawbacks for qualification in government programs.
But there are some drawbacks to ILITs.
Irrevocable Means Irrevocable
Once you transfer assets to an ILIT, you relinquish control over those assets. You generally can’t take them back or make any changes to the ILIT once it has been established without the consent of all beneficiaries or some kind of court order.If you don’t have a large estate and therefore expect to owe no estate taxes, you may be better off with a revocable living trust. With these trusts, you still remain in control of its assets during your lifetime and you can make amendments to the trust as you please.
The Bottom Line
An ILIT can be an essential tool, especially for affluent individuals with large estates who believe they’d face federal estate taxes. Because the states that levy their own estate tax have their own exemption levels, an ILIT could also minimize state-based estate taxes.
ILITs also offer a certain degree of asset protection from creditors. So it may be a good idea when you or your beneficiaries are in litigious careers, too. And it also can be crucial for those with special needs, because ILITs can help them remain eligible for much needed government programs. But you have to be ready to relinquish control of assets in an ILIT completely.
Moreover, ILITs can be extremely complex and can backfire if not properly established and funded. This is why it’s a good idea to work closely with a qualified tax professional and estate planning attorney when pursuing an ILIT.
The Epoch Times copyright © 2026. The views and opinions expressed are those of the authors. They are meant for general informational purposes only and should not be construed or interpreted as a recommendation or solicitation. The Epoch Times does not provide investment, tax, legal, financial planning, estate planning, or any other personal finance advice. The Epoch Times holds no liability for the accuracy or timeliness of the information provided.
Tyler Durden
Sun, 02/01/2026 – 21:00
Brother Rice’s Kevin Salkauskas learns from former Illinois star Iveta Marcauskaite. His mom. ‘Taught me a lot.’
Brother Rice’s Kevin Salkauskas wasn’t going to let an injury derail his larger objectives.
The 6-foot-7 junior center, while dealing with complications of a back injury caused by a herniated disc, decided to definitely use the time off in a novel, effective way — by making the most of it.
“I missed about a month,” he said. “I sat at the end of the bench and started to dig deep, focus and visualize what we were doing. Even though I was out, I worked on my game, on my post moves.
“So sitting out was actually a good thing.”
Salkauskas made a comeback statement Sunday afternoon, producing 10 points and seven rebounds for the Crusaders in a 62-43 win over Lemont at the Oak Lawn Shootout.
Brother Rice (16-9), which had scoring contributions from 11 players, was led by senior guard Zach Grabowski with a game-high 17 points. Senior guard Charlie Wizgird added 10.
Brother Rice’s Kevin Salkauskas (30) puts in a shot off the backboard against Lemont during a game in the Oak Lawn Shootout in Oak Lawn on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. (Vincent D. Johnson / Daily Southtown)
Junior guard Zane Schneider scored 15 points for Lemont (14-10). Senior guard Ryan Crane had 14.
Salkauskas, meanwhile, is a transfer from Stagg who has emerged as a two-way force for the Crusaders with his ability to score underneath the basket and protect the rim on defense.
“Kevin was a big factor in this win,” Grabowski said. “He’s one of the biggest guys out there and he’s really hard to stop at the rim.
“It was tough coming into unfamiliar surroundings and having a bad injury, but you could see his skill level.”
Brother Rice’s Kevin Salkauskas (30) converts a layup against Lemont during a game in the Oak Lawn Shootout in Oak Lawn on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. (Vincent D. Johnson / Daily Southtown)
Senior forward Joe Niego called Salkauskas the perfect complement to his own game.
“That was one of our best offensive games of the year, but it started with the defense Kevin was playing,” Niego said. “It’s great to have him back in the game, especially in the paint, where we are almost like a wrecking ball and very hard to move the ball against.”
The background of Salkauskas is rather atypical, beginning with the fact he was born and spent the first month of his life in Paris, France.
Iveta Marcauskaite, his mother, was a standout at Illinois who played professionally in Europe. The 6-3 center was her son’s primary coach until Salkauskas turned 12 years old.
Brother Rice’s Kevin Salkauskas (30) takes a shot under pressure against Lemont during a game in the Oak Lawn Shootout in Oak Lawn on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. (Vincent D. Johnson / Daily Southtown)
“She taught me a lot about the post because she also played there,” he said. “I learned how to take advantage of my size with spin moves and polishing those actions against my teammates.”
His younger brother, Daniel, a 6-6 sophomore, plays on the lower levels at Brother Rice. Their father was a tall, lanky marathon runner. All of his parents’ family are in their native Lithuania.
If his size and power mandates he plays closer to the rim, Salkauskas refuses to be typecast.
