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INSIDE
Ukrainians worry
after plane crash
that POW exchanges
will end. 8NN

JURY: TRUMP Biden urges

Congress
MUST PAY $83.3M to embrace
border bill
But speaker suggests it
Award a stinging rebuke to his attacks on Carroll may be ‘dead on arrival’
Stephen Groves
ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON – President Joe Bi-

den on Friday pressed Congress to em-
brace a bipartisan Senate deal to pair
border enforcement measures with
Ukraine aid, but House Speaker Mike
Johnson suggested the compromise
on border and immigration policy
could be “dead on arrival” in his cham-
ber.
The Democratic president said in a
statement late Friday that the policies
proposed would “be the toughest and
fairest set of reforms to secure the bor-
der we’ve ever had in our country.” He
also pledged to use a new emergency
authority to “shut down the border” as
soon as he could sign it into law.
Biden’s embrace of the deal – and
Republican resistance – could become
an election-year shift on the politics of
immigration. Yet the diminishing
prospects for its passage in Congress
may have far-reaching consequences
for U.S. allies around the globe, espe-
cially Ukraine.
Senate Republicans had initially in-
sisted that border policy changes be
included in Biden’s $110 billion emer-
gency request for funding for Ukraine,
Israel, immigration enforcement and
other national security needs. But the
E. Jean Carroll leaves federal court in New York on Friday after a jury awarded an additional $83.3 million in her Senate deal faced collapse this week
defamation suit against Donald Trump. PHOTOS BY YUKI IWAMURA/AP as it came under fire from Republicans,
including Donald Trump, the likely
presidential nominee, who eviscerat-
Jake Offenhartz, Larry Neumeister turn his various trials and legal vulner- ed the deal as a political “gift” to Demo-
and Jennifer Peltz abilities into an advantage, portraying crats.
ASSOCIATED PRESS them as evidence of a weaponized po- Johnson, a Louisiana Republican,
litical system. on Friday sent a letter to colleagues
NEW YORK – A jury awarded Though there’s no evidence that that aligns him with hardline conser-
$83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll on Fri- President Joe Biden or anyone in the vatives determined to sink the com-
day in a stinging and expensive rebuke White House has influenced any of the promise. The speaker said the legisla-
to former President Donald Trump for legal cases against him, Trump’s line tion would have been “dead on arrival
his continued social media attacks of argument has resonated with his in the House” if leaked reports about it
against the longtime advice columnist most loyal supporters, who view the were true.
over her claims that he sexually assault- proceedings with skepticism. A core group of senators negotiat-
ed her in a Manhattan department Nikki Haley, his last major rival in ing the deal were hoping to release text
store. the Republican primaries, said on so- early next week, but conservatives al-
The award, coupled with a $5 million cial media Friday that the verdict
sexual assault and defamation verdict Donald Trump leaves his apartment meant that people were “talking about See BORDER, Page 6NN
last year from another jury in a case building in New York on Friday. He said $83 million in damages” rather than
brought by Carroll, raised to $88.3 mil- he would appeal the decision in the fixing the border or inflation.
lion what Trump must pay her. Protest- defamation case. With the Carroll civil case behind
ing vigorously, he said he would appeal. him, Trump still faces 91 criminal
Carroll, 80, clutched her lawyers’ charges in four indictments accusing
hands and smiled as the seven-man, portion of the deliberations, but left the him of trying to overturn the 2020
two-woman anonymous jury delivered courthouse a half hour before the ver- presidential election, mishandling
its verdict. Minutes later, she shared a dict was read. classified documents and arranging
weepy three-way hug with her attor- “Absolutely ridiculous!” he said in a payoffs to a porn star.
neys. statement shortly afterward. “Our Legal It was the second time in nine
She declined comment as she left the System is out of control, and being used months that a civil jury returned a ver-
Manhattan federal courthouse, but is- as a Political Weapon.” dict related to Carroll’s claim that a flir-
sued a statement later through a publi- His attorney, Alina Habba, said the tatious, chance encounter with Trump
cist, saying, “This is a great victory for verdict resulted because Trump’s oppo- in 1996 at Bergdorf Goodman’s Fifth
every woman who stands up when she’s nents were suing “in states where they Avenue store ended violently. She said
been knocked down, and a huge defeat know they will get juries like this.” Trump slammed her against a dress-
for every bully who has tried to keep a “It will not deter us. We will keep ing room wall, pulled down her tights
woman down.” fighting. And, I assure you, we didn’t and forced himself on her. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.,
Trump had attended the trial earlier win today, but we will win,” she said. In May, a different jury awarded said the bipartisan Senate deal would
in the day, but stormed out of the court- The trial reached its conclusion as Carroll $5 million. It found Trump not have been “dead on arrival in the
room during closing arguments by Car- Trump marches toward winning the Re- liable for rape, but responsible for sex- House” if leaked reports about the
roll’s attorney. He returned for his own publican presidential nomination a legislation were true.
attorney’s closing argument and for a third consecutive time. He has sought to See TRUMP, Page 5NN J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/AP FILE

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

US pauses funding to UN agency for Palestinians

Several staffers accused UNRWA, has been the main agency pro-
viding aid for Gaza’s population amid
teachers in schools that the agency runs
to doctors, medical staff and aid work-
of taking part in attack the humanitarian disaster caused by Is- ers.
rael’s offensive against Hamas in Gaza In a statement, Lazzarini called the
Wafaa Shurafa and Jack Jeffery triggered by the Oct. 7 attack. UNRWA allegations “shocking” and said any em-
ASSOCIATED PRESS
officials did not comment on the impact ployee “involved in acts of terror will be
that the U.S. halt in funding would have held accountable, including through
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip – The on its operations. criminal prosecution.”
U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini said He did not elaborate on what the
fired a number of its staffers in Gaza it terminated contracts with “several” staffers’ alleged role was in the attacks.
suspected of taking part in the Oct. 7 at- employees and ordered an investigation In the unprecedented surprise attack,
tack by Hamas and other militants on after Israel provided information alleg- Hamas fighters broke through the secu-
Israelis on Friday visit the site where southern Israel, its director said Friday, ing they played a role in the attack. The rity fence surrounding Gaza and
revelers were killed and kidnapped prompting the United States – the agen- U.S. State Department said there were stormed nearby Israeli communities,
during Hamas militants’ Oct. 7 attack cy’s biggest donor – to temporarily halt allegations against 12 employees. UNR- killing around 1,200 people, mostly ci-
at the Nova music festival in southern its funding. WA has 13,000 staffers in Gaza, almost
Israel. ODED BALILTY/AP The agency, known by its acronym all of them Palestinians, ranging from See AGENCY, Page 7NN

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NATIONAL SUMMARY
Rain and strong thunder- Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation for Saturday. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
storms will soak much of
Winnipeg
the Southeast again today.
28/20
After locally dense morn- Seattle
ing fog, it will be another 55/51 Montreal
damp day across the Great 34/30
Lakes with cloudy skies and
drizzle. In the Northwest, Billings
Minneapolis Toronto
another storm beginning 49/36
39/27 41/32
to move onshore will bring
more rain to the region.
Dry weather will continue New York
elsewhere. Detroit 47/37
San Francisco
65/52 Chicago 42/34
Washington
40/35 59/43
Denver
50/29 Kansas City
40/28
Los Angeles
Fairbanks
78/51
-30/-44
Atlanta
67/45
Anchorage
-3/-11 El Paso
Juneau 60/35
41/36 Houston
Chihuahua 61/41
Honolulu 59/36
81/70 Miami
Hilo Monterrey 83/70
84/64 71/46
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FRIDAY EXTREMES TODAY IN HISTORY WEATHER TRIVIA™

NATIONAL (for the 48 contiguous states) INTERNATIONAL (excludes Antarctica) A five-day blizzard began Jan. 27, 1966, Q: Which is bigger: an iceberg or a glacier?
High: 85 at Punta Gorda, FL High: 115 at Birdsville, Australia around Oswego, N.Y. Accumulation reached
Low: -4 at Stanley, ID Low: -68 at Delyankir, Russia 102 inches with 50 inches falling on Jan. 31
Precip: 1.67” at Beaumont, TX Precip: 5.48” at Fua’amotu, Tonga alone. Areas downwind of the Great Lakes are
renowned for lake-effect snow squalls.
A: A glacier, by far.

NATIONAL CITIES SATURDAY O Denotes possible travel delays

Air Air Air Air
High/low/W Quality High/low/W Quality High/low/W Quality High/low/W Quality
Aberdeen, SD 36/14/s 40 O Evansville, IN 47/37/r 26 O Levittown, PA 51/39/c 54 Rochester, NY 42/34/c 43
Abilene, TX 58/34/s 31 Fall River, MA 40/32/c 50 O Lincoln, IL 41/35/c 37 O Rockford, IL 38/34/c 48
O Accomac, VA 57/44/c 36 Farmington, NM 46/20/s 51 O Louisville, KY 47/38/r 38 Ruidoso, NM 49/26/s 50
O Adrian, MI 41/34/c 51 O Fayetteville, NC 69/63/r 37 Lubbock, TX 56/28/s 37 O Salem, OR 61/53/r 29
O Akron, OH 45/38/sh 43 O Fond du Lac, WI 40/33/c 52 O Manitowoc, WI 41/32/c 45 Salina, KS 44/24/pc 25
Alamogordo, NM 56/26/s 51 Fort Myers, FL 83/69/s 28 O Mansfield, OH 44/33/sh 50 Salinas, CA 71/53/pc 46
O Alexandria, VA 59/43/c 53 O Fort Smith, AR 44/32/r 15 O Marshall, NC 56/41/r 29 O Salisbury, MD 61/45/c 35
O Alliance, OH 46/38/sh 51 Framingham, MA 39/32/c 49 O Marshfield, WI 39/28/c 38 San Angelo, TX 62/33/s 26
Amarillo, TX 53/28/s 37 O Freeport, IL 39/33/c 50 O Massillon, OH 47/40/sh 53 Sarasota, FL 79/67/pc 33
Ames, IA 36/23/c 41 O Fremont, OH 42/34/sh 52 O McLean, VA 57/42/c 52 Savannah, GA 75/58/c 31
O Anderson, SC 63/49/r 31 Fort Collins, CO 50/28/s 46 Melbourne, FL 81/68/pc 31 O Sheboygan, WI 40/33/c 50
Appleton, WI 41/31/c 41 O Gadsden, AL 67/44/r 24 Memphis, TN 48/40/r 24 O Shelby, NC 58/49/r 32
O Asheville, NC 55/45/r 32 Gainesville, FL 82/62/pc 34 Middletown, NY 43/33/c 54 Sherman, TX 47/32/pc 26
O Ashland, OH 44/34/sh 53 O Galesburg, IL 40/32/c 40 Milford, MA 38/31/c 50 O Shreveport, LA 57/39/sh 16
O Athens, GA 68/47/r 28 O Gastonia, NC 60/51/r 34 O Milwaukee, WI 41/37/c 54 Silver City, NM 57/29/pc 50
Augusta, GA 72/53/t 23 Glen Rose, TX 55/33/s 34 O Monroe, MI 39/33/sh 54 Sioux Falls, SD 35/12/pc 41
Austin, TX 62/38/s 26 Gonzales, LA 70/49/r 25 O Monroe, LA 57/43/sh 13 O Somerset, PA 46/36/r 50
Bartlesville, OK 43/24/c 18 O Great Falls, MT 51/41/c 28 O Montgomery, AL 72/46/r 21 O Somerville, NJ 50/38/c 53
Battle Creek, MI 43/33/c 47 O Green Bay, WI 41/32/c 31 O Muncie, IN 42/35/sh 47 South Bend, IN 40/34/c 40
O Bedford, IN 45/35/r 48 O Greenville, SC 59/49/r 31 O Murfreesboro, TN 53/39/r 17 O Spartanburg, SC 60/49/r 34
Binghamton, NY 41/32/c 44 Hackensack, NJ 48/37/c 56 Naples, FL 83/69/s 26 O Springfield, IL 42/33/c 35
Bluffton, SC 66/57/c 27 O Hagerstown, MD 54/41/sh 50 O Nashville, TN 52/40/r 21 O Springfield, MO 39/29/r 17
O Bremerton, WA 55/52/r 37 O Hattiesburg, MS 70/47/r 18 O Neptune, NJ 45/40/c 56 St. Augustine, FL 78/63/pc 35
O Brockton, MA 39/33/c 51 O Henderson, KY 45/37/r 34 New Bedford, MA 41/32/c 25 St. Cloud, MN 37/23/c 39
Brownwood, TX 59/34/s 36 O Hendersonville, NC 54/45/r 31 O New Bern, NC 69/58/c 31 St. George, UT 57/35/pc 52
O Burlington, IA 38/32/c 35 Herkimer, NY 41/33/c 52 O New Philadelphia, OH 46/40/sh 52 O Staunton, VA 56/41/r 32
O Burlington, NC 63/57/r 34 O Hillsdale, MI 40/32/c 46 O Newark, OH 46/40/r 53 O Stevens Point, WI 42/31/c 45
Burlington, VT 37/31/sf 51 Holland, MI 38/35/c 51 Newton, NJ 47/35/c 52 Stockton, CA 62/48/pc 51
O Cambridge, OH 48/44/r 43 Hornell, NY 46/35/c 51 New York, NY 47/37/c 58 Stroudsburg, PA 47/34/c 52
O Camdenton, MO 39/31/r 22 Houma, LA 71/49/r 15 Norwich, CT 41/33/c 44 Stuart, FL 84/70/pc 29
Canandaigua, NY 43/34/c 51 Howell, MI 42/33/c 52 Ocala, FL 83/62/pc 34 O Sturgis, MI 40/32/c 48
O Canton, OH 47/39/sh 53 Hutchinson, KS 44/24/pc 26 Oklahoma City, OK 41/28/r 26 O Tallahassee, FL 75/49/t 31
Carlsbad, NM 57/30/s 46 O Hyannis, MA 40/33/c 36 Opelousas, LA 66/42/pc 18 Thibodaux, LA 70/49/r 20
O Chambersburg, PA 52/39/sh 51 O Indianapolis, IN 43/35/r 51 O Oshkosh, WI 40/32/c 47 Topeka, KS 41/27/c 32
O Cherry Hill, NJ 52/40/c 56 O Iowa City, IA 37/33/c 35 Palm Beach, FL 82/70/pc 29 O Tuscaloosa, AL 70/45/r 26
O Cincinnati, OH 44/36/r 44 O Ithaca, NY 41/33/c 43 Palm Springs, CA 76/56/s 52 Utica, NY 39/33/c 50
O Clarksville, TN 48/38/r 18 O Jackson, MS 65/42/r 15 O Panama City, FL 71/49/t 30 Ventura, CA 77/52/s 54
Coldwater, MI 41/32/c 49 O Jackson, TN 48/39/r 20 Pekin, IL 42/34/c 50 Victorville, CA 66/36/s 53
O Columbus, OH 46/38/r 51 Jacksonville, FL 82/62/c 30 O Pensacola, FL 70/45/r 25 O Vineland, NJ 53/41/c 54
Corning, NY 46/35/c 52 O Jacksonville, NC 68/59/sh 31 O Peoria, IL 41/34/c 46 Visalia, CA 63/43/pc 52
Corpus Christi, TX 69/43/s 24 Kent, OH 45/37/sh 52 O Petersburg, VA 62/48/r 35 O Washington, DC 59/43/c 50
Daytona Beach, FL 81/66/pc 36 O Kewanee, IL 40/33/c 46 Phoenix, AZ 73/50/s 57 Watertown, SD 33/15/pc 44
Deming, NM 59/31/s 51 O Keyser, WV 54/40/r 49 O Port Huron, MI 44/33/c 37 O Wausau, WI 41/30/c 32
O DeRidder, LA 64/40/pc 13 O Kinston, NC 69/59/c 34 O Portsmouth, NH 38/30/c 25 O Waynesboro, PA 53/40/sh 50
Des Moines, IA 36/24/c 37 O Knoxville, TN 57/44/r 27 Poughkeepsie, NY 44/33/c 50 White Plains, NY 44/35/c 51
Detroit, MI 42/34/c 57 O Lafayette, IN 40/35/sh 44 Providence, RI 39/32/c 35 Wichita Falls, TX 51/31/s 25
Devils Lake, ND 36/24/pc 30 Lafayette, LA 69/44/pc 16 Pueblo, CO 52/18/s 40 O Wilmington, DE 52/41/c 53
Dover, NH 39/28/c 42 Lakeland, FL 83/64/pc 31 O Quincy, MA 39/33/c 51 O Wilmington, NC 71/61/sh 30
El Paso, TX 60/35/s 52 Lansing, MI 40/33/c 39 O Redding, CA 58/49/r 30 O Wisconsin Rapids, WI 41/30/c 50
Elmira, NY 45/35/c 50 Las Cruces, NM 58/31/s 51 Reno, NV 61/39/c 57 O Wooster, OH 45/37/sh 34
Erie, PA 42/36/sh 51 O Lebanon, PA 51/38/c 55 Ravenna, OH 45/37/sh 52 Worcester, MA 37/31/c 39
O Eugene, OR 60/52/r 15 Leesburg, FL 82/64/s 32 O Richmond, IN 43/34/r 52 O York, PA 52/39/sh 54
Air Quality Index: 0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very unhealthy; 301-500, Hazardous
INTERNATIONAL CITIES
Saturday Sunday Saturday Sunday Saturday Sunday Saturday Sunday
High/low/W High/low/W High/low/W High/low/W High/low/W High/low/W High/low/W High/low/W
Acapulco 88/70/s 89/70/c Cape Town 83/64/pc 79/63/c O La Paz 58/41/sh 57/43/sh San Jose 86/70/s 86/69/pc
Addis Ababa 78/53/pc 78/54/pc Caracas 89/74/s 89/74/s Lagos 94/73/s 91/75/s San Salvador 89/67/s 91/68/s
Algiers 73/47/s 71/45/c Casablanca 80/44/s 80/44/s Lima 82/73/pc 82/73/pc Santiago 92/61/s 90/57/s
Amman 48/41/sh 49/44/c Colombo 91/75/s 90/76/t Lisbon 66/53/pc 65/51/c O Sao Paulo 77/66/sh 82/67/t
Amsterdam 46/33/pc 48/41/c Copenhagen 44/36/c 40/37/pc London 49/39/c 52/46/c O Sarajevo 45/28/s 39/28/sf
Ankara 39/27/pc 40/24/sn Damascus 56/31/s 52/39/pc Madrid 67/36/pc 64/39/c Shanghai 50/24/pc 54/34/pc
Asuncion 91/68/s 94/70/s O Dublin 51/48/c 58/41/c Manila 86/74/c 86/74/pc Singapore 89/78/t 88/77/t
Athens 59/45/pc 50/42/c Geneva 48/32/pc 50/37/s Mexico City 77/45/s 74/43/pc O Stockholm 33/29/pc 40/36/c
O Auckland 75/68/sh 77/65/r Guatemala City 84/61/s 77/58/c Milan 59/35/pc 50/33/pc Sydney 78/69/c 80/72/sh
Baghdad 66/43/pc 62/41/pc O Hanoi 57/51/c 55/53/r Mombasa 91/78/t 92/77/t Taipei 59/52/c 58/54/c
Bangkok 92/75/pc 91/75/pc Harare 82/59/pc 84/60/pc O Montevideo 83/63/s 80/65/s Tegucigalpa 85/60/pc 83/63/s
Beijing 39/15/s 45/18/s Havana 86/64/s 84/62/pc Montreal 34/30/c 37/27/c O Tehran 50/41/r 50/34/pc
Beirut 59/51/sh 59/50/pc O Helsinki 29/27/c 36/34/c O Moscow 26/20/sf 26/18/c Tokyo 53/39/s 50/39/pc
Belgrade 47/34/s 43/27/c Hong Kong 62/53/pc 63/59/pc O Nairobi 81/60/t 80/60/t Toronto 41/32/c 37/31/c
Berlin 44/28/pc 43/29/pc Jakarta 87/76/t 87/76/t New Delhi 70/47/pc 66/51/pc Tunis 69/54/s 66/50/pc
Bogota 74/49/sh 74/49/r Jerusalem 50/42/sh 50/42/r Panama City 92/72/sh 92/72/sh O Vancouver 52/48/r 54/49/r
Brussels 45/33/pc 52/42/c Johannesburg 82/60/t 80/60/t Paris 46/33/pc 52/42/pc O Vienna 47/31/s 46/27/s
Bucharest 42/27/sn 39/22/pc Kabul 47/38/c 42/33/sh Port-au-Prince 96/68/s 92/68/s O Warsaw 38/31/sn 40/31/c
O Budapest 44/30/pc 48/23/c Khartoum 77/56/pc 83/60/pc Rio de Janeiro 83/75/t 83/75/sh O Yerevan 30/18/sn 29/15/pc
O Buenos Aires 85/72/s 83/73/s O Kyiv 34/29/c 32/25/sf Riyadh 77/53/pc 75/54/pc Zagreb 50/26/s 45/26/s
Cairo 67/56/pc 67/53/c Kingston 88/75/pc 87/75/s Rome 61/39/s 61/36/s Zurich 47/27/s 44/28/pc
O Denotes possible travel delays Saturday Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
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Telecom 79.50 +0.20 +6.5% +6.5% Advancing 1,331 1,751 Direx SOX Bear 3X SOXS 5.06 +0.39 +8.4% -13.1% Cattle (lb.) 1.78 1.78 unch. +0.4% +2.8%
Declining 973 1,675 ProShs UltPro ShtQQQ SQQQ 12.19 +0.22 +1.8% -9.4% Corn (bushel) 4.46 4.52 -0.06 -1.2% -5.3%
Technology 201.75 -2.35 +4.8% +4.8%
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Financials 38.65 +0.14 +2.8% +2.8%
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Health care 139.27 +0.79 +2.1% +2.1% Natural Gas (Btu.) 2.71 2.57 +0.14 +5.5% +7.9%
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Utilities 61.21 +0.18 -3.3% -3.3% Total 3,203,973,817 4,098,119,996 iShares 20+yr TrsBd TLT 93.78 -0.18 -0.2% -5.2% Soybeans (bushel) 12.09 12.23 -0.14 -1.1% -6.5%
iShs China Large Cap FXI 22.60 -0.15 -0.7% -6.0% Wheat (bushel) 6.00 6.12 -0.12 -2.0% -4.4%
Materials 82.51 +0.03 -3.5% -3.5% Advancing 1,984,296,102 2,115,235,509
Consumer discret. 171.68 +0.78 -4.0% -4.0% Declining 1,121,964,757 1,876,199,085
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6 mo. ago
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Company (ticker) Price $ Chg . % Chg. YTD Company (ticker) Price $ Chg . % Chg. YTD Canadian dollar 1.3447 1.3480 1.3198 1.3336 Hong Kong 15,952.23 16,211.96 -259.73 -1.6% -6.4%
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Chinese yuan 7.0968 7.0958 7.1507 6.7835
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Capital One Fncl (COF) 138.72 +6.17 +4.7 +5.8 Mexico City 56,855.88 56,160.07 +695.81 +1.2% -0.9%
Bio-Rad Labs A (BIO) 329.05 +12.75 +4.0 +1.9 Teradyne Inc (TER) 105.46 -4.49 -4.1 -2.8 Japanese yen 148.10 147.84 139.99 130.23
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Deepfake explicit images of Swift spread online

