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John's continues upset streak, knocks off No. 1 Villanova
St. John's is the upset maker of the 2017-18 men's college basketball season. They broke that losing streak on Saturday against No. 4 Duke in Madison Square Garden in one of the season's most shocking results . The Buckeyes (21-2, 12-1 Big Ten) grabbed a share of the conference lead as Ohio State won for the 11th time in 12 games. Clark added 15 points on 5-of-8 shooting and six boards in an eff... [Full Article...]
Bryan Fuller Leaves Apple's 'Amazing Stories' Reboot
For one thing, Fuller wanted this iteration of Star Trek to be something that no other series in the franchise had ever been: an anthology series in the mold of American Horror Story or Fargo . When Spielberg joined the project, he moved it to Apple after reaching a deal with the tech giant. Fuller seems to be developing a troubling pattern of signing on to projects only to leave a short ... [Full Article...]
Watford crushes 10-man Chelsea Four-1 in EPL
With fourth-placed Chelsea trailing 19 points behind leaders Manchester City , Abramovich is reported to be considering replacements for Conte, with former Barcelona coach Luis Enrique strongly linked with the job. Chelsea believe that as long as Conte is on course to achieve a top four finish and remains in the Champions League , there is no reason to panic and remove him. [Full Article...]
Breaking down Glenn Beal's decision to sign with Texas A&M
The Aggies still had to sweat out a final Auburn shot, but Mustapha Heron's deep three-point attempt at the buzzer came up short. Suffice to say, Texas A&M has to be very excited about the prospects of Beal going forward. CT, SEC Network). Harper finished with 13 points and eight assists. Robert Williams scored 16 points and Tyler Davis had 15 for the Aggies. But Texas A&M did a nice job o... [Full Article...]
SC seeks BCCI's response on Sreesanth's plea against life ban
On behalf of the BCCI, Senior counsel Parag Tripathi accepted the notice. Senior counsel Salman Khurshid appearing for Sreesanth said that banning for life can not be justified in any manner after he has been discharged by a trial court of criminal charges for lack of evidence. [Full Article...]
NBC will livestream key Olympic moments on Snapchat
For the Winter Olympics , NBCU will be the first media partner to work with Snap to produce custom Context Cards, which will be featured in curated Our Stories that offer Snapchat users a behind-the-scenes look at the games. The company hopes to use its content to pull more people toward its TV coverage of the Winter Olympics. Snapchat will notify users when Olympic events go live. [Full Article...]
McIlroy eyes Masters at Pebble Beach Pro
I don't think that exists. Day told reporters Wednesday he was eager to add to his career tally of 11 PGA Tour wins and one major. He thinks the set-up will serve him well going into the Masters in April, when he'll once again try to complete the career Grand Slam. [Full Article...]
North Korea taekwondo demonstration team and cheerleaders arrive for Pyeongchang 2018
The arrival of the Mangyongbong 92 cruise ship was met by hordes of reporters and cameramen - and a small but boisterous protest by a group of South Koreans who oppose the last-minute agreement allowing North Korea to join in the games, which open on Friday. [Full Article...]
Russian athletes in limbo as CAS adjourns latest appeals
After the CAS decision, Russia's Olympic Committee requested that 13 active athletes and two who had become coaches should be allowed to participate in the February 9-25 Games but the IOC has refused to extend invitations to them. The IOC expects 168 Russian athletes to compete under the neutral banner of "Olympic Athletes from Russia". Earlier this month the International Olympic Committee clar... [Full Article...]
CBI books billionaire Nirav Modi in Rs 280 crore cheating case
Modi did not reply to an email seeking comment. PNB's complaint said these diamond firms - Diamonds R Us, Solar Exports and Stellar Diamonds-approached it on 16 January with a request for buyers' credit for making payment to overseas suppliers. [Full Article...]
Tottenham Ease Past Newport County In FA Cup Replay
Normal match day prices will apply. Newport manager Michael Flynn has said sorry to Mauricio Pochettino after his FA Cup dossier targeting Tottenham weaknesses was made public. But the keeper couldn't hold Spurs at bay for long. Then the same pair weren't too far away again as pressure on the Welshman continued to mount. Tottenham's Erik Lamela celebrates after scoring his side's... [Full Article...]
Steelers working on a contract extension with Ben Roethlisberger
The Pittsburgh Steelers star was leaving 1 OAK in L.A. on Tuesday night when we talked about the biggest story in his world. where's he gonna play next year?? Lake played 10 seasons for the Steelers from 1989 to 1998, then moved on to Jacksonville and Baltimore. [Full Article...]
Oneida County native to be American flag bearer as Olympics open
Luge racer Erin Hamlin will carry the U.S. flag in the 2018 Olympic Opening Ceremony, the U.S. Olympic committee announced Wednesday. She was the first USA athlete to win a medal in singles luge since it has been in the Olympics. It is definitely a privilege and honor to be the one to lead the team and will be a very special moment. It wasn't the first time she made history - in 2009, she became... [Full Article...]
TL;DR: South Africa succumb to wrist-spin again
Kohli made 43 of those runs from just 25 deliveries in India's last stand. Cricket South Africa didn't name a replacement for him, and Heinrich Klaasen, who finished as the third highest run-getter in the domestic one-day tournament here, is expected to make his ODI debut. [Full Article...]
Athletics World Cup to be held in London
Bowker defended the timing, which was criticised by British athlete Kelly Sotherton on social media for clashing with soccer's World Cup final and Wimbledon tennis finals. "When you have a new concept in sport, actually what better time to do it than when everyone's talking about the football World Cup", he asked. "This is world-class competition where nation will face nation and fans will see a... [Full Article...]
5-star CB Patrick Surtain Jr picks Alabama over LSU
Saban did admit the recruiting plan was for one more defensive lineman and another inside linebacker. Alabama will have another quarterback join the team in some sort of way, but (he) can't comment on it right now. Alabama: The Crimson Tide fell to 2-4 in SEC road games this season. On top of those, Clemson swiped the top player from the state of Alabama, four-star wide receiver Justyn Ross... [Full Article...]
Cyborg-Kunitskaya, Edgar-Ortega Set For UFC 222
UFC 222 takes place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. News broke from MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani that women's featherweight champion Cris Cyborg was rumored to be fighting Invicta FC bantamweight champion Yana Kunitskaya in place of the originally booked Max Holloway vs. [Full Article...]
Conte hangs on at Chelsea
However Breen thinks the players aren't entirely blameless in the affair, saying the "infuriating way they downed tools for Jose Mourinho" could easily happen again. I try to do everything and, if this is enough ok, otherwise the club take a different decision. That's what you say with Leicester . The moment it started going wrong it became obvious because of the way he shows his emotions. [Full Article...]
(Olympics) Cold weather expected for opening ceremony of Winter Games
The vice president of the World Anti-Doping Agency said Friday "the situation, (in) which we now find ourselves, is very chaotic" after 28 Russian athletes had their Olympic doping bans overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. "It was a shock as we felt the evidence we presented was strong enough to justify the sanctions we had taken", he added. International Olympic Committee also said... [Full Article...]
Russians barred from Olympics despite lifting of life bans
Adams said that the IOC reserved the right to appeal against the CAS decision, viewed by Olympic officials as undermining the fight against doping in sport. 5 Sweden in Incheon, South Korea. The World Anti-Doping Agency's Athlete Committee has condemned the decision by sport's highest court CAS to reinstate the medals and results of 28 Russians at the 2014 Winter Games, calling it "a massive... [Full Article...]