DENVER (AP) — It’s almost hard to picture a postseason without both LeBron James and Stephen Curry. And yet it very well could happen. They’re both on the bubble. That’s just the strength of the Western Conference this season. As it currently stands, James and his ninth-place Los Angeles Lakers would host Curry and the 10th-place Golden State Warriors in …
Read More »GM Telesco doesn’t expect the Raiders to place the franchise tag on Jacobs again
A year after the Raiders placed the franchise tag on running back Josh Jacobs, new Las Vegas general manager Tom Telesco said Tuesday that likely wouldn’t happen again. “As a GM, you never want to take anything off the table, but I don’t anticipate using that tag this year,” he said at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis. Telesco said …
Read More »Stetson visits Jacksonville after Blackmon’s 28-point game
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. Stetson Hatters (18-11, 10-4 ASUN) at Jacksonville Dolphins (14-14, 5-9 ASUN) Jacksonville, Florida; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Stetson plays the Jacksonville Dolphins after Jalen Blackmon scored …
Read More »Bills GM Beane relieved by record jump in NFL salary cap while still left with plenty to slash
Challenging as the job might be for Brandon Beane to get Buffalo’s bulging payroll under the NFL’s salary cap within two weeks, the Bills general manager happily appreciates how much more difficult it could have been. A league-record $30.6 million jump in cap dollars for the 2024 season for a team that entered this offseason with the NFL’s worst cap …
Read More »Baylor freshman Ja’Kobe Walter big after halftime as No. 15 Bears beat TCU 62-54
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. FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Standout freshman Ja’Kobe Walter started a game-turning spurt for 15th-ranked Baylor with a slam dunk and ended it by blowing a kiss to …
Read More »After dementia reveal, producers of Wendy Williams documentary hope viewers see why they made it
If you watched Lifetime’s Wendy Williams docuseries that premiered over the weekend and felt uncomfortable, you weren’t alone. “Where is Wendy Williams?” premiered over the weekend and featured numerous scenes of the former talk show host unsteady, belligerent, confused and also drunk. Her manager would regularly find liquor bottles hidden throughout her apartment, behavior that producers say unnerved them while …
Read More »Knecht and No. 4 Tennessee host No. 11 Auburn
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. Auburn Tigers (21-6, 10-4 SEC) at Tennessee Volunteers (21-6, 11-3 SEC) Knoxville, Tennessee; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. 4 Tennessee plays the No. 11 Auburn Tigers …
Read More »Coal company owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is found in contempt
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A coal company owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has been found in contempt by a federal judge for not following an order to pay an insurance company to maintain collateral for financial obligations. U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Dillon found Southern Coal Corp. in civil contempt Monday and granted the insurance company’s request to fine …
Read More »México corona a la \”Reina de las montañas\” tras la reciente muerte de dos escaladores
EN EL VOLCÁN LA MALINCHE, México (AP) — En las faldas de un volcán en el centro de México, la comunidad de montañeras del país ha elegido a una nueva “Reina de las montañas”, un título que va acompañado de una corona, un piolet y una capa roja. La tradición, que data de la década de 1950, se celebró este …
Read More »Porter and North Carolina Central host Delaware State
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. Delaware State Hornets (12-14, 5-5 MEAC) at North Carolina Central Eagles (14-11, 6-4 MEAC) Durham, North Carolina; Monday, 7:30 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Eagles -4.5; over/under is …
Read More »Pittsburgh visits Clemson after Hinson’s 22-point showing
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. Pittsburgh Panthers (18-9, 9-7 ACC) at Clemson Tigers (19-8, 9-7 ACC) Clemson, South Carolina; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Pittsburgh visits the Clemson Tigers after Blake Hinson …
Read More »College baseball notebook: North’s 2 slams and 10 RBIs highlight of Creighton’s high-scoring start
Ben North only wanted to hit a couple sacrifice flies. He ended up with a couple grand slams. Creighton’s North turned in one of the eye-popping performances of the first two weeks of the college baseball season when he homered with the bases loaded in his first two at-bats against Houston Christian on Friday. “With less than two outs for …
Read More »Australian tourist missing in Zimbabwe not seen for 9 days, officials say in new details
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — An Australian tourist reported missing late last week in Zimbabwe near Victoria Falls already had been missing for nearly a week before that, according to new information released Monday by national park officials. The 67-year-old tourist, whose name has not been released, was reported missing Friday in the area near the Zimbabwe Victoria Falls National Park, …
Read More »Nation’s top health official to visit Alabama in wake of IVF ruling
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is sending the nation’s top health official to Alabama on Tuesday for discussions with patients and doctors about the controversial court ruling that upended in vitro fertilization treatment in the state. The ruling by the Republican-controlled Alabama Supreme Court has unexpectedly propelled the issue of IVF into the presidential campaign conversation right ahead of …
Read More »Florida A&M hosts Alabama A&M following Lamar’s 22-point showing
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. Alabama A&M Bulldogs (8-19, 7-7 SWAC) at Florida A&M Rattlers (5-20, 3-11 SWAC) Tallahassee, Florida; Monday, 8 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bulldogs -1.5; over/under is 142 BOTTOM …
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