ASSOCIATED PRESS DALL-E. Allen’s group didn’t try to de-
termine the provenance.
NEW YORK – Pornographic deepfake Microsoft, which offers an image-
images of Taylor Swift are circulating generator based partly on DALL-E, said
online, making the singer the most fam- Friday it was in the process of investi-
ous victim of a scourge that tech plat- gating whether its tool was misused.
forms and anti-abuse groups have Much like other commercial AI ser-
struggled to fix. vices, it said it doesn’t allow “adult or
Sexually explicit and abusive fake non-consensual intimate content, and
images of Swift began circulating wide- any repeated attempts to produce
ly this week on the social media plat- content that goes against our policies
form X. may result in loss of access to the ser-
Her ardent fanbase of “Swifties” vice.”
quickly mobilized, launching a counter- Asked about the Swift deepfakes on
offensive on the platform formerly “NBC Nightly News,” Microsoft CEO Sa-
known as Twitter and a #ProtectTaylor- tya Nadella told host Lester Holt in an
Swift hashtag to flood it with images of interview airing Tuesday that there’s a
the pop star. Some said they were re- lot still to be done in setting AI safe-
porting accounts that were sharing the guards and “it behooves us to move fast
deepfakes. on this.”
The deepfake-detecting group Reali- “Absolutely this is alarming and ter-
ty Defender said it tracked a deluge of rible, and so therefore yes, we have to
nonconsensual pornographic material act,” Nadella said.
depicting Swift, particularly on X. Some Taylor Swift’s ardent fanbase launched a counteroffensive on social media Midjourney, OpenAI and Stable Dif-
images also made their way to Meta- platform X, flooding it with authentic images of the pop star. ED ZURGA/AP FILE fusion-maker Stability AI didn’t imme-
owned Facebook and other social media diately respond to requests for com-
platforms. ment.
“Unfortunately, they spread to mil- take their fandom very seriously and in identified images and taking appropri- Federal lawmakers who’ve intro-
lions and millions of users by the time situations of wrongdoing. ate actions against the accounts re- duced bills to put more restrictions or
that some of them were taken down,” “This could be a huge deal if she real- sponsible for posting them,” the compa- criminalize deepfake porn indicated the
said Mason Allen, Reality Defender’s ly does pursue it to court,” she said. ny wrote in the X post early Friday incident shows why the U.S. needs to
head of growth. Spanos says the deep fake pornogra- morning. “We’re closely monitoring the implement better protections.
The researchers found at least a cou- phy issue aligns with others Swift has situation to ensure that any further vio- “For years, women have been victims
ple dozen unique AI-generated images. had in the past, pointing to her 2017 law- lations are immediately addressed, and of non-consensual deepfakes, so what
The most widely shared were football- suit against a radio station DJ who alleg- the content is removed.” happened to Taylor Swift is more com-
related, showing a painted or bloodied edly groped her; jurors awarded Swift $1 Meanwhile, Meta said in a statement mon than most people realize,” said U.S.
Swift that objectified her and in some in damages, a sum her attorney, Douglas that it strongly condemns “the content Rep. Yvette D. Clarke, a Democrat from
cases inflicted violent harm on her Baldridge, called “a single symbolic dol- that has appeared across different inter- New York who’s introduced legislation
deepfake persona. lar, the value of which is immeasurable net services” and has worked to remove would require creators to digitally wa-
Researchers have said the number of to all women in this situation” in the it. termark deepfake content.
explicit deepfakes have grown in the midst of the MeToo movement. (The $1 “We continue to monitor our plat- “Generative-AI is helping create bet-
past few years, as the technology used lawsuit became a trend thereafter, like forms for this violating content and will ter deepfakes at a fraction of the cost,”
to produce such images has become in Gwyneth Paltrow’s 2023 countersuit take appropriate action as needed,” the Clarke said.
more accessible and easier to use. In against a skier.) company said. U.S. Rep. Joe Morelle, another New
2019, a report released by the AI firm When reached for comment on the A representative for Swift didn’t im- York Democrat pushing a bill that would
DeepTrace Labs showed these images fake images of Swift, X directed the The mediately respond to a request for com- criminalize sharing deepfake porn on-
were overwhelmingly weaponized Associated Press to a post from its safe- ment Friday. line, said what happened to Swift was
against women. Most of the victims, it ty account that said the company strict- Allen said the researchers are 90% disturbing and has become more and
said, were Hollywood actors and South ly prohibits the sharing of non-consen- confident that the images were created more pervasive across the internet.
Korean K-pop singers. sual nude images on its platform. by diffusion models, which are a type of “The images may be fake, but their
Brittany Spanos, a senior writer at The company has also sharply cut generative artificial intelligence model impacts are very real,” Morelle said in a
Rolling Stone who teaches a course on back its content-moderation teams that can produce new and photorealis- statement. “Deepfakes are happening
Swift at New York University, says since Elon Musk took over the platform tic images from written prompts. The every day to women everywhere in our
Swift’s fans are quick to mobilize in sup- in 2022. most widely known are Stable Diffu- increasingly digital world, and it’s time
port of their artist, especially those who “Our teams are actively removing all sion, Midjourney and OpenAI’s to put a stop to them.”

Stolen painting returned to owner’s son 54 years later

Matthew Brown Wood, who bought it during the 1930s, “It’s such a compelling painting,” Lax
ASSOCIATED PRESS the FBI said. said. “It’s a subject drawn from every-
“This piece of art, what a history it’s day life and he paints it in a very direct,
An 18th-century British painting sto- had,” said FBI Special Agent Gary straightforward way. He’s not artificial-
len by New Jersey mobsters in 1969 has France, who worked on the case. “It ly elevating it.”
been returned more than a half-century traveled all through the U.K. when it was According to the FBI, the painting
later to the family that bought it for first painted, and owned by quite a few was taken from Earl Wood’s house by
$7,500 during the Great Depression, the families in the U.K. And then it travels three men working at the direction of
FBI’s Salt Lake City field office an- overseas to the United States and is sold former New Jersey state Sen. Anthony
nounced Friday. during the Great Depression and then Imperiale, who died in 1999. Imperiale, a
The 40-inch-by-50-inch John Opie stolen by the mob and recovered by the political firebrand who also served as a
painting – titled “The Schoolmistress” – FBI decades later. It’s quite amazing.” Newark city councilman, was in the na-
is the sister painting of a similar work Opie, who came from the Cornwall tional spotlight in the 1960s as a spokes-
housed in the Tate Britain art gallery in region, was one of the most important man for cracking down on crime. He
London. FBI Special Agent Gary France, second British historical and portrait painters was also divisive, organizing citizen pa-
Authorities believe the piece was sto- from right, Dr. Francis Wood and in his time, said Lucinda Lax, curator of trols to keep Black protesters out of Ital-
len with the help of a former New Jersey Wood’s children stand next to the John paintings at the Yale Center for British ian neighborhoods during riots in New-
lawmaker, then passed among orga- Opie painting in Newark, N.J., on Art in New Haven, Connecticut. His ark in the summer of 1967.
nized crime members for years before it Jan. 11. FBI VIA AP paintings have sold at major auction Authorities say the thieves broke into
ended up in the southern Utah city of St. houses such as Sotheby’s and Chris- the house in July 1969 in a bid to steal a
George. A Utah man had purchased a tie’s, including one bought in 2007 for coin collection, but were foiled by a bur-
house in Florida in 1989 from Joseph for the painting and it was discovered to almost $1 million. glar alarm. Local police and Imperiale
Covello Sr. – a convicted mobster linked likely be the stolen piece, the FBI said. Opie often portrayed British royals responded to the attempted burglary,
to the Gambino family – and the paint- The painting, which dates to about and other members of the elite. But he and the home’s caretaker told the law-
ing was included in the sale, the FBI 1784, was taken into custody by the also depicted scenes from ordinary life, maker that the Opie painting in the
said. agency pending resolution of who such as in “The Schoolmistress,” which home was “priceless,” the FBI said.
When the buyer died in 2020, a Utah owned it and returned on Jan. 11 to Dr. shows an older teacher sitting at a table The men returned to the house later
accounting firm that was seeking to liq- Francis Wood, 96, of Newark, the son of with a book and surrounded by young that month and stole the painting, the
uidate his property sought an appraisal the painting’s original owner, Dr. Earl students. FBI said.
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Iowa school safety money largely unspent

2 deadly shootings designate money for projects and 2025
to get work completed and seek reim-
in state since bursement. The maximum per building
is $50,000 regardless of enrollment.
$75M promised The money is coming from Iowa’s
share of the American Rescue Plan Act
signed by President Joe Biden nearly
Ryan J. Foley three years ago, which was designed to
ASSOCIATED PRESS help states recover from the coronavirus
pandemic. That funding source is ap-
IOWA CITY, Iowa – The June 2022 propriate, Iowa officials say, because vi-
announcement was addressed to par- olent crime and school safety concerns
ents horrified by the massacre at an ele- increased during the pandemic.
mentary school in Uvalde, Texas: Iowa Reynolds said she did not believe any
would spend $75 million in federal pan- law could have prevented the Perry
demic relief funds to improve school shooting, and spokesperson Kollin
building security. Crompton said Reynolds is proud of the
Citing an urgent need to act after state’s work to improve school safety.
Uvalde and shootings outside a high He noted that Iowa has purchased 1,200
school and a church in Iowa, Gov. Kim emergency radios for schools, started a
Reynolds said the state would award up tip line where threats can be anony-
to $50,000 each to 1,500 schools to fix Students arrive at Perry Middle School in Iowa on Thursday. Perry students who mously reported, and provided thou-
vulnerabilities. Like many other Repub- returned to school this week saw tighter security, including uniformed officers sands with active shooter training.
licans, she rebuffed calls for stricter gun and limited entry points. CHARLIE NEIBERGALL/AP Several states have similar school
control while embracing efforts to safety programs but few use American
“harden” schools. Rescue Plan Act funding. Two that have,
More than 19 months and two deadly which recently announced it will cut old Rashad Carr. Ohio and New Hampshire, awarded
Iowa school shootings later, the money back to a four-day school week in the Relatives of Dameron and Carr are grants in 2022.
only recently started to trickle out, with next academic year, added cameras and suing the school, alleging inadequate Consultants and vendors have re-
the vast majority still unspent in part panic buttons with its $100,000. security. That school, like others affiliat- ceived most of Iowa’s spending so far,
due to bureaucratic delays by local and Other eligible expenses include met- ed with the Des Moines district, the including $5.2 million to Tetra Tech, an
state officials, according to records re- al detectors, locks, alarms and notifica- state’s largest, has not received any engineering business that conducted
viewed by The Associated Press. Con- tion systems, security lighting, rein- grant funding. 1,260 building assessments to identify
tractors helping run the program, mean- forced doors and windows, barriers and Bright said Starts Right Here is not el- weaknesses that projects would fix.
while, have received millions. fencing. igible for the program because it’s not The state has paid $1.6 million to AG
The AP found that most schools Perry officials expressed interest in accredited, but that her agency is work- Witt, a company helping run the pro-
statewide have yet to receive funding, the grant in 2022 and completed as- ing with the school to apply for a differ- gram with Iowa’s Homeland Security
including those in Perry, a city of 8,000 sessments on buildings as required a ent federal security grant. Department. The agency said it was too
people where a Jan. 4 school shooting year ago. But the application was not Des Moines schools spokesman Phil small to handle the workload.
left two dead and several injured. A finished before the Perry High School Roeder said the district needs to update “It is a federal grant, so of course
state agency last week sent a repre- shooting. a purchasing policy to meet federal re- there’s obviously a lot of little head-
sentative to help Perry district officials It’s unknown whether additional se- quirements to receive the roughly $3 aches that go with it,” department direc-
finish their application for a $150,000 curity could have prevented 17-year-old million it requested. The school board is tor John Benson told applicants last
grant through Reynolds’ program, a Dylan Butler from opening fire in the expected to do that in February. year.
process they started more than a year cafeteria before classes began. Investi- Iowa authorities have reported a Some assessments emailed by Tetra
ago. gators haven’t revealed how Butler ob- surge in school threats since the Perry Tech were lost in the spam folders of
“After the tragedy in Perry, we are tained the shotgun and handgun he shooting, which killed sixth grader Ah- school administrators or faced several
continuing to look for opportunities to used. Perry’s superintendent has credit- mir Jolliff and principal Dan Marburger weeks or months of delays getting the
make the process more efficient and ef- ed an assistant principal with activating and injured several others. Threats in state’s review and approval.
fective,” said Allie Bright, spokesperson an emergency alert that resulted with a West Des Moines, Davenport and Lenox A state official apologized to school
for the Iowa Department of Homeland quick response by police, who found led to criminal charges, and another officials during a meeting last year for
Security and Emergency Management, Butler dead. briefly shut down the St. Ansgar dis- that backlog.
which oversees the program. Perry elementary and middle school trict. Thirteen districts were targeted Another requirement is slowing
Perry’s $150,000 is among $20.6 mil- students who returned to school this last week by “swatting” calls, in which down projects: Physical changes to
lion the state has awarded for upgrades week saw tighter security, including someone makes a prank call to emer- schools must be approved for compli-
at hundreds of school buildings across uniformed officers and limited entry gency services to prompt a response at a ance with Iowa’s fire code. That is taking
Iowa, but payments for completed work points. Some parents have called for ad- particular address. three months or longer for buildings in-
have been far less to date. Bright said ditional measures such as metal detec- Against a drumbeat of threats and spected by the state fire marshal’s of-
Friday that as of Jan. 19, the program tors, and district officials are consider- shootings, security funding is popular fice, which was recently moved to a new
had paid $950,000 to 18 school districts ing how to spend the grant money. with lawmakers and parents, even as department.
for improvements at 43 buildings, most Similar concerns were raised after researchers debate whether the mea- One student who fled jazz band re-
of them small and rural. the January 2023 shooting at Starts sures reduce gun violence. hearsal when gunshots rang out at Perry
The district in Gilbert received the Right Here, a Des Moines alternative Iowa’s 327 districts and 183 nonpub- said she will feel safe going back when
most, $194,000, which went toward school for at-risk youth. Preston Walls lic and independent schools still have high school resumes next week.
surveillance cameras, new entry sys- was sentenced last week to 65 years in until until Oct. 1 to apply, and most have “The threat to our school was gone
tems and door controls. Winfield Mount prison for killing fellow students 18- started that process, Bright said. Once the day of the shooting,” Rachael Kares
Union Community School District, year-old Gionni Dameron and 16-year- approved, they have through 2024 to said.

Navy lowers requirements for enlistment for 2nd time

Service struggles to meet ber of jobs – such as cook or boatswain
mate – don’t require an overall high test
its recruitment goals score, as long as they meet the job stan-
dards.
Lolita C. Baldor The Army will only take those lowest
ASSOCIATED PRESS scoring candidates into their so-called
Future Soldier Prep Course, which gives
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Navy is them weeks of instruction and the op-
starting to enlist individuals who didn’t portunity to increase their score in order
graduate from high school or get a GED, to make the grade and enlist. The Navy
marking the second time in about a year allows low-scoring recruits to go
that the service has opened the door to through its Future Sailor Prep Course
lower-performing recruits as it strug- but doesn’t require an increased score to
gles to meet enlistment goals. enlist.
The decision follows a move in De- In addition, the Army and Marine
cember 2022 to bring in a larger number Corps require a high school diploma or
of recruits who score very low on the GED equivalent, and the Air Force said it
Armed Services Qualification Test. Both will only take recruits without a diploma
are fairly rare steps that the other mil- if they score a 65 or higher on the qual-
itary services largely avoid or limit, even ification test. Those numbers are very
though they are all finding it increasing- The USS Paul Hamilton is seen after passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Last small – just 110 of the nearly 26,900 Air
ly difficult to attract the dwindling num- year, the Navy’s enlistment goal was 37,700, but the service brought in just Force recruits brought in last year, either
ber of young people who can meet the 31,834. JON GAMBRELL/AP FILE had a GED or no education credential at
military’s physical, mental and moral all.
standards. Other services cite concerns that
Under the new plan, Navy recruits In the wake of the pandemic, the ser- Space Force met their targets. The pre- lower-performing recruits may be more
without an education credential will be vices have faced significant enlistment vious fiscal year, the Army fell 15,000 likely to wash out of boot camp or could
able to join as long as they score 50 or challenges. short of its enlistment goal of 60,000, present more disciplinary problems
above on the qualification test, which is COVID-19 forced the military to shut and the other services had to dig into the over time.
out of 99. The last time the service took down recruiting stations and they were pools of delayed entry candidates in or- Cheeseman said he believes the big-
individuals without education creden- closed out of high schools and many der to meet their recruiting numbers. gest risk is that they do fail boot camp at
tials was in 2000. public fairs of events where they histori- Last year, the Navy’s enlistment goal higher rates, but he said the difference
“We get thousands of people into our cally found success reaching prospec- was 37,700, but the service brought in hasn’t been significant so far for the
recruiting stations every year that want tive candidates. just 31,834. This year, Cheeseman said, low-scoring recruits brought in last
to join the Navy but do not have an edu- But even as things opened up, the he set the goal higher – at 40,600. The year. Overall, 11.4% of those recruits
cation credential. And we just turn them military struggled to compete with total size of the Navy for 2024 is set at didn’t finish boot camp, compared to
away,” said Vice Adm. Rick Cheeseman, higher-paying businesses in the tight 337,800. less than 6.5% of the high-scoring sail-
the Navy’s chief of personnel, in an in- job market, particularly as companies “I need these sailors. So it’s a stretch ors.
terview Friday with The Associated began to offer the types of benefits – goal. We’re telling our recruiters to go He said Navy leaders had been talk-
Press. such as college funding – that had often get 40,600 people to join the Navy,” he ing about opening up enlistment to
He said that of the more than 2,400 made the military a popular choice. said. “We don’t fully expect to get that those without high school credentials
who were turned away last year, as Those economic problems were only many. But we’re going for it.” for a while in an effort to expand the
many as 500 of them could score high exacerbated by the sharp political di- The other services have largely pool of potential sailors.
enough to get in. He said he has already vide in the country and young people’s balked at such changes. “We just finally decided, OK, let’s go,”
sent an order to his recruiters to start fears of being killed or injured going to The Navy is the only service that en- he said, adding that the service was
the new expanded effort, adding, “I’m war. lists anyone considered a “category looking for other ways to reach un-
hoping all my recruiters have called all Last fiscal year, which ended Sept. four” recruit, meaning they scored 30 or tapped talent. “My, argument for ac-
2,442 of them in the last 72 hours, and 30, the Navy, Army and Air Force all less on the qualification test. The ser- cepting that risk is that we have capac-
we’ll see how it goes … We’ll try to get failed to meet their recruitment goals, vice expanded the number of those cat- ity of boot camp. We’re not filling the
some test takers this weekend.” while the Marine Corps and the tiny egory four recruits arguing that a num- seats. So I’m willing to take a risk.”
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NRA chief takes stand in his civil trial

LaPierre defends luxury became a powerful political lobby
group, in addition to its role as a fire-
vacations with clients arms training organization. In recent
years it has faced financial troubles,
ASSOCIATED PRESS dwindling membership and a leader-
ship crisis.
NEW YORK – Longtime National Ri- After reporting a $36 million deficit in
fle Association chief Wayne LaPierre 2018, the NRA cut back on core pro-
took the stand in his New York civil trial grams like training and education, rec-
Friday, defending himself against alle- reational shooting and law enforcement
gations that he violated the trust of the initiatives.
group’s 5 million members by spending Experts have said LaPierre was be-
tens of millions of dollars to enrich him- hind much of the misspending that led
self and close associates. to the fiscal downturn, including on em-
Under questioning from lawyers for ployee perks and an unprofitable televi-
New York Attorney General Letitia sion venture.
James, LaPierre said he didn’t consider The New York attorney general sued
luxury vacations to be “gifts” when he LaPierre and three co-defendants in
accepted them from a couple who did 2020, alleging they cost the organiza-
millions of dollars of business over the tion tens of millions of dollars by autho-
years in contracts with the NRA. rizing lucrative consulting contracts for
James brought the lawsuit under her ex-employees and expensing gifts for
authority to investigate nonprofits reg- Longtime NRA chief Wayne LaPierre arrives at court in New York on Wednesday. friends and vendors.
istered in New York. Days before the LaPierre is accused of spending tens of millions of dollars to enrich himself and The state is asking the judge to limit
trial began, LaPierre, 74, announced he close associates. YUKI IWAMURA/AP the work they can do for the NRA and
would step down Jan. 31. New York-based nonprofits, and also to
In the Manhattan courtroom, La- make them repay the NRA and even for-
Pierre acknowledged taking vacations to the Greek Isles to be a gift, right?” As- commercial flights, hotels and food for feit any salaries earned while misallo-
with Hollywood producer David sistant Attorney General Jonathan Con- many of the trips. cating funds.
McKenzie, whose company has done ley asked LaPierre, in one of many ex- At the time he was making those LaPierre is accused of dodging finan-
business with the NRA. He said he met changes over the undisclosed vacation trips, LaPierre helped McKenzie’s media cial disclosure forms while spending
McKenzie in a business context but con- travel, lodging and food. company secure a 9-year contract with NRA money on travel consultants, luxu-
siders him a friend. “No, I did not,” LaPierre said. the NRA worth millions, he acknowl- ry car services, and private flights for
The state’s lawyers laid out for the ju- Conley showed jurors photos of mul- edged. Conley also noted that McKenzie himself and his family. He has acknowl-
ry a series of trips that the two men’s tistory white yachts LaPierre vaca- personally collected $1.8 million alone in edged spending over $500,000 of the
families took together, which McKenzie tioned on with McKenzie in the Baha- property rental fees for filming NRA NRA’s money on private airfare for fam-
paid for and LaPierre didn’t disclose in mas and the Mediterranean, as well as content in a home he owns in Los Ange- ily trips to the Bahamas, but says flying
financial forms. photos from a trip to India. LaPierre ac- les. commercial would have put him in dan-
“At the time you didn’t consider a trip knowledged that McKenzie paid for Under LaPierre’s leadership, the NRA ger.

Trump
Continued from Page 1NN

ually abusing Carroll and then defam-

ing her by claiming she made it up. He is
appealing that award, too.
Trump is also awaiting a verdict in a
New York civil fraud trial, where state
lawyers are seeking the return of $370
million in what they say were ill-gotten
gains from loans and deals made using
financial statements that exaggerated Alina Habba, one of Donald Trump’s
his wealth. attorneys, speaks to the media
As for Trump’s ability to pay, he re- outside federal court in New York on
ported having about $294 million in Friday. YUKI IWAMURA/AP
cash or cash equivalents on his most
recent annual financial statement, for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021. telling lies about me.”
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in less than two weeks on the Testifying at his civil fraud trial last No- She said she’d had an electronic
Colorado court decision. PATRICK SEMANSKY/AP FILE vember, Trump boasted, “I have very fence installed around the cabin in up-
little debt, and I have a lot of cash.” state New York where she lives, warned
Trump skipped the first Carroll trial. neighbors of the threats and bought

