March, 2024

• 26 March

  Kiki Iriafen spent tireless hours bettering her game and it showed leading Stanford to Sweet Sixteen

  

  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. STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Nunu Agara jumped into the open arms of teammate Kiki Iriafen as the celebration began and everyone could finally exhale. The arena was rocking …

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• 25 March

  Suspenden dos años al delantero brasileño Gabriel Barbosa por fraude de dopaje

  

  SAO PAULO (AP) — El delantero brasileño Gabriel Barbosa fue suspendido dos años el lunes tras una investigación por fraude de dopaje. El Tribunal de Justicia Antidopaje deportiva del país votó 5-4 a favor de castigar a Barbosa hasta abril del 2025. Llamó la atención debido a su comportamiento errático durante una prueba antidopaje sorpresa el 8 de abril del …

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• 25 March

  South Carolina men’s basketball leading scorer Johnson to enter transfer portal

  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. COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina leading scorer Meechie Johnson is entering the transfer portal, just days after leading the Gamecocks to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in …

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• 22 March

  Valentino’s longtime designer Piccioli announces his departure from the brand after 25 years

  Valentino’s longtime creative director, Pierpaolo Piccioli, on Friday announced his departure after 25 years at the storied Italian fashion house. In an emotional statement shared on Instagram, Piccioli reflected on his 25-year tenure with the brand, thanking co-founders Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti and the team that contributed to the brand’s success during his time. The designer, known for infusing …

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• 22 March

  Auburn coach Bruce Peal questions officials over ejection of Chad Baker-Mazara in loss to Yale

  

  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. SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Auburn’s Chad Baker-Mazara was ejected for a flagrant 2 foul less than four minutes into the fourth-seeded Tigers’ first-round NCAA Tournament loss to No. …

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• 22 March

  More than 440,000 Starbucks-branded mugs recalled due to burn, laceration risk

  

  NEW YORK (AP) — More than 440,000 Starbucks-branded mugs made by Nestle and sold during the winter holidays are being recalled after reports of some users receiving burns or lacerations, according to a federal safety agency. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said that the mugs, when microwaved or filled with extremely hot liquid, can overheat or break, posing burn …

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• 22 March

  Confusion about brand name leads to false claims about Aldi’s bacon

  

  CLAIM: Bacon sold by Aldi grocery stores under its brand Appleton Meats does not come from pigs and is instead grown from cells in a lab. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Aldi told The Associated Press that products sold through its store brand — Appleton Farms — “are not produced through cultivated lab practices.” A Canadian company named Appleton Meats, which is …

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• 21 March

  Micron, Broadcom rise; Five Below, Designer Brands fall, Thursday, 3/21/2024

  

  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Thursday: Apple Inc., down $7.30 to $171.37. U.S. antitrust authorities accused the iPhone maker of engineering an illegal monopoly in smartphones. Broadcom Inc., up $72 to $1,348. The chipmaker gave investors an encouraging update on its artificial intelligence efforts. Micron Technology Inc., up $13.60 to $109.85. …

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• 21 March

  McDonald’s pasa a ser patrocinador de la liga francesa de fútbol

  

  La crème de la crème del fútbol francés será patrocinada por una cadena de comida rápida. McDonald’s ha pactado para convertirse en el principal patrocinador de la primera división de Francia a partir de julio y por las próximas tres temporadas. “Esta sociedad marca la unión de dos instituciones importantes con profundo arraigo en las vidas diarias e imaginación colectiva …

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• 21 March

  Aaliyah Gayles is the joyous spirit behind USC’s rise to a No. 1 seed in women’s NCAA Tournament

  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. LOS ANGELES (AP) — As JuJu Watkins and the rest of Southern California’s starting lineup is introduced, each player stops in front of Aaliyah Gayles. The reserve guard …

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