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(NEW YORK) — A 24-year-old United States Olympic athlete who competed in the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games has died after being involved in a motorcycle accident, police say.

Authorities have not released any details about the incident Patrick Gasienica was involved in other than to say the accident happened on Monday night in the village of Bull Valley, located in Chicago’s far northwestern suburbs, according to the Bull Valley Police Department. USA Nordic, the official body of American Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined, confirmed in a statement that the athlete had passed away at the age of 24.

Gasienica, a U.S. ski jumping athlete who was born in Oak Park, Illinois, and trained as a ski jumper at the Norge Ski Club about 40 miles northwest of Chicago, made his FIS Ski Jumping debut in 2015 and subsequently represented the United States at two FIS Junior World Ski Championships in 2016 and 2017 as well as the 2019 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships before going to Beijing to compete in the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing.

“We are deeply saddened by the passing off Patrick Gasienica, an incredible athlete, teammate and person,” read a tweet from the U.S. Ski and Snowboard team. “Sending love to his family, friends and the entire ski jumping community.”

Gasienica finished 49th and 53rd in individual events in Beijing last year and finished in 10th place in a team competition alongside fellow teammates Casey Larson, Kevin Bickner and Decker Dean.

Said USA Nordic: “Patrick was an incredible competitor, teammate and friend. He will be dearly missed.”

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(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events:

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

INTERLEAGUE
Chi White Sox 8, LA Dodgers 4
Minnesota 4, Milwaukee 2
Atlanta 10, Detroit 7
Atlanta 6, Detroit 5
Boston 6, Colorado 3
NY Mets 4, NY Yankees 3 (10)
Houston 5, Washington 4
Cincinnati 7, Kansas City 4
San Diego 5, Cleveland 0
Miami 4, Seattle 1

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Toronto 3, Baltimore 1
Texas 6, LA Angels 3
Tampa Bay 6, Oakland 3

NATIONAL LEAGUE
San Francisco 8, St. Louis 5
Chi Cubs 10, Pittsburgh 6
Philadelphia 4, Arizona 3

WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Los Angeles 79, Dallas 61

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
Houston 1, Los Angeles FC 0

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(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events:

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

INTERLEAGUE
Colorado 7, Boston 6
NY Yankees 7, NY Mets 6
Minnesota 7, Milwaukee 5
Cincinnati 5, Kansas City 4
Houston 6, Washington 1
San Diego 6, Cleveland 3
Seattle 9, Miami 3
LA Dodgers 5, Chi White Sox 1

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 11, Toronto 6
LA Angels 7, Texas 3
Oakland 2, Tampa Bay 1

NATIONAL LEAGUE
San Francisco 11, St. Louis 3
Chi Cubs 11, Pittsburgh 3
Philadelphia 15, Arizona 3

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Vegas 9, Florida 3 (Vegas wins 4-1)

WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Indiana 87, Washington 66
Atlanta 86, New York 79
Seattle 83, Phoenix 69

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(DENVER) — The Denver Nuggets defeated the Miami Heat Monday night to claim their first NBA title.

The 94-89 win came on Game 5 of the NBA Finals.

Nuggets center Nikola Jokic led the team with 28 points and was named the NBA Finals MVP.

Watch highlights from the game below:

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(NEW YORK) — Former NFL running back Peyton Hillis, who saved his son and niece from a rip current while swimming at a Florida beach earlier this year, says “it is 100% a miracle” no one died in the incident.

“It is 100% a miracle that somebody didn’t die,” Hillis told ABC News’ Good Morning America co-anchor Michael Strahan in an exclusive interview, his first since the January accident off the coast of Pensacola.

On Jan. 4, Hillis, a father of three, was at the beach with his family when his niece and his son began drowning. Hillis quickly jumped into action, saving first his niece and then his son.

Hillis recounted the “scariest point” of the incident while speaking to Strahan, recalling his decision to rescue his 8-year-old niece Camille ahead of his 9-year-old son Orry.

“I think the scariest point … was when I’m swimming to my son and I have to pass by him because my niece is in more danger,” Hillis said. “I knew that I had to pass him up to get to Camille first. Because, you know, if I didn’t then there’s no way she would’ve made it.”

He added, “And so what happened … I swam past my son, and I got to Camille, and she starts freakin’ out, you know, ‘We’re gonna die, we’re gonna die.'”

The 37-year-old eventually made it back to shore with his son as well, but fell unconscious and began to experience lung and kidney failure. Emergency services arrived shortly after that, and Hillis was airlifted to Pensacola’s Baptist Hospital, where he was sedated and placed on a ventilator.

After about 10 days, Hillis regained consciousness and spent two weeks recovering in the hospital’s intensive care unit.

