Deni Avdija made two free throws with 1.5 seconds left in overtime for the last of his 35 points, and the Portland Trail Blazers outlasted the Sacramento Kings 134-133 on Thursday night to open a home-and-home set.The teams will meet again Saturday night in Sacramento.DeMar DeRozan hit a jumper with four seconds left to give the Kings a 133-132 lead. With no timeouts, Portland raced down the court and Avdija was fouled by Russell Westbrook. DeRozan’s 3-pointer with eight seconds left forced overtime, completing a 17-2 run in the final 2:28 of regulation.DeRozan led Sacramento with 33 points, with 22 of the points coming in the fourth quarter and overtime. He was 3 of 4 from 3-point range, 10 of 16 overall from the field and made all 10 of his free throws.Avdija was 12 for 19 from the field and made 10 of 12 free throws. The shooting guard also had five assists and five turnovers.Shaedon Sharpe added 26 points for Portland, hitting 4 of 6 3-pointers. Jerami Grant scored 20 points, Donovan Clingan had 19 and Toumani Camara 17.Maxime Raynaud added a career-high 29 points for Sacramento. Westbrook had 20 points and 10 assists. He was 8 of 11 from the field.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
PORTLAND, Ore. —
Deni Avdija made two free throws with 1.5 seconds left in overtime for the last of his 35 points, and the Portland Trail Blazers outlasted the Sacramento Kings 134-133 on Thursday night to open a home-and-home set.
The teams will meet again Saturday night in Sacramento.
DeMar DeRozan hit a jumper with four seconds left to give the Kings a 133-132 lead. With no timeouts, Portland raced down the court and Avdija was fouled by Russell Westbrook. DeRozan’s 3-pointer with eight seconds left forced overtime, completing a 17-2 run in the final 2:28 of regulation.
DeRozan led Sacramento with 33 points, with 22 of the points coming in the fourth quarter and overtime. He was 3 of 4 from 3-point range, 10 of 16 overall from the field and made all 10 of his free throws.
Avdija was 12 for 19 from the field and made 10 of 12 free throws. The shooting guard also had five assists and five turnovers.
Shaedon Sharpe added 26 points for Portland, hitting 4 of 6 3-pointers. Jerami Grant scored 20 points, Donovan Clingan had 19 and Toumani Camara 17.
Maxime Raynaud added a career-high 29 points for Sacramento. Westbrook had 20 points and 10 assists. He was 8 of 11 from the field.
Washington celebrates after its 3-2 overtime victory over N.C. State in the 2025 Men’s Soccer National Championship at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C., Monday, Dec. 15, 2025.
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CARY
There was guaranteed to be a first-time national champion Monday at the NCAA men’s soccer championship game, regardless of the outcome.
N.C. State was hoping to lug the title trophy five miles back to campus. Instead, the trophy will catch a flight — 2,850 miles back to Seattle.
The No. 15 Wolfpack clawed its way back from a two-goal deficit to force overtime, but ultimately fell to the Washington Huskies, 3-2, at First Horizon Stadium in Cary after a chaotic final sequence that initially prompted an official review before the celebration could begin in earnest.
“My main job is to take care of these guys and help them grow as young men,” said second-year N.C. State coach Marc Hubbard. “I couldn’t be prouder of the group of individuals that we have in that locker room, what they’ve done this year and what they represent. The sun will come up tomorrow, and we’ve got to get back to work and move on.”
N.C. State’s head coach Marc Hubbard consoles Justin McLean (8) after Washington’s 3-2 overtime victory over N.C. State in the 2025 Men’s Soccer National Championship at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C., Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. Ethan Hyman ehyman@newsobserver.com
Washington center back Harrison Bertos found the back of the net, sliding the ball through a flurry of bodies in front of the Wolfpack goal, touching off a wild, two-part celebration during which N.C. State players laid or crouched on the ground, devastation clear on their faces and body language, as their historic season came to a stunning close.
Amid the initial melee, officials reviewed the play for a possible offside call. An NCAA official even took the trophy back from the Huskies during the review. After the goal was confirmed, Washington’s celebration resumed, sending N.C. State home heartbroken.
Washington’s Osato Enabulele (21) and Asher Hestad (5) celebrate the winning goal by Harrison Bertos in overtime during Washington’s 3-2 victory over N.C. State in the 2025 Men’s Soccer National Championship at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C., Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. Ethan Hyman ehyman@newsobserver.com
Hubbard and Wolfpack midfielder Taig Healy, who transferred to N.C. State following Hubbard’s hire, both said the team knew it was unlikely that Washington’s goal would be overturned. That moment instead gave the Pack a chance to take a deep breath and appreciate how far the program has come in just a couple of years. “[I was] just looking at the guys, like, ‘I’m so proud of every single one of us, the run we’ve been on, and what special team I’ve been a part of,’” Healy said. “Kind of a moment to soak it in.”
“It also just gave me a moment to say, ‘Listen as this is probably it, but let’s continue to handle ourselves with some humility and pride and hold your heads high and continue to represent our culture and what we’ve done,” Hubbard added. “You can see it out there all night long; kids and families and believers and chancellors. Just a great core memory for these guys.”
Bertos’ goal was his third game-winner of the season. The Huskies won four true road games en route to the title game. They played in front of 10,316 fans, most of which were dressed in red.
Washington head coach Jamie Clark said he believed N.C. State was the best team in the country and called the Wolfpack “brilliant” for its effort.
It seemed like all the momentum favored N.C. State (16-3-4) in the second half especially, as it rallied from a two-goal deficit.
“We had the momentum leading to the extra time, but soccer is a crazy sport. Anything can happen,” said forward Donavan Phillip. “It was their day to day, so congrats to them.”
