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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Jazz Chisholm Jr. got disappointing news on his 26th birthday, losing to the Miami Marlins in the first salary arbitration decision of the year. The outfielder will be paid $2,625,000 rather than his $2.9 million request, Margaret Brogan, Jeanne Vonhof and Scott Buchheit ruled Thursday. He went 0 for 8 with four strikeout as the Marlins were swept by Philadelphia in their NL Wild Card Series. Chisholm had a $749,500 salary last year and was eligible for arbitration for the first time. Photos You Should See View All 45 ImagesMiami also is scheduled for hearings with second baseman Luis Arraez ($12 million vs. $10.6 million) and left-hander Tanner Scott ($5.7 million vs. $5.15 million).

Persons: Jazz Chisholm, Margaret Brogan, Jeanne Vonhof, Scott Buchheit, Chisholm, Luis Arraez, Tanner Scott, Arraez, Austin Hays, José Suarez, Joshua Gordon, Walt De Treux, Howard Edelman, Suarez, ___ Organizations: Miami Marlins, Marlins, NL, Miami, AL, Minnesota, Baltimore Orioles, Angels Locations: SCOTTSDALE, Ariz, Philadelphia, Angeles

☆ Victims Describe Their Pain and Prisoners Apologize in Bali Bombing Trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Carol Rosenberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Relatives of tourists killed in the 2002 terrorist bombing in Bali, Indonesia, spoke of endless, devastating grief, and two prisoners who conspired in the attack renounced violence in the name of Islam on Thursday for a U.S. military jury assembled at Guantánamo Bay to deliberate their sentence. The prisoners, Mohammed Farik Bin Amin and Mohammed Nazir Bin Lep, both Malaysians, pleaded guilty last week to war crimes charges for conspiring with an affiliate of Al Qaeda that carried out the attack. He was born after his uncle, Nathaniel Dan Miller, 31, was killed in the bombing and read a statement written by the victim’s mother, his grandmother. Christopher Snodgrass of Glendale, Ariz., said the loss of his daughter, Deborah, 33, in the bombing and other “terrorist activities worldwide” left him despising “over 20 percent of the world population, Muslims. I’m a religious person, and the hate-filled person I have become is certainly not what I wanted.”

Persons: Mohammed Farik Bin Amin, Mohammed Nazir Bin, ”, Solomon Lamagni, Miller, Nathaniel Dan Miller, Christopher Snodgrass, Deborah, despising, I’m Organizations: Al Locations: Bali , Indonesia, Al Qaeda, London, Glendale, Ariz

Tracking Efforts to Remove Trump From the 2024 BallotStates with challenges to Trump’s candidacy Trump disqualified, decision appealed Challenge unresolved Challenge dismissed or rejected Alaska Ariz. Calif. Colo. Conn. Del. The ballot challenges focus on whether Mr. Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat make him ineligible to hold the presidency again. The Colorado Supreme Court and Maine’s secretary of state, Shenna Bellows, each found Mr. Trump ineligible under that provision. Several judges have dismissed cases at the request of Mr. Trump or the request of the person who filed the challenge. The Michigan and Minnesota Supreme Courts have each said Mr. Trump is eligible to appear on the primary ballot in those states.

Persons: Trump, Kan, Donald J, Trump’s, “, Biden, Shenna Bellows, Bellows Organizations: Fla ., Fla . Idaho Ill, New York Times, The U.S, Supreme, Colorado Supreme, Republican, Democrat, U.S Locations: Alaska Ariz . Calif, Colo, Conn, Del, Fla, Fla . Idaho, La . Maine, Mich, Minn, Mont, Nev, N.H . N.J, N.M, N.Y, N.C, Okla ., Pa, S.C . Texas Utah, Va, Wash, W.Va . Wis, Colorado and Maine, The, Colorado, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota

☆ Inmate Stabbed Derek Chauvin 22 Times, U.S. Says in Announcing Attempted Murder Charge
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | More About Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

An inmate stabbed Derek Chauvin 22 times last week at a federal prison in Tucson, Ariz., the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Arizona said on Friday in announcing attempted murder charges. Mr. Chauvin survived the attack. According to a criminal complaint, Mr. Turscak attacked Mr. Chauvin inside the law library at the Federal Correction Institution in Tucson. Officers responded immediately and used pepper spray to subdue Mr. Turscak, court documents state. Mr. Turscak told officers that he would have killed Mr. Chauvin “had they not responded so quickly,” according to the complaint.

