Новости за 01.04.2017

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers are ready for the start of the regular season. Adrian Beltre isn’t. Beltre will go on the disabled list to begin his 20th major league season, Rangers manager Jeff Banister said after Texas beat the Kansas City Royals 5-3 to end the teams’ exhibition schedule on Saturday. Tightness in

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina State’s offense now knows what it’s doing. With Boise State transfer Ryan Finley settling in for his second season as the starting quarterback and everyone else more familiar with second-year coordinator Eli Drinkwitz’s system, the Wolfpack didn’t have to worry about adjusting to wholesale change. Instead, they dedicated this spring

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina linebacker Skai Moore was happy to be back after a year recovering from a scary neck injury, although not that thrilled with spring workouts. Moore, the Gamecocks leading tackler each season from 2013 through 2015, sat out last season after neck fusion surgery. He was cleared for spring practice last

NEW YORK — Jack Harrison scored in the first half, Thomas McNamara scored four minutes after entering as a second-half substitute and New York City FC beat the San Jose Earthquakes 2-1 on Saturday. New York City (2-1-1) tied it at 1-all in the 10th minute. Harrison ran to David Villa’s back-heel pass and powered

MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Bucks are marching up the Eastern Conference standings, bolstered by the kind of successful basketball that hasn’t been seen in this town in decades. The Bucks went 14-4 in March, their best month since going 16-2 in February 1971. These are heady times for a franchise that has finished .500 or

GLENDALE, Ariz. — The NCAA Tournament is ready to carve out its finalists from among the Final Four. South Carolina, Gonzaga, Oregon and North Carolina are the last teams standing in a March Madness field that started with 68 teams. There are three games left to determine the 2017 champion, starting with two semifinals on

NEW YORK — Gilbert Baker, the creator of the rainbow flag that has become a widely recognized symbol of gay rights has died. He was 65. Baker was found dead Friday at his New York City home. The city medical examiner’s office said Saturday that he had died of hypertensive heart disease. Baker was born

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh redshirt sophomore guard Cameron Johnson is transferring. This is the team’s latest departure following a bumpy first season under coach Kevin Stallings. Johnson will have two years of eligibility remaining and can play immediately because he is graduating this spring. Johnson averaged 11.9 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists. The Panthers 16-17

BOSTON — If the Boston Bruins are going to make the playoffs for the first time in three season, the formula is simple. “You’ve got to keep winning. If we keep doing this we don’t have to look at the standings and look for help elsewhere,” Bruins defenseman Torey Krug said after they beat the

MOSCOW — Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko has accused the head of the International Paralympic Committee of being “completely dishonest” on doping issues. The IPC barred the entire Russian team from the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro after World Anti-Doping Agency investigator Richard McLaren accused Russia of a state-backed doping program, including in disability

INDIANAPOLIS — Residents of a homeless camp in a wooded area along a railroad line in Indianapolis have been forced to leave the property. Television station WRTV reports (http://bit.ly/2nWYthK) Saturday that some packed up their tents and left as police made a final sweep Friday through the property. The camp is known as “The Jungle”

LYON, France — Paris Saint-Germain took the first step toward defending its domestic treble by crushing its biggest rival Monaco 4-1 in the League Cup final on Saturday, with striker Edinson Cavani scoring twice to take his season’s tally to a career best 40. PSG and Monaco are battling for the French title, with Monaco

STORRS, Conn. — UConn will return to campus from the Final Four on Sunday for the first time in five years without a national championship trophy. But it’s not like Hall of Fame coach Geno Auriemma will return with nothing. His team heads into next season with a lot of talent and more experience. Auriemma

MONTPELIER, Vt. — The Latest on the April Fools’ Day storm to hit northern New England. (all times local): 3:30 p.m. The April Fools’ Day snowstorm that hit parts of northern New England is winding down, but it’s not keeping everyone from enjoying the joke. Erik Lustgarten and Tracy Neff were in Portland, Maine, reveling

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. — Johanna Konta lofted a lob off the baseline for a winner on championship point, waited for instant replay to confirm the call and even then hesitated to celebrate the biggest title of her 11-year career. “To be honest, I actually couldn’t kind of believe it was over,” she said with a

CLEVELAND — A judge in Cleveland has set a $1 million bond for a woman whose young grandson died after ingesting the opiate treatment drug methadone. Forty-five-year-old Norma Caraballo appeared in Cleveland Municipal Court Saturday after surrendering to authorities on Thursday. Prosecutors charged her with felony child endangering after 2-year-old Noah Harvey was pronounced dead

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Two-time NBA scoring champion Tracy McGrady, Kansas coach Bill Self, former Chicago Bulls executive Jerry Krause and former UConn star Rebecca Lobo are part of this year’s Basketball Hall of Fame class. The Hall of Fame announced the 11-person class Saturday. McGrady — who went straight to the NBA from high school

HAVANA — Bolivian President Evo Morales underwent successful throat surgery in Cuba and must rest his voice for about a week, a government official said Saturday. Bolivian presidential minister Rene Martinez, who accompanied the 57-year-old Morales to Cuba, told Telesur news service that the operation was an “absolute success.” “The conclusive results and the medical

LAS VEGAS — Would you pay $40 to watch a movie in the comfort of your own home 10 days after its big-screen release? How about $30 after 45 days? These are just a few of the ideas being thrown around by major Hollywood studios looking to more effectively compete with streaming services, television, smartphones

SOUTHAMPTON, England — Bournemouth midfielder Harry Arter blazed a late penalty kick over the bar in a 0-0 draw against Southampton between two south-coast teams in the English Premier League on Saturday. The ball appeared to move as Arter’s standing foot slipped on the soft turf, resulting in an embarrassing miss in the 79th minute

Baseball players are wired up. Yankees reliever Dellin Betances wears a sleeve around his elbow to measure stress on a ligament. Chris Coghlan spent spring training with the Phillies using a wrist band to check his sleep and recovery. Others have GPS devices hidden under their uniforms. In 21st-century baseball, digital devices monitor heart rates,

PARIS — An accidental bonfire explosion Saturday at a town fair north of Paris injured 18 people, including three children, as the festive spring event turned into chaos, authorities said. Five of those injured, including one child, were hospitalized with serious injuries but their lives are not in danger, said fire service spokeswoman Nathalie Crispin.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Some of the most thrifty, eco-conscious Oregon residents, each hauling hundreds of used water bottles and soda cans in trash bags and carts, flocked to bottle-recycling centers and grocery stores Saturday — the first day the per-bottle refund rate doubled to 10 cents. Oregon was the first state in the nation to

OKLAHOMA CITY — Acclaimed Russian poet Yevgeny A. Yevtushenko, whose work focused on war atrocities and denounced anti-Semitism and tyrannical dictators, has died. He was 84. Ginny Hensley, a spokeswoman for Hillcrest Medical Center in the eastern Oklahoma city of Tulsa, confirmed Yevtushenko’s death. Roger Blais, the provost at the University of Tulsa, where Yevtushenko

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — After four years as head coach and 10 overall with New Mexico, Craig Neal and the Lobos have parted ways. “He’s a good man and a winning coach, but the time has come to move Lobo Basketball in a new direction,” athletic director Paul Krebs said in a statement late Friday from