N.C. State’s Drew Lovelace (22) heads the ball over Washington’s Gabe Fernandez (44) during Washington’s 3-2 overtime victory over N.C. State in the 2025 Men’s Soccer National Championship at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C., Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. Ethan Hyman ehyman@newsobserver.com
Phillip scored his 19th goal of the season — the most in the nation — in the 66th minute of regulation. Phillip, a first-team All-American and ACC Offensive Player of the Year, squeezed the ball past a flurry of bodies to put N.C. State on the board.
Then, with three and a half minutes left in regulation, the Wolfpack tied the game at two. N.C. State used a three-player sequence on the scoring play. Defender Calem Tommy completed a clean pass to midfielder Justin McLean. McLean found Healy for a kick into the right corner, past leaping Washington goalkeeper Jadon Bowton. Bowton stood in the box, stunned.
“We have nothing to lose at this point, just go full out for it,” Phillip said of the team’s mindset after going down two. “After we got that [first] goal back, then we knew anything is possible. We just needed one more chance, one ball to fall at the back of the net.”
The goal came after a somewhat frustrating game in which the Wolfpack offense played aggressively, but struggled to capitalize on its opportunities.
N.C. State’s Taig Healy (10) goes down after being tackled by Washington’s Osato Enabulele (21) during the first half of N.C. State’s game against Washington in the 2025 Men’s Soccer National Championship at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C., Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. Ethan Hyman ehyman@newsobserver.com
Huskies find early advantage
Both teams played with urgency from kickoff, but the Huskies attacked first. Washington’s Zach Ramsey scored in the 44th minute after N.C. State goalkeeper Logan Erb left the box to deflect a ball. Erb, however, did not clear the ball out of play and allowed Ramsey to repossess the ball. Miscommunication between the goalkeeper and the Wolfpack’s back line left the net clear for a wide open goal right before halftime.
It was just the 11th goal conceded by Erb this season. He finished with 13 allowed. Erb entered the NCAA Tournament as the ACC Goalkeeper of the Year and is a second-team All-American.
N.C. State’s Logan Erb (1) makes the save during the first half of N.C. State’s game against Washington in the 2025 Men’s Soccer National Championship at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C., Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. Ethan Hyman ehyman@newsobserver.com
Washington (16-6-2) moved to 13-0 when scoring first, while N.C. State ends the season 0-2 when trailing at halftime and 0-3-1 when conceding the first goal.
The Huskies started the second half with an equally-aggressive attack, threatening again in the 49th minute. The Wolfpack cleared the ball out of the box to narrowly avoid a multi-goal deficit.
UW added its second goal in the 62nd minute after Joe Dale slipped the ball past Carlos Santamaria and Nikola Markovic. Erb, stretching to his right, was unable to corral the loose ball.
Washington’s Jadon Bowton (1) knocks the ball away during Washington’s 3-2 overtime victory over N.C. State in the 2025 Men’s Soccer National Championship at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C., Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. Ethan Hyman ehyman@newsobserver.com
The Wolfpack finished the title game with 17 total shots, and seven shots on goal. Bowton finished with five saves. The Huskies ended the game with 13 shots and nine on goal. Erb picked up six saves.
This was N.C. State’s second College Cup appearance in program history, with the Wolfpack previously reaching this stage in 1990. Its 16 wins this fall more than double the win totals from 2022 and 2023 combined, the two seasons prior to Hubbard’s arrival.
“This all comes back to what this program has built this year. What it came to is unreal,” Markovic said. “When Hubs came, this program was in a totally different place. I think this just showcases how big is what Hubs built in this team. Playing out there is unreal. You have 10,000 people and maybe 9,000 of them are your fans. I think we proved it in the game. Down 2-0, we came back 2-2. I think we fell short a little bit, but I think what we built up is unreal, and it’s only going to go up from here.”
Wolfpack fans cheer on N.C. State before their game against Washington in the 2025 Men’s Soccer National Championship at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C., Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. Ethan Hyman ehyman@newsobserver.com
N.C. State’s Drew Lovelace (22) heads the ball over Washington’s Gabe Fernandez (44) during Washington’s 3-2 overtime victory over N.C. State in the 2025 Men’s Soccer National Championship at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C., Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. Ethan Hyman ehyman@newsobserver.com
Washington’s Richie Aman (10) goes down in front of N.C. State’s Justin McLean (8) during the first half of N.C. State’s game against Washington in the 2025 Men’s Soccer National Championship at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C., Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. No hand ball was called. Ethan Hyman ehyman@newsobserver.com
N.C. State’s Logan Erb (1) makes the save during the first half of N.C. State’s game against Washington in the 2025 Men’s Soccer National Championship at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C., Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. Ethan Hyman ehyman@newsobserver.com
Washington’s Jadon Bowton (1) knocks the ball away during Washington’s 3-2 overtime victory over N.C. State in the 2025 Men’s Soccer National Championship at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C., Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. Ethan Hyman ehyman@newsobserver.com
Washington celebrates after their 3-2 overtime victory over N.C. State in the 2025 Men’s Soccer National Championship at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C., Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. Ethan Hyman ehyman@newsobserver.com
N.C. State’s Donavan Phillip (7) heads the ball during the first half of N.C. State’s game against Washington in the 2025 Men’s Soccer National Championship at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C., Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. Ethan Hyman ehyman@newsobserver.com
N.C. State’s Taig Healy (10) goes down after being tackled by Washington’s Osato Enabulele (21) during the first half of N.C. State’s game against Washington in the 2025 Men’s Soccer National Championship at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C., Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. Ethan Hyman ehyman@newsobserver.com
Washington’s Osato Enabulele (21) and Asher Hestad (5) celebrate the winning goal by Harrison Bertos in overtime during Washington’s 3-2 victory over N.C. State in the 2025 Men’s Soccer National Championship at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C., Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. Ethan Hyman ehyman@newsobserver.com
N.C. State’s Donavan Phillip (7) heads the ball during the first half of N.C. State’s game against Washington in the 2025 Men’s Soccer National Championship at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C., Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. Ethan Hyman ehyman@newsobserver.com
Washington’s Richie Aman (10) goes down in front of N.C. State’s Justin McLean (8) during the first half of N.C. State’s game against Washington in the 2025 Men’s Soccer National Championship at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C., Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. No hand ball was called. Ethan Hyman ehyman@newsobserver.com
N.C. State’s Ibrahim Conde (9) battles Washington’s Osato Enabulele (21) for the ball during the first half of N.C. State’s game against Washington in the 2025 Men’s Soccer National Championship at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C., Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. Ethan Hyman ehyman@newsobserver.com
This story was originally published December 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM.