Filing urges high court to He later expressed regret for not at-
tending and insisted on testifying in
the second trial, though the judge lim-
bullets for a gun she keeps by her bed.
“Previously, I was known as simply
as a journalist and had a column, and
rule Trump ineligible ited what he could say, ruling he had
missed his chance to argue that he was
innocent. He spent only a few minutes
now I’m known as the liar, the fraud,
and the whack job,” Carroll testified.
Trump’s lawyer, Habba, told jurors
Mark Sherman 2020, in which he informed his follow- on the witness stand Thursday, during that Carroll had been enriched by her
ASSOCIATED PRESS ers of the planned protest on the day which he denied attacking Carroll, then accusations against Trump and
Congress would count the electoral left court grumbling “this is not Amer- achieved fame she had craved. She said
WASHINGTON – The Supreme votes and wrote, “Be there, will be ica.” no damages were warranted.
Court should declare that Donald wild.” This new jury was only asked how To support Carroll’s request for mil-
Trump is ineligible to be president Then in his speech to supporters on much Trump, 77, should pay Carroll for lions in damages, Northwestern Uni-
again because he spearheaded the Jan. 6, the lawyers wrote, “Trump lit two statements he made as president versity sociologist Ashlee Humphreys
violent attack on the U.S. Capitol in an the fuse.” The brief reproduces photo- when he answered reporters’ questions told the jury that Trump’s 2019 state-
effort to overturn his 2020 election graphs of the mayhem from that day, after excerpts of Carroll’s memoir were ments had caused between $7.2 million
loss, lawyers leading the fight to keep including one of U.S. Capitol Police Of- published in a magazine – damages and $12.1 million in harm to Carroll’s
him off the ballot told the justices on ficer Daniel Hodges pinned in a door- that couldn’t be decided earlier be- reputation.
Friday. way during the attack. cause of legal appeals. Jurors were not When Trump finally testified, Judge
In a filing filled with vivid descrip- Trump’s lawyers have argued that asked to re-decide the issue of whether Lewis A. Kaplan gave him little room to
tions of the Jan. 6, 2021, violence at the efforts to keep him off the ballot the sex attack actually happened. maneuver, because Trump could not be
Capitol, the lawyers urged the justices “threaten to disenfranchise tens of mil- Carroll’s attorneys had requested permitted to try to revive issues settled
not to flinch from doing their constitu- lions of Americans and … promise to $24 million in compensatory damages in the first trial.
tional duty and to uphold a first-of-its- unleash chaos and bedlam” if other and “an unusually high punitive “It is a very well-established legal
kind Colorado court decision to kick the states follow Colorado’s lead. award.” The jury awarded $18.3 million principle in this country that prevents
2024 Republican presidential front- The Colorado Supreme Court’s 4-3 in compensatory damages and another do-overs by disappointed litigants,”
runner off the state’s primary ballot. ruling should be reversed for any of $65 million in punitive damages – Kaplan said.
“Nobody, not even a former Presi- several reasons, Trump’s lawyers meant to deter future behavior. “He lost it and he is bound. And the
dent, is above the law,” the lawyers wrote, including that Trump did not en- Carroll’s lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, jury will be instructed that, regardless
wrote. gage in insurrection and that the presi- urged jurors in her closing argument of what he says in court here today, he
The court will hear arguments in less dency is not covered by the amend- Friday to punish Trump enough that he did it, as far as they’re concerned. That
than two weeks in a historic case that ment. would stop a steady stream of public is the law,” Kaplan said shortly before
has the potential to disrupt the 2024 They also contend that Congress statements smearing Carroll as a liar Trump testified.
presidential election. would have to enact legislation before and a “whack job.” After he swore to tell the truth,
The case presents the high court states could invoke the provision to She noted that Trump had boasted Trump was asked if he stood by a depo-
with its first look at a provision of the keep candidates off the ballot. of at least $14 billion in assets and that sition in which he called Carroll a “liar”
14th Amendment barring some people The justices are hearing arguments his brand alone is worth $10 billion. and a “whack job.” He answered: “100
who “engaged in insurrection” from Feb. 8. Trump already has won the first “Donald Trump is prepared to use percent. Yes.”
holding public office. The amendment two GOP presidential contests: the his wealth and power to defame people Asked if he denied the allegation be-
was adopted in 1868, following the Civil Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire whenever he wants,” she said. “He ig- cause Carroll made an accusation, he
War. primary. Former U.N. Ambassador Nik- nored the last verdict as if it had never responded: “That’s exactly right. She
In their plea to the court, the lawyers ki Haley is Trump’s sole remaining sig- happened.” said something, I consider it a false ac-
said, “Trump intentionally organized nificant GOP opponent. Trump shook his head vigorously as cusation.” Asked if he ever instructed
and incited a violent mob to attack the Still, both sides have said the court Kaplan spoke, then suddenly stood and anyone to hurt Carroll, he said: “No. I
United States Capitol in a desperate ef- needs to act quickly so that voters walked out, taking Secret Service just wanted to defend myself, my fam-
fort to prevent the counting of electoral know whether Trump is eligible to hold agents with him. His exit came only ily, and frankly, the presidency.”
votes cast against him” after he lost the the presidency. minutes after the judge, without the ju- The judge ordered the jury to disre-
election to Democrat Joe Biden. The court is dealing with the dispute ry present, threatened to send his at- gard the “false accusation” comment
They called for a decision that under a compressed timeframe that torney to jail for continuing to talk and everything Trump said after “No”
makes clear that what happened on could produce a decision before Super when he told her she was finished. to the last question.
Jan. 6 was an insurrection, for which Tuesday on March 5, when the largest “You are on the verge of spending Earlier in the trial, Trump tested the
Trump bears responsibility. The presi- number of delegates in a day is up for some time in the lockup. Now sit judge’s tolerance. When he complained
dent is covered by the constitutional grabs, including in Colorado. down,” the judge told Habba, who im- to his lawyers about a “witch hunt” and
provision at issue, and Congress A two-sentence provision in Section mediately complied. a “con job” within earshot of jurors,
doesn’t need to take action before 3 of the 14th Amendment states that Carroll testified early in the trial that Kaplan threatened to eject him from
states can apply it, the lawyers wrote. anyone who swore an oath to uphold Trump’s public statements had led to the courtroom if it happened again. “I
The written filing includes extensive the Constitution and then “engaged in death threats. “He shattered my repu- would love it,” Trump said. Later that
details of Trump’s actions leading up to insurrection” against it is no longer eli- tation,” she said. “I am here to get my day, Trump told a news conference
Jan. 6, including his tweet on Dec. 19, gible for state or federal office. reputation back and to stop him from Kaplan was a “nasty judge.”
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IN BRIEF
Hawaii officials identify last of
the 100 known wildfire victims

HONOLULU – The last of the 100

known victims of the wildfire that de-
stroyed Maui’s historic town of Lahai-
na in August was identified Friday as a
70-year-old woman whose husband,
sister and several other relatives also
died in the fire.
Maui police said they identified the
victim as Lydia Coloma based on the
context of where the remains were
found, rather than through DNA and
other positive identification methods.
Identifying those who perished in
the deadliest wildfire in the U.S. in
more than a century has been a long,
arduous process. Forensic experts and
cadaver dogs have had to sift through
ash searching for bodies that were
possibly cremated, and authorities
collected DNA samples from victims’
family members.
The DNA testing allowed officials in
September to revise the death toll
downward, from 115 to at least 97. The
toll rose slightly over the next month
as some victims succumbed to their
injuries or as police found additional Men listen to prominent civil rights activist Imam Omar Suleiman speak at the Islamic Center of Detroit on Friday.
remains. PAUL SANCYA/AP

Illegal border crossings from

Mexico hit record in December

WASHINGTON – Arrests for illegal

Biden’s campaign team is
shunned by some in Michigan
border crossings from Mexico reached
an all-time high in December since
monthly numbers have been released,
authorities said Friday, exposing a
growing vulnerability for President Joe
Biden in his campaign for a second
Many Arab Americans County executive, said he was tasked
with coordinating the original meeting,
ty. He said he’d yet to hear from them,
even as Chavez Rodriguez visited.
term. critical of Israel policy but that it was abandoned due to lack of “The conclusion that I’ve drawn from
The Border Patrol tallied 249,785 ar- interest. this is they don’t really see this as a le-
rests on the Mexican border in Decem- Joey Cappelleti and Will Weissert Turfe said he reached out to more gitimate problem,” said Aiyash, who is
ber, up 31% from 191,112 in November ASSOCIATED PRESS than 10 Arab American and Muslim also the state’s highest-ranking Arab or
and up 13% from 222,018 in December leaders after being contacted by the Bi- Muslim leader. “And it’s disturbing at
2022, the previous all-time high. DEARBORN, Mich. – President Joe den campaign on Wednesday. The lead- best and, at worst, it’s extremely dis-
Arrests fell more than half during Biden’s campaign manager traveled on ers then spoke with community mem- missive and disrespectful.”
the first two weeks of January, “con- Friday to suburban Detroit, where bers, Turfe said, who made it clear they A person familiar with Rodriguez’s
sistent with historical trends and en- many Arab Americans are enraged did not want them meeting Rodriguez. schedule, who spoke on condition of an-
hanced enforcement,” U.S. Customs over the administration’s Israel policy, “I don’t believe that the Biden ad- onymity to share details that weren’t
and Border Protection said in a state- and found a number of community ministration, at the senior top level, un- made public, said the campaign man-
ment. CBP previously said a crack- leaders unwilling to meet with her – derstands how big of a problem this is ager held multiple meetings across sub-
down by Mexican authorities contrib- exposing a growing rift between the and how upset and angry the communi- urban Detroit that have been in the
uted to the January decline. White House and key groups often ty is,” Turfe said. works for weeks. They included talking
Mexicans accounted for 56,236 ar- otherwise loyal to Democrats in a criti- Fighting between Israel and Hamas with elected officials and leaders from
rests in December, while Venezuelans cal swing state. has inflamed tensions between Jews the state’s Arab and Palestinian Amer-
were second with 46,937, erasing Julie Chavez Rodriguez led a group and Muslims around the world. But it ican, Hispanic and Black communities.
much of the decline that followed the of campaign advisers to the Dearborn has had especially deep resonance in Osama Siblani, publisher of the Arab
start of deportation flights to Venezue- area, as part of her ongoing effort to the Detroit area, which is home to sever- American News, met with Rodriguez at
la in October. Arrests of Guatemalans meet with core supporter groups al heavily Jewish suburbs and to Dear- the paper’s Dearborn headquarters for
surged, with Hondurans and Colombi- around the country. born, the city with the country’s largest an hour and a half and said it went “very
ans rounding out the top five national- She spoke throughout the day with concentration of Arab Americans. well.” While Siblani said he received
ities. some Arab American community lead- Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud pressure to cancel the meeting, he felt it
ers. But Rodriguez’s trip ended when a took to X, formerly Twitter, to sarcasti- was important because Rodriguez made
US approves F-16 fighter jet sale late afternoon meeting with Arab cally note Rodriguez’s trip while criticiz- the effort to come to the community and
to Turkey, F-35s to Greece American leaders was canceled after ing Biden for urging congressional ap- listen.
everyone invited – between 10 and 15 proval of fighter jets to Turkey. “She was very attentive, and she was
WASHINGTON – The Biden ad- people – declined to show up. “Little bit of advice – if you’re plan- listening. We looked each other in the
ministration has approved the sale of Other activists went beyond simply ning on sending campaign officials to eye and I told her exactly what’s going
F-16 fighter jets to Turkey following the not showing up for Rodriguez, as lead- convince the Arab American communi- on,” Siblani said. “And she said she
Turkish government’s ratification this ers from “Abandon Biden,” a move- ty on why they should vote for your can- would take it to the president.”
week of Sweden’s membership in ment discouraging voters from sup- didate, don’t do it on the same day you Still, the separate, larger meeting
NATO. The move is a significant devel- porting the president in November, announce selling fighter jets to the ty- scheduled for late afternoon on Friday
opment in the expansion of the alli- spoke to hundreds of people at a local rants murdering our family members,” with Arab Americans saw everyone in-
ance, which has taken on additional mosque in anticipation of the cam- Hammoud wrote. vited cancel, the person familiar with
importance since Russia’s invasion of paign manager’s visit. The mayor’s office confirmed that he Rodriguez’s schedule said.
Ukraine. Both developments highlight the was invited to meet with Rodriguez but Her trip was part of the Biden reelec-
The State Department notified Con- acute challenges the president’s cam- didn’t accept. Two Democratic state tion campaign’s – and the administra-
gress of its approval of the $23 billion paign faces as it tries to sure up sup- representatives, Alabas Farhat and tion’s – continuing dialogue with core
F-16 sale to Turkey, along with a com- port among Arab Americans, whose Abraham Aiyash, were also invited but constituency groups.
panion $8.6 billion sale of advanced votes will be key in Michigan during unable to attend. Meanwhile, hundreds gathered at
F-35 fighter jets to Greece, late Friday. November’s election but who have “It’s unrealistic to expect that politi- the Islamic Center of Detroit for a Friday
The move came just hours after Turkey turned on Biden given his full-throat- cal conversations will resecure our sup- prayer service led by prominent civil
deposited its “instrument of ratifica- ed support for Israel. port for the president when only a cea- rights activist Imam Omar Suleiman.
tion” for Sweden’s accession to NATO Community leaders said that Rodri- sefire can truly reopen that door,” Farhat Afterward, leaders of the “Abandon Bi-
with Washington, which is the reposi- guez originally came to Michigan plan- said in a statement, referring to calls for den” movement spoke to the crowd.
tory for alliance documents and after ning a larger meeting with Arab Amer- halting the fighting in Gaza. Biden “has lost the Muslim and Arab
several key members of Congress lift- icans but settled for the series of Aiyash, the second-ranking Demo- vote. Every poll indicates that,” Sulei-
ed their objections. smaller gatherings, including the one crat in the Michigan House, said he’s man told The Associated Press. “And if
The sale to Turkey includes 40 new where no invitees ultimately showed reached out to Biden officials multiple you were to speak to any person in this
F-16s and equipment to modernize 79 up, because of pushback to the original times to discuss the escalating tensions mosque, you would hear the exact same
of its existing F-16 fleet. The sale to plan. Assad I. Turfe, a deputy Wayne in his state’s Arab American communi- thing.”
Greece includes 40 F-35 Lightning II
Joint Strike Fighters and related
equipment.
NATO ally Turkey has long sought
to upgrade its F-16 fleet and had made
its ratification of Sweden’s member- Border congressional leaders with no clear path
to approving tens of billions of dollars
As they enter an election year, Re-
publicans are seeking to drive home the
ship contingent on the approval of the for Ukraine. Biden has made it a top pri- fact that historic numbers of migrants
sale of the new planes. Continued from Page 1NN ority to bolster Kyiv’s defense against have come to the U.S. during Biden’s
Russia, but his administration has run presidency. His administration has
Pentagon chief Austin’s cancer ready say the measures do not go far out of money to send ammunition and countered that global unrest is driving
prognosis ‘excellent,’ doctors say enough to limit immigration. The pro- missiles. Ukraine supporters warn that the migration and has sought to imple-
posal would enact tougher standards the impasse in Congress is already be- ment humane policies on border en-
WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary on migrants seeking asylum as well as ing felt on battlefields and leaving Uk- forcement.
Lloyd Austin’s doctors at Walter Reed deny asylum applications at the bor- rainian soldiers outgunned. “Securing the border through these
National Military Medical Center say der if daily migrant encounters grow to Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford, the negotiations is a win for America,” Bi-
his prostate cancer prognosis is excel- numbers that are unmanageable for lead GOP negotiator in the border talks, den said in the statement.
lent and no further treatments will be authorities. has repeatedly urged lawmakers to re- Still, the speaker leaned into the Re-
needed after seeing him for a follow- “Rather than accept accountability, frain from passing final judgment on the publican push on immigration, saying
up appointment Friday. President Biden is now trying to blame bill until they receive legislative text and in his letter that the House would hold a
Austin, 70, was diagnosed with Congress for what HE himself inten- said some of the reports of its contents vote on impeaching Homeland Security
prostate cancer in December and tionally created,” Johnson said in the in conservative media are not accurate Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas “as soon
spent two weeks in the hospital fol- letter. depictions of the bill. as possible” after a committee advances
lowing complications from a prosta- The speaker’s message added to the The Republican speaker was already articles of impeachment against him
tectomy. Despite the complications, headwinds facing the Senate deal, deeply skeptical of any bipartisan com- next week.
“his cancer was treated early and ef- closing a week in which Senate Repub- promise on border policy. On Friday, he Opposition from the right has sty-
fectively, and his prognosis is excel- lican Leader Mitch McConnell ac- again pointed to a sweeping set of im- mied efforts to reform immigration law
lent,” his doctors said Friday. knowledged to his colleagues that the migration measures that the House in Congress for decades. Trump allies
The disclosure of the treatment Fri- legislation faced tough opposition passed last year as being the answer to have argued that Congress does not
day stood in contrast to the long si- from Trump that could force them to the nation’s border challenges. But that need to act because presidents already
lence about his hospitalization, which pursue Ukraine aid another way. He bill failed to gain a single Democratic have enough authority to implement
was kept secret for days not only from later clarified that he was still suppor- vote then and has virtually no chance of tough border measures. Johnson ech-
the public but from President Joe Bi- tive of pairing border measures with picking up Democratic support now, oed that sentiment in his letter, arguing
den. Ukraine aid. which would be necessary to clear the that Biden could start to fix the border
From wire reports If the deal collapses, it could leave Senate. problems “with the stroke of a pen.”
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WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

TAKEAWAYS

All sides claim victory in ruling

UN court didn’t decide on core genocide issue it, added to the global scrutiny and puts
more pressure to scale back or stop the
offensive.
Josef Federman
ASSOCIATED PRESS Merav Michaeli, leader of Israel’s op-
position Labor Party, called the ruling a
JERUSALEM – The U.N. world court “yellow card” against a government that
on Friday came down hard on Israel’s she said “is causing enormous interna-
war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, calling tional damage to the country.”
on Israel to “take all measures” to pre- A former head of the Israeli military’s
vent a genocide of the Palestinians. But international law department said the
it stopped short of demanding an imme- decision would worsen Israel’s global
diate cease-fire, as the South African standing and undermine legitimacy for
sponsors of the case had hoped. the war.
All sides tried to claim victory with “It’s a huge threat,” said Pnina Shar-
the ruling, seizing on different elements vit Baruch, now a senior researcher at
that buttressed their positions. Israel’s Institute for National Security
Israel celebrated the court’s rejection Studies. “It eventually impacts also our
of the cease-fire request and said it had national security. We need our allies. We
endorsed the country’s right to self-de- cannot manage here on our own.”
fense. Yet harsh criticism of Israel’s
campaign in Gaza could further dent its Pressure on the US
image in the court of public opinion.
The Palestinians welcomed what Despite its concerns about harm to
amounted to an overwhelming rebuke civilians, the United States has so far
of Israel’s wartime tactics by a lopsided backed the Israeli war effort, shielding
majority of judges over the heavy death Delegations from South Africa, left, and Israel, right, stand at the International Israel from international criticism and
toll and humanitarian disaster in Gaza. Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, on Friday. The court called on Israel continuing to deliver weapons to the
The six measures in the ruling were ap- to “take all measures” to prevent a genocide of the Palestinians. PATRICK POST/AP military.
proved by margins of 15-2 and 16-1, with Friday’s ruling draws unwelcome at-
even Israel’s representative on the court tention to the U.S. position – a stance
joining the majority on two of the ques- in one month on steps it is taking to pointed out that Hamas, which killed that has put it at odds with allies and
tions. meet these demands. 1,200 and kidnapped 250 on Oct. 7, threatened to hurt President Joe Biden’s
As Israel presses ahead with its of- The court said it was gravely con- seeks Israel’s destruction. standing with the Democratic Party’s
fensive, Friday’s ruling adds to the cerned about the fate of the hostages Barak Medina, a human rights expert progressive wing as he seeks re-elec-
growing international criticism of Israel and called for their immediate and un- at Hebrew University’s law school, said tion.
and could put more pressure on it to conditional release. But the decision fo- the effects of the ruling on the battlefield “States now have clear legal obliga-
scale back or halt the operation alto- cused almost entirely on the plight of are “marginal.” tions to stop Israel’s genocidal war on
gether. Gaza’s Palestinian civilians and urged He said calls to ramp up humanitar- the Palestinian people in Gaza and to
Here are some takeaways from Fri- Israel to do more to facilitate the entry of ian aid and crack down on incitement make sure that they are not complicit,”
day’s ruling: humanitarian aid. might have some small effects on poli- the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said.
Yuval Shany, an expert on interna- cies. “But in terms of the main aspect of It said the provisional ruling “should
No ruling on genocide tional law at the Israel Democracy Insti- the military operation, one would not serve as a wakeup call for Israel and ac-
tute think tank, said the ruling was “not expect any change on the ground,” he tors who enabled its entrenched impu-
The court did not rule on the core is- great” but could have been worse. said. nity.”
sue of whether Israel’s devastating mil- “The finding that South Africa’s The ministry is part of the Palestin-
itary offensive against Hamas amounts claims are plausible is not good,” he Increased scrutiny ian Authority, the internationally recog-
to genocide. That question likely won’t said. “But it’s something that Israel can nized self-rule government in parts of
be answered by the court for years. live with.” While Israel moves ahead on the bat- the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The
But it did not rule out the possibility tlefield, Friday’s ruling shined an addi- U.S. has said it would like to see a revi-
that Israel is conducting genocidal acts. The war goes on tional bright and critical spotlight on the talized authority, ousted by Hamas in
In imposing “provisional measures,” the Israeli offensive. 2007, return to power in Gaza after the
court found that concerns about possi- Nothing in the court’s ruling requires The war, launched in response to Ha- war.
ble genocide merit further review. Israel to halt the war from a legal stand- mas’ Oct. 7 attack, has killed over Balkees Jarrah, the associate inter-
It called on Israel “to take all mea- point. 26,000 Palestinians and led to wide- national justice director at Human
sures within its power” and “ensure Israeli leaders vowed Friday to press spread destruction, displacement and Rights Watch, a New York-based group
with immediate effect” that its military ahead with the offensive, insisting that disease, according to local health offi- that has accused Israel of committing
does not commit genocidal acts, includ- they already are in compliance with in- cials and international aid agencies. war crimes in past rounds of fighting,
ing those causing the unnecessary ternational law and committed to allow- The United States, Israel’s closest said Friday’s “landmark decision puts
deaths of Palestinians or humanitarian ing humanitarian supplies into the be- and most important ally, has repeatedly Israel and its allies on notice.”
suffering. sieged territory. voiced concerns about the civilian “The court’s clear and binding order
It also called on Israel to prevent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu death toll and the broader international raises the stakes for Israel’s allies to
“public incitement to commit genocide,” lashed out at the genocide allegation as community has repeatedly called for an back up their stated commitment to a
pointing to a series of inflammatory “outrageous,” noting that the ruling immediate cease-fire. The tough lan- global rules-based order by helping en-
statements by Israeli leaders. Israel was came on the eve of International Holo- guage adopted by the court, coupled sure compliance with this watershed
ordered to report back to the court with- caust Remembrance Day. Netanyahu with the requirement to report back to ruling,” she said.

Agency ians who fled or were driven from their

homes during the 1948 war surrounding
Israel’s creation and has since been
Continued from Page 1NN built up into an urbanized district. The
leader of Hamas in Gaza, Yehya Sinwar,
vilians, and kidnapping some 250. Oth- and the commander of the group’s mil-
er militants joined the rampage. itary wing, Mohammed Deif, both grew
“UNRWA reiterates its condemnation up in the Khan Younis refugee camp.
in the strongest possible terms of the In central Gaza, the other main focus
abhorrent attacks of 7 October” and of Israel’s offensive currently, Israeli air-
calls for the immediate and uncondi- strikes on the Nuseirat urban refugee
tional release of all Israeli hostages, camp overnight killed at least 15 people,
Lazzarini said. including a 5-month-old baby, said a
Since the war’s start, Israel’s assault journalist with The Associated Press at
has killed more than 26,000 Palestin- the hospital where the casualties were
ians, most women and children, and taken.
wounded more than 64,400 others, Ga- The intense fighting came as the
za’s Health Ministry said Friday. The United Nations’ top court ordered Israel
ministry does not differentiate between to do all it can to prevent death, destruc-
combatants and civilians in its death tion and any acts of genocide in Gaza.
toll. But the International Court of Justice
More than 150 UNWRA employees An Israeli tank takes up position Friday as Palestinians arrive in the southern stopped short Friday of ordering it to
are among those killed – the highest toll Gaza city of Rafah after fleeing an Israeli offensive in nearby Khan Younis. end the military offensive. South Africa
the world body has suffered in a conflict FATIMA SHBAIR/AP has accused Israel of genocide in its of-
– and a number of U.N. shelters have fensive, and the court dismissed a re-
been hit in the bombardment. quest by Israel, which rejects the accu-
More than 1.7 million of Gaza’s 2.3 terres, said an “urgent and comprehen- said he would appoint an independent sation, that the case be thrown out.
million people have been driven from sive” independent review of the agency entity to look into the claims – both Aid groups have struggled to bring
their homes by the war – with hundreds would be conducted. “what is true or untrue” and “what is po- food, medicines and other supplies to
of thousands of them crowded into UNRWA was created to care for mil- litically motivated.” He also said the ac- northern Gaza, where Israel’s ground in-
schools and other shelters run by UNR- lions of Palestinians across the Middle cusations were hurting the agency’s al- vasion first targeted and where Israel
WA. East whose families fled or were forced ready stretched operations. says it now largely has control.
Israel’s near-complete seal on Gaza from properties inside what is Israel Thousands of Palestinians fled the Uday Samir, a 23-year old Gaza City
has left almost the entire population re- during the war surrounding Israel’s cre- southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on native, said many of the basic foods
liant on a trickle of international aid ation in 1948. Israel rejects a return of Friday as fighting between Hamas mil- such as flour, lentils and rice are now
able to enter the territory each day. U.N. the refugees to their former lands. itants and Israeli forces intensified. impossible to find across the city.
officials say about a quarter of the pop- Israeli officials and their allies – in- Families were seen traveling on foot “Now, what is available is animal
ulation now faces starvation. cluding in the U.S. Congress – frequent- down roads, carrying possessions as feed,” Samir said. “We grind it and bake
The U.S. State Department said it ly allege that UNRWA allows anti-Israeli smoke filed the skies above them. it.”
was “extremely troubled” by the allega- incitement to be taught in its hundreds Also Friday, the Israeli military or- All supplies enter Gaza in the south,
tions against the UNRWA staffers and of schools and that some of its staff col- dered residents of three Khan Younis either through the Egyptian-controlled
has temporarily paused additional laborate with Hamas. The Trump ad- neighborhoods and the refugee camp in Rafah border crossing or Israel’s Kerem
funding for the agency. The U.S. is the ministration suspended funding to the the city to evacuate to a coastal area. Shalom crossing. Aid groups say fight-
biggest donor to the agency, providing it agency in 2018, but President Joe Biden The military said its troops were engag- ing and Israeli restrictions have made
with $340 million in 2022 and several restored it. ing in close urban combat with Hamas deliveries to the north difficult. When
hundred million in 2023. The agency’s supporters say the alle- fighters around the city. convoys do travel north, supplies are of-
Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman of gations aim to diminish the long-fester- The Khan Younis camp, like others in ten snatched by hungry Palestinian be-
U.N. Secretary-General António Gu- ing refugee issue. Last week, Lazzarini Gaza, was initially settled by Palestin- fore the trucks reach their destination.
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Ukrainians worry POW exchanges will end

Basic facts about plane tention on these people, they are still
alive there.”
crash still in dispute A 21-year-old former prisoner of war,
Illia, who uses the call sign Smurf and
Hanna Arhirova didn’t provide his surname because of
ASSOCIATED PRESS security concerns, attends the rallies
weekly and tries not to miss any. He
KYIV, Ukraine – As Russia and Uk- feels it’s the least he can do for those
raine trade accusations over this week’s who remain in captivity.
crash of a Russian military transport He vividly recalls his final day at the
plane, one thing is clear: families’ fears penal colony in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky
that future prisoner exchanges may be in the Rostov region. It was Feb. 15 of
in danger and loved ones could stay im- 2023 when he heard his name being
prisoned. read aloud. He didn’t know he had been
Even the basic facts are being debat- included in the exchange lists. First, he
ed. Russian officials accused Kyiv of and a group of other POWs rode in a
shooting down the plane Wednesday prisoner transport vehicle for three
and claimed that 65 Ukrainian prisoners hours. Later, he was blindfolded and
of war were on board as they headed for transported by plane for approximately
a prisoner swap. The Ukrainian side four hours.
said it had no evidence of POWs and The plane then made a stop to pick up
that Russia is just playing with Ukrai- more POWs whom he couldn’t see, but
nians’ psyche. It did say, however, that Yevheniia Synelnyk, whose brother has been in captivity for over a year and a he understood as he heard the hands of
an exchange had been due to take place half, stands in a park in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday. HANNA ARHIROVA/AP other prisoners being taped. The trip
on Wednesday. finished with a four-hour bus ride to-
Neither side provided evidence for ward the meeting point.
their accusations, leaving the relatives tears,” she said in a tired voice. concerns keep growing as returning “These are emotions that I cannot
and loved ones in vulnerable states with Synelnyk is also a representative of POWs talk of torture and abuse. convey in words, but I will never be able
no answers. Many Ukrainians were al- the Association of Azovstal Defenders’ Now, many families fear the ex- to forget,” he said of the moment he real-
ready in distress before the incident and Families, which was created in June of changes will stop, Synelnyk said. Sol- ized he had been exchanged.
had heard nothing from their loved ones 2022, shortly after around 2,500 Ukrai- diers who returned usually shared any After his return, he went through re-
in captivity for months. nian servicemen surrendered to Russia information they had about other cap- habilitation, yet the echoes of ten
Yevheniia Synelnyk’s brother has on the orders of the Ukrainian president tives with prisoners’ relatives. The last months of captivity linger in his daily
been in captivity for over a year and a during the siege of the Azovstal steel time she heard anything about her life. He recently started losing weight
half. She cried and worried through mill in May. According to the associa- brother was a year ago. and doctors cannot find the reason. He
Wednesday as conflicting items ap- tion, around 1,500 fighters from the steel The families supported each other now weighs only 97 pounds.
peared on the news. mill remain in captivity. Thousands throughout Wednesday. Illia said he thinks that the incident
“You don’t understand which of these more taken in other battles also are be- “We’re together, we must stay strong puts future exchanges in danger, which
is true,” she said. ing held in Russia, Ukrainian officials because we have no other choice,” Syn- would dash endless hopes.
The next day, exhaustion set in. said. elnyk said, emphasizing they will keep “It’s a dream of every prisoner of
“There is no strength left to shed Yevheniia Synelnyk says relatives’ organizing rallies. “As long as there is at- war,” Illia said.

