Новости за 10.12.2016

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rodney Bullock scored 26 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Providence to a 75-69 win over Massachusetts on Saturday.

COLUMBIA, Mo. — It’s an old cliché; winning on the road in college basketball is no easy task.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim wants his bench to perform better.

PALO ALTO, Calif. — The Stanford marching band has been temporarily suspended through next spring after a panel found repeated violations of school policies.

NEWARK, N.J. — Jay Wright doesn’t follow who is in the running for national player of the year. However, the Villanova coach thinks he has the best player in the country in senior guard Josh Hart.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan naval troops fired warning shots on Saturday to break up a protest by striking dock workers who have held up a Japanese vessel for four days at the island’s southern international port.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Isaac Haas scored 14 points, Caleb Swanigan had 13 points and 10 rebounds and Dakota Mathias added 12 points on four 3-pointers, leading No. 18 Purdue to a 77-53 victory over Cleveland State on Saturday.

BARCELONA, Spain — A Spanish couple arrested for allegedly exploiting the rare illness of their daughter in a charity scam spent almost 600,000 euros ($633,000) of donations on a ritzy lifestyle, according to Spanish police.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Maryland’s fast start was more than enough to make up for a sluggish second half on Saturday.

MIAMI — When Temple coach Fran Dunphy arrived in the Owls’ locker room for some postgame remarks Saturday, he had a few words to say about his team’s next opponent.

PARIS — French league leader Monaco continued its rampant scoring form as Radamel Falcao netted a hat trick in a 4-0 win away to Bordeaux on Saturday.

Elana Meyers Taylor and Steven Holcomb are dealing with the same problem. Both want to compete in this season’s world bobsled championships, since it this will probably be their final opportunities to do so before retirement.

STOCKHOLM — Patti Smith needed two attempts to get through Bob Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” at the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm on Saturday.

BOGOTA, Colombia — Venezuela’s socialist government has seized nearly 4 million toys from a private company and says it intends to hand them out as Christmas gifts to poor children this holiday season.

VIENNA — OPEC has persuaded 11 non-members to cut oil production, a move aimed at draining a worldwide oil glut and boosting low prices that have squeezed government finances in Russia and Saudi Arabia.

INDIANAPOLIS — It could be a snowy weekend in northern Indiana.

The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings and advisories on Saturday for about two dozen counties in the northern half of the state.

The advisories and warnings were for counties along Lake Michigan and the state’s northern border. They predicted up to 12 inches of snow starting later Saturday in some parts through early Monday morning. Other areas could see two inches or more.

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MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Vikings punt returner Marcus Sherels has been downgraded to out for the game against Jacksonville on Sunday.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants have activated halfback Shane Vereen off the injured reserve/designated for return list and terminated the contract of offensive lineman Adam Gettis.

The race for the playoffs remains predictably crowded at the dawn of the fourth quarter of this NFL season, bringing with it a complicated bundle of scenarios for the division crowns and wild-card spots available for the taking.

BURNLEY, England — Jeff Hendrick’s dipping volley helped Burnley to a 3-2 victory over Bournemouth in the first-ever top-flight encounter between the English Premier League sides on Saturday.

AMERICUS, Ga. — Funeral services for one of two south Georgia police officers killed in the line of duty are planned for Sunday.

JERUSALEM — The coalition chairman of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government angered Israel’s Arab minority on Saturday by saying he would rather they didn’t vote, in comments reminiscent of those made by the prime minister last year.

NEW YORK — New York City’s annual SantaCon event is on despite efforts by a community group to deter the holiday pub crawl by red-suited revelers.

SWANSEA, Wales — Under-fire manager Bob Bradley had his best day so far in the English Premier League as Swansea beat fellow struggler Sunderland 3-0 to move out of the relegation zone on Saturday.

GREENVILLE, S.C. — A New York-based manufacturer of consumer healthcare products says it plans to expand into Greenville and create 450 jobs.