Over the course of his seven seasons in the NFL, Hillis played for the Denver Broncos, Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New York Giants, before retiring in 2015.

Tune into Good Morning America Tuesday morning at 7 a.m. ET to watch the exclusive interview.

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(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events:

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

INTERLEAGUE
Detroit 6, Atlanta 5
Colorado 4, Boston 3
Cincinnati 5, Kansas City 4
Seattle 8, Miami 1

AMERICAN LEAGUE
LA Angels 9, Texas 6
Oakland 4, Tampa Bay 3

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Arizona 9, Philadelphia 8
San Francisco 4, St. Louis 3

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
Denver 94, Miami 89 (Denver win series 4-1)

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(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events:

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

INTERLEAGUE
Arizona 7, Detroit 5
Miami 6, Chi White Sox 5
Oakland 8, Milwaukee 6

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 5, Houston 0
Tampa Bay 7, Texas 3
Baltimore 11, Kansas City 3
Toronto 7, Minnesota 6
LA Angels 9, Seattle 4
Boston 3, NY Yankees 2

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 2, NY Mets 1
Washington 6, Atlanta 2
Philadelphia 7, LA Dodgers 3
Cincinnati 4, St. Louis 3
Colorado 5, San Diego 4
San Francisco 13, Chi Cubs 3

WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
New York 102, Dallas 93
Las Vegas 93, Chicago 80
Washington 71, Seattle 65
Connecticut 89, Atlanta 77
Phoenix 85, Indiana 82
Minnesota 91, Los Angeles 86

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
LA Galaxy 1, Saint Louis City SC 1 (Tie)
Portland 1, FC Dallas 0

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(NEW YORK) — Tennis superstar Serena Williams made a big announcement on Instagram Thursday about a new venture in the sports world.

Along with her husband Alexis Ohanian — the founder of venture capital firm Seven Seven Six — and sister Venus Williams, the 41-year-old soon-to-be mom of two is adding golf to her sports resume, becoming a co-owner of the first official TGL team, Los Angeles Golf Club.

“It’s official! I’m thrilled to announce my involvement with @tglgolf with the launch of @wearelagc – Los Angeles Golf Club,” she wrote in the caption of a video post revealing the news. “An important part of the spirit and purpose of LA Golf Club is making golf our own, for everybody, and I couldn’t be more excited to shape the future of this sport with my family @alexisohanian @olympiaohanian and @venuswilliams.”

The new tech-forward team golf league, developed by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy in partnership with the PGA TOUR, announced the formation of the power trio as the first of six team ownership groups that will compete in the virtual sport’s inaugural season, which launches in January 2024.

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(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events:

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

INTERLEAGUE
LA Angels 3, Chi Cubs 1
Baltimore 6, Milwaukee 3
Philadelphia 3, Detroit 2

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tampa Bay 4, Minnesota 2
Chi White Sox 6, NY Yankees 5
NY Yankees 3, Chi White Sox 0
Toronto 3, Houston 2
Cleveland 10, Boston 3

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Arizona at Washington (Postponed)
LA Dodgers 6, Cincinnati 0
San Francisco 6, Colorado 4
Atlanta 13, NY Mets 10

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Florida 3, Vegas 2 (OT) (Vegas leads 2-1)

WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Connecticut 94, Las Vegas 77

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(LOS ANGELES) — A former USC college football player has been charged with raping two women in the past three years, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

The suspect, 22-year-old Joshua Fred James Jackson Jr., was arrested on Wednesday and charged with one felony count of forcible sexual penetration and three felony counts of forcible rape from two separate incidents, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced in a press release on Wednesday.

“Sexual assault is a heinous crime that cannot be tolerated,” Gascón said. “These brave women made the difficult decision to come forward and report their assault, now it’s our turn to ensure that justice is done. We will do everything we can to hold the person responsible accountable for his actions.”

The arrest comes after Jackson Jr. allegedly raped a classmate at her University of Southern California apartment in March of this year. The suspect is also accused of raping a UCLA student sometime between June 1 and Sept. 1, 2020 at his apartment in Los Angeles, authorities said.

Jackson Jr. is now expected to be arraigned this week at the Foltz Criminal Justice Center after the case was filed for warrant on Tuesday.

Jackson Jr., a former standout student athlete at Harbor City Narbonne, appeared in three games after enrolling at USC in 2020 but entered the NCAA transfer portal in April before graduating from the university in May, according to the Los Angeles Times. He did not play any games last season.

Authorities are asking for anybody with information regarding these cases or any other potential alleged victims to contact the Los Angeles Police Department at 323-290-2976 or 877-LAPD-24-7.

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