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Langborg scores 26 points, Northwestern turns back late Indiana rally for 76-72 victory

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. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Ryan Langborg scored 26 points, Matt Nicholson and Nick Martinelli had double-doubles and Northwestern held off a furious Indiana rally to defeat the Hoosiers …

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Maryland-Eastern Shore hosts Coppin State following Ellis’ 22-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. Coppin State Eagles (2-20, 1-7 MEAC) at Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks (7-15, 2-6 MEAC) Princess Anne, Maryland; Monday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Maryland-Eastern Shore plays the Coppin State …

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Convicted killer who fled from a Phoenix-area halfway house is back in custody 4 days later

PHOENIX (AP) — A convicted murderer who fled from a halfway house in the Phoenix metro area is back in custody, authorities say. Officials with the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry said Daniel Cahill was arrested Saturday afternoon by the department’s fugitive apprehension unit in partnership with the U.S. Marshals Service. They said Cahill was booked into the …

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Blackhawks visit the Hurricanes, look to stop road slide

Chicago Blackhawks (15-37-3, eighth in the Central Division) vs. Carolina Hurricanes (32-17-5, second in the Metropolitan Division) Raleigh, North Carolina; Monday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago Blackhawks travel to the Carolina Hurricanes looking to end a 20-game road skid. Carolina is 17-6-4 at home and 32-17-5 overall. The Hurricanes have allowed 152 goals while scoring 180 for a …

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Cardoso, No. 1 South Carolina beat Georgia 70-56 for SEC record 43rd straight regular season win

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. COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina coach Dawn Staley knows better than anyone how hard it is to win in the Southeastern Conference. Staley and her Gamecocks reached …

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Jackson State earns 77-55 win against Florida A&M

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. JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Jordan O’Neal had 22 points in Jackson State’s 77-55 victory over Florida A&M on Saturday night. O’Neal added 13 rebounds for the Tigers (11-14, …

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Southern Illinois home of Paul Powell, the ‘Shoebox Scandal’ politician, could soon be sold

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Paul Powell, the southern Illinois political powerhouse who died and left behind $800,000 in cash in the notorious “Shoebox Scandal,” used to say, “The only thing worse than a defeated politician is a broke one.” For more than half a century, a Powell-established $250,000 trust sustained his legacy, for better or worse. But the account that …

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