February, 2024

• 18 February

  Silver says the NBA’s 65-game policy for awards is leading to players playing more

  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — In Adam Silver’s eyes, the NBA’s new 65-game policy is working. The commissioner, in his annual All-Star weekend news conference, said Saturday night he believes the league’s rules, which mandate players must generally play in at least 65 games to be eligible for postseason awards, have had their intended effect. “I can tell you that the number …

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• 18 February

  Bears great Steve McMichael improving from staph infection, family hopes to have him home Tuesday

  

  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Bears great Steve McMichael is improving after contracting a staph infection at a suburban hospital, and his family hopes he returns home early this week, his wife said Sunday in a statement. The 66-year-old McMichael, who went public with an ALS diagnosis three years ago, has been hospitalized since Thursday. His family hopes to have him …

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• 18 February

  Sinner avanza a final de Rotterdam, donde enfrentará a De Miñaur.

  

  ROTTERDAM, Holanda (AP) — Jannik Sinner navegó tranquilo el sábado a la final de Rotterdam, su primer torneo desde que se coronó en el Abierto de Australia. El italiano, primer preclasificado, arruinó las esperanzas del público, al eliminar al holandés Tallon Griekspoor, 6-2, 6-4 en las semifinales, donde Sinner había ganado también el primer enfrentamiento entre ambos, hace un año. …

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• 18 February

  Professional Women’s Hockey League Glance

  All Times EST GP W L OW OL SOW SOL Pts GF GA Minnesota 11 5 2 2 2 0 0 21 25 21 Montreal 10 3 2 3 2 0 1 17 22 22 Toronto 11 5 5 1 0 1 0 17 26 27 New York 10 2 4 3 1 0 0 13 24 22 Boston 9 …

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• 18 February

  Drumgoole scores 23, Delaware knocks off N.C. A&T 62-54

  

  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. GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Gerald Drumgoole Jr. had 23 points in Delaware’s 62-54 victory over North Carolina A&T on Saturday night. Drumgoole was 9 of 15 shooting, including …

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• 18 February

  How Ziggy Marley helped bring the authenticity to ‘Bob Marley: One Love’

  

  People had been coming to Ziggy Marley and his family for years with ideas about how to turn reggae icon Bob Marley’s life into a movie. But it never felt quite right, until a few years ago when they decided to be the instigators. “It was just a feeling,” Ziggy Marley said of getting his father’s life on screen in …

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• 18 February

  Más de 300 detenidos en Rusia tras la muerte de Alexei Navalny, el crítico más acérrimo de Putin

  

  Más de 300 personas fueron detenidas en Rusia cuando rendían homenaje al líder opositor Alexei Navalny, que murió en una remota colonia penal en el Ártico, indicó un destacado grupo de derechos. La repentina muerte de Navalny, de 47 años, fue un golpe devastador para muchos rusos que habían depositado sus esperanzas para el futuro en el enemigo más acérrimo …

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• 18 February

  Houston megachurch holds healing and thanksgiving service a week after deadly shooting

  

  HOUSTON (AP) — Celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s Houston megachurch held a special service Sunday dedicated to healing and thanksgiving a week after a woman opened fire in one of its hallways before being gunned down by security officers. Osteen’s Lakewood Church has not had services since the Feb. 11 shooting that sent worshippers scrambling for safety. On Sunday, Osteen, his …

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• 18 February

  UFC 298: Topuria vence a Volkanovski en 2do asalto y se corona

  

  ANAHEIM, California, EE.UU. (AP) — Ilia Topuria conservó su condición invicta al derrotar a Alexander Volkanovski en el segundo asalto para apoderarse del título pluma el sábado, en la función UFC 298. Topuria (15-0) puso fin así al reinado de cuatro años del australiano Volkanovski. El georgiano, quien reside y entrena en España, controló el asalto inicial de su primer …

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• 18 February

  Hamilton scores 34, High Point downs Radford 99-74

  

  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. HIGH POINT, N.C. (AP) — Kimani Hamilton’s 34 points led High Point past Radford 99-74 on Saturday night. Hamilton was 13 of 16 shooting, including 6 for 8 …

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