'Nightmarish': Texas man killed girlfriend, son. Now he faces execution

Texas is set to executea death row inmatewho fatally stabbed his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son in a fit of rage before he turned the knife on her 12-year-old son, who miraculously survived the attack.

Cedric Ricks, 51, is set to be executed by lethal injection on Wednesday, March 11, for the murder of 30-year-old Roxann Sanchez and her 8-year-old Anthony. Ricks stabbed them both repeatedly after he got into an argument with Sanchez on May 1, 2013.

Ricks also attacked Sanchez's 12-year-old Marcus with just as much fury, stabbing him repeatedly in the back of the head. But the boy was able to survive by pretending to make the same gurgling sound he heard his younger brother make just before Ricks stopped stabbing him, according to court records.

It was "a nightmarish episode of brutality," the Texas Attorney General's Officesaid in a recent filingin theU.S. Supreme Court.

Although he survived the merciless attack, Marcus had witnessed his mother's and brother's murder, and had to recount the horror during Ricks' murder trial. A 9-month-old son shared by Ricks and Sanchez was left unharmed.

Here's what to know about Ricks' execution.

When is Cedric Ricks' execution?

Cedric Ricks is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 6 p.m. CT on Wednesday, March 11, in what's known as the Huntsville Unit at a state prison just outside of Houston.

If Ricks' execution moves forward as expected, he will bethe sixth inmateexecuted in the U.S. this year andthe second in Texas.

What was Cedric Ricks convicted of?

On May 1, 2013, Cedrick Ricks and his girlfriend Roxann Sanchez got into an argument that quickly turned physical, according to court records.

Sanchez's two sons from a previous marriage, 8-year-old Anthony and 12-year-old Marcus, tried to intervene by getting between the couple but Ricks was too powerful. He pushed the boys down and continued punching their mother before he ran to get a knife from the kitchen.

Ricks then began stabbing Sanchez while Marcus ran to call police. Ricks ran the boy down, began stabbing him and then began stabbing Anthony.

After the attack, Ricks put the knife back in the kitchen, showered, packed some clothes, put his 9-month old son Isaiah into his crib and left the apartment. Police later tracked him down to Oklahoma and arrested him.

A jury found Ricks guilty of capital murder following a two-week trial during which Marcus testified against him.

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"He held my head down with one hand and stabbed me with the other hand," the boy testified, according to an archived story in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. "He stabbed me a bunch of times. He didn't say anything."

Ricks also testified, telling the jurors deciding his fate that he wanted to die.

"I wish I could bring them back," he told the court, according to the Star-Telegram. "But I can't fix this ... I don't want everybody to look at me like I'm a monster. I tried to kill myself two or three times but I can't even do that right."

Who is Cedric Ricks?

A native of Chicago, Ricks moved to Texas three years before the murders after losing his job.

In addition to the son he shared with Roxann Sanchez, he also fathered another son during a previous relationship that also was abusive. His ex-wife, Teshana Singleton, testified that Ricks tried to kill her multiple times before their divorce in 2004, including once when he was beating and choking her before bystanders intervened, the Star-Telegram reported in a 2013 story.

Five months before he murdered Sanchez and her son, the Star-Telegram reported that Ricks had been charged with assault and injury to a child for choking her and getting rough with their baby. Sanchez had gotten an emergency protective order against Ricks but it expired four months before the murder, the newspaper reported.

Ricks' parents testified that their son had always been prone to violence and that they did everything they could think of to get him help, including therapists, commitment to a psychiatric facility and physical punishment. But nothing stuck.

In letters to his sons from death row, Ricks wrote of some of his regrets but offered little explanation for the violence he committed,according to a bookwritten by a friend called "These Dry Bones, Redemption from Death Row."

"Sometimes I wake up kicking and screaming for what I have done to you," he wrote to his sons. "I can't say sorry enough for what I've done ... My prayer is that you can forgive me. My prayer is that you both will carry on the legacy of who I have become in Christ, and not who I use to be."

Ricks' attorneys are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the execution,arguing in a recent filingthat trial prosecutors eliminated jurors based on their race in violation of his constitutional rights. The state is rejecting that argument and saying that it amounts to a delay tactic.

When is the next execution in the U.S.?

The next execution in the U.S. is that ofMichael Kingin Florida on March 17. He was convicted of raping and killingDenise Amber Lee, a 21-year-old mother of two who also was the daughter of a local county sheriff's sergeant.

