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. STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — JuJu Watkins pulled up from long range and hit contested 3-pointers. She powered to the rim against Stanford’s two star posts to draw fouls …
Read More »UT Rio Grande Valley visits Southern Utah on 4-game road slide
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. UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros (6-15, 2-8 WAC) at Southern Utah Thunderbirds (8-13, 3-7 WAC) Cedar City, Utah; Saturday, 8:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: UT Rio Grande Valley …
Read More »Osobor leads No. 17 Utah State against San Diego State
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. Utah State Aggies (19-2, 7-1 MWC) at San Diego State Aztecs (16-5, 5-3 MWC) San Diego; Saturday, 3:30 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Aztecs -5.5; over/under is 146.5 …
Read More »Williamson corona noche de 33 puntos con bandeja decisiva; Pelicans superan a Spurs
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Zion Williamson aportó 33 puntos, incluidos dos en una bandeja frente a tres adversarios con 3,8 segundos restantes, y los Pelicans de Nueva Orleáns superaron el viernes 114-113 a los Spurs de San Antonio. Williamson atinó 12 de 21 disparos de campo y consiguió cuatro unidades en los últimos 29 segundos del duelo. Nueva Orleáns ganó …
Read More »Japan wants everyone to know: Taylor Swift will make it in time for the Super Bowl
TOKYO (AP) — Taylor Swift, who is holding concerts in Japan through Feb. 10, will make it in time for the Super Bowl to see her partner and football superstar Travis Kelce play. To make sure all her fans know, the Japanese Embassy in Washington, D.C. has sent a message on X, formerly Twitter, alluding to her hit songs in …
Read More »Shead leads No. 4 Houston against No. 8 Kansas after 25-point performance
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. Houston Cougars (19-2, 6-2 Big 12) at Kansas Jayhawks (17-4, 5-3 Big 12) Lawrence, Kansas; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cougars -1.5; over/under is 134 BOTTOM …
Read More »Railroads say they’re making safety changes to reduce derailments after fiery Ohio crash
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The changes railroads announced after last year’s fiery crash in East Palestine, Ohio, haven’t yet made a major difference, statistics show, and reforms have stalled in Congress. A few key measures in the latest Federal Railroad Administration statistics, including the total number of train accidents, worsened over the first 11 months of last year compared to …
Read More »Viktor Orbán’s anti-woke resistance has made him the ‘splinter under the fingernail’ of the EU
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s parliament will convene an emergency session on Monday to do something its western partners have waited for, often impatiently, for more than a year: to hold a vote, finally, on approving Sweden’s bid to join the NATO military alliance. But Hungary’s governing party, led by nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, has signaled that it will …
Read More »Jones’ game-winner leads Memphis past Wichita State, 65-63
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. MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — David Jones scored the game-winning jump shot with three seconds left and racked up 26 total points to lead Memphis past Wichita State 65-63 …
Read More »Senegal’s leader postpones Feb. 25 presidential vote, citing controversies over candidate lists
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese President Macky Sall on Saturday postponed presidential elections scheduled for Feb. 25, citing controversies over the disqualification of some candidates and allegations of corruption in election-related cases. Sall — who is not seeking another term in office — said he signed a decree repealing the law that convened the electoral body just as campaigning was …
Read More »O’Keeffe smashes women’s US Olympic trials record in marathon debut, earns spot in Paris Games
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Fiona O’Keeffe smashed the women’s U.S. Olympic marathon trials record in her debut at the distance on a warm Saturday to secure her spot in the Paris Games. O’Keeffe finished in a time 2 hours, 22 minutes, 10 seconds to break the American marathon trials mark of 2:25:38 set by Shalane Flanagan in 2012 in Houston. …
Read More »Maple Leafs’ Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner shine in NHL All-Star 3-on-3 on home ice in Toronto
TORONTO (AP) — Auston Matthews and his Toronto Maple Leafs teammates soaked in the spotlight of NHL All-Star Weekend as the hometown fan favorites, and they gave the crowd the ending it wanted. Matthews scored twice, including a game winner, and had an assist to beat reigning MVP Connor McDavid’s team 7-4 in the final of the All-Star 3-on-3 tournament …
Read More »King leads Richmond against VCU after 29-point showing
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. Richmond Spiders (16-5, 8-0 A-10) at VCU Rams (13-8, 5-3 A-10) Richmond, Virginia; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rams -3.5; over/under is 135.5 BOTTOM LINE: Richmond …
Read More »Pember scores 36 as UNC Asheville holds off Winthrop 82-78
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. ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Drew Pember scored 36 points and his two free throws with 17 seconds left allowed UNC Asheville to hold off Winthrop 82-78 on Saturday. …
Read More »Idaho visits Ford and Montana State
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. Idaho Vandals (7-14, 1-7 Big Sky) at Montana State Bobcats (11-11, 6-3 Big Sky) Bozeman, Montana; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Montana State hosts the Idaho Vandals …
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