Новости за 31.12.2017

WACO, Texas — Kalani Brown had 26 points and 10 rebounds and No. 6 Baylor beat Texas Tech 97-49 on Sunday. The Lady Bears (12-1, 2-0 Big 12) turned a one-point deficit in the first quarter into a 25-8 lead with a 17-2 run, and they maintained a double-digit lead the rest of the way.

HOUSTON — The Latest on a man arrested at a Houston hotel with several guns in his room (all times local): 2:45 p.m. Houston police say they don’t believe an intoxicated man arrested for having several guns in his hotel room intended to use the weapons. Investigators say security officers called police after the man

NEW YORK — Rasheem Dunn scored 22 points and grabbed seven rebounds, Glenn Sanabria added 16 points and St. Francis (Brooklyn) beat Wagner 82-75 on Sunday. St. Francis snapped a four-game skid in the series against its Verrazano-Narrows Bridge neighbor, Wagner. Dunn and Sanabria combined for St. Francis’ final nine points. Sanabria hit a 3-pointer

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Jermaine Crumpton scored 24 points, Takal Molson added 21 and Malik Johnson, who didn’t attempt a field goal, came up with a steal and two defensive rebounds in the final minute as Canisius beat Iona 85-78 on Sunday. After scrambling for a rebound after an Iona miss, Johnson stole a pass on

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — A plane carrying 10 foreigners and two local crewmembers crashed in a wooded area, killing all aboard Sunday, Costa Rica’s government said. The Public Safety Ministry posted photographs and video of the crash site showing burning wreckage of the plane in Guanacaste, northwest Costa Rica. A statement from the ministry

PQRIS — French President Emmanuel Macron says he wants to achieve peace in 2018 in the battle against Islamic extremism — in Syria, Africa’s Sahel as well as in his own country. In his first New Year’s speech as president, 40-year-old Macron said the new year will be “crucial” to France, to Europe and to

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — Jordan Allen had 18 points and nine rebounds, Frederick Scott added 16 points and Rider beat Niagara 99-76 on Sunday. Rider (8-6, 1-1 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) held the MAAC’s leading scorer, Matt Scott, to just five points on 0-of-9 shooting. Rider opened the game on a 12-0 run and led

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Dinero Mercurius scored 15 points off the bench, Zach Johnson surpassed 1,000 career points and Florida Gulf Coast defeated Division II Florida Tech 62-54 on Sunday. The Eagles (9-8), who played the Panthers exactly a year earlier and won 101-49, also got 13 points from Brandon Goodwin and 10 from Christian

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Adam Fox scored with 1:20 left in the third period to give the United States a 5-4 victory over Finland on Sunday in the Americans’ final preliminary-round game at the world junior hockey championship. The defending champion Americans (3-1) finished second behind Canada in the Group B standings and will face the

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Kristian Reichel scored a pair of goals to lead the Czech Republic in a 6-3 victory over Switzerland at the World Junior Hockey Championship on Sunday. Martin Necas, Daniel Kurovsky and Martin Kaut each had a goal and an assist as the Czech Republic finished with nine points (3-1) in preliminary-round play.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina junior linebacker Andre Smith is entering the NFL draft. The school announced Smith’s decision on Sunday. The Jacksonville, Florida, native made 14 starts at middle linebacker before suffering a season-ending injury in September against Louisville. Smith ranked seventh in the Atlantic Coast Conference at 8.7 tackles per game in

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Nick Griffin scored 17 points, Nnamdi Enechionyia had 15 and Saint Peter’s used a big run to open the second half on its way to a 77-64 victory over Monmouth on Sunday. Cameron Jones added 10 points and the trio of double-figure scorers combined for 29 points in the second half

SEATTLE — In four seasons, Chris Petersen has completely remodeled Washington, changed the culture of the program, won a conference title, twice played in a New Year’s Six bowl game, and once played in the College Football Playoff. It’s an impressive resume in a short span. But there still another step for the Huskies in

Mississippi State enjoyed nearly a decade of stability and success under former coach Dan Mullen, who left the program last month to take Florida’s head coaching job. Mullen moving elsewhere was jarring for the 24th-ranked Bulldogs, but Saturday’s impressive win over Louisville in the TaxSlayer Bowl provides some proof that the good times might not

Another season of eye-popping statistics made Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson a finalist for his second Heisman Trophy and rallied the Cardinals from a midseason slump to their eighth consecutive bowl appearance. Louisville came up just short of a second straight nine-win season with Saturday’s 31-27 loss to No. 24 Mississippi State in the TaxSlayer Bowl.

After 18 games and more than four months, Manchester City’s record winning run in the Premier League is finally over. That was not the only bad news for Pep Guardiola on Sunday. During the 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace, the City manager saw Gabriel Jesus sustain a leg injury that could rule out the striker

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Nick Ward scored 21 points to help the No. 2 Michigan State Spartans roll to a 108-52 win over Savannah State on Sunday. Miles Bridges added 19 points and 21 rebounds for the Spartans (14-1), who had six players in double figures. They won their 13th in a row and scored

ATLANTA — David Shaw of Stanford has won the Dodd Trophy as coach of the year. No. 15 Stanford finished 9-5 with a 37-35 Alamo Bowl loss to No. 13 TCU on Thursday night. Stanford beat Notre Dame and Washington when each team was ranked in the top 10. The award honors scholarship, leadership and

NEW YORK — The Latest on the New Year’s Eve celebration in New York’s Times Square (all times local): 12:20 a.m. New Year’s reveler Colleen Keenan says the celebration in frigid Times Square is “a beautiful experience” and “there’s nothing like it.” Kennan and her son braved temperatures of only 10 degrees (minus 12 degrees

NEW YORK — The Latest on the New Year’s Eve celebration in New York’s Times Square (all times local): 11:50 p.m. Mariah Carey has made it through her set on “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” this year after bungling it last year. Carey had technical difficulties during a live performance of

NEW YORK — The Latest on the New Year’s Eve celebration in New York’s Times Square (all times local): 10 p.m. The metal pens holding revelers waiting for the ball drop in frigid Times Square aren’t all packed with people. It’s one of the coldest New Year’s Eves on record in Times Square, just 10

NEW YORK — The Latest on the New Year’s Eve celebration in New York’s Times Square (all times local): 5:30 p.m. The National Weather Service is reporting it is only 14 degrees in New York City, making the New Year’s celebration in Times Square among the coldest on record. The coldest-ever ball drop was in

NEW YORK — The Latest on the New Year’s Eve celebration in New York’s Times Square (all times local): 1:45 p.m. Several thousand revelers are already gathering in New York City’s Times Square to celebrate a frigid New Year’s Eve. People assembled at the so-called “Crossroads of the World” more than 12 hours before the

TAMPA, Fla. — Maria Jespersen had 17 points and 11 rebounds and No. 25 South Florida opened American Conference play with a 75-46 win over Tulane on Sunday. Tamara Henshaw and Kitija Laksa added 14 points apiece and Laia Flores had 11 assists for the Bulls (11-3). Meredith Schulte led the Green Wave (8-6), who

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A wrongfully convicted Indiana man whose case made national news during Vice President Mike Pence’s campaign has helped revive a Notre Dame law school group. The (South Bend) Tribune reports that five students struggled to revive the Innocence Project until Keith Cooper’s appearance in April packed a campus lecture hall. The