Новости за 03.01.2018

EASTON, Pa. — Alex Petrie nailed seven from long range for 29 points as Lafayette evened its Patriot League record by beating Holy Cross 60-48 on Tuesday night. Petrie, who made all seven of Lafayette’s shots from distance, set a freshman scoring record for the Leopards (3-10, 1-1). He was 7 of 8 from beyond

MADISON, Wis. — Ethan Happ had 28 points in one of his best all-around efforts of the season, and undermanned Wisconsin overcame another injury to beat Indiana 71-61 on Tuesday night. Happ hit 11 of 17 shots, adding nine rebounds, four steals and two blocks for the Badgers (9-7, 2-1 Big Ten). They won their

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — Freshman Dalonte Brown had his second double-double and Darrian Ringo scored 11 points with seven assists and four steals to help Miami (Ohio) beat Bowling Green 77-72 on Tuesday night in the Mid-American Conference opener for both teams. Brown finished with 16 points and career highs of 17 rebounds and three

Star linebackers Ray Lewis and Brian Urlacher are among four first-time eligible former players selected among the 15 modern-era finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2018. Receiver Randy Moss and guard Steve Hutchinson also made the cut to the finals in their first year of eligibility. They join Tony Boselli, Isaac

NEW YORK — Tom Brady and the New England Patriots ended the regular season where they started it. Being chased by the rest of the NFL. The Patriots finished the regular season as the No. 1 team in the final AP Pro32 poll on Tuesday, receiving 11 of 12 first-place votes for 381 points in

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — While much of the nation shivers in bone-aching cold, people in Alaska’s largest city are basking in warmer weather, jogging in short sleeves, ice-skating in T-shirts or walking dogs while just lightly bundled up. Anchorage saw an official high of 44 degrees Tuesday, tying the record set in 1981 and 2011. That

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A northern Indiana church’s more than century-old pipe organ is back in full working order after decades of not hitting all the notes. South Bend residents heard the newly restored organ during Christmas services at St. Paul’s Memorial United Methodist Church. The 1903 organ’s $450,000 restoration was long in coming. Some

HILLSDALE, Ind. — A conservation group says a heavily wooded tract in western Indiana that’s home to two federally endangered bats will be protected from development. The Central Indiana Land Trust says the more than 250 acres of Vermillion County will remain in private ownership but its owners and the land trust have agreed to

DETROIT — The Detroit Lions have interviewed both of their current coordinators for their vacant head coaching job. The Lions announced the interviews with defensive coordinator Teryl Austin and offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter on Tuesday, a day after coach Jim Caldwell was fired . Austin was Detroit’s defensive coordinator for Caldwell’s entire four-year tenure.

LOS ANGELES — Veteran MLS defender Jordan Harvey has signed with the expansion Los Angeles Football Club. LAFC announced its latest player acquisition Tuesday. The 33-year-old Harvey is an Orange County native who played at UCLA before embarking on a 13-year MLS career with Vancouver, Philadelphia and Colorado. He scored one goal in 28 games

KOKOMO, Ind. — Hundreds of family members and friends cheered for members of an Indiana National Guard unit based in Kokomo who are being deployed to Kuwait. Dignitaries including Gov. Eric Holcomb and U.S. Sens. Joe Donnelly and Todd Young joined in Tuesday evening’s departure ceremony for about 250 members of the 38th Sustainment Brigade

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Mike Mularkey is about to coach his first NFL postseason game as a head coach, and he isn’t reaching out to friends or former bosses for advice. After all, he learned by watching the likes of Bill Cowher and Chuck Noll in Pittsburgh. Cowher has sent Mularkey a few texts, which he

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers star wide receiver Antonio Brown is inching toward a return from a left calf injury. Brown hasn’t played since injuring the calf in the first half of a loss to New England on Dec. 17. He posted video of himself working out on a treadmill on Monday. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin

HOUSTON — Coach Bill O’Brien kept his job despite Houston’s 4-12 finish and looks to be returning for next season. His status beyond that is far less certain. O’Brien, who has one season left on his contract, was asked repeatedly on Tuesday if he’ll be with the Texans next season and if he’s been offered

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Jimmy Garoppolo’s late-season performance sends the San Francisco 49ers into the offseason with more optimism than typical for a team with a losing record. Now the most important task of the offseason is locking up Garoppolo with a long-term deal. “We’re going to work hard to try to keep him as

AKRON, Ohio — A teenager who pleaded guilty to juvenile charges in the deaths of two teen passengers who died when she drove an SUV through a red light and collided with an Ohio firetruck has received probation. A juvenile court judge in Akron ordered a suspended sentence for the 16-year-old girl on Tuesday. The

MANCHESTER, England — Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has hit out at the amount of games played in the Premier League over the festive period, saying the schedule is going to “kill” the players. City was one of the teams to play four games in 11 days across Christmas and the new year, with the

WASHINGTON — Anchorage, Alaska, was warmer Tuesday than Jacksonville, Florida. The weather in the U.S. is that upside down. That’s because the Arctic’s deeply frigid weather escaped its regular atmospheric jail that traps the worst cold. It then meandered south to the central and eastern United States. And this has been happening more often in

MILWAUKEE — Emery Lehman won the 5,000 meters at the U.S. speedskating trials. Except he didn’t earn an Olympic berth. Not yet anyway. The U.S. doesn’t have a spot in the 5,000 next month in Pyeongchang, South Korea, so Lehman will try to make the team in a different event. Lehman, a 2014 Olympian as

MILWAUKEE — Carlijn (CAR-lihn) Schoutens won the 3,000 meters at the U.S. Olympic speedskating trials. The 23-year-old who was born in New Jersey to Dutch parents made her first Olympic team after finishing first in 4 minutes, 14.03 seconds on Tuesday at the Pettit National Ice Center. Schoutens finished 1.71 seconds ahead of the next-fastest

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Quarterback Matt Ryan is in the playoffs for the sixth time in 10 seasons and still searching for the ultimate prize. Last year’s meltdown in the Super Bowl has been well documented with the Atlanta Falcons blowing a 28-3 lead and losing to New England, but Ryan has his team back

DALLAS — Airlines are sharing some of their tax-law windfall with employees and Boeing, the big aircraft maker. American and Southwest said Tuesday that they will pay employees bonuses of $1,000 each, a gesture that American said would cost $130 million. Southwest also said that it exercised options to buy more new jets from Boeing

CLEVELAND — Isaiah Thomas is back on the court doing what he does best. The All-Star point guard made his long-awaited debut with the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday night, his first action since re-injuring his right hip on May 19 in the Eastern Conference finals. With the crowd stirring, Thomas sat at the scorer’s table

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame senior forward Bonzie Colson will undergo surgery on Thursday for a left foot fracture suffered in practice this week. Colson is expected to miss eight weeks of game action, the school announced Tuesday. The 6-foot-6 Colson, a preseason All-America selection, is averaging 21.3 points and 9.8 rebounds, both team-leading,

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Christopher Johnson knew early in the season that his New York Jets were heading in the right direction. As the acting owner/CEO, he wanted to see clear progress — with wins and losses not necessarily being an overriding factor in whether he’d stick with coach Todd Bowles and general manager Mike