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28-05-2025
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Astros rally in 7th inning to defeat Athletics 5-3
Athletics' Luis Urias, left, slides into home safely against Houston Astros catcher Victor Caratini (17), Urias scored the run on Jacob Wilson's RBI double during the third inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Karen Warren) Houston Astros third baseman Isaac Paredes (15) makes the throw to first base as Athletics' Brent Rooker grounds out during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Karen Warren) Athletics' Jacob Wilson reacts while running the bases after his home run against Houston Astros starting pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Karen Warren) Houston Astros' Zach Dezenzo (9) celebrates his home run with Yainer Diaz (21), which tied up the game against the Athletics, during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Karen Warren) Houston Astros' Victor Caratini (17) hits a two-run single against Athletics relief pitcher Justin Sterner during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Karen Warren) Houston Astros' Victor Caratini (17) hits a two-run single against Athletics relief pitcher Justin Sterner during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Karen Warren) Athletics' Luis Urias, left, slides into home safely against Houston Astros catcher Victor Caratini (17), Urias scored the run on Jacob Wilson's RBI double during the third inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Karen Warren) Houston Astros third baseman Isaac Paredes (15) makes the throw to first base as Athletics' Brent Rooker grounds out during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Karen Warren) Athletics' Jacob Wilson reacts while running the bases after his home run against Houston Astros starting pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Karen Warren) Houston Astros' Zach Dezenzo (9) celebrates his home run with Yainer Diaz (21), which tied up the game against the Athletics, during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Karen Warren) Houston Astros' Victor Caratini (17) hits a two-run single against Athletics relief pitcher Justin Sterner during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Karen Warren) HOUSTON (AP) — Zach Dezenzo homered and Victor Caratini drove in two runs in the seventh to help the Houston Astros rally for a 5-3 victory over the Athletics on Wednesday. The Athletics led by 1 when rookie Justin Sterner (1-1) took over for Luis Severino to start the seventh. Dezenzo sent his fourth pitch 416 feet to center field for his second homer this season to tie it at 3-all. Advertisement There were runners on second and third with two outs in the inning when Caratini lined a single to center field to score 2 and put the Astros on top 5-3. Houston's Lance McCullers Jr. allowed five hits and three runs in a season-long six innings in his fifth start after missing more than two seasons with injuries. Shawn Dubin (2-0) struck out two in a scoreless seventh for the win and Josh Hader converted his 14th save in 14 opportunities with a scoreless ninth. Jacob Wilson homered with two RBIs for the Athletics, who fell to 3-17 in their last 20 games. Severino yielded three hits and two runs — one earned — in six innings. He struck out four to give him 1,003 strikeouts in his career, making him the 48th active player to reach 1,000 strikeouts. Advertisement Christian Walker was hit on the hand with a pitch to start Houston's fourth. He left in the bottom of the sixth inning because of the hit and the team said more information on his condition would be provided postgame. Key moment The Astros jumping on Sterner in the seventh to take the lead after Severino's strong start kept them in check through six. Key stat McCullers struck out 12 to tie a career high he last reached in 2018. Up next LHP Jacob Lopez (0-2, 2.57 ERA) will start for Oakland on Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series at Toronto. The Astros open a four-game series against Tampa Bay on Thursday night with RHP Ryan Gusto (3-2, 4.58) on the mound against RHP Shane Baz (4-3, 4.94). ___ AP MLB:
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26-04-2025
- Sport
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Texans get new left tackle in Ersery, add depth to receiving group with 2 Iowa State players
