Новости за 15.02.2020

LOS ANGELES — With the spotlight and attention that Sabrina Ionescu commands, sometimes Oregon’s other top players can be overshadowed. But on a night when Ionescu added another milestone to her amazing collegiate career, Ruthy Hebard had one of her best games of the season. The senior forward had 30 points and 17 rebounds as

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Justin Verlander elected not to throw his scheduled bullpen session and No. 2 starter Zack Grienke isn’t even in camp yet, adding to an unusual start to Houston’s spring training. Verlander’s name appeared on Houston’s daily schedule as a thrower, but a team spokesman said Verlander threw a 60-pitch bullpen

EAST POINT, Ga. — Three people were shot and wounded on Valentine’s Day at a restaurant just outside Atlanta that’s owned by singer and “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Kandi Burruss. A man entered the Old Lady Gang restaurant on Friday night and targeted another man, East Point police Capt. Allyn Glover told news outlets.

INDIANAPOLIS — Amanda Wuestefeld wanted more than to be Indiana’s first female Fish & Wildlife director — she wanted to change the division. That’s what the two-decade veteran of the agency remembers when discussing the job with superiors last year. She told them the division needs to do more to connect with the public about

TEMPE, Ariz. — Reili Richardson scored 13 of her 22 points in the final five minutes to help No. 22 Arizona State take the lead and hold off Washington State 62-59 on Friday night. Ula Motuga tied it at 50 with a 3-pointer for Washington State with 3:20 left in the game. Richardson answered with

SALT LAKE CITY — Lexie Hull scored 24 and Kiana Williams added 19 to lift No. 8 Stanford to a 97-64 win over Utah on Friday night. Fighting to keep pace with UCLA and Oregon — who played later on Friday — at the top of the Pac-12 standings, the Cardinal (22-3, 11-2 Pac-12) ran

CHICAGO — Sonya Morris scored 23 points, Kelly Campbell had nine points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists, and No. 13 DePaul beat Butler 89-60 on Friday night to snap the Bulldogs’ five-game winning streak. It was a matchup of the top-scoring offense in the league against the best defense. DePaul entered averaging 84.9 points per

TUCSON, Ariz. — Aari McDonald scored nine of her 19 points in the third quarter when No. 12 Arizona pulled away from Washington for a 64-53 victory Friday night for the Wildcats’ 20th win. Helena Pueyo had four 3-pointers and 14 points for the Wildcats (20-4, 9-4 Pac-12), who have won seven of their last

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR opened the Truck Series season with one fiery crash, a truck stuck on its roof and Grrant Enfinger in victory lane following overtime and a door-to-door race to the finish line. Enfinger beat Jordan Anderson in a frantic push to the finish that drew sparks as the trucks banged in

SALT LAKE CITY — Lexie Hull scored 24 and Kiana Williams added 19 to lift No. 8 Stanford to a 97-64 win over Utah on Friday night. Fighting to keep pace with UCLA and Oregon — who played later on Friday — at the top of the Pac-12 standings, the Cardinal (22-3, 11-2 Pac-12) ran

FARGO, N.D. — Tyson Ward had 22 points and 10 rebounds as North Dakota State topped Purdue Fort Wayne 80-70 on Friday night. The victory left North Dakota State (19-7, 10-2) tied atop the Summit League with South Dakota State. Vinnie Shahid had 19 points for North Dakota State, which earned its sixth consecutive win.

BROOKINGS, S.D. — Douglas Wilson had 23 points as South Dakota State defeated Denver 90-78 on Friday night. Matt Dentlinger added 22 points for the Jackrabbits. Dentlinger also had 11 rebounds. Noah Freidel had 16 points, eight assists and seven rebounds for South Dakota State (19-8, 10-2 Summit League), which earned its fifth consecutive win.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — George Papas had a career-high 32 points as Monmouth topped Canisius 85-71 on Friday night. Papas hit 9 of 10 foul shots. Ray Salnave had 14 points for Monmouth (14-10, 8-5 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference). Deion Hammond added 11 points. Monmouth totaled 55 points in the second half, a season best for

BRYAN, Texas — Grandview quarterback Dane Jentsch and Gunter defensive back Peyton Lowe were the players of the year on the Texas Sports Writers Association’s Class 3A Football Team announced Wednesday. Jentsch threw for 3,349 yards with 34 touchdowns and only four interceptions. He added 1,028 yards rushing and 15 touchdowns in leading his team

BRYAN, Texas — Frisco Lone Star senior wide receiver Marvin Mims was the offensive player of the year on the Texas Sports Writers Association’s Class 5A All-State Football Team announced Friday. Denton Ryan junior lineman Ja’Tavion Sanders and Abilene Cooper senior defensive back Dylon Davis shared the defensive honor. Mims, who signed with Oklahoma, had

KEARNS, Utah — Graeme Fish broke a world record on his way to winning his first long track speed-skating world championship. Fish finished in 12 minutes, 33.86 seconds Friday to claim gold in the men’s 10,000 meters in the opening event of the second day of the ISU World Single Distances Championships at the Utah

A former Michigan State University gymnastics coach was convicted Friday on charges that she lied to police when she denied that two teen athletes told her of sexual abuse by sports doctor Larry Nassar in 1997. It’s the latest fallout from the scandal that has rocked the school. Kathie Klages, 65, was found guilty of

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Win. Dance. Delete. When the Boston Red Sox traded Mookie Betts to the Los Angeles Dodgers on the eve of spring training, they broke up the “Killer B’s” who patrolled the Fenway outfield and led the team to a World Series championship in 2018. Together, Betts, Jackie Bradley Jr. and Andrew

KINGSTON, Ga. — A 5-year-old boy who saved his family from a house fire received special recognition Friday from officials in northwest Georgia. Noah Woods woke up Sunday to flames in the room he and his 2-year-old sister, Lilly, shared. Officials said he pulled himself and his sister to safety through a bedroom window. He

TUCSON, Ariz. — Oprah Winfrey’s soon-to-be televised discussion about the controversial novel “American Dirt” is drawing scrutiny for not inviting some of the book’s harshest Latino critics. The talk show host organized her much-hyped conversation with author Jeanine Cummins on Thursday after inviting around 250 people to the Harkins Theatres Arizona Pavilions in southern Arizona,

MONTE ALTO, Texas — A Texas man accused of hanging a small puppy by the neck from a tree and posting a video on Facebook told deputies that he was acting “out of boredom,” a sheriff said. Claudio Gomez, 21, of Monte Alto, Texas, was being held Friday in the Hidalgo County Jail, charged with

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — The sponsor of a halftime basketball shooting promotion at Northern Iowa games has reversed course in the face of growing criticism and will now pay out the full $10,000 to a contestant who competed earlier this week. A public outcry had been swelling since the Wednesday night contest, when Northern Iowa

MARIETTA, Ga. — An influential anti-abortion group is backing Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler of Georgia in her November special election, only months after opposing her appointment to the post. Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser said Friday that her initial concerns were based on information “from the rumor universe” during a tour of an

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Gov. Tim Walz and LGBTQ activists rallied at the state Capitol on Friday to demand that the Republican-controlled Minnesota Senate pass a ban on “conversion therapy” for minors, a discredited practice that seeks to turn gay people straight. The proposal passed the Democratic-controlled House last year but an effort to amend

The White House defended President Donald Trump on Friday after an Associated Press report that he stretched the truth in his State of the Union account of a formerly homeless veteran who turned his life around with a job at a company that is taking advantage of Opportunity Zone tax breaks. The AP report found