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NBC Sports
15-05-2025
- Automotive
- NBC Sports
Coty Schock to join 450s in Pro Motocross
Coty Schock will compete in the 450 class in the 2025 Pro Motocross season, ClubMX reported midweek following the conclusion of the Monster Energy Supercross season. Schock finished ninth in the 250 Supercross finale and landed ninth in combined East / West divisional points. With limited time to prepare before the beginning of the outdoor season, which begins at Fox Raceway in Pala, California, on May 24, the decision was not easy, but the team is known for making bold moves between Supercross and Motocross. In 2023, ClubMX moved Garrett Marchbanks from 250s to 450s in order to qualify for the SuperMotocross World Championship. Marchbanks finished seventh in the playoffs that season. 'I really wanted to get back on the 450 at some point and this feels like the right time,' Schock said in a news release. 'I know the risks with the points and all that, but I am confident I can get the job done to reap the rewards later in the year. Big thanks to the team for their support. I have been on other teams in my career, but these guys are 'all in' once the decision was made. Now it is on me to get the job done and I look forward to the challenge. I would be remiss if I didn't thank Yamaha for their support as well. They jumped in to support the program as soon as we made the decision.' Schock competed on a 450 from 2018, when he turned professional, until 2021 in the Motocross series. He finished a career best of 14th in 2021. Schock also rode with the 450 division this year at Daytona International Speedway during an off-week for the 250 West division. 'It was nice to mix it up with the 450 guy,' Schock told NBC Sports the following week in Indianapolis. 'I was really happy with how the race went' I was really happy with my riding in the Main. I didn't get as good a start in it as the heat race, so I didn't start up front, so I stayed back there. Overall, I learned a lot in the 450 class: how to ride—how the track develops.' He rode his 250 bike, which lacked the horsepower of the 450s on Daytona's long straightaways, so Schock had to make up the ground in the corners. He finished 14th in that race, beating eight more powerful bikes. 'Coty is the consummate team player,' said Brandon Haas, team owner of ClubMX. 'We build bikes based on rider input and after watching him ride the 450 it was obvious that we had something there. The power-to-weight ratio will play to his advantage along with his mature riding style and race craft. This was not really on my radar but when he said he wanted to do it, the team went to work building him something special. Now, we are all looking forward to what he can do.' To earn a direct invitation into the SuperMotocross World Championship in the 450 class, Schock needs to make up 65 points on the rider who currently sits 20th in the standings, Mitchell Harrison. The top 20 is based on combined Supercross and Motocross points. More SuperMotocross News Dylan Ferrandis to miss start of Pro MX Salt Lake City 450 SX results | 250 results Sexton wins 7th race, Webb third title Haiden Deegan wins final 250 E/W Showdown 450 SX Salt Lake City heats | 250 heats Chase Sexton sweeps SLC SX Qualification Cole Davies crashes in SLC SX Q1 The making of a Supercross track Aaron Plessinger renews with Red Bull KTM Jeremy Martin to run three Pro MX races in 2025
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Yahoo
'You're O-U-T, out!' says legal expert in FOX 2's findings on St. Louis Sheriff
ST. LOUIS – FOX 2 has learned your tax dollars being used to chauffer the St. Louis Sheriff's children. We caught it on camera repeatedly, then checked with the experts. One attorney said it could be grounds for Sheriff Alfred Montgomery's removal from office. Videos recorded by FOX 2 show a marked St. Louis Sheriff's vehicle pulling up to an elementary school to pick up two young children. We were told it's an everyday pattern. We documented it ourselves for three same deputy sergeant showed up each time, taking the children for fast food one day, before driving them to the building where their father works. 'It's the craziest thing I've ever heard,' former St. Louis Sheriff's Captain Neil Hogan said. He used to be in charge of deputies' use of vehicles. 'You can't have a deputy on the clock doing personal errands for him.' Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Former Sheriff Vernon Betts said that it's illegal. 'They're not getting paid to be a babysitter,' Betts said. 'That's like stealing time.' Don't just take it from the former sheriff and employee. Attorney Bevis Schock described the sheriff's behavior as 'lawless.' Schock has won cases involving alleged public corruption. 'If you get something of value by virtue of your office, that's other than your salary, that's what's prohibited,' Schock said. He says Missouri Statute lists prohibited acts for public officials and that the consequence is removal. 'That's commonly called the ouster statute,' Schock said. 'So that means you're O-U-T, out!' Schock says it would be the attorney general's office who would take action on what we've uncovered. We've called that office to report this and are waiting to hear back. FOX 2 has also made many attempts to get answers from the sheriff. He's made one thing clear: he's not talking. From chasing him down, where he warned not to enter his secure zone, to visiting his office on the eighth floor, and emailing a list of questions about the deputy picking up his kids. We also asked him for a comment about it when he walked into Monday's restraining order court hearing. He held a phone up to his ear and did not answer. 'The employee pretty much has to say, 'Yes,' because if not, there may be retaliation,' Schock said. Which is why we're concealing the employee's identity. Federal charges filed in well-known Wildwood cat-hoarding case We found the deputy's vehicle normally parked outside the courthouse downtown, about four miles from the school. She's listed in sheriff's office records as a sergeant. The state says her police license is expired. FOX 2 recently questioned the deputy about driving the children, but she inexplicably denied doing so. 'No, I don't—that's not true,' she said. We asked, 'Do you have booster seats for the kids?' 'Why do I need booster seats for a kid?' she said. The children appear to be the size in which Missouri law says you're required to put them in a booster seat – less than 80 pounds or under 4'9'. There was no sign of any child safety gear when we looked in the car either. 'That's not good policy. It sends a real bad message,' Betts said. The sheriff's office sent the following written statement after our latest attempt to get answers in person. The statement reads in full: Sheriff's Statement on Family's Security STATEMENT AND BACKGROUND April 28th, 2025 Chief Counsel, Blake Lawrence's statement on behalf of City of St. Louis Sheriff, Alfred Montgomery: As every parent does, Sheriff Montgomery is concerned for the safety of his children as well as their peace of mind while they attend school. Over the past year, he has received threats of violence and has experienced strangers approaching himself and his family. The Sheriff has taken precautionary measures to ensure the safety and well-being of his family. Among these measures is an off-duty Sheriff's Department employee providing transportation for his children after their school day ends. This individual is a Clerical Employee of the Sheriff's Department with over 25 years' experience, having served under the previous three City Sheriffs. Her working hours at the Department are 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. She is one of only three adults properly authorized with the school to pick-up the Sheriff's children. For background and information purposes: All Departmental vehicles issued according to the Department's take home policy are issued to qualified personnel and imputed as income on individual taxes. Use of vehicles to pick up minor children from school on the way home is common practice among law enforcement and public employees across the country. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Los Angeles Times
08-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
The Go-Go's are back again, still real, raw and ready for Coachella and Cruel World