Amanda Lee Myers is a senior crime reporter who covers cold case investigations, breaking news and the death penalty for USA TODAY. Follow her on X at @amandaleeusat.

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140 US service members have been injured in the Iran war, Pentagon says

About 140 U.S. service members have been wounded in the first 10 days ofconflict with Iran, according to thePentagon.

"The vast majority of theseinjurieshave been minor, and 108 service members have already returned to duty," Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said. Eight U.S. service members are currently "severely injured," Parnell added.

The new figure is the first insight into the broader toll of injuries that have been sustained by U.S. troops in the wake of a barrage of retaliatory rocket and drone strikes from Iran that have alsoclaimed the lives of seven soldiersin Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

At least 1,230 people have been killed in Iran since the war began, at least 397 in Lebanon and 12 in Israel, according to officials.

Iran's attacks on oil infrastructure and pledges to choke off a vital waterway left markets on edge Tuesday as the United States promised blistering new strikes. The war entered its 11th day with no end in sight as its effects were felt across the Middle East and beyond.

Iran launched new attacks against Israel and Gulf Arab countries, while Israel carried out waves of airstrikes on Iran and Lebanon, where it is battling Hezbollah militants.

Residents of Tehran said they had experienced some of the heaviest strikes of the war, leading to electricity cuts in many neighborhoods of the capital. One resident said his area shook for a half hour from strikes overnight and into Tuesday.

A 27-year-old mother of a toddler said she witnessed a residential building get hit. She and others reached by The Associated Press spoke on condition of anonymity to prevent reprisals. Tens of thousands of Iranians have sought shelter in the countryside.

Death toll rises in the Gulf

The United Arab Emirates reported two more deaths as nine drones struck the country, while nearly three dozen other drones and missiles were intercepted. Firefighters battled a blaze in the industrial city of Ruwais — home to petrochemical plants — after an Iranian drone strike, officials said. No injuries were reported there.

Iranian attacks on the wealthy Gulf country — home to the business and travel hub of Dubai — have killed six people and wounded 122 others since the U.S. and Israel launched a surprise bombardment of Iran on Feb. 28.

In Bahrain, authorities said an Iranian attack hit a residential building in the capital, Manama, killing a 29-year-old woman and wounding eight people. Bahrain's Defense Ministry says it has intercepted over 100 ballistic missiles and 175 drones since the war began.

Sirens also sounded in Jerusalem, and sounds of explosions could be heard in Tel Aviv as Israel's air defenses worked to intercept barrages from Iran. Hezbollah, which began firing on Israel after the start of the war, launched missiles into Israel.

US and Iranian leaders trade threats

At the Pentagon, Hegseth warned that Tuesday "will be yet again our most intense day of strikes inside Iran: The most fighters, the most bombers, the most strikes, intelligence more refined and better than ever." He added that the last 24 hours had seen the fewest Iranian missiles fired since the start of the war.

Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said U.S. forces hit more than 5,000 targets.

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Iran's leaders have remained defiant after days of heavy strikes targeting the country's leadership, military, ballistic missiles and disputed nuclear program. Iran's parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, said on X that Iran was "definitely not looking for a ceasefire."

"We believe that the aggressor should be punched in the mouth so that he learns a lesson so that he will never think of attacking our beloved Iran again," he said.

A top Iranian security official, Ali Larijani, appeared to threaten Trump himself, writing on X that "Iran doesn't fear your empty threats. Even those bigger than you couldn't eliminate Iran. Be careful not to get eliminated yourself." Iran has been accused of plotting attempts to kill Trump in the past.

Attacks on oil aimed at pressuring the US

Iran has repeatedly targeted energy infrastructure with attacks that appear aimed at generating enough global economic pain to pressure the U.S. and Israel to end their strikes. It has also fired on Israel and U.S. military bases in the region.

Brent crude, the international standard, spiked to nearly $120 on Monday before falling back but was still at around $90 a barrel on Tuesday, nearly 24% higher than when the war started on Feb. 28. The Dow Jones Industrial Average drifted lower initially on Tuesday, but turned positive as oil prices sank and hopes rose that wealthy industrialized countries could tap into strategic reserves.

Iran has effectively stopped tankers from using the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of the world's oil is carried. Attacks on merchant ships near the strait have killed at least seven sailors, according to the International Maritime Organization.

Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said it "will not allow the export of even a single liter of oil from the region to the hostile side and its partners until further notice."

