Новости за 01.01.2017

AMES, Iowa — Ariel Atkins scored a career-high 25 points, including a 3-pointer to give No. 16 Texas the lead for good, in a 75-68 win over Iowa State on Sunday for the Longhorns’ sixth straight win. Atkins’ 3-pointer gave the Longhorns (8-4, 2-0 Big 12) a two-point lead and began a 9-0 run she

MINNEAPOLIS — Protesters trying to stymie the Dakota Access oil pipeline sneaked up on a truss connected to the roof and rappelled down to unfurl a huge banner inside U.S. Bank Stadium during the Minnesota Vikings’ season finale against the Chicago Bears. Play was not interrupted on the field during Sunday’s game, but eight rows

OKLAHOMA CITY — Thunder guard Cameron Payne, who hasn’t played this season since fracturing a bone in his right foot in a scrimmage in October, has been assigned to the Oklahoma City Blue D-League team. Thunder general manager Sam Presti announced the move in a statement on Sunday. Payne had previously broken the fifth metatarsal,

GREENCASTLE, Pa. — A 15-year-old boy in Pennsylvania has been charged with homicide after a New Year’s Eve shooting that killed another 15-year-old boy. State police say they were called to a home in Greencastle, Franklin County, shortly before 10 p.m. Saturday to investigate a shooting. Police say one of the boys showed the victim

LONDON — With Alexis Sanchez’s cross floating into the penalty area behind him, Olivier Giroud only had one choice: A back-heeled overhead flick. “I was a bit lucky but it was the only thing I could do,” Giroud said. “The ball was behind me and I tried to hit it with a back heel.” The

ORLANDO, Fla. — Napheesa Collier had 22 points, five rebounds and five assists and Katie Lou Samuelson added 17 points and seven rebounds and the top-ranked Connecticut Huskies extended their winning streak to 88 games as they cruised to an 84-48 win over UCF on Sunday. The Huskies (13-0, 1-0) moved within two victories of

ATLANTA — Georgia Tech delivered a strong finish with four straight wins, affirming coach Paul Johnson’s belief that a woeful 2015 season was an anomaly. The Yellow Jackets’ next challenge is to prove they can maintain the momentum with a new quarterback in 2017. Georgia Tech beat Kentucky 33-18 in Saturday’s TaxSlayer Bowl, and quarterback

BOSTON — Boston College coach Jim Christian decided a few weeks ago that Ky Bowman was going to quarterback his basketball team. It was the perfect analogy for a player that was recruited to play that sport at another Atlantic Coast Conference school. Bowman scored 30 points with nine assists, Jerome Robinson had 22 points

FRASER, Mich. — The new public works commissioner in a suburban Detroit county is declaring “all hands on deck” to fix a broken sewer line that has created a major sinkhole and forced the evacuation of 22 homes. Former U.S. Rep. Candice Miller used her first day in office Sunday to urge Macomb County residents

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — If the start of Big Ten play is any indication, this could be a very special season for the Nebraska basketball team. Tai Webster scored 18 points, and the Cornhuskers closed with a 14-0 run to beat Maryland 67-65 Sunday and end the Terrapins’ six-game winning streak. Nebraska trailed 65-53 with

No. 17 Auburn (8-4, SEC) vs. No. 7 Oklahoma (10-2, Big 12), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN), New Orleans. Line: Oklahoma by 3. Series Record: Oklahoma leads 1-0. WHAT’S AT STAKE Oklahoma can finish its season with a 10th straight victory while cementing its top 10 ranking. Auburn, which lost its final two regular season conference games,

WASHINGTON — Police and fire officials say a guest at a Washington hotel died after falling into a boiler shaft on the roof and plunging 10 floors to the basement. D.C. police spokesman Rachel Schaerr tells The Washington Post (http://wapo.st/2hHcsVu ) 23-year-old John Leonard of Herndon, Virginia, fell around 2:30 a.m. Sunday at the 9-story

SAN DIEGO — The nonprofit foundation that runs San Diego Fleet Week is out of money, and its board has been negotiating with creditors to settle its debts, according to a report. A San Diego Union-Tribune analysis published Saturday (http://lat.ms/2hZLu9h) found the San Diego Fleet Week Foundation’s deepest deficits are tied to its cornerstone event,

ATLANTA — Ryan Anderson no longer holds the unhappy distinction as probably the best Alabama defender without a touchdown. The top-ranked Crimson Tide linebacker took care of that with a 26-yard interception return late in the first half of Saturday’s 24-7 Peach Bowl defensive throttling of No. 4 Washington. With a spin move and a

EVERGREEN, Colo. — Boy Scouts Jean Tuyishime and Moise Tuyikunde sit around a crackling campfire under a canopy of stars in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, joking and teasing each other as adolescent brothers tend to do. Only two and a half years ago, they were a world away living at the crowded Gihembe refugee camp, built

WASHINGTON — As Barack Obama began preparing to leave office, the first smartphone-toting U.S. president ordered his team to upgrade the White House’s aging technology for his successor. New computers were purchased and faster internet was installed. Not included in the modernization plans? A courier service. But that delivery method of a bygone era may

SEATTLE — Ultimately, Washington was probably a year ahead of schedule. When Chris Petersen was introduced in December 2013, the clock started on the next chapter of Washington football and bringing the program back into the national conversation. While there was never a timeline, the belief was it would take four years for Petersen’s plan

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Henning Christophersen, a former vice president of the European Union’s executive commission who previously was a senior government member in Denmark, has died. He was 77. Senior EU official Jens Nymand Christensen, a close friend, told Danish media that Christophersen died Saturday in a Brussels hospital. Christophersen headed Denmark’s ruling Liberal Party

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Nashville Predators have placed defenseman P.K. Subban on injured reserve with an upper-body injury and will evaluate him in two to three weeks. The Predators announced the move Sunday. Subban has not played since Dec. 15, missing seven games. This move means he will miss Tuesday night’s game with Montreal, the

Lamar Jackson’s achievement as Louisville’s first Heisman Trophy winner raised expectations for him to lead the Cardinals into national championship contention. Doing so will require improvement in many areas after three straight losses took some luster off Jackson’s milestone and bounced the Cardinals from title consideration. On the cusp of the playoff discussion thanks to

ATLANTA — Michael Vick has returned to the Georgia Dome for the Atlanta Falcons’ final regular-season game in the stadium. Despite an online campaign calling for the Falcons to revoke their invitation, the quarterback joined a group of former players and coaches set to take part in a halftime ceremony during a game against the

Kentucky became respectable and broke .500 to reach its first bowl game in six seasons. Up next for coach Mark Stoops is returning to the postseason and making the Wildcats competitive in the Southeastern Conference’s Eastern Division. It’s a tough task, but the fact they looked poised to challenge at one point speaks volumes about

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran says Turkmenistan has cut off shipments of heating gas over past debts. The Iranian Oil Ministry’s website reported the dispute Sunday, urging consumers to limit their use to guard against shortages. The website did not provide further details on the amount of the debts. Turkmenistan has been exporting gas to Iran

The Latest on Week 17 of the NFL regular season (all times local): 5:10 p.m. San Diego Chargers tight end Antonio Gates has tied Tony Gonzalez for the most touchdown catches (111) in NFL history by a tight end. Gates tied the mark on a 2-yard toss from Philip Rivers early in the second quarter

NEW YORK — The Latest on New York City’s long-awaited Second Avenue subway line (all times local): 1 p.m. Trains are running on a long-awaited subway line under Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Three new stations on the new Second Avenue line opened to the public at noon Sunday. It’s expected to carry about 200,000 riders