Justin Edwards’ only 3-pointer of the game opened the scoring in overtime and gave Philadelphia a lead it never relinquished and Tyrese Maxey scored a career-best 54 points as the 76ers pulled away for a 123-114 victory over the host Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night.
In a game without injured stars Joel Embiid and Giannis Antetokounmpo, Edwards played hero in hitting his seventh 3-point shot of the game just 40 seconds into overtime. His offensive rebound on a missed foul shot with less than a minute to play led to two lead-extending free throws by Quentin Grimes.
Maxey hit four overtime free throws — all in the final 22.7 seconds — to complement key late contributions by Edwards and Grimes, who nailed a 3-pointer with the 76ers up just one with 1:23 to play.
Playing in just his second game of the season, Paul George chipped in with 21 points in 25 minutes for the 76ers, who improved to 2-0 in overtime games this season.
Ryan Rollins amassed a team-high 32 points and a game-high 14 assists and six rebounds for the Bucks, who lost their third straight. Turner also had a double-double with 14 points and a team-high 10 rebounds.
Grizzlies 137, Kings 96
Santi Aldama tied his career high with 29 points and Jock Landale added 21 as Memphis snapped a five-game losing streak with a victory over visiting Sacramento.
The Grizzlies set a franchise record with 42 assists while handing Sacramento its eighth straight loss. Aldama was 11-of-18 shooting with five 3-pointers, while Landale made eight of his nine field-goal attempts. Rookie Cedric Coward finished with 19 points and big man Zach Edey scored 16 points — all in the opening half — on 7-of-7 shooting. Vince Williams Jr., filling in at point guard for the Grizzlies, had a career-high 15 assists.
Sacramento was led by Zach LaVine, who scored 26 points on 10-of-17 shooting. Maxime Raynaud added 12 points and Keegan Murray, making his season debut after returning from preseason thumb surgery, finished with 11 points. Russell Westbrook also scored 11 for the Kings.
Magic 129, Clippers 101
Jalen Suggs knocked down five 3-pointers on his way to a team-high 23 points, and Orlando continued the tailspin of visiting Los Angeles.
Orlando overwhelmed Los Angeles defensively, holding the Clippers to just 36-of-89 (40.4%) shooting from the floor while forcing 21 turnovers. The Magic rode their defensive dominance to their fifth win in the last six games. Franz Wagner complemented Suggs with 20 points, Tristan da Silva added 17 points and eight rebounds, and Desmond Bane converted 3-of-6 from 3-point range on the way to 15 points.
The Clippers mounted little offensive threats outside of James Harden, who led all scorers with 31. The only other Clipper to score in double figures was Ivica Zubac with 14 points. Zubac also grabbed a game-high 19 rebounds.
Spurs 135, Hawks 126
De’Aaron Fox hit for 26 points and Keldon Johnson added a season-high 25 off the bench as host San Antonio beat Atlanta for its third straight win.
The Spurs led by as many as 19 points in the second quarter but entered the final period up just three. Atlanta briefly took the lead on a layup by Nickeil Alexander-Walker with 9:17 to play but San Antonio swung back, forging a 10-0 run capped by Jeremy Sochan’s dunk to make it 110-101.
Alexander-Walker poured in a career-high 38 points for the Hawks, who lost their second consecutive game after winning five in a row. Jalen Johnson added 26 points and a game-high 12 rebounds.
Taylor Hall (71) of the Carolina Hurricanes celebrates after scoring a goal during the second period of the game against the Philadelphia Flyers at Lenovo Center on October 11, 2025 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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RALEIGH
The Philadelphia Flyers were gathered near the door leading off the ice to their locker room Saturday, ready to head home the winners.
The Carolina Hurricanes gathered en masse, more to the center of the ice, ready to keep on playing at the Lenovo Center.
The Canes got their wish, not the Flyers, after winger Seth Jarvis scored with 16.7 seconds left in overtime for a sudden victory for the home team.
But first, the suspense.
Bobby Brink scored for the Flyers with 53.1 seconds remaining. But Travis Sanheim had bumped into Canes goalie Frederik Andersen before Brink’s tap-in with Andersen well out of position.
The play was reviewed in Toronto as both teams and those in the sellout crowd all had their eyes on referee Kelly Sutherland to make the call. Seconds passed.
Finally, the decision: No goal. Sanheim, who scored late in regulation to force the OT, was called for goaltender interference. They played on.
Jarvis and his line had been on the ice when Sanheim found the net on an open shot from the top of the slot with four minutes left in the third. But he took a pass from Sebastian Aho and ripped a shot from the left circle past goalie Samuel Ersson.
Make it two games, two game-winning goals for Jarvis. It also was his third career OT winner.
“I got a chance to redeem myself,” Jarvis said.
The Canes have lost their share of goalie interference challenges the past few years, almost to the point of it being comedically tragic for Carolina. But not this time, on a review.
“I didn’t know which way it was going to end up going. Clearly (Sanheim) runs into him and does interfere,” Canes coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “I guess the letter of the law, that’s the rule. Glad they upheld it on that one.”