Trump warned on social media that "If Iran does anything that stops the flow of Oil within the Strait of Hormuz, they will be hit by the United States of America TWENTY TIMES HARDER than they have been hit thus far."

A bulk carrier likely came under attack on Tuesday off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, with the captain reporting a splash and a loud bang nearby, according to a monitoring center run by the British military.

Amin Nasser, the president and CEO of Saudi Arabia's oil giant Aramco, said tankers were being rerouted to avoid the strait, and that its East-West pipeline would reach its full capacity of 7 million barrels a day being brought to the Red Sea port of the Yanbu this week.

"The situation at the Strait of Hormuz is blocking sizable volumes of oil from the whole region," he said. "If this takes a long time, that will have serious impact on the global economy."

Hundreds of thousands displaced by fighting

The U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday that more than 667,000 people in Lebanon had registered as displaced — an increase of over 100,000 since a day earlier — and more than 85,000 people from Lebanon, mostly Syrians, had entered neighboring Syria.

The British government said the number of commercial flights from the UAE to the U.K. is returning to normal levels, with 32 flights operated from Dubai to Britain on Monday and another 36 scheduled Tuesday.

However, British Airways said it has suspended flights to and from Jordan, Bahrain, Qatar, Dubai and Tel Aviv until later this month.

Many foreign nationals have been getting out of the Persian Gulf region: Over 45,000 U.K. citizens have returned from the area since the conflict began, the British Foreign Office said, and some 40,000 people returned to the United States, according to the State Department.

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LA County sees drop in homeless deaths, the first in 10 years

The mortality rate among homeless people in Los Angeles County decreased for the first time in more than 10 years, though one public health leader warned the welcome gains are at risk of being lost due to funding reductions.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health found that the mortality rate decreased by 10% in 2024, the latest available data. It marks the first decrease reported since 2014, the department's first year of data on homeless mortality, according to areportunveiled on Tuesday, March 10.

In total, 2,208 Los Angeles County people experiencing homelessness died in 2024, which is 300 people fewer compared to 2023.

While the news was welcomed by Los Angeles County supervisors and public health officials, they agreed that the mortality rate was still too high. But the future of continued improvements is less clear amid decreases in funding, as Department of Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer noted in a statement.

"At a time of major reductions in federal and state funding for homeless services and supports, we are at risk of losing precious ground and seeing an increase in the number of vulnerable people losing their lives," Ferrer said.

The drop was in part due to a 21% decrease in drug overdose deaths among homeless people, according to the department. Drug overdose, coronary heart disease, traffic-related injuries, homicide and suicide make up the bulk of causes of death in the county's homeless population, according to the department. Despite the improvements, it is drug and alcohol overdose that remains the leading cause of death among homeless people in 2024, according to the report.

Officials didn't give definitive reasons for what led to the decrease in drug overdoses during a press conference on March 10. However, they did provide some general insight about what might be responsible for that decrease.

"I think that there's a continuum of services that we've focused on across prevention, harm reduction, treatment, as well as recovery services and recovery housing that, from a service perspective, we think has driven down overdose deaths," said Gary Tsai, Substance Abuse Prevention and Control Bureau director with the department.

He said that it could also be due to fentanyl's potency being reduced, though he didn't have data specifically about the topic.

