SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Warriors coach Steve Kerr always planned on staying put alongside Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and the rest of Golden State’s star-studded roster. Kerr finalized his $35 million, two-year contract extension that takes him through the 2025-26 season. He is currently in his 10th season. Golden State announced the deal Tuesday after the sides had reached agreement …
Read More »Haaland scores five goals in Man City’s 6-2 rout of Luton in the FA Cup
Erling Haaland looks determined to make up for lost time. The Norway striker scored five goals to power Manchester City into the quarterfinals of the FA Cup in a 6-2 win against Luton on Tuesday. It was his eighth hat trick in a season-and-a-half with City and the second time he has scored five in a single game for the …
Read More »Movie Review: Writer-director Julio Torres proves a storyteller to cheer with awesome ‘Problemista’
The hero of “Problemista” sees the world differently. He’s an aspiring toy designer named Alejandro who thinks today’s toys are too fun. He proposes a toy truck with a deflating tire to teach kids they’re running out of time. Alejandro is the creation of Julio Torres, who stars, directs and has written “Problemista,” an off-kilter and very winning movie from …
Read More »Tuesday’s Time Schedule
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 EST Tuesday, Feb. 27 NBA Brooklyn at Orlando, 7 p.m. Dallas at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Golden State at Washington, 7 p.m. New Orleans at New York, …
Read More »St. John’s visits Butler following Jenkins’ 27-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. St. John’s Red Storm (16-12, 8-9 Big East) at Butler Bulldogs (16-12, 7-10 Big East) Indianapolis; Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: St. John’s visits the Butler Bulldogs …
Read More »Refs admit they missed foul on what Pistons coach Monty Williams says was ‘worst call of the season’
NEW YORK (AP) — Monty Williams walked all the way across the court from the Pistons bench to the opposite sideline, yelling at an official where he insisted a foul was missed. “The absolute worst call of the season,” Detroit’s coach said later. He was right: There should have been a foul called when New York’s Donte DiVincenzo crashed into …
Read More »Here’s why thousands of junior doctors in South Korea walked off the job
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands of junior doctors in South Korea have been refusing to see patients and attend surgeries since they walked off the job Feb. 20 in response to the government’s push to recruit more medical students. As of Tuesday, about 8,940 medical interns and residents have left their worksites in protest, disrupting the operations of major …
Read More »2 men convicted of killing Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay nearly 22 years after rap star’s death
NEW YORK (AP) — More than 20 years after Run-D.M.C. star Jam Master Jay was brazenly gunned down in his recording studio, two men close to him were convicted Tuesday of murder, marking a moment authorities had long awaited in one of the hip-hop world’s most elusive cases. An anonymous Brooklyn federal jury found Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald Washington …
Read More »Georgia’s Kirby Smart adds James Coley, Josh Crawford to offensive staff
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia coach Kirby Smart announced the hiring of James Coley as wide receivers coach and Josh Crawford as running backs coach and run game coordinator on Monday. Coley replaces Bryan McClendon, now the Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receivers coach. Crawford replaces newly named Georgia State coach Dell McGee. Coley is making his second career move in …
Read More »Coach who tried to force Belarus sprinter home from Tokyo Olympics is banned for 5 years
GENEVA (AP) — An Olympic track coach who tried to force Krystsina Tsimanouskaya home from the Tokyo Games to Belarus where she feared for her safety was banned from the sport for five years on Tuesday. Yury Moisevich’s actions in Tokyo were adjudged to be “a clear affront to the athlete’s dignity and an abuse of … power,” track and …
Read More »Mississippi Valley State ends 29-game skid, beats Prairie View A&M 57-51
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. ITTA BENA, Miss. (AP) — Rayquan Brown scored 21 points and Mississippi Valley State beat Prairie View A&M 57-51 on Monday night, snapping a 29-game losing streak dating …
Read More »Fresno State hosts Brown and No. 22 Utah 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 (22-5, 10-4 MWC) at Fresno State Bulldogs (11-16, 4-10 MWC) Fresno, California; Tuesday, 10 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Aggies -11.5; over/under is 144 BOTTOM …
Read More »Calor en el Atlántico y poco hielo en el Antártico anuncian un mundo más cálido: estudio
Las altas temperaturas en el Atlántico Norte y los mínimos récord en la cantidad de hielo en el océano Antártico observados el año pasado son mucho más graves de lo que supuestamente ocurriría en la Tierra con los niveles de calentamiento actuales. Se parecen más a lo que ocurre con un calentamiento el doble del actual, según un nuevo estudio. …
Read More »Dutch court convicts 17 members of criminal gang and sentences 3 to life imprisonment
AMSTERDAM (AP) — A Dutch court convicted 17 suspects on Tuesday in the long-running trial of an underworld gang that planned a string of killings. Judges handed life sentences to three of them, including the gang’s “undisputed leader,” Ridouan Taghi, once the Netherlands most-wanted fugitive. The trial and three more murders linked to the case have enthralled and rattled the …
Read More »Legisladores de Alabama buscan solución a fecundación in vitro; pacientes están en el limbo
MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) — Legisladores de Alabama buscan formas de proteger los servicios de fecundación in vitro en el estado tras el fallo de la Corte Suprema del estado que determinó que los embriones congelados pueden considerarse niños según la ley estatal. El fallo de la semana pasada, que de inmediato hizo surgir preguntas sobre la responsabilidad que podrían enfrentar …
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