Новости за 02.01.2016

PHILADELPHIA - Rob Gray Jr. had 23 points, Ronnie Johnson added 17, and Houston beat Temple 77-50 on Saturday for the Cougars' fourth straight victory.

SUNRISE, Florida - After one of the best months in team history, the Florida Panthers were apparently convinced that Gerard Gallant is the coach who can finally take them deep into the playoffs.

NORFOLK, Virginia - Trey Freeman scored 21 points, Aaron Bacote added 18 and Old Dominion opened Conference USA play on Saturday with a 74-65 win over Charlotte.

GREEN BAY, Wisconsin - Defensive tackle B.J. Raji has been upgraded to probable for Green Bay's game against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday night.

YPSILANTI, Michigan - Beau Beech made five 3-pointers and scored 23 points and North Florida defeated Eastern Michigan 82-77 on Saturday.

NEWARK, New Jersey - Isaiah Whitehead had 18 points and nine assists and Seton Hall edged DePaul 78-74 on Saturday for the Pirates' seventh consecutive victory.

MIDDLETOWN, Rhode Island - Former students who claim they were sexually abused at a prestigious Rhode Island boarding school are calling for an independent investigation after the school issued a report acknowledging the accusations.

NEWARK, Delaware - Jackson Kent hit 4 of 7 3-point attempts and scored 19 points to lead James Madison 73-63 over Delaware on Saturday for the Blue Hens' fifth straight loss.

CHAMPAIGN, Illinois - If Barbara Wilson didn't understand the unhappiness of University of Illinois sports fans when she took over as interim chancellor in August, the emails that flowed to her over the next three and a half months provided an education.

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina - Joel Berry II scored a career-high 19 points and hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 5:07 left to help No. 7 North Carolina beat Georgia Tech 86-78 on Saturday.

PHILADELPHIA - The Eagles have interviewed running backs coach Duce Staley for their vacant coaching position created when Chip Kelly was fired on Tuesday.

PARIS - A sixth-division team which traveled from the Indian Ocean to Corsica couldn't take home a win in the French Cup on Saturday.

JACKSONVILLE, Florida - Penn State quarterback Christian Hackenberg won't return to the TaxSlayer Bowl with an apparent right shoulder injury.

NAMPA, Idaho - One man's back hair is another man's canvas.

ROME - An Italian parliament-mandated health survey has confirmed higher-than-normal incidents of death and cancer among residents in and around Naples, thanks to decades of toxic waste dumping by the local Camorra mob.

SANAA, Yemen - The truce in Yemen between Shiite rebels and a Saudi-led military coalition has formally ended, according to Saudi Arabia's state-run news agency.

ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania - Police on Saturday recanvassed an eastern Pennsylvania neighborhood where a 5-year-old boy with autism wandered away from a New Year's Eve party without shoes or a coat.

MANCHESTER, England - A moment of magic from Wayne Rooney. Both strikers on the scoresheet. And, most importantly, three points.

SAN FRANCISCO - As the days get shorter, first grade teacher Esmeralda Jiménez watches the dimming afternoon sky outside her classroom window the way her pupils watch the clock at dismissal time.

RAMALLAH, West Bank - Tens of thousands of people attended funerals in the West Bank on Saturday for Palestinians killed in violence over the past few months during a period of near-daily Palestinian attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers.

After two seasons as one of the nation's top teams, Florida State was largely out of the spotlight in 2015. The 10-3 record was what most expected but the ninth-ranked Seminoles did surprise many by making a New Year's Six bowl game.

BARCELONA, Spain - Barcelona drew for a third time in four rounds of the Spanish league after being held to 0-0 at crosstown rival Espanyol on Saturday.

EAST HAMPTON, New York - Actor Alec Baldwin and director Richard Linklater have braved the chilly waters off New York's Long Island at separate polar bear plunges on New Year's Day.

BERLIN - A body found in the Rhine river on New Year's Eve was identified Saturday as that of former Ivory Coast footballer Steve Gohouri.

INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller says his office received more than 3,400 complaints from people in 2015 about being the target or victim of scams.