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Johnika Jamison, 38, holding her daughter Everly, 1. Her family has been homeless for more than a year after she and her husband experienced medical troubles that put them out of work. Jamison is struggling to lead her family out of homelessness while tending to their everyday care and needs. Jamison along with her husband and three daughters have been staying in a small hotel room for weeks as they embark on year two of homelessness. Jamison dreams of better days, but tending to her family's care needs takes up so much of her time she barely has a moment to look for work.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Johnika Jamison, 38, packing and helping her daughter Eastin, 9, get ready for school, center, as she holds her sister Everly, 1, in the hotel room her family calls home at the moment on Dec. 12, 2025. Jamison and her family have been homeless for more than a year after she and her husband experienced medical troubles that put them out of work. Jamison is struggling to lead her family out of homelessness while tending to their everyday care and needs. The hotel has a laundry room, Jamison says, but it's $5 per load. She doesn't use it much.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Johnika Jamison, 38, left, with her daughters Eden Jamison, 15, right, holding her sister Everly, 1, and Eastin Jamison, 9, as they wake and prepare for school in their hotel room. "We're running behind, as usual," Jamison says. It's Friday, and Eden needs to be at her bus stop by 6:30 a.m. Eastin's bus driver starts the route outside of their hotel each morning, idling for about 15 minutes. Eastin likes getting there early to read from the empty bus, basking in a kind of quiet that doesn't exist in the hotel room.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Johnika Jamison, 38, and her family have been homeless for more than a year after she and her husband experienced medical troubles that put them out of work. "I care for everybody else. I'm the one who manages all the medical appointments and the symptoms on the daily, and doing the research and advocating for each of my family members to their doctors," Jamison says. "And making sure that everybody takes their medicine on the daily."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Johnika Jamison, 38, and her husband Tristian Harris, 25, right, and their family have been homeless for more than a year after they both experienced medical troubles that put them out of work. Jamison is struggling to lead her family out of homelessness while tending to their everyday care and needs. "It's not that easy to get back on your feet when you're literally trying to survive," Jamison says.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Johnika Jamison, left, and her family have been homeless for more than a year after she and her husband experienced medical troubles that put them out of work. Every day, Jamison and Harris have to come up with $100 to stay in the hotel. She has paid for it in the past by returning items she's bought for her family, like Everly's high chair and toys. 

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Johnika Jamison, 38, and her husband Tristian Harris, 25, getting a start to the day preparing the kids for school on Dec. 12, 2025. Jamison and her family were locked out of their apartment on Sept. 19, 2024. Jamison was seven months pregnant. After they were evicted, Jamison and her daughters went to Jamison's parents' house in Gaffney, South Carolina. But after she had Everly in October, Jamison, Harris and the baby stayed with Harris's dad while Eden and Eastin stayed with Jamison's parents. "It was a lot of hotel hopping and moving back and forth, and we weren't all together," Jamison says.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Johnika Jamison, 38, in the hotel room the family calls home while watching her daughter Everly, 1, sleep during the day while her other children are at school and her husband is at work. Jamison and her family stayed in an Airbnb in Charlotte in September and October 2025, when she was hired at a charter school in Charlotte. "For the first time in a year, all five of us were together," Jamison says. But she was let go three weeks into the job, and soon they couldn't afford the Airbnb anymore. They've been in the hotel room since Nov. 8.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Eden Jamison, 15, helps care and feed her sister, Everly, 1, in the hotel room where the family resides. "We don't like to put her on the floors," their mom, Johnika Jamison, says of the baby. Everly wants to start walking, but they keep her on the beds or in her playpen. "We don't trust 'em," Everly's dad Tristian Harris says. 

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Johnika Jamison, left, with her three daughters Eden, 15 Eastin , 9 and Everly, 1, and her husband Tristian Harris, back right, in the small hotel room they call home. Jamison married Harris, Everly's father, in December 2024. The family has been homeless for more than a year after Jamison and her husband experienced medical troubles that put them out of work. "I don't have time to be under the weather," Jamison says. "I've got to take care of everybody else and every thing." She gets meals from food pantries sometimes, but they often provide unusable items. One time Jamison was gifted a box of dry pasta and a jar of sauce. But her family lives in a hotel room. "How the heck am I supposed to cook that?"

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Johnika Jamison, left, with her three daughters Eden, 15 Eastin, 9 and Everly, 1, and her husband Tristian Harris, back right, in the small hotel room they call home. Jamison was a school guidance counselor for a decade before her family's medical needs and her high-risk pregnancy took her out of the workforce. "I get so much happiness from helping kids and their families," she says. As a school counselor, Jamison worked with students experiencing homelessness before she was homeless. "You don't understand until you're in it yourself," she says.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Eden Jamison, 15, arrives back from school to the hotel room the family calls home on Dec. 12, 2025. Johnika Jamison, 38, and her family have been homeless for more than a year after she and her husband experienced medical troubles that put them out of work. Eden tries to help out around the house and acts like "a little adult" sometimes. "But she can't," Johnika Jamison says. "She's 15." 

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Tristian Harris, 25, after being sent home following a shortened work day and trouble with a paycheck on Dec. 12, 2025. He and his wife Johnika Jamison, 38, are currently living in a small hotel room. They have been homeless for more than a year after Jamison and Harris experienced medical troubles that put them out of work. The car Jamison and Harris share, a 2005 Nissan Ultima, has over 200,000 miles on it and needs an oil change, Jamison says. 

