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Willis QB Lagway and Desoto DL Abrams named Texas Class 6A prep football players of year

BRYAN, Texas (AP) — Willis quarterback D.J. Lagway and DeSoto defensive lineman Keylan Abrams were named the Blue Bell/Texas Sports Writers Association’s Class 6A prep football players of the year on Friday. Willis threw for 4,604 yards with 58 touchdowns and eight interceptions. The Florida signee also rushed for 957 yards, averaging 9.7 yards per carry for the 12-1 Wildkats. …

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Ciunys’ 22 help UMBC knock off Albany (NY) 80-75

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. BALTIMORE (AP) — Regimantas Ciunys scored 22 points as UMBC beat Albany 80-75 on Saturday. Ciunys added five rebounds for the Retrievers (9-18, 4-8 America East Conference). Marcus …

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WWII Monuments Men weren’t all men. The female members finally move into the spotlight

DALLAS (AP) — After World War II, the U.S. Army’s art experts set out to find and return millions of works stolen by the Nazis. Known as the Monuments Men, they included Mary Regan Quessenberry, who from her base in Berlin traveled to examine stolen works, tracked looting cases and investigated suspicious art dealers. Decades later, Quessenberry and the other …

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LIU visits Clark and Merrimack

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. Long Island Sharks (6-18, 5-7 NEC) at Merrimack Warriors (16-10, 10-2 NEC) North Andover, Massachusetts; Saturday, 3 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Warriors -11.5; over/under is 139 BOTTOM …

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Dandelions and shrubs to replace rubber, new grains and more: Are alternative crops realistic?

Katrina Cornish spends her days raising dandelions and desert shrubs. She harvests the stretchy rubber substances they produce and uses special machines to dip them into condoms, medical gloves and parts for trachea tubes. And she thinks those products could forever alter the landscape of agriculture in the United States. Cornish, a professor at Ohio State University who studies rubber …

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Binghamton defeats NJIT 69-55

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. NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Armon Harried had 17 points in Binghamton’s 69-55 win over NJIT on Saturday night. Harried shot 4 of 7 from the field and 9 …

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No. 3 Houston hosts Disu and Texas

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. Texas Longhorns (16-8, 5-6 Big 12) at Houston Cougars (21-3, 8-3 Big 12) Houston; Saturday, 1 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cougars -10; over/under is 131 BOTTOM LINE: …

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