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Metz ends seven-game losing streak in draw at Marseille

PARIS (AP) — Metz snapped a seven-game losing streak in drawing at Marseille 1-1 in the French league and will rue not taking advantage of facing 10 men for more than an hour on Friday. A defeat in Marseille would have equalled Metz’s worst losing run and its hopes were raised after 30 minutes when Marseille captain Samuel Gigot was …

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Kansas State visits Traore and No. 21 BYU

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. Kansas State Wildcats (15-8, 5-5 Big 12) at BYU Cougars (16-6, 4-5 Big 12) Provo, Utah; Saturday, 10 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. 21 BYU hosts the Kansas …

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Loyola Chicago faces George Washington following Edwards’ 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. Loyola Chicago Ramblers (16-7, 8-2 A-10) at George Washington Revolutionaries (14-8, 3-6 A-10) Washington; Saturday, 12 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Loyola Chicago visits the George Washington Revolutionaries after …

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Prairie View A&M visits Bethune-Cookman following Smith’s 23-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. Prairie View A&M Panthers (9-13, 4-5 SWAC) at Bethune-Cookman Wildcats (10-12, 5-4 SWAC) Daytona Beach, Florida; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Prairie View A&M faces the Bethune-Cookman …

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Pepperdine faces Loyola Marymount after Porter’s 21-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. Pepperdine Waves (9-16, 2-8 WCC) at Loyola Marymount Lions (10-13, 3-6 WCC) Los Angeles; Saturday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Pepperdine visits the Loyola Marymount Lions after Jevon …

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Leaders of Serbia and Kosovo spar at the UN over the latter’s ban of the Serbian dinar

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo sparred at the United Nations over the latter’s ban of the use of the Serbian currency in areas where minority Serbs live, the latest crisis between the two governments. Tensions escalated after the government of Kosovo, a former Serbian province, banned banks and other financial institutions in the Serb-populated areas …

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Friday’s Transactions

BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB — Placed former New York Mets Manager Billy Eppler on the ineligible list for direct violation of MLB’s rules: improper use of Injured List placements, including the deliberate fabrication of injuries; and the associated submission of documentation for the purposes of securing multiple improper Injured List placements during the 2022 and 2023 seasons. Suspended free …

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