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COLLEGE BASKETBALL
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) – Rui Hachimura scored 20 points and number three Gonzaga blocked four shots in the final 46 seconds to stop five-time Duke champion 89-87 on Wednesday to win the Maui Invitational title.
Duke (5-1), ranked first, finished 16th in the second half before setting up a massive charge. After the blue Devils drew 87-all, Hachimura scored on a hard drive to boost Gonzaga.
The Zags (6-0) missed four free throws to give Duke a last shot, but Brandon Clarke blocked R.J. Barrett leads on the final game of the game.
Gonzaga beat a No. 1 team for the first time and ended Duke's series of winless victories over Ile de la Vallée (17-1) with his second Maui Invitational title.
Barrett had 23 points and Zion Williamson scored 22 for Duke.
Zach Norvell Jr. scored 18 points for the Zags.
NFL
Authorities said four relatives of Atlanta Falcons receiver Julio Jones were injured in a shootout in an Alabama trailer park.
According to the Al.com website, Baldwin County Sheriff Hoss Mack said the cause of Sunday's shooting was unclear. He says Jermain Dickerson, Tamarius Dickerson and Royald Jones have confronted Jahlen Baker under the threat of a revolver at Magnolia Springs. Mack says that Dickerson and Baker are brothers and that Royald Jones is a cousin. Mack says Julio Jones is a cousin or uncle of men.
He says that Baker was shot in the abdomen and remains in critical condition. The other three were taken to the hospital and are in stable condition or have been released.
BASEBALL
CINCINNATI (AP) – Raisel Iglesias announced Wednesday the signing of a three-year contract guaranteeing an amount of $ 24,125,000, avoiding arbitration.
Iglesias reached a $ 27 million seven-year deal in 2014 allowing him to cancel the rest of the deal once he was eligible for pay arbitration. This agreement provided $ 5 million for each of the next two seasons.
He earned $ 4.5 million this year while he had made 30 saves on 34 occasions and a 2.28 ERA.
NEW YORK (AP) – Timffastro was acquired by the New York Yankees of the Los Angeles Dodgers for right-handed minor leagues Drew Finley and $ 75,000.
Locastro, 26, made his league debut with the Dodgers in 2017, playing three games. He beat .182 (2 of 11) this year with a double and four flights in 18 games, including three starts in the center of the field. . He beat .286 with 23 doubles, four homers, 29 RBs and 19 juvenile interceptions this year, mostly at Triple-A Oklahoma City.
Locastro is from Auburn, New York, and played at Ithaca College.
Finley, 22, has spent the last three seasons with the A-class Yankees in Staten Island. He earned a 2-4 record with a 7.24 ERA this year in a start and 15 relief appearances.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota Twins have hired Bill Evers for the last opening of their coaching team, under the guidance of their new director, Rocco Baldelli.
The Twins announced Wednesday the nomination of Evers, who has spent more than 30 years as a coach, scout and instructor. He has been the minor league field coordinator for Tampa Bay since 2010. He spent two seasons coaching at Rays Bank in 2006-07. Evers has also managed more than 2,500 games in the minor leagues. With the Twins, he will work with the recuperators and will assist Baldelli in other duties. He replaces Jeff Pickler on the staff of the major leagues.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Rodney Linares joins the Tampa Bay Rays as the third base coach.
The team announced the move Wednesday. Aged 41, he replaces Matt Quatraro, who was promoted to bench coach after Charlie Montoyo left last month to become Toronto's manager.
Linares got his first major league job after 21 seasons at the Houston Astros organization. He spent last season as a manager at Triple-A Fresno, where he led the 82-57 record and the Pacific Coast League's North Division Championship.
FOOTBALL COLLEGE
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) – Miami have sacked defenseman Jeff Thomas of his squad, a decision that comes just three days before the Hurricanes play their regular season finals.
Thomas led Miami with 35 catches and 563 passing yards this season. The team on Wednesday did not say why Thomas was fired.
It's the latest blow to a hectic season for the Hurricanes (6-5, 3-4, Atlantic Coast Conference), the pre-season pick to win the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Ocean. VAC and a team that started to rank 8th nationally. But they lost four straight games from November 13th to 10th, struggled in attack all season and will be without their fastest player.
MMA
HONOLULU (AP) – Honolulu police arrested Arnold Berdon, a mixed martial arts fighter, charged with attempted murder after apparently hitting his wife and his mate in the head, face and ribs, fracturing the orbit.
His wife, Rachael Ostovich Berdon, filed an application for interim relief, claiming that he had struck her Sunday after a party with her family. She said that she had fallen to the ground, out of breath and escaped through a balcony. The 27-year-old woman reported spitting blood and vomiting several times.
His representative, Brian Butler-Au, said on social media that Ostovich Berdon would not participate in a UFC fight against Paige VanZant scheduled for Jan. 19 because of his injuries.
SOCCER
DUBLIN (AP) – Martin O'Neill finished Wednesday his five-year term as an Irish coach after being relegated to the UEFA Nations League, accompanied by his assistant, Roy Keane.
Under O 'Neill, Ireland has qualified for the first time in the 2016 European Championship group stage, but has failed to qualify for the Cup of the world 2018 after a defeat of 5-1 in total against Denmark.
O 'Neill's reign, which lasted 55 matches, ended with the relegation of the second group of the League of Nations after getting just two points from a group also including Denmark and Wales. .
Ireland has won only one of its last 11 games since November 2017, with five losses at a time, and has not scored any of its last four games.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – Former Danish striker Niklas Bendtner is expected to serve a 50-day prison sentence after giving up his appeal of the conviction for assault.
In early September, Bendtner was convicted of beating and stabbing a taxi driver in the Danish capital on 9 September. The 30-year-old Dane admitted to having hit him, but claimed that he had acted in self-defense after a feud over the fare
Bendtner was sentenced to 50 days in prison and fined 1,500 crowns ($ 230).
TENNIS
LONDON (AP) – Two Italian tennis players, previously in the top 50, were banned from match-fixing at an ATP meeting in Barcelona in 2011.
Daniele Bracciali, who is still an active player, was banned for life and fined $ 250,000. Potito Starace, who retired, was banned from all involvement in the sport for 10 years and fined $ 100,000.
The Integrity Unit of Tennis announced the sanctions Wednesday after a disciplinary hearing in September.
The TIU stated that both players had been convicted of two anti-bribery offenses. One concerns the achievement of the match result and the other the facilitation of match betting.
CAR RACE
PLAINFIELD, Ind. (AP) – Santino Ferrucci has been hired to drive full time for the Dale Coyne IndyCar team in 2019.
The American competed in four races last season with Frenchman Sebastien Bourdais as teammate of the Coyne team. Ferrucci qualified 13th in the second race at Detroit and finished 11th last season in last year's Sonoma final despite a mechanical problem throughout the race.
He has not yet raced on an oval track, but has finished rookie orientation during a private test at Texas Motor Speedway.
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