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. Rice Owls (9-16, 3-9 AAC) at UAB Blazers (17-8, 9-3 AAC) Birmingham, Alabama; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Blazers -11.5; over/under is 148.5 BOTTOM LINE: UAB …

Phoenix Suns (33-22, fifth in the Western Conference) vs. Dallas Mavericks (32-23, seventh in the Western Conference) Dallas; Thursday, 7:30 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NBA LINE: Mavericks -3; over/under is 243.5 BOTTOM LINE: Dallas will attempt to prolong its six-game win streak with a victory against Phoenix. The Mavericks have gone 20-18 against Western Conference opponents. Dallas is seventh in …

Detroit Pistons (8-46, 15th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Indiana Pacers (31-25, sixth in the Eastern Conference) Indianapolis; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NBA LINE: Pacers -11.5; over/under is 248 BOTTOM LINE: Detroit will aim to break its three-game road skid when the Pistons play Indiana. The Pacers are 9-2 against opponents in the Central Division. Indiana leads the …

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. Ole Miss Rebels (19-6, 6-6 SEC) at Mississippi State Bulldogs (17-8, 6-6 SEC) Starkville, Mississippi; Wednesday, 9 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bulldogs -8; over/under is 142.5 BOTTOM …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trying to keep up with customer demand, Batesville Tool & Die began seeking 70 people to hire last year. It wasn’t easy. Attracting factory workers to a community of 7,300 in the Indiana countryside was a tough sell, especially having to compete with big-name manufacturers nearby like Honda and Cummins Engine. Job seekers were scarce. “You could …

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The collapse of a sand hole that killed a 7-year-old Indiana girl who was digging with her brother on a Florida beach is an underrecognized danger that kills and injures several children a year around the country. Sloan Mattingly died Tuesday afternoon at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea’s beach when a 4-to-5-foot-deep (1-to-1.5-meter) hole collapsed on her and her …

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Washington Capitals center Nic Dowd, one of the top candidates to change places ahead of the NHL trade deadline, is day to day with an upper-body injury. Dowd left the Capitals’ 6-2 win against the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night after the first period. He’s the second player in recent weeks to go down with …

Washington Wizards (9-45, 14th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Denver Nuggets (36-19, fourth in the Western Conference) Denver; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NBA LINE: Nuggets -15; over/under is 230.5 BOTTOM LINE: Washington plays the Denver Nuggets after Deni Avdija scored 43 points in the Wizards’ 133-126 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans. The Nuggets are 21-5 on their …

New York Knicks (33-22, fourth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Philadelphia 76ers (32-22, fifth in the Eastern Conference) Philadelphia; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NBA LINE: 76ers -1; over/under is 226 BOTTOM LINE: Philadelphia looks to break its five-game home losing streak with a win over New York. The 76ers are 5-4 in division matchups. Philadelphia averages 118.3 points …

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Cleveland’s new manager, Stephen Vogt, isn’t sure why this year’s free agent market has entered a deep freeze even as temperatures heat up during spring training in Arizona and Florida. He just wants to see it thaw as quickly as possible. “Those guys should be in camp,” Vogt said. “I don’t know who is at fault, …

DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka (AP) — Fast bowler Wafadar Momand held Kamindu Mendis to defend 19 runs in the last over and hand Afghanistan a three-run win over Sri Lanka in the third and final Twenty20 international Wednesday. Sri Lanka won the series 2-1. Afghanistan captain Ibrahim Zadran won the toss, elected to bat first, and they made 209-5 in 20 …

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday affirmed a $5 million arbitration award against MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell in favor of a software engineer who challenged data that Lindell said proves China interfered in the 2020 U.S. presidential election and tipped the outcome to Joe Biden. Lindell said he plans to appeal. Asked if he can …

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Measures that would legalize medical marijuana, spend $125 million to combat pollution from “forever chemicals” and allow election officials to speed up the counting of absentee ballots all appear to be doomed as the Wisconsin Legislature approaches the end of its session for the year. The Assembly plans to meet for a last time on Thursday, …

LONDRES (AP) — Gran Bretaña ha aplicado sanciones a seis personas que dirigían la colonia penal donde el destacado opositor ruso Alexei Navalny murió la semana pasada, dijo la Secretaría del Exterior el miércoles. Uno de los seis funcionarios de la prisión, sancionados bajo las normas británicas de derechos humanos, es Vadim Konstantinovich Kalinin, supervisor de la colonia penal donde …

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. Liberty Flames (16-10, 5-6 CUSA) at Florida International Panthers (8-18, 3-8 CUSA) Miami; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: CUSA foes Florida International and Liberty will play on …