Eric Montross, a former NCAA college basketball champion and NBA first-round draft pick, has died after a battle with cancer, his family said in a statement through the University of North Carolina on Monday. He was 52. Montross died on Sunday, about nine months after he was diagnosed with cancer. …
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The Miami Dolphins currently hold a two-game lead over the Buffalo Bills in AFC East division. Second-year head coach Mike McDaniel has constructed the most efficient offense in the NFL. Despite entering the Week 16 game against the Dallas Cowboys with 10 wins, the Dolphins faced questions about their subpar …
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MEXICO CITY – Mexican authorities say federal police have destroyed a marijuana plantation containing more than 72 metric tons of plants. The National Security Commission says in a statement that the plantation covered a little over 3 acres (about 13,500 square meters). It was located in the town of Ixtlan …
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At least 20 Afghan police officers were killed after militants ambushed checkpoints in the country’s volatile southern Helmand province, an official said Saturday. Mohammad Ismail Hotak, the head of the province’s joint coordination of police and military operations, said the ambushes late Friday night hit checkpoints in the Musa Qala …
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AMMAN, Jordan – A government official says Jordan’s state security court sentenced 12 defendants to prison terms ranging from one to 15 years in what local media described as a plot by the Islamic militant Hamas group to carry out attacks in the West Bank. The official says eight defendants …
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TORONTO – Nazem Kadri scored 2:51 into overtime and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 on Thursday night. Brad Marchand, Milan Lucic and Patrice Bergeron scored for Boston, which lost back-to-back games for the first time since Feb. 26 and March 1. Boston backup goalie Chad Johnson …
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NEW YORK – The Knicks lingered on the court, soaking in the cheers from the fans wearing those giveaway orange shirts that were probably meant for the playoffs. And once they left, that was it. Hard as it still is for them to believe, there is no more basketball for …
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President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order reestablishing the Presidential Fitness Test and the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition for American schoolchildren. The origins of the Presidential Fitness Test date back to the 1950s under President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s administration. Eisenhower established the President’s Council on …
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Colorado safety Shilo Sanders did not mince words when discussing Colorado State defensive back Henry Blackburn and the hit he delivered on Sanders’ teammate Saturday night in Boulder. Blackburn’s late hit on Travis Hunter in the first half had many people upset as the two-way star required a trip to …
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Poland’s foreign minister accused Germany of trying to interfere in his country’s internal affairs after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Warsaw needs to clarify allegations that Polish consulates in Africa and Asia sold temporary work visas to migrants for thousands of dollars each. Poland’s right-wing ruling party, Law and Justice, …
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