The Canes will leave for their six-game road trip during the N.C. State Fair with a 2-0 record, but the second victory was not nearly as complete as the first. Carolina won its season opener Thursday with a 6-3 decision over the New Jersey Devils that left Brind’Amour pleased with nearly every aspect of his team’s play.
But the second game was more of a struggle and more of a grinding win. The Canes dominated much of the first period, yet trailed, 1-0. They then took a 3-2 lead into the third period after goals by Logan Stankoven, Taylor Hall and Jordan Staal in the second, but could not keep the lead.
Andersen made several sparking stops among his 20 saves, staying calm in net and using his glove effectively. But Sanheim took advantage of some quick puck movement in the Cane zone to find open space for the equalizer.
Stankoven’s first of the season and Hall’s second both came off the rush. Stankoven followed up a nice move and shot by Jackson Blake, and Hall converted after an Eric Robinson theft and then pass – Hall’s second in as many games.
“I’ve got to find more ice time for those guys,” Brind’Amour said of his fourth line centered by Jesperi Kotkaniemi with Hall and Robinson on the wings.
Brind’Amour said Staal’s line was consistently the best for the Canes. Staal picked up his first of the season after a pass to Jordan Martinook behind the net, Martinook then backhanding a pass through the crease to Staal backdoor for the score and the 3-2 lead.
“We had a few guys who did not have their best tonight,” Brind’Amour said. “That Staal line was great. They did it every shift, They were all over it.”
One downside for the Canes: defenseman Jaccob Slavin played seven shifts for 4:20 in ice time in the third. He had late shifts of 13 and 10 seconds and was not on the ice in the final 3:26 of regulation or in overtime — he did return for the postgame Storm Surge celebration.
“He’s getting looked at and we’ll know more about his status Monday,” Brind’Amour said. “He came up a little gimpy. Hopefully it’s nothing.”
Slavin did not get in any of the six preseason games and was held out of some practices in training camp.
Owen Tippett had a power-play goal for the Flyers (0-1-1) late in the first period — Philadelphia needed nine seconds to score on it – and Brink picked up a goal in the second with a top-shelf shot past Andersen off the rush.
But the Canes got a reprieve. On a goaltender interference call.
“A little shock there,” Staal said with a slight smile. “He definitely gave him a little bump. So we’ll take that bounce.”
This story was originally published October 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM.
In more than 40 years at The N&O, Chip Alexander has covered the N.C. State, UNC, Duke and East Carolina beats, and now is in his 15th season on the Carolina Hurricanes beat. Alexander, who has won numerous writing awards at the state and national level, covered the Hurricanes’ move to North Carolina in 1997 and was a part of The N&O’s coverage of the Canes’ 2006 Stanley Cup run.
Illinois Department of Corrections employees were allowed to work overtime on the same days they were on paid leave, raising concerns by the state’s chief auditor that prison employees were abusing overtime, according to an audit released Tuesday.
The report from Auditor General Frank Mautino’s office, covering a two-year period through June 30, 2024, noted the corrections agency was called out by the state for this same issue a decade earlier and “management has been unsuccessful in implementing a corrective action plan to remedy this deficiency.”
This marks at least the second time within a year that Mautino’s office has flagged a state agency under Gov. JB Pritzker’s purview for problems related to excessive overtime. In December, Mautino’s office disclosed eye-opening overtime issues from a previous two-year period among Illinois Department of Human Services employees as the agency saw an increase in misconduct allegations.
Pritzker on Tuesday said he hadn’t seen the new audit but sought to downplay its significance by noting state audits “are a year or two old when they come out” and then pivoted away from the findings to say “every industry” was having difficulty hiring, including state of Illinois departments.
“We’ve rectified that to a greater degree. We’ve hired quite a number of people. I think you’ve seen us announce that,” Pritzker said following an unrelated event in Joliet. “But, look, number one is we want our correctional officers to be safe. We want to have enough correctional officers at any given moment that are covering the prisons and all of their duties.”
“We don’t want to cross any of the rules of hiring but we also want to make sure that we’ve got enough people on the job to do the job when we need them,” he said.
According to the audit, Mautino’s office reviewed timesheets and payroll reports for 10 employees each from the Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill and Dixon Correctional Center in Dixon and found 16 out of the 20 employees during fiscal year 2024 used a full day of benefit time at least once on the same day they worked an overtime shift. During the two-year period ending June 30, 2024, Mautino’s office identified 150 instances in which the 16 workers used a full day of leave time, which is 7 1/2 hours, on the same day they also listed having worked overtime.
The audit didn’t show how much money was paid out in overtime to the 20 employees. But the report revealed that more than 2.9 million hours of overtime were paid to IDOC employees at a cost exceeding $151.7 million for fiscal year 2024, with Stateville reporting the highest amount of overtime of any state prison at just over $21.9 million. Dixon reported the second-largest with close to $11 million in overtime.
“While there may be instances where this would be a needed solution to a difficult staff coverage scenario, it could be a sign of abuse of overtime and may be against Department policy,” Mautino’s office wrote.
The audit covers part of the period during which the Pritzker administration announced it would shutter Stateville and the Logan Correctional Center, a women’s prison near Lincoln, with plans to possibly rebuild the two prisons on the Stateville site. So far, Logan is still operating while people incarcerated at Stateville have largely been transferred to other facilities.
Mautino’s office said IDOC indicated employees take paid leave and work overtime on the same day due to staff shortages and “competing priorities for employees’ time.”
But the audit noted a financial advantage for employees who engage in this practice, as they are paid for the leave time shift at the usual rate for that day and also receive time-and-a-half for the overtime shift on the same day. As for the state, not only would it pay the employee the overtime rate for that shift as well as the regular rate for the paid leave, the state may need to pay another employee overtime to cover the shift for which the leave time was used.
“This type of abuse of leave time may be an example of ‘shift swapping’ in which employees knowingly use leave time and swap shifts in order to gain a financial advantage,” Mautino’s office said.
