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CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — DeVante’ Jones scored 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as Coastal Carolina defeated Georgia Southern 65-55 in its home finale on Sunday. The Chanticleers had not played since Feb. 6, having three games canceled by COVID-19 concerns. Ebrima Dibba had 12 points and 10 rebounds for Coastal Carolina (13-6, 7-5 Sun…

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Zach Kent had 19 points and 11 rebounds to lift Delaware State to a 75-58 win over Division III St. Mary’s (MD) on Sunday. The game was added Wednesday after the Hornets’ games with Morgan State were postponed because of coronavirus issues and ended a 15-day layoff. Pinky Wiley had 16…

LONOKE, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas police officer was hospitalized in stable condition Sunday after being shot during a confrontation at a McDonald’s restaurant with a man who was kidnapping a 14-year-old North Carolina girl, authorities said. The suspect died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after fleeing from authorities, according to the Arkansas State…

Saskatoon, SASKATCHEWAN (AP) — Mike Babcock, who coached the Detroit Red Wings to a Stanley Cup title and the Canadian men’s team to two Olympic medals, is taking over the University of Saskatchewan Huskies men’s team. The Huskies announced Saturday that Babcock will lead the team on a full-time volunteer basis for the next two…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tiger Woods arrived at Riviera on Saturday just in time for the Genesis Invitational to be delayed by high wind. Woods, the tournament host, is not playing this year as he recovers from a fifth back surgery. He spent most of the late morning visiting with Dustin Johnson, Xander Schauffele and…

HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) — Latrele Palmer and Jawon Hamilton each rushed for a pair of touchdowns, Percy Agyei-Obese gained 116 yards with a score and James Madison opened the unusual spring football season with a 52-0 blanking of Morehead State on Saturday. The Dukes, 2019 FCS championship game runners-up, pounded Morehead State with 556 yards…

CINCINNATI, Ohio (AP) — Customs authorities in Ohio say they intercepted a shipment of cereal earlier this month with a special frosting — cocaine. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Cincinnati reported finding 44 pounds (20 kilograms) of cocaine-coated cornflakes that had been shipped from South America to a Hong Kong home. Officials said…

DALLAS (AP) — With the snow and ice clearing in Texas after days of unusually cold temperatures, bodies are being found of people who likely froze to death as they struggled to stay warm after electricity was cut to millions of homes Of the around 70 deaths attributed to the snow, ice and frigid temperatures…

American midfielder Duane Holmes scored his first two goals since his return to Huddersfield, helping the relegation-threatened club beat visiting Swansea 4-2 Saturday in England’s second tier League Championship. The 26-year-old gave Huddersfield a 3-1 lead in the 52nd minute, running onto a through pass from Aaron Rowe and scoring with a right-footed shot from…

CHICAGO (AP) — A judge on Friday threw out felony convictions of nine more people framed by a disgraced former Chicago police sergeant, including that of a man who gained fame more than two decades ago when his life in a notorious housing project was chronicled in an award-winning documentary. The judge’s ruling at the…

It’s too early to know where the NFL salary cap will end up in the range of $180 million to $198 million coming off a pandemic-dominated season that was completed on time but still cost the league billions of dollars in revenue. A glimmer of good news for teams came this week in the potential…

The widow of Soundgarden lead singer Chris Cornell has asked a Western Washington federal court to place a value on the iconic Seattle band amid an attempt to have the surviving members sell their shares to her. Top Featured Tags: – Washington News Press Release Distribution Service

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s state’s attorney, a prominent figure in the racial justice movement, is not at fault for taking trips to conferences around the world, according to the city’s solicitor who said rules for travel by elected officials are ambiguous and inconsistently applied. Solicitor Jim Shea issued his opinion Thursday after a week of…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A woman who once worked for the Florida Prepaid College Program has been sentenced to two years and nine months in prison for stealing about $42,000 from parents who had been paying into the system. Jamilla Ciar Hall was sentenced Tuesday in Tallahassee federal court, according to court records. She pleaded…

NEW YORK (AP) — For the second straight year the Ivy League will not hold a spring sports conference season, the school presidents announced Thursday. The Ivy League presidents wrote in a joint statement that they decided to cancel the spring sports seasons to be consistent with the schools’ measures to protect everyone on campus.…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — At least seven people have been wounded by gunfire near a transit station in north Philadelphia, police said. Police said two people were shot in the back shortly before 3 p.m. Wednesday near the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority station in the Olney neighborhood. Three other people were hit in an arm, ankle…