ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tre’mon Morris-Brash sacked Timmy McClain on the final play of the game and UCF held off South Florida 17-13 in an American Athletic Conference finale. McClain drove the Bulls from their own 11-yard line down to the UCF 3 using 2:43 to get off 11 plays before running into Morris-Brash. Parker
Continue ReadingRIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Callum McRae posted 10 points and 16 rebounds to lead UC Riverside to a 60-49 win over Florida A&M. MJ Randolph led the Rattlers on Friday with 14 points and seven rebounds.
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS — Rayshon Harrison tossed in 28 points as Presbyterian turned back Central Arkansas 75-66 in the UNO Classic. Brandon Younger added 14 points for the Blue Hose (5-2). Camren Hunter had 16 points and six rebounds to pace the Bears (1-6).
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Elijah Hutchins-Everett scored with 2.3 seconds left, finishing with 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead Austin Peay to a 69-67 win over Howard. Tai Bibbs led the Bison with 12 points.
Continue ReadingATHENS, Ohio — Miles Brown had 19 points as Ohio rolled past Concordia (Mich.) 88-68. Jason Carter and Ben Vander Plas added 16 points apiece for the Bobcats, while Mark Sears chipped in 15. Thomas Hronis led the NAIA-level Cardinals with 23 points.
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — Jabari Smith scored 22 points and No. 19 Auburn beat Syracuse 89-68 in the fifth-place game at the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament. K.D. Johnson added 15 points for the Tigers, who went 2-1 in the three-game tournament. Auburn led by 10 at the half
Continue ReadingCNN By Eric Cheung, CNN In just five years, Lin Fei-fan went from charging into Taiwan’s legislature and occupying the building with hundreds of students to a senior job for the island’s ruling party. But his story could have been very different if he lived in Hong Kong, where student activists once brought the financial
Continue ReadingCNN, WBAL By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN A Maryland medical student who took a wrong turn after getting lost answered a young gunshot victim’s prayer. Now, 25 years later, Baltimore resident Damon Walker reunited earlier this month with the medical student who drove toward the chaos instead of running from it. “I constantly think about that
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include a new album from saxophone legend Kenny G, a documentary about the 12 young soccer players and their coach trapped in a flooded Thailand cave, and Jane Campion makes a triumphant return to filmmaking in “The Power of the Dog.” On the small screen, “Zoey’s
Continue ReadingAIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — Brad Roberts rushed for two touchdowns, Emmanuel Michel ran for 123 yards and a score as Air Force rolled up 511 yards on the ground to defeat UNLV 48-14 in a season-ender. Michel carried 12 times and scored from the 2-yard line in the third quarter as 14 players
Continue ReadingBy Ralph Ellis and Christina Maxouris, CNN A new and potentially more transmissible coronavirus variant first identified by South African scientists has prompted a fresh round of travel restrictions across the world and raised concern about what may be next in the pandemic. The strain, named Omicron, was designated Friday as a variant of concern
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In 2010, the year he turned 80, Stephen Sondheim had to endure a public fuss when a Broadway theater was being renamed in his honor. At a ceremony outside the 1,055-seat auditorium on West 43rd Street, the composer looked sheepish by the time he got
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Happy Black Friday, Central Oregon! Black Friday bargain-hunters awoke to some rain this morning, but much of the rest of the day was drier, albeit a little more raw than Thursday. The chance for rain is pretty much over for the next several days, as this weekend looks to be a last grasp of warm
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Sondheim, the songwriter who reshaped the American musical theater in the second half of the 20th century, has died. He was 91. Sondheim influenced several generations of theater songwriters, particularly with such landmark musicals as “Company,” “Follies” and “Sweeney Todd.” His most famous ballad,
Continue ReadingBy ERIC W. BOLIN Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — KJ Jefferson threw for 262 yards and a touchdown and ran for another 58 yards to help No. 25 Arkansas beat Missouri 34-17 on Friday. Jefferson led Arkansas (8-4, 4-4 Southeastern Conference) to scores on four straight drives in the third and fourth quarters to
Continue ReadingESTERO, Fla. (AP) — Ashley Joens poured in 27 points and snagged 15 rebounds and No. 13 Iowa State jumped out to a big lead and cruised to a 75-59 victory over Charlotte in the first round of the Gulf Coast Showcase. Joens sank 5 of 11 shots from 3-point range for the Cyclones (5-0).
Continue ReadingCHICAGO — Javon Freeman-Liberty had 20 points and 12 rebounds as DePaul beat Northern Kentucky 77-68. Nick Ongenda pitched in with 17 points and four blocks for the unbeaten Blue Demons (5-0). Marques Warrick had 23 points to lead the Norse (2-3).
Continue ReadingCNN By Todd Leopold, Rob Frehse and Chloe Melas, CNN Stephen Sondheim, the renowned composer of “Into the Woods,” “Sweeney Todd,” “Gypsy,” “Sunday in the Park with George” and other essential works of musical theater, died early Friday morning, according to Aaron Meier at DKC O&M, the producers of Sondheim’s current production “Company.” He was
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Kierstan Bell, the nation’s leading scorer, poured in a season-high 39 points to lead No. 25 Florida Gulf Coast to an 81-69 win over Tennessee Tech in the San Juan Shootout. Bell scored 17 points in the third quarter as FGCU took a 58-47 lead. Tennessee Tech got within
Continue ReadingBy MARK DIDTLER Associated Press LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Jahvon Quinerly scored 18 points, Jaden Shackelford and Juwan Gary each had 14, and No. 10 Alabama beat Drake 80-71 in the consolation round of ESPN Events Invitational. Gary added 10 rebounds for Alabama, which was shocked 72-68 by coach Rick Pitino’s Iona team
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