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. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (9-16, 4-10 ACC) at Louisville Cardinals (8-18, 3-12 ACC) Louisville, Kentucky; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Markus Burton and the Notre Dame Fighting …
Read More »LinJianDe
James Madison seeks 25th victory this season in matchup against Marshall
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. James Madison Dukes (24-3, 12-3 Sun Belt) at Marshall Thundering Herd (12-15, 7-7 Sun Belt) Huntington, West Virginia; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: James Madison will look …
Read More »Nets turn to Kevin Ollie as they seek to salvage their season, make playoffs
NEW YORK (AP) — Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks hasn’t given up on his team making the playoffs this season, and now Kevin Ollie will be tasked with leading it there. Ollie was named Tuesday as Brooklyn’s interim coach, replacing Jacque Vaughn, who was fired a day earlier. The Nets are 11th in the Eastern Conference standings, 2 1/2 …
Read More »No. 17 Kentucky visits LSU following Reeves’ 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. Kentucky Wildcats (18-7, 8-4 SEC) at LSU Tigers (13-12, 5-7 SEC) Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Wednesday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. 17 Kentucky faces the LSU Tigers after …
Read More »Telfort and the Butler Bulldogs take on conference foe Villanova
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. Butler Bulldogs (16-10, 7-8 Big East) at Villanova Wildcats (14-11, 7-7 Big East) Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Wildcats -6.5; over/under is 141 …
Read More »Maine wants to lead in offshore wind. The state’s governor says she has location for a key wind port
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A state-owned site on the coast of Maine will serve as the location of an offshore wind port critical to developing the nation’s first floating offshore wind power research array, the state’s governor said Tuesday. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill last year that aims to see Maine procure enough energy from offshore wind turbines …
Read More »Philadelphia visits Chicago after Tippett’s 2-goal game
Philadelphia Flyers (29-20-7, third in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Chicago Blackhawks (15-38-3, eighth in the Central Division) Chicago; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Philadelphia Flyers visit the Chicago Blackhawks after Owen Tippett scored two goals in the Flyers’ 6-3 loss to the New Jersey Devils. Chicago is 15-38-3 overall and 11-14-2 at home. The Blackhawks have given up …
Read More »Republican dissenters sink a GOP ‘flat’ tax plan in Kansas by upholding the governor’s veto
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Republican plan to cut taxes in Kansas died Tuesday in the GOP-controlled Legislature when enough members concluded that it would favor wealthy taxpayers too much and upheld the Democratic governor’s veto. The vote in the state House was 81-42, leaving GOP leaders three votes shy of the two-thirds majority needed to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s …
Read More »BC-BKH-West Virginia boys Basketball poll
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Associated Press high school boys basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and total points: Team Record Pts Prv Class AAAA 1. Spring Mills (10) 20-0 100 1 2. Morgantown 19-1 90 2 3. Martinsburg 15-4 78 3 4. Huntington 15-6 68 7 5. George Washington 13-6 62 4 6. Bridgeport 16-4 46 5 7. …
Read More »North Carolina court tosses ex-deputy’s obstruction convictions
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina appeals court on Tuesday threw out the convictions of a former sheriff’s deputy for falsifying firearms training and qualification requirements for former superiors — including the then-county sheriff, who is now serving prison time for crimes. A three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals vacated 12 felony obstruction of justice convictions against ex-Granville …
Read More »