February, 2024

• 17 February

  Coppin State hosts Delaware State following Tavarez’s 21-point performance

  The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Delaware State Hornets (10-13, 3-4 MEAC) at Coppin State Eagles (2-19, 1-6 MEAC) Baltimore; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Hornets -7; over/under is 129 BOTTOM LINE: …

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• 17 February

  Big money: Texas coach Sarkisian getting salary increase to more than $10 million per year

  

  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas coach Steve Sarkisian’s contract extension will push his guaranteed salary to $10.3 million this year, making him one of the highest-paid coaches in the country after leading the Longhorns to the Big 12 championship and their first appearance in the College Football Playoff. Texas announced the contract extension through the 2030 season last month but …

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• 17 February

  Harmon leads Bethune-Cookman against Alcorn State after 20-point outing

  

  The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Bethune-Cookman Wildcats (12-12, 7-4 SWAC) at Alcorn State Braves (7-17, 6-5 SWAC) Lorman, Mississippi; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Braves -1.5; over/under is 147 BOTTOM LINE: …

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• 17 February

  Nesbitt and Wilcox Jr. score 19 points apiece, lead Hampton over Towson 67-61

  

  The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — Jordan Nesbitt and Tedrick Wilcox Jr. scored 19 points apiece to help Hampton defeat Towson 67-61 on Saturday. Nesbitt added seven rebounds and five …

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• 17 February

  Maddox scores 21, rallies Toledo to 85-83 victory over Ohio

  

  The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Dante Maddox Jr. scored 21 points and hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 59 seconds left to rally Toledo to an 85-83 victory over Ohio …

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• 17 February

  WWII Monuments Men weren’t all men. The female members finally move into the spotlight

  DALLAS (AP) — After World War II, the U.S. Army’s art experts set out to find and return millions of works stolen by the Nazis. Known as the Monuments Men, they included Mary Regan Quessenberry, who from her base in Berlin traveled to examine stolen works, tracked looting cases and investigated suspicious art dealers. Decades later, Quessenberry and the other …

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• 16 February

  Johnson has 21 in East Carolina’s 68-55 victory over Wichita State

  The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Brandon Johnson and RJ Felton scored 21 points each to help East Carolina defeat Wichita State 68-55 on Thursday night. Johnson also had 10 …

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• 16 February

  Coppin State hosts Delaware State following Tavarez’s 21-point showing

  The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Delaware State Hornets (10-13, 3-4 MEAC) at Coppin State Eagles (2-19, 1-6 MEAC) Baltimore; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Delaware State plays the Coppin State Eagles after …

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• 16 February

  Sheriff says Tennessee man tried to enroll at Michigan school to meet minor

  

  SCOTTVILLE, Mich. (AP) — A 21-year-old Tennessee man traveled to Michigan and tried to enroll at a high school after meeting a minor online, authorities said. A suspicious staff member at Mason County Central alerted a sheriff’s deputy who interviewed the young man Tuesday and learned that he wasn’t a teenager as claimed, the sheriff’s office said. The man from …

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• 16 February

  Pennsylvania magistrate judge is charged with shooting her ex-boyfriend as he slept

  

  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A suspended magistrate judge in Pennsylvania shot her estranged boyfriend in the head as he slept last weekend, police said Thursday in filing attempted murder and aggravated assault charges against her. Tests showed Magisterial District Judge Sonya M. McKnight, 57, had gunshot residue on her hands an hour after Michael McCoy was shot in the bed …

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