Venezuela court upholds ban on opposition candidate

Ruling goes against tries.
The administration of U.S. President
last year’s agreement Joe Biden has threatened to reverse
some of the sanctions relief if Maduro’s
Regina Garcia Cano government fails to lift bans preventing
ASSOCIATED PRESS Machado and others from running for
office, and if it fails to release political
CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela’s prisoners.
highest court on Friday upheld a ban on The U.S. State Department did not
the presidential candidacy of María Co- immediately respond to a request for
rina Machado, a longtime government comment from The Associated Press.
foe whose opposition faction is backed Venezuela’s government frequently
by the United States. sidelines adversaries by banning them
The ruling was a slap at an agreement from public office, and not just in presi-
last year between President Nicolás Ma- dential contests.
duro’s administration and the U.S.- Such a ban was used retroactively in
backed opposition aimed at having freer 2021 to remove gubernatorial candidate
elections in Venezuela. Freddy Superlano when he was ahead of
The deal led Washington to ease eco- a sibling of the late President Hugo Chá-
nomic sanctions on Maduro’s govern- vez but had not yet been declared the
ment. Former Venezuelan lawmaker María Corina Machado won the opposition’s winner.
Machado, a former lawmaker, won independently run presidential primary in October with over 90% of the vote. Superlano’s substitute was also kept
the opposition’s independently run PEDRO RANCES MATTEY/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES FILE off the ballot via a ban.
presidential primary in October with The court on Friday also upheld a ban
more than 90% of the votes. Her victory on former governor and two-time presi-
came despite the government announc- public, Machado tweeted that her cam- her political rights. dential candidate Henrique Capriles.
ing a 15-year ban on her running for of- paign’s “fight to conquer democracy Instead, the court ruled against her Geoff Ramsey, senior analyst on Ven-
fice just days after she formally entered through free and fair elections” is not and upheld the ban, which alleges fraud ezuela at the Atlantic Council think
the race in June. over. and tax violations and accuses her of tank, said Maduro’s government was
She was able to participate in the pri- “Maduro and his criminal system seeking the economic sanctions the U.S. never going to let Machado be a presi-
mary election because the effort was or- chose the worst path for them: fraudu- imposed on Venezuela over the last dec- dential candidate because “her popular-
ganized by a commission independent lent elections,” she wrote. “That’s not ade. ity makes her too much of a threat.”
of Venezuela’s electoral authorities. gonna happen.” Preventing Machado and other can- “The timing of this will make it al-
Machado rejected the ban and con- She did not offer any details of her didates from running goes against the most impossible for the U.S. govern-
tinued to campaign. She argued that she next steps, and her campaign declined agreement between Maduro’s govern- ment to ignore,” he said. “The problem
never received an official notification of to comment. ment and the opposition. The deal for Washington is that it’s essentially
the ban, and insisted that voters are the Machado in December filed a claim signed in October on the Caribbean is- run out of ways to pressure Maduro.
rightful decision-makers of her candi- with the Supreme Tribunal of Justice to land of Barbados prompted the U.S. gov- How do you threaten a regime that’s al-
dacy. confirm that the ban was null and void ernment to ease some sanctions on ready endured multiple coup attempts
After the court’s ruling was made and to pursue an injunction to protect Venezuela’s oil, gas and mining indus- and years of crippling sanctions?”

Panel recommends 23-year sentences for 2 tied to Bali attacks

Ellen Knickmeyer prieve. son said. He said the same for three oth-
ASSOCIATED PRESS Defendants in some of the biggest at- ers held at Guantanamo but never
tacks, including 9/11, remain in pretrial charged.
WASHINGTON – A military panel at hearings. Prosecutors are seeking nego- As part of their plea bargains, the two
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, recommended tiated agreements to close that case and Malaysian men have agreed to provide
23 years in detention Friday for two Ma- some others. testimony against a third Guantanamo
laysian men in connection with deadly The prosecutions have been plagued detainee, an Indonesian man known as
2002 bombings in Bali, a spokesman for by logistical difficulties, frequent turn- Hambali, in the Bali bombings.
the military commission said. over of judges and others, and legal Relatives of some of those killed in
The recommendation, following questions surrounding the torture of the Bali bombings testified Wednesday
guilty pleas earlier this month under detainees during CIA custody in the first in a hearing in advance of sentencing,
plea bargains for longtime Guantanamo The wreckage of the Sari nightclub and years of their detention. with the two accused in the courtroom
detainees Mohammed Farik Bin Amin surrounding buildings are seen on The military’s head of defense for the and listening attentively.
and Mohammed Nazir Bin Lep, marks Oct. 15, 2002, in Bali, Indonesia. The Guantanamo proceedings blamed the “The reach of this atrocity knew no
comparatively rare convictions in the extremist group Jemaah Islamiyah Bush administration’s early handling of bounds, and has affected very many
two decades of proceedings by the U.S. killed 202 in two nearly simultaneous the detainees – which included holding people,” testified Matthew Arnold of
military commission at Guantanamo. bombings in Bali. ACHMAD IBRAHIM/AP FILE at secret “black sites” and torture in CIA Birmingham, England, who lost his
Guantanamo military commission custody – for the more than 20-year de- brother in the attacks.
spokesman Ronald Flesvig confirmed lay in the trial. A panel of five military officers deliv-
the sentencing recommendations. sentence recommendation still requires The slow pace “was extremely dis- ered the recommendation after listen-
The extremist group Jemaah Islami- approval by the senior military author- tressing and frustrated the desire of ev- ing to the sentencing testimony.
yah killed 202 Indonesians, foreign ity over Guantanamo. eryone for accountability and justice,” The U.S. has held the two men at
tourists and others in two nearly simul- The two are among a total of 780 de- Brig. Gen. Jackie Thompson said in a Guantanamo since 2006. Guantanamo
taneous bombings at nightspots on the tainees brought to military detention at statement. authorities said the sentencing range
resort island of Bali. Guantanamo under the George W. Thirty detainees remain at Guanta- before the military panel did not include
The two defendants denied any role Bush’s administration’s “war on terror” namo. Sixteen of them have been an option to waive time already served.
or advance knowledge of the attacks but following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on cleared and are eligible for transfer out if Local news media in Malaysia have
under the plea bargains admitted they the U.S. There have been only a handful a stable country agrees to take them. said that authorities there as of last year
had over the years conspired with the of convictions over the years – eight, ac- “The time for repatriating or trans- were exploring bringing the two back to
network of militants responsible. The cording to one advocacy group, Re- ferring the cleared men is now,” Thomp- their home country.
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SPORTS EXTRA

AUSTRALIAN OPEN ANALYSIS

Loss to Sinner isn’t

the end for Djokovic
Howard Fendrich Men’s final
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jannik Sinner vs. Daniil Medvedev
It might be tempting to see some tidy
symbolism and greater significance in Time/TV: 3:30 a.m. EST, Sunday/ESPN.
Novak Djokovic’s loss to Jannik Sinner
in the Australian Open semifinals.
The end of the thirtysomething Djo- Djokovic claimed the U.S. Open title as
kovic’s 33-match winning streak at Mel- part of a 19-match unbeaten run.
bourne Park. The end of his bid for an So don’t be too quick to write off the
11th championship there and 25th Grand 36-year-old from Serbia this time, ei-
Slam trophy overall. The breakthrough ther, as he essentially told the world
for the twentysomething Sinner, an up- himself after bowing out 6-1, 6-2, 6-7 (6),
and-coming talent who will now get to 6-3 against Sinner on Friday.
play in his first major final, against “Doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s
Daniil Medvedev on Sunday. beginning of the end, as some people
Then again, that was the sort of pass- like to call it,” the No. 1-ranked Djokovic
ing-of-the-torch oversimplification said. “Yeah, let’s see what happens in
some folks found in Djokovic’s loss to the rest of the season.”
another kid, Carlos Alcaraz, in last At first glance, that seems like a bit of
year’s Wimbledon final. And what Novak Djokovic reacts during a news conference following his loss to Jannik
happened a couple of months later? See DJOKOVIC, Page 6NS Sinner in their semifinal on Friday at the Australian Open. LOUISE DELMOTTE/AP

NBA NFL PLAYOFFS

Remaining
teams rely
heavily on
tight ends
Josh Dubow
ASSOCIATED PRESS

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Few people

proselytize about the importance of
tight ends more than San Francisco’s
George Kittle.
He helped the NFL create a “holi-
day” to honor the position each Octo-
ber and launched the annual Tight End
University where scores of players
gather to share tips of the trade.
So Kittle showed no surprise about
the fact that the four teams playing on
championship weekend all rely heavi-
ly on the tight end in the passing game.
“That they do,” he said with a smile.
Whether it’s a first-team All-Pro like
Kittle or the record-setting, celebrity
dating Travis Kelce of Kansas City or a
prolific rookie like Detroit’s Sam La-
Porta — or Baltimore’s dynamic duo of
Mark Andrews and Isaiah Likely —
tight ends will be a focal point of the
offenses on Sunday.
“I feel like if you look back at most of
the last Super Bowl winners, every
team has a very, very talented tight
end that they use, whether that’s run
game or the pass game,” Kittle said.
“Tight ends give you the ability to mis-
match whether it’s on linebackers or
safeties. If you want to use two guys to
cover them, it doesn’t matter. It opens
up other people. If you have someone
that can dominate the middle of the
field, it makes it a lot easier on the
quarterback.”
Kittle was the most productive play-
er at the position this season with his
Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic (77) shoots past Hawks guard Trae Young in the first quarter of Friday’s game in 1,020 yards receiving leading the way
Atlanta. Doncic scored 73 points, tying the fourth-most in NBA history. BRETT DAVIS/USA TODAY SPORTS
See TIGHT ENDS, Page 2NS

ANOTHER WILD
NIGHT FOR OFFENSE
Luka Doncic and Devin Booker went on another NBA scoring spree on Friday night, making this a week
like none other in league history. Doncic broke his own Dallas franchise record by scoring 73 points —
tying the fourth-most in NBA history — and Booker scored 62 for the Phoenix Suns in the second
highest-scoring game of his career to add to a week of offensive explosions the likes of which the league
has never seen. Friday marked only the fifth time in NBA history — and amazingly, the second time this
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis
week — where two players scored at least 60 points, after Joel Embiid scored 70 for Philadelphia and Kelce scores a touchdown against the
Buffalo Bills last Sunday in Orchard
Karl-Anthony Towns had 62 for Minnesota on Monday. ROUNDUP, 4NS
Park, N.Y. ADRIAN KRAUS/AP

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NFL

Baltimore again is gateway to Super

Bowl as AFC championship game host
Noah Trister at home to Pittsburgh in 1971. The golden
ASSOCIATED PRESS age of Baltimore sports was ending.
The Bullets and Colts would eventu-
BALTIMORE — The last time Balti- ally move, the latter infamously doing so
more hosted an AFC championship in the middle of the night in 1984. The
game, the city was enjoying quite a Orioles won another World Series in
sports renaissance. 1983, but wrapped up both their post-
The Orioles had won the World Series season rounds on the road that year.
a few months earlier. Then the Colts fol- They started playing at Camden Yards
lowed with a Super Bowl title. Even the in 1992, and as much as it revolutionized
local basketball team made an appear- how baseball parks are built, the venue
ance in the NBA Finals. has never hosted a World Series.
“It literally felt, at least to a 9-year- Maybe that will change soon. The
old, like the axis of the Earth ran through Orioles won 101 games last year with a
Baltimore,” said Gerry Sandusky, who is core of young players that could make
now the radio voice of the Baltimore any franchise envious. They’re actually
Ravens. “You had Johnny Unitas, you having their offseason Birdland Caravan
had Brooks Robinson, you had Wes in the Baltimore area this week, mean-
Unseld. You had these three really great ing manager Brandon Hyde has been in
teams.” town.
When the Ravens take on the Kansas He’s planning to attend the Ravens-
City Chiefs on Sunday, Baltimore will be Chiefs game.
back in the spotlight in a way that’s a bit “I can’t wait for Sunday,” Hyde said.
more rare these days. It’s the first AFC Colts quarterback Johnny Unitas follows Bob Vogel (72) as he runs for a first “Just driving in (Wednesday) night from
title game here since January 1971, when down vs. the Oakland Raiders in the 1971 AFC championship in Baltimore. AP FILE the airport, seeing all the purple, and
the Colts — with Sandusky’s father John the purple lights, pretty special. So real-
as a line coach — beat the Oakland Raid- ly excited for those guys.”
ers. Over a half-century later, and with a magnitude, you have to go back over 50 This time the Colts finished the job, If another exciting era in Baltimore
different NFL franchise representing years. That 1971 game was something of beating Dallas 16-13 on a 32-yard field sports has arrived, hosting this football
Baltimore, Charm City will again serve a novelty — the first AFC championship goal in the final seconds by Jim O’Brien. game is an important milestone. The
as a gateway to the Super Bowl. after the AFL-NFL merger. Ravens coach John Harbaugh was about Ravens began playing in 1996 and have
“This is going to be the largest one- The Super Bowl was still a fairly new the same age as Sandusky then. won two Super Bowls, but they had only
day sporting event in Baltimore in my phenomenon. Baltimore had made it “I can remember that kick,” Har- one home playoff game in each of those
lifetime,” Mayor Brandon Scott said. two seasons earlier but lost as a heavy baugh said. postseasons.
“We want everyone to have a smooth favorite to Joe Namath’s New York Jets. “Straight ahead. Boom. It was a short So this weekend will be memorable.
and enjoyable experience. Everyone A 27-17 win over the Raiders sent the kick as I recall.” With the Super Bowl at a predetermined
that is coming into town — even Taylor Colts back again, with future NFL coach At that time, Baltimore was no site each year, the conference champi-
Swift.” Ray Perkins catching a long touchdown stranger to great sports moments. The onship is generally the biggest game you
Yes, a matchup with the Chiefs has pass from Unitas on the worn-down Orioles won the World Series in 1966 and can host.
Baltimore preparing for a visit from field at Memorial Stadium. 1970. After the Colts won it all in early “To a large degree, this is the last true
Swift, whose boyfriend Travis Kelce “For the Colts, it was about vindica- 1971, the Baltimore Bullets — who were football game. After this, it’s just two
plays for Kansas City. But the signifi- tion from two years earlier,” Sandusky just 42-40 in the regular season — won weeks of pageantry and celebrity and
cance of this week is deeper than that said. “One of the things I do remember is two straight Game 7s to reach the NBA corporate crowds,” Sandusky said. “It’s
for local fans. It’s probably the most an- after the game, being super excited for Finals before being swept by Kareem just a very different animal. This is the
ticipated home game in Baltimore since my dad, we go back to the Super Bowl, Abdul-Jabbar and the Milwaukee end of the road for the die-hard fans
Cal Ripken tied and broke Lou Gehrig’s but there was some PTSD, there was Bucks. who have been at home supporting the
consecutive games record in 1995. some hesitancy of like, man, it didn’t go The Orioles nearly repeated as cham- team all year, which is what makes it so
For a football game of this so well last time.” pions, losing Game 7 of the World Series special.”

San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle (85) runs against Green Bay Packers Lions tight end Sam LaPorta tries to pull in a pass against the Carolina Panthers
safety Jonathan Owens last Saturday in Santa Clara, Calif. GODOFREDO A. VÁSQUEZ/AP on Oct. 8 in Detroit. PAUL SANCYA/AP FILE

Tight ends Kittle, who saw those traits when

LaPorta came to Tight End University
this summer.
Continued from Page 1 “He didn’t stand out in a way like, ‘Oh,
this is a college kid.’ You could tell he un-
among tight ends. He earned his second derstood what he was doing,” Kittle
career first-team All-Pro selection. said. “He has an understanding of the
While San Francisco has an offense game and what the Lions want from
filled with playmakers like Christian him. When you put him out there with
McCaffrey, Deebo Samuel and Brandon Coach Campbell and their mindset, I
Aiyuk, Kittle’s ability to make big plays think he fits the mold perfectly and kind
down the field in the passing game and of adds to that mold himself. He’s every-
dominate on the line of scrimmage as a thing that you want in a tight end.”
blocker in the run game is a major part of While Kittle and LaPorta were the
the success. first and second-team All-Pros at the
“I’ve got a lot of respect for the way he position this season, the AFC tight ends
plays the game, man,” said Lions coach remaining have sterling credentials of
Dan Campbell, a former NFL tight end. their own.
“He’s high energy, he does it all, he’s an Kelce received more press this sea-
aggressive blocker, he’s strong, he’s son for dating Taylor Swift, but he has
physical, he’s good in pass protection, been one of the most productive tight
he’s an explosive route runner, creates ends ever, ranking in the top five all-
separation, run after catch, plays time at the position in receptions (907), Ravens tight end Isaiah Likely (80) makes a touchdown catch in the end zone vs.
strong, team guy. I mean he does it all. yards (11,328) and TDs (74). Houston Texans cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. last Saturday. JULIO CORTEZ/AP
He does it all. But I like our guy too and The 34-year-old narrowly missed out
our guy can do quite a bit of things as on extending his own record of seven
well.” straight seasons with at least 1,000 three decades as a coach in the NFL. But he got hurt midway through this
LaPorta is the latest in a line of pro- yards when he rested in the season fi- “It’s hard to explain why and how season and Likely stepped up with five
ductive tight ends out of Iowa that fol- nale and fell 16 yards short. these guys connect like that but they TD catches in the past six games.
lowed Kittle’s lead from college to the He has been at his best in the playoffs do,” Reid said. “They both have great feel Andrews was activated from injured
pros. as evidenced by his two TD catches last for the game and great feel for what the reserve Friday, giving the Ravens two
The second-round pick set a rookie week and his receiving numbers that other one sees and will do.” options at the position — a luxury miss-
playoff record for tight ends with nine are only behind Jerry Rice all-time. He The Ravens have two tight ends fea- ing from many of the teams that have al-
catches last week and his 86 for the sea- has formed a bond with Patrick tured prominently this season in the ready gone home this season.
son also were the most ever for a rookie Mahomes that has led to a playoff-rec- passing game. Andrews has been Lamar “I think when you have a guy that can
tight end. LaPorta also led all tight ends ord 16 touchdowns for the duo. Coach Jackson’s favorite target since they ar- do everything, can do multiple jobs and
with 10 TD catches in the regular season. Andy Reid says they have the best rived together in 2018, with five straight do them well, I think those guys are hard
The success comes as no surprise to chemistry he has seen in his more than seasons with at least five TD catches. to find,” Campbell said.
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NFL

NFL reaches ‘major’ hiring milestone

Steve Reed
ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The National

Football League has urged teams for
years to hire more minority head coach-
es.
That mission finally seems to be pay-
ing off.
Four minority head coaches have
been hired this year, including Atlanta’s
Raheem Morris, New England’s Jerod
Mayo, Las Vegas’ Antonio Pierce and
Carolina’s Dave Canales, bringing the
number of coaches of color entering the
2024 season to nine, the most in league
history. Seattle and Washington have
yet to fill their vacancies.
Dr. Richard Lapchick, founder of The
Institute for Diversity and Ethics In
Sport, called it a “major milestone” for
the NFL.
“The league has been struggling to
raise the percentage of head coaches of
color, particularly Black head coaches,”
Lapchick told The Associated Press.
“The NFL has worked hard to put pro-
grams in place to make this happen and
the rewards have finally come home.”
The NFL originally created the Roo-
ney Rule in 2003 to promote the number
of minority head coaches (and later gen-
eral managers and executives) by re- The hirings of Atlanta’s Raheem Morris, clockwise from top left, New England’s Jerod Mayo, Las Vegas’ Antonio Pierce,
quiring teams to interview at least one pictured with General Manager Tom Telesco, and Carolina’s Dave Canales give the NFL nine coaches of color entering the
person of color before making a hire. 2024 season. Seattle and Washington have yet to fill their vacancies. AP PHOTOS
The league further expanded the rule
in 2020, incentivizing teams to hire mi-
nority assistant coaches by awarding But for me, this is really about making racial and gender report, two-thirds of Ryans, Tomlin and McDaniel all led
compensatory draft picks if they lose a sure there are opportunities for minor- the league (66.7%) consists of players their teams to the playoffs.
minority coach or top football executive ities, and I think when you open your who are minorities, with 53.5% being Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith,
to another team. NFL rules stipulate pool of candidates to give you more to Black. Those percentages don’t reflect who is Black, was asked if it is encourag-
teams receive third-round selections in draw from, it helps you find the best per- the percentage of minority and Black ing to hear about the hiring of more mi-
each of the next two drafts — or each of son, whoever that is.” head coaches. nority head coaches, such as his former
the next three drafts if two minority em- Rivera interviewed eight times for But progress is being made. quarterbacks coach Canales. He an-
ployees are hired by another team — head coaching jobs with various teams There are six Black head coaches en- swered with a resounding no.
providing the candidates were with the before landing his first gig in Carolina in tering 2024 — Morris, Mayo, Pierce, “It’s 2024 and we are talking about
team for at least two years. 2011. He said at times he felt like he was a Pittsburgh’s Mike Tomlin, Tampa Bay’s minorities,” Smith said.
So, while the Rams will receive two “token” minority candidate, which was Todd Bowles and Houston’s DeMeco “So, it’s not encouraging. I think we
third-rounders for losing Morris to the frustrating. Ryans — which doubles the number have to get away from that talk and let
Falcons, the Buccaneers will not get any Eventually, he sensed teams were from the 2023 season. people be people. But that’s another
since Canales was only with the organi- truly interested in hiring him and that The other minority coaches are topic right there.”
zation for one season. he became better in interviews as time Canales, who is Mexican American, Mi- Rivera echoed that sentiment.
“I’m very pleased at what is happen- went on. ami’s multiracial Mike McDaniel and “What is happening is it is becoming
ing around the league,” said Ron Rivera, “When I finally realized there was Robert Saleh of the New York Jets, who more mainstream,” Rivera said of the in-
a former head coach in Carolina and real interest, that was a pretty cool feel- is Lebanese. creasing number of minority hires.
Washington who is Hispanic. “I think ing,” Rivera said. Rivera believes the success of exist- “There are enough good coaches now
when you have to put incentives into There is still work to be done to ing minority head coaches in the 2023 where we can start saying, ‘Hey, let’s
place to hire minorities, it probably tells achieve equality. season “absolutely” impacted the num- just call everybody a head coach, not
you that something needs to change. According to the institute’s 2023 ber of minority hires this year. Bowles, necessarily minority head coach.’”