Persons: Derek Chauvin, John Turscak, Mr, Chauvin, Chauvin —, George Floyd —, Turscak, Chauvin “ Organizations: Attorney’s, Federal Correction Institution, Officers Locations: Tucson, Ariz, U.S, Arizona

☆ Lori Vallow Daybell Extradited to Arizona
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Christine Hauser | More About Christine Hauser | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Lori Vallow Daybell, who is serving consecutive life sentences in Idaho for murdering two of her children after being inspired by what prosecutors called her “doomsday” beliefs, has been extradited to Arizona to face charges of conspiracy to commit murder in two other cases. Sheriff’s deputies from Maricopa County, Ariz., accompanied Ms. Vallow Daybell, 50, on the 18-hour drive from prison in Pocatello, Idaho, to the Estrella Jail in Phoenix, where she was booked late on Wednesday night, the Maricopa County sheriff, Paul Penzone, said at a news conference. Ms. Vallow Daybell, who will remain in custody without bail, “was very sociable the entire trip,” the sheriff said. She “talked quite a bit.”Ms. Vallow Daybell faces two counts of conspiracy to commit murder related to two cases in Arizona. She was indicted in 2021 in Maricopa County after her brother, Alexander Cox, shot and killed the fourth of her five husbands, Charles Vallow, in July 2019.

Persons: Lori Vallow Daybell, Vallow Daybell, Paul Penzone, “, Ms, Alexander Cox, Charles Vallow Organizations: Estrella Locations: Idaho, Arizona, Maricopa County, Ariz, Pocatello , Idaho, Phoenix

The back-and-forth points to what could be a key issue in a general election rematch between Trump and Biden if both win their parties' nominations as widely expected. Political Cartoons View All 1267 ImagesHealth care has generally been a better issue for Democrats than Republicans, who have largely abandoned efforts to repeal the law in recent years. But Trump weighed in on the issue Saturday morning on his Truth Social site. A recent ABC News/Ipsos poll found 37% of Americans trust Democrats to do a better job than Republicans on handling healthcare, versus about 1 in 5 — 18% — who trust Republicans over Democrats on this issue. Still, a June 2023 AP-NORC poll showed a minority of U.S. adults — 44% — approving of how Biden was handling health care, with 53% disapproving.

Persons: Donald Trump, Joe Biden, “ Donald Trump’s, ”, Biden, Harris, Ammar Moussa, Trump, it’s, I’m, “, Sen, John McCain, Elizabeth Warren, Mike Braun, Moussa, –, Zeke Miller, Linley Sanders Organizations: Affordable, Democratic, GOP, Trump, Republicans, Republican, Republican Party, ABC, Democrats, Wall, ” Biden's Department of Health, Human Services, Associated Press Locations: U.S, Sens, Washington

The stabbing on Friday of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd in 2020, at a special unit inside a Tucson, Ariz., prison is the latest in a series of attacks against high-profile inmates in the troubled, short-staffed federal Bureau of Prisons. The assault comes less than five months after Larry Nassar, the doctor convicted of sexually abusing young female gymnasts, was stabbed multiple times at the federal prison in Florida. The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed that an inmate at the Tucson prison was stabbed around 12:30 p.m. on Friday, though the bureau did not identify Mr. Chauvin, 47, by name. The agency said in a statement that the inmate required “life-saving measures” before being rushed to a hospital emergency room nearby. The office of Keith Ellison, the Minnesota attorney general who prosecuted the former police officer, identified the inmate as Mr. Chauvin.

