Sports on TV for Feb. 17 – 18

The AP Top 25 women’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. (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, Feb. 17 AHL HOCKEY 4 p.m. NHLN — Hershey at Toronto AUTO RACING 10:30 a.m. FS1 — NASCAR …

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San Diego Toreros face the Santa Clara Broncos on 4-game win streak

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. Santa Clara Broncos (16-10, 7-4 WCC) at San Diego Toreros (16-11, 6-6 WCC) San Diego; Saturday, 10 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: San Diego heads into a matchup against …

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Gohlke’s 23 lead Oakland past Purdue Fort Wayne 71-63

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. FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Jack Gohlke scored 23 points as Oakland beat Purdue Fort Wayne 71-63 on Wednesday night. Gohlke finished 6 of 14 from 3-point range …

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Texas man killed in gunfight with police at central Michigan café

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) — A 29-year-old Texas man died in a gunfight at a café Thursday that also left a central Michigan police officer injured, authorities said. Battle Creek Police Department officers were called to Café Rica at 3:42 p.m. for a report of an unwanted person, the department said in a news release. A female police officer received …

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Achor scores 18 as Samford knocks off Western Carolina 88-62

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) — Achor Achor had 18 points in Samford’s 88-62 victory against Western Carolina on Wednesday night for its sixth straight victory. Achor added five rebounds …

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Israel complains after Vatican denounces ‘carnage’ and disproportionate response in Gaza

ROME (AP) — Israel has formally complained after a senior Vatican official spoke of “carnage” in Gaza and what he termed a disproportionate Israeli military operation following the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks. The Israeli Embassy to the Holy See called the comments by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, “regrettable.” In a statement Wednesday, the embassy said Parolin …

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Michigan school shooter’s father wants a jury from outside the community

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The father of a Michigan school shooter wants jurors from a different county to decide his involuntary manslaughter case, arguing that he can’t get a fair trial because of widespread publicity and his wife’s recent conviction. “They have been clearly convicted in the court of public opinion,” defense lawyer Mariell Lehman said in a court filing …

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Abilene Christian visits UT Rio Grande Valley after Elliott’s 40-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. Abilene Christian Wildcats (8-15, 3-9 WAC) at UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros (6-17, 2-10 WAC) Edinburg, Texas; Thursday, 7:30 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Wildcats -2.5; over/under is …

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Cole leads Yankees’ rotation looking to rebound from terrible season

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Gerrit Cole was leaving the Yankees’ minor league complex when fans on the sidewalk by the parking lot asked for autographs. When the 2023 AL Cy Young Award winner reached over a bush-lined fence to grab a baseball and pen, a fan asked whether he could capture the honor again this year. “Would be nice,” Cole …

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Democrats embrace tougher border enforcement, seeing Trump’s demolition of deal as a ‘gift’

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate’s border proposal was one of the toughest bipartisan bills to emerge on the issue in decades. Yet it quickly collapsed when Republicans — galvanized by Donald Trump, the likely Republican presidential nominee — rejected the compromise as insufficient. Now Democrats see an opening. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called Trump’s rejection of the border legislation …

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Las noticias más recientes sobre la guerra entre Israel y Hamás

Soldados israelíes ingresaron el jueves al Hospital Nasser, el principal en el sur de Gaza, con la misión de buscar a rehenes en manos de Hamás. Israel acusa al grupo miliciano de utilizar hospitales y otras estructuras civiles para proteger a sus combatientes. El ejército dijo que tenía “información creíble” de que Hamás tenía a rehenes en el hospital. La …

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