NOTEBOOK

49ers WR Samuel cleared to play vs. Lions

ASSOCIATED PRESS you come in, it’s just, ‘We’re going to veteran Nick Allegretti, who has ap-
keep winning for you, and we’re going to peared in 14 playoff games over the past
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francis- keep winning, and by the time you’re five seasons. Most of those snaps have
co 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel back, it’s going to be go time.’” come on special teams, but he also
has been cleared to play in the the NFC Andrews practiced last week but did started along the offensive line through-
championship game against the Detroit not play in the divisional playoff round out the 2021 postseason, including the
Lions on Sunday after leaving last against Houston. The three-time Pro Chiefs’ loss to the Tampa Bay Bucca-
week’s game with a shoulder injury. Bowler had 45 catches for 544 yards and neers in the Super Bowl.
Samuel was a full participant in prac- six touchdowns in 10 games during the “All of the guys look at him like he’s a
tice Friday and had no injury designa- regular season. starter, so everybody’s got confidence
tion as San Francisco (13-5) heads into Second-year tight end Isaiah Likely that he can come in and do a nice job,”
the conference title game in good has stepped up in Andrews’ absence, Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. “Tough
health. catching six TDs in his last six games. kid. Not everything is the prettiest thing
“It’s huge,” coach Kyle Shanahan “I believe we’re just going to keep do- that you’ve ever seen, but he’s going to
said. “A little scary at the beginning of ing what we’ve been doing — just dish- fight you right to the end, and he’s
the week. The fact that he was able to go ing out the ball to all our guys, not just smart. Good combination.”
full-go today and no restrictions on him one person,” quarterback Lamar Jack- Nnadi was ruled out of the AFC
is definitely a good thing for us.” son said. “Mark is definitely going to championship game with a triceps
Detroit (14-5) will be without left San Francisco 49ers wide receiver help us through this process. He’s one of injury.
guard Jonah Jackson, who injured his Deebo Samuel takes part in practice the ones, but we’re going to keep dishing The Chiefs are hopeful that they will
knee in last week’s win over Tampa Bay Thursday in Santa Clara, Calif. the ball out like we’ve been doing.” have running back Isiah Pacheco, line-
but will have second-team All-Pro cen- JEFF CHIU/AP The Ravens listed cornerback Marlon backer Willie Gay Jr., safety Mike
ter Frank Ragnow available for the Humphrey (calf) as questionable for Edwards and wide receiver Kadarius
game. Ragnow has been slowed by in- Sunday’s game after he was a full par- Toney available, listing each of them as
juries to his ankle, toe, knee and back receiver Kalif Raymond (knee). Corner- ticipant in practice Friday. Receiver questionable to face the Ravens.
and didn’t practice until Friday but had back Chase Lucas (illness) and third- Tylan Wallace (knee) and cornerback
no injury designation for the game. string quarterback Hendon Hooker Rock Ya-Sin (knee) were also question- Source: Panthers part ways
“He’s good,” coach Dan Campbell (tooth) are listed as questionable. able. Linebacker Del’Shawn Phillips with coaches Tabor, Campen
said. “Frank’s doing well. And Frank will San Francisco linebacker Oren Burks (shoulder) was doubtful.
be ready to go. I mean you’re not going to is questionable after hurting his shoul- CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina
hold him out of this one, and he gets bet- der in practice Thursday and defensive Chiefs to be without injured Panthers are parting ways with former
ter every day. So, he’ll be ready.” lineman Kalia Davis is questionable OG Thuney for AFC title game interim head coach and special-teams
The Lions also are expected to get with an ankle injury. coordinator Chris Tabor as well as offen-
edge rusher James Houston back for the KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas sive line coach James Campen, a person
first time since he hurt his ankle in Week TE Andrews expected to play City Chiefs will be without All-Pro of- familiar with moves told The Associated
2. He was activated from injured reserve for Ravens in AFC title game fensive guard Joe Thuney and run- Press.
last week and is ready to play Sunday. stuffing defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi The person spoke to the AP on condi-
Samuel’s status was the biggest OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Balti- when they play the Baltimore Ravens in tion of anonymity Friday night because
question after he injured his left shoul- more Ravens extended their season long the AFC championship game on the team had not announced the moves
der on San Francisco’s opening drive enough for Mark Andrews. Sunday. that came a day after the Panthers
last week against Green Bay. Coach John Harbaugh said Friday he Thuney, who has helped to anchor agreed to hire Dave Canales as their new
He was initially checked for a con- expects the star tight end to play in this one of the best interior offensive lines in head coach.
cussion but was cleared to return. He weekend’s AFC championship game the league, was ruled out with a pectoral Tabor took over as the Panthers’ head
tried to play through the shoulder injury, against Kansas City. Andrews injured injury that he sustained in a divisional coach on a interim basis after Frank
but was in too much pain and couldn’t his ankle in a Nov. 16 win over Cincin- round win over the Buffalo Bills. Thuney Reich was fired last season following a
continue. nati. Although he was initially feared underwent an MRI exam early in the 1-10 start. Tabor went 1-5 over the final
“At the time, it was feeling really bad,” lost for the season, Harbaugh suggested week that revealed a strain, and it be- six games and interviewed for the full-
Samuel said. “I was kind of scared a lit- then that he might be able to come back came increasingly clear that he would time job.
tle bit. I thought I had fractured it again. at some point. be unavailable when he was unable to Campen’s departure does not come
I was all over the place.” “It’s easy to do when you have great practice. as a surprise after Bryce Young was
The Lions also will be without teammates,” Andrews said. “Every day The Chiefs will replace him with sacked 62 times last season.
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NBA
FRIDAY’S ROUNDUP

Doncic scores Mavs-record 73 in victory

ASSOCIATED PRESS

ATLANTA — Luka Doncic scored a

franchise-record 73 points, tied for the
fourth-most in NBA history and sur-
passed only by Wilt Chamberlain and
Kobe Bryant, to power the Mavericks to
a 148-143 victory over the Atlanta Hawks
on Friday night.
Doncic blew past his personal-best
and team-record 60 points after scoring
a team-record 41 points in the first half.
His record night came only four days af-
ter Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid scored a
franchise-record 70 points, then the
most in the NBA this season, in the
76ers’ 133-123 victory over San Antonio
on Monday night.
A three-point play with 2:58 remain-
ing gave Doncic 70 points. With Dallas
leading 140-136, Doncic added another
three-point play to cap his night.
Doncic joined Chamberlain and Da-
vid Thompson among players who
scored 73 points. Chamberlain, who
holds the NBA record with 100 points,
also had a 78-point game, while Bryant
had 81.
Trae Young led Atlanta with 30
points.

Pacers 133, Suns 131

INDIANAPOLIS — Obi Toppin broke

a tie on a putback with 3.4 seconds left
and Indiana spoiled Devin Booker’s 62-
point night, overcoming a 17-point def-
icit to beat Phoenix.
Booker broke his own Phoenix record
for points in a quarter with 29 in the
first. He had a chance to win it at the
buzzer, but he slipped on the inbounds
pass and wasn’t close with a contested
3-pointer. The Suns had won seven
straight.
Booker had 50 or more points for the
second time this season and seventh
time in his career. He had a career-high
70 at Boston in March 2017. On Jan. 19,
he had 52 at New Orleans.
Pascal Siakam scored 31 points to
help Indiana win its second straight —
both without All-Star guard Tyrese
Haliburton. Toppin had 23 points and 11
rebounds.

Cavaliers 112, Bucks 100

Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker (1) shoots the ball while Indiana Pacers forward Pascal Siakam (43) defends in the second
MILWAUKEE — Donovan Mitchell half of Friday’s game in Indianapolis. Booker finished with 62 points. TREVOR RUSZKOWSKI/USA TODAY SPORTS
scored 32 points, Jarrett Allen had 24
points and 14 rebounds and Cleveland
beat Milwaukee for its ninth victory in points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds for his each had 14 points for New Orleans. Zion Wembanyama added 23 points and 12
10 games. 75th career triple-double, Paul George Williamson sat out because of a bone rebounds and San Antonio held off
The Cavaliers gained a measure of re- added 21 points and Los Angeles beat bruise in his left foot. Anfernee Simons and Portland.
venge after their eight-game winning Toronto for its fourth consecutive vic- Simons had a season-high 40 points.
streak ended with a 126-116 loss at Mil- tory. Rockets 138, Hornets 104 Keldon Johnson added 21 points for
waukee on Wednesday, one night after Russell Westbrook scored 20 points San Antonio, and Devin Vassell had 15.
the Bucks had fired Adrian Griffin as and Kawhi Leonard had 16 against his CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jalen Green The Spurs won for the fourth time in
coach. former team as Los Angeles won for the scored 36 points, rookie Cam Whitmore January, their most in any month this
Joe Prunty, an assistant on Griffin’s 12th time in 14. had a career-high 24 and Houston rout- season, to improve to 9-36.
staff, worked as interim head coach for Scottie Barnes scored 14 of his 23 ed Charlotte.
those two games. The Bucks announced points in the fourth quarter for Toronto. Fred VanVleet had 14 points and Grizzlies 107, Magic 106
in the final minute of the game Friday Amen Thompson added 13 for the Rock-
game that they have hired Doc Rivers as Thunder 107, Pelicans 83 ets, They shot 30 of 40 from the field in MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Jaren Jackson
Griffin’s permanent replacement. the second half and outscored the Hor- Jr. had 30 points and eight rebounds, re-
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 22 NEW ORLEANS — Shai Gilgeous- nets 83-51. serve Ziaire Williams added 17 points
points, 11 rebounds and nine assists for Alexander scored 31 points and Oklaho- Miles Bridges had 21 points for the and Memphis held off Orlando.
Milwaukee. Damian Lillard also had 22 ma City routed New Orleans to improve Hornets. Luke Kennard finished with 15 points
points. its NBA-leading road record to 15-8. — all on 3-pointers — and six assists to
Chet Holmgren added 20 points and Spurs 116, Trail Blazers 100 help the Grizzlies win their third
Clippers 127, Raptors 107 13 rebounds to help the Thunder win straight.
their fourth straight on the road. SAN ANTONIO — Jeremy Sochan Paolo Banchero led Orlando with 27
TORONTO — James Harden had 22 Herb Jones and Jonas Valanciunas had 31 points and 14 rebounds, Victor points.

FRIDAY’S BOX SCORES

Oklahoma City 107, New Orleans 83 Houston 138, Charlotte 104 L.A. Clippers 127, Toronto 107 San Antonio 116, Portland 100
OKLAHOMA CITY (107) HOUSTON (138) L.A. CLIPPERS (127) PORTLAND (100)
Dort 1-6 2-2 4, [Link] 7-14 0-0 15, Holmgren 9-16 0-0 20, Brooks 3-7 5-6 12, [Link] 0-1 0-0 0, Sengun 5-7 1-2 11, [Link] George 6-15 6-7 21, Leonard 7-13 0-0 16, Plumlee 6-12 0-0 12, Grant 2-6 0-0 4, Walker 1-5 1-4 3, Ayton 10-17 0-0 20, Simons
Giddey 2-4 0-0 4, Gilgeous-Alexander 10-21 8-9 31, [Link] 12-20 11-12 36, VanVleet 5-9 1-1 14, Samuels Jr. 0-1 0-0 0, Tate 1-3 Harden 8-14 4-4 22, Mann 3-6 0-0 6, Theis 3-4 0-0 6, Coffey 1-2 14-27 5-5 40, Thybulle 2-5 0-0 5, Camara 4-9 4-4 12, Minaya 0-3
0-2 0-0 0, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Waters III 0-0 0-0 0, [Link] 4-5 0-0 2, Whitmore 9-18 2-2 24, Bullock Jr. 2-3 0-0 5, Hinton 1-2 0-0 3-3 5, Boston Jr. 1-1 0-0 2, Hyland 0-1 0-0 0, Powell 6-13 3-4 17, 0-0 0, Murray 1-9 0-1 2, Reath 1-4 1-2 3, Henderson 1-2 3-3 6,
0-0 8, Joe 0-3 2-2 2, Micic 1-2 1-1 3, Wallace 5-10 0-0 12, Wiggins 2, Thompson 4-6 4-6 13, Landale 3-5 0-0 6, Marjanovic 1-1 1-2 3, Westbrook 7-14 6-6 20. Totals 48-95 22-24 127. Moore 1-2 0-0 2, Rupert 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 38-90 14-19 100.
3-5 0-0 8. Totals 42-88 13-14 107. Holiday 4-6 0-0 10. Totals 50-89 25-31 138. TORONTO (107) SAN ANTONIO (116)
NEW ORLEANS (83) CHARLOTTE (104) [Link] 4-8 0-0 9, Barrett 9-19 4-8 22, Young 6-6 0-2 12, Barnes Champagnie 2-4 1-1 5, Sochan 12-20 3-3 31, Wembanyama 7-18
Ingram 5-9 2-5 12, Murphy III 2-7 1-2 6, Valanciunas 6-12 2-2 14, Bridges 7-11 5-5 21, Martin 3-8 0-1 6, Richards 3-6 8-11 14, Ball 6-16 9-21 4-5 23, Trent Jr. 5-13 0-0 13, Boucher 4-8 1-2 9, McDaniels 0-1 6-6 23, Jones 3-4 2-2 9, Vassell 5-14 3-5 15, Mamukelashvili 0-0
Jones 6-12 0-0 14, McCollum 4-15 2-2 12, Liddell 0-1 0-0 0, 1-2 15, Miller 2-8 0-0 5, Black 0-3 1-2 1, Thor 0-2 2-2 2, Washington 0-0 0, Nwora 0-3 0-0 0, Porter 0-0 0-0 0, Dick 3-7 0-0 6, Temple 0-0 0, McDermott 0-2 0-0 0, Osman 3-4 1-1 7, Collins 1-6 2-2 4,
Marshall 0-4 0-0 0, Nance Jr. 2-3 0-0 4, Robinson-Earl 1-3 0-0 2, 4-9 4-5 12, Mensah 0-0 0-0 0, Bouknight 2-6 0-0 5, McGowens 0-1 0-0 0, Freeman-Liberty 0-0 0-0 0, Lewis Jr. 0-0 0-0 0, Johnson 9-15 3-4 21, Wesley 0-5 1-2 1. Totals 42-92 22-26 116.
Zeller 0-0 0-0 0, Alvarado 2-7 0-0 5, Daniels 2-4 0-0 5, Hawkins 3-5 2-2 8, [Link] Jr. 4-6 0-0 10, Ntilikina 1-2 2-2 5, Smith 0-3 0-0 Schroder 4-9 4-5 13. Totals 44-96 13-22 107. POR 33 24 21 22 — 100
2-5 3-3 9. Totals 32-82 10-14 83. 0. Totals 35-85 25-32 104. LAC 29 37 29 32 — 127 SAS 26 36 26 28 — 116
OKC 22 28 27 30 — 107 HOU 30 25 44 39 — 138 TOR 20 32 29 26 — 107 3-Point Goals—Portland 10-37 (Simons 7-15, Henderson 1-1,
NOP 24 17 23 19 — 83 CHA 28 25 25 26 — 104 3-Point Goals—L.A. Clippers 9-32 (George 3-9, Leonard 2-4, Rupert 1-1, Thybulle 1-4, Camara 0-1, Grant 0-1, Moore 0-1, Reath
3-Point Goals—Oklahoma City 10-33 (Gilgeous-Alexander 3-8, 3-Point Goals—Houston 13-33 (Whitmore 4-9, VanVleet 3-5, Harden 2-7, Powell 2-7, Coffey 0-1, Hyland 0-1, Mann 0-1, 0-2, Walker 0-2, Minaya 0-3, Murray 0-6), San Antonio 10-34
Wiggins 2-2, Wallace 2-5, Holmgren 2-6, [Link] 1-4, Giddey Holiday 2-4, Thompson 1-1, Bullock Jr. 1-2, Brooks 1-3, [Link] Westbrook 0-2), Toronto 6-32 (Trent Jr. 3-8, [Link] 1-2, (Sochan 4-7, Wembanyama 3-7, Vassell 2-7, Jones 1-1, Osman 0-1,
0-1, [Link] 0-1, [Link] 0-1, Joe 0-2, Dort 0-3), New 1-7, [Link] 0-1, Tate 0-1), Charlotte 9-29 ([Link] Jr. 2-2, Schroder 1-4, Barnes 1-5, McDaniels 0-1, Temple 0-1, Barrett 0-2, Wesley 0-1, Champagnie 0-2, Johnson 0-2, McDermott 0-2,
Orleans 9-36 (Hawkins 2-4, Jones 2-7, McCollum 2-7, Daniels 1-1, Bridges 2-4, Ball 2-9, Ntilikina 1-2, Miller 1-3, Bouknight 1-4, Black Boucher 0-3, Dick 0-3, Nwora 0-3). Fouled Out—L.A. Clippers 1 Collins 0-4). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Portland 37 (Ayton
Alvarado 1-6, Murphy III 1-6, Liddell 0-1, Robinson-Earl 0-1, 0-1, Martin 0-1, McGowens 0-1, Washington 0-2). Fouled (Coffey), Toronto None. Rebounds—L.A. Clippers 50 (Plumlee 12), 12), San Antonio 59 (Johnson 16). Assists—Portland 23 (Simons
Marshall 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Oklahoma City 45 Out—None. Rebounds—Houston 53 (Whitmore 11), Charlotte 32 Toronto 45 ([Link] 9). Assists—L.A. Clippers 29 (Harden 13), 10), San Antonio 30 (Wesley 8). Total Fouls—Portland 20, San
(Holmgren 13), New Orleans 41 (Valanciunas 9). (Bridges, Richards 7). Assists—Houston 34 (Thompson 8), Toronto 26 (Schroder 5). Total Fouls—L.A. Clippers 17, Toronto 18. Antonio 11. A—17,274 (18,581)
Assists—Oklahoma City 22 ([Link] 7), New Orleans 24 Charlotte 20 (Ball 8). Total Fouls—Houston 20, Charlotte 25. A—19,800 (19,800) Cleveland 112, Milwaukee 100
(Ingram 9). Total Fouls—Oklahoma City 11, New Orleans 16. A—16,164 (19,077) Memphis 107, Orlando 106 CLEVELAND (112)
A—18,624 (16,867) Indiana 133, Phoenix 131 ORLANDO (106) Okoro 1-6 0-4 3, Wade 3-5 0-0 9, Allen 9-20 6-7 24, Mitchell 12-27
Dallas 148, Atlanta 143 PHOENIX (131) Banchero 8-20 9-11 27, [Link] 6-15 2-3 18, Carter Jr. 8-9 2-3 20, 2-4 32, Strus 3-10 3-4 11, Niang 3-5 4-4 10, Jones 1-3 2-2 4, LeVert
DALLAS (148) Allen 4-5 1-1 11, Durant 9-16 0-0 20, Nurkic 1-3 0-0 2, Beal 5-13 1-1 Fultz 5-7 0-0 10, Suggs 0-2 0-0 0, Isaac 4-5 2-2 10, [Link] 4-6 3-10 5-6 12, Merrill 3-6 0-0 7. Totals 38-92 22-31 112.
[Link] 3-6 2-2 9, Jones Jr. 1-1 0-0 2, Lively II 4-7 1-2 9, Doncic 12, Booker 22-37 12-13 62, Bates-Diop 1-1 0-0 2, Eubanks 4-4 0-0 3-4 12, Ingles 1-5 0-0 2, Anthony 2-8 1-2 5, Black 0-3 2-4 2, Queen MILWAUKEE (100)
25-33 15-16 73, Green 8-12 1-2 21, Holmes 2-2 0-0 4, Hardaway Jr. 8, Metu 0-1 0-0 0, Gordon 5-9 2-3 14, Okogie 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 38-81 21-29 106. [Link] 9-13 4-9 22, Middleton 5-16 2-2 14, [Link]
3-12 4-4 13, Exum 3-6 1-2 9, Hardy 2-6 3-4 8. Totals 51-85 27-32 51-90 16-18 131. MEMPHIS (107) 4-14 3-3 11, Beasley 1-2 0-0 3, Lillard 7-24 6-6 22, Crowder 2-4 0-0
148. INDIANA (133) Aldama 6-9 0-0 14, Williams Jr. 3-9 2-4 11, Jackson Jr. 13-30 3-4 6, Portis 4-8 1-2 12, Connaughton 2-3 0-0 6, Payne 1-3 1-2 4. Totals
ATLANTA (143) Nesmith 8-13 3-4 22, Siakam 14-22 1-3 31, Turner 2-6 1-1 5, Hield 30, Kennard 5-11 0-0 15, Konchar 3-5 0-0 7, Jackson 2-2 1-1 5, 35-87 17-24 100.
Bey 6-13 2-2 16, Johnson 10-12 3-4 25, Capela 4-7 2-3 10, Murray 1-3 0-0 2, Nembhard 10-16 1-1 22, Toppin 10-15 3-5 23, Smith 6-11 Roddy 1-4 1-2 3, Tillman 2-7 1-2 5, Williams 7-10 0-0 17, Gilyard 0-3 CLE 30 24 26 32 — 112
9-18 1-2 22, Young 9-18 10-11 30, Okongwu 2-5 4-4 8, Bogdanovic 0-1 13, Mathurin 5-14 0-0 11, McConnell 1-5 0-0 2, Sheppard 1-4 0-0 0. Totals 42-90 8-13 107. MIL 28 29 20 23 — 100
9-22 2-2 24, Mathews 2-2 2-2 8, Mills 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 51-97 0-0 2. Totals 58-109 9-15 133. ORL 31 28 25 22 — 106 3-Point Goals—Cleveland 14-36 (Mitchell 6-12, Wade 3-4, Strus
26-30 143. PHX 40 40 34 17 — 131 MEM 31 37 22 17 — 107 2-7, Okoro 1-2, LeVert 1-4, Merrill 1-4, Jones 0-1, Niang 0-2),
DAL 27 39 42 40 — 148 IND 31 39 35 28 — 133 3-Point Goals—Orlando 9-34 ([Link] 4-8, Carter Jr. 2-3, Milwaukee 13-34 (Portis 3-3, Connaughton 2-3, Crowder 2-4,
ATL 31 35 36 41 — 143 3-Point Goals—Phoenix 13-30 (Booker 6-12, Allen 2-3, Durant 2-4, Banchero 2-9, [Link] 1-1, Black 0-1, Isaac 0-1, Queen 0-1, Middleton 2-6, Lillard 2-10, Beasley 1-2, Payne 1-2, [Link] 0-4).
3-Point Goals—Dallas 19-35 (Doncic 8-13, Green 4-5, Hardaway Jr. Gordon 2-6, Beal 1-5), Indiana 8-26 (Nesmith 3-6, Siakam 2-3, Suggs 0-2, Anthony 0-4, Ingles 0-4), Memphis 15-41 (Kennard Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Cleveland 51 (Allen 14), Milwaukee
3-9, Exum 2-2, [Link] 1-3, Hardy 1-3), Atlanta 15-34 Nembhard 1-2, Mathurin 1-3, Smith 1-3, Hield 0-2, Toppin 0-2, 5-10, Williams 3-6, Williams Jr. 3-8, Aldama 2-5, Konchar 1-2, 51 ([Link] 12). Assists—Cleveland 20 (Mitchell 6), Milwaukee 21
(Bogdanovic 4-9, Murray 3-7, Mathews 2-2, Johnson 2-3, Bey 2-6, Turner 0-2, Sheppard 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Jackson Jr. 1-5, Roddy 0-1, Tillman 0-1, Gilyard 0-3). Fouled ([Link] 9). Total Fouls—Cleveland 22, Milwaukee 24.
Young 2-7). Fouled Out—Dallas None, Atlanta 1 (Johnson). Rebounds—Phoenix 38 (Durant 7), Indiana 49 (Toppin 11). Out—None. Rebounds—Orlando 40 (Carter Jr. 9), Memphis 43 A—17,855 (17,500)
Rebounds—Dallas 37 (Lively II 11), Atlanta 36 (Capela 8). Assists—Phoenix 24 (Durant 6), Indiana 34 (McConnell, (Roddy 10). Assists—Orlando 21 (Banchero 6), Memphis 30
Assists—Dallas 28 (Doncic 7), Atlanta 32 (Young 11). Total Nembhard 8). Total Fouls—Phoenix 17, Indiana 17. A—17,274 (Kennard 6). Total Fouls—Orlando 14, Memphis 21. A—16,823
Fouls—Dallas 25, Atlanta 24. A—16,149 (18,118) (20,000) (18,119)
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NHL
FRIDAY’S ROUNDUP FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES

Vegas’ Marchessault nets hat trick

Vegas 5, N.Y. Rangers 2
Vegas 1 2 2 — 5
N.Y. Rangers 1 0 1 — 2
First Period—1, Vegas, Rempal 2 (Cotter, Hague), 5:02. 2, N.Y.
Rangers, Wheeler 8 (Fox, Gustafsson), 6:33.
Penalties—Pietrangelo, LV (Interference), 11:43.
ASSOCIATED PRESS Second Period—3, Vegas, Kolesar 4, 3:18. 4, Vegas, Marchessault
23 (Barbashev, Roy), 4:04. Penalties—Zibanejad, NYR (Slashing),
0:30; Brodzinski, NYR (Interference), 7:59; Roy, LV (Holding),
19:24.
NEW YORK – Jonathan Marches- Third Period—5, Vegas, Marchessault 24 (Barbashev, Roy), 2:11. 6,
sault scored three times, Adin Hill N.Y. Rangers, Kakko 4 (Wheeler, Trouba), 18:55. 7, Vegas,
Marchessault 25 (Barbashev, McNabb), 19:31 (en).
stopped 36 shots and the surging Vegas Penalties—None.
Shots on Goal—Vegas 6-8-6—20. N.Y. Rangers 15-7-16—38.
Golden Knights beat the New York Power-play opportunities—Vegas 0 of 2; N.Y. Rangers 0 of 2.
Rangers 5-2 on Friday night. Goalies—Vegas, Hill 12-2-2 (38 shots-36 saves). N.Y. Rangers,
Shesterkin 19-12-1 (19-15).
Keegan Kolesar and Sheldon Rem- A—18,006 (18,006). T—2:33. Referees—Eric Furlatt, Kelly
pal also scored to help Vegas improve Sutherland. Linesmen—Ryan Daisy, Jonny Murray.
Florida 3, Pittsburgh 2 (SO)
to 5-0-1 in its last six games. Ivan Bar- Florida 1 1 0 1 — 3
bashev had three assists and Nicolas Pittsburgh 1 0 1 0 — 2
Florida won shootout 2-1
Roy added two. First Period—1, Pittsburgh, Guentzel 21 (Rust, Karlsson), 1:51 (pp).
Blake Wheeler had a goal and an as- 2, Florida, Rodrigues 8 (Bennett, Ekman-Larsson), 4:52 (pp).
Penalties—Verhaeghe, FLA (Holding), 0:22; Pettersson, PIT
sist, and Kaapo Kakko also scored for (Holding), 3:40.
Second Period—3, Florida, Reinhart 36 (Ekman-Larsson, Tkachuk),
the Rangers, who came off a 1-2-1 West 11:49 (pp). Penalties—Lomberg, FLA (Interference), 4:31; Letang,
Coast trip and have lost nine of 13 (4- PIT (Tripping), 9:48; Letang, PIT (Interference), 9:48; Stenlund,
FLA (Hooking), 12:55; Bennett, FLA (Cross Checking), 14:33;
7-2) this month. Igor Shesterkin fin- Bennett, FLA (Unsportsmanlike Conduct), 14:33; Lundell, FLA
ished with 15 saves. (Roughing), 18:54.
Third Period—4, Pittsburgh, Malkin 16 (Rust, Crosby), 19:18.
Penalties—Bennett, FLA (Interference), 5:56; Ekblad, FLA
Panthers 3, Penguins 2, SO (Hooking), 14:35.
Overtime—None. Penalties—None.
Shootout—Florida 2 (Lundell NG, Barkov G, Reinhart G),
Pittsburgh 1 (Rakell NG, Crosby NG, Guentzel G).
PITTSBURGH – Sam Reinhart Shots on Goal—Florida 8-10-12-2—32. Pittsburgh 10-15-10-1—36.
scored the winner in the shootout to Power-play opportunities—Florida 2 of 3; Pittsburgh 1 of 8.
Goalies—Florida, Bobrovsky 23-10-2 (36 shots-34 saves).
help Florida edge Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, Nedeljkovic 8-3-3 (32-30).
Jake Guentzel followed Florida’s A—18,188 (18,387). T—2:52. Referees—Morgan MacPhee, Chris
Rooney. Linesmen—Brandon Gawryletz, CJ Murray.
Aleksander Barkov with a goal in the Colorado 5, Los Angeles 1
shootout for Pittsburgh, but Reinhart Los Angeles 0 1 0 — 1
Colorado 3 1 1 — 5
won it when he slipped a hard wrist First Period—1, Colorado, O'Connor 12 (Georgiev, Girard), 7:44. 2,
shot behind Alex Nedeljkovic. Colorado, O'Connor 13 (Colton, Wood), 14:55. 3, Colorado,
MacKinnon 31 (Rantanen, Drouin), 18:30. Penalties—Toews, COL
Reinhart also scored in regulation (Holding Stick), 11:32.
Second Period—4, Los Angeles, Fiala 12 (Laferriere, Doughty),
and former Penguin Evan Rodrigues 6:20 (pp). 5, Colorado, Manson 6 (Cogliano), 11:44.
also had a power-play goal. Sergei Bo- Penalties—MacDermid, COL (Interference), 6:05; Fiala, LA (High
Sticking), 6:44; O'Connor, COL (Roughing), 16:13; Roy, LA
brovsky made 35 saves for the Pan- (Roughing), 16:13.
thers, who won their third straight Third Period—6, Colorado, Makar 12 (MacKinnon, Colton), 0:31
(pp). Penalties—Kempe, LA (Tripping), 0:25; Kaliyev, LA
game. Florida has won eight of its last The Golden Knights’ Jonathan Marchessault celebrates after scoring his third (Tripping), 2:30; Rantanen, COL (Tripping), 3:12; MacKinnon, COL
12 overall. goal of Friday’s game against the Rangers in New York. WENDELL CRUZ/USA TODAY (Interference), 6:27; Byram, COL (Cross Checking), 9:33;
Laferriere, LA (Tripping), 9:33; MacDermid, COL (Slashing), 12:50.
Evgeni Malkin forced overtime with Shots on Goal—Los Angeles 7-10-10—27. Colorado 12-11-8—31.
Power-play opportunities—Los Angeles 1 of 5; Colorado 1 of 4.
his 16th goal of the season that came Goalies—Los Angeles, Talbot 14-13-5 (12 shots-9 saves). Colorado,
with 41.5 seconds left in regulation. MacKinnon’s goal and assist moved scored his second goal of the game 3:31 Georgiev 27-11-2 (27-26).
A—18,131 (18,007). T—2:26. Referees—Brandon Blandina, Chris Lee.
Guentzel also scored in regulation for him past Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov into overtime and St. Louis rallied from Linesmen—Ryan Galloway, Jesse Marquis.
the Penguins, who lost their third for the NHL points lead with 84 and ex- a two-goal deficit to beat Seattle. St. Louis 4, Seattle 3 (OT)
St. Louis 1 1 1 1 — 4
straight. tended his franchise-record home St. Louis, which trailed 3-1 in the Seattle 1 2 0 0 — 3
points streak to 25 games. second period, won its fourth straight. First Period—1, St. Louis, Sundqvist 6 (Krug, Schenn), 7:39 (pp). 2,
Seattle, Dumoulin 4 (Schwartz, Larsson), 10:16.
Avalanche 5, Kings 1 That latter mark ties him with Bobby Buchnevich scored 1:27 into the third Penalties—Larsson, SEA (Tripping), 6:26.
Second Period—3, Seattle, Bjorkstrand 13 (McCann, Wennberg),
Orr in 1974-75 for the second-longest period to pull the Blues even at 3 and 3:55 (pp). 4, Seattle, Tolvanen 13 (Bjorkstrand, Gourde), 6:42. 5,
DENVER – Logan O’Connor scored home points streak to open an NHL then won it in overtime. Robert Thom- St. Louis, Thomas 17 (Buchnevich, Perunovich), 15:01.
Penalties—Scandella, STL (Illegal Check to Head), 2:36; Krug, STL
two of Colorado’s three first-period season. as and Oskar Sundqvist also scored for (Cross Checking), 9:10; Borgen, SEA (Tripping), 13:17.
goals helping the Avalanche rout Los Kevin Fiala scored the lone goal for St. Louis. Jordan Binnington made 33 Third Period—6, St. Louis, Buchnevich 15 (Thomas), 1:27.
Penalties—None.
Angeles. the Kings on a power play in the second saves. Overtime—7, St. Louis, Buchnevich 16 (Schenn), 3:31.
Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar period. Oliver Bjorkstrand had a goal and an Penalties—None.
Shots on Goal—St. Louis 5-5-5-2—17. Seattle 11-10-14-1—36.
and Josh Manson also scored for the assist for Seattle, but the Kraken lost Power-play opportunities—St. Louis 2 of 2; Seattle 1 of 2.
Goalies—St. Louis, Binnington 17-12-2 (36 shots-33 saves).
Avalanche, who have three straight Blues 4, Kraken 3, OT for the fifth time in six games. Eeli Tol- Seattle, Daccord 14-8-9 (18-14).
wins and 11 in their last 14 games. Alex- vanen and Brian Dumoulin also scored A—17,151 (17,100). T—2:27. Referees—Michael Markovic, Kevin
Pollock. Linesmen—Kiel Murchison, Mark Shewchyk.
andar Georgiev stopped 26 shots. SEATTLE – Pavel Buchnevich for the Kraken.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
WOMEN’S TOP 25 ROUNDUP MEN’S TOP 25
NO. 13 WISCONSIN 81,
Osborne leads No. 2 UCLA to victory MICHIGAN STATE 66

ASSOCIATED PRESS in 11 games.

Storr scores 28
LOS ANGELES – Charisma Osborne
Jalyn Brown scored 17 points and
Trayanna Crisp had 16 for the Sun Dev- as Badgers roll
scored 17 points and Londynn Jones
added 13 to lead No. 2 UCLA to a 62-44
win over Washington on Friday night.
ils (9-11, 1-7), whose victory at Washing-
ton last week broke a six-game losing
streak.
over Spartans
UCLA (16-2, 5-2 Pac 12) had lost two Tamira Madsen
of its last three games before beating No. 11 Southern California 70, ASSOCIATED PRESS
the Huskies. With a 10-point lead in the Washington State 62
fourth quarter, UCLA went on a 10-0 MADISON, Wis. – A.J. Storr scored
run late to build a 60-40 lead. LOS ANGELES – JuJu Watkins 28 points, Steven Crowl added 15 and
Washington (12-6, 2-5) has lost six scored 29 points with seven rebounds, No. 13 Wisconsin beat Michigan State
of its last seven games. Dalayah Dan- three steals and three blocks and held 81-66 on Friday night.
iels had a team-high 14 points and Elle off Washington State. The Badgers have won 10 of their last
Ladine added 13. McKenzie Forbes added 22 points 11 games. Wisconsin (16-4, 8-1) leads the
Lauren Betts, UCLA’s leading scorer for the Trojans (14-3, 4-3 Pac-12 Confer- Big Ten by one game over No. 2 Purdue.
at 15.4 points per game and one of the ence), who ended a two-game losing A.J. Hoggard scored 19 points and
top players in the country, did not play streak. Watkins, a freshman who Malik Hall added 13 for Michigan State
due to undisclosed medical reasons. missed one game this season, has led (12-8, 4-5), which had its three-game
Washington’s Jayda Noble, a starter, UCLA guard Charisma Osborne (20) USC in scoring in every game she has winning streak snapped. Spartans
did not make the trip to Los Angeles for shoots against Washington guard played. coach Tom Izzo remained stuck on 699
undisclosed reasons. Hannah Stines on Friday in Los Tara Wallack scored 21 points for the career victories.
UCLA and Washington were both Angeles. ASHLEY LANDIS/AP Cougars (14-6, 3-4) and Eleonora Villa Storr went 9 of 17 from the field and 7
cold from the field in the first half. The had 12. Leading scorers Charlisse Le- of 8 from the free-throw line to fall one
Bruins made just 8 of 39 shots (20.5%) ger-Walker and Bella Murekatete, who point short of his career high.
in the first half while Washington made road against teams ranked in the top 10 both average 14-plus points, combined Crowl, playing in his 100th game for
just 30%. this season before defeating Colorado. for 13. the Badgers, had seven rebounds, two
UCLA also had seven turnovers in Jaylynn Sherrod led the Buffaloes assists and one block.
the first quarter. The Bruins turned it (16-3, 6-2) with 19 points. Her 3-pointer No. 16 Utah 58, Oregon 48 Crowl’s 3-pointer from the top of the
around in the second half, making 15 of with 9.1 seconds left cut the lead to 66- key extended Wisconsin’s lead to 74-59
36 shots. Osborne made a 3-pointer 62, but Colorado could not get closer. EUGENE, Ore. – Alissa Pili scored all with 3:24 left in the game.
from the left wing at the halftime buzz- Aaronette Vonleh, Colorado’s lead- 16 of her points in the second half and Connor Essegian scored eight points
er to give the Bruins a 23-21 halftime ing scorer, was in foul trouble most of Utah rallied to defeat Oregon for the off the bench for the Badgers.
lead. the game and finished with 12 points. 1,000th win in program history.
The Bruins outscored the Huskies Pili had all 12 of the Utes’ points in Big picture
23-15 in the third quarter to take a 46- No. 6 Stanford 80, the fourth quarter until her teammates
36 lead. Arizona State 50 contributed three free throws in the Michigan State: Despite foul trou-
closing seconds. Chance Gray had nine ble, the Spartans weren’t afraid of play-
No. 25 Oregon State 68, TEMPE, Ariz. – Kiki Iriafen had 27 of Oregon’s points in the fourth, with ing their standouts. Hoggard, with three
No. 3 Colorado 62 points and 14 rebounds, Cameron Brink her 3-pointer pulling the Ducks within fouls, scored 11 points in the second half.
scored 20 points with 16 rebounds and 51-48 with 3:38 to play but they missed Hall scored four points in the second.
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Donovyn Hunter Stanford easily handled Arizona State. their last four shots and had three turn- Wisconsin: The Badgers’ offense
and Talia von Oelhoffen each scored 16 Hannah Jump had 13 points as Stan- overs. was effective both inside and outside.
points to lead Oregon State to a victory ford coach Tara VanDerveer won her Maty Wilke had 11 points off the Wisconsin scored 32 points in the paint
over Colorado. 1,204th game, extending her NCAA ca- bench for the Utes (15-5, 5-3 Pac-12 and made nine 3-pointers.
Raegan Beers, Oregon State’s lead- reer record for victories in both wom- Conference) and Jenna Johnson had 10
ing scorer, had just six points but en’s and men’s programs. points and 10 rebounds. Up next
grabbed a team-high eight rebounds It was Iriafen’s 10th double-double Phillipina Kyei had 19 points and 16
for the Beavers (16-3, 5-3 Pac-12), who of the season and the 42nd career dou- rebounds for the Ducks (11-10, 2-6), Michigan State: Hosts Michigan,
improved to 13-0 at Gill Coliseum. Ore- ble-double for Brink as the Cardinal who played without leading scorer Tuesday.
gon State had three close losses on the (18-2, 7-1 Pac-12) won for the 10th time Grace VanSlooten. Gray had 18 points. Wisconsin: At Nebraska, Thursday.
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GOLF
ROUNDUP

Birdie on 18 keeps Jaeger in Farmers lead

ASSOCIATED PRESS “I did feel like I didn’t have my A-
game, but still to shoot under par on a
SAN DIEGO — Stephan Jaeger sank a day where you don’t feel like it’s as solid
6-foot birdie putt on No. 18 at Torrey is a good place to be,” Ko said.
Pines South for a one-shot lead in the Korda started on the back nine and
third round of the Farmers Insurance bogeyed the par-4 fifth hole to fall to 1
Open on Friday, moments after Thomas under for the day. She followed with
Detry’s third shot landed well past the birdies on the par-5 sixth and eighth.
hole and spun back into the pond front- “I just knew that I could probably
ing the green, leading to a double bogey take advantage of the two par-5s. I
that cost him the lead. knew I had two par-5s coming up, and if
It was a tough day of high scores on I had good drives, they’re both reach-
the blufftop municipal gem high above able,” Korda said. “Everyone is going to
the Pacific Ocean. Detry took the biggest make mistakes. It’s all just about mini-
gut punch when he went from a one- mizing it.”
shot lead on the 18th tee to dropping two Lexi Thompson was five shots back
shots off the pace. after a 67. Maja Stark had the low round
Jaeger, a German who lives in Ten- of the day, a 64 that was a 12-shot im-
nessee, had a 1-over 73 and was at 11-un- provement over her opening-round
der 205 through 54 holes. Matthieu score, to make the cut with two shots to
Pavon (72) of France and Nicolai spare at 2 under.
Hojgaard (73) of Denmark were at Stephan Jaeger hits out of a bunker on the 14th hole during the third round of
10-under while Detry, of Belgium, was the Farmers Insurance Open on Friday in San Diego. RAY ACEVEDO/USA TODAY SPORTS European Tour
9-under after his 73.
There very well could be a first-time RAS AL KHAIMAH, United Arab
winner on the PGA Tour after the final punched in the face.” birdied three of her final four holes to Emirates — Manuel Elvira took a share
round. Jaeger has never won on tour, After taking a penalty, he hit to with- shoot a 4-under 67 and take a two-shot of the lead with Rasmus Hojgaard at the
and neither has any of the eight players in 24 feet and two-putted. lead midway through the LPGA Drive On Ras Al Khaimah Championship after
within three shots of him. The tourna- The pond is known as Devlin’s Championship. shooting 10-under 62 in the second
ment ends on Saturday to avoid conflict Billabong for Australian Bruce Devlin, Seeking her first LPGA Tour victory round.
with the NFL’s conference title games. who was in contention for the 1975 Andy since 2022, the former world No. 1 was at Elvira was 6-under on the day
Detry, playing in the final group with Williams San Diego Open before taking 10-under 132 through 36 holes at Bra- through his first five holes in what he
Jaeger and Hojgaard, was at 11-under seven hacks to get his ball out of the wa- denton Country Club, a Donald Ross- called a dream start at Al Hamra Golf
going into the 543-yard, par-5 18th with ter on his way to a 10. designed course in her hometown that Club. He made three straight birdies, ea-
the backdrop of a brilliant sunset. He hit There were a number of factors for she hasn’t played all that often. gled the par-4 13th, and added another
a 293-yard drive and a 162-yard second the high scores, including tough pin Korda got a big roar when she closed birdie.
shot that left him 92 yards from the hole. placements and thick rough that was her round by hitting a 6-iron to about 6 “I kept giving myself chances and got
After his wedge spun too hard and soaked during a storm Monday that feet for birdie on the par-3 ninth hole. a 62 at the end so very happy with it,”
scooted into the pond, Detry covered his overwhelmed parts of the city. “It’s honestly such a cool feeling,” said the Spaniard, who is looking for his
face with his right hand. “I think most of the greens here slope Korda said. “Today when we teed off, we first European tour win.
“I hit an amazing drive. I drove it from back to front and there was a lot of had a really big crowd going down 1 too. Elvira and Hojgaard (64) shared a
great on 18,” he said. “I was just in be- back flags,” Detry said. “So, I mean, if I’ve definitely felt a lot of support. Hope- one-stroke lead over first-round leader
tween 3-wood, hybrid. It’s been a very you’re coming in with a wedge, you ob- fully I can bring out more family and Callum Shinkwin (69) and Thorbjorn
long day. I think we played in 5 hours 45 viously got a lot of spin. It’s almost im- friends this weekend too to become Olesen, who also shot a 62 on Friday.
(minutes). I had a little bit of mud on the possible to get it all the way back there louder.” Zander Lombard was a further shot
ball. The lie wasn’t perfect, the light was because obviously long miss is no-go as So Mi Lee had the second-best round back after his second straight 66.
starting to be — it was starting to be well. I think that was probably one of of the day, a 65. She was two shots back. It is the third straight European tour
dark. the main reasons. Lydia Ko, who won last week’s season event to be staged in the United Arab
“There was a couple of different fac- opener and shared the first-round lead Emirates after the Dubai Invitational
tors that were not in my favor,” he said. LPGA Tour with Korda, was three shots behind af- and the Dubai Desert Classic, won by
“Obviously short is a no-go. So we de- ter a 70, alongside Xiyu Lin (66) and Tommy Fleetwood and Rory McIlroy,
cided to be smart and there we go, I got BRADENTON, Fla. — Nelly Korda Ayaka Furue (67). respectively.

TENNIS
Djokovic
Continued from Page 1

a warning to the rest of the tour.