Persons: Derek Chauvin, George Floyd, Larry Nassar, James Bulger, Whitey, Jeffrey Epstein, Chauvin, Keith Ellison Organizations: of Prisons, Department, Federal Bureau of Prisons Locations: Minneapolis, Tucson, Ariz, Florida, Boston, Minnesota

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who was convicted of murdering George Floyd during a 2020 arrest that set off a wave of protests, was stabbed at a federal prison in Tucson, Ariz., on Friday, according to two people with knowledge of the situation. The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed that an inmate at the Tucson prison was stabbed at 12:30 p.m., though the agency’s statement did not identify Mr. Chauvin, 47, by name. No other inmates or prison staff were injured, and the situation was quickly contained, according to the people familiar with the situation. No details were immediately available on his condition, but one of the people with knowledge of the incident said that Mr. Chauvin survived the attack. Mr. Chauvin was serving a sentence of just over two decades in federal prison after he was convicted of state murder charges and a federal charge of violating the constitutional rights of Mr. Floyd.

Persons: Derek Chauvin, George Floyd, Chauvin, Floyd, Mr Organizations: Federal Bureau of Prisons Locations: Minneapolis, Tucson, Ariz

KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) — For the second time in nearly four months, officials in a northwestern Arizona county narrowly rejected a proposal to hand count all ballots in the 2024 election cycle rather than using electronic tabulating equipment. County election officials had said it would take 245 new workers and $1.1 million to count all ballots by hand. The Mohave County Republican Party said it had more than 300 volunteers willing to hand count ballots free of charge and Scottsdale attorney Bryan Blehm pledged to represent Mohave County in any related lawsuit. Ryan Esplin, a deputy county attorney who advises the board supervisors, told them no law specifically authorizes the proposed hand count. Prior to the 2022 general election, rural Cochise County in southeast Arizona pursued a hand count before it was stopped by a judge.

Persons: Kris Mayes, Travis Lingenfelter, Sen, Sonny Borrelli, Bryan Blehm, ”, Blehm, Kari Lake’s, Katie Hobbs, Borrelli, Ryan Esplin, I’m, I’ve, ” Esplin Organizations: Democratic, Republican, Mohave County Republican Party, Gov Locations: KINGMAN, Ariz, Arizona, Mohave County, Mohave, Lake Havasu City, Scottsdale, Cochise County, Nye County , Nevada

Some said he was too old, or they didn’t think he’d done much as president. Black voters in particular said they didn’t believe he was doing enough to help Black Americans. Though many said they’d probably vote for Mr. Trump, nearly all said that they weren’t excited about either option, and that Mr. Trump had personally offended them. A telephone call with a New York Times reporter is not the same as a conversation with friends or family. But it was an opportunity for a group of voters, some of them relatively disengaged, to think about the candidates, issues and campaigns.

Persons: Biden, they’d, Trump, hadn’t, It’s, Harris, Bridgette Miro, ” Organizations: Mr, New York Times Locations: Glendale, Ariz

☆ Joe Sharkey, Travel Writer Who Survived Midair Collision, Dies at 77
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Sam Roberts | More About Sam Roberts | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The cause was a hypertensive stroke, said his wife, Nancy Sharkey, a retired Times editor. The executive jet managed to land safely at a remote military airport, but the Gol Linhas Aéreas commercial airliner it collided with did not have such a fortunate fate: It nose-dived to the ground, killing all 154 people on board. It was the deadliest civilian aviation accident in Brazil at the time. The collision prompted inquiries by Brazil’s military and by American transportation safety investigators. Both placed blame on air traffic controllers but never fully resolved who was at fault or why the planes were flying at the same altitude.

Persons: Joe Sharkey, Nancy Sharkey, Mr, Sharkey Organizations: The New York Times, Boeing, Business Jet, Embraer Locations: The, Brazil, Tucson, Ariz

☆ Border Wall Falls Leave Migrants With Devastating — and Costly — Injuries
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Miriam Jordan | More About Miriam Jordan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ambulances rush them daily to hospitals in El Paso, San Diego and Tucson, Ariz., writhing in pain — bones poking out of arms and legs; skulls cracked; spines shattered. The men and women arrive on stretchers flanked by an agent in the telltale green uniform of the U.S. Border Patrol. “One look, and I know it’s another wall fall,” said Brian Elmore, an emergency medicine physician at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso. The patients are all migrants who have crashed to the ground while trying to climb over the wall that separates Mexico and the United States for long stretches of the border. But many migrants have been undaunted by the barriers, and for hundreds of them, the result has been debilitating injuries that require multiple surgeries, according to physicians working in U.S. hospitals near the border.

