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Fresh to Baylor, Jeremy Sochan and Kendall Brown big for defending champsVideo
Kendall Brown was a five-star recruit whose dad is a former Harlem Globetrotters player. Jeremy Sochan was born in Oklahoma, grew up in England and has played basketball in Poland and Germany. The freshmen are roommates at Baylor and have played significant roles in the defending national champion Bears being...
Arizona’s Lloyd pulling all the right strings in first yearVideo
TUCSON, Ariz. — Tommy Lloyd has an unpretentious manner forged during formative years in rural southern Washington, professional years in Spokane. Thoughts, words and decisions are measured, the emotional tides of more mercurial coaches a waste of energy to him. Credit is deflected, attention for someone else. This outwardly easygoing...
Hoop hype: March Madness brackets get America talking againVideo
Wagering on all those parlays and long shots on the betting app: fun. Filling out a bracket and waiting for the upsets to begin: that’s why they call this March Madness. Legal sports gambling across wide swaths of the United States might have made the next three weeks’ worth of...
Engaging Oscar Tshiebwe thriving on, off the court with KentuckyVideo
LEXINGTON, Ky. — An engaging Oscar Tshiebwe has won over Kentucky basketball fans with his record-breaking play on the court and affable personality off of it. The 6-foot-9 native of the Democratic Republic of the Congo anchors the No. 7 Wildcats’ attack with his tenacity on the court, including rebounding...
History-making Providence eyes deep run in NCAA TournamentVideo
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — With his team on the verge accomplishing something that never had been done in Providence basketball history last month, Ed Cooley allowed himself to get lost in the moment. The Friars were comfortably in front of Creighton, and there was about a minute to play before they...
Former CEO, law firm partner Griff Aldrich has Longwood hoops on the riseVideo
FARMVILLE, Va. — In this small central Virginia town called Farmville, the claim to fame has been massive furniture warehouses that promise to satisfy any shopper’s preferred style. It isn’t known as an NCAA Tournament town. This week, both things are true. Welcome to Longwood University, where Griff Aldrich, a...
Browns await Deshaun Watson’s decision, sign more free agents
CLEVELAND — Deshaun Watson hasn’t made up his mind, forcing the Cleveland Browns to play a waiting game they might lose. One day after making its recruiting pitch to Watson, Cleveland still hadn’t heard from the controversial Houston quarterback, who is considering at least three other teams before agreeing to...
NHL trade deadline could be full of last-minute deals
Don Waddell’s phone is not ringing much right now. The seasoned NHL executive expects that to change this weekend. “It always does,” he said. Waddell’s Carolina Hurricanes are among the many contenders with limited salary cap space that could wait until much closer to the trade deadline Monday to stockpile...
AP source: Schwarber, Phils agree to deal for about $80M
PHILADELPHIA — Kyle Schwarber is coming to Philadelphia, agreeing Wednesday to a four-year deal with the Phillies worth about $80 million, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the agreement was subject to a successful physical. A 29-year-old slugging...
Von Miller leaves L.A. for Buffalo as free agency begins
Russell Wilson to Denver, Carson Wentz to Washington, Amari Cooper to Cleveland. Chandler Jones to Las Vegas, Khalil Mack and J.C. Jackson to the LA Chargers, Brandon Scherff to Jacksonville. So what if it’s old news? Here’s some brand new news: Super Bowl champion linebacker Von Miller is leaving Los...
NCAA viewing guide: March Madness app makes improvements
The developers of the NCAA March Madness Live app frequently hear two complaints — the inability to watch multiple games at once and lag times between television broadcasts and streaming. They have fixed one of those issues and are hoping they made improvements on the other. This year’s update to...
Florida massacre families to get millions for FBI’s inaction
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Federal officials confirmed Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Justice has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the families of most of those killed or wounded in a 2018 Florida high school massacre over the FBI’s failure to stop the gunman even though it had received information...
Court upholds new maps for Pennsylvania General Assembly
HARRISBURG — New maps of General Assembly districts that reflect the past decade’s population changes in Pennsylvania survived legal challenges on Wednesday, as the state Supreme Court cleared the way for candidates to begin circulating petitions to get on the spring primary ballot. The justices rejected various arguments against the...