Perhaps no one is more excited about the reunited Go-Go's upcoming slate of high-profile gigs than Gina Schock. The 67-year-old drummer missed the band's last big Los Angeles shows — in 2022 at the Arena and a three-night stand at the Hollywood Bowl in 2018 — due to health issues that required surgery on her thumb and to fuse three vertebrae together in her neck, respectively. Now, however, Schock is healthy and looking forward to powering the band through a club set at one of their old haunts, the Roxy, on April 9, and then April 11 and April 18 at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. After playing dates in San Francisco and Las Vegas, they'll wrap it up at the Cruel World festival in Pasadena on May 17, making the Go-Go's one of the few bands to play the larger, more eclectic and current Indio, Calif., festival and the '80s-leaning Pasadena fest in the same calendar year. Their Coachella dates are headlined by Lady Gaga, while Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds top the bill at Cruel World. It all seems to make sense since the Go-Go's bridge the gap between the pop leanings of Gaga and the L.A. punk scene that shared similar sensibilities with Cave's early work with the Birthday Party. Four-fifths of the band reunited for a rehearsal in Los Angeles in mid-February that left Schock pumped up. 'I was very excited to be playing because I've been practicing for months. I haven't played with the band for eight years,' she says via Zoom from San Francisco, her home since 2005. Over the years, the Go-Go's have reunited from time to time. In 2016, they staged what was billed as a farewell tour, leaving the door open to occasional future live dates, but no more full tours. The last time they played a festival comparable to Coachella was in January 1985 at Rock in Rio in Brazil, when the band was on their last legs after their incredibly successful first run. They exploded out of the Los Angeles club scene, scored a record deal with the then-fledgling IRS Records and topped the album chart in 1982 with their debut album, 'Beauty and the Beat,' which blended their punk energy with pop sensibilities in the hits 'Our Lips Are Sealed' and 'We Got the Beat.' Incredibly, it remains the only album by an all-female band that plays their own instruments to top the Billboard album chart. Yet by 1985, after two other successful albums, 1982's 'Vacation' and 1984's 'Talk Show,' the band was falling apart due to jealousy over songwriting credits, compensation, substance abuse and mismanagement. Wiedlin, who had a hit collaboration with Sparks on the song 'Cool Places' in 1983, left in October 1984, so Valentine slid over to guitar and the band recruited Paula Jean Brown to play bass for their two sets at the Rock in Rio festival in Brazil, which drew more than 250,000 people each day. After those shows, the rest of the band flew home, but guitarist-songwriter Charlotte Caffey stayed in Brazil for a week, attempting to work through her drug addiction. 'It was such a weird feeling that whole week,' Caffey says of that time in Rio. 'I got home, and I dropped my own self off at a drug and alcohol hospital in South Pasadena,' she recalls. Four decades later, she's still sober. 'That's the most important thing ever that I did in my life,' she says. 'All the people that worked there took bets on who would go out first,' she says of the staff at the rehab facility. 'Of course, I was No. 1, and I'm the only one that stayed sober.' The most private Go-Go, Caffey isn't on social media like her bandmates. 'The worst possible thought in my mind is having people following me,' she says in a Zoom interview from her Los Angeles home that she started with her camera off. 'I always loved writing the songs and performing,' she adds, 'but I didn't love all the stuff, like the fame. I'm not that public person. I love looking at what the other girls are doing. I find out when we're not working together. I look at their socials and I'm like, 'Oh, that looks really fun.' I'm just more private.' It's not surprising that the Go-Go's use social media to keep up with each other these days. Caffey, who penned the band's 1982 No. 2 hit 'We Got the Beat,' is the only band member still in L.A., where she lives with her husband since 1993, Redd Kross guitarist Jeff McDonald. Singer Belinda Carlisle, 66, has lived with her husband Morgan Mason, a former political advisor and entertainment executive, in Mexico City for four years and outside the U.S. since 1994. Valentine recently relocated to St. Alban, England, near London, while Wiedlin was living on the big island in Hawaii but recently relocated to Berkeley in search of better treatment for the long COVID that has been dogging her for more than a year. The Go-Go with the most successful solo career with hits 'Heaven Is a Place on Earth,' 'I Get Weak' and 'Mad About You,' Carlisle recently announced live dates in Germany, Belgium and the U.K. for fall, after playing in Australia and England last year. Yet, she acknowledges she owes it all to the Go-Go's. 