By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — More than 30 new COVID-19 cases are being detected daily ahead of the Beijing Olympics but organizers say they aren’t worried and expect numbers to drop within days. The 32 new cases confirmed Tuesday included 15 people arriving at the airport in China and 17 among
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By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Double-digit leads in the second half with a berth in the Super Bowl at stake are typically pretty safe in the NFL. That wasn’t the case on conference championship Sunday, when the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers both blew leads in the latest in chapter for
Continue Reading By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Double-digit leads in the second half with a berth in the Super Bowl at stake are typically pretty safe in the NFL. That wasn’t the case on conference championship Sunday, when the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers both blew leads in the latest in chapter for
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Pac-12′s two highest-ranked teams meet for the second time in nine days when No. 3 UCLA plays at No. 7 Arizona on Thursday. The Bruins won the first game 75-59 at home by shutting down one of the nation’s top offenses. The Wildcats shot 31% and went 7 for 28
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By Paul LeBlanc and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN The FBI is urging Olympic athletes to leave their personal cell phones at home and instead take burner phones to the Beijing Winter Olympics this month, citing the potential for “malicious cyber activities.” “The FBI urges all athletes to keep their personal cell phones at home and
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Elena Delle Donne is ready to play again. The two-time WNBA MVP has only been able to play three games the last two seasons because of back issues that required surgery. There was also the potential for complications if she got the coronavirus. Delle Donne, who played through three
Continue Reading By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin isn’t the only Alpine skier who could enter all five individual events at the Beijing Olympics and come away with multiple medals. Petra Vlhova has big plans of her own for the Winter Games. The tall Slovakian already wrapped up this season’s World Cup
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By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The prison sentence imposed a year ago on leading Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was a severe blow to Russia’s opposition. And then the situation got worse. Scores of activists, independent journalists and rights advocates were targeted over the past 12 months with raids, detained and designated as
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Aproximadamente 18 meses después de deshacerse del mote de “Redskins” (Pieles Rojas) por sus connotaciones racistas, la franquicia de Washington de la Liga Nacional de Fútbol Americano reveló su nuevo nombre este miércoles. Ahora se llamará Washington Commanders. El anuncio se hizo en el programa “Today” de NBC este miércoles. El equipo
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By Laura He, CNN Business The Chinese box office has raked in $314 million so far during the Lunar New Year holiday, largely thanks to a patriotic war epic celebrating China’s victory over the United States during a key battle during the Korean War. “Water Gate Bridge” is the sequel to the 2021 Chinese blockbuster
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By Ben Morse, CNN Scottish football club Raith Rovers is facing outrage from fans and from within its own organization for signing striker David Goodwillie, who in 2017 was ruled in a civil case to have raped a woman along with a former teammate. Raith announced it had signed the 32-year-old Goodwillie on Monday to
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Brian Flores, exentrenador en jefe de los Dolphins de Miami, presentó el martes una demanda contra la NFL, los Giants de Nueva York, los Broncos de Denver y los Dolphins alegando discriminación racial. Un mensaje de texto accidental de felicitación del entrenador de Nueva Inglaterra, Bill Belichick, a Brian Flores está en
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A Missouri Senate committee heard testimony Tuesday on a bill that would expand the legal protections for people claiming self-defense.
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS — Bryce Hamilton and Donovan Williams scored 17 points apiece as UNLV beat Nevada 69-58. Jordan McCabe added 16 points for the Runnin’ Rebels. Kenan Blackshear led the Wolf Pack with 17 points and six rebounds.
Continue Reading By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press ASHKELON, Israel (AP) — A number of former Israeli leaders and security chiefs have found new careers in the country’s tightly controlled medical marijuana industry. They hope not only to cash in on the local market, but also to clear the way for the country’s major marijuana producers to
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By Travis Caldwell and Jenn Selva, CNN The man accused in the Tuesday shooting deaths of two police officers at Bridgewater College in Virginia was a former student-athlete, according to the school. Alexander Wyatt Campbell, 27, attended Bridgewater College from 2013-2017 and was member of the track and cross-country teams, Logan Bogert, a communications coordinator
Continue Reading SAN JOSE, Calif. — Orlando Robinson had 18 points to lead five Fresno State players in double figures and the Bulldogs romped past San Jose State 73-43. Omari Moore had 11 points and seven rebounds for the Spartans.
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN Español) — La FiscalÃa General del Estado de Michoacán ratificó este martes que investiga como delito contra la libertad de expresión la muerte de Roberto Toledo, miembro del equipo del portal local de noticias Monitor Michoacán, quien este lunes murió por impactos de bala en la localidad de Zitácuaro. Adrián López SolÃs, fiscal
Continue Reading By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mark Stone, Jonathan Marchessault and Brett Howden each had a goal and an assist, and the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Buffalo Sabres 5-2. With the win, Vegas moved into sole possession of first place in the Pacific Division with 57 points, two ahead of Anaheim.
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Amanda Musa, CNN The University of Utah has suspended all social activities at fraternities and sororities after two reports of sexual assault that allegedly occurred at two different fraternity houses, according to a letter from the university. “All social activity at the University of Utah’s fraternity and sorority chapters has been suspended for two weeks,”
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