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Johnika Jamison, 38, and her family have been living in a small hotel room since Nov. 8, 2025. It costs $100 per night. "Some days it takes all your attention and energy just to find the money for the next night," Jamison says. Luckily, the hotel manager has been kind to them and doesn't demand the $100 by noon. "I think she's just a really good person." 

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Eden Jamison, 15, right, packs to catch a school bus early in the morning on Dec. 12, 2025, while her sisters Eastin Jamison, 9, and Everly Jamison, 1, continue to sleep in the hotel room bed that the family now calls home. Johnika Jamison, 38, and her family have been homeless for more than a year after she and her husband experienced medical troubles that put them out of work. Jamison is struggling to lead her family out of homelessness while tending to their everyday care and needs.

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After medical setbacks, a family works to escape homelessness

Johnika Jamison, 38, holding her daughter Everly, 1. Her family has been homeless for more than a year after she and her husband experienced medical troubles that put them out of work. Jamison is struggling to lead her family out of homelessness while tending to their everyday care and needs. Jamison along with her husband and three daughters have been staying in a small hotel room for weeks as they embark on year two of homelessness. Jamison dreams of better days, but tending to her family's care needs takes up so much of her time she barely has a moment to look for work.

So, how does the county improve on mortality rate among its homeless population? Among the department's recommendations are:

• Build on interim and permanent housing options for homeless people

• Maintain and expand enrollment in Medi-Cal, the state's Medicaid program, among homeless people

• Sustain and grow mental health services for county residents experiencing homelessness

The recommendations come as California braces for significant federal health care funding cuts. PresidentDonald Trump's "One Big, Beautiful Bill Act," which was signed into law in July 2025, will impact Medi-Cal. More specifically, the changing work requirements, paired with "administrative burden," could leave up to 2 million people without Medi-Cal, according to the nonpartisanLegislative Analyst's Office. By 2028, up to 3 million people could lose Medi-Cal, both due to the OBBA and changes made in California's budget, Miranda Dietz, director of the Health Care Program at UC Berkley Labor Center, told California lawmakers in February.

Losing eligibility does jeopardize people's access to substance use services, Tsai said when asked about how the federal health care cuts could impact the department's strategies to reduce the homeless mortality rate.

However, the "substance use population" is exempt from the work requirements, he said. According to theCenter for Health Care Strategies, people in a qualifying "substance use disorder treatment program" are exempt, as well as those who are considered "medically frail," which include people with a substance use disorder.

"We are doing work to make sure that leading up to the January 2027 implementation of the work requirements and other issues, that the substance use community is aware that they are exempt," Tsai said.

In February, county supervisors approvedan $843 million spending planfor the Los Angeles County Department of Homeless Services and Housing, with more than $500 million earmarked for interim and permanent housing across the county, according to HSH.

Los Angeles County has proposed atemporary sales tax increase— which will be up to voters to approve — that could generate approximately $1 billion annually to help mitigate local health care impacts due to the funding cuts.

The next report about the county's homeless mortality rates will be released in early 2027 to reflect 2025 data.

Paris Barraza is a reporter covering Los Angeles and Southern California for the USA TODAY Network. Reach her atpbarraza@usatodayco.com.

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Texas fishing cheating scandal, explained: Why a man could face 10 years in prison for allegedly tampering with bass

A fishing tournament in Texas was shrouded in controversy Monday due to a possible cheating scandal. The Texas Game Wardens were contacted after a fisherman was accused of tampering with a bass ahead of a weigh-in.

After performing a necropsy on the fish, Texas Game Wardens found three weights in the fish's stomach, they explained in a Facebook post.

The weights did not show signs of erosion, suggesting they had been placed in the fish recently. Additionally, Texas Game Wardens reportedly found similar weights of the same style and size in the angler's boat.

That angler, Curtis Lee Daniels, was arrested and charged with "fraud in fishing tournaments." That particular crime is considered a felony since, in this instance, Daniels is alleged to have violated the law during a tournament in which the prizes exceed $10,000.

According to the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department code, altering the weight of a fish "for the purpose of representing that the fish as entered in the tournament was that length or weight when caught" is a violation of the law.

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While there are some instances in which that violation can result in a misdemeanor, the nature of Daniels' alleged crime constitutes a third-degree felony charge, per Texas Parks & Wildlife Department code.

An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, except that if the offense occurred during a tournament in which any prize or combination of prizes to be awarded for any one category for which an award is given, whether the prize or prizes are to an individual or a team, is worth $10,000 or more in money or goods, the offense is a felony of the third degree.

