February, 2024

• 12 February

  Maple Leafs brace for a stretch without Morgan Rielly, who’s expected to be suspended

  TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Maple Leafs are bracing to play their next several games without top defenseman Morgan Rielly, who could be facing a lengthy suspension. He has an in-person hearing with the NHL’s department of player safety scheduled for Tuesday in New York. An in-person hearing allows the league to suspend Rielly for six or more games. Rielly …

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• 12 February

  TCU plays West Virginia in conference showdown

  

  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. West Virginia Mountaineers (8-15, 3-7 Big 12) at TCU Horned Frogs (16-7, 5-5 Big 12) Fort Worth, Texas; Monday, 8 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Horned Frogs -12.5; …

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• 12 February

  Pakistan’s election left no clear winner. So who is likely to govern and what happens next?

  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s parliamentary elections left no clear winner. Allies of imprisoned ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan won the most seats in the lower house of parliament in the elections last Thursday. It was a shock outcome given the obstacles: His Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party could hold no campaign rallies, had no polling agents on election day and faced internet restrictions. …

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• 12 February

  Maple Leafs’ Rielly set for in-person hearing with NHL after cross-check on Ottawa’s Greig

  TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly accepted an in-person hearing with the NHL’s Department of Safety, a day after decking Ottawa’s showboating Ridly Greig with a late cross-check. The NHL said Sunday that the hearing is set for Tuesday in New York. Greig scored with 5.1 seconds left in Ottawa’s 5-3 victory Saturday night, racing down the …

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• 12 February

  Former professional wrestler William \”Billy Jack\” Haynes in custody in wife’s death in Oregon

  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Former professional wrestler William Albert “Billy Jack” Haynes Jr. has been taken into police custody in connection with the death of his wife in Portland, authorities said. Portland police said in a statement over the weekend that Haynes, 70, was in police custody at a local hospital, undergoing treatment “for a medical condition unrelated to the …

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• 12 February

  The Chiefs have achieved dynasty status with their third Super Bowl title in five years

  

  LAS VEGAS (AP) — This was supposed to be the year when the Kansas City Chiefs were vulnerable. Their wide receivers were dropping passes, their offense was committing penalties, Travis Kelce was supposedly getting old and there was no way that Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes could possibly overcome all of that. Yet they did, and wiped away any doubt …

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• 12 February

  Salernitana hires Liverani to replace Inzaghi as coach with the club hoping for another ‘miracle’

  SALERNO, Italy (AP) — Struggling Serie A club Salernitana is hoping for another “sporting miracle” after firing coach Filippo Inzaghi and replacing him with Fabio Liverani in the hopes of staving off relegation again. It is the third coaching change of a troubled season for Salernitana, which is bottom of Serie A and five points from safety. Even Salernitana general …

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• 12 February

  The discovery of a 1940s shipwreck in Lake Superior solves one mystery, while others stay sunken

  

  WHITEFISH POINT, Mich. (AP) — Shipwreck hunters have discovered a merchant ship that sank in Lake Superior in 1940, taking its captain with it, during a storm off Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society and shipwreck researcher Dan Fountain announced Monday the discovery of the 244-foot (74-meter) bulk carrier Arlington in about 650 feet (200 meters) of …

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• 12 February

  Mascherano se redime con Argentina tras dolorosos traspiés del pasado

  

  BUENOS AIRES (AP) — La historia de Javier Mascherano con la Argentina fue la de un amor no correspondido… hasta el Preolímpico de Venezuela. Como jugador, escolta del astro Lionel Messi con más presencias, perdió cinco finales con la Albiceleste, una de ellas la del Mundial 2014, y como entrenador de combinados juveniles de su país parecía seguir el mismo …

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• 12 February

  Asesinan a 2 extranjeros en aparente fuego cruzado por drogas en la ciudad mexicana de Tulum

  

  CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — Una mujer estadounidense y un hombre de Belice fueron asesinados en lo que parece haber sido una disputa entre narcotraficantes en un club de playa de la ciudad turística mexicana de Tulum, confirmaron las autoridades el domingo. La fiscalía del estado de Quintana Roo subrayó que la mujer estadounidense no tenía relación alguna con un …

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