February, 2024

• 9 February

  Boyd’s layup with a second remaining lifts Lipscomb over Queens 90-88

  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. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Derrin Boyd scored 29 points, including a game-winning reverse layup in the final second, and Lipscomb defeated Queens 90-88 on Thursday night. Boyd was …

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• 9 February

  Anderson and Ball State host Texas State

  

  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. Ball State Cardinals (12-11, 4-7 MAC) at Texas State Bobcats (10-14, 4-8 Sun Belt) San Marcos, Texas; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Ball State takes on the …

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• 9 February

  Former Mets GM Billy Eppler suspended through World Series for fabricating injuries

  

  NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Mets general manager Billy Eppler was suspended through the 2024 World Series on Friday by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred, who concluded he directed team staff to fabricate injuries to create open roster spots. Manfred said in a statement that Eppler directed “the deliberate fabrication of injuries; and the associated submission of documentation for …

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• 9 February

  Vanderbilt takes on No. 15 South Carolina following Taylor’s 20-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. Vanderbilt Commodores (6-16, 1-8 SEC) at South Carolina Gamecocks (20-3, 8-2 SEC) Columbia, South Carolina; Saturday, 1 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Vanderbilt visits the No. 15 South Carolina …

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• 9 February

  Three-time Super Bowl champ Dont’a Hightower returning to Patriots as linebackers coach

  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Former New England Patriots linebacker and three-time Super Bowl champion Dont’a Hightower is joining new coach Jerod Mayo’s staff as an assistant. Hightower and his agency confirmed Friday he would be joining the Patriots to coach his old position. Hightower began a decade-long run in New England when the Patriots selected him 25th overall in the …

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• 9 February

  As the Olympics loom, Parisians ask: Should we skip town? Games organizers work to win their hearts

  

  PARIS (AP) — Before the Paris Olympics open and upend the French capital’s usual rhythms, retiree Pierre Schapira plans to hire a car and quit town. But with the intense Olympic security measures and traffic disruptions they’ll cause, will that even be doable? For his answer, Schapira went straight to the top — popping the question this week to chief …

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• 9 February

  North Korea’s Kim says he has no desire for talks and repeats a threat to destroy South if provoked

  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un restated he has no desire for diplomacy with South Korea and that the North would annihilate its rival if provoked, state media said Friday, in the latest of his belligerent statements that are raising tensions in the region. During a visit to North Korea’s Defense Ministry on Thursday, Kim …

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• 9 February

  Uncertainty surrounding former president Ricardo Martinelli roils Panama’s presidential race

  PANAMA CITY (AP) — Not a 10-year prison sentence for money laundering nor going into political asylum in Nicaragua’s embassy have weakened the political aspirations of Panama’s former President Ricardo Martinelli who still seeks to retake the presidency. Just last week a judge sentenced the former leader to prison. Then Wednesday, he popped up in Nicaragua’s embassy and received political …

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• 9 February

  Phillies OF Brandon Marsh expected to be ready for opening day following knee surgery

  

  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Phillies outfielder Brandon Marsh had surgery on his left knee Friday and was expected to return to play in three to four weeks. The Phillies said Marsh would be ready by opening day on March 28 at Citizens Bank Park. Marsh was expected to open the season as the Phillies starting left fielder. The Phillies also have …

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• 9 February

  Shelter-in-place order continues as Maine city searches for at least 4 suspects in vehicle shooting

  

  SACO, Maine (AP) — A shelter-in-place order remained in effect Friday evening for downtown Saco, Maine, as police searched for at least four suspects following an exchange of gunfire between the occupants of two vehicles, one of which then careened through an intersection and crashed into a bus carrying school children. Schools across the city were briefly locked down after …

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