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LGBTQ 'trailblazer' artist Ari Gold dead at 47
Ari Gold, the trailblazing LGBTQ artist who sang backup vocals for Diana Ross and Cyndi Lauper, has died of leukemia, World of Wonder Productions confirmed to Variety. He was 47.
Ari Gold, the trailblazing LGBTQ artist who sang backup vocals for Diana Ross and Cyndi Lauper, has died of leukemia, World of Wonder Productions confirmed to Variety. He was 47.
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SAN DIEGO — Former NFL player Kellen Winslow II was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in prison for multiple rapes and other sexual offences against five women in Southern California, including one who was homeless when he attacked her in 2018. The 37-year-old son of San Diego Chargers Hall of Fame receiver Kellen Winslow appeared via videoconference at the hearing in San Diego Superior Court in Vista, a city north of San Diego. He declined to comment before his sentence, saying his lawyers had advised him not to speak. “In the future, I do plan to tell my story," said the former Cleveland Browns star, once the highest-paid tight end in the NFL. San Diego County Superior Court Judge Blaine Bowman said Winslow can only be described in “two words and that is a sexual predator." The judge said he preyed on women who were especially vulnerable, befriending a homeless woman, picking up a 54-year-old hitchhiker, and attacking a teen after she had passed out at a party. Bowman called them “brazen" crimes. He noted that Winslow continued to prey on women even after his first arrest. He performed a lewd act in front of a 77-year-old woman at a gym while hiding his GPS monitoring ankle bracelet with a towel. He also exposed himself to a 57-year-old neighbour who was gardening despite having a bike app that gave his location at the time. “The vulnerability of the victims was no accident," Bowman said. “It was the type of victim that you sought out yourself because you felt that perhaps they wouldn’t report the crime" or “wouldn't be deemed credible by the jurors." The 14-year-sentence was the maximum allowed under a plea deal. He was convicted of forcible rape, rape of an unconscious person, assault with intent to commit rape, indecent exposure, and lewd conduct in public. Four of the women gave statements Wednesday, including one victim who had the prosecutor read hers. All described suffering for years after their attacks from fear and emotional trauma. The woman who was homeless and raped in Winslow's home town of Encinitas, a beach community north of San Diego, called into the hearing via video conference from the San Diego County District Attorney's office, where she watched the proceedings with another victim. She said since she was raped she has had trouble raising her head and walking. She feels afraid constantly, and checks under beds and in closets when she stays at her brother's house. “I don’t ever feel safe inside or outside," she said. “You brought so much damage to my life." Once a first-round NFL draft pick for the Cleveland Browns, Winslow played also for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New England Patriots and the New York Jets. He earned more than $40 million over his 10 seasons. He was injured in a motorcycle accident and left the NFL in 2013. “This is somebody who has been allowed to utilize his financial privilege and celebrity to evade jail while awaiting trial, which is when he victimized me,” the 77-year-old woman said Wednesday. “It shows this is a defendant who does not learn from his mistakes, who shows no respect to our laws.” Winslow's attorney Marc Carlos said he suffered from head trauma from the many blows to his head playing football, which can only explain why he “went off the rails," going from a star athlete to a convicted sexual predator. He said his client has accepted responsibility and intends to get help. Winslow was first convicted after a trial in June 2019 when jurors found him guilty of forcible rape and two misdemeanours — indecent exposure and a lewd act in public. The same jurors failed to agree on other charges, including the alleged 2018 rape of the 54-year-old hitchhiker, and the 2003 rape of the unconscious 17-year-old high school senior who went to a party with him when he was 19. Before he was retried on those charges, he pleaded guilty to raping the teen and sexual battery of the hitchhiker. Those pleas spared him the possibility of life in prison. The father of two, whose wife filed for divorce after he was convicted, had faced up to 18 years in prison for all the charges. But both sides agreed to reduce the sexual battery charge to assault with intent to commit rape last month. That reduced the maximum sentence to 14 years. Winslow must also register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. Julie Watson, The Associated Press
Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic was ruled out against Oklahoma City on Wednesday night, sidelined by lower back tightness that coach Rick Carlisle said shouldn't cost him his second All-Star appearance this weekend. Doncic showed up on the injury report Tuesday, a day after scoring 33 points in a 130-124 victory at Orlando. It was the sixth game of the season of at least 30 points for Doncic, who turned 22 on Sunday. The second missed game of the season for Doncic is Dallas' last before the All-Star Game on Sunday in Atlanta. Carlisle said he expects Doncic to participate. Doncic was voted an All-Star starter and also is in the skills competition, which will be before the game in a schedule streamlined by the pandemic. Carlisle said Doncic has been battling a back issue recently and has worn a heat massage belt in two recent practices. Doncic will sit at the recommendation of athletic trainer Casey Smith. “It's something he needs to take a game,” Carlisle said. “He wants to play, but Casey felt this is something we need to do.” Doncic missed a 118-108 loss at Chicago on Jan. 3 after injuring his left quadriceps in the previous game against Miami. The absence of Doncic comes less than a week since European sidekick Kristaps Porzingis returned after missing three games because of back stiffness. Doncic is sixth in the NBA in scoring at 28.6 points per game and fifth in assists at 9.0 per game. He and Brooklyn's James Harden are tied for third in triple-doubles with seven. ___ More AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBA and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports The Associated Press
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The former Red Sox and Cubs ace is a cancer survivor.
TAMPA, Fla. — The all-star break can't come soon enough for the undermanned Toronto Raptors, who went into Wednesday's game against the Detroit Pistons missing five players, head coach Nick Nurse and six of his staff. Assistant coach Sergio Scariolo was in charge for the second straight outing. The Raptors were without starters Pascal Siakam, Fred VanVleet and OG Anunoby as well as Malachi Flynn and Patrick McCaw due to the league's health and safety protocols. Siakam, VanVleet and Anunoby had accounted for 1,603 points this season, 42 percent of Toronto’s total this season prior to Wednesday. The Raptors started Kyle Lowry, Terence Davis, Norman Powell, Yuta Watanabe and Aron Baynes. Jalen Harris and Donta Hall were summoned from the Raptors 905 G-League squad. Scariolo said they arrived "literally one minute" before the team practice Tuesday. "We'll manage the rotation tonight the best we can," Scariolo said prior to Wednesday's game. The Raptors are scheduled to play at Boston on Thursday, with the league taking a break after that for Sunday's all-star game in Atlanta. Toronto is set to resume play March 11 against visiting Atlanta. It has been a whirlwind for the Raptors since they defeated Houston 122-111 on Friday without Siakam, Nurse and five members of his staff. Sunday's game against Chicago was postponed and the matchup with Detroit pushed back a day to Wednesday. A sixth member of the staff was added to the absentees list Wednesday. Scariolo, assistant coach Jim Sann, Mark Tyndale (assistant video coordinator/player development) and Jamaal Magloire (basketball development consultant) manned the Toronto bench against Houston. The Toronto coaching staff was already shorthanded given Chris Finch quit the team to become head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves. Adrian Griffin, Jama Mahlalela and Jon Goodwillie make up the remainder of Nurse's coaching staff. Speaking to the media Tuesday evening, GM Bobby Webster said the good news was his team had had multiple days of no new cases. Still, those players available weren't able to get together until Wednesday afternoon for a film session and walkthrough, having to wait until their morning COVID-19 tests came back negative. Scariolo said the coaches met virtually prior to the game. Pistons coach Dwane Casey, who went 320-238 in seven seasons at the Raptors' helm, praised the league and players for the way they have handled playing in a pandemic. He said his team prepared for the undermanned Raptors the same as always, saying the likes of Lowry, Powell and Chris Boucher weren't going to change their game. "The personnel may change a little bit but they have a distinct style of play that's there, that's been there a long time," he said prior to the game. The NBA, meanwhile, reported Wednesday that of the 456 players tested for COVID-19 since Feb. 24, seven new players had returned confirmed positive tests. This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 3, 2021. The Canadian Press