His office recommended IDOC monitor the use of leave time being used on the same day as overtime being worked “and comply with its training manual by not allowing employees to work overtime on the same day that a full day of leave time is also used.”
An IDOC spokesperson on Tuesday did not respond to an inquiry about the audit from the Tribune. But the agency said in the audit that it implemented the recommendation from Mautino’s office and that it plans to review its “overtime equalization manual” to “explicitly state the circumstances where the policy applies.”
IDOC also emphasized in its response to auditors that the collective bargaining agreement with the union representing most IDOC workers states the department “shall exhaust all efforts to seek volunteers to work the overtime” before requiring an employee to work extra hours, including providing sign-up opportunities. If IDOC doesn’t offer overtime for workers on any volunteer lists, if those extra hours would be for a shift in which those employees did not use their paid time off, that would be a violation of their union agreement, the agency said in the audit, and would be more costly for the state.
But Mautino’s office said that since 2014, IDOC had accepted the recommendation to “comply with its training manual by not allowing employees to work overtime on the same day that a full day of leave time is also used” and it issued a directive in 2016 that “employees who utilize a full shift of pre-approved benefit time off on their regularly assigned shift shall not be eligible for an overtime offering for (n)either the preceding shift nor the following shift.”
Mautino’s office also noted deficiencies by IDOC in other areas, including that it failed to notify “appropriate parties” of where people incarcerated reside once they’re on parole or mandatory supervised release, particularly those who move into facilities regulated by the state’s Departments of Public Health, Healthcare and Family Services or Human Services.
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This deal serves as another avenue to help bring Overtime’s league play to its 100MM+ Gen-Z and Millennial audience. Fans will be able to stream the upcoming OTE playoffs, showcasing all-star basketball talent, on February 18 as well as the launch of the OT7 football season beginning March 15 – available for free on Victory+. This reinforces the commitment of Victory+ to deliver high-energy, engaging sports content that resonates with today’s fans while giving Overtime’s athletes another platform to shine on.
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A Bowie, Maryland, based concrete subcontractor accused of denying dozens of workers their full pay is being ordered to pay thousands in back wages, the U.S. Department of Labor said Wednesday.
A Bowie, Maryland-based concrete subcontractor accused of denying dozens of workers their full pay is being ordered to pay thousands in back wages, the U.S. Department of Labor said Wednesday.
The company, V&V Construction Inc., classified “journey workers” as “skilled laborers” incorrectly and, as a result, underpaid them for overtime, the department said. Similarly, the subcontractor didn’t pay workers “their correct prevailing wages and fringe benefits,” the agency said in a news release.
Roberto Melendez, the department’s Wage and Hour Division district director in Richmond, said the investigation spanned from March 20, 2019 to March 17, 2021. Fifty-five workers “were not being paid the required wage,” he said.
“When it comes to the construction industries, we do have a problem there,” Melendez said. “This is an industry that we continuously find violations.”
WTOP reached out to V&V Construction for comment and has not yet received a response.
The DOL investigation found the company and its owners paid workers using a split rate of 25 hours per week as fully journey workers and 15 hours per week as skilled laborers. It also found the company submitted falsified payroll records and didn’t prove that it put up required worksite posters.
The workers, the investigation found, weren’t classified correctly on a federally funded housing project in D.C. They installed concrete as part of construction for Liberty Place Apartments in Northwest in August 2018. The company’s workers operated as a subcontractor to Hamel Builders of Washington LLC.
When the government pays for a project, Melendez said, “there’s usually a place in that contract where specified trades are paid a specified rate. And so that’s what this was all about. It was about skilled workers not getting paid the wage that was required.”
The DOL found that the company owed $195,492 in back pay to 55 workers, but the company didn’t make any payments and asked for a hearing with the Office of Administrative Law Judges.
The Office of Administrative Law Judges, meanwhile, upheld the findings and ordered V&V to pay $186,124 in backpay to the workers. Melendez said the agency tries to make sure the payments are made within 30 days.
The employers also agreed to a year and a half of independent monitoring of Davis-Bacon and Related Acts contracts “to ensure future compliance,” according to a news release.
Before its investigation, Melendez said the agency didn’t have a history of investigating the company for other violations. The agency, he said, can’t disclose the reason why it may launch an investigation.
In the construction industry, Melendez said violations are usually similar in nature, “where employees are not being paid either their proper rate, employees are either not getting paid for all the hours that they work, or they’re not being paid for the overtime that they also work.”
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College basketball players from Farleigh Dickinson University found themselves in a tight spot ahead of Thursday’s away game against Long Island University – quite literally.The start of the Division I Northeast Conference game was delayed after several FDU players became stuck in a cramped elevator at the Steinberg Wellness Center in Brooklyn and had to be extricated with help from the New York City Fire Department.“The lights went off and we were just like, ‘Oh, no,’” FDU player Ansley Almonor told ESPN. “We’re trying to press the button and the button lights weren’t coming on. It was crazy. “One of my teammates was in there with me, he was claustrophobic. He panicked a little bit, but for me, it wasn’t nothing too bad. It was just getting hot though. It was getting really, really hot. We were sweating in there.”Video above: Farleigh Dickinson pulls off huge upset in 2023 NCAA TournamentFootage on social media showed the players eventually climbing out of the elevator one at a time before the game got underway 17 minutes after the scheduled start time.“Thanks to the @FDNY for getting us out safely to play some @nechoops!” the team posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, to which the fire department replied: “Ready for any emergency!”Safely out of the elevator, the Knights came from behind to pip the LIU Sharks in overtime, 84-82.There were 25 lead changes over the course of the tight contest, but with the scores tied at 79-79, Heru Bligen, Terrence Brown and Almonor – who passed 1,000 career points for FDU during the game – all scored in overtime as the Knights improved to 12-14 on the season.Luckily, most were able to see the funny side of the pre-game incident.“Going UP!” the team posted on X after the win. “Just not in that elevator.”
