Новости за 26.02.2018

HAMPTON, Ga. — Kevin Harvick completed his weekend mastery of Atlanta Motor Speedway by holding off Brad Keselowski on Sunday in the rain-delayed NASCAR Monster Energy Cup race. Harvick, who was dominant Saturday in winning the second-tier Xfinity event, started fourth in the Cup race and quickly proved he had the car to beat. Harvick

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The Latest on the earthquake in Papua New Guinea (all times local): 1 p.m. Officials are waiting for more information about damage from the magnitude 7.5 quake that hit Papua New Guinea early Monday. Chris McKee, the acting director of geohazards management for the Papua New Guinea government, says tens of

RENO, Nev. — Caleb Martin scored 25 points, Jordan Caroline had 21 points and 14 rebounds and No. 20 Nevada clinched the No. 1 seed in the Mountain West Tournament with a 92-83 victory over Colorado State on Sunday. Cody Martin, Caleb’s twin brother, had 17 points and 10 assists for the Wolf Pack (25-5,

LISBON, Portugal — Moussa Marega scored two goals as Porto routed Portimonense 5-1 to open a five-point lead over Benfica in the Portuguese league on Sunday. Otavio, Tiquinho Soares and Yacine Brahimi also scored for the visitors, while Lucas Possignolo netted the lone goal for Portimonense in the closing minutes. Defending champion Benfica had moved

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — New Mets manager Mickey Callaway says his team took precautionary steps before this current rash of bumps and bruises cropped up. Starting right fielder Jay Bruce is day-to-day with a bout of plantar fasciitis, though he may be back in the lineup at designated hitter on Tuesday. Center fielder Juan

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Marvin Smith scored a career-high 26 points, Kyrin Galloway scored 15 and UNC Greensboro clinched the Southern Conference regular-season championship with an 88-75 win over Samford on Sunday. The Spartans (24-7, 15-3) won the conference outright after Furman (22-9, 13-5) defeated second-place East Tennessee State (23-8, 14-4), 79-76, earlier in the day.

STORRS, Conn. — Mike Parks Jr. and freshman Jamal Johnson each scored 18 points and Memphis extended its winning streak to four with an 83-79 win over UConn on Sunday. Raynere Thornton added 16 points for the Tigers (18-11, 9-7 American), who played their first full game without injured Jeremiah Martin, the conference’s leading scorer.

BOULDER, Colo. — Dominique Collier celebrated Senior Day with a season-high 19 points and Colorado beat UCLA 80-76 Sunday for its first-ever season sweep of the Bruins. Colorado (16-13, 8-9 Pac-12) took a nine-point lead into the locker room at halftime but came out cold in the second half, missed 14 of 18 shots and

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Dakota Mathias matched his career high with 25 points and left to a standing ovation in his final home game as No. 9 Purdue blew out Minnesota 84-60 on Sunday. Carsen Edwards had 18 points for the Boilermakers (26-5, 15-3 Big Ten), who won their third straight after a three-game skid.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Rennia Davis had 18 points, 10 rebounds and four assists and No. 15 Tennessee rallied for a 65-46 victory over No. 7 South Carolina — playing without star center A’ja Wilson — on Sunday. Wilson, a national player of the year candidate, didn’t make the trip to Knoxville due to vertigo. Mikiah

BATON ROUGE, La. — Ayana Mitchell scored a career-high 27 points on 11-of-13 shooting with 12 rebounds and a game-saving blocked shot with a second left and LSU defeated Alabama 79-78 in overtime in the regular-season finale on Sunday. Chloe Jackson led the Tigers (19-8, 11-5), which secured the No. 4 seed and a double-bye

NEW YORK — Highlights from media coverage of the Pyeongchang Olympics: FINAL RACE: Marit Bjoergen striding across the finish line in the 30-kilometer cross-country ski race holding a Norwegian flag, with no competitor near her, may be a defining image coming in Pyeongchang’s final competition. After all, Norway dominated the games. Besides Bjoergen’s easy win,

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Jessica Lindstrom and Allie LeClaire, the only two seniors for No. 22 Green Bay, combined for 37 points and the Phoenix coasted to an 88-45 win over Detroit Mercy on Sunday. Lindstrom had 19 points and 14 rebounds for her 16th double-double of the season and 39th of her career. LeClaire

LONDON — Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola used the platform provided by his first cup success with the English Premier League team on Sunday to criticize the imprisonment of pro-independence Catalan politicians. Guardiola defied an English Football Association charge for promoting a political message by continuing to wear a yellow ribbon in support of the

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Gabe Kapler figured why wait? Aaron Nola will be his first opening-day starter as Philadelphia Phillies manager. “Barring anything crazy happening, he’s our guy. He is the man,” Kapler said after Nola pitched two innings in his spring-training debut Sunday, an 8-3 loss to the New York Yankees. Still, the 24-year-old right-hander

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Jordan Strawberry made a game-winner in the closing seconds and finished with 21 points, seven rebounds and six assists to help Mercer beat Wofford 69-68 on Sunday for its eighth straight victory. Strawberry, who scored 19 in the second half, was left open on an in-bounds play and made a go-ahead layup

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Michael Finke and Aaron Jordan came off the bench to combine for 34 points and lead Illinois past Rutgers 75-62 on Sunday. Deshawn Freeman blocked a shot by Trent Frazier and then assisted Eugene Omoruyi (14 points) on a fast-break layup to give Rutgers (13-18, 3-15 Big Ten) a 36-35 lead. However,

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — Devin Sibley scored 17 points, including a late 4-point play, to help Furman beat East Tennessee State 79-76 on Sunday for its sixth straight victory. Furman (22-9, 13-5) secured the No. 3 seed in the Southern Conference Tournament and ETSU (23-8, 14-4), which has lost three of four games, will have

CUCUTA, Colombia — A family of Venezuelan immigrants to Colombia are repurposing their worthless bolivars into origami-made paper wallets, belts and even purses as the currency plunges further in value amid four-digit inflation. Each collector item produced by Richard Segovia fetches between $10 and $15 — a huge markup from the pennies that bolivars retrieve

JUPITER, Fla. — A.J. Hinch was attempting to answer a question about what he likes best about George Springer when the Houston Astros manager was drowned out by a faraway but exuberant bellow. The sound was the World Series MVP who was excitedly interacting with his teammates, illustrating what Hinch was about to say: Springer’s

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University researchers who designed specially sealed bags to keep insects from eating harvested grain are looking to go worldwide. The Purdue Improved Crop Storage bag is designed to cut off the oxygen supply, eliminating insect damage in storage of dry grain without using chemicals. The Purdue Research Foundation says it