'If it wasn't for the Go-Go's, I wouldn't have a solo career. That's just a fact and I know that,' she says in a Zoom interview from Mexico City. 'The whole story of it even happening is something that I think is extraordinary,' she says of the band she co-founded in 1978 with Wiedlin and original bassist Margot Olavarria and drummer Elissa Bello. 'I'm really proud of that because we really worked hard. The band happened against all odds.' Perhaps nothing sums that up better than the band's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021. Foo Fighters, which include guitarist Pat Smear, another refugee from the L.A. punk scene, were also inducted that year. Before Carlilse joined the Go-Go's, she had a brief stint as the singer of the Germs with Smear on guitar. 'I have a picture of me, Jane, Pat Smear and Belinda standing there,' Caffey says, 'And we were looking at each other like, 'You realize this was never a thought in our minds back then.'' Caffey then flashes back to a memory with Smear and his bandmate, frontman Bobby Pin, who had not yet adopted the new moniker Darby Crash. They asked her how old she was. She can't recall her answer but remembers Smear's response back in 1978: 'You're too old to be a punk.' At 71, Caffey is the oldest Go-Go, but when she does turn on her Zoom camera, she has a youthfulness that belies her age. Like many, she says the COVID 'lockdown messed with my mind' and she stopped focusing on music for a stretch. Yet playing the Go-Go's songs in her downstairs home studio 'has opened up this whole creative thing for me now. I feel like I'm ready to create again,' she says. Over in the U.K., Valentine, 66, is also going through a creative renaissance. The songwriter-bassist-guitarist who brought the Go-Go's the top 10 hit 'Vacation,' is performing as a solo artist. She's also started a new all-star, all-female band with Baseball Project drummer Linda Pitmon, singer-guitarist Brix Smith of the Fall and Pogues bassist-singer Cáit O'Riordan called Psycher, and is getting ready to start writing a sequel to her acclaimed 2020 book 'All I Ever Wanted: A Rock 'n' Roll Memoir.' 'I feel like I'm 16 and I'm gonna make it in the music biz,' she says during a Zoom interview. She's also come to recognize the full impact of the Go-Go's legacy after a recent trip to Vienna to visit Lenny Kravitz and his guitarist and her former roommate Craig Ross. 'Lenny was introducing me to a younger person just going off about the Go-Go's. 'No, you don't understand. They were the biggest band in the world!' And I'm like, 'No, we weren't.' And he goes, 'Yes, you were the biggest band in the world!' I'm just kind of always still surprised at the cultural reach of the Go-Go's.' Reached by phone in San Francisco, Wiedlin, 66, is also pleasantly surprised by the renewed interest and activity surrounding the band over the last decade, including the 2018 Broadway musical 'Head Over Heels' featuring their songs and the 2020 debut of the documentary 'The Go-Go's' at the Sundance Film Festival, which led to the band's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021. 'And now Coachella and Cruel World, which I never thought we'd be asked to do,' she says. Since she's undergoing treatment for the lingering effects of long COVID, Wiedlin was unable to make it to the band's L.A. rehearsal in late February, but has been getting together to play with fellow Bay Area resident Schock and plans to reunite with the band for rehearsals before the Roxy gig. She, like other members of the band, is pleased to see new acts like fellow L.A.-based all-female rockers the Linda Lindas carry the torch, and hopes that others arise to keep rock 'n' roll alive. 'You have the whole phenomenon of groups that don't write and don't play instruments, and it's more about dancing and looking good,' she says. 'That's fine, but being an older person, I really appreciate rock 'n' roll, loud guitars and people playing instruments. That's something I love, and I would hate for that to go away entirely.' 'I'm very proud of our band,' she adds. 'We've never used backing tracks or anything. We're very raw live and we're very real.'
