Cleveland Cavaliers (38-19, second in the Eastern Conference) vs. Chicago Bulls (27-31, ninth in the Eastern Conference) Chicago; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NBA LINE: Cavaliers -4.5; over/under is 217.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago Bulls host the Cleveland Cavaliers in Eastern Conference play Wednesday. The Bulls are 15-21 in Eastern Conference games. Chicago is ninth in the Eastern Conference …

The funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died earlier this month in a remote Arctic penal colony, will take place Friday in Moscow after several locations declined to host the service, his spokesperson said. His funeral will be held at a church in Moscow’s southeast Maryino district on Friday afternoon, Kira Yarmysh said Wednesday. The burial is to …

MADRID (AP) — El delantero del Atlético de Madrid Antoine Griezman se perderá el partido de la vuelta de la semifinal de la Copa del Rey ante el Athletic Bilbao debido a un esguince moderado del tobillo derecho, confirmó el técnico rojiblanco Diego Simeone. “Antoine no va a participar en el partido, necesitamos que se recupere bien”, dijo Simeone en …

KUNA, Idaho (AP) — Idaho halted the execution of serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech on Wednesday after medical team members repeatedly failed to find a vein where they could establish an intravenous line to carry out the lethal injection. Creech, 73, has been in prison half a century, convicted of five murders in three states and suspected of several more. …

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. UTEP Miners (13-15, 4-9 CUSA) at Jacksonville State Gamecocks (14-14, 6-7 CUSA) Jacksonville, Alabama; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Jacksonville State hosts the UTEP Miners after KyKy …

SAKHIR, Bahrein (AP) — Red Bull desestimó el miércoles las acusaciones de comportamiento inapropiado contra el jefe del equipo Christian Horner y archivó una investigación que había eclipsado el arranque de la temporada de la Fórmula Uno. Horner seguirá al frente del equipo campeón de la F1, después de que una investigación interna de Red Bull le exoneró por un …

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Un comité de diálogo nacional en Senegal propuso celebrar elecciones a principios de junio, la primera fecha propuesta después de que el presidente intentara retrasarlas hasta final de año. El presidente, Macky Sall, que enfrenta un límite de mandatos cuando termine su segunda etapa en el poder, dijo a principios de febrero que aplazaría los comicios …

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. SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Freshman Markus Burton scored a career-high 31 points and Carey Booth scored 15 points and Notre Dame stunned Wake Forest 70-65 on Tuesday …

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. STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Reed Sheppard made a runner from just inside the foul line with less than a second left a nd finished with a career-high 32 …

BURDEOS, Francia (AP) — El delantero hondureño Alberth Elis “se está despertando” de un coma inducido tras sufrir un golpe en la cabeza en un partido con su club Burdeos, informó su familia el miércoles. Elis, de 28 años, sufrió la lesión al comienzo del encuentro de la segunda división contra Guingamp el sábado al chocar cabezas con el zaguero …