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Ko wins Founders Cup for third time in five years, beating Minjee Lee in playoff

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:17:51 GMT

CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) — Jin Young Ko overcam a four-shot deficit to win the Founders Cup for the third time in five years, getting the victory on the first playoff hole Sunday when defending champion Minjee Lee three-putted for bogey.In winning for the 15th time on the LPGA Tour and the second time this year, Ko shot a final round-best 5-under 67 in tough, windy conditions. The 27-year-old South Korean forced the playoff making a clutch downhill birdie from roughly 15 feet on No. 18 to tie for the lead.Ko joins Lilia Vu as the only players with multiple wins on tour this year, earning $450,000 from the $3 million purse.The players went back to the par 4 No. 18 at the Upper Montclair Country Club for the playoff. Both players hit the green with their second shots with Lee being about 15 feet away and closer than Ko, who had a winding putt from right to left.Ko snuggled her birdie attempt to tap-in range and Lee went for the win, but putted it six feet past the hole, missing the par save...

MATCHDAY: Relegation-threatened Leicester faces tough test against Liverpool

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:17:51 GMT

A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Monday:ENGLANDLeicester can climb out of the relegation zone with a win against Liverpool on Monday. The Foxes are running out of time in their bid to avoid the drop, with just three more games to play this season. A win would see Leicester climb above Leeds and Everton up to 17th in the Premier League. Liverpool, meanwhile, is hoping to keep the pressure on Manchester United and Newcastle in its bid to qualify for the Champions League. The Merseyside club is in fifth place, four points adrift of the top four.SPAINReal Betis hosts Rayo Vallecano and is bidding to strengthen its hold on one of the European places in the Spanish league. Betis is in sixth place, four points ahead of seventh-place Girona. Manuel Pellegrini’s team, which has won only once in its last four matches, is five points from fifth-place Villarreal. Its gap to fourth-place Real Sociedad, which currently has the final Champions League spot, is at 10 points. Ra...

Chaos at Coors Field: Phillies' Harper, Rockies' Bird get tossed

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:17:51 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper was ejected for charging Colorado's dugout, and Kyle Freeland dominated for six innings on his 30th birthday in the Rockies' 4-0 win Sunday.Harper appeared to respond to Colorado reliever Jake Bird, who clapped a hand against his glove and said something toward the Philadelphia dugout after the last out of the top of the seventh.“I get emotional," Harper said. "I understand getting fired up for an inning and stuff like that, but once you make it about a team or make it about yourself and the other team, that’s when I’ve kind of got a problem with it.” Rockies pitcher has skull fracture, concussion after taking line drive to the head Harper was initially restrained by Rockies catcher Elias Díaz, then Phillies third base coach Dusty Wathan prevented the two-time NL MVP from entering a group of players and coaches gathered near the first-base line.“It could be," Phillies manager Rob Thomson said when asked whether Harper's reactio...

SUV passenger killed, woman and 2 children hospitalized after wrong-way wreck in Lauderhill

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:17:51 GMT

A man was killed, and a mother and her two children were rushed to the hospital after a rollover crash in Lauderhill involving a wrong-way driver.Lauderhill Police and Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the Mother’s Day wreck in the area of Northwest 36th Avenue and West Broward Boulevard, at around 5:45 p.m., Sunday.According to detectives, a man who was behind the wheel of a GMC SUV was traveling northbound on the southbound lanes of Northwest 36th Avenue and was crossing Broward Boulevard when he collided with a black Mustang convertible.The impact caused the SUV to flip over. Police said the passenger of the GMC was ejected.Paramedics rushed the passenger to Broward Health Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries.Inside the Mustang, investigators said, was a mother and her two children, aged 1 and 4 years old.Paramedics transported all three of them to BHMC. The mother is listed in serious condition, but the children are expected to be OK.The driver of t...