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College basketball players from Farleigh Dickinson University found themselves in a tight spot ahead of Thursday’s away game against Long Island University – quite literally.
The start of the Division I Northeast Conference game was delayed after several FDU players became stuck in a cramped elevator at the Steinberg Wellness Center in Brooklyn and had to be extricated with help from the New York City Fire Department.
“The lights went off and we were just like, ‘Oh, no,’” FDU player Ansley Almonor told ESPN. “We’re trying to press the button and the button lights weren’t coming on. It was crazy.
“One of my teammates was in there with me, he was claustrophobic. He panicked a little bit, but for me, it wasn’t nothing too bad. It was just getting hot though. It was getting really, really hot. We were sweating in there.”
Video above: Farleigh Dickinson pulls off huge upset in 2023 NCAA Tournament
Footage on social media showed the players eventually climbing out of the elevator one at a time before the game got underway 17 minutes after the scheduled start time.
“Thanks to the @FDNY for getting us out safely to play some @nechoops!” the team posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, to which the fire department replied: “Ready for any emergency!”
Safely out of the elevator, the Knights came from behind to pip the LIU Sharks in overtime, 84-82.
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There were 25 lead changes over the course of the tight contest, but with the scores tied at 79-79, Heru Bligen, Terrence Brown and Almonor – who passed 1,000 career points for FDU during the game – all scored in overtime as the Knights improved to 12-14 on the season.
Luckily, most were able to see the funny side of the pre-game incident.
“Going UP!” the team posted on X after the win. “Just not in that elevator.”
CHICAGO — Mika Zibanejad scored 2:36 into overtime, and the New York Rangers beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Friday night for their fourth consecutive victory.
Chris Kreider, Alexis Lafreniere and Jonny Brodzinski scored for New York, which carried a 3-1 lead into the third period. Kreider also set up Zibanejad’s winning goal for his 24th assist on the season.
Igor Shesterkin made 28 saves for New York in his first start since Jan. 26. The All-Star goaltender went 4-5-1 with an .863 save percentage in his previous 10 games.
The Rangers went 0 for 3 with the man advantage, running their streak of empty power plays to 14 in a row over their last six games. But Zibanejad’s 16th goal of the season, beating Petr Mrazek on the glove side, closed out the win for New York.
Nick Foligno, Jason Dickinson and Alex Vlasic scored for Chicago in its sixth consecutive loss. Mrazek made 31 stops.
Foligno started the third-period rally when he stuffed in a rebound at 13:37, and Dickinson tied it at 3 when he tipped home Seth Jones’ shot with 1:02 remaining. It was No. 11 for Foligno and a team-high 16th goal for Dickinson.
The Blackhawks outshot the Rangers 12-4 in the third period.
Chicago opened the scoring when Vlasic beat a screened Shesterkin from beyond the left circle 2:39 into the first. But Lafreniere responded for New York at 4:49, knocking home a slick setup by K’Andre Miller.
Lafreniere has three goals in his last four games and 14 on the season. The 22-year-old forward scored 16 goals in 81 games last year.
The Rangers then turned a bad break for the Blackhawks into a tiebreaking score.
Chicago forward Boris Katchouk lost a skate when he blocked a shot and was pushed to the bench by defenseman Isaak Phillips. That turned into a 2-on-1 rush for New York, and Kreider redirected Adam Fox’s pass into the goal at 6:16 for his 24th on the season.
New York opened a 3-1 lead 9:02 into the second. Brodzinski jumped on a loose puck in front for his third goal in four games and No. 4 on the season.
UP NEXT
Rangers: Host the Calgary Flames on Monday night.
Blackhawks: Host the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night.
The family of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy has filed a claim against the Sheriff’s Department, alleging that excessive overtime hours he was forced to work in the county jails drove him to suicide.
Deputy Arturo Atilano Valadez was one of four current and former Sheriff’s Department employees to die by suicide in a 24-hour span early last month. Atilano, who was about to turn 50, was assigned to the North County Correctional Facility at the time of his death.
“When it comes to him, he was working so much overtime, his wife said that he was like a zombie,” said Bradley Gage, an attorney representing Atilano’s widow and two daughters in the claim, which is a precursor to a lawsuit.
Gage said that sometimes, Atilano and other deputies were so exhausted that they took turns sleeping in jail cells. According to the claim, Atilano’s family is seeking $20 million in damages.
A statement provided by the Sheriff’s Department on Saturday did not address the allegations.
“A loss of a department family member is extremely tragic and our continued thoughts are with the family during this difficult time,” the statement said. “The department has not received the official claim, but is deeply committed to ensuring the well-being and safety of all its employees.”
At a news conference last week recounting his first year in office, Sheriff Robert Luna said his agency is in the midst of a “staffing crisis” that has left it short about 1,200 sworn deputies.
“The people who are working here are taking up that slack — they are working their tails off,” he told reporters. “I recognize that, we recognize that, and we have been working very hard behind the scenes to figure out a way to reduce overtime, because that’s how we’re filling in the gaps.”
The Sheriff’s Department on Saturday could not immediately provide information about the number of vacancies of sworn personnel at the jail where Atilano was assigned and overtime requirements for deputies there.
A request by The Times for Atilano’s work history, including his time sheets, overtime hours and assignments, is also pending.
Deputies sometimes volunteer for overtime shifts for extra money. Gage said that in Atilano’s case, those shifts were mandatory.
“It’s illusory to say it’s voluntary,” Gage told The Times. “They’re required to work eight overtime shifts in a month … So if they don’t volunteer, then they get drafted.”
Gage said that Atilano joined the department more than 21 years ago and spent the last dozen working in the jails. Gage said Atilano asked to leave the custody assignment, but his transfer requests were repeatedly denied. He added that forced overtime is a problem department wide, beyond custody facilities.
