By AARON BRACY Associated Press VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — Justin Moore scored 22 points and Jermaine Samuels added 18 to lead No. 19 Villanova to a 75-41 victory over Creighton. Collin Gillespie had 11 points and Brandon Slater chipped in with 10 for Villanova, which has steadied itself with three straight wins following consecutive losses
Continue ReadingGREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — DeAndre Gholston scored 16 points and Milwaukee beat Green Bay 63-49. Josh Thomas added 13 points for the Panthers who held the Phoenix to 27.8% shooting, the lowest mark of the season for a Milwaukee opponent. Kamari McGee scored a season-high 22 points for the Phoenix.
Continue ReadingCULLOWHEE, N.C. — Nick Robinson had 19 points as Western Carolina beat The Citadel 94-90 in overtime. Marcus Banks added 18 points, Vonterius Woolbright scored 17 and Tyler Harris had 16 for the Catamounts on Wednesday night. Tyler Moffe led the Bulldogs with 19 points.
Continue ReadingBy IAN NICHOLAS QUILLEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Kevin Porter Jr. hit a 3-pointer from the right wing with 0.4 seconds left to give the Houston Rockets a 114-111 victory over the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night. Porter and Christian Wood returned from one-game suspensions for conduct detrimental to the team. Wood added 22
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — Australia has seen another day of rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations amid fears that changes to testing requirements could mask the full scale of the outbreak. The country reported 72,000 cases nationwide Thursday, up from 64,000 a day earlier, while hospitalizations jumped to 3,267 from 2,990, and patients in intensive care rose
Continue ReadingBy DAN SCIFO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby and Evan Rodrigues scored 12 seconds apart in the third period, and the Pittsburgh Penguins rallied past the St. Louis Blues 5-3. Crosby scored his fifth, Rodrigues his 14th and Brock McGinn his ninth, as Pittsburgh scored three in the third to erase a 3-2
Continue ReadingMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — In a story published Jan. 5, 2022, about Alabama gubernatorial candidate Lew Burdette, The Associated Press erroneously reported his former job title with Books-a-Million. He was chief operating officer, not chief executive officer.
Continue ReadingBy KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Gregg Popovich became the first to coach 2,000 NBA games with the same team, and Dejounte Murray scored 22 points to lead the San Antonio Spurs past the Boston Celtics 99-97. Devin Vassell and Derrick White each had 17 points for the Spurs, who snapped a four-game
Continue ReadingBy JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Baron Davis, Metta World Peace and Shane Battier have spent time in Asia helping build the profile of basketball and their base of fans. Now they’re buying in. The East Asia Super League ambassadors are touting the revamped championship to be a “game changer” for
Continue ReadingBy RICH ROVITO Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Pascal Siakam scored 33 points, OG Anunoby and Gary Trent Jr. had 22 apiece and the Toronto Raptors beat the short-handed Milwaukee Bucks 117-111 on Wednesday night. Fred VanVleet added 19 points for the Raptors. They improved to 18-17 and overcame Milwaukee’s hot-shooting first half and late
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Continue ReadingBy FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Antonio Brown says he was forced to play injured by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and that an MRI on Monday revealed damage to his ankle. While not specifying which ankle was hurt, Brown — through a statement released by his attorney on Wednesday — said
Continue ReadingBy FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Antonio Brown says he was forced to play injured by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and that an MRI on Monday revealed damage to his ankle. While not specifying which ankle was hurt, Brown — through a statement released by his attorney on Wednesday — said
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — Police say a toxic gas leak from an industrial tanker has killed at least six people in western India. Police officer Mahesh Patel says another 25 people were hospitalized on Thursday after they inhaled the gas in an industrial complex in Surat, a city in Gujarat state. Other details were not
Continue ReadingSPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Malachi Smith scored 24 points and Chattanooga beat Wofford 75-67. Max Klesmit scored 22 points for the Terriers.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business)– El aumento de los casos de covid-19 y las fuertes tormentas invernales hicieron que la temporada de viajes fuera pésima para cientos de miles de pasajeros de aerolíneas que quedaron varados. Pero los recortes de personal de las aerolíneas también fueron culpables de los 20.000 vuelos estadounidenses cancelados en
Continue ReadingMARK AMBROGI Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kyrie Irving scored 22 points and sparked Brooklyn to a big rally in the second half of his season debut, Kevin Durant had 39 and the Nets beat the Indiana Pacers 129-121. Irving is ineligible to play home games because he is not vaccinated as mandated in New
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Western nations are accusing Syria of refusing for eight years to clear up 20 outstanding issues about its undeclared research, production and possible weaponization of unknown quantities of chemical weapons. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the U.N. Security Council Wednesday the world “should not be
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