Remembering Tony Gwynn’s 3,000th hit

As Tony Gwynn approached his 3,000th hit in 1999, I considered where the most appropriate place to witness the event would be - short of traveling first to St. Louis and then Montreal to watch in person. The Padres were gracious enough to open Qualcomm Stadium on Aug. 6, 1999 - 17 years ago today - to let fans watch the game against the Expos.

Rio Welcomes Chinese Olympic Reporters With Huge Gunfight In The Street, Six Dead

Prior to the start of the Rio Olympics, a bus full of Chinese basketball reporters was caught in a fatal roadside gunfight on its way to Olympic Village, reported the Shanghaiist . Shortly after arriving in Brazil, the Chinese reporters for the men's basketball team found themselves pinned down in a deadly shootout 2 km from the airport.

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United States' Sam Dorman takes part in a training session at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center ahead of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. The Associated Press United States' Sam Dorman takes part in a training session at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center ahead of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016.

Sheriff: Helicopter crashes in Iberia Parish; 1 in water

Parts of the desert Southwest were getting a second soaking Wednesday, a day after monsoon rains swamped the region, stranding drivers, flooding streets and prompting water rescues. Parts of the Southwest were getting a second soaking Wednesday, a day after monsoon rains swamped the desert region, stranding drivers, flooding streets and prompting water rescues.

Demaryius Thomas: ‘I Kind Of Just Want To Talk To My Granny’

Demaryius Thomas used the Denver Broncos' celebratory White House visit in June to deliver a handwritten note to President Barack Obama thanking him for commuting Thomas' mother's drug sentence last year and then asked him to do the same for his grandmother. The Broncos wide receiver is ready to pen another thank you note after he was told the president fulfilled his wish.

New Mexico bear hitches a ride on top of a garbage truck

Parts of the desert Southwest were getting a second soaking Wednesday, a day after monsoon rains swamped the region, stranding drivers, flooding streets and prompting water rescues. Parts of the Southwest were getting a second soaking Wednesday, a day after monsoon rains swamped the desert region, stranding drivers, flooding streets and prompting water rescues.

Pedestrian standing in the road struck and killed on I-393 late Friday night

The report says the fire stemmed from the simple, improper disposal of a cigarette in the couch on the second-floor exterior porch leading to the apartment at 198 Wilson St. Rick Porcello threw his first complete game in nearly two years, allowing just two runs on five hits, as the Red Sox topped the Los Angeles Angels, 6-2.