This particular tournament, the Lake Fork Lure Co. Tournament, features over $10,000 in prizes, making Daniels' alleged violation a felony.

In the Lake Fork Lure Co. Tournament rulebook, organizers explicitly mention that any person who attempts to artificially alter a fish's weight "will be subject to prosecution under federal laws."

As part of the tournament, contestants also agree to submit to a random polygraph examination. It's unclear whether Daniels took part in that exam or if it played a role in the scandal.

If found guilty, Daniels could face two to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000 under Texas law.

It's far from the first time a fishing tournament has been rocked by aweight-related cheating scandal. Thesame thing happened in Ohioin 2022, where two fishermen were charged with felonies. They were eventually sentenced to "10 days local incarceration," had their fishing license suspended and were forced togive up the boat used in the tournament.

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Tottenham's Antonin Kinsky makes two brutal errors, subbed after 17 minutes

Tottenham head coach Igor Tudor made a bold decision for his side's match against Atlético Madrid on Tuesday, starting Antonín Kinský at goalkeeper ahead of regular starter Guglielmo Vicario.

It could not have backfired more spectacularly.

Kinský was brutally subbed off after just 17 minutes in Madrid after making two major errors leading to goals, departing the Champions League round of 16 first leg with his side already down 3-0.

The 22-year-old made his first error just six minutes in, as his attempted clearance found Ademola Lookman on the edge of the box. Lookman quickly found Julián Alvarez, who laid it for Marcos Llorente to score the opener.

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After Atlético went up 2-0 in the 14th minute through Antoine Griezmann, it got even worse for Kinský.

Just seconds after the home side's second goal, the Czech goalkeeper completely mis-hit a routine pass, leaving the ball for Alvarez to stroll into a wide-open net.

Tudor had seen enough, removing Kinský from the match and replacing him with Vicario. A distraught Kinský went straight down the tunnel after his disastrous display.

Atlético would add a fourth immediately after the goalkeeper change through Robin Le Normand, before Pedro Porro pulled a goal back for the visitors in the 26th minute to make it 4-1.

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76ers All-Star Tyrese Maxey reportedly out at least 3 weeks with finger injury

Tyrese Maxey is set for an extended absence.

The All-Star Philadelphia 76ers guard has a tendon injury in his right pinkie and will be re-evaluated in three weeks,ESPN's Shams Charania reports. Maxey injured his finger in Saturday's loss to the Atlanta Hawks.

The news is a blow for the 76ers as they fight to make the playoffs. The 76ers entered Monday in eighth place in the Eastern Conference at 34-30. They have a 6.5-game cushion over the 11th-place Milwaukee Bucks (27-36), who would be the first team to miss the play-in tournament if the postseason started today.

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Philadelphia is 1.5 games behind the sixth-place Orlando Magic (35-28), who would be the last team in the East to avoid the play-in and clinch a guaranteed playoff spot.

Maxey is Philadelphia's most important player and key to the 76ers' hopes of maintaining playoff positioning and success in the postseason.

In 61 games this season, Maxey is averaging 29 points, 6.7 assists, 4.1 rebounds and 2 steals per game, all career highs. He's shooting 46.1% from the floor and 37.3% from 3.

Injury puts All-NBA at risk for Maxey

Maxey's four games short of qualifying for the NBA's minimum games-played requirement of 65 to qualify for postseason awards, including All-NBA selection. The league's fourth-leading scorer, he's a candidate for All-NBA honors.

Per the three-week time frame, Maxey would miss 11 of Philadelphia's remaining 18 games at a minimum. From there, he'd have to play in four of Philadelphia's remaining seven games to be eligible for All-NBA selection.

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Quentin Tarantino says Rosanna Arquette's criticism shows 'lack of class'

DirectorQuentin Tarantinohas harsh words for actressRosanna Arquetteafter she criticized his decision to include a racial slur in "Pulp Fiction."

Arquette, who played the wife of drug dealer Lance (Eric Stoltz), in Tarantino's Oscar-winning cult classic, called the 1994 film great and iconic on "a lot of levels" but condemned the use of a racial slur in aSunday Timesinterview published on March 7.

"But personally, I am over the use of the [slur] – I hate it. I cannot stand that [Tarantino] has been given a hall pass," she said. "It's not art, it's just racist and creepy."

