February, 2024

• 3 February

  Alcorn State faces Southern, seeks 4th straight win

  

  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. Southern Jaguars (11-9, 5-2 SWAC) at Alcorn State Braves (5-15, 4-3 SWAC) Lorman, Mississippi; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Braves -1; over/under is 144.5 BOTTOM LINE: …

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• 3 February

  Hodges and the Tennessee State Tigers host conference foe Southern Indiana

  

  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. Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles (6-16, 3-6 OVC) at Tennessee State Tigers (12-10, 5-4 OVC) Nashville, Tennessee; Saturday, 4:30 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Tigers -6.5; over/under is 141 …

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• 3 February

  No. 7 Duke visits Davis and No. 3 North Carolina

  

  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. Duke Blue Devils (16-4, 7-2 ACC) at North Carolina Tar Heels (17-4, 9-1 ACC) Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Saturday, 6:30 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Tar Heels -4; …

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• 3 February

  Cincinnati visits No. 15 Texas Tech after Isaacs’ 25-point game

  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. Cincinnati Bearcats (14-7, 3-5 Big 12) at Texas Tech Red Raiders (16-4, 5-2 Big 12) Lubbock, Texas; Saturday, 6 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Red Raiders -4.5; over/under …

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• 3 February

  Lewandowski pone fin a sequía goleadora en victoria de Barcelona; Girona deja escapar puntos

  

  BARCELONA (AP) — Robert Lewandowski puso fin a un ayuno de seis jornadas sin goles al liderar el sábado la victoria a domicilio del Barcelona 3-1 sobre el Alavés en la liga española. Por su parte, Girona desperdició la oportunidad de recuperar la cima de la tabla, al resignarse con un empate 0-0 frente a la Real Sociedad. Ello apuntaló …

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• 3 February

  Natalie Spooner scores two in Toronto 4-1 win over Minnesota

  

  TORONTO (AP) — Natalie Spooner scored twice and had an assist to spearhead Toronto to a 4-1 win against Minnesota on Saturday. Captain Blayre Turnbull and Renata Fast also scored for Toronto. Toronto goalie Kristen Campbell, making her league-leading eighth start, earned her third win in three starts as Toronto outshot the visitors 28-25. Kendall Coyne Schofield scored the lone …

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• 2 February

  Court documents show 5 players from Canada’s 2018 world junior team are charged with sexual assault

  TORONTO (AP) — Court documents show five players from Canada’s 2018 world junior team have been charged with sexual assault. Carter Hart of the Philadelphia Flyers, Michael McLeod and Cal Foote of the New Jersey Devils, Dillon Dube of the Calgary Flames and former NHL player Alex Formenton are facing charges in connection to an incident alleged to have happened …

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• 2 February

  St. Thomas visits UMKC after Bjorklund’s 20-point outing

  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. Saint Thomas Tommies (14-9, 4-4 Summit League) at UMKC Kangaroos (10-13, 4-4 Summit League) Kansas City, Missouri; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: St. Thomas takes on the …

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• 2 February

  The best African music performance Grammy is new. Its global appeal is not

  

  ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — From an electrifying and colorful musical performance at the FIFA World Cup to a new Grammy Awards category, African music genres and talents are reaching audiences and dance floors across the globe in a breakthrough for an industry that has long endured structural challenges. With performances on the world’s biggest stages and record numbers on global …

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• 2 February

  Milan-Cortina organizers sign deal to rebuild 2026 Winter Olympics sliding track amid IOC standoff

  

  MILAN (AP) — Barely two years before the start of the 2026 Winter Olympics, the local organizing committee signed a contract on Friday to rebuild a century-old bobsled track in Cortina d’Ampezzo, putting “a full stop” on a saga that has Italy’s Finance Minister starting to regret backing the bid. The contract is with Parma-based construction company Impresa Pizzarotti & …

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