By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers receiver Deebo Samuel has been taken off the field on a cart after injuring his left ankle on a running play. Samuel’s leg buckled as he fumbled the ball on a carry late in the second quarter of San Francisco’s
Continue ReadingSOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Kam Jones scored 25 points, Oso Ighodaro added a double-double and Marquette breezed to a 79-64 victory over Notre Dame. Jones sank half of his 20 shots with four 3-pointers for the Golden Eagles (8-3). Ighodaro added 16 points and a career-high 18 rebounds. Olivier Maxence Prosper had 14 points
Continue ReadingBy Homero De la Fuente, CNN Former NBA All-Star and longtime head coach Paul Silas has died at the of age 79, the league announced Sunday. “We mourn the passing of former NBA All-Star and head coach Paul Silas. Paul’s lasting contributions to the game are seen through the many players and coaches he inspired,
Continue ReadingMARTIN, Tenn. — Parker Stewart scored 22 points, including seven in overtime, to lead UT Martin to a 75-74 victory over Chicago State. Stewart added five rebounds for the Skyhawks (5-5). Chris Nix scored 13 points with 10 rebounds. K.J. Simon added 13 points. The Cougars (3-8) were led by Wesley Cardet Jr., who finished
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press RIVERDALE, N.Y. — Led by Earl Timberlake’s 23 points, the Bryant Bulldogs defeated the Manhattan Jaspers 104-97 in overtime on Sunday. The Bulldogs are now 8-3 on the season, while the Jaspers fell to 3-6.
Continue ReadingCORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State and football coach Jonathan Smith have agreed on a six-year, $30.6 million contract, the university announced Sunday. It comes after the Beavers went 9-3 this season, with a chance for the third 10-win season in school history coming Saturday in the Las Vegas Bowl against Florida. “Coach Smith has
Continue ReadingMILWAUKEE (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service employee who was killed recently while he was delivering the mail in Wisconsin is being remembered for his positive and caring attitude. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service in Chicago confirmed Aundre Cross was the worker who was shot and killed Friday evening on the north side of Milwaukee.
Continue ReadingHOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say 16 people, including 13 children, are injured after a small church bus overturned near a Houston-area apartment. Harris County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Simon Cheng says no one was seriously injured. Cheng says the bus owned by a Baptist church rolled over and landed on its side after the driver tried
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN The Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control has issued its first ever unicorn license. Madeline, a local 6-year-old, wrote a letter to the department requesting official approval for her to own a unicorn — if she could find one. In a handwritten letter posted to the department’s Facebook
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Orion capsule made a blisteringly fast return from the moon Sunday, parachuting into the Pacific off Mexico to conclude a test flight that should clear the way for astronauts on the next lunar flyby. The incoming capsule hit the atmosphere at Mach 32,
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Karen Bass tomó juramento como la primera mujer alcaldesa de Los Ángeles el domingo, marcando otro logro histórico en su carrera. Kamala Harris, la primera mujer y la primera mujer negra en convertirse en vicepresidenta de EE.UU., administró el juramento del cargo en el Ayuntamiento de Los Ángeles. Bass centró sus comentarios el
Continue ReadingNAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Sahith Theegala is finally a winner in a PGA Tour event, even if it’s not official. Theegala made a 15-foot birdie putt on the final hole as he and Tom Hoge won the QBE Shootout by one shot over Ryan Palmer and Charley Hoffman. It’s the first time in 11 years
Continue ReadingBy LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Jared Goff threw for 330 yards and three touchdowns, leading the surging Detroit Lions to a 34-23 win over the NFC North-leading Minnesota Vikings. The Vikings needed a win or tie to clinch the division title. Kirk Cousins threw for 425 yards, inluding a franchise-record 223
Continue ReadingEVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Robbie Beran had 20 points and 12 rebounds, Chase Audige made several key plays, and Northwestern rallied to defeat Prairie View A&M 61-51. Audige hit a 3-pointer and later a pair of free throws to give the Wildcats a 51-47 lead with 6:17 remaining. It was Northwestern’s first lead since the
Continue ReadingBy MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Burrow shook off a sloppy start to throw two touchdown passes and the Cincinnati Bengals beat the Cleveland Browns 23-10. The Bengals ended a five-game skid to their Ohio rivals. Cincinnati has won five straight and nine of 11 and kept pace with Baltimore in
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo Londres (CNN) — Un hombre libio acusado de estar involucrado en la fabricación de la bomba que destruyó el vuelo 103 de Pan Am sobre la ciudad de Lockerbie en diciembre de 1988 está ahora bajo custodia estadounidense, informaron este domingo las autoridades de Estados Unidos y Escocia. Estados Unidos acusó hace dos
Continue ReadingSTARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi State football coach Mike Leach was hospitalized after “a personal health issue” that happened at his home in Starkville. The 61-year-old Leach was airlifted to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, which is about 125 miles away from Mississippi State. The university said in a statement it would
Continue ReadingBy TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Trevor Lawrence threw for a career-high 368 yards and three touchdowns and also ran for a score and the Jacksonville Jaguars routed the Tennessee Titans 36-22 Sunday for their first victory in Music City since 2013. The Jaguars snapped a five-game skid against
Continue ReadingBy JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Allen threw a touchdown pass and ran for a score on consecutive possessions and the Buffalo Bills persevered through wet, chilly and windy conditions to beat the AFC East division-rival New York Jets 20-12. Allen’s 24-yard touchdown pass to Dawson Knox in the
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson, CNN Dorothy Pitman Hughes, the co-founder of one of the most prominent feminist magazines, has died, according to a funeral home in Georgia and her longtime colleague and friend Gloria Steinem. Hughes, co-founder of Ms. Magazine, died at the age of 84 on December 1 in Tampa, Florida, according to Sconiers Funeral
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