The "Kill Bill" director slammed Arquette's remarks in a statement shared with USA TODAY on Tuesday, March 10, accusing her of only critiquing him for the press coverage.

"I hope the publicity you're getting from 132 different media outlets writing your name and printing your picture was worth disrespecting me and a film I remember quite clearly you were thrilled to be a part of?" his statement read.

1968: "Oliver!" | Mark Lester plays the titular orphan in the film based on Charles Dickens' novel "Oliver Twist."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 1999: "American Beauty" | Kevin Spacey, with Mena Suvari, won the best-actor Oscar.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 2000: "Gladiator" | Russell Crowe won the best-actor Oscar.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 2003: "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" | Ian McKellen helped complete the Middle-earth trilogy. This is the third film to win the all-time high of 11 Oscars, and the only fantasy film ever to win the Academy's top prize.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 2006: "The Departed" | Leonardo DiCaprio, left, and Jack Nicholson star in this film that also won Martin Scorsese a directing Oscar.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 2008: "Slumdog Millionaire" | The movie set in India, with Dev Patel and Freida Pinto, won eight Oscars, none in acting categories.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 2009: "The Hurt Locker" | Jeremy Renner received a best-actor nomination but did not win. The film, however, won six Oscars, and Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win an Oscar for directing.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 2011: "The Artist" | Jean Dujardin won the Oscar for best actor while Bérénice Bejo received a best-supporting actress nomination. The (mostly) silent film won five Academy Awards.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 2012: "Argo" | Ben Affleck produced, directed and starred in this best picture based on the real-life rescue of American embassy workers in Iran in 1980.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 2016: "Moonlight" | In the wildest Oscars ending ever, "La La Land" was erroneously announced as best picture. But in reality, the vote went to "Moonlight," the coming-of-age drama starring Mahershala Ali, right, and Alex Hibbert. The film won three Oscars, including best supporting actor for Ali and screenplay for director Barry Jenkins.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 2017: "The Shape of Water" | A voiceless janitor, played by Sally Hawkins, and her co-worker, Octavia Spencer, work in a secret government laboratory in 1960s Baltimore. The romantic fantasy earned 13 Oscar nominations and won four.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 2018: "Green Book" | Mahershala Ali stars as classical and jazz pianist Don Shirley and Viggo Mortensen is Frank "Tony Lip" Vallelonga, his driver and bodyguard in the 1960s Deep South. Ali won the Oscar for best supporting actor.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 2020: "Nomadland" | Frances McDormand stars as a nomad who lives out of her van after she loses her husband and her home when their Nevada mining town is wiped out in an economic collapse. The film won three Oscars, including best actress for McDormand and best director for Chloé Zhao, who made Oscar history as first woman of color to win the category.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 2024: "Anora" | A Brooklyn sex worker (Mikey Madison) elopes with a Russian oligarch's son (Mark Eydelshteyn). The film won five Oscars, including best actress for Madison and best director (Sean Baker).

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USA TODAY has reached out to Arquette's representatives for comment.

Quentin Tarantino bashes Rosanna Arquette after she calls the director out

Tarantino responded to Arquette's claims that she harbors resentment over the money she didn't receive after the film's release. "Do you feel this way now? Very possibly," he continued. "But after I gave you a job, and you took the money, to trash it for what I suspect is very cynical reasons, shows a decided lack of class, no less honor."

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He also criticized her for not showing "esprit de corps," which he believes should exist among artistic colleagues. "But it would appear the objective was accomplished. Congratulations Q," the director concluded.

Rosanna Arquette speaks out about Quentin Tarantino, Harvey Weinstein

Along with her disapproval of the racial slur in "Pulp Fiction," Arquette also said she was the only person who didn't get a backend share of the movie's takings, which she blamed onHarvey Weinstein, who was a producer on the movie. "Everybody made money except me," she told the Sunday Times.

Arquette wasamong the actressesinterviewed for a 2017expose of Weinsteinpublished in The New Yorker before the Hollywood titan was sentenced to prison time fora series of sexual assaults. Weinstein has denied all wrongdoing.

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The actress recounted an encounter in the early '90s when she met with Weinstein about the film's script, and he greeted her in a bathrobe before attempting to put her hands on his genitalia.

"I was fortunate because I was not raped," she told the outlet. "But, boy, was it going there and I paid a price for saying no, and later I paid a price for telling the truth."

Contributing: Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY

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