Houston Texans mascot Toro, center, stands on a chair to see the crowd of fans during the Texans' NFL football draft party, Thursday, April 24, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Karen Warren) Hannah and Cal McNair, owners of the Houston Texans, speak to fans during the Texans' NFL football draft party, Thursday, April 24, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Karen Warren) Hannah and Cal McNair, owners of the Houston Texans, speak to fans during the Texans' NFL football draft party, Thursday, April 24, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Karen Warren) Houston Texans mascot Toro, center, stands on a chair to see the crowd of fans during the Texans' NFL football draft party, Thursday, April 24, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Karen Warren) Hannah and Cal McNair, owners of the Houston Texans, speak to fans during the Texans' NFL football draft party, Thursday, April 24, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Karen Warren) HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans addressed their most glaring needs by selecting offensive tackle Aireontae Ersery and a pair of Iowa State receivers in the NFL draft. 'The idea was to try to add good players, good people that are young, tough, hungry, that want to win, that put the team first,' general manager Nick Caserio said. 'These picks exemplify that.' Advertisement The Texans got players that could help them quickly despite not picking in the first round for a second straight season. They didn't have a first-round pick last year because of trades, including the one to move up and get defensive end Will Anderson with the third overall pick in the 2023 draft. This season they shipped the 25th overall pick to the Giants on Thursday in exchange for several picks. Their first selection in this draft was receiver Jayden Higgins, who was taken with the second pick of the second round. They added Ersery later in the second round with the 48th overall selection and picked up Higgins' teammate Jaylin Noel in the third round. Ersery could be Houston's left tackle of the future after the offseason trade of five-time Pro Bowl left tackle Laremy Tunsil. Ersery started 38 games at left tackle over three seasons at Minnesota where he was a third-team All-American last season. Advertisement He comes to Houston to help shore up a line that allowed C.J. Stroud to be sacked 52 times last season, which was the second most in the NFL. The Texans added veteran tackle Cam Robinson this offseason and Ersery will compete with him to protect Stroud's blind side as the Texans attempt to reach the playoffs for a third straight season under coach DeMeco Ryans. The 6-foot-6, 331-pound Ersery, who was the Big Ten's Offensive Lineman of the Year last season, can't wait to play with Stroud. 'C.J. Stroud is a baller,' Ersery said. 'I'm so honored to be a guy to help out and come in and help protect him. I'm just super stoked and I know I'm going to a great organization.' Advertisement Cyclones teammates Higgins and Noel join the Texans to add more depth at receiver to complement star Nico Collins with Tank Dell recovering from a serious knee injury and Stefon Diggs gone to the Patriots. Higgins, who has been compared to Collins, had 87 receptions for 1,183 yards and nine touchdowns last season for the Cyclones and Noel added 80 catches for 1,194 yards and eight scores. After Higgins was drafted, Noel never imagined he'd be heading to Houston, too. He shared on social media a fortune he received from a Chinese restaurant that read: 'Look forward to an unplanned reunion with an out-of-touch friend.' Advertisement Noel later shared his feelings about joining Higgins on the roster. 'I was surprised,' Noel said. 'But they've seen that 1-2 punch all year. They're going to be very happy with those selections for sure.' Caserio said a talk with Iowa State coach Matt Campbell on Friday helped him make his final decisions on the receivers. 'He was effusive in his… belief and praise of both Higgins and Noel,' Caserio said. The Texans now have three receivers from Iowa State on their roster after drafting Xavier Hutchinson in the sixth round in 2023. Overcoming obstacles Ersery and his four siblings were raised by a single mother and experienced homelessness when he was a child despite her working multiple jobs. He is thrilled to have put those struggles behind him as he embarks on his next chapter. Advertisement 'I've got that hardworking mentality from her,' he said. 'So, growing up times were tough but now I've got my foot in the door and I look forward to trying to change some things around.' Caserio loves guys with work ethic like Ersery's and said that's one reason why they believe he'll fit in with the Texans. 'If you come in and put your head down and work and just get better, take advantage of your opportunities, you're going to have a shot to have success and do a lot of good things for the organization,' he said. What's in a name? Along with Noel, the Texans added another Jaylin in this draft with they picked USC cornerback Jaylin Smith in the third round. Advertisement 'We got Jaylins, and we got all these guys around. It's going to be hard to keep them straight,' Caserio joked on Friday after they picked Smith. Then on Saturday, the Texans added another player with the same name, albeit with a different spelling, when they took Penn State safety Jaylen Reed in the sixth round. That gives them four players with the same name and three different spellings as the three rookies join starting safety Jalen Pitre on the team. Doubling up Along with drafting two players from Iowa State, the Texans also added a pair of players from Southern California when they picked running back Woody Marks in the fourth round after drafting Smith in the third. Marks ran for a career-high 1,133 yards with nine touchdowns for the Trojans last season after transferring from Mississippi State. ___ AP NFL:
