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. JACKSONVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Matt Mayers scored 18 points and Jacksonville State beat Middle Tennessee 76-68 on Wednesday night. Mayers added six rebounds for the Gamecocks (13-14, 5-7 …
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Today in Sports – Week Ahead, February 23 – February 29
Feb. 27 1918 — The first neutral site game in NHL history is held in Quebec City. Frank Nighbor scores twice in the first period to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 3-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens. 1955 — Boston beats Milwaukee 62-57 at Providence, R.I. in a game which set records for fewest points scored by one team, …
Read More »McCray and Jacksonville host North Florida
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. North Florida Ospreys (15-13, 8-5 ASUN) at Jacksonville Dolphins (13-14, 4-9 ASUN) Jacksonville, Florida; Friday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Jacksonville hosts the North Florida Ospreys after Robert …
Read More »Maine hosts Ciunys and UMBC
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. UMBC Retrievers (9-18, 4-8 America East) at Maine Black Bears (11-15, 3-8 America East) Bangor, Maine; Thursday, 6 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: UMBC visits the Maine Black Bears …
Read More »Harvard condemns student and faculty groups for posting antisemitic cartoon
BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University condemned what it called a “flagrantly antisemitic cartoon” that an undergraduate group posted on social media over the weekend. It also appeared on the Instagram account of Harvard Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine. Copied from a newsletter published by students in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, the image features a …
Read More »Binghamton visits UMass-Lowell after Covington’s 27-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. Binghamton Bearcats (12-13, 4-8 America East) at UMass-Lowell River Hawks (17-7, 8-3 America East) Lowell, Massachusetts; Thursday, 6:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: UMass-Lowell plays the Binghamton Bearcats after …
Read More »Georgia has the nation’s only Medicaid work requirement. Mississippi could be next
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — After years of refusing to expand Medicaid, some of Mississippi’s Republican leaders now say they are open to the policy — if they can require new enrollees to have a job. That approach could hinge on presidential politics and an ongoing legal battle in Georgia. In a statement to The Associated Press, Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann …
Read More »To keep whales safe, Coast Guard launches boat alert system in Seattle
SEATTLE (AP) — Photographer Matt McDonald had lived on Puget Sound for years, but had never seen a whale, so he was elated when he spotted a giant marine mammal just off Seattle’s waterfront one evening. The excitement was short-lived. As McDonald tracked the whale in his camera’s viewfinder, a state ferry that dwarfed the animal came into the frame. …
Read More »Police investigate traffic stop after West Virginia official seen driving erratically wasn’t cited
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Police in West Virginia said Wednesday they are investigating a traffic stop in which a state official was pulled over after he was spotted driving erratically but was allowed to continue operating the vehicle without being cited. Charleston Police Chief Scott Dempsey said in a statement that officers conducted the traffic stop on southbound Interstate 77 …
Read More »Wilson’s 18 help Toledo knock off Akron 72-64
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. TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Sonny Wilson had 18 points in Toledo’s 72-64 win against Akron on Tuesday night. Wilson shot 7 of 11 from the field and 4 …
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