Persons: ”, Brian Elmore, Biden Organizations: U.S . Border Patrol, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Locations: El Paso , San Diego, Tucson, Ariz, El Paso, Mexico, United States, U.S

☆ The Bodily Indignities of the Space Life
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Kim Tingley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

But the space-based medical science needed to make that possible has been hindered by small sample sizes that aren’t representative of the general population. As less-rigorous medical screening allows more tourists to reach space, the chances increase significantly that someone will get hurt or have a health emergency there. And if we survived those perils, wouldn’t escalating pressure in our skulls kill us after a week or so? Initially, many space travelers puke, or at least feel motion-sick — space-adaptation syndrome, or S.A.S., is what such nausea, headache and vomiting are called outside our atmosphere. symptoms in the 1970s, when they heard Skylab astronauts talking about it with one another over a hot mic.

Persons: Donoviel, TRISH, ” Donoviel, Yuri Gagarin, humanity’s, hadn’t, Gagarin, ”, Jan Stepanek, “, acclimate Organizations: Apollo, Institute, Space Health, Baylor College of Medicine, NASA, Aerospace, American Board of Preventive, Mayo Clinic Locations: Scottsdale, Ariz

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The race to add two-way baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani in a blockbuster free agency deal is off to a clandestine start. “Special player, that’s all I’ll say,” said Chris Young, general manager of the World Series champion Texas Rangers. “We may ask some questions, but I can’t tell you we’re diving all in,” Houston Astros general manager Dana Brown said. Privately, they're surely discussing the developing Ohtani sweepstakes, which could cost the winning team upward of $500 million. “You have to have Plan A, Plan B, Plan C, Plan D, so on and so forth.

Persons: Shohei Ohtani, ”, Chris Young, “ We’re, Brian Cashman, “, Dana Brown, they're, “ There's, Perry Minasian, We've, Tommy John, Nathan Eovaldi, Jameson Taillon, Daniel Hudson, Jason Isringhausen, Walker Buehler —, TJ, —, Ohtani, He’s, There’s, he’s, Brown, ” Ohtani, Cody Bellinger, Matt Chapman, Tim Anderson, Aaron Nola, Sonny Gray, Jordan Montgomery, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Mike Trout, ” Minasian, We're, Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle GM Jerry Dipoto, ” Dipoto Organizations: Texas Rangers, New York Yankees, ” Houston Astros, Major League Baseball, Privately, Los Angeles Angels, ” Angels, He’s, MLB, Current Dodgers, Astros GM, Cubs, Former Angels, Seattle Mariners, Seattle GM, Mariners Locations: SCOTTSDALE, Ariz, Scottsdale, ”, Arizona

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies have decided two-time Most Valuable Player Bryce Harper is the team's first baseman of the future, which means the franchise also is moving on from slugger Rhys Hoskins. Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said Tuesday the front office and manager Rob Thomson came to the conclusion Harper was the best option at first base. Political Cartoons View All 1237 ImagesDombrowski said he's informed Hoskins — now a free agent — about the team's plan. During the recently-completed playoffs, Harper credited Phillies infield coach Bobby Dickerson for easing his transition to the infield. “I feel good at first base,” Harper said in October.

Persons: Bryce Harper, Rhys Hoskins, Dave Dombrowski, Rob Thomson, Harper, Hoskins, ” Dombrowski, “ He’s, ” Harper, Tommy John, Dombrowski, he's, Hoskins —, Kyle Schwarber, Bryson Stott, Trea Turner, Alec Bohm, Bobby Dickerson, Bobby, ” Organizations: The Philadelphia Phillies, Phillies, AP, NL, Arizona Diamondbacks Locations: SCOTTSDALE, Ariz

☆ NHL roundup: Coyotes' Connor Ingram stops Kraken in SO
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/4] Nov 7, 2023; Tempe, Arizona, USA; Arizona Coyotes goaltender Connor Ingram (39) makes a save on Seattle Kraken defenseman Adam Larsson (6) in the overtime at Mullett Arena. Eeli Tolvanen had a goal and an assist for Seattle, and Justin Schultz and Jaden Schwartz also tallied goals. It was the second overtime winner at home this season for Necas. Panarin finished with his seventh multi-point game this season as the Rangers improved to 7-0-1 in their past eight games. Jets 5, Blues 2Kyle Connor scored two goals and added an assist as visiting Winnipeg defeated St. Louis.

