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. Bellarmine Knights (5-17, 1-6 ASUN) at Kennesaw State Owls (13-8, 4-3 ASUN) Kennesaw, Georgia; Thursday, 7:30 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Owls -8; over/under is 150.5 BOTTOM LINE: …
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Caitlin Clark and Iowa are drawing sold-out crowds, big ratings even on road. She says ‘it’s crazy’
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. Caitlin Clark has been a must-see attraction all season, with sold-out arenas where some tickets have gone for thousands of dollars on the secondary market. The prices are …
Read More »Saint Francis (PA) plays Cent. Conn. St., aims to break road skid
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. Saint Francis (PA) Red Flash (7-14, 2-6 NEC) at Central Connecticut State Blue Devils (12-8, 6-1 NEC) New Britain, Connecticut; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Blue …
Read More »A Dallas pastor steps into Jesse Jackson’s role as leader of his Rainbow PUSH Coalition
DALLAS (AP) — The civil rights group founded by the Rev. Jesse Jackson in the 1970s got a new leader for the first time in more than 50 years as a Dallas pastor became his successor at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition on Thursday evening. The Rev. Frederick D. Haynes III was formally installed as president and CEO in a ceremony …
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BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Acquired RHP Corbin Burnes from Milwaukee in exchange for LHP DL Hall, INF Joey Ortiz and a 2024 draft pick. BOSTON RED SOX — Named Justin Willard director, pitching, Shawn Haviland special assistant, player development, John Soteropulos hitting coordinator, Dillon Lawson upper level hitting coordinator, Patrick McLaughlin assistant director, player development, …
Read More »UC Irvine visits Cal Poly after Sanders’ 32-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. UC Irvine Anteaters (15-6, 8-1 Big West) at Cal Poly Mustangs (4-17, 0-9 Big West) San Luis Obispo, California; Thursday, 10 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Anteaters -13.5; …
Read More »UCSB faces UC Davis after Mitchell’s 25-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. UC Davis Aggies (12-8, 7-2 Big West) at UCSB Gauchos (12-7, 5-4 Big West) Santa Barbara, California; Thursday, 11 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Gauchos -4; over/under is …
Read More »She hoped to sing for a rap icon. Instead, she was there the night Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay died
NEW YORK (AP) — She was a teenaged aspiring R&B singer and rapper who had gotten an appointment at Jam Master Jay’s recording studio. But just minutes after Yarrah Concepcion met the Run-DMC star, he was shot dead. Concepcion was brought to tears as she testified Thursday in the trial of two men charged in the 2002 killing. One of …
Read More »Cornell plays Dartmouth following Williams’ 20-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. Cornell Big Red (15-3, 4-0 Ivy League) at Dartmouth Big Green (5-12, 1-3 Ivy League) Hanover, New Hampshire; Friday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Cornell visits the Dartmouth …
Read More »Students and police clash in Greece as debate rages over legalizing private universities
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Police and student protesters clashed in the center of the Greek capital on Thursday after a demonstration against government plans to allow private universities. Demonstrators in Athens attacked police cordons, set fire to trash dumpsters and threw stones at riot police near parliament and later during clashes along the capital’s narrow streets. Police responded with tear …
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