State police searching for 4-year-old off Castle Island in Boston

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:17:51 GMT

A massive police presence has gathered in South Boston as state police search the area off Castle Island for a missing 4-year-old boy, officials said.Emergency crews could be seen using flashlights, boats, and a helicopter to search the area for the toddler.No additional information was immediately available.https://twitter.com/MassStatePolice/status/1657923502618361859https://twitter.com/MassStatePolice/status/1657919005569564674This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

NY woman gets life-saving heart transplant surgery in Boston

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:17:51 GMT

An upstate New York woman whose brother got a heart transplant in Boston three years ago also recent underwent the procedure to treat a familial heart issue called dilated cardiomyopathy, which claimed the life of her father.Erica Raspante recently received a heard transplant in Boston to treat the condition, which causes the heart muscle to thicken and weaken, decreasing its ability to pump blood.For the last 15 years, she’s been in management mode.When she went back for tests at Mass General Hospital in Boston, they told her she needed a new heart immediately.Dr. Greg Lewis, her cardiologist, and Dr. Dave D’Allesandro, her transplant surgeon, got her on the list and using a heart harvest through what’s called “donation after circulatory death” or DCD, saved her life.“The family that chose to donate… whoever’s child, sibling whoever it was… whoever’s heart I got. I’ll never be able to express my gratitude at a second chance at life. I hope they find so...

Driver escapes injury in wild Amherst, NH crash

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:17:51 GMT

A driver managed to emerge unscathed from a chaotic crash in Amherst, New Hampshire on Saturday that left a pickup truck sticking upright out of a ditch.Amherst Fire Rescue responded to the crash on Old Manchester Road around 6 a.m.The driver managed to escape the crashed vehicle and refused treatment at the scene.https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=814140206930538&set=a.610405633970664

15-year-old boy struck, seriously injured by vehicle in Middleboro

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:17:51 GMT

An investigation is underway after a 15-year-old boy was struck and seriously injured by a vehicle in Middleboro on Sunday night, officials said.Officers responding to a report of a person struck on East Grove Street in front of Hannaford’s around 7:30 p.m. found the teen injured and assisted in transporting him by medical helicopter to Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence for treatment, Police Chief Joseph Perkins and Fire Chief Owen Thompson said in a joint statement.The driver of the vehicle stopped at the scene and is cooperating with police.The incident remains under investigation.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

After back-to-back blowout losses, Chicago Cubs must regroup before facing the World Series champion Houston Astros

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:17:51 GMT

Chicago Cubs manager David Ross chalked up a blowout loss Saturday to the Minnesota Twins as a clunker, the type that occasionally happens over the course of 162 games.And then Sunday arrived, an even uglier performance in a 16-3 trouncing by the Twins, whose 29 total runs scored against the Cubs set a record for a three-game series at Target Field — a ballpark that opened in 2010.The Cubs needed infielder Miles Mastrobuoni to finish the game on the mound, entering with two outs in the eighth. Just as they walloped the Cubs pitching staff, the locked-in Twins teed off on Mastrobuoni, who allowed four runs on four hits, including a home run, before he recorded the elusive third out.Any hope the Cubs’ series-opening victory Friday would set them up for a strong start to their three-city, nine-game trip was quickly erased over the weekend.Now the Cubs head to Houston, where they must regroup and get back on track against the defending World Series champion Astros.“We ...

Search on for ‘missing child’ at South Boston’s Castle Island

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:17:51 GMT

First responders have rushed to Castle Island to help search for a missing child, state police report tonight.A dive team has also been called along with Boston police and fire, the State Police Air Wing and Boston EMS. The State Police Marine Unit is also on-scene.They are “searching Castle Island … and in the surrounding ocean,” MSP said.The missing child is said to be 4 years old, but that is unofficial at this point.UPDATE: The State Police are now saying the missing child is a 4-year-old boy from South Boston.Castle Island is a peninsula in South Boston that’s right on the Harbor. The popular park has been the scene of countless celebrations and picnics.This is a developing story …