February, 2024

• 24 February

  Utah visits Colorado following Simpson’s 30-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. Utah Utes (16-10, 7-8 Pac-12) at Colorado Buffaloes (17-9, 8-7 Pac-12) Boulder, Colorado; Saturday, 9 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Buffaloes -5.5; over/under is 154 BOTTOM LINE: Colorado …

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• 24 February

  Saint Bonaventure defeats UMass 75-67

  

  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. AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Chad Venning had 16 points in Saint Bonaventure’s 75-67 victory against UMass on Saturday. Venning added 10 rebounds for the Bonnies (17-10, 8-7 Atlantic …

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• 24 February

  Kansas man pleads guilty to causing crash that killed officer, pedestrian and K-9 last February

  

  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas man has pleaded guilty to smashing into a Kansas City, Missouri, patrol car last year and killing an officer, his K-9 partner and a pedestrian. Jerron Lightfoot of Tonganoxie, Kansas, pleaded guilty Friday to two counts of involuntary manslaughter and admitted speeding through a red light before the crash, according to the Kansas …

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• 24 February

  Griffin, Wyoming Cowboys take on the Boise State Broncos

  

  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. Boise State Broncos (18-8, 9-4 MWC) at Wyoming Cowboys (13-13, 6-7 MWC) Laramie, Wyoming; Saturday, 7:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Sam Griffin and the Wyoming Cowboys host Tyson …

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• 24 February

  ‘Oppenheimer,’ Lily Gladstone win at 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards

  “Oppenheimer” continued to steamroll through Hollywood’s awards season on Saturday, winning the top prize, for outstanding cast, along with awards for Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr., at the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards. As the Academy Awards draw closer, Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic — already a winner at the Golden Globes and the BAFTAs — has increasingly looked like …

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• 24 February

  El campeón defensor Norrie queda fuera del Abierto de Río; los argentinos Báez y Navone a la final

  

  RíO DE JANEIRO (AP) — El campeón defensor Cameron Norrie quedó eliminado del Abierto de Río el sábado con una sorpresiva derrota en sets consecutivos ante Mariano Navone, tenista procedente de la fase clasificatoria. El argentino de 22 años venció al británico por 6-4, 6-2 para avanzar a su primera final en el circuito, donde jugará contra su compatriota Sebastián …

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• 24 February

  23 Hindu devotees die in northern India after a farm tractor overturns and falls into a pond

  

  LUCKNOW, India (AP) — A farm tractor pulling a wagon loaded with Hindu devotees overturned and fell into a pond in northern India on Saturday, killing at least 23 people, including eight children, officials said. The wagon was carrying around 40 devotees on their way to take a ritual bath in the Ganges River when it veered off the road …

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• 24 February

  Van Gytenbeek’s free throws cap wild finish, No. 24 Baylor women edge No. 22 West Virginia 66-65

  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. MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Jana Van Gytenbeek came off the bench to make two free throws with 4.3 seconds left and No. 24 Baylor pulled out a wild …

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• 24 February

  Brown and Nicholls State host Texas A&M-Commerce

  

  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. Texas A&M-Commerce Lions (10-17, 4-10 Southland) at Nicholls State Colonels (14-12, 9-4 Southland) Thibodaux, Louisiana; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Colonels -7.5; over/under is 136 BOTTOM …

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• 24 February

  Jen Pawol becomes the first woman to umpire a spring training game since 2007

  

  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — It took eight years but Jen Pawol made the leap from the minors to a major league game spring training contest as umpire at the Grapefruit League opener between the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals at CACTI Park of The Palm Beaches on Saturday. Pawol’s spring training debut marked the first time since 2007 …

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