Новости за 18.11.2016

MANDALAY, Myanmar — Shunned by Myanmar’s new government and its Buddhist hierarchy, a nationalist monk blamed for whipping up at times bloody anti-Muslim fervor said he feels vindicated by U.S. voters who elected Donald Trump to be president.

EUGENE, Ore. — Chris Boucher had 25 points and nine rebounds to lead No. 4 Oregon to its 27th consecutive home victory, 76-54 over Valparaiso on Thursday night.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A bounce went the right way at a key time for Mikael Granlund and the Minnesota Wild.

ST. LOUIS — Jaden Schwartz realizes it was just one regular season game. However, the St. Louis winger still felt plenty of satisfaction.

LAS VEGAS — Jennifer Lopez surprised guests at the 17th annual Latin Grammy Awards Thursday when she performed with and presented an award to her ex-husband Marc Anthony.

OTTAWA, Ontario — From start to finish, the Nashville Predators were the better team and simply outworked the Ottawa Senators.

BANGKOK — The royal palace of Thailand says Queen Sirikit has been hospitalized with fever and lung infection, a month after her husband, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, died.

MINNEAPOLIS — The Philadelphia 76ers and Minnesota Timberwolves had a combined record of 5-16 heading into their game on Thursday night, which may not seem an ideal matchup to be featured on TNT.

MANILA, Philippines — Ferdinand Marcos was being buried at a heroes’ cemetery Friday in a secrecy-shrouded ceremony, police officials said, despite growing opposition after the Supreme Court ruled that one of Asia’s most infamous tyrants can be entombed in the cemetery.

HOUSTON — In the postgame locker room after the Houston Rockets’ 126-109 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night, James Harden teased teammates, laughed about excess shower water caught in his beard and joked with reporters.

TORONTO — Connor Brown is having fun playing for his hometown Toronto Maple Leafs.

MANILA, Philippines — A suspected Filipino drug lord, whose father was killed in an alleged gun fight in prison, was repatriated Friday from the United Arab Emirates to the Philippines, promising to tell all he knows about the narcotics trade in a move seen to bolster President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs.

AUSTIN, Texas — Three wins in seven days was just about the perfect start to the season for No. 23 Texas’ new starting lineup.

UNITED NATIONS — The United States was one of three countries to vote against a U.N. resolution condemning the glorification of Nazism on Thursday, citing freedom of speech issues and concerns Russia was using it to carry out political attacks against its neighbors.

MIAMI — Hassan Whiteside likes when teams challenge him inside.

The reigning NBA blocks leader piled up seven to go with 12 points and 17 rebounds and the Miami Heat beat the Milwaukee Bucks 96-73 on Thursday night to end a six-game losing streak.

“There’s two different types of coaches and teams,” Whiteside said. “There’s coaches that say, ‘Hassan Whiteside is down there, don’t attack him.’ And then there are coaches that say, ‘Hassan Whiteside is down there, let’s attack him,’ God bless those teams. Читать дальше...

MADISON, Wis. — Vitto Brown scored 12 points and Khalil Iverson added 11 as No. 9 Wisconsin beat Chicago State 69-51 on Thursday night.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Tampa Bay Lightning’s offense looks fine so far minus captain Steven Stamkos.

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Flyers used strong goaltending and opportunistic scoring to get just their second win in six games.

WASHINGTON — For the first time since his knee surgery in May, John Wall played in back-to-back games, and the result was a rare win for the Washington Wizards.

STORRS, Conn. — Geno Auriemma expected his young team to go through growing pains early in the season as they adjusted to life without the Huskies’ Big Three.

NEW YORK — A monumental landscape by David Hockney set an auction record for the British artist at Sotheby’s contemporary art sale Thursday evening.

LAS VEGAS — Singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel had never received a Latin Grammy Award during his lifetime, but on Thursday, he became a posthumous double winner.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State found its energy after a sluggish performance earlier in the week, and the Buckeyes needed every bit of it to beat Providence.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers star linebacker Luke Kuechly was carted off late in the fourth quarter Thursday night against New Orleans to be evaluated for a possible concussion.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Damonte Dodd had 14 points and 10 rebounds to help Maryland cruise to its first lopsided win of the year, 93-45 over St. Mary’s on Thursday night.