Persons: Connor Ingram, Adam Larsson, Matt Kartozian, Clayton Keller, Nick Schmaltz, Matias Maccelli, Barrett Hayton, Nick Bjugstad, Eeli Tolvanen, Justin Schultz, Jaden Schwartz, Matty Beniers, Joey Daccord, Bjugstad, Daccord, Keller, Martin Necas, Tony DeAngelo, Brady Skjei, Alex Tuch, Rasmus Dahlin, Matt Tomkins, Tomkins, Nikita Kucherov, Nick Suzuki, Michael Pezzetta, Christian Dvorak, Kirill Kaprizov, Joel Eriksson Ek, Pat Maroon, Vinni Lettieri, Marc, Andre Fleury, Noah Dobson, Oliver Wahlstrom, Semyon Varlamov, Panarin, Vincent Trocheck, Chris Kreider, Trocheck, Ville, Michael Rasmussen, Klim Kostin, Andrew Copp, Kyle Connor, Louis, Mark Scheifele, Alex Iafallo, Josh Morrissey, Neal Pionk, Cole Perfetti, Connor Hellebuyck, Robert Thomas, Brayden Schenn, Jordan Binnington, Kadri, Noah Hanifin, Blake Coleman, Dillon Dube, Calgary's Jacob Markstrom, Nick DeSimone, Sharangovich, Michael McCarron, Kiefer Sherwood Organizations: Arizona Coyotes, Seattle, Mullett, Coyotes, Arizona, Arizona State, Hurricanes, Sabres, Buffalo, Necas, Canadiens, NHL, Montreal, Ohio, Islanders, New York, Minnesota, Rangers, Red Wings, New, Detroit, New York's, Jets, Blues, Winnipeg, St, Flames, Calgary, Nashville, Predators, Thomson Locations: Tempe , Arizona, USA, Tempe, Ariz, Carolina, Raleigh, N.C, Tampa, Minnesota, New, Elmont, Ville Husso

☆ Gazing Into the Past and Future at Historic Observatories
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Kim Beil | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Lick Observatory and Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz., which opened in 1894, both remain active in astronomical research. Other historic observatories now focus primarily on public outreach and education, including Yerkes Observatory (1897) in Williams Bay, Wis., and Mount Wilson Observatory (1904), outside Pasadena, Calif. At each of these sites, you can step into the history of the cosmos — experiencing the deep time of the stars, as well as more recent histories of discovery. Looking through 19th-century glass at the Lick, you can see where E. E. Barnard spotted a new moon of Jupiter and James Keeler found a gap in Saturn’s rings. At Mount Wilson, Edwin Hubble, building on work done by Henrietta Swan Leavitt at Harvard, made an observation that proved there were other galaxies in the universe beyond the Milky Way. At Yerkes, you can peer through the 40-inch refracting telescope that surpassed Lick’s in size in 1897 and was used by a cadre of path-breaking women working in astronomy.

Persons: Barnard, James Keeler, Mount Wilson, Edwin Hubble, Henrietta Swan Leavitt Organizations: Lowell, Yerkes Observatory, Mount Wilson Observatory, Harvard, Yerkes Locations: Lick, Flagstaff, Ariz, Williams Bay, Wis, Pasadena, Calif, Mount

It was hard to miss Mark Aaron Polger, Alexi Pappas and Masashi Kondo at the New York City Marathon on Sunday. With energy gels and bodega coffees in hand, the crowd made its way to Fort Wadsworth, where thousands of runners congregate each year before running the New York City Marathon. Speed demons wearing Nike Vaporflys and short-shorts mingled with casual runners wearing “Monsters, Inc.” onesies. That’s the record I’m going for. Running is therapeutic, even though I’m going to be running really, really slowly.

