February, 2024

• 1 February

  Patrick Mahomes and Brock Purdy are chasing greatness and the greatest in Tom Brady and Joe Montana

  

  Patrick Mahomes is chasing Tom Brady. Brock Purdy is playing in the shadow of Joe Montana. Winning the Super Bowl would be another major step for either quarterback. Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs seek to become the first team in 19 years to win back-to-back Super Bowls when they take on Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers in Las …

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• 1 February

  Packers GM Gutekunst expresses interest in negotiating long-term deal with Jordan Love

  

  GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Jordan Love’s ability to lead the NFL’s youngest team to the divisional playoffs in his first year as a starter has the Green Bay Packers eager to work out a long-term extension with him. After the Packers traded four-time MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers to the New York Jets, Love agreed to terms on a one-year …

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• 1 February

  England ‘match-hardened’ for Six Nations thanks to clubs’ success, coach says

  ROME (AP) — Coach Steve Borthwick is confident England will hit the ground running in the Six Nations. England starts its campaign on Saturday against Italy in Rome at a high state of readiness, according to Borthwick, thanks to the competitiveness of its clubs. Six English clubs have reached the last 16 of the European Cup, and the English Premiership …

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• 1 February

  Tennessee’s strict abortion ban is under pressure, but change is unlikely under GOP control

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — After begrudgingly agreeing to tweak Tennessee’s strict abortion ban last year, the Republican-dominant Legislature is once again facing pressure to reconsider when doctors can legally offer the procedure to pregnant patients. The push comes as confusion and fear continues among residents in many GOP-controlled states over how abortion ban exemptions should be applied. While a handful …

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• 1 February

  FMI avala plan ajuste de Milei y desembolsa 4.700 millones de dólares para Argentina

  

  BUENOS AIRES (AP) — El plan de ajuste del presidente argentino Javier Milei recibió el jueves un guiño del Fondo Monetario Internacional, que giró 4.700 millones de dólares y elogió al nuevo gobierno por haber tomado “medidas audaces” para restaurar la estabilidad económica y abordar problemas que obstaculizan el crecimiento y la inversión. “Estas primeras acciones empiezan a dar sus …

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• 1 February

  Lane and North Alabama host Stetson

  

  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. Stetson Hatters (13-9, 5-2 ASUN) at North Alabama Lions (9-12, 3-4 ASUN) Florence, Alabama; Thursday, 8:45 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Lions -1; over/under is 150.5 BOTTOM LINE: …

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• 1 February

  Seahawks hope they’ve found a disruptor who can again make them contenders in coach Mike Macdonald

  RENTON, Wash. (AP) — There wasn’t anything personal with John Schneider’s heavy rooting interest for the AFC championship game last weekend and wanting to see Kansas City, and not Baltimore, in the Super Bowl. The Seattle Seahawks general manager was simply thinking about the future of his organization and the desire to finally get an interview with Mike Macdonald. It …

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• 1 February

  US center’s tropical storm forecasts are going inland, where damage can outstrip coasts

  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The “cone of uncertainty” produced by the National Hurricane Center to forecast the location and ferocity of a tropical storm is getting an update this year to include predictions for inland areas, where wind and flooding are sometimes more treacherous than damage to the coasts. The Miami-based hurricane center said Thursday on the X social …

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• 1 February

  Albany (NY) plays Vermont after Marshall’s 29-point game

  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. Albany (NY) Great Danes (11-10, 3-3 America East) at Vermont Catamounts (16-5, 6-0 America East) Burlington, Vermont; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Catamounts -11.5; over/under is …

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• 1 February

  Liberty bringing back core of last season’s WNBA Finals run. Diggins-Smith signs with Storm

  NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Liberty are bringing their core group back and trying to add another piece with prized free agent Nneka Ogwumike, while Seattle signed Skylar Diggins-Smith as WNBA free agency tipped off Thursday. The Liberty, who made it to the WNBA Finals last season before losing to the Las Vegas Aces, met with Ogwumike, according …

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