By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Kristaps Porzingis scored 30 points, Jaylen Brown added 24 and the Boston Celtics blew past the Phoenix Suns 132-102 on Wednesday night for their seventh straight victory. The Suns had a four-game winning streak snapped. Phoenix still has possession of the final spot in the Western […]
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VCU turns to Bryant’s Phil Martelli Jr. to take over as men’s basketball coach
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — VCU has hired Bryant’s Phil Martelli Jr. as its new men’s basketball coach. The Rams announced the hiring Wednesday, coming less than a week after Ryan Odom left to take over at Virginia. VCU reached the NCAA Tournament but lost in the first round to BYU last week. The son of the former longtime […]
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Jayson Tatum injured in Celtics’ 113-95 win over Kings
By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Jayson Tatum had 25 points, seven rebounds and eight assists before suffering a hard foul and leaving in the Boston Celtics’ 113-95 win over the Sacramento Kings on Monday night. The six-time All-Star was hurt late in the third quarter of the Celtics’ sixth consecutive win. […]
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Kings beat Bruins 7-2, set franchise record with 14th straight home game without regulation loss
By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Quinton Byfield scored for the seventh straight home game, and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Boston Bruins 7-2 on Sunday night to set a franchise record with their 14th straight home game without a regulation loss. Anze Kopitar, Warren Foegele, Andrei Kuzmenko, Drew Doughty, Tanner […]
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Celtics extend their winning streak to 5 games with a 129-116 win over Trail Blazers
By ERIK GARCÍA GUNDERSEN Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jayson Tatum had 30 points, nine assists and nine rebounds and the Boston Celtics extended their winning streak to five games with a 129-116 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday. Sam Hauser shot 8 for 10 from long distance and scored 24 points, […]
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Bryant guard Earl Timberlake gives the Bulldogs their One Bloody Moment in March Madness
CLEVELAND (AP) — Earl Timberlake’s toughness is no secret to his Bryant teammates. Facing Michigan State in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament late Friday night, Timberlake offered a glimpse of it to the rest of the college basketball world. The senior guard and American East Player of the Year took an elbow to […]
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Michigan State rolls to 87-62 victory over Bryant in March Madness
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Coen Carr came off the bench and had a career-high 18 points and nine rebounds as second-seeded Michigan State rolled to a 87-62 victory over No. 15 seed Bryant on Friday night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Jase Richardson added 15 points for coach […]
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Porzingis scores 27 and Celtics rout Jazz 121-99 for 4th straight win
By JOHN COON Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Kristaps Porzingis scored 27 points and Jayson Tatum added 26 to lead the Boston Celtics to a 121-99 victory over the Utah Jazz on Friday night. Porzingis added 10 rebounds and six assists, and Tatum chipped in six boards, six assists, and three steals as […]
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Takeaways from Associated Press report on efforts to capture carbon in the ocean
By HELEN WIEFFERING Associated Press HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — A growing industry is racing to engineer a solution to global warming using the absorbent power of the oceans. Dozens of companies and academic groups are pitching the same theory: that sinking rocks, nutrients, crop waste or seaweed in the ocean could lock away climate-warming […]
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Ocean dumping – or a climate solution? A growing industry bets on the ocean to capture carbon
By HELEN WIEFFERING Associated Press HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — From the grounds of a gas-fired power plant on the eastern shores of Canada, a little-known company is pumping a slurry of minerals into the ocean in the name of stopping climate change. Whether it’s pollution or a silver bullet that will save the planet may […]
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Trump has ordered the dismantling of the Education Department. Here’s what it does
By ANNIE MA and COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Moving to fulfill a campaign promise, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the Education Department, an agency Republicans have talked about closing for decades. The order says Education Secretary Linda McMahon will, “to the maximum extent appropriate […]
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NBA champion Boston Celtics to be sold for a record $6.1 billion to group led by Bill Chisholm
By TIM REYNOLDS and JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writers BOSTON (AP) — Private equity mogul William Chisholm agreed to buy the Boston Celtics on Thursday in a deal that values the NBA’s reigning champions and the most-decorated franchise in league history at a minimum of $6.1 billion — the largest price ever for American professional […]
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High Point kept falling short of March Madness. Now the Panthers are finally getting their moment
By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Alan Huss knew High Point had been close. The Panthers had never been to the NCAA Tournament even after winning the Big South regular-season race five times previously, repeatedly being undone by losses in the conference tournament to deny them the league’s automatic bid. That included last year in […]