Yahoo
24-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Coty Schock Reacts to Best Career AMA Finish in Arlington
Sometimes, it's not always the guy on the center step with the biggest celebration. For Coty Schock, Arlington was a night that will stay etched in his memory forever. Schock, 27, put on a display of consistency and focus amid a fog of chaos within Round 5 of the Western Divisional 250SX Class Championship. A second in the first round of the Arlington Triple Crown and a fourth in the second race put him in contention for the overall with a good finish in the third Main Event. Only three competitors had two finishes of fourth or better. Sixth place may not seem like much but after two strong finishes, he held the tiebreaker advantage over Michael Mosiman in the Olympic-style point structure by beating him in the last race. He ended up second overall to secure his first career podium and best AMA career finish in his 10th season of professional competition. Schock had five words to summarize how he felt. 'I want more of it,' said Schock with a chuckle. Schock had one top five finish from Anaheim 2 earlier this season, and two top fives in last year's 250SX East division. He also finished third in the 250SX East championship last year. At the time, Schock admitted he had no idea his pace was in position for the better side of the box. 'No, I didn't know (the battle was also for the overall position),' Schock said, then leaning over the table to look at Mosiman. 'I just knew I wanted to beat him, with all due respect.' 'I knew it was,' Mosiman responded with a grin. That wasn't the only laugh that Schock had to celebrate. 'Being from Delaware, no one's really ever done anything from Delaware,' joked the Dover native. 'Nobody even knows that Delaware's a state, so let's be honest. There's two motorcycle dealerships, I think, and nobody really knows what moto is, so I come from a place where it's really not meant to be. I'm having a blast, so it's pretty cool.' It wasn't just Schock. The entire Muc-Off/FXR/ClubMX Yamaha team celebrated with their first career podium finish. And the story of how Schock got the opportunity with them was one filled with inspiration for all to hear. 'When I was on previous teams, I would look at that club and be like, 'Man, they've got a solid platform going on, and they want to win,'' he shared. 'So there's no excuses. When I got dumped from the previous team, I had to go searching and honestly, that's where I wanted to go. So I went there first, showed up on my two-stroke one day, and Mike B (Bonacci, team manager) gave me the opportunity, and he was like, 'Hey, come into the office and have a conversation.' Ever since then, it's kind of changed my life in a way. That's a solid group of guys with that whole crew. We're not a factory team, but they put in the work. We're still figuring things out. We're proving that it works. In previous years, they had J-Mart (Jeremy Martin) on it and Phil (Nicoletti) and Garrett (Marchbanks), and they've put in some solid results in the years. 'So it's been proven, so for me to sign with these guys, it's like, 'Okay, I know they see something in me before I even see it in myself,' and I feel like that's been my biggest struggle this year. I believe in myself, but how much? Just trying to take it to that next step. P2 tonight, it's pretty sick. It's good for me and good for the team.' Having a team filled with ground crew all the way up through management believing in him gave him the confidence to come out swinging. In the first five races, Schock has not finished outside the top 10, with his worst finish of eighth. He had similar numbers last year where the only finish outside the top 10 of the 250SX East division was a 12th at Nashville's East/West Showdown. Before 2024, Schock only had four top 10 finishes. The numbers don't lie that the confidence has been both a moral boost and a performance boost. 'I always knew I could ride a motorcycle well, but I never really had the structure growing up,' reflected Schock. 'I've had to really lock down these last few years, and I've checked off everything that I've wanted to accomplish, so now I'm making new goals and I've gotten this far so how far can I go? I'm living my dream and want to keep going and see how far we can go at the end of the day.' Unlike the rest of his class, Schock won't have a weekend off as he will be competing at Daytona Int'l Speedway for Round 8 of the SMX World Championship and the indoor stadium season of Monster Energy AMA Supercross next weekend on Mar. 1. For now, he gets to celebrate with his dad and fiancée who were both in attendance and go through all his text messages and voicemails from friends and family sending their congratulations. 'Un-freakin-believable,' said Schock. 'For me, it hasn't sunk in yet. I think it's because we're all wanting more. Everyone's just stoked. It's a dream come true. For me, my next personal best is a win, so that's pretty cool to say.'