Gage is also representing the parents of a deputy who was shot in the head while driving his patrol car in September. The family of Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer alleges that he was forced to work so much overtime that he struggled to stay alert.
“They’re so exhausted, working so much overtime, that they can’t function,” Gage said.
The parents of Ryan Clinkunbroomer — a Los Angeles county deputy who was ambushed and fatally shot while he sat in his police cruiser — intend to sue the sheriff’s department and county leaders over their excessive overtime policies, which they argue puts law enforcement officers like their son at greater risk.
Clinkunbroomer was attacked on Sept. 16 shortly after leaving the police station in Palmdale, a city of more than 167,000 residents in the high desert of northern L.A. County. He was waiting for a red light to change when he was approached by the alleged gunman, Kevin Salazar, who was arrested the following day. Salazar’s family has since said he’s a diagnosed schizophrenic with a long history of mental health struggles.
In the two weeks before the shooting, 30-year-old Clinkunbroomer racked up 69 hours of overtime, including a double shift the day before, said attorney Brad Gage, who represents the slain deputy’s parents. He further argued the young deputy was left exhausted by the extra hours; otherwise, he may have spotted “the telltale signs” of an impending ambush.
“The accused murderer pulled up behind Ryan, then he pulled beside Ryan, he pointed a gun at Ryan and then he shot him,” Gage said. “Ryan was a training officer who demonstrated excellence but because of being forced to work so much overtime he was unable to see the danger signs of what occurred to him.”
Kim Clinkunbroomer, the mother of late Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer, wipes tears as she takes questions from the media after announcing a precursor of a lawsuit against the Sheriff’s Department at a news conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. (Damian Dovarganes/AP)
On Tuesday, Gage announced that Clinkunbroomer’s parents have filed a government claim, alleging Clinkunbroomer was forced to work 100 hours of overtime each month. He went on to accuse Sheriff Robert Luna, department officials and county leaders of knowingly endangering the lives of law enforcement officers by allowing the mandated overtime.
The claim serves as a precursor to a wrongful death lawsuit, giving officials 45 days to respond before it can be formally filed. Gage said the lawsuit would seek $20 million in damages and changes to sheriff’s department staffing and scheduling policies.
Clinkubroomer’s mother, Kim Clinkunbroomer during an emotional press conference on Tuesday noted that the legal action is not just about the money.
“I don’t want any parent to ever have to sit at a Thanksgiving or holiday dinner with someone missing, like we had to this year,” she said.
A member or the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. wears a black band over his badge during the funeral service for sheriff’s deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, in Los Angeles. Clinkunbroomer was shot and killed Sept. 16 while sitting in his patrol car in Palmdale, Calif. (Damian Dovarganes/AP)
Clinkunbroomer’s father, Michael, added: “Had he not been fatigued and exhausted, he would have responded safely; he’d be here today.”
The head of the deputies’ Union stated that staffing shortages have been an ongoing problem in Los Angeles, but did not respond to specific questions about average overtime worked by its members.
“The department’s staffing crisis is pushing our deputies to, and sadly sometimes beyond, their limits. We need our elected officials to take a more aggressive and intelligent approach to addressing the department’s inability to recruit and retain qualified people,” said a statement from Rich Pippin, president of the Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs. “Failure to do so can only result in more tragic outcomes, not only for our deputy sheriffs, but for the millions of people who rely on them for protection.”
Salazar is facing one count of murder, plus special circumstance allegations of murder of a peace officer, murder committed by lying in wait, murder committed by firing from a car and personal use of a firearm. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
On the eve of Thanksgiving, the Nets’ Mikal Bridges and the Hawks’ Trae Young both feasted in an instant-classic, back-and-forth overtime battle.
In the end, Young emerged as the holiday hero.
The 6-1 Young’s stepback jumper over 6-10 Nets center Nic Claxton with 18 seconds remaining in the extra period proved to be the game-winner in the Hawks’ 147-145 victory in Atlanta.
Young’s 19-foot shot put the Hawks up, 144-143, marking the biggest basket in a 43-point explosion by the two-time All-Star. It was enough to spoil a similarly dominant outing by Bridges, who tied his career-high with 45 points – including 25 after the third quarter.
Bridges scored 11 points in overtime. Young had 14. An exhilarating four-possession stretch during the final 1:11 saw one of them score each time down the floor, with the lead changing every time. There were 27 lead changes in the game.
“In basketball, there’s one winner and one loser,” Nets coach Jacque Vaughn said afterward. “That’s just part of it every night.”
The Nets had multiple chances to tie or win the game in overtime. With eight seconds remaining and Brooklyn down one point, Atlanta’s Onyeka Okongwu blocked Bridges’ driving lay-up attempt. Then, with 2.2 seconds to go and the Nets down two, a busted play led to an inbound pass to Lonnie Walker IV, who was far away from the basket and ultimately failed to get a shot off in time.
“Last possession was for Mikal,” Vaughn said. “Pretty good look. They switched the last screen that we had, which brought Lonnie to the basketball.”
Both teams, meanwhile, could have iced the game in regulation. Cam Johnson put the Nets ahead, 131-130, with 3.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter when he tipped in a missed lay-up by Bridges.
Young responded by drawing a foul on Spencer Dinwiddie, giving the Hawks star a chance to clinch the game with two free throws. But Young, an 89.7% free-throw shooter, missed the first before making the second, tying the score, 131-131. Atlanta began the game 20-for-20 from the free-throw line before Young’s miss.
Bridges led a balanced Brooklyn attack in which four starters finished with more than 20 points. Dinwiddie scored 26 to go with 12 assists, while Claxton added a season-best 22 points along with 11 rebounds.
Johnson, who missed seven games with a calf strain, scored a season-high 23 points and made a season-best five three-pointers. He did not play in overtime, however, with Vaughn saying afterward the sharpshooting forward began cramping at the end of regulation.
