Новости за 19.04.2016

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Actor and filmmaker Tom Hanks proves again he excels at taking directions.

The Big Ten is on the verge of a deal that would give half of its media rights package to Fox, according to Sports Business Daily, one of the more trusted media outlets on this type of info.

The Nebraska men's basketball team will have official visits from recruits each of the next two weekends.

NEW YORK (AP) — A night of Disney tunes led ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" to the largest audience of its current season and to the top of the television rankings.

Braden Holtby and the Washington Capitals plan to keep rolling along against the Flyers despite an injury scare in practice.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Flyers want to keep wrist shots on the ice and not from fans in the stands.

Satellite camps may be no more, but a recruiting ruling came down Tuesday that is most definitely good news for Nebraska football.

Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops quickly said he didn't have a stance on the Big 12's discussions about the possibility of league expansion and a conference championship game. TCU's Gary Patterson said those were decisions that would be made at levels…

Top defensive players available in the NFL draft, which starts with the first round on April 28.

Starship -- not to be confused with Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship or the brief iteration known as Starship Jefferson -- is playing the Rococo Theatre on Nov. 4.

Top offensive players available in the NFL draft, which starts with the first round on April 28.

NEW YORK (AP) — Anyone who used Fox News Channel's prime-time lineup as their main source of campaign news over the past month may be forgiven for thinking there was only one presidential nomination contest.

NEW YORK (AP) — "Do you have a Holocaust joke?"

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma has been released from the hospital, where he was admitted Saturday with an undisclosed ailment.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Saint Louis University is investigating — and condemning — racially insensitive texts sent last year by two members of the school's overwhelmingly white baseball team, a top campus diversity official said Tuesday, calling the texts…

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — LeBron James has enough to handle with the young and brash Pistons. He isn't about to fight their coach, too.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge says Blake Shelton's defamation lawsuit against the publisher of In Touch magazine can proceed because a headline declaring the singer was headed to rehab could be considered libelous.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Partners in the broadcast booth, Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson are now rivals in the hunt for the Minnesota Timberwolves' coaching job.

Sen. John Murante of Gretna has decided not to attempt to override Gov. Pete Ricketts' veto of a redistricting reform bill that was negotiated for more than two years with Sen. Heath Mello of Omaha.

OMAHA — A judge has denied a request to reinstate a Chicago attorney to help defend a former doctor accused of killing four people with ties to an Omaha medical school.

Gov. Pete Ricketts has added his signature to a $20 million aid package aimed at easing property tax bills for Nebraska farmers and ranchers.

HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans have cut quarterback Brian Hoyer.

NEW YORK (AP) — A chocolate milk company wanted to tout the ability of its drink to help recover from concussions to coincide with the Will Smith movie "Concussion," according to emails obtained by The Associated Press.

DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas grand jury is scheduled to consider this week whether to charge troubled NFL quarterback Johnny Manziel with attacking his ex-girlfriend in a January incident.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — You're mystified by the number of destined-for-failure shows on TV and figure you could make better picks than network executives.