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LONDON (AP) — Brighton had most of the chances but could not find the net in a 0-0 draw with Brentford that extended the south coast club’s winless run in the Premier League to six games on Friday. It was a frustrating night for the home side and especially Julio Enciso. The Paraguay striker had a host of opportunities to score but couldn’t make them count. Along with Southampton, Brentford has the worst away record in the league with seven losses and two draws and it was easy to see why in this toothless performance. Brentford had an early goal from Yoane Wissa ruled out for offside and, although it came a bit more into the game in the second half, it failed to pressure Icelandic goalkeeper Hakon Valdimarsson, who made his Premier League debut eight minutes before halftime when Mark Flekken went off with a thigh injury. One bright spot for the home side was the return of winger Solly March. He came on as a late substitute to make his first appearance for Brighton since injuring a knee against Manchester City 14 months ago. The result leaves Brighton in 10th place with 26 points, one spot and two points ahead of the Bees. Arsenal was hosting Ipswich in Friday's other game in the Premier League, ___ AP soccer: The Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Former Temple basketball standout Hysier Miller sat for a long interview with the NCAA as it looked into concerns about unusual gambling activity, his lawyer said Friday amid reports a federal probe is now under way. “Hysier Miller fully cooperated with the NCAA’s investigation. He sat for a five-hour interview and answered every question the NCAA asked. He also produced every document the NCAA requested,” lawyer Jason Bologna said in a statement. “Hysier did these things because he wanted to play basketball this season, and he is devastated that he cannot.” Miller, a three-year starter from South Philadelphia, transferred to Virginia Tech this spring. However, the Hokies released him last month due to what the program called “circumstances prior to his enrollment at Virginia Tech.” Bologna declined to confirm that a federal investigation had been opened, as did spokespeople for both the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia. ESPN, citing unnamed sources, reported Thursday that authorities were investigating whether Miller bet on games he played in at Temple, and whether he adjusted his performance accordingly. “Hysier Miller has overcome more adversity in his 22 years than most people face in their lifetime. He will meet and overcome whatever obstacles lay ahead," Bologna said. Miller scored eight points — about half his season average of 15.9 — in a 100-72 loss to UAB on March 7 that was later flagged for unusual betting activity. Temple said it has been aware of those allegations since they became public in March, and has been cooperative. “We have been fully responsive and cooperative with the NCAA since the moment we learned of the investigation,” Temple President John Fry said in a letter Thursday to the school community. However, Fry said Temple had not received any requests for information from state or federal law enforcement agencies. He vowed to cooperate fully if they did. “Coaches, student-athletes and staff members receive mandatory training on NCAA rules and regulations, including prohibitions on involvement in sports wagering," Fry said in the letter. The same week the Temple-UAB game raised concerns, Loyola (Maryland) said it had removed a person from its basketball program after it became aware of a gambling violation. Temple played UAB again on March 17, losing 85-69 in the finals of the American Athletic Conference Tournament. League spokesman Tom Fenstermaker also declined comment on Friday. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketballStampede kills at least 56 at Guinea football match
To many, the Gotham Awards serve as the unofficial starting gun for the Oscar race . The annual awards — which are presented by the Gotham Film and Media Institute and voted on by a selection of film critics, programmers, and curators — serve as the first major film award ceremony of the season and offer an early look at the state of the race that has emerged in the months following the fall festival circuit. The 34th annual Gotham Awards are set to take place tonight at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. Many of the year’s biggest Oscar contenders will be on hand, as frontrunners like “Anora,” “Challengers,” “Babygirl,” and “Nickel Boys” are all nominated in some of the night’s biggest categories . “We are proud to announce the nominees for The Gothams, selected by nominating committees who bring their independent perspective to the selection process,” Gotham Film and Media Institute executive director Jeffrey Sharp said in a statement announcing the nominations. “This year’s nominations celebrate voices from across the globe, embodying the growing embrace of international cinema by audiences everywhere.” For award watchers and New York cinephiles, the Gotham Awards are a can’t miss event. And you don’t need to attend the ceremony to follow all of the excitement. The show, which begins at 7pm E.T./4pm P.T., will be streamed in its entirety on the Variety YouTube channel embedded below. Those who don’t have time to watch can also follow along with IndieWire’s forthcoming winners list, which will update live throughout the evening. In addition to the competitive awards, the ceremony will also feature tributes to the creative teams behind some of the year’s biggest films. “Dune: Part Two” director Denis Villeneuve will receive the Director Tribute, while the film’s star Zendaya will be honored with the Spotlight Award. The cast of Malcolm Washington’s “The Piano Lesson” will be honored with the Ensemble Tribute, and Greg Kwedar’s “Sing Sing” will receive the Social Justice Tribute. Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold will also share the Visionary Award for their work on “A Complete Unknown,” and Angelina Jolie will receive the Performer Tribute for “Maria.”DALLAS — After his big-league debut in 2019, Max Fried enjoyed an extended run better than any other Atlanta Braves pitcher since John Smoltz, the last of the team’s “Big Three” Hall of Fame pitchers to leave the franchise nearly two decades ago. Now it’s Fried’s turn to leave the franchise that turned him into a star. On Tuesday, Fried agreed to sign an eight-year, $218 million deal with the New York Yankees , a league source confirmed to The Athletic . The deal, first reported by ESPN, is the most lucrative ever for a left-handed pitcher and the fourth-largest pitching contract overall. The move comes after the Yankees’ failed pursuit of Juan Soto . Prior to agreeing with the Yankees, The Athletic ’s Ken Rosenthal reported that the Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays both had interest in the southpaw . Source confirms: Max Fried to Yankees, eight years, $218M, pending physical. Biggest deal for a left-hander and fourth largest pitching contract in game’s history. First: @JeffPassan — Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) December 10, 2024 Fried, who’ll turn 31 in January, entered the offseason as The Athletic ’s No. 4 ranked free agent , and was projected by The Athletic ’s Tim Britton to sign a five-year deal worth $140 million . Since his first full season in the majors, he’s posted a 71-31 record with a 3.06 ERA. Over the past six seasons, Gerrit Cole (79-33) is the only pitcher with more wins than Fried, who went 11-10 with a 3.25 ERA in 29 starts in 2024, despite being briefly sidelined by a forearm issue, the second year of the same injury. Advertisement Fried went to arbitration with the Braves in 2022 and again in 2023 — he won the first case, lost the second — before settling with the team on a $15 million deal last winter to avoid a third hearing. It’s unclear if the Braves and Fried were ever close to a long-term extension. The Braves made him a qualifying offer ($21.05 million) in November to assure they would get draft pick compensation if he signed elsewhere. Among pitchers with 800 or more innings in the past six seasons, only Cole (2.98) had a lower ERA than Fried (3.06). Still, the fact that Fried didn’t have enough innings to qualify for some rankings over that period points to lingering concerns about the health of the left-hander, particularly as he enters his mid-30s. Throughout his career, Fried has dealt with finger blisters and other injuries before the forearm issues impacted his past two seasons. He returned sooner than expected from the latest setback, missing just the first 13 games after being diagnosed with forearm neuritis following a one-inning appearance in the All-Star Game. Before heading to the IL with neuritis, the slender lefty was 7-5 with a 3.08 ERA and two complete games in 18 starts. Over his final 11 regular season starts in 2024, he went 5-6 with a 3.53 ERA. His season ended unceremoniously, when in Game 2 of the NL Wild Card series against the San Diego Padres, he allowed five runs on eight hits over two innings, having exited the start with soreness after taking a line drive off his glute. That final start for the Braves came against the very team that traded Fried to Atlanta in 2014, a six-player deal that also sent Justin Upton to the Braves. Fried, a first-round pick in 2012 out of Harvard-Westlake High School in Los Angeles — where he was high school teammates with Jack Flaherty and Lucas Giolito — was a top prospect in the middle of Tommy John surgery rehab when the Padres traded him. Advertisement After joining the Braves rotation in 2019, he quickly developed into one of baseball’s elite pitchers. While Tim Hudson had an impressive nine-year stretch with the Braves through 2013, Fried is the most accomplished Atlanta starter since the trio of Smoltz, Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux. Fried finished his Braves tenure as a two-time NL All-Star, a three-time Gold Glove Award winner and the 2021 Silver Slugger winner — the final year a pitcher was awarded the year-end hardware before the universal DH. He finished fifth in Cy Young Award balloting in 2020 and was runner-up to unanimous winner Sandy Alcantara in 2022, when Fried had a 2.48 ERA in 30 starts with career highs in innings (185 1/3) and strikeouts (170) The 2024 season marked the third consecutive postseason disappointment for the Braves and Fried, who was impacted by the flu in 2022 and wasn’t sharp in 2023. In both those years, the Braves lost to the Philadelphia Phillies after having won their fifth and sixth consecutive NL East titles, a streak that ended in 2024 when Atlanta finished six games behind Philadelphia in the division. But before those three quick October exits, there was glory in 2021. And like two other fan-favorite big pieces of that World Series team, Freddie Freeman and Dansby Swanson , did before him, Fried exits as a free agent. (Photo: Sean M. Haffey / Getty Images)