Новости за 26.12.2016

HOUSTON — The Houston Texans are sticking with Tom Savage at quarterback on Sunday against the Tennessee Titans.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Making the playoffs with a week to spare has given rookie coach Ben McAdoo and the New York Giants options heading into the regular-season finale against Washington Redskins.

Clayton Keller scored twice and the United States overcame a slow start to beat Latvia 6-1 at the world junior hockey championship on Monday.

PRINCETON, N.J. — Vera Rubin, a pioneering astronomer who helped find powerful evidence of dark matter, has died, her son said Monday.

CHESTERTON, Ind. — A pilot program that gave bicyclists weekend rides to and from Chicago aboard the South Shore commuter rail line will continue during 2017.

CLEMSON, S.C. — As he flew back from Arizona last January, his players’ disappointment still fresh in his mind, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney began crafting the message he hoped would lead the Tigers past their national championship loss to Alabama and back for another run at the title.

The Kansas City Chiefs can score in all sorts of ways, so was it really necessary for Andy Reid to turn his 346-pound defensive tackle into a quarterback ?

DETROIT — Maryland linebacker Shane Cockerille has been ruled ineligible to play in the Quick Lane Bowl.

JOHANNESBURG — Amid population declines for many wildlife species in Africa, conservationists are sounding alarm bells for the cheetah, the fastest animal on land.

PITTSBURGH — The image of Antonio Brown’s seemingly elastic left arm fighting off a pair of tacklers to stretch the ball across the goal line and send the Pittsburgh Steelers into the playoffs will live on. One more highly GIF-able moment in the star wide receiver’s weekly dance with the improbable.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — There are times Ron Rivera watches Cam Newton throw a football and thinks he can be one of the best quarterbacks of all time. And there are other times the Panthers’ coach studies Newton’s release and says to himself, “Aw c’mon, you have to have better footwork.”

CHICAGO — Chicago police say more than 40 people were shot over the holiday weekend and more than three dozen guns were seized.

ATLANTA — No. 1 Alabama and coach Nick Saban are the closest the College Football Playoff has to seasoned veterans.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Mississippi State’s sideline erupted in celebration, relieved to escape with a victory to end a challenging season.

LONDON — Toppling forward, Henrikh Mkhitaryan looked like he’d misjudged the right-wing cross as he surged into the box seeking a clinching goal for Manchester United.

PAOLI, Ind. — A southern Indiana county with a significant Amish population has repealed a recently passed ordinance that would have fined people if their horses left manure on county roads.

CLEVELAND — Browns coach Hue Jackson didn’t drive to work on Monday as much as he floated to his office.

HAYWARD, Calif. — Authorities say a Northern California man was stabbed to death inside a Target store on Christmas Eve after an altercation with two other men.

NEW YORK — Jets coach Todd Bowles was scheduled to meet with his doctors on Monday after being hospitalized late last week.

BURNLEY, England — Deadly at home but dreadful away, Burnley clinched its sixth English Premier League win of the season at Turf Moor by beating Middlesbrough 1-0 on Monday.

HULL, England — Manchester City wore down last-placed Hull to win 3-0 in the English Premier League, thanks to late goals by Yaya Toure and substitute Kelechi Iheanacho as well as an own-goal on Monday.

MULTAN, Pakistan — Pakistani police say 12 Christians died after drinking contaminated homemade alcohol during the Christmas holiday.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — John Barfield, a left-hander from Arkansas who pitched three seasons for the Texas Rangers beginning in 1989, died in a shooting in Little Rock, police and family members said. He was 52.

HONOLULU — The Latest on President Barack Obama’s annual holiday vacation in Hawaii (all times local):

It’s been a wonderful few months for Cal coach Lindsay Gottlieb.

She’s pregnant with her first child due next spring, her team is unbeaten through non-conference play and now the Bears are back in the Top 25. The Bears entered The Associated Press women’s basketball poll at No. 21 on Monday. UConn remained the top choice, as the unanimous No. 1.

“Definitely for me I think it’s nice, but I understand how these things go.

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