February, 2024

• 12 February

  Ohio High School Basketball Poll

  

  The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Ohio high school basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses, won-loss record, and total points: DIVISION I 1. Cin. Moeller (6) 20-1 140 2. Garfield Hts. (4) 19-1 128 3. Lewis Center Olentangy Orange 19-1 122 4. Cle. St. Ignatius (4) 17-3 114 5. Delaware Hayes 19-1 78 6. Findlay 16-2 76 …

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• 12 February

  Tennessee Tech takes on Tennessee State after Davis’ 20-point performance

  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. Tennessee State Tigers (15-10, 8-4 OVC) at Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (8-17, 3-9 OVC) Cookeville, Tennessee; Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Tennessee Tech hosts the Tennessee State …

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• 12 February

  Lipsey and the No. 14 Iowa State Cyclones visit conference foe Cincinnati

  

  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. Iowa State Cyclones (18-5, 7-3 Big 12) at Cincinnati Bearcats (15-8, 4-6 Big 12) Cincinnati; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Viktor Lakhin and the Cincinnati Bearcats host …

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• 12 February

  What to know about a shooting at Joel Osteen’s megachurch

  HOUSTON (AP) — A shooter’s motive for opening fire in celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s megachurch remained unclear Monday as authorities searched the suspect’s home in suburban Houston and identified the weapon used in the attack as an AR-style rifle. The house in Conroe, Texas, is more than 50 miles (80 kilometers) north of Lakewood Church, where Sunday’s shooting in between …

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• 12 February

  Kugel and Florida host LSU

  

  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. LSU Tigers (12-11, 4-6 SEC) at Florida Gators (16-7, 6-4 SEC) Gainesville, Florida; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Florida plays the LSU Tigers after Riley Kugel scored …

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• 12 February

  Iraq says US troop drawdown talks will go on ‘as long as nothing disturbs the peace of the talks’

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Iraq and the U.S.-led military coalition resumed meetings Sunday on how to draw down troops who have been deployed there for years combating the Islamic State. The first long-awaited meeting took place Jan. 27, but had since been put on pause after Iran-backed militants struck a U.S. outpost in Jordan the very next day with a drone …

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• 12 February

  Ohio State climbs to No. 2, Stanford up to No. 3 behind unbeaten South Carolina in women’s AP Top 25

  The AP Top 25 women’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. Ohio State is up to No. 2 in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll, matching the best ranking in school history. The Buckeyes, who were fifth …

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• 12 February

  Con 38 puntos de Gilgeous-Alexander, OKC derrota 127-113 a Kings

  

  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander firmó 38 puntos, Jalen Williams aportó 32 y el Thunder de Oklahoma City derrotó el domingo 127-113 a los Kings de Sacramento. Williams también repartió nueve asistencias y recuperó siete rebotes para el Thunder, que venció a Sacramento por primera vez en tres encuentros esta temporada. Lu Dort añadió 17 puntos con nueve rebotes …

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• 12 February

  DeShaun Foster is named UCLA football coach after Chip Kelly’s move to Ohio State

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — UCLA athletic director Martin Jarmond said to give him 96 hours to find a new football coach after Chip Kelly resigned on Friday. It turns out, Jarmond needed less than 72. Former UCLA great DeShaun Foster was named head coach on Monday to take over the program after Kelly left to become offensive coordinator at Ohio …

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• 12 February

  Israeli forces rescue 2 hostages in dramatic Gaza raid that killed at least 67 Palestinians

  

  RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces rescued two hostages early Monday, storming a heavily guarded apartment in a densely packed town in the Gaza Strip as airstrikes carried out to cover the raid killed more than 60 Palestinians, including women and children. The rescue in Rafah briefly lifted the spirits of Israelis shaken by the plight of the dozens …

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