“I think the biggest part of my game is how unpredictable I am,” he said. “I think my passing and playmaking are my best qualities. I can drive to the rim and then pass off to the weak side or make a hook pass to the other corner.
“I just always want to be big in the post.”
Brother Rice’s Kevin Salkauskas (30) tries to run a screen against Lemont during a game in the Oak Lawn Shootout in Oak Lawn on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. (Vincent D. Johnson / Daily Southtown)
Basketball is just one outlet for the cerebral young center. His fondness for video games and music make him a prototypical teenager.
But he also has shown a knack for building and creating things from scratch.
“This might sound kind of nerdy, but I’m really into technology,” he said. “I just built my first computer this year. I’m helping my brother build his first computer.
“I’m pretty shy and I’m not really going to be the first one to start a conversation.”
With his return to the court, Salkauskas is ready to make his own statement.
“I just love playing, scoring and seeing my teammates support me,” he said. “I want to be on top, play with my guys and really led them to a state championship.”
Patrick Z. McGavin is a freelance reporter for the Daily Southtown.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/01/kevin-salkauskas-brother-rice-lemont-basketball/
Eugenio Suárez y los Rojos acuerdan contrato de uno año por $15 millones, según fuentes de AP
Por JOE REEDY
Eugenio Suárez y los Rojos de Cincinnati acordaron un contrato de un año por $15 millones de dólares, dijeron dos personas familiarizadas con las negociaciones a The Associated Press el domingo por la noche.
Las personas hablaron con la AP bajo condición de anonimato porque el acuerdo estaba pendiente de un examen físico y no había sido anunciado.
El venezolano Suárez era el mejor bateador que quedaba en el mercado de agentes libres y el dos veces All-Star regresa a Cincinnati, donde jugó siete temporadas. Conectó 189 jonrones para los Rojos desde 2015 hasta 2021, incluyendo 49 en 2019.
El movimiento le da a los Rojos el bateador de poder probado que habían estado buscando durante toda la temporada baja. Suárez, de 34 años, ha sido tercera base durante la mayor parte de su carrera de 12 años en las Grandes Ligas, y se espera que sea el bateador designado principal de Cincinnati y tal vez juegue algunos partidos en tercera base o primera.
El equipo cuenta con el ganador del Guante de Oro Ke’Bryan Hayes en tercera, y el prospecto destacado Sal Stewart probablemente jugará en primera.
Los Reds fueron uno de los muchos equipos interesados en Suárez en la fecha límite de cambios el año pasado, pero no querían desprenderse de prospectos clave. Fue cambiado de Arizona a Seattle el 31 de julio y terminó quinto en las mayores con 49 jonrones y cuarto con 118 carreras impulsadas. Bateó para .228 en general con un OPS de .824.
Los Marineros se quedaron a una victoria de alcanzar su primera Serie Mundial, perdiendo ante Toronto en la Serie de Campeonato de la Liga Americana. Suárez conectó dos jonrones en el quinto juego, incluyendo un grand slam en la octava entrada.
El Great American Ball Park en Cincinnati ha promediado 2.67 jonrones por juego desde que se inauguró en 2003. Esa es la segunda tasa más alta de cuadrangulares en las mayores entre los estadios que han albergado al menos 1.200 juegos.
Suárez fue cambiado por los Rojos a Seattle durante los entrenamientos de primavera en 2022. Pasó dos temporadas con los Marineros antes de ser cambiado a los Diamondbacks.
Suárez debutó en las mayores con Detroit en 2014. Tiene un promedio de bateo de .246 en su carrera con 325 jonrones, 949 carreras impulsadas y un OPS de .792.
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Heat logra ventaja de 54 puntos y vence a Bulls 134-91 con Adebayo y Larsson anotando 20 cada uno
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MIAMI (AP) — Bam Adebayo y Pelle Larsson anotaron cada uno 20 puntos la noche del domingo, y el Heat de Miami igualó su tercer mayor margen de victoria en la historia con una paliza de 134-91 sobre los Bulls de Chicago.
El Heat llegó a liderar por hasta 54 puntos; antes del domingo, su mayor ventaja esta temporada había sido de 45 en Memphis el 24 de octubre. Fue la segunda mayor ventaja de Miami en la era del play-by-play que data de 1996; el Heat venció a Memphis por 60 el 29 de marzo de 2024.
El déficit de 54 puntos fue el más grande de Chicago desde una desventaja de 58 puntos contra Boston el 8 de diciembre de 2018. Los mayores déficits de los Bulls esta temporada fueron dos juegos de 41 puntos: uno contra Minnesota el 29 de diciembre, y el otro también contra Miami el 21 de noviembre.
