February, 2024

• 25 February

  Celeste Taylor scores 20 as No. 2 Ohio State beats Maryland 79-66 to claim share of Big Ten title

  

  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. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Celeste Taylor scored 20 points and No. 2 Ohio State clinched at least a share of the Big Ten title and the No. 1 …

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• 25 February

  Garcia, Haggerty lead Tulsa past Charlotte 69-67

  

  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. TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Jared Garcia scored 24 points to lead Tulsa and PJ Haggerty secured the victory with two free throws with two seconds remaining as the …

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• 25 February

  Zelenskyy dice que 31.000 soldados ucranianos han muerto desde la invasión rusa

  

  KIEV, Ucrania (AP) — El presidente ucraniano Volodymyr Zelenskyy dijo el domingo que 31.000 soldados ucranianos han muerto en acción en los dos años desde que Rusia lanzó su invasión plena. Zelenskyy dijo que la cifra era mucho menor que las estimaciones dadas por el gobierno del presidente ruso Vladímir Putin. “31.000 militares ucranianos han muerto en esta guerra. No …

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• 25 February

  The Eiffel Tower reopens to visitors after a 6-day closure due to an employee strike

  

  PARIS (AP) — The Eiffel Tower reopened to visitors on Sunday after a six-day closure because of striking employees demanding better maintenance of the historic landmark, showing traces of rust, and salary hikes. The operator of the 330-meter (1,083-foot) tower said in a statement it reached an agreement with unions representing the workers after promising to allocate an “ambitious 380 …

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• 25 February

  Crosby collects 4 points as Penguins hold off rival Philadelphia in wild 7-6 win

  

  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby can’t explain what it is about the Philadelphia Flyers that seems to bring out a little something extra in him. Maybe it’s familiarity. Maybe it’s just the natural emotions that come from playing a rival. To be honest, the Pittsburgh Penguins longtime captain isn’t really caught up in the “why” of it all. There’s too …

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• 25 February

  Epps and Georgetown take down DePaul 77-76

  

  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. CHICAGO (AP) — Jayden Epps scored 33 points to lead Georgetown and made two free throws with eight seconds remaining for the go-ahead points as the Hoyas took …

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• 25 February

  El papa aparece en la ventana sobre Plaza de San Pedro después de padecer gripe

  

  CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (AP) — El papa Francisco se sintió suficiente bien el domingo como para celebrar su oración semanal del Ángelus desde su ventana sobre la Plaza de San Pedro, un día después de cancelar un compromiso por tener gripe. Un escueto anuncio del sábado del servicio de prensa del Vaticano dice que el pontífice de 87 años de …

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• 25 February

  Fans continue Bundesliga protests against outside investors. Frankfurt game briefly interrupted

  

  BERLIN (AP) — If the German soccer league thought it had ended fans’ protests against outside investors, it was proven wrong on Sunday. Both Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt supporters displayed banners during their teams’ respective games in support of German soccer’s 50-plus-1 rule that limits how much influence an outside investor can wield over a club. The rule states …

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• 24 February

  South Florida takes on SMU in conference matchup

  

  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. SMU Mustangs (19-8, 10-4 AAC) at South Florida Bulls (20-5, 13-1 AAC) Tampa, Florida; Sunday, 12 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Kasean Pryor and the South Florida Bulls host …

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• 24 February

  Houston Christian takes on Northwestern State in conference matchup

  

  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. Northwestern State Demons (8-19, 6-8 Southland) at Houston Christian Huskies (6-18, 4-9 Southland) Houston; Saturday, 4:30 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Demons -3; over/under is 150.5 BOTTOM LINE: …

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