AUSTIN WARREN

Shohei Ohtani's latest majestic homer wasn't nearly enough to turn back the Houston Astros as they steamroll toward another AL West title. Ohtani hit his 45th homer in the eighth inning, but Aledmys Díaz and Kyle Tucker hit back-to-back homers and drove in three runs apiece while leading the Astros to a 10-5 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night. Ohtani connected for his first homer since Sept. 10, driving a solo shot off Houston’s Cristian Javier 445 feet into the elevated right field stands at the Big A.

Alex Cobb pitched five scoreless innings, Luis Rengifo and Jose Rojas hit home runs, and the Los Angeles Angels coasted to a 9-3 win over the Chicago White Sox.

The Baltimore Orioles have snapped their 19-game losing streak, rallying to beat Los Angeles 10-6 after a shaky start by Shohei Ohtani left the Angels’ bullpen with too much to do.

Angels Tigers Baseball Los Angeles Angels' Max Stassi rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run against the Detroit Tigers in the eighth inning of a baseball game in Detroit, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) (Paul Sancya)DETROIT — (AP) — Max Stassi hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth inning and the Los Angeles Angels overcome an eight-run deficit to beat the Detroit Tigers 13-10 on Thursday. Miguel Cabrera drove in four runs to help Detroit open a 10-2 lead after five innings. Los Angeles scored six runs — two on one of Brandon Marsh's two triples — in the sixth inning and added one in the seventh to cut it to 10-9. After Stassi's line drive over the left-field wall put Los Angeles ahead 11-9, Shohei Ohtani had a sacrifice fly in the eighth to give the Angels a two-run lead.

Max Stassi hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth inning and the Los Angeles Angels overcome an eight-run deficit to beat the Detroit Tigers 13-10 on Thursday.

click to enlarge Austin WarrenJoel, Gerald and Jamiel Lawclick to enlarge Photo courtesy of Zoe McCrayZoe McCray and Jessica RaspolichThis weekend is a fitting musical launch forwith two consecutive days of expression that’s not just incidentally Black but proudly and intentionally so.On Saturday, Feb. 6, local jazz groupwill kick it off at the Dr. Phillips Center’s Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater. More than just musical selections from Law’s latest two companion albums (), this program will notably feature selections froma multimedia project by Gerald and brothers Joel and Jamiel that frames African-American culture through the perspective and voices of its people.To optimize safety, the night is a two-show stand with seating in either single, spaced-out gallery seats or tables for four. Tickets for the 7 p.m. show and the 9 p.m. show are both currently available.Then, on Sunday, Feb. 7, local singer— a member of the Voices of Liberty singing group at Epcot — will manifest the Black voice in her own soprano at Timucua Arts Foundation. Titledafter the Beatles classic that McCartney wrote during the Civil Rights movement to honor Black women, her recital — accompanied by pianist— will be devoted to classical composers of color and arias written with a Black woman as the narrator.To maximize viewing opportunities while maintaining safety-minded capacity, Timucua will offer donation-based tickets to the in-person performance as well as a livestream of the event. Show begins at 7:30 p.m.If you go out, respect everyone’s distance, for all our sakes.

Thats when we knew we needed to revamp our mission and focus on helping small businesses. We were looking around us and were watching small businesses drop one after another, Austin Warren, Director of Sales, said. Thats when we knew we needed to revamp our mission and focus on helping small businesses. So we launched a new fundraising campaign called #SupportLocal which allows local businesses to run a campaign at no cost to them.The program offers people the opportunity purchase promotional T-shirts for local businesses. At the end of the campaign, T-shirt orders are mailed out and Sunday Cool writes a check for the profits to the company.