Persons: Mark Aaron Polger, Alexi Pappas, Masashi Kondo, ”, “, Adam Tjolle, Simon Waterhouse, Malina Roberts, we’ll, they’re, they’ve, Stephen Zachensky, Marlinda Francisco, Mika Shaw, Maansi Srivastava, It’s, I’ve Organizations: New York City Marathon, Nike, Inc, New York Times, York Locations: Fort Wadsworth, Edinburgh, Scotland, Newmarket, England, Brooklyn, York City, Tokyo, Berlin, New York, Westchester, N.Y, How’d, New York Times Tucson, Ariz, Ogden , Utah, Japan, Los Angeles, Manhattan

☆ It Took Three Interior Designers Before She Finally Found the One
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Libertina Brandt | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Be the first to know about the biggest and best luxury home sales and listings by signing up for our Mansion Deals email alert. By the time Tracy Katz’s third interior designer put the finishing touches on her roughly 17,000-square-foot estate in Paradise Valley, Ariz., she had lost faith in her ability to ever love the space.

Persons: Tracy Katz’s Locations: Paradise Valley, Ariz

Christopher Bell was set to represent JGR in the championship four, but rumors were flying that the entire organization might pull out of the race. Coy Gibbs, the vice chairman of the organization, son of team owner Joe Gibbs and Ty's father, had been found dead in his hotel room that morning and the team was in chaos. Joey Logano won the race and his second title, while Bell finished a distant 10th in the race and third in the championship standings. Stevens felt once the race began the team was able to focus on trying to win the title. If you have a weak part of your race team, the playoffs will find it.”___AP auto racing: https://apnews.com/hub/auto-racing

Persons: Joe Gibbs, Gibbs, Ty Gibbs, Christopher Bell, Coy Gibbs, Ty's, ”, Adam Stevens, Stevens, Kyle Busch, Bell, Joey Logano, “, ” Bell, you've, ” Stevens, Ryan Blaney, William Byron, Kyle Larson, Larson, Blaney, Byron, J.D, Coy, Heather, Busch, we’ve, ” Gibbs Organizations: Phoenix Raceway, JGR, Bell, Toyota Locations: AVONDALE, Ariz, prepping

As Harvick readied to return to Phoenix Raceway — a track where he was once practically unbeatable — it finally hit him that he's done as a NASCAR Cup Series driver. Political Cartoons View All 1234 ImagesHarvick isn't going very far and can't really fathom a life away from the racetrack. Now he's 47 and a former Cup champion with 60 career victories, good for 10th on NASCAR's all-time wins list. "And then you have kids and you look around and you realize, ‘Man, this is really what my life is all about. I love racing.’ That really came from watching Keelan race and watching him grow to love this sport and watching the other parents and the other kids.

Persons: Kevin Harvick's, Harvick, He'll, ” Harvick, “, isn’t, ”, Stewart, Dad, Piper, Dale Earnhardt's, Richard Childress, Earnhardt, he'll, Keelan, “ I’m, “ We’ll, ‘, I’m, he's, He's, ‘ Don’t, It’s, you’ve Organizations: Phoenix, NASCAR, Fox Sports, Harvick, Haas Racing, Ford, Richard Childress Racing Locations: AVONDALE, Ariz

The drivers have acknowledged Sunday's showdown at Phoenix Raceway lacks the hype of years past, but NASCAR pushed back as the weekend arrived. “We have a playoff system that I believe is the toughest in sports,” NASCAR President Steve Phelps said. With that will come personality. With that will come some storytelling.”He acknowledged NASCAR could do more for its young stars and said industry leaders are actively discussing increased engagement and storytelling. “I think we have a big opportunity as a sport because we have a crop of young drivers for fans to come in and embrace,” he said.

Persons: Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, Ryan Blaney, William Byron —, Larson, Bell, Byron, Blaney's, Steve Phelps, ” Phelps, We’ve, Blaney unprompted, Dale Earnhardt Jr, Chase Elliott, Joey Logano, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Ross Chastain, Bubba Wallace, Martin Truex Jr, Denny Hamlin, Blaney, Steve O'Donnell, ” O'Donnell, “ We’re, ”, “ We’ve Organizations: NASCAR, Phoenix, “, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Netflix Locations: AVONDALE, Ariz, We’re, North America

AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Ryan Blaney was fastest of NASCAR's championship contenders Friday in the only practice session ahead of the title-deciding season finale Sunday at Phoenix Raceway. “Ryan Blaney gets around Phoenix really, really well,” said Blaney crew chief Jonathan Hassler. Blaney was third and followed by Christopher Bell, who is one of the final four drivers racing for the title. William Byron, winner at Phoenix in the spring, was seventh fastest and Kyle Larson was the slowest driver of the title contenders in 11th. Bell is the lone Toyota representative and driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, which last won a title with Kyle Busch in 2019.

