STEVE JOHNSON

Houston Astros starter Lance McCullers Jr. addressed whether he was tipping pitchers during the shellacking he received in the World Series.

Jannik Sinner withstood the aces and reached the fourth round at Wimbledon by beating John Isner 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-3.

Serena Williams has lost her first singles match in nearly a year.

"When it stretches that far, it’s not your neighbors anymore," one resident said.

The death of mathematician Scott Johnson was initially called a suicide, but his family pressed for further investigation. Scott White, 51, pleaded guilty in January and could have been sentenced to up to life in prison. White’s former wife Helen White told police in 2019 that her then-husband had bragged about beating gay men and had said the only good gay man was a dead gay man. Scott White told police that he was himself gay and frightened that his homophobic brother would find out. “It should be understood that the court is not sentencing a violent and reckless young man for a targeted attack on a gay man,” Wilson said.

An Australian man was sentenced to 12 years and seven months in prison for the 1988 murder of an American who fell off a Sydney cliff that was known as a gay meeting place.

The man admitted to pushing Scott Johnson off a Sydney clifftop in what prosecutors now call a hate crime, but police initially dismissed as a suicide.

(AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) (Rick Rycroft)CANBERRA, Australia — (AP) — A man told police he killed American mathematician Scott Johnson in 1988 by pushing the 27-year-old off a Sydney cliff in what prosecutors describe as a gay hate crime, a court heard on Monday. His Boston-based brother Steve Johnson maintained pressure for further investigation and offered his own reward of 1 million Australian dollars ($704,000) for information. White’s former wife Helen White told the court that her then-husband “bragged” to their children of beating gay men at the clifftop well-known for gay meetups. “The dumb (expletive) ran off the cliff.”“I said, ‘It is if you chased him,’” Helen White told the court. She said she only became aware of a reward when the victim’s brother, Steve Johnson, doubled the sum in 2020.

A man told police he killed American mathematician Scott Johnson in 1988 by pushing the 27-year-old off a Sydney cliff in what prosecutors describe as a gay hate crime.

A proposal from President Joe Biden’s administration to catch tax cheats is sparking privacy concerns and pushback from banks. The plan, one of many under the Treasury Department’s 2022 wish list, would force banks to send information about transactions for all accounts worth $600 or more. Channel 9′s Nick Papantonis talked to a tax expert to break down what you need to know about this topic. Why would the IRS want this information? They’ll have to dedicate time, technology and staffing toward collecting data and sending it to the IRS.

(AP Photo/Seth Wenig) (Seth Wenig)NEW YORK — (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local):2:10 p.m.Rajeev Ram of the U.S. and Joe Salisbury of Great Britain have won the U.S. Open men's doubles championship for their second Grand Slam title as a team. Ram and Salisbury add this trophy to the one they earned at the 2020 Australian Open. Murray, whose younger brother Andy won three major singles championships, and Soares won two Grand Slam titles together in men's doubles in 2016, including the U.S. Open. The men's doubles final has started a busy day at the U.S. Open that Novak Djokovic hopes to end with his Grand Slam hopes intact. They play after the completion of the men's doubles final, which has the fourth-seeded team of Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury against No.

Novak Djokovic enters his U.S. Open semifinal against Alexander Zverev needing two wins to complete the first calendar-year Grand Slam by a man in more than a half-century.

Emma Raducanu has set up an all-teenager U.S. Open women’s final.

While the Americans are all done in singles at the U.S. Open, there’s still some home hopes in doubles.

US Open Tennis Gael Monfils, of France, reacts after defeating Steve Johnson, of the United States, during the second round of the US Open tennis championships, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021, in New York. Her husband, Gael Monfils, likes to look a few rounds further at his draw. Svitolina probably already knew that, saying: “His draw, I’m looking even more probably than mine.”Svitolina said she and Monfils are competitive and their performances serve as motivation for each other. “I’m happy that we’re playing different days because then we can focus on one person, then the other one,” Svitolina said. At least next match don’t go out for eight minutes, and that’s what he did,” Medvedev said.

The tennis newlyweds are having a disagreement.

Jenson Brooksby has beaten 11th-seeded John Millman 6-1, 6-2 to reach the semifinals of the Citi Open in his debut appearance at an ATP 500 event.

Rafael Nadal's first tournament in nearly two months is over after just two matches.

(AP Photo/Christophe Ena) (Christophe Ena)PARIS — (AP) — The Latest on the French Open (all times local):___11 p.m.Add Stevie Johnson to the parade of Americans moving into the French Open's third round. The 31-year-old from California arrived at Roland Garros with an 0-5 record in ATP and Challenger Tour matches this season. ___5:45 p.m.Kei Nishikori needed five sets again to win at the French Open. Nishikori next faces Swiss qualifier Henri Laaksonen, who upset 11th-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 for his first victory against a top-20 player. It's the first time that Laaksonen reached the third round at a major tournament thanks to his 6-3, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 win.

The drummer for Grammy Award-winning rock band Alabama Shakes says he is innocent of child abuse charges filed against him.

FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018, file photo, Steve Johnson of Alabama Shakes accepts the best American roots performance for "Killer Diller Blues" at the 60th annual Grammy Awards at Madison Square Garden in New York. Johnson, the drummer for Grammy Award-winning rock band Alabama Shakes is in custody on child abuse charges. Johnson, 35, was arrested Wednesday, March 24, 2021, after being indicted on charges of willful torture, willful abuse and cruelly beating or otherwise willfully maltreating a child under the age of 18, news outlets reported. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The drummer for Grammy Award-winning rock band Alabama Shakes is in custody on child abuse charges. Steven William Johnson, 35, was arrested Wednesday after being indicted on charges of willful torture, willful abuse and cruelly beating or otherwise willfully maltreating a child under the age of 18, news outlets reported.

A column by Steve Johnson in the March 14 A&E section about what’s been lost in arts and culture during the pandemic year overstated the number of U.S. COVID-19 deaths to date. It should have said more than 500,000 U.S. deaths, not more than 600,000.

Johnson, a University of Florida professor of wildlife ecology and conservation, co-authored a recent study that estimated the monkey population on the Silver River will double by 2022. On the RiverChugging slowly down the Silver River, nature quickly envelopes. Nick, whos been piloting the waters of the Silver River for the past 20 years and who took Star-Banner journalists on a tour last week. Over the years, he has noticed the monkey population increase. Thats why Johnson cant help but shake his head when he reads some of the screaming headlines after a Silver River monkey pops up in an unfamiliar place.

(CNN) - Nick Kyrgios dispatched Steve Johnson in straight sets in the first round of the US Open, but it was his comments after the match that sparked controversy. "ATP's pretty corrupt anyway, so I'm not fussed about it at all," Kyrgios told reporters in New York of his fine. "Why are we talking about something that happened three weeks ago when I just chopped up someone [in the] first round of the US Open?" At that point, the match was evenly poised with Kyrgios 1-0 up and on serve, before prevailing in a tie break in the second set. Kyrgios, who has never progressed past the third round at the US Open, next faces Frenchman Antoine Hoang.