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21-04-2025
- Business
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How Slow Fashion Could Be a Winner of Trump's Trade War
Goods for sale at a ThredUp pop-up shop in Houston, Texas, on Nov. 21, 2018. Credit - Karen Warren—Not many businesses seem happy about President Donald Trump's global trade war, which has roiled markets and threatens to lead the U.S. into recession. But there is one potential winner of his so-called 'Liberation Day' last week: slow fashion. Slow fashion is a movement pushing for an environmentally sustainable, ethically-produced approach to retail, emphasizing, for example, secondhand shopping. It's 'a different approach in which designers, buyers, retailers and consumers are more aware of the impacts of products on workers, communities and ecosystems,' wrote Kate Fletcher for the Ecologist in 2007. But slow fashion has traditionally been dwarfed by fast fashion, which emphasizes quantity over quality—the Ellen MacArthur Foundation projected that clothing production would reach 160 million tonnes in 2050, triple that of 2017, while more than 40% of Gen Z consumers shop at companies like Shein and Temu, and more than a third shop monthly from TikTok Shop, which prioritize low production costs and quick shipping to dominate the market with cheap items that don't always last long. The fast fashion industry, however, was hit hard on April 2, not just by Trump's 'reciprocal' tariffs—which added an additional 34% import levy on Chinese goods, on top of the preexisting 20% levy—but more crucially by an executive order he signed the same day. In eliminating the 'de minimis exemption' on goods from China and Hong Kong, effective May 2, the U.S. is closing a customs 'loophole' that has allowed companies like Shein and Temu to send millions of packages a day to the U.S., duty free. The 'de minimis exemption' exempted from customs declarations and duties small packages—valued at $800 or less—that were shipped directly to consumers. It's been used at a massive scale in recent years: The number of small, duty-free shipments from China increased by 1,145% from 2018 to 2023, according to the Congressional Research Service. Read More: The Tax Loophole That Helps Temu and Shein Keep Prices So Low The de minimis exemption fuels what slow-fashion resale companies say is their biggest obstacle to wider adoption by consumers: the ease and affordability of fast fashion. 'The biggest thing we [resale companies] have in common is we see fast fashion—generally low-price, low-quality items with a negative impact on the environment—as our competition,' CEO of online secondhand store GoodwillFinds Matt Kaness told Glossy, a beauty, fashion and wellness industry publication. But now they may have a leg up on their competition. Resale companies are relatively 'insulated' from the wider Trump tariffs, advisor at Venturen and former Goldman Sachs analyst Luca Cipiccia wrote on LinkedIn. That's because they don't rely on global supply chains for product sourcing. Alon Rotem, chief strategy officer and general counsel at California-based resale company ThredUp, which sells secondhand clothing and accessories told sustainability media group Trellis: 'If you think about ThredUp's supply chain, all of the clothes we sell come from the closets of Americans.' While shares of most retail companies plummeted after Trump announced that key production hubs China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Bangladesh would be hit with hefty tariffs—the SPDR S&P Retail ETF fell 8% last Thursday; Nike, Adidas, Lululemon, H&M, Amazon, and Target all saw their shares slide; and PDD Holdings, which owns Temu, also saw its stock fall—California-based online resale marketplace The RealReal has mostly weathered the storm, and ThredUp has seen its shares climb slightly since April 2, a rare upturn amid years of decline or stagnation for the companies. ThredUp CEO James Reinhart called the closure of the de minimis exemption for China a 'leveling of the playing field [that] is long overdue.''For years, the de minimis loophole has provided an unfair advantage to fast fashion retailers, enabling them to flood the market with low-cost, short-lived items while circumventing import duties,' the company, which has lobbied for the exemption's end for years, said in a statement. 'ThredUp sees this policy as a significant win for both the environment and the future of sustainable fashion.' Contact us at letters@ Sign in to access your portfolio