Yahoo
23-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Haiden Deegan Sends Message with Dominant Arlington Victory
It's not where you start; it's where you finish. That rang truest for Haiden Deegan in Arlington. In a nearly perfect sweep, the 1-1-2 Triple Crown finishes gave Deegan the overall in AT&T Stadium. However, every start at the gate drop was outside the top five. Deegan proved across all three Main Events that he could climb through the field and either win or be a threat for the victory. 'Just keep working and keep getting better,' said the Temecula, Cali. native racing for Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing. 'It's all I can work on. Here we've got the troops on the tank for Military Appreciation Week. Love the troops. Thank you guys for your support. This one's for you.' Deegan, 19, earned his fourth career 250SX victory in his third season at the class level. Coty Schock continued to display his talent week after week. Quietly moving up the charts each race, he secured his first podium and best career SuperMotocross finish in his 10th year of AMA Pro competition. 'I was a nobody, and now I'm somebody,' celebrated the Dover, Dela. rider. 'Everyone with the team, we're broadcasted as a big team that does a lot with a little. It's a little shop based out of South Carolina. We put in the work, and it's cool to finally put it on the box for these guys.' Schock, 27, also gave his team their first career podium finish across the organization. Muc-Off/FXR/ClubMX Yamaha currently has two riders competing in the 250SX West division with Schock and Jett Reynolds, while four others are listed as 250SX East competitors. 'It's surreal,' he continued. 'My dad flew out for this round, and really wish my mom was here.' The second overall position was tied in the Olympic-style point structure. Schock would earn the higher position after beating Michael Mosiman in the third Main Event. Mosiman, with his 10th career podium, waited nearly three years, dating back to April of 2022 when he podiumed at Denver. 'Man, there's a sense of relief,' said the Sebastopol, Cali. native. 'So much work was put in and so many people that believed in me, even at times when I didn't myself, to get back to this place, back to the podium, have to learn how to spray champagne again. It's hard to put into words. Been in some pretty low places. Now to be here, it's great.' Jo Shimoda captured the first holeshot of the night and finished fourth overall. Garrett Marchbanks gave Kawasaki an overall top five finish. In the first 250SX Main Event, Jordon Smith crashed in the whoops coming to the white flag and did not finish. He was placed on a stretcher and escorted off track in the Alpinestars medical cart, and would not resume the other two races. The 250SX West division will race next in Round 9 of the SMX World Championship and indoor stadium season of Monster Energy AMA Supercross in Indianapolis when they combine with the East division for the first East/West showdown of 2025. Coverage at Lucas Oil Stadium begins at 7 p.m. ET on Peacock and SiriusXM Channel 85. Arlington | 250SX West Division Results 1. 38, Haiden Deegan, Yamaha, 1-1-2 2. 37, Coty Schock, Yamaha, 2-4-6 3. 93, Michael Mosiman, Yamaha, 3-2-7 4. 30, Jo Shimoda, Honda, 5-5-3 5. 36, Garrett Marchbanks, Kawasaki, 7-3-5 6. 23, Julien Beaumer, KTM, 6-8-4 7. 100, Cole Davies, Yamaha, 4-17-1 8. 166, Enzo Lopes, Yamaha, 9-6-8 9. 65, Lux Turner, KTM, 8-7-9 10. 54, Jett Reynolds, Yamaha, 14-9-13 11. 63, Hunter Yoder, Kawasaki, 16-10-11 12. 101, Dylan Walsh, Kawasaki, 10-12-15 13. 61, Cole Thompson, Yamaha, 11-13-14 14. 302, Parker Ross, Honda, 12-20-10 15. 44, Dilan Schwartz, Yamaha, 13-18-16 16. 964, Dominique Thury, Yamaha, 15-15-17 17. 115, Gavin Towers, Honda, 19-11-18 18. 134, Avery Long, KTM, 22-16-12 19. 91, TJ Albright, Yamaha, 17-14-19 20. 67, Joshua Varize, KTM, 18-19-21 21. 667, Anton Nordstrom, Yamaha, 20-21-20 22. 19, Jordon Smith, Triumph, 21-22-22