A few moments later, Djokovic
sounded more contemplative and
somewhat less sure of what’s to come,
saying: “I just hope that I’ll get a chance
to come back, to play at least another
time and go through the emotions once
more.”
Either way, his takeaway from this
particular afternoon was that he played
quite poorly — “Everything, you know,
was just subpar” — against an opponent
who showed off some of his best tennis
and was, in a word, “flawless.”
That’s a fair assessment.
There might not be a much larger
meaning, even if Djokovic entered the
day a combined 20-0 in semifinals and
finals at Melbourne Park. And even if
No. 3 Medvedev vs. No. 4 Sinner (they’re
scheduled to get started Sunday at 7:30
p.m. local time, which is 3:30 a.m. ET)
represents the first Australian Open
men’s final without at least one of
Djokovic, Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer
participating since Marat Safin defeat-
ed Lleyton Hewitt in 2005.
For Medvedev, a 27-year-old from
Russia who won the 2021 U.S. Open, this
will be his sixth Grand Slam final — and
first against someone other than
Djokovic or Nadal. Medvedev moved on
by coming back to eliminate Alexander
Zverev 5-7, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5), 6-3 in a
semifinal that came after Sinner-
Djokovic.
“Obviously it means so much to me to
beat Novak here in Melbourne,” said
Sinner, a 22-year-old from Italy who lost
to Djokovic in the Wimbledon semifi- Jannik Sinner, left, of Italy is congratulated by Novak Djokovic of Serbia following their semifinal at the Australian Open on
nals last July and has now won three of Friday at Melbourne Park. Sinner won 6-1, 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-3. ASANKA BRENDON RATNAYAKE/AP
their past four matchups, “but … I know
that the tournament is not over.”
It was remarkable to see Djokovic, He finished with nearly twice as many numbers, the loss to Alcaraz at Wimble- “I’m kind of hot-headed right now,”
the greatest returner of his generation unforced errors as Sinner, 54 to 28. don was Djokovic’s first setback there Djokovic said. “After the match, it’s very
and perhaps ever, unable to make a dent Djokovic hadn’t lost a match at the since 2017 — a span of 2,195 days — be- difficult to reflect on things in a more
on Sinner’s serve. Consider: This was Australian Open since 2018 — a span of cause he had collected four champion- profound way.”
the first completed match in a Grand 2,195 days — because he collected four ships in a row there; no one competed at Good advice to anyone ready to dis-
Slam career spanning more than 400 championships in a row there and didn’t the All England Club in 2020, when that miss his chances moving forward.
contests that Djokovic did not manage compete at Melbourne in 2022, when he tournament was canceled amid the
to earn a single break point. was deported from the country for not pandemic. AP Sports Writer John Pye in
Another unusual sight was all of the being vaccinated against COVID-19. He, for one, was not interested in Melbourne, Australia, contributed to
miscues coming off Djokovic’s racket. For all of those fascinated by drawing too many conclusions Friday. this report.
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AUTO RACING ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA

Cadillac looking for a perfect weekend

Jenna Fryer
ASSOCIATED PRESS

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — If it wasn’t

a 24-hour endurance race, some might
be ready to hand the trophy to either of
the Cadillac teams.
The Cadillacs of Action Express Rac-
ing and Chip Ganassi Racing have been
fastest in every practice session ahead
of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, a twice-
round-the-clock endurance race that
begins Saturday at Daytona Interna-
tional Speedway.
The Cadillacs have been so consis-
tent that reigning IMSA sports car
champion Pipo Derani put the No. 31
Cadillac on the pole, with Ganassi’s car
scheduled to start alongside it on the
front row.
“The Cadillacs sure have seemed
strong all weekend, doesn’t matter what
time of day it is, what the weather is,”
said Jordan Taylor, who this year re-
turned to drive for his father’s team,
Wayne Taylor Racing, in the top Grand
Touring Prototype class.
“BMW seems a little bit more peaky,
they can do an outright lap time but
maybe their long run isn’t as good. It’s
hard to say about the Porsches, they Tom Blomqvist, of Britain, drives the Cadillac V-Series R through a turn during a practice session on Thursday for the Rolex
seem to be flying under the radar, but in 24-hour race that begins Saturday at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. PHOTOS BY JOHN RAOUX/AP
control of what they are doing. Everyone
seems strong in their own right, and as
always, it will be a race of attrition.” Daytona, and I’ll be straight into green BMW M Team RLL also has two en-
There are 59 sports cars entered in flag racing. Fortunately, I have experi- tries.
the race across four classes and the ence with this car, and I did the 24 hours Meyer Shank Racing, the two-time
competition includes 2009 Formula last year. It’s not going to be an easy defending Rolex champion, is not here
One champion Jenson Button, six-time task, but I am looking forward to the this year after a cheating scandal in last
IndyCar champion Scott Dixon and 14 challenge.” year’s race ultimately cost the team its
other IndyCar drivers, four Indianapolis But in the all-important top class, factory support from Acura. The fund-
500 winners, and Felipe Massa, who is Team Penske has two Porsches in its at- ing was moved to Wayne Taylor Racing
working with lawyers to prove he was tempt to win Roger Penske his first over- for its second entry.
robbed of the 2008 F1 championship. all title since 1969. Shank will watch the race on a boat in
PR1/Mathiasen Motorsport said late “We know how much Roger wants to Key West with an ultimate case of
Friday it was bringing in IndyCar driver win this race,” said driver Felipe Nasr. FOMO, he’s acknowledged. He’s trying
Pietro Fittipaldi, most recently the re- “Nobody needs to be reminded.” to get back into sports car racing. But
serve driver for Haas F1, as a replace- Wayne Taylor Racing has expanded the team absence has denied Helio
ment after Clément Novalak suffered leg to a pair of Acuras and split his sons, Castroneves from chasing a third con-
and hip injuries in a pit lane incident in Ricky and Jordan, among the cars. secutive Rolex win; teammate Tom
the final practice session. “It’s just better that way, if one car Blomqvist will race for his third straight
“It’s an unfortunate situation for the does better than the other, nobody can as part of the Wayne Taylor team that
team and Clément; they have been do- accuse us of favoring one car over the includes IndyCar star Colton Herta.
ing a great job preparing,” Fittipaldi other,” Ricky Taylor said. “And it helps Marcus Ericsson will make his Andretti Pipo Derani, of Brazil, adjusts his
said. with split strategies and data collection. Global debut driving the second car for helmet before going out on the track
“I got the call from the team asking If one of us can’t win, we are always Taylor, who last season took Andretti on during a practice session on Thursday
me to jump in at the last minute at rooting for the other.” as a partner. for the Rolex 24-hour race.

MLB NOTEBOOK SOCCER FA CUP ROUNDUP

Hoskins can opt out of

Brewers deal after 2024
ASSOCIATED PRESS

MILWAUKEE — Rhys Hoskins’ $34

million, two-year contract with the Mil-
waukee Brewers allows the first base-
man to opt out of the deal after the
2024 season.
Hoskins could get $16 million for one
season or $48 million over three years
as part of the deal announced Friday.
He will get a $12 million salary this
year, and the contract includes an $18
million salary for 2025. If Hoskins opts Manchester City’s Nathan Ake, second from right, celebrates after scoring in
out, he would receive a $4 million Friday’s match against Tottenham Hotspur. DAVE SHOPLAND/AP
buyout payable on Feb. 1, 2026.
If Hoskins doesn’t opt out, the deal
includes an $18 million mutual option
for 2026. If that option is declined, Rhys Hoskins has agreed to a $34 Ake keeps alive Man City’s
defense of treble trophy
Hoskins would receive a $4 million million, two-year contract with
buyout payable on Feb. 1, 2026. Milwaukee, filling the Brewers’
Hoskins, who turns 31 on May 17, opening at first base. CHRIS SZAGOLA/AP
missed last season after tearing his left
ACL while fielding a grounder in a James Robson to capitalize on a host of chances.
spring training game against Detroit on The 33-year-old gets $4 million this ASSOCIATED PRESS Substitute Kevin De Bruyne missed
March 23. He hit .246 with a .332 on- year, and the option is for $6 million the best of them when firing wide from
base percentage, 30 homers and 79 with a $1.5 million buyout. Brebbia can Manchester City’s losing run at inside the box.
RBIs for NL champion Philadelphia in earn $1 million annually in perfor- Tottenham is over. Its defense of the Oscar Bobb was denied an early
2022. mance bonuses for games: $250,000 treble is very much alive. goal, which was ruled marginally off-
“We are excited to add the power bat, each for 45, 50, 55 and 60. Nathan Ake struck in the 88th min- side, and Julian Alvarez’s close-range
leadership and experience of Rhys Brebbia was 3-5 with a 3.99 ERA in ute to secure a 1-0 win in the fourth shot was deflected wide after the break.
Hoskins to our lineup,” Brewers presi- 40 appearances and 10 starts for San round of the FA Cup on Friday. Elimination from the cup likely ends
dent of baseball operations Matt Ar- Francisco last season. He was sidelined Defending champion City lost all of Tottenham’s chances of a trophy.
nold said in a statement. “Rhys is a from mid-June until early September its previous five visits to Tottenham “We worked hard to stay in the game
proven winner who has worked tire- because of a strained right lat. Hotspur Stadium and failed to score. It and conceded so late. But they were the
lessly to get back on the field, and we looked like another frustrating night better side,” Spurs manager Ange
look forward to his return to action this Braves acquire OF Martínez until Ake’s late intervention. Postecoglu said. “We continue on with
season.” from Rangers for RHP Owens Even then, VAR had to confirm the the way we’ve been going, it doesn’t
Hoskins has a .242 career batting av- goal after Spurs players complained mean today changes anything for us.”
erage, .353 on-base percentage, .492 ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario was
slugging percentage, 148 homers and added outfield depth on Friday by ac- fouled by Ruben Dias before Ake poked Replays
405 RBIs in 667 regular-season games, quiring J.P. Martínez from the Texas home following a corner.
all with the Phillies. Rangers for right-hander Tyler Owens. “We trusted the way we played, we Chelsea booked its place in the Eng-
In nine games at Milwaukee, The 27-year-old Martínez made his created multiple chances and had the lish League Cup final this week, but
Hoskins hit .342 with a .405 on-base major league debut for the World Series belief to keep going even though we Mauricio Pochettino’s team still has
percentage, five homers, eight RBIs and champion Rangers last season. In 17 weren’t scoring,” Ake said. “I thought it work to do to advance in the FA Cup af-
a .790 slugging percentage. games and 44 plate appearances, the was never going to come.” ter drawing with Aston Villa 0-0 at
left-handed batter hit .225 with one Victory meant City’s defense of its Stamford Bridge.
White Sox, RHP Brebbia agree homer and four RBIs. trophy treble remained intact after The teams will replay at Villa Park.
to $5.5 million, 1-year contract The Cuban native spent most of winning the Premier League, Champi- Premier League side Nottingham
2023 in the minors, batting .297 with 14 ons League and FA Cup last season. Forest will also need another match af-
CHICAGO — Right-hander John homers, 60 RBIs and 41 stolen bases Guardiola joked at the end of last ter being held to a goalless draw at sec-
Brebbia and the Chicago White Sox fi- across three leagues. He gives the season that he longed to finally score at ond-division Bristol City.
nalized a $5.5 million, one-year con- Braves another much-needed position Tottenham’s new stadium. Djeidi Gassama scored in the 84th to
tract that includes a mutual option for player on their 40-man roster and is ex- He must have thought his team’s earn Sheffield on Wednesday a replay
2025. pected to compete for a bench job. barren run would continue after failing after drawing with Coventry 1-1.
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WINTER SPORTS
US FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Glenn wins title after Levito falls 3 times

Dave Skretta Brown earned 89.02 points as he
ASSOCIATED PRESS seeks to become the oldest man on the
podium since Todd Eldredge won in
Amber Glenn thought she’d thrown 2002.
away her chances of winning her long- “It’s crazy that the people I competed
sought U.S. figure skating title when, af- against are coaching people at this
ter landing a dramatic opening triple ax- event,” Brown said. “That, to me, blows
el Friday night, the 24-year-old from my mind, and the level of skating just
Texas fell apart over the second half of continues to be elevated year after year,
her program. and I think that is incredible.”
Then she watched Isabeau Levito Incredible is an apt way to describe
collapse right behind her. what transpired in the women’s free
The defending champion fell three skate.
times during her own free skate, draw- Glenn, who trailed Levito by less than
ing an audible gasp from a rapt crowd in half a point after their short programs,
Columbus, Ohio. And when Levito’s landed a huge triple axel to open her
score was read, Glenn’s tears of anguish program, a jump that very few women
turned to tears of joy. Her score of 210.46 are willing to attempt. She followed with
points was enough to crown her the na- triple flip-triple toe and triple loop-dou-
tion’s best for the first time, a full decade ble toe combinations, and a triple sal-
after she reigned as the U.S. junior chow, all of which appeared to have her
champion. cruising toward a national title.
“I mean, utter shock,” Glenn said. “It As if on cue, the late-program mis-
was definitely not the performance I takes that have held Glenn back for
would have liked to have had tonight, years surfaced again. She short-
and I know both Isabeau and I are capa- changed a jump sequence by doing only
ble of so much more. But just the shock a double lutz, and finished with a single
that all my hard work has paid off.” flip, and those two mistakes cost her a
Levito finished with 200.68 points, huge amount of points.
falling to third behind Josephine Lee, “I saw my choreographer and said,
whose winning free skate gave her the ‘I’m so sorry,’” Glenn said later. “I didn’t
silver medal. do nearly what she had for me in this
In the men’s event earlier Friday, Ilia Amber Glenn skates during the women’s free at the US Figure Skating program.”
Malinin made one of the toughest com- Championships on Friday in Columbus, Ohio. ADAM CAIRNS/USA TODAY SPORTS Glenn watched from off the ice as
binations in skating look easy and was Levito fell on her opening triple lutz-tri-
rewarded with 108.57 points, giving him ple toe combo, then appeared to get
the biggest lead after a short program this week. Max Naumov, the 2020 junior na- back on track by nailing her next three
under the current scoring system in na- The national championships con- tional champion, was a distant but sur- jumping passes. But then came a fall on
tionals history. tinue Saturday with the pairs free skate prising second after his opening quad her triple flip, and another on her triple
The 19-year-old Grand Prix Final and the free dance. salchow made up for a problem on his loop, and by the time she spun to her fin-
champion, performing his “Malagueña” The defending U.S. champion, triple axel. He received 89.72 points in ish in the middle of the ice, Levito was
program, opened with an effortless Malinin is the only skater in the world to his quest for a podium spot after finish- burying her face in her hands and fight-
quad toe loop, then landed the quad land a quad axel in competition. He did ing fourth last year. ing back tears.
lutz-triple toe combo, before making a not have the four-and-a-half rotation As usual, Jason Brown brought down When the scores were read, Levito
triple axel look like a skip across the ice. jump listed in his planned free skate for the house at Nationwide Arena despite was left in third place and Glenn had re-
Upon hearing his scores, Malinin Sunday, but there is always a chance a fall on his opening triple axel. The 29- placed her as the U.S. champion.
flashed a black-and-gold towel that that he pulls it out. year-old fan favorite, who skipped most “I know I have so much more left in
read “Quad God” — his all-too-fitting “I’ll have to see how I’m feeling just of the season to stay healthy and pre- me,” Glenn said. “Ten years ago, I won
nickname. mentally and physically,” Malinin said. pare for nationals, recovered to land a junior (nationals), and the world of ex-
“I was definitely relieved after the “I think it will all depend on how I’m triple flip and triple lutz-triple toe com- pectations were put upon me, and it
performance, especially after some boot feeling and I guess what my point of bo while skating with his customary crushed me. And now, coming back
malfunctions the past few weeks,” said view is, or how I feel about it going into flair to “Adios” by the British composer 10 years later and having this — it’s
Malinin, who went back to an old pair the free.” Benjamin Clementine. incredible.”