Mike Carey retires as West Virginia women’s basketball coach
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Mike Carey retired Wednesday after 21 seasons as women’s basketball coach at West Virginia. Carey guided the Mountaineers to 11 NCAA Tournaments and is the program’s all-time winningest coach with a 447-239 record. Carey, 63, said he looks forward to spending time with his family, which includes...
Joe Buck, Troy Aikman going from Fox to ESPN’s ‘Monday Night’ booth
On the first day of the new league year, one of the NFL’s top broadcasting teams is moving from Fox to ESPN. ESPN announced on Wednesday a move that has been in the works for nearly a month — Joe Buck and Troy Aikman will be broadcasting “Monday Night Football.”...
Wall Street adds to gains following surge in Chinese markets
Stocks rose in afternoon trading Wednesday and Wall Street added to its gains as markets gather hope that there may be better news on the horizon on inflation, the war in Ukraine and other worries that have been keeping investors unsettled. The S&P 500 rose 1.7% as of 12:06 p.m....
9 dead in Texas crash involving U. of Southwest golf teams
HOBBS, N.M. — Nine people have died in a fiery, head-on collision in West Texas, including six New Mexico university students and a coach returning from a golf tournament, as well as a 13-year-old boy, authorities said. Those killed in the Tuesday evening crash included University of the Southwest students...
Diabetes & covid-19: Scientists explore potential connection
When their 11-year-old son started losing weight and drinking lots of water, Tabitha and Bryan Balcitis chalked it up to a growth spurt and advice from his health class. But unusual crankiness and lethargy raised their concern, and tests showed his blood sugar levels were off the charts. Just six...
Andrew McCutchen back in NL Central on 1-year deal with Brewers
MILWAUKEE — Andrew McCutchen is heading back to the NL Central after he agreed to a one-year contract with the Milwaukee Brewers. The Brewers announced they have finalized a agreement with the five-time All-Star outfielder. McCutchen spent the first nine years of his career in the NL Central with Pittsburgh...
7.3 magnitude quake hits north Japan, tsunami alert issued
A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake shook off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan on Wednesday evening, triggering a tsunami advisory. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake struck 36 miles below the sea. The region is part of northern Japan that was devastated by a deadly 9.0 quake and...
Indiana tops turnover-prone Wyoming in First Four
DAYTON, Ohio — University of Dayton Arena was rocking, thanks to hordes of Indiana fans who made the drive to the First Four to see the Hoosiers play in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2016. The 13,400-seat newly renovated venue just got louder as Indiana pulled away...
Kelvin Sampson transforms Houston from afterthought to contender
HOUSTON — When veteran coach Kelvin Sampson took over at Houston in 2014, the Cougars had made the NCAA Tournament just once since 1992. “There was no success. There was no hope. There was no aspirations,” Sampson said Tuesday, recalling the culture he inherited. “No, there was a lot of...
Russia’s onslaught continues amid optimism over talks
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces destroyed a theater in Mariupol where hundreds of people were sheltering Wednesday and rained fire on other cities, Ukrainian authorities said, even as the two sides projected optimism over efforts to negotiate an end to the fighting. The airstrike ripped apart the center of the...
Ex-hedge fund CEO aims to be hometown boy in Senate race in Pennsylvania
LEBANON — As CEO of the world’s largest hedge fund, David McCormick wore suits, lived on Connecticut’s ritzy Gold Coast, talked up bipartisanship and described China as America’s most important “bilateral relationship.” Now, as a Republican running for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, McCormick wears jeans and casual dress shirts. He...
Glimmers of hope seen at talks as Russia’s onslaught goes on
KYIV, Ukraine — Both Russia and Ukraine projected optimism ahead of another scheduled round of talks Wednesday, even as Moscow’s forces rained fire on Kyiv and other major cities in a bid to crush the resistance that has frustrated Kremlin hopes for a lightning victory. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meanwhile,...
