Новости за 11.03.2018

MEXICO CITY — Authorities said Sunday that a crude explosive device caused a ferry blast that injured more than two-dozen people last month in Playa del Carmen, where the U.S. Embassy has warned travelers to stay away from the ferries and parts of the Caribbean resort city. Prosecutors said they believe there is no motivation

MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities say a rudimentary or homemade explosive device was responsible for a tourist ferry blast that injured 26 people Feb. 21 in the Caribbean resort city of Playa del Carmen. But Deputy Attorney General Arturo Elias Beltran said Sunday at a news conference that terrorism and organized crime have been “ruled

CHICAGO — One day after a flurry of Boston power-play goals doomed them, Patrick Kane and the Chicago Blackhawks tightened up and turned the tables on the Bruins. Kane scored a tie-breaking power-play goal with 3:16 left in the third period and had an assist, and the Blackhawks beat Boston 3-1 on Sunday afternoon. Kane

DUNEDIN, Fla. — Reliever Joe Biagini is being stretched out at spring training to provide rotation depth for the Toronto Blue Jays. One bad start is not a concern to Blue Jays manager John Gibbons. Biagini lasted just 1 2/3 innings, allowing all five runs scored by Pittsburgh in the Pirates’ 5-0 win over Toronto

AVONDALE, Ariz. — The Latest on the NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday at ISM Raceway (all times local): 2:11 p.m. Kurt Busch won the second 75-lap stage in the NASCAR Cup Series race at ISM Raceway in a one-lap shootout after a caution period. Busch stayed on the track while the leaders pitted after Chris

AVONDALE, Ariz. — The Latest on the NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday at ISM Raceway (all times local): 1:27 p.m. Kyle Busch won the first 75-lap stage of the NASCAR Cup Series race at ISM Raceway, and Kevin Harvick moved up to second in his bid for a third straight victory. Busch took the lead

LORETTO, Pa. — Northeastern Conference Player of the Year Jessica Kovatch poured in 29 points and Saint Francis locked up its first NCAA Tournament berth since 2011 with a 66-56 victory over Robert Morris in the NEC championship on Sunday. Kovatch shrugged off six turnovers and a tweaked left ankle early in the fourth quarter

NEW ORLEANS — D’Marcus Simonds scored 27 points and Georgia State defeated Texas Arlington 74-61 Sunday to win the Sun Belt Conference Tournament championship. No. 2 seed Georgia State (24-10) will be making its fourth NCAA Tournament appearance and first since 2015. Fourth-seeded UT Arlington, which upset Sun Belt regular-season champion Louisiana-Lafayette in the semifinals,

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Edina’s Sammy Walker has won this year’s Mr. Hockey Award. The Minnesota Minute Men announced the award Sunday, given to the state’s outstanding senior boys’ hockey player. Atticus Kelly of St. Thomas Academy won the Frank Brimsek Award, presented to Minnesota’s top senior goaltender. Greenway’s Grant Clafton and Jeremiah Johnson of

LYNCHBURG, Va. — Ashtyn Baker scored all 12 of her points in the second quarter and top-seeded Liberty pulled away from third-seeded UNC Asheville on Sunday to win the Big South championship for the 17th time, 60-42, and earn a berth in the NCAA Tournament. Molly Regan’s 3-pointer with 11 seconds left in the first

FRANKFORT, Ky. — The tallest building in Kentucky’s capital city has been demolished in a controlled implosion, delighting thousands of onlookers who quickly scurried away to avoid the dust cloud billowing overhead. Sunday’s demolition of the 28-story Capital Plaza Tower will make way for a new modern five-story office building. The tower was opened in

ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia will not accept a bid, if offered, to play in the NIT after firing coach Mark Fox. Fox said Sunday at a news conference that “players have elected that they will not participate in that.” Georgia spokesman Mike Mobley confirmed the school would honor the players’ vote. Fox was fired Saturday

