Raptors overcome 45-point game from Miles Bridges to beat Hornets 123-117
RJ Barrett scored 23 points, Jakob Poeltl had two big plays in the 90 seconds and the Toronto Raptors overcame a career-high 45 points from Miles Bridges to beat Charlotte 123-117 and hand the Hornets their ninth straight loss.
Family seeking justice for 21-year-old shot, killed nearly two years ago in Detroit
DETROIT โ A Detroit family is seeking justice nearly two years after a 21-year-old man was shot and killed. Dion Bridges was shot at a home on July 4, 2019, on Schoenherr Street near East Seven Road. Family members said Bridges was at a barbecue when someone started shooting from a nearby alley. Bridgesโ mother Jerreece Bridges is asking anyone with information to come forward. The person out there who knows they did this, I donโt know how they can live with themselves,โ Jerreece Bridges said.
Great North Run organizers send 5K competitors the wrong way
(Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)(CNN) - Organizers of the Great North Run, the world's largest half marathon which takes place from Newcastle to South Shields every September, have apologized after sending runners of an associated 5 kilometer race (3.1 miles) the wrong way. The Great North 5K follows a route along the Quayside on both sides of Newcastle and Gateshead's River Tyne. Runners taking part in the race Saturday were accidentally directed around a shorter route, losing about 300 meters (984 feet) of the expected distance. "We're really sorry, and we're looking into what happened," Great Run, which organizes the Great North 5K, the Great North Run and numerous other events in the UK, posted on Facebook. Some runners preparing for the Great North Run, however, hoped a similar error would shave some time off Sunday's half marathon.