Persons: — Ryan Blaney, “ Ryan Blaney, ”, Blaney, Jonathan Hassler, “ There's, ” Kyle Busch, Bubba Wallace, Christopher Bell, William Byron, Kyle Larson, Larson, “, Cliff Daniels, I've, ” Daniels, Bell, Byron, Joey Logano, Chase Elliott, Joe Gibbs, Kyle Busch Organizations: Phoenix Raceway, Phoenix, Chevrolet, Martinsville Speedway, Team Penske, Hendrick Motorsports, Toyota Locations: AVONDALE, Ariz, Phoenix, NASCAR's

☆ The most—and least—expensive large U.S. cities based on the cost of monthly expenses like rent, utilities, and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Celia Fernandez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

1 most expensive large U.S. city based on monthly costs: San JoseSan Jose, California is the most expensive large city in the U.S. The average San Jose home value is $1,316,415, down 0.7% over the past year, according to Zillow. 10 most expensive large U.S. cities based on monthly costsSan Jose, Calif. Boston, Mass. The second least expensive large U.S. city based on the average cost of monthly household expenses is Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland is just one of two cities in Ohio to make doxo's list of the least expensive large U.S. cities based on household bills.

Persons: doxo, Hanwen Chen, Mike Kline, Zillow, Tenn . Saint Louis, Ken Redding Organizations: CNBC, Utilities, Auto insurance Cable, Mobile, U.S . Residents, San, eBay, PayPal, Washington D.C, Getty Images Boston, Harvard, MIT, Detroit, U.S, General Motors, Ford, N.M . Oklahoma City, N.Y, Bank, Getty Locations: United States, Jose San Jose , California, California, Jose, San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Jose, Silicon Valley, Calif, Boston, Mass . New York, N.Y, Washington, Seattle, Wash . Los Angeles, Miami, Fla . Portland, Ore, Boston , Massachusetts, U.S, Cavan, Detroit Detroit , Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, Mich, Cleveland , Ohio Dayton , Ohio Albuquerque, N.M . Oklahoma, Okla Rochester, N.Y Tucson, Ariz . El Paso , Texas Memphis, Tenn . Saint, Mo, Cleveland , Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, Dayton

AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The oddsmakers named Kyle Larson the favorite to win the NASCAR championship, but half the field believe the person with the best chance to celebrate Sunday will be a spectator at Phoenix Raceway. “I told Erin, ‘You’ve have the best percentage to be happy after the race, a 50% shot to be happy,” Blaney said Thursday at Phoenix Raceway. Larson and Christopher Bell, longtime rivals in dirt track racing, have settled any past beefs and Byron and Blaney are already referring to each other as family. He was the final driver to qualify last Sunday at Martinsville Speedway, then had to scramble to book his trip out West in time for NASCAR championship obligations. But I just need to win and bring a championship back.”___AP auto racing: https://apnews.com/hub/auto-racing

Persons: Kyle Larson, Erin Blaney, It's, Ryan Blaney, William Byron, Blaney, ”, “, Erin, ‘ You’ve, ” Blaney, William, he's, Larson, Christopher Bell, Byron, Bell, Kyle, Chris, it's, NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr, They're, ” Earnhardt, ” Byron, Dale Jarrett, He's, Jeff Gordon, ” LARSON, “ Cooper, Katelyn, ” BLANEY, PRIDE Blaney, Dave, Dale, Lou, Joe Gibbs Racing, Martin Truex Jr, Denny Hamlin, ” Bell Organizations: NASCAR, Phoenix Raceway, NBC, NASCAR Hall of Famer, WILLIE, Martinsville Speedway, American Airlines, PRIDE, Outlaws Locations: AVONDALE, Ariz, Phoenix, North Carolina, Charlotte, Ohio

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