TORONTO (AP) — The NHL will wait for the judicial process to play out before making any decisions about four players facing sexual assault charges in a 2018 case involving Canada’s world junior team that year, Commissioner Gary Bettman said Friday. Addressing the situation at All-Star Weekend days after the NHL players were charged by police in London, Ontario, with …

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia has refused Ukrainian requests to hand over the bodies of scores of prisoners of war whom the Kremlin claims were killed in the downing of a Russian military transport plane by Kyiv’s forces, a Ukrainian intelligence official said. Andrii Yusov, the spokesperson for Ukraine’s military intelligence, in televised remarks late Thursday reaffirmed Kyiv’s call for …

CLEARWATER, Florida, EE.UU. (AP) — Un hombre de Florida de 72 años se disponía a dormir cuando escuchó “un increíble rugido” y cayó al suelo, cubierto de material aislante y vidrios rotos, sobreviviendo por poco a la caída de un avioneta que arrasó su casa rodante y destruyó el remolque de al lado. El piloto y tres personas que se …

DENVER (AP) — An American founder of a Haitian orphanage who is accused of forcing four boys who lived in the institution to engage in sexual acts more than a decade ago will remain behind bars for now even though a magistrate judge in Colorado ruled Thursday that he should be sent to live in a halfway house. Federal prosecutors …

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. Virginia Cavaliers (16-5, 7-3 ACC) at Clemson Tigers (14-6, 4-5 ACC) Clemson, South Carolina; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Clemson faces the Virginia Cavaliers after PJ Hall …

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. OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Frankie Fidler’s 24 points helped Omaha defeat St. Thomas 69-65 on Thursday night. Fidler had eight rebounds for the Mavericks (12-12, 5-4 Summit League). …

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers hired former Atlanta Falcons head coach Arthur Smith as offensive coordinator on Friday, hoping he can help a unit that’s underachieved in recent years. The 41-year-old Smith was fired last month following a third straight 7-10 season in Atlanta. He returns to a position that he thrived in while coaching in Tennessee earlier in …

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek secured a spot for the United States in the Davis Cup Finals group round by winning the doubles match against Ukraine on Friday for an insurmountable 3-0 lead in the best-of-five-match qualifying series. Ram and Krajicek beat Illya Beloborodko and Oleksii Krutykh 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. The Americans have a combined five …

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. Houston Cougars (19-2, 6-2 Big 12) at Kansas Jayhawks (17-4, 5-3 Big 12) Lawrence, Kansas; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. 4 Houston visits the No. 8 …

LYON, France (AP) — Lyon completed the signing of Algeria winger Saïd Benrahma from West Ham on Friday, a day after the deal fell through at the end of the transfer window for administrative reasons. Lyon successfully appealed to FIFA and said in a statement that all the paperwork was accepted. Benrahma joins on a paid loan of 5.1 million …