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Sports briefs
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In the NBA
Goran Dragic and Tyler Johnson each scored 20 points and Miami beat the Brooklyn Nets 101-89 Saturday in the Heat’s first game in Mexico in franchise history.
Playing in front of 19,777 fans at raucous Arena Ciudad de Mexico, Dragic was 9 of 19 from the field and had seven rebounds for Miami. The Heat snapped a two-game losing streak to improve to 12-13.
IUP ousted
in D-II semifinals
Mike Beaudry passed for 152 yards and two touchdowns, Austin Williams booted a pair of field goals and smothering defense on a fourth-down pass play lifted West Florida past previously undefeated and top-seeded Indiana (Pa.) 27-17 in the NCAA Division II semifinals Saturday.
West Florida (11-3) rolled up 376 yards total offense, scored the first 24 points of the game and was five-for-five in the red zone. The Argonauts will face Texas A&M Commerce (13-1) in the NCAA D-II championship in Kansas City, Kansas, on December 16.
Indiana (13-1) was clawing out of a 24-0 hole with 17 unanswered points – a touchdown run by Samir Bullock, a TD pass from Lenny Williams to Chris Wuestner and a chip-shot field goal by Dillon Sarka – to come within a touchdown early in the fourth quarter.
The Argonauts struck back with a 25-yard Williams field goal to cap a 13-play, 76-yard drive that erased 7:35 from the clock.
In the NHL
Jaden Schwartz knocked home his own rebound and the St. Louis Blues scored four times on only five shots on the way to beating the Detroit Red Wings 6-1 Saturday.
Angels welcome Ohtani
Shohei Ohtani has been formally introduced by the Los Angeles Angels after they won the fierce baseball-wide competition for the services of the two-way Japanese star.
A loud crowd of fans at Angel Stadium cheered Saturday when Ohtani donned a red jersey and hat on a stage with Angels owner Arte Moreno, general manager Billy Eppler and manager Mike Scioscia.
Eppler confirmed that the Angels intend to allow Ohtani to become the majors’ most significant two-way player in several decades.
Ohtani will be the Angels’ designated hitter on many days when he isn’t serving as a starting pitcher, Scioscia said.
Ohtani thrilled the fans when he said that he would love to get his first victory and hit his first homer in the same game.