By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — A milestone season for Pittsburgh and quarterback Kenny Pickett is continuing with a Peach Bowl matchup against Michigan State. No. 13 Pitt’s reward for its first Atlantic Coast Conference championship is the Panthers’ first New Year’s Six bowl since 2004 in the Dec. 30 game in
Continue Reading NIAGARA, N.Y. (AP) — Caleb Green scored 16 points as Fairfield got past Niagara 81-71. Zach Crisler had 14 points for the Stags. Taj Benning added 13 points. Jesus Cruz had 11 points. Jordan Cintron scored 14 points for the Purple Eagles.
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EL PASO, Texas — The Sun Bowl Association just announced that the Miami Hurricanes and Washington State Cougars will play in the 88th Annual Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl on Dec. 31 with kickoff at 10 a.m. The game is a rematch of the 2015 Sun Bowl — nicknamed the Snow Bowl after a rare
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Reuters Canada’s tight labor market is forcing many companies to offer regular Covid-19 testing over vaccine mandates, while others are reversing previously announced inoculation requirements even as Omicron variant cases rise. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government adopted one of the strictest vaccine policies in the world for civil servants and has already put more
Continue Reading BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Strong wind led to the cancellation of a men’s World Cup downhill race at Beaver Creek, Colorado. It wasn’t immediately known when or if the downhill will be rescheduled. The starting point of the downhill was initially lowered on the hill due to wind gusts that reached approximately 45 mph
Continue Reading ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — Guy Ragland Jr. had 17 points and 12 rebounds as Cornell rolled past Keuka 122-64. Nazir Williams added 16 points, Darius Ervin scored 15 and Isaiah Gray had 15 for the Big Red. Mason VanDeMortel led the Storm with 21 points.
Continue Reading By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Juventus managed to put aside its off-the-field problems as the Bianconeri beat relegation-threatened Genoa 2-0 in Serie A but coach Massimiliano Allegri had a touchline spat with Álvaro Morata. Juan Cuadrado and Paulo Dybala scored at either end of the match for Juve’s fourth win in five
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By The Associated Press U.S. leaders and military veterans are mourning the loss of former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, a World War II veteran and former Republican presidential candidate who served in Congress for 36 years. Dole, who had stage 4 lung cancer, died Sunday at age 98, according to his wife, Elizabeth. Bob
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By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — No. 6 Baylor and No. 8 Mississippi will match up in the Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day. Baylor is coming off a Big 12 football championship after holding off Oklahoma State for a 21-16 victory Saturday in the conference title game. Ole Miss concluded
Continue Reading By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — No. 6 Baylor and No. 8 Mississippi will match up in the Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day. Baylor is coming off a Big 12 football championship after holding off Oklahoma State for a 21-16 victory Saturday in the conference title game. Ole Miss concluded
Continue Reading AMES, Iowa (AP) — Sisters Aubrey and Ashley Joens had double-doubles and No. 14 Iowa State bounced back from its first loss with a 94-56 win over Longwood. Sophomore Aubrey Joens had career highs of 24 points and 14 rebounds and senior Ashley Joens had 16 points and 12 rebounds. Beatriz Jordao, a senior transfer
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities are investigating a pre-dawn house fire near Española that left two children dead. New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management officials say the two victims were taken to a Santa Fe hospital Saturday where they both were pronounced dead. The names of the children weren’t immediately released
Continue Reading By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press U.S. health officials say that while the omicron variant of the coronavirus is rapidly spreading in the country, early indications suggest it may be less dangerous than delta, which continues to drive a surge of hospitalizations. President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, told CNN’s “State of the
Continue Reading JEDDAH Lewis Hamilton has won his third consecutive grand prix to pull even on points with Max Verstappen. That means Formula One’s championship race will now be decided at the season finale. Hamilton won Sunday’s inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to tie Verstappen in the standings ahead of next week’s closer in Abu Dhabi. The
Continue Reading By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Spotify is not joking around amid a dispute over royalties for comedy content. The streaming giant has removed the work of hundreds of comedians from its platform — including Tiffany Haddish, Kevin Hart and the late Robin Williams — according to rights agency Spoken Giants. Spoken Giants, which represents some of
