February, 2024

• 2 February

  St. John’s hosts Castle and No. 1 UConn

  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. UConn Huskies (19-2, 9-1 Big East) at St. John’s Red Storm (13-8, 5-5 Big East) New York; Saturday, 12 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. 1 UConn faces the …

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• 2 February

  Eastern Kentucky visits Kennesaw State following Adekokoya’s 20-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. Eastern Kentucky Colonels (11-10, 7-1 ASUN) at Kennesaw State Owls (13-9, 4-4 ASUN) Kennesaw, Georgia; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Kennesaw State hosts the Eastern Kentucky Colonels …

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• 2 February

  Bickerstaff scores 19, James Madison beats Coastal Carolina 105-67

  

  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. HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) — T.J. Bickerstaff’s 19 points helped James Madison defeat Coastal Carolina 105-67 on Thursday night. Bickerstaff also contributed seven rebounds for the Dukes (19-3, 7-3 …

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• 2 February

  Senior Bowl features well-traveled QBs, other top prospects

  

  MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — The Senior Bowl quarterbacks are a well-traveled group, most of whom have moved from one Power Five program to another. Led by Washington’s Michael Penix Jr. and Oregon’s Bo Nix, all seven have spent this week leading up to Saturday’s Senior Bowl working on their next landing spot. The game will culminate a week of scrutiny …

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• 2 February

  Raiders hiring Kliff Kingsbury as offensive coordinator, AP source says

  

  HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The Las Vegas Raiders are hiring former Arizona Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury to be their offensive coordinator, a person informed of the decision told The Associated Press on Thursday night. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal hasn’t been finalized. This is the first major hire for new Raiders coach Antonio Pierce, who …

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• 2 February

  Lo que hay que saber sobre la posibilidad de que más efectivos de la Guardia Nacional vayan a Texas

  

  AUSTIN, Texas, EE.UU. (AP) — Mientras los republicanos elogian la creciente disputa entre el gobernador de Texas, Gregg Abbott, y el gobierno de Estados Unidos en torno al control de la inmigración, algunos gobernadores están sopesando desplegar efectivos de la Guardia Nacional en la frontera sur del país… otra vez. El gobernador de Florida, Ron DeSantis, se encontraba el jueves …

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• 2 February

  Pennsylvania visits Owusu-Anane and Brown

  

  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. Pennsylvania Quakers (9-10, 1-3 Ivy League) at Brown Bears (5-14, 1-3 Ivy League) Providence, Rhode Island; Friday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bears -2.5; over/under is 142.5 …

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• 2 February

  Mississippi State visits No. 24 Alabama following Sears’ 23-point game

  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. Mississippi State Bulldogs (14-7, 3-5 SEC) at Alabama Crimson Tide (15-6, 7-1 SEC) Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Saturday, 8:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. 24 Alabama takes on the Mississippi …

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• 2 February

  East Tennessee State hosts Citadel after Smith’s 24-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. Citadel Bulldogs (9-13, 1-8 SoCon) at East Tennessee State Buccaneers (11-11, 3-6 SoCon) Johnson City, Tennessee; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Citadel plays the East Tennessee State …

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• 2 February

  The US didn’t just avoid a recession — it’s adding hundreds of thousands of new jobs

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s employers delivered a stunning burst of hiring to begin 2024, adding 353,000 jobs in January in the latest sign of the economy’s continuing ability to shrug off the highest interest rates in two decades. Friday’s government report showed that last month’s job gain — roughly twice what economists had predicted — topped the December gain …

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