NEW YORK — Jonas Valanciunas scored 17 points, Kyle Lowry had 16 and the Toronto Raptors kept right on rolling after a big win two nights earlier, beating the New York Knicks 132-106 on Sunday for their season-high eighth straight victory. The Raptors had no letdown after edging NBA-leading Houston on Friday in a matchup

Selection Sunday for the NCAA Tournament is here and teams sweating out the wait until the brackets are revealed got bad news from the Atlantic 10 Conference. Davidson beat Rhode Island in the A-10 tournament championship game Sunday to steal an at-large bid. Top-seeded and No. 25 Rhode Island looked like a lock to get

KATY, Texas — Tykeria Williams scored all 17 of her points in the second half, including the clinching free throw with four seconds left, and Nicholls rallied to shock Stephen F. Austin 69-65 on Sunday to win the Colonels’ first Southland Conference Tournament and NCAA Tournament berth. The fourth-seeded Colonels (19-13), who knocked off top-seeded

MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Bucks have signed guard Brandon Jennings to a 10-day contract. Jennings most recently played for the Wisconsin Herd, the Bucks’ G League affiliate. He averaged 21.4 points, 7.6 assists, 4.7 rebounds and 1.6 steals in seven games with the Herd. Prior to his stint with the Herd, Jennings played with Shanxi

ST. LOUIS — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 29 points to lead Kentucky to its fourth straight Southeastern Conference Tournament championship with a 77-72 win over No. 13 Tennessee on Sunday. The championship is the 31st in tournament history for the fourth-seeded Wildcats (24-10), who have won seven of their past eight games since a four-game losing

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — There was never a question if Sebastien Bourdais would return to racing after suffering serious injuries from a crash at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It was rather a matter of how fast he could get back in a car. Doctors told him 2018; Bourdais said he’d be healed in time to race

FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Minnesota Twins have unconditionally released right-hander Anibal Sanchez after a three-week stint with the club. The move was made Sunday, clearing a space on the 40-man roster. The Twins, according to multiple reports Saturday, agreed to terms on a one-year, $12 million contract with free agent right-hander Lance Lynn to

LONDON — A goal down and Harry Kane injured, Tottenham’s bid for a third consecutive Premier League top-four finish looked to be taking a serious hit. Mauricio Pochettino’s team had other ideas, delivering a stirring comeback to defeat Bournemouth 4-1 on Sunday. Dele Alli equalized, before Son Heung-min struck twice and Serge Aurier nodded in

PHILADELPHIA — Darnell Foreman scored 19 points, AJ Brodeur had 16 points and 10 rebounds and Penn earned its first NCAA Tournament berth since 2007 with a 68-65 win over Harvard in the Ivy League Tournament title game Sunday. Ryan Betley added 17 points for the Quakers (24-8), who will be making their 24th appearance

FILOTTRANO, Italy — Adam Yates soloed to victory in the fifth stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico race on Sunday, while Michal Kwiatkowski finished third to take the overall lead with just two stages remaining. Yates attacked with about four kilometers remaining of the hilly 178-kilometer (110-mile) route from Castelraimondo to Michele Scarponi’s hometown of Filottrano —

MADRID — Atletico Madrid kept pace with Barcelona with a comfortable 3-0 win over Celta Vigo in the Spanish league on Sunday. Antoine Griezmann, Victor “Vitolo” Machin and Angel Correa scored for Atletico at Wanda Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid. The team’s 10th win in 11 matches in all competitions kept second-place Atletico eight points behind

WASHINGTON — Cecily Carl scored 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds to help American secure its second NCAA Tournament bid with a 58-49 victory over Navy on Sunday in the Patriot League championship game. Top-seeded American, which has won 20 straight home games, claimed its second title in four years — reaching its first NCAAs

JERUSALEM — Israel’s prime minister held emergency negotiations with key coalition partners on Sunday in hopes of averting a crisis that has threatened to plunge the country into early elections. The political tremor comes as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is battling a slew of corruption allegations over accepting gifts from billionaire friends and claims that