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — It was bad enough for Jordan Spieth and Henrik Stenson to finish at the bottom of a 20-man field in the Hero World Challenge. They also got docked two shots for playing off the wrong tee box. Officials decided to move tee boxes for the
Continue Reading By STEVE BITTENBENDER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Hailey Van Lith scored 16 points for No. 10 Louisville as it beat Belmont 80-66. After dominating No. 12 Michigan defensively on Thursday, the Cardinals faced a tough challenge from a Bruins team that returned all five starters and 11 players from a squad that reached
Continue Reading LAKE LOUISE, Alberta (AP) — Sofia Goggia captured a World Cup super-G to go 3 for 3 in races at Lake Louise. The 29-year-old Italian finished in 1 minute, 18.28 seconds on a cold day to beat Swiss racer Lara Gut-Behrami by 0.11 seconds. Mirjam Puchner of Austria, who was starting 29th overall, finished in
Continue Reading CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers have relieved offensive coordinator Joe Brady of his duties. The team announced the change Sunday. Offensive assistant Jeff Nixon will take Brady’s place for the rest of the season. Brady was considered a major hire by Rhule before the 2020 season. He was the coordinator of LSU’s prolific
Continue Reading COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Chase Audige and Pete Nance sparked a breakaway run in the final four minutes as Northwestern held off cold-shooting Maryland 67-61 in what was both the Big Ten opener for each team and Danny Manning’s debut as the Terrapins interim head coach. Nance led Northwestern with 17 points and 10
Continue Reading CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Better.com CEO Vishal Garg announced the mortgage company is laying off about 9% of its workforce on a Zoom webinar Wednesday abruptly informing the more than 900 employees on the call they were being terminated just before the holidays. “If you’re on this call, you are part of
Continue Reading By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Better.com CEO Vishal Garg announced the mortgage company is laying off about 9% of its workforce on a Zoom webinar Wednesday abruptly informing the more than 900 employees on the call they were being terminated just before the holidays. “If you’re on this call, you are part of the unlucky
Continue Reading CNN, HLN By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Better.com CEO Vishal Garg announced the mortgage company is laying off about 9% of its workforce on a Zoom webinar Wednesday abruptly informing the more than 900 employees on the call they were being terminated just before the holidays. “If you’re on this call, you are part of
Continue Reading CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Better.com CEO Vishal Garg announced the mortgage company is laying off about 9% of its workforce on a Zoom webinar Wednesday abruptly informing the more than 900 employees on the call they were being terminated just before the holidays. “If you’re on this call, you are part of
Continue Reading ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Nerea Hermosa scored 14 points, including the winning free throws with 8.8 seconds left, Lorela Cubaj had a double-double and Georgia Tech upended No. 20 Georgia 55-54. After Hermosa’s free throws put the Yellow Jackets up 55-51, Sarah Ashlee Barker knocked down a 3-pointer at 4.5 seconds. Hermosa then missed two
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA and CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Bob Dole’s political career began in 1950 with election to the Kansas Legislature. It officially ended nearly five decades later, one step short of the White House. Dole kept working into his 90s for the causes he cherished, and fellow veterans were also close
Continue Reading By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Paige Bueckers scored 22 points but went down with an injury at the end of No. 2 UConn’s 73-54 win over No. 24 Notre Dame. Last season’s national player of the year, Bueckers was dribbling in the final minute of the game when she stumbled,
Continue Reading By DAVID BAUDER and JOCELYN NOVECK Associated Press Writers NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who lodged a sexual harassment allegation against former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo was “disgusted” by what she saw as his hypocrisy and attempts to discredit women who made similar allegations against his brother. The woman’s lawyer released a statement Sunday.
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Cincinnati is the first outsider to make the College Football Playoff and Alabama is the standard bearer. They will meet in a semifinal game on New Year’s Eve in the Cotton Bowl. American Athletic Conference champion Cincinnati is the only undefeated team at 13-0. The
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Cincinnati is the first outsider to make the College Football Playoff and Alabama is the standard bearer. They will meet in a semifinal game on New Year’s Eve in the Cotton Bowl. American Athletic Conference champion Cincinnati is the only undefeated team at 13-0. The
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