Kel’el Ware anotó 17 puntos, Andrew Wiggins y Jaime Jaquez Jr. anotaron cada uno 14 y Davion Mitchell regresó de una lesión en el hombro para anotar 13 para Miami, que jugó sin el escolta Norman Powell (razones personales) y Tyler Herro (costillas).
Coby White anotó 16 puntos para Chicago, que obtuvo 12 de Nikola Vucevic y diez de Ayo Dosunmu.
Vlad Goldin consiguió sus primeros puntos en la NBA para Miami en el cuarto cuarto.
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Hollywood Celebrities Are Losing Their Minds And Calling For “Revolution”
Hollywood Celebrities Are Losing Their Minds And Calling For “Revolution”
As the information age barrels forward the age of the celebrity is coming to a close. Largely because Hollywood elites do not understand how to navigate social media and their true personalities always bubble to the surface. With no agents or managers to filter their impulsive opinions, narcissistic celebrities readily expose themselves and their stupidity.
The glamour and mystic of the entertainment world is dead, and celebrities killed it.
One unexpected consequence of the decline of Hollywood is that the apparatus of adult pretenders (actors) is starting to go dangerously insane. Big budget movies are losing hundreds of millions at the box office and new projects are in steep decline. Top actors are stooping to doing TV commercials to get paid, something most of them would have sneered at a decade ago. Acting royalty of the 90s and early 2000s are hitting the wall and getting too old to play the parts they want to play. Fresh younger actors with actual talent are rare.
The empire of degenerates is slowly fading into irrelevancy and the celebrity cult is desperately clinging to their delusions of grandeur. Yes, they’ve always been a little crazy, but something new is happening.
Breaking Bad Star Giancarlo Esposito: ‘Time for a Revolution’ — Some Will Dıe, But the Rest of Us Survive
Somebody has been playing make believe too long and needs a reality check pic.twitter.com/QrASaImrFz
— TaraBull (@TaraBull) January 29, 2026
The return of conservative and nationalist ideals has spurred widespread American opposition to the agenda of multiculturalism. Multiculturalism is the key to the progressive strategy for deconstructing western civilization and replacing it with a relativistic socialist framework. For leftists, mass deportations represent a reversal of political gains that took them decades to achieve. This is why stopping ICE operations is absolutely the hill that leftists are willing to die on.
Every element of the leftist Utopian vision relies on the erasure of borders and the destruction of western principles through unchecked third world immigration.
Actors and directors and producers have long tried to use their “platform” to influence the masses politically, but now they are calling for blood in the streets, violent revolution, making lists of conservative neighbors “just in case” and pretending as if they are rebel leaders fighting for the downtrodden.
Dear @kathygriffin,
You have lost your mind and are going to get people hurt.
Why don’t you go out to Minnesota yourself and protest?
God forbid one of your dozens of fans listens to you and loses their life, you deserve to be held accountable. pic.twitter.com/Fd4f3mo8oS
— Chrissie Mayr🇺🇸 (@ChrissieMayr) January 30, 2026
Others are fantasizing about revenge, including the rise of a new Democrat regime in which their conservative opponents are rounded up and imprisoned for nothing more than being conservative.
Do we think Newsom’s DOJ will start with the Megyn Kelly and Matt Walsh types or just make it more efficient by raiding Fox and arresting everyone?
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) January 30, 2026
When activists commit crimes and are held accountable for their actions, the progressive hive loses its collective mind. It’s important to understand that these people believe that they can do whatever they want as long as their motivations are deemed ideologically pure.
They believe that if they break the law while “exercising free speech” then they are protected from consequences. They also cannot accept the fact that they do not represent the majority of the country. They continue to pretend as if they didn’t just lose an election, and that most of the country avidly supports deportations.
— Ben Stiller (@BenStiller) January 30, 2026
In truth, you will never see celebrities risking their lives for anything they claim to believe in. Their posturing is purely performative. But they could very well inspire some useful idiots to go out and commit terrible crimes. They claim it’s all in the name of “freedom”, but what kind of freedom? Keep in mind, these are the same people that joyfully attempted to burn the Bill of Rights to the ground under the Biden Administration – Now they are suddenly patriots?
The Hollywood celebs are back telling us to be mad at ICE
I saw it so now you have to pic.twitter.com/qTUHPJZGrn
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 30, 2026
Narcissists are like suicide bombers; if they discover they are losing they will try to take everyone else down with them. Hollywood activists used to be considered “cute” but now the mask is fully torn away. These are not good and reasonable people, they are lunatics who are used to running the asylum. They can’t handle the idea that their celebrity no longer purchases power, so they are scratching and scraping for a chance to remain in the limelight, no matter the cost.
Tyler Durden
Sun, 02/01/2026 – 20:25