WORLD CUP SKIING

Shiffrin sore but relieved after scary downhill crash

Andrew Dampf
ASSOCIATED PRESS

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — After

one of the scariest crashes of her career,
Mikaela Shiffrin is relieved it wasn’t
worse.
The American skier with a record 95
World Cup wins is “pretty sore,” her
coach said, but doesn’t appear to have
any ligament damage in her left knee.
She won’t race again this weekend,
though, and it’s unclear when she’ll
return.
“She’s actually quite good,” U.S. team
coach Paul Kristofic said after Shiffrin
slammed into the safety nets at high
speed during a World Cup downhill on
Friday.
“She’s positive and in a certain way
relieved,” Kristofic told The Associated
Press. “Because it could have been
worse. But she’s pretty sore, as you are
for most speed crashes. But she was
quite upbeat about things.”
Shiffrin lost control while landing a
jump in a patch of soft snow on the up-
per portion of the Olympia delle Tofane
course that will be used for the 2026 A helicopter flies evacuating the United States’ Mikaela Shiffrin after she crashed during a women’s World Cup downhill
Milan-Cortina Olympics. Then she race on Friday in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. ALESSANDRO TROVATI/AP
slammed into the net at high speed.
Medics tended to Shiffrin immedi-
ately and she limped off the course with probably trimmed a little more line than Cortina this weekend, and will also sit In all, 12 of 52 starters didn’t finish the
her left boot raised off the snow. As per she should have. And it pushed her out a giant slalom at the nearby Kron- race, which was won by Stephanie
the protocol in Cortina, Shiffrin was about a meter too far left. And that’s platz resort on Tuesday. Venier of Austria.
loaded into a helicopter and taken half- where the terrain change is quite “Beyond that, it’s quite hard to say The downhill was held amid clear
way down the mountain to a landing abrupt. right now,” Shiffrin added. “Need a little conditions but warm temperatures.
area for further evaluations. Then she “So it loaded the ski up like crazy and time to process with my team and see Shiffrin and Brignone became the
was transported by ambulance to a hos- that’s when things started. She tried to how everything is feeling in the coming fourth and fifth former overall World
pital in Cortina. save it but she knew at that point where days!” Cup champions to crash in the past
“Initial analysis shows the ACL and she was in trouble. So she was actually Attempting to match Annemarie two weeks following season-ending in-
PCL seem intact,” Shiffrin’s team said in trying not to hit the next gate, and that’s Moser-Pröll’s record with a sixth overall juries to Alexis Pinturault, Aleksander
a statement. when it just caught and she went flying title, Shiffrin holds a 340-point lead Aamodt Kilde and Petra Vlhova.
Shiffrin wrote later on Instagram, into the net.” over Lara Gut-Behrami, with Federica Kilde is Shiffrin’s boyfriend and
“Very thankful it’s not worse, but I’m In an otherwise record-breaking ca- Brignone 422 points back. Vlhova is her biggest rival.
pretty sore at the moment.” reer, Shiffrin also had some high-profile Other top skiers also crashed. “It’s just part of the game,” Kristofic
She fell about 20 seconds into her run mishaps at the Beijing Olympics two Brignone got up and skied down after said. “She doesn’t have the speed mile-
just before the narrow Tofana schuss — years ago, when she didn’t finish three she went down. Olympic downhill age that a lot of the veteran speed skiers
or chute — through walls of rock, which of her five individual races. champion Corinne Suter pulled up mid- do. So it’s always a learning process.”
is the most characteristic feature of the “She doesn’t fall often,” Kristofic said. way down her run, clutched her left Shiffrin’s crash overshadowed a big
biggest women’s race of the season. “But it can happen. It just goes to show knee, and was airlifted away. Suter tore day for the rest of the U.S. team, which
“It’s tricky there,” Kristofic said, “be- you how on the limit athletes push and her ACL and damaged her meniscus and had five racers finish in the top 30 to
cause you’re landing it and it’s a left- and how the courses push them. And is out for the season. Michelle Gisin, a score points: Jacqueline Wiles was 13th,
footed turn that has a pretty sharp drop. they have to if they want to be compet- two-time Olympic champion, hurt her Lauren Macuga 16th, Bella Wright 18th,
And she was carrying more speed than itive.” right tibia and won’t race again this Keely Cashman 27th and Tricia Mangan
she did in the training run. And then she Shiffrin said she won’t race again in weekend. 28th.
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SCOREBOARD
Luka Doncic, Dallas Trinity (Conn.) 80, Hamilton 51 received in parenthesis, team’s records, Lilia Vu.................................74-67—141 (-1) [Link] Musharrekh, UAE ...............80-71—151
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Tufts 62, Williams 57 total points based on 25 for first place Lindy Duncan .......................71-71—142 (E) Jonathan Selvaraj, England ......76-75—151
Reserves announced Feb. 1 Union (NY) 93, Skidmore 63 through one point for 25th and ranking in Georgia Hall ........................74-68—142 (E) Daniel Gavins, England .............78-74—152
York College (NY) 95, Medgar Evers 73 last week’s poll: Lauren Hartlage..................73-69—142 (E) Viktor Kofod-Olsen, UAE...........77-76—153
Record Pts Pvs
NHL SOUTH
Berry 75, Birmingham Southern 55
1. S. Carolina (32) 17-0 800 1
Gurleen Kaur ........................71-71—142 (E)
Jennifer Kupcho .................74-68—142 (E)
Nathan Kimsey, England ................76-WD
2. Kansas State 19-1 724 7
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
Hendrix 79, Centre 71
Louisiana-Lafayette 81, Arkansas St. 75
3. Colorado 16-2 678 3
Leona Maguire....................73-69—142 (E)
Stephanie Meadow.............70-72—142 (E) TENNIS
4. UCLA 15-2 673 5 Patty Tavatanakit................74-68—142 (E)
GP W L OT Pts GF GA Millsaps 69, Oglethorpe 61 5. Stanford 17-2 657 8 Australian Open Results
Boston 48 30 9 9 69 167 126 Sewanee 80, Rhodes 73 5. Iowa 18-2 657 2 Xiaowen Yin ........................73-69—142 (E) Friday
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16-2 76 NR
14-6 59 18
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WESTERN CONFERENCE
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Dallas 98, Schreiner 89
Trinity (FL) 83, Austin 64
25. Oregon State 15-3 36 NR Ryann O'Toole ...................75-70—145 (+3)
Carlota Ciganda.................75-71—146 (+4)
Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, and Jan Zielinski
(3), Poland, def. Neal Skupski, Britain, and
GP W L OT Pts GF GA Others receiving votes: Marquette Desirae Krawczyk (2), United States, 6-7
FAR WEST (15-3) 31; Princeton (14-3) 29; Miami (Fla.) Savannah Grewal ..............74-72—146 (+4)
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Winnipeg 46 30 11 5 65 146 105 (12-5) 16; UNLV (15-2) 14; Ball State (16-2)
NFL Azusa Pacific 71, Chaminade 58 6; Tennessee (12-6) 3; Vanderbilt (17-3) 3; Minami Katsu ....................73-73—146 (+4)
Dallas 48 29 13 6 64 178 147
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TRANSACTIONS
St. Louis 47 25 20 2 52 137 149 Fairfield (15-1) 1; Michigan State (13-5) 1;
BALTIMORE 3½ (44½) Kansas City Arizona 47 23 21 3 49 142 144 Chadron St. 93, Colo.-Colo. Springs 86 Richmond (17-3) 1. Maude-Aimee Leblanc .....72-74—146 (+4) Friday's Transactions
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coverage. Terms apply, see operator site Los Angeles 46 22 15 9 53 145 126 Northeastern 73, Delaware 66 a-Torrey Pines - S.(Host Course) Caroline Inglis ...................69-78—147 (+5)
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for Terms and Conditions. Gambling Seattle 48 20 18 10 50 136 143 7,765 yards; Par 72 Gabriela Ruffels.................72-75—147 (+5)
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IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MS, NJ, OH, PA, TN, VA, Laney Frye ........................75-73—148 (+6)
San Jose 48 13 31 4 30 101 191 Monmouth (NJ) 69, Hampton 61 7,258 yards; Par 72 minor league contracts.
WV, WY. Call 877-8-HOPENY or text Dani Holmqvist.................70-78—148 (+6)
Murray St. 75, S. Illinois 70 CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Agreed to terms
HOPENY (467369) (NY) Call NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for Purse: $9 million Jin Hee Im.........................73-75—148 (+6)
NC A&T 73, Campbell 51 with RHP John Brebbia on a contract.
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William & Mary 61, Hofstra 50 Designated 3B Romy Gonzalez for
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1-800-NEXT-STEP (AZ), 1-800-522-4700 conference advance to playoffs. courses.) Bailey Tardy.......................74-74—148 (+6)
Ill. Chicago 70, Evansville 61 CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms
(NV), 1-800-BETS-OFF (IA), Wednesday’s Games Stephan Jaeger ...68a-64b-73a—205 (-11) Jenny Coleman .................73-76—149 (+7)
Indiana St. 70, Valparaiso 49 with OF Lorenzo Cedrola on a minor
1-800-270-7117 for confidential help (MI), Toronto 1, Winnipeg 0, OT Nicolai Hojgaard .67a-66b-73a—206 (-10) Mary Liu ............................70-79—149 (+7)
Milwaukee 93, Wright St. 87, OT league contract.
1-800-981-0023 (PR). In partnership with Florida 6, Arizona 2 Matthieu Pavon...69b-65a-72a—206 (-10) Polly Mack ........................80-69—149 (+7)
SEATTLE MARINERS — Named Chase
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conditioning coach for Arizona Complex
Nevada, New York or Ontario. Seattle 6, Chicago 2 Southern Cal 70, Washington St. 62 Jake Knapp...........69b-69a-70a—208 (-8) Yani Tseng .......................79-73—152 (+10)
League (ACL). Named Todd Carroll
Buffalo 5, Los Angeles 3 Stanford 80, Arizona St. 50 [Link] ......68b-70a-70a—208 (-8) Yu-Sang Hou ....................78-75—153 (+11)
All times Eastern pitching coach and Humberto Figuero
UCLA 62, Washington 44 Taylor Pendrith.....73a-66b-69a—208 (-8) Moriya Jutanugarn..........78-76—154 (+12)
Thursday’s Games athletic trainer for the Dominican
Tampa Bay 6, Arizona 3 Utah 58, Oregon 48 Ludvig Aberg ........68b-72a-69a—209 (-7) Peiyun Chien ...................................76-WD
NFL Detroit 3, Philadelphia 0 AP Men's Top 25 Schedule Ryan Brehm ...........71a-70b-68a—209 (-7) Jennifer Song..................................79-WD
Summer League (DSL).
TEXAS RANGERS — Acquired RHP Tyler
Playoff Glance Montreal 4, N.Y. Islanders 3 Saturday's Games Parker Coody ..........71b-67a-71a—209 (-7) Ras Al Khaimah Championship Owens from Atlanta in exchange for OF
Conference Championships Boston 3, Ottawa 2, OT No. 3 North Carolina (16-3) at Florida St. Tony Finau.............69a-66b-74a—209 (-7) Friday J.P. Martinez. Agreed to terms with RHP
Carolina 3, New Jersey 2 (12-7), 2 p.m. Emiliano Grillo .......67b-69a-73a—209 (-7) At Al Hamra Golf Club David Robertson and OF Travis Jankowski
Sunday, Jan. 28 Dallas 4, Anaheim 3, OT Maverick McNealy.67b-70a-72a—209 (-7) on one-year contracts. Designated RHP
No. 4 Houston (17-2) vs. Kansas St. (14-5), Ras al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
AFC Nashville 3, Minnesota 2 Noon Xander Schauffele 69a-68b-72a—209 (-7) Daniel Duarte for assignment.
Kansas City at Baltimore, 3 p.m. (CBS) Edmonton 3, Chicago 0 No. 5 Tennessee (14-4) at Vanderbilt Robby Shelton ......70a-69b-70a—209 (-7) Purse: $2.5 million
National League
NFC Columbus 5, Calgary 2 (5-13), 6 p.m. Will Zalatoris.........73a-68b-68a—209 (-7) Yardage: 7,410; Par: 72 LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to
Detroit at San Francisco, 6:30 p.m. (FOX) Friday’s Games No. 6 Kentucky (14-4) at Arkansas (10-9), Akshay Bhatia ........70a-71b-69a—210 (-6) Second Round terms with LHP T.J. McFarland on a minor
Super Bowl Vegas 5, N.Y. Rangers 2 6 p.m. Joseph Bramlett....70b-66a-74a—210 (-6) Manuel Elvira, Spain ................68-62—130 league contract.
Florida 3, Pittsburgh 2, SO No. 7 Kansas (16-3) at No. 23 Iowa St. Rafael Campos.......70a-69b-71a—210 (-6) Rasmus Hojgaard, Denmark ...66-64—130 MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to terms
Sunday, Feb. 11 Beau Hossler .........68b-70a-72a—210 (-6)
Colorado 5, Los Angeles 1 (15-4), 1:30 p.m. Thorbjorn Olesen, Denmark.....69-62—131 with 1B Rhys Hoskins on a two-year
At Las Vegas St. Louis 4, Seattle 3, OT No. 8 Auburn (16-3) at Mississippi St. Nate Lashley..........73a-67b-70a—210 (-6) Callum Shinkwin, England ........62-69—131 contract.
TBD, 6:30 p.m. (CBS) (13-6), 3:30 p.m. Vincent Norrman ....68b-71a-71a—210 (-6) Zander Lombard, [Link]........66-66—132 SAN DIEGO PADRES — Agreed to terms
Saturday’s Games Patrick Rodgers.....73a-64b-73a—210 (-6)
Boston at Philadelphia, 12:30 p.m. No. 9 Arizona (14-5) at Oregon (14-5), 5:30 Fabrizio Zanotti, Paraguay ......68-65—133 with RHPs Matt Festa, Nick Henderson,
NBA Washington at Dallas, 2 p.m. p.m.
No. 10 Illinois (14-5) vs. Indiana (12-7), 3
Sami Valimaki ........70b-67a-73a—210 (-6)
Austin Eckroat.........68a-72b-71a—211 (-5)
Matthis Besard, Belgium .........70-64—134
Nicolas Colsaerts, Belgium......70-64—134
Yovanny Cruz, Tommy Nance, Nolan
Buffalo at San Jose, 4 p.m. Watson and Lake Bachar, LHPs Ryan
EASTERN CONFERENCE p.m. Chesson Hadley......67b-70a-74a—211 (-5) Samuel Jones, New Zealand ...66-68—134 Carpenter and Jayvien Sandridge, OFs
Nashville at Edmonton, 4 p.m. Nick Hardy ...............67a-71b-73a—211 (-5)
Atlantic Division Arizona at Carolina, 7 p.m. No. 11 Oklahoma (15-4) vs. No. 20 Texas Frederic Lacroix, France ..........65-69—134 Bryce Johnson, Cal Mitchell, Robert Perez
W L Pct GB Tech (15-3), 2 p.m. Max Homa...............70a-70b-71a—211 (-5) Freddy Schott, Germany .........65-69—134 Jr., Drew Thorpe and Oscar Mercado, INFs
Boston 35 10 .778 — Montreal at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Aaron Rai ................66b-70a-75a—211 (-5)
N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 7 p.m. No. 12 Duke (14-4) vs. Clemson (13-5), 4 Brandon Stone, [Link] ...........64-70—134 Mason McCoy, Tyler Wade and Nate
Philadelphia 29 14 .674 5 p.m. Adam Schenk .........70a-68b-73a—211 (-5) Todd Clements, England..........68-67—135 Mondou and C Kevin Plawecki on minor
New York 28 17 .622 7 New Jersey at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. Scott Stallings ........68a-69b-74a—211 (-5)
Toronto at Winnipeg, 7 p.m. No. 14 Marquette (14-5) vs. Seton Hall Ricardo Gouveia, Portugal .......65-70—135 league contracts.
Brooklyn 17 27 .386 17½ Sam Stevens ...........71b-68a-72a—211 (-5)
Toronto 16 29 .356 19 Florida at N.Y. Islanders, 7:30 p.m. (13-7), 1 p.m. [Link]-Wood, England.......67-68—135 FOOTBALL
No. 15 Baylor (14-4) vs. TCU (14-5), 4 p.m. Alejandro Tosti .......66b-73a-72a—211 (-5) Marcus Helligkilde, Denmark...67-68—135
Vegas at Detroit, 8 p.m. Carson Young .........70b-69a-72a—211 (-5) National Football League
Southeast Division Anaheim at Minnesota, 9 p.m. No. 16 Dayton (16-2) at Richmond (14-5), 6 Angel Hidalgo, Spain................68-67—135
W L Pct GB Kevin Yu ..................64b-74a-73a—211 (-5) KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Placed DT Derrick
Chicago at Calgary, 10 p.m. p.m. Mike Lorenzo-Vera, France ......68-67—135 Nnadi on injured reserve. promoted LB
Miami 24 21 .533 — No. 17 Creighton (15-5) vs. DePaul (3-16), 7 Keegan Bradley......73a-68b-71a—212 (-4) Richard Mansell, England .........64-71—135
Orlando 23 22 .511 1 Columbus at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Patrick Cantlay .......65b-73a-74a—212 (-4) Darius Harris from the practice squad to
Atlanta 18 27 .400 6 p.m. Yannik Paul, Germany ..............67-68—135 the active roster.
Sunday's Games No. 18 Utah St. (17-2) at Boise St. (14-5), 4 Mark Hubbard ........69b-72a-71a—212 (-4)
Charlotte 10 33 .233 13 Ewen Ferguson, Scotland ........70-66—136
Los Angeles at St. Louis, 2 p.m. p.m. Michael Kim ...........67b-68a-77a—212 (-4) HOCKEY
Washington 7 37 .159 16½ Maximilian Kieffer, Germany ...69-67—136
Columbus at Seattle, 9 p.m. No. 21 BYU (14-5) vs. Texas (14-5), 2 p.m. Min Woo Lee..........72a-68b-72a—212 (-4) National Hockey League
[Link] Moller, Denmark...69-67—136
Central Division Monday's Games No. 24 Colorado St. (15-4) at Wyoming Luke List.................70a-68b-74a—212 (-4) James Morrison, England........70-66—136 ARIZONA COYOTES — Recalled F Justin
W L Pct GB Nashville at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Shane Lowry ..........66b-73a-73a—212 (-4) Kirkland from Tucson (AHL).
Milwaukee 31 14 .689 — (10-9), 4 p.m. Eddie Pepperell, England........68-68—136
Ben Martin..............73a-67b-72a—212 (-4) Sebastian Soderberg, Sweden67-69—136 COLORADO AVALANCHE — Signed F Zach
Cleveland 27 16 .628 3 Sunday's Games
Tom Whitney..........70a-67b-75a—212 (-4) Parise to a one-year contract.
Indiana 26 20 .565 5½ BASEBALL No. 1 UConn (17-2) vs. Xavier (10-9), Noon
Ryo Hisatsune ........65b-75a-73a—213 (-3)
Aaron Cockerill, Canada............67-70—137
Sean Crocker, U.S......................70-67—137 DETROIT RED WINGS — Reassigned D
Chicago 21 25 .457 10½ No. 2 Purdue (18-2) at Rutgers (10-8), 1
Detroit 5 39 .114 25½ MLB Calendar Justin Lower ...........71b-70a-72a—213 (-3) Alex Fitzpatrick, England.........68-69—137 Brogan Rafferty to Grand Rapids (AHL).
p.m.
Jan. 30-Feb. 16 – Salary arbitration Hideki Matsuyama .66b-71a-76a—213 (-3) Joel Girrbach, Switzerland.......69-68—137 EDMONTON OILERS — Reassigned D Philip
WESTERN CONFERENCE No. 19 Memphis (15-4) at UAB (12-7), 5
hearings, Scottsdale, Ariz. Hayden Springer....73b-67a-73a—213 (-3) Daniel Hillier, New Zealand ......70-67—137 Kemp to Bakersfield (AHL).
p.m.
Southwest Division Feb. 6-8 – Owners meetings, Lake Buena Aaron Baddeley .....69b-72a-73a—214 (-2) David Law, Scotland ................68-69—137 MINNESOTA WILD — Loaned D Will
W L Pct GB No. 22 FAU (16-4) vs. North Texas (12-6), 1
Vista, Fla. Erik Barnes .............72a-69b-73a—214 (-2) Tom McKibbin, [Link] .........69-68—137 Butcher to Iowa (AHL). Reassigned D Sam
New Orleans 26 19 .578 — p.m.
Feb. 8 – Los Angeles Dodgers voluntary Bronson Burgoon ...67b-72a-75a—214 (-2) Jaco Prinsloo, [Link] ..............71-66—137 Malinski to Colorado (AHL).
Dallas 25 20 .556 1 No. 25 New Mexico (17-3) vs. Nevada
reporting date for pitchers, catchers and Doug Ghim .............69b-70a-75a—214 (-2) Jason Scrivener, Australia .......69-68—137 NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Signed D Kevin
Houston 21 23 .477 4½ (16-4), 10 p.m.
injured players. Chris Gotterup........68b-71a-75a—214 (-2) Ugo Coussaud, France ..............67-71—138 Gravel to a two-year, two-way contract.
Memphis 18 27 .400 8 AP Women's Top 25 Schedule Lanto Griffin............71a-70b-73a—214 (-2) NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Recalled LW Max
San Antonio 9 36 .200 17 Feb. 11 – San Diego Padres voluntary Hennie Du Plessis, [Link]......73-65—138
reporting date for pitchers, catchers and Saturday's Games Seonghyeon Kim ...69a-68b-77a—214 (-2) [Link] Rodriguez, Spain........70-68—138 Willman from Utica (AHL).
Northwest Division injured players. No. 4 Kansas St. (19-1) vs. BYU (12-8), 5 Taylor Moore...........70a-71b-73a—214 (-2) Padraig Harrington, Ireland......71-67—138 NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Reassigned G
W L Pct GB Feb. 13 – Voluntary reporting date for p.m. Justin Rose .............69b-71a-74a—214 (-2) Ken Appleby from Bridgeport (AHL) to
Oklahoma City 32 13 .711 — Daan Huizing, Netherlands......66-72—138
other teams’ pitchers, catchers and No. 5 Iowa (18-2) vs. Nebraska (13-6), 2 Harris English .........68b-72a-75a—215 (-1) Masahiro Kawamura, Japan......71-67—138 Worcester (ECHL).
Minnesota 32 13 .711 — p.m. Mackenzie Hughes .70b-67a-78a—215 (-1) NEW YORK RANGERS — Reassigned C Nick
Denver 31 15 .674 1½ injured players, and for Dodgers other Francesco Laporta, Italy ..........72-66—138
Utah 23 23 .500 9½ players. No. 8 UConn (17-3) vs. No. 15 Notre Dame Chandler Phillips.....68b-73a-74a—215 (-1) Guido Migliozzi, Italy.................71-67—138 Bonino to Hartford (AHL).
Portland 13 32 .289 19 Feb. 16 – Voluntary reporting date for (14-4), 8 p.m. Sahith Theegala .....72b-68a-75a—215 (-1) Keita Nakajima, Japan .............72-66—138 VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS — Reassigned G
Padres other players. No. 10 Texas (18-3) vs. Cincinnati (10-8), 3 Dylan Wu.................70a-70b-75a—215 (-1) [Link] Schaper, [Link] ...........69-69—138 Jesper Vikman from Henderson (AHL) to
Pacific Division Feb. 18 – Voluntary reporting date for p.m. Tyson Alexander .....70b-69a-77a—216 (E) Savannah (ECHL).
W L Pct GB [Link], India ........................70-68—138
other teams’ other players. No. 17 Gonzaga (19-2) at San Francisco Zac Blair ..................69a-68b-79a—216 (E) Jesper Svensson, Sweden........71-67—138 SOCCER
L.A. Clippers 29 14 .674 — Jacob Bridgeman....68a-70b-78a—216 (E)
Sacramento 25 18 .581 4 Feb. 23 – Mandatory reporting date. (8-11), 5 p.m. Johannes Veerman, U.S. ...........67-71—138 Major League Soccer
Phoenix 26 19 .578 4 March 2-11 – Period for renewing No. 24 West Virginia (16-2) vs. Iowa St. Kevin Dougherty.....72a-68b-76a—216 (E) Dale Whitnell, England ............69-69—138 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION — Acquired
L.A. Lakers 23 23 .500 7½ contracts of unsigned players on 40-man (12-6), 2 p.m. Charley Hoffman.....70a-67b-79a—216 (E) Daniel Brown, England .............71-68—139 $75,000 in 2024 general allocation
Golden State 19 23 .452 9½ rosters. Sunday's Games Tom Hoge.................71a-70b-75a—216 (E) Julien Brun, France ..................70-69—139 money (GAM) and $100,000 in 2025 GAM
March 20-21 – Los Angeles Dodgers vs. No. 1 South Carolina (18-0) vs. Vanderbilt Francesco Molinari..70a-69b-77a—216 (E) Jorge Campillo, Spain...............67-72—139 from Charlotte FC in exchange for a 2024
Wednesday’s Games Ben Silverman .........69b-72a-75a—216 (E)
San Diego at Seoul, [Link]. (17-3), 3 p.m. Alejandro Del Rey, Spain..........71-68—139 international roster spot.
Detroit 113, Charlotte 106 Ben Taylor ................70b-71a-75a—216 (E)
March 28 – Opening day for all other No. 2 UCLA (15-2) vs. Washington St. Jamie Donaldson, Wales .........69-70—139 NEW YORK CITY FC — Loaned M Nicolas
Minnesota 118, Washington 107 [Link] De Chssrt 68b-73a-76a—217 (+1)
teams, active rosters reduced to 26 (14-5), 4 p.m. Gavin Green, Malaysia ..............67-72—139 Acevado to Esporte Clube Bahia (Brazilian
Memphis 105, Miami 96 Chad Ramey............71a-67b-79a—217 (+1)
players. No. 3 Colorado (16-2) at Oregon (11-9), 3 Connor Syme, Scotland ...........70-69—139 side).
Milwaukee 126, Cleveland 116 Taiga Semikawa ......71a-67b-79a—217 (+1)
April 27-28 – Houston vs. Colorado at p.m. Paul Waring, England...............69-70—139 NEW YORK RED BULLS — Signed D Aidan
Portland 137, Houston 131, OT Alexander Bjork....72a-66b-80a—218 (+2)
Mexico City. No. 6 Stanford (17-2) at Arizona (10-9), 2 Bernd Wiesberger, Austria ......69-70—139 O'Connor to a one-year contract.
Phoenix 132, Dallas 109 Brandt Snedeker ...70a-70b-78a—218 (+2)
June 8-9 – New York Mets vs. Philadelphia p.m. Sam Bairstow, England ............70-70—140 National Women's Soccer League
Oklahoma City 140, San Antonio 114 Justin Suh..............67b-74a-79a—220 (+4)
at London. No. 7 NC State (17-2) at Boston College Rafa Cabrera Bello, Spain.........71-69—140 ORLANDO PRIDE — Acquired $130,000 in
Golden State 134, Atlanta 112
June 20 – St. Louis vs. San Francisco at (11-10), 2 p.m. LPGA Drive On Championship Louis De Jager, [Link] ...........73-67—140 Intra-League transfer funds from Angel
Thursday’s Games Birmingham, Ala. No. 11 Southern Cal (13-3) vs. Washington Nacho Elvira, Spain...................73-67—140
Utah 123, Washington 108 Friday City FC in exchange for F Messiah Bright.
July 13 – Futures Game, Arlington, Texas. (12-5), 3 p.m. Max Rottluff, Germany.............71-69—140 Signed M Ally Lemos to a contract
Indiana 134, Philadelphia 122 July 14-16 – Amateur draft, Arlington, At Bradenton Country Club
No. 12 Ohio St. (16-3) at Purdue (9-10), 2 Marcel Siem, Germany .............69-71—140 through 2025.
Boston 143, Miami 110 Texas. p.m. Bradenton, Fla. Marcus Armitage, England........71-70—141
New York 122, Denver 84 July 15 – Home Run Derby, Arlington, No. 13 Baylor (15-3) at Oklahoma St. Purse: $1.8 million Laurie Canter, England .............72-69—141
Minnesota 96, Brooklyn 94
Sacramento 134, Golden State 133
Texas. (11-8), 2 p.m. Yardage: 6,557; Par: 71 Dylan Frittelli, [Link] ..............69-72—141 ON THIS DATE
July 16 – All-Star Game, Arlington, Texas. No. 14 Indiana (16-2) vs. Northwestern Julien Guerrier, France ..............71-70—141
L.A. Lakers 141, Chicago 132 Aug. 18 – New York Yankees vs. Detroit at Second Round Jan. 27
(7-12), 2 p.m. Nelly Korda ......................65-67—132 (-10) Calum Hill, Scotland..................72-69—141 1937 – Tris Speaker and Cy Young are
Friday’s Games Williamsport, Pa. No. 16 Utah (14-5) at No. 25 Oregon St. Jeong-Weon Ko, France ...........72-69—141
Houston 138, Charlotte 104 Aug. 31 – Last day to be in organization to Somi Lee ...........................69-65—134 (-8) elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
(15-3), 3 p.m. Ayaka Furue.......................68-67—135 (-7) Tom Lewis, England..................72-69—141 1973 – UCLA, led by Bill Walton, sets an
Indiana 133, Phoenix 131 be postseason eligible. No. 18 Louisville (17-3) vs. Pittsburgh Hao-Tong Li, China ....................70-71—141
Dallas 148, Atlanta 143 Sept. 29 – Regular season ends. Lydia Ko .............................65-70—135 (-7) NCAA record for consecutive victories
(7-13), 2 p.m. Xiyu Lin..............................69-66—135 (-7) Lukas Nemecz, Austria..............70-71—141 with its 61st win, an 82-63 victory over
L.A. Clippers 127, Toronto 107 November TBA – Last day for club to make No. 19 Virginia Tech (15-4) at No. 22 Richie Ramsay, Scotland ...........71-70—141
Oklahoma City 107, New Orleans 83 a qualifying offer to an eligible former MinJi Kang.........................67-69—136 (-6) Notre Dame. UCLA breaks the record of
Syracuse (17-2), Noon Sei Young Kim ...................67-69—136 (-6) Lorenzo Scalise, Italy.................70-71—141 60 set by San Francisco in 1956. Walton
Memphis 107, Orlando 106 player who became a free agent, fifth day No. 20 North Carolina (15-5) at Virginia Clement Sordet, France............69-72—141
Cleveland 112, Milwaukee 100 after World Series, 5 p.m. EST. Lucy Li ...............................67-69—136 (-6) scores 16 points, grabs 15 rebounds and
(9-10), Noon Gemma Dryburgh .............69-68—137 (-5) Matthew Southgate, England...69-72—141 blocks 10 shots.
San Antonio 116, Portland 100 Nov. TBA – Last day for player to accept a No. 21 Creighton (15-3) vs. Seton Hall Gunner Wiebe, [Link] ...........72-69—141
qualifying offer, 4 p.m. EST. Jasmine Suwannapura .....69-68—137 (-5) 1982 – Geoff Houston of the Cleveland
Saturday’s Games (12-7), 2 p.m. Lexi Thompson ..................70-67—137 (-5) Matthew Baldwin, England ......70-72—142 Cavaliers hands out 27 assists, two short
Washington at Detroit, 12 p.m. Nov. 22 – Last day for teams to offer 2025 No. 23 Florida St. (14-7) at Georgia Tech Dan Bradbury, England ............72-70—142
contracts to unsigned players on their Celine Boutier...................70-68—138 (-4) of the NBA record and scores 24 points in
Miami at New York, 3 p.m. (13-7), 4 p.m. Isabella Fierro...................69-69—138 (-4) Ross Fisher, England..................71-71—142 a 110-106 victory over the Golden State
Philadelphia at Denver, 5:30 p.m. 40-man rosters. Men’s USA TODAY Top 25 Simon Forsstrom, Sweden.......74-68—142
Dec. 8 – Hall of Fame Classic Baseball Megan Khang ...................69-69—138 (-4) Warriors.
Houston at Brooklyn, 6 p.m. The USA TODAY Sports Top 25 men’s Nanna Koerstz Madsen ....66-72—138 (-4) Scott Jamieson, Scotland ........70-72—142 1991 – The New York Giants survive the
L.A. Clippers at Boston, 7 p.m. Committee vote announced, Dallas. basketball poll, with first-place votes Thriston Lawrence, [Link] .....72-70—142
Dec. 8-11 – Winter meetings, Dallas. Mel Reid ............................70-68—138 (-4) closest Super Bowl ever when Scott
Utah at Charlotte, 7 p.m. received in parenthesis, team’s records, Arpichaya Yubol................68-70—138 (-4) Hurly Long, Germany ................71-71—142 Norwood’s 47-yard field goal attempt
New Orleans at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Dec. 15 – International signing period total points based on 25 for first place Marco Penge, England...............71-71—142
closes, 5 p.m. EST. Marina Alex........................68-71—139 (-3) with 8 seconds left in the game goes
L.A. Lakers at Golden State, 8:30 p.m. through one point for 25th and ranking in Robyn Choi.........................71-68—139 (-3) Jordan L. Smith, England.........69-73—142 wide. The Giants win their second Super
Minnesota at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. last week’s final poll: Hye Jin Choi.......................71-68—139 (-3) Andy Sullivan, England.............72-70—142 Bowl in five years, 20-19 over the Buffalo
Sacramento at Dallas, 9 p.m. COLLEGE 1. Connecticut (24)
Record Pts Pvs
17-2 791 1
Allisen Corpuz...................70-69—139 (-3) Santiago Tarrio, Spain ...............71-71—142
Nick Bachem, Germany ............73-70—143
Bills.
Sunday's Games Ally Ewing ..........................71-68—139 (-3) 1993 – American Chad Rowan is awarded
Oklahoma City at Detroit, 2 p.m. BASKETBALL 2. Purdue (8)
3. North Carolina
17-2 769 2
15-3 734 3 Linn Grant..........................70-69—139 (-3) Thomas Bjorn, Denmark...........77-66—143 the highest rank in sumo wrestling, the
Memphis at Indiana, 3:30 p.m. Nasa Hataoka.....................68-71—139 (-3) Adam Blomme, Sweden............72-71—143 ancient Japanese sport, making him the
Friday’s Men’s Scores 4. Houston 16-2 678 5 Grant Forrest, Scotland............74-69—143
Phoenix at Orlando, 6 p.m. 5. Tennessee 14-4 671 7 Frida Kinhult ......................72-67—139 (-3) first foreign “yokozuna.” The 6-foot-8,
Toronto at Atlanta, 6 p.m. EAST Matthew Jordan, England.........71-72—143
6. Kentucky 14-3 609 10 Mi Hyang Lee ....................71-68—139 (-3) 455-pounder from Honolulu, becomes
Chicago at Portland, 9 p.m. Amherst 70, Wesleyan (Conn.) 63 David Micheluzzi, Australia ......73-70—143
6. Auburn 16-2 609 11 Yan Liu................................71-68—139 (-3) the 64th person to hold the top rank in
Brockport 83, Potsdam 74 Edoardo Molinari, Italy.............70-73—143
Monday's Games 8. Kansas 15-3 576 4 Azahara Munoz .................69-70—139 (-3) the sport’s history.
Canisius 82, Manhattan 70 Adrian Otaegui, Spain ..............74-69—143
L.A. Clippers at Cleveland, 7 p.m. 9. Arizona 14-4 528 13 Madelene Sagstrom .........70-69—139 (-3) 1996 – The U.S. Golf Association elects
City College (NY) 69, Baruch 63 10. Wisconsin 14-4 480 8 Adri Arnaus, Spain ...................75-69—144
New York at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Ruoning Yin........................67-72—139 (-3) Judy Bell as the first female president in
Clarkson 74, Vassar 73, OT 11. Illinois 14-4 437 14 Ivan Cantero Gutierrez, Spain ..72-72—144
New Orleans at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Nataliya Guseva ................71-69—140 (-2) its 101-year history.
Connecticut College 74, Bowdoin 59 12. Duke 13-4 421 6 Will Enefer, England .................68-76—144
Phoenix at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Brooke Henderson ............71-69—140 (-2) 2001 – Jennifer Capriati upsets
Daemen 84, Molloy 58 13. Oklahoma 15-3 401 16 Darren Fichardt, [Link] .........75-69—144
Utah at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Hyo Joon Jang ..................72-68—140 (-2) three-time winner Martina Hingis 6-4, 6-3
Emory 78, Brandeis 65 14