(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE Washington Nationals 9, Baltimore Orioles 3 Cleveland Guardians 2, Chicago Cubs 1 Oakland Athletics 9, NY Mets 4
AMERICAN LEAGUE Toronto Blue Jays, LA Angels TBD Detroit Tigers 15, Seattle Mariners 1 Houston Astros 3, Tampa Bay Rays 2 Boston Red Sox 9, Texas Rangers 4 Minnesota Twins 13, Kansas City Royals 3 NY Yankees 4, Chicago White Sox 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE Colorado Rockies 3, Arizona Diamondbacks 4 Pittsburgh Pirates 0, San Diego Padres 3 Atlanta Braves 4, San Francisco Giants 3 Miami Marlins 5, Philadelphia Phillies 0 L.A. Dodgers 7, Milwaukee Brewers 2 Cincinnati Reds 4, St. Louis Cardinals 1
(SAN FRANCISCO) — San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan said it’s a “miracle” rookie Ricky Pearsall is recovering days after the team said the player was shot in the chest during an attempted robbery.
“He’s the toughest person I know, just going through a situation like that,” Shanahan told reporters on Thursday, speaking out for the first time on the incident. “We always felt this way watching him on the football field and things like that, but kind of to watch how he handled that situation and watch how he’s been every day since, it shows how special the guy is.”
Pearsall, 23, was seen at practice on Thursday, standing on the field in street clothes holding a football and watching the wide receiver drills, as the team prepared for Monday night’s season opener against the New York Jets.
The athlete “sustained a bullet wound to his chest” during an attempted robbery on Saturday in San Francisco’s Union Square, the San Francisco 49ers said in a statement. He was released from the hospital on Sunday and is expected to make a full recovery.
On Monday, the National Football League added the player to the reserve/non-football injury list, meaning he will miss at least four games of the season, according to ESPN.
Shanahan said the team has been focusing on giving Pearsall space to physically and mentally recover from the ordeal, though he’s eager to get back to playing.
“I think each day the mental part becomes more a big deal, you know, the adrenaline and just surviving that,” the coach said. “Ricky’s saying stuff … like, I still think I could play versus the Jets.”
“It’s just like, dude, what are you talking about?” Shanahan continued.
On the recovery, Shanahan said Pearsall “wants to go a week or so without trying to work up a sweat” and then will start rehab.
A 17-year-old suspect arrested in connection with the shooting was charged Tuesday with attempted murder, assault with a semi-automatic firearm and attempted second-degree robbery, prosecutors said.
The teen, whose name has not been released, was arraigned at the Youth Guidance Center in San Francisco on Wednesday. Following the court appearance, his attorney told reporters the teen — a senior at Tracy High School — is “very sorry genuinely that this did happen, as is his family.”
“I can say on their behalf, as well as on my own behalf, that our thoughts go out to the Pearsall family and Mr. Pearsall himself,” the attorney, Deputy Public Defender Bob Dunlap, said. “So there’s genuine, genuine remorse in that regard.”
The teen is in custody and will be detained awaiting a trial date.
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins told reporters Tuesday that her office hasn’t made a determination yet on whether it would request a hearing before a judge to decide whether the teen will be tried as an adult.
Dunlap said he hopes the case does not transfer to adult court, saying his client “certainly should be treated as a juvenile. He is a juvenile.”
(PARIS) — Simone Biles took gold in Paris in the individual all-around on Thursday after the disappointment of Tokyo, while fellow American Suni Lee took bronze. It is the third time the U.S. has had two medallists on the same podium and the sixth straight time Team USA has won gold in the event.
Biles, who won the individual all-around in Rio in 2016, and Lee, who won the individual title in Tokyo in 2021, were the first former all-around winners to face off in an Olympic individual all-around event.
Rotation 1: Vault
Lee went first with a Yurchenko double full and had a slight hop on the landing to post a 13.933.
Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade, who bested Biles on the vault at last year’s world championships and will likely be her top competitor in the all-around as well, posted an impressive 15.100.
Biles posted a 15.766 on her Yurchenko double pike, boosted by a massive 6.400 difficulty score, to shoot to the lead after the first rotation.
Algeria’s Kaylia Nemour scored 14.003 on her vault.
Italians Alice D’Amato and Manila Esposito scored 14.000 and 13.866, respectively.
Rotation 2: Uneven Bars
Following Andrade, who scored a 14.666 after a very technically sound routine, Biles dropped behind her Brazilian competitor with a 13.733.
Nemour, who is a favorite for gold in this apparatus, scored a 15.533 to jump ahead of Biles through the second rotation. Lee then put up a 14.866, which as of time of publication put her up to fifth place overall.
Biles has two of her best events to come with beam and floor remaining.
Rotation 3: Balance Beam
Biles kicked off beam with an impressive full twisting double back to score 14.566.
Italy’s D’Amato followed on beam with 14.033 and Esposito then notched a 14.200. Nemour then posted a 13.233.
Lee earned a score of 14.000 for her beam routine and Andrade finished the rotation with a 14.133.
Biles’ 44.065 total with just one event remaining put her back in the lead as she heads into the floor exercise.
Rotation 4: Floor Exercise
Italy’s D’Amato and Esposito began with 13.500 and 12.733, respectively. Nemour stumbled during her last tumbling pass and slightly stepped out of bounds to earn a 13.100.
Lee executed a practically stuck landing in the first pass and left it all on the floor to get a 13.666, guaranteeing a spot on the podium.
Andrade, who stepped out of bounds in her first pass, earned a 14.033 to snag a spot on the podium.
Biles finished with a 15.066 to take the gold.
Biles goes for gold again, Suni Lee defends her title
With the win, Biles became the first gymnast ever, male or female, to win the all-around eight years apart. Biles, a favorite to win in Tokyo, dropped out of the event to focus on her mental health.
In winning gold earlier this week, Biles became the most-decorated American gymnast in history with eight medals. She broke a tie with the great Shannon Miller for most overall medals.
Lee, who was cleared for competition in January after overcoming an unspecified kidney disease, is the reigning all-around Olympic gold medalist from the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Games.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE Arizona 7, Boston 5 NY Yankees 10, Colorado 3 St. Louis 3, Minnesota 2 Philadelphia 11, Kansas City 3 LA Dodgers 3, Tampa Bay 1 Oakland 4, Milwaukee 3 Seattle 4, San Francisco 3
AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland 4, Texas 2 Toronto 8 LA Angels 2 Detroit 9, Chi White Sox 4 Houston 6 Baltimore 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE Washington 5, Atlanta 1 Miami 7, Chi Cubs 2 Pittsburgh 4, Cincinnati 3 San Diego 3, NY Mets 2
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON Tennessee 30, New Orleans 27 Denver 38, Arizona 12 Washington 20, New England 10
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Las Vegas 77, Chicago 75 Dallas 113, Los Angeles 110