“He should be OK,” Vaughn said.
Bridges scored 14 fourth-quarter points. It was the fourth 40-point game of his career, with each coming after he was traded to the Nets in the February deal that sent Kevin Durant to Phoenix.
“We just had to keep fighting,” Bridges said. “That was everybody in the huddle. Coaches, players. We just got to keep going. There’s no quit. We just kept fighting, fighting, and almost had it.”
A night removed from a 157-152 loss to Indiana, the Hawks didn’t look like a team playing the second game of back-to-back. Young got off to a torrid start, beginning the game 6-of-6 from three-point range during a 19-point first quarter.
The Hawks scored 45 points in that opening period, marking the most points the Nets have surrendered in a first quarter this season. That included a 13-0 run by the Hawks, who scored 11 fastbreak points in the quarter.
Atlanta finished with 18 fastbreak points to the Nets’ nine. Both teams entered Wednesday ranked top five in transition scoring, though the Nets’ production in that category has dipped considerably without tempo-pushing point guard Ben Simmons (lower-back nerve impingement) in the lineup the last two weeks.
The Hawks entered Wednesday third in the NBA in scoring, averaging 122.4 points per game, but ranked 25th in allowing 120.9 points to opponents. The Nets – whose leading scorer, Cam Thomas (ankle sprain), missed his sixth straight game – took advantage of the Hawks’ porous defense, exceeding the 133 points they put up in Charlotte last month to set a new season-high.
It wasn’t enough to overcome Young, who caught fire for the second night in a row. He scored 38 points on 13-of-17 shooting in Tuesday’s game against the Pacers, which marked the seventh time in NBA history both teams scored at least 150 points in regulation.
Wednesday extended the Nets’ season-worst losing streak to three games. They fell to 6-8 and are now 3-1 against teams who entered with a losing record. The Hawks improved to 7-7.
“We’ve got a good little chemistry,” Bridges said. “We’ve just got to figure out, defensively, what team we’re trying to be and figure out what we can do to not give up 147 points.”
Next up for the Nets is a five-game homestand, which begins Saturday night when they host the Heat at Barclays Center.
Sebastian Aho scored 1:14 into overtime as the Carolina Hurricanes rallied from three goals down to beat the New York Islanders 4-3 on Saturday night.
Jesperi Kotkaniemi had a goal and an assist, Jalen Chatfield and Dmitry Orlov also scored and Andrei Svechnikov had two assists for Carolina, which has won four of five. Antti Raanta had 22 saves.
Mathew Barzal had a goal and an assist, and Noah Dobson and Simon Holmstrom also scored for the Islanders, who were 3-0-1 in their last four. Bo Horvat had two assists, and Ilya Sorokin finished with 44 saves.
Aho scored in the extra period just after Raanta denied Ryan Pulock’s point-blank shot.
Dobson opened the scoring with 2:20 left in the first period with the teams skating 4-on-4. The defenseman skated in close on Raanta before flipping a backhand past the goalie for his third goal of the season. Dobson leads the Islanders with 10 points (three goals, seven assists).
Holmstrom made it 2-0 with a short-handed goal at 4:11 of the second, completing a give-and-go with Jean-Gabriel Pageau for his third.
Barzal extended the lead to 3-0 with his second goal of the season at 7:46 as his high shot from the right wing eluded Raanta.
It was all Hurricanes after that.
Chatfield broke through just 32 seconds later with his first of the season.
Orlov narrowed the gap to 3-2 with 7:41 remaining in the third when his shot eluded Sorokin for his first with Carolina after signing as a free agent in the offseason.
Kotkaniemi tied the score on the power play with 4:36 left, scoring his fifth from in front as time was about to expire on Scott Mayfield’s hooking penalty.
Mika Zibanejad scored 4:34 into overtime, and the New York Rangers beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 on Monday night for their fifth straight win.
Rangers forward Artemi Panarin celebrated his 32nd birthday with a goal and two assists, stretching his season-opening point streak to nine games. Chris Kreider scored his sixth goal for New York, and Igor Shesterkin stopped 27 shots.
The Rangers closed out a 5-0 road trip. It was the first time in franchise history that the team had a perfect trip of at least five games.
David Gustaffson and Nikolaj Ehlers scored for the Jets in front of 11,898 fans at Canada Life Centre, the second-highest attendance of the season.
Cole Perfetti had two assists and Connor Hellebuyck made 23 saves for Winnipeg, which is riding a five-game point streak (3-0-2).
The teams were tied 1-1 going into the third period.
Panarin scored the game’s first goal when he redirected a pass from former Jets defenseman Jacob Trouba into the net with 1:36 remaining in the opening period.
Gustaffson tied it 28 seconds later with his second goal of the season.
New York got the game’s first power play 1:06 into the second and almost scored. Vincent Trocheck’s shot hit Hellebuyck’s pad, then the post and sat on the goal line. Jets defenseman Brenden Dillon swooped in and swiped it away.
Ehlers beat Shesterkin with a wraparound at 5:08 of the third. It was his second goal of the season and 400th career point.
Kreider tipped in an Adam Fox shot on the power play to tie it at 13:12.
Winnipeg went into overtime on the power play after New York defenseman Ryan Lindgren was called for tripping with 19 seconds remaining in the third, but couldn’t capitalize.
The Jets honored former captain Blake Wheeler with a video tribute midway through the first period.
Wheeler spent 13 seasons with the organization, including his last 12 with the Jets after the Atlanta Thrashers moved to Winnipeg in 2011. The final year of his contract was bought out in the offseason and he signed a one-year deal with the Rangers.
He brought his wife and three children in for the game.
“It’s special to tie a bow on the whole experience together,” he told reporters after Monday’s morning skate.
UP NEXT
Rangers: Return home to host the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday.
Jets: Travel to Vegas to play the Golden Knights on Thursday.
