The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Portland State Vikings (16-12, 7-8 Big Sky) at Montana Grizzlies (18-9, 9-5 Big Sky) Missoula, Montana; Saturday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Portland State will attempt to stop …
Read More »Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — National security adviser Jake Sullivan; Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sullivan; Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif.; Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova; Reps. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and Jared Golden, D-Maine. …
Read More »Kalinskaya elimina a Swiatek en semifinal de Dubái; enfrentará a Paolini
DUBÁI (AP) — Anna Kalinskaya, que venía de la ronda de clasificación, sorprendió a Iga Swiatek con la victoria 6-4, 6-4 en la semifinal del torneo de Dubaí, después de que la número uno del mundo dejó ir la ventaja inicial Swiatek estaba arriba 4-2 cuando Kalinskaya se llevó cuatro games seguidos para ganar el primer set y que terminó …
Read More »Wyoming starts selecting presidential delegates Saturday. But there’s not a statewide election
WASHINGTON (AP) — Although the South Carolina primary has been the focal point of the GOP presidential nomination fight for much of the last month, it’s not the only contest on Saturday where Republicans will be voting for a presidential candidate or where all-important delegates will be at stake. More than 1,800 miles away, state GOP officials in Wyoming will …
Read More »This week’s cellphone outage makes it clear: In the United States, landlines are languishing
NEW YORK (AP) — When her cellphone’s service went down this week because of an AT&T network outage, Bernice Hudson didn’t panic. She just called the people she wanted to talk to the old-fashioned way — on her landline telephone, the kind she grew up with and refuses to get rid of even though she has a mobile phone. “Don’t …
Read More »South African prosecutors seek extradition orders in the case of $580K stolen from the president
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Prosecutors said Friday they are seeking extradition orders and the arrest of more suspects over the 2020 theft of around $580,000 in U.S. cash that was hidden in a couch at South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s ranch. The theft, which only became public in 2022, engulfed Ramaphosa in scandal and led to an investigation …
Read More »Sebastian Aho scores in the final seconds as the Hurricanes beat the Panthers 1-0
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Sebastian Aho scored with 18.9 seconds left, helping Pyotr Kochetkov and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Florida Panthers 1-0 on Thursday night. Kochetkov stopped 44 shots in his third shutout of the season. Carolina has won four straight and six of its past seven games. Florida had won 11 straight road games, one short of tying …
Read More »Blue Jackets blow a 4-goal lead, but still rally in the 3rd period to beat the Anaheim Ducks 7-4
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Yegor Chinakhov scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period and the Columbus Blue Jackets blew a four-goal lead before rallying for a 7-4 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night. Sean Kuraly got his second goal of the night 49 seconds after Chinakhov’s score for Columbus, which finished its three-game California trip with …
Read More »Mason’s 19 lead Rice past UAB 94-71
The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Mekhi Mason had 19 points in Rice’s 94-71 victory against UAB on Wednesday night. Mason also added six rebounds and six assists for the …
Read More »Michigan Girls Prep Basketball Poll
The top 10 teams in the Michigan Associated Press high school basketball poll, with records in parentheses. Totals are based on 15 points for a first-place vote, 14 for second,etc.: Division 1 School Record Total Points 1. West Bloomfield (4) (17-1) 60 2. Rockford (20-1) 56 3. Detroit Renaissance (18-1) 51 4. Belleville (18-1) 49 5. DeWitt (18-2) 41 6. …
Read More »Xabi Alonso niega que conjeturas sobre su futuro sean distracción en Bayer Leverkusen
LEVERKUSEN, Alemania (AP) — El técnico del Bayer Leverkusen Xabi Alonso negó que las conjeturas sobre su futuro sean una distracción para el líder de la Bundesliga después de que el entrenador del Bayern Múnich Thomas Tuchel anunció su salida al final de la temporada. Alonso es considero uno de los entrenadores más en demanda en el fútbol europeo para …
Read More »Auston Matthews scores 50th goal in 54th game to break tie as fastest US-born player to reach mark
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Auston Matthews scored his 50th and 51st goals of the season in his hometown to break a tie as the fastest U.S.-born player to reach 50 and help the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the crumbling Arizona Coyotes 6-3 on Wednesday night. Matthews’ milestone goal came on a power play 5:01 into the game, his 54th game …
Read More »Sin excesos de confianza, el inspirado Cruz Azul enfrenta a un América en horas bajas
CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — Seis triunfos consecutivos y el liderato del torneo son motivos de alegría en Cruz Azul, pero no para relajarse. La Máquina buscará seguir su andar hacia el título del torneo Clausura mexicano cuando enfrente al campeón América, que pasa por horas bajas, alejado de su mejor forma. Las Águilas, dirigidas por el brasileño André Jardine, …
Read More »Former Colorado police officer appeals conviction in Black man Elijah McClain’s death
DENVER (AP) — A former Colorado police officer is appealing his conviction by a jury for his role in the death of Eljiah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died after being stopped by police in a Denver suburb in 2019. Lawyers for Randy Roedema filed a notice of appeal with the state appeals court on Wednesday. A jury convicted …
Read More »Senegal’s president says he’ll leave office in April, but gives no date for elections
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s President Macky Sall said Thursday that he will end his term in April as expected, but he didn’t give a new date for the presidential election originally scheduled for Sunday. Sall, who is wrapping up two terms in office and who has said he wouldn’t run again, postponed the election for 10 months citing unresolved …
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