Новости за 17.02.2017

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Bud Black called on young pitcher Rayan Gonzalez and put the Puerto Rican right-hander on the spot in front of everybody.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — First baseman Marwin Gonzalez and the Houston Astros have finalized a one-year contract worth $3,725,000, a deal that avoided salary arbitration.

NEW YORK (AP) — Odyssey Sims is going to Los Angeles.

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Glen Perkins' professional baseball career began with the Minnesota Twins organization. He wants it to end that way too.

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Former NFL running back Trent Richardson is facing a misdemeanor domestic violence charge in Alabama.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — No less an authority on hitting than last season's runner-up for NL MVP thinks Tim Tebow has some ability with a bat — he just needs more work.

The combination of unseasonably mild weather, the holiday weekend and the state high school wrestling tournament has led the Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium in Omaha to expand its weekend hours.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on pretrial testimony in the Robert Durst murder case (all times local):

MESA, Ariz. (AP) — The day in early October when Chip Hale lost his job as manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks, he called his good friend Bob Melvin. Just to talk.

Justin Timberlake would consider hosting the Oscars, but isn't sure he has what it takes.

Hy-Vee is planning to put restaurants at several of its Nebraska stores, including three in Lincoln.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Cleveland's LeBron James and New York's Carmelo Anthony did not attend NBA All-Star media day events on Friday.

NEW YORK (AP) — As the final votes pour in ahead of the Academy Awards' Tuesday afternoon deadline, Hollywood is drawing to a close an awards season that has, from Nate Parker to Mel Gibson, often been a confounding morality…

HASTINGS -- Fire destroyed a building in downtown Hastings Friday morning.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mariah Carey may have had her heart broken after her engagement to billionaire James Packer ended, but she shook that off and now has a vision of love for her backup dancer Bryan Tanaka.

iTunes' Official Music Charts for the week ending February 16, 2017:

NEW YORK (AP) — Movie fans, rejoice! You can watch about two-thirds of the Oscar-nominated flicks from your couch.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska has had its credit rating downgraded by a ratings agency, largely because of Affordable Care Act-related losses.

All lanes of South 27th Street between Woods Boulevard and Nebraska 2 are expected to be open by 2 p.m. Friday afternoon.

(ESPN) - Pittsburgh police charged New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis with four felonies and a misdemeanor Thursday night, stemming from his alleged involvement in a street altercation over the weekend that witnesses say left two men unconscious.

Artist Todd Williams paints scenes from all 93 counties as part of Nebraska’s sesquicentennial celebration

Cowboys have four key defensive backs, including Church, Claiborne

DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas teacher who was fired when her past as a pornographic actress was exposed on social media says she was a teenage victim of "sex slavery" and that she wants her teaching job back.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Olli Maatta is out six weeks after undergoing surgery on his left hand.

Celebrity tattooist Kevin Paul has claimed James Arthur had the King Arthur inking he designed and etched onto his right hand removed because his mother didn't like it.