NORFOLK, Va. — Joe Bryant Jr. and Jalen Hawkins scored 19 points each, Dana Tate Jr. tallied 14 points and 11 rebounds and Norfolk State defeated Morgan State 72-63 in the Mid-Eastern Conference tournament semifinals. Malik Miller led Morgan State with 14 points and eight rebounds.
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON — DaRon Holmes II had a season-high 28 points as Dayton edged past UMass 75-72 in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Conference championship.Holmes made a go-ahead jumper with 51 seconds remaining and the Flyers iced the game by making 7 of 9 free throws down the stretch. Noah Fernandes led the Minutemen with
Continue ReadingKATY, Texas — Simeon Fryer had 20 points as Texas A&M-Corpus Christi defeated Nicholls State 71-64 in the semifinals of the Southland Conference tournament. Terrion Murdix had 13 points, nine rebounds and eight assists for the Islanders. Latrell Jones led the Colonels with 20 points.
Continue ReadingATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — George Papas had 20 points as Monmouth narrowly defeated Rider 72-68 in the semifinals of the Metro Atlantic Conference tournament. Dwight Murray, Jr. led the Broncs with 20 points.
Continue ReadingBy FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Josiah-Jordan James led five players in double figures with 16 points and ninth-ranked Tennessee pulled away for a 72-59 victory over Mississippi State in the quarterfinals of the SEC tournament. The Volunteers won for the 10th time in 11 games to advance to Saturday’s semifinals
Continue ReadingBy Jason Hanna and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A winter storm passing through the central US is expected to become a more powerful bomb cyclone, threatening parts of the East with heavy snow and strong winds that could cause dangerous travel conditions Friday night into Saturday. Elsewhere, severe thunderstorms are possible from the central Gulf Coast
Continue ReadingCNN By Jason Hanna and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A winter storm passing through the central US is expected to become a more powerful bomb cyclone, threatening parts of the East with heavy snow and strong winds that could cause dangerous travel conditions Friday night into Saturday. Elsewhere, severe thunderstorms are possible from the central Gulf
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There are 15 newly COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon, including one from Jefferson County, raising the state’s death toll to 6,869, the Oregon Health Authority reported Friday.
Continue ReadingBy EVA VERGARA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Left-leaning former student leader Gabriel Boric has vowed to improve the lives of all Chileans and attack deep inequality that has sparked massive protests, hours after being inaugurated as the youngest president in the South American country’s history. At 36, Boric was only 4 years old
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh is sticking with Jeff Capel. Athletic director Heather Lyke said the Panthers remain committed to Capel, who is 51-69 in four seasons since taking over for Kevin Stallings. That includes an 11-21 mark this year. Pitt has endured six straight losing seasons since Jamie Dixon left for TCU in 2016. Capel
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler and Jeremy Herb, CNN With Russia’s war in Ukraine now in its third week, US and European officials have little optimism that the diplomatic channels can deliver a way out of the conflict at this point. Talks between Ukraine’s and Russia’s diplomats this week yielded no discernible progress. Supposedly safe
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Markieff Morris is finally on the cusp of returning to the Miami Heat. A person with knowledge of the situation says Morris has received clearance to play again. That move that comes more than four months after he was injured in a scuffle with Denver’s Nikola
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — En su dura guerra contra Ucrania, Rusia ha confiado mucho más en bombas menos sofisticadas —las llamadas “bombas tontas” o “dumb bombs”— que en su arsenal de municiones guiadas de precisión. Es una dinámica que los funcionarios de Estados Unidos analizan de cerca en busca de pistas sobre el estado del
Continue ReadingRhea Mogul, CNN In a video that has since gone viral on social media, a group of men gather on a dusty street in India’s southern Karnataka state. Carrying saffron-colored flags and matching scarves, the men chant loudly in unison as they taunt their targets: Muslim women in hijabs who remain huddled in one corner
Continue ReadingBy AVERY OSEN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Emily Ryan and Lexi Donarski each scored 14 points to help No. 10 Iowa State hold off West Virginia 66-60 in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament. Down by as many as 21 in the third quarter, the Mountaineers trailed by four with 16
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Trail Blazers guard Anfernee Simons is out for at least a week because of mild patellar tendinopathy in his left knee. Simons has missed two games because of the injury, which was confirmed by an MRI, the Blazers announced on Friday. He will be reevaluated in one to two weeks.
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Trail Blazers guard Anfernee Simons is out for at least a week because of mild patellar tendinopathy in his left knee. Simons has missed two games because of the injury, which was confirmed by an MRI, the Blazers announced on Friday. He will be reevaluated in one to two weeks.
Continue ReadingNo new snow today, but Mt. Bachelor is looking at a good chance for several inches of snow Saturday night.
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball and the players’ association resumed drug testing after an absence of nearly 3 1/2 months. Testing with penalties had been in place from 2004 through last Dec. 1. It was halted the following day because of management’s lockout. Opiates and opioids were
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Happy Friday, Central Oregon! Our skies will become partly cloudy Friday night, but we will be staying dry. Lows will dip to the low 30s and winds will turn light out of the south. We will be in the mid-60s for highs on Saturday, but this will also be quite the day of change. Clouds
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