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March Madness: Rick Pitino has No. 2 seed St. John’s back in NCAAs after latest coaching revival
By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Standing in the middle of a sold-out Madison Square Garden, confetti sticking to his suit, Rick Pitino was asked about his remarkable basketball odyssey and latest Big East championship. “I saved the best for last,” the 72-year-old Hall of Fame coach pronounced, bringing a March Madness […]
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Homeland Security says professor deported to Lebanon with US visa supported Hezbollah leader
By MICHAEL CASEY, RODRIQUE NGOWI and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Homeland Security officials on Monday said that a doctor from Lebanon who was deported over the weekend despite having a U.S. visa “openly admitted” to supporting a Hezbollah leader and attending his funeral. The department’s statement, posted on social media, provides a possible explanation […]
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Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day may be known for a boozy good time, but more are opting to forgo the buzz
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI, LEAH WILLINGHAM and RODRIQUE NGOWI Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Tommy McCarthy’s Irish bar just outside Boston’s city limits pours more Guinness than almost anywhere in the U.S., yet come this St. Patrick’s Day, the longtime owner of The Burren is stocking up on plenty of nonalcoholic options too. “It’s come a long […]
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West Region will feature 3 Hall of Fame coaches, another with consecutive national titles
Rick Pitino’s latest rebuilding project will take him to Providence, where he pulled off one of the biggest surprises in March Madness history by leading the Friars to the 1987 Final Four. His road to another potential Final Four with St. John’s will be littered with some of the biggest coaching names in the game, including one […]
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Evans, Timberlake power Bryant to 77-59 win over Maine for America East Tournament championship
SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) — Barry Evans scored 19 points, Earl Timberlake added 17 and top-seeded Bryant cruised to the America East championship, defeating No. 3-seed Maine 77-59 on Saturday. The Bulldogs advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the second time, having made their other trip when they won the Northeast Conference in 2022. Bryant led […]
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Here’s what you need to know about St. Patrick’s Day
By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — If it’s March, and it’s green, it must be St. Patrick’s Day. The day honoring the patron saint of Ireland is a global celebration of Irish heritage. And nowhere is that more so than in the United States, where parades take place in cities around the […]
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Don’t click on those road toll texts. FBI issues fresh warning about the smishing scam
WASHINGTON (AP) — State officials are warning Americans not to respond to a surge of scam road toll collection texts. The texts impersonating state road toll collection agencies attempt to get phone users to reveal financial information, such as credit or debit cards or bank accounts. They’re so-called smishing scams — a form of phishing […]
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Providence coach sums up ‘pitiful, embarrassing season’ after quick Big East Tournament exit
By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — On the opening day of the Big East Tournament, Providence was done by dinner time. The eighth-seeded Friars never led and fell behind by 14 in the second half of a 75-69 loss to No. 9 seed Butler late Wednesday afternoon at Madison Square Garden. Afterword, coach […]
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Fordham earns 88-71 victory in Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament against Rhode Island
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jackie Johnson III had 29 points in 15th-seeded Fordham’s 88-71 victory over 10th-seeded Rhode Island on Wednesday in the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament. Fordham will play George Washington, the No. 7 seed, on Thursday. Johnson also added five rebounds for the Rams (12-20). Japhet Medor scored 26 points, going 6 of 12 […]
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Mitchell scores 21, Bryant beats Albany in America East Conference Tournament 91-78
SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) — Keyshawn Mitchell had 21 points in Bryant’s 91-78 victory over Albany on Tuesday in a semifinal matchup of the America East Conference Tournament. Top-seeded Bryant advances to the championship on Saturday to face No. 3-seed Maine who beat Vermont in the other semi on Tuesday. Mitchell had 13 rebounds for the […]
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Supreme Court rejects Republican-led effort to halt climate change lawsuits in Democratic-led states
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a lawsuit from Republican attorneys general in 19 states aimed at blocking climate change suits against the oil and gas industry from Democratic-led states. The justices acted on an unusual Republican effort to file suit in the Supreme Court over the Democratic states’ use of […]
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Freemantle scores 25 as Xavier takes down Providence 76-68
CINCINNATI (AP) — Zach Freemantle’s 25 points helped Xavier defeat Providence 76-68 on Saturday. Freemantle had eight rebounds for the Musketeers (21-10, 13-7 Big East Conference). Ryan Conwell scored 21 points and added five assists. Jerome Hunter had 12 points and shot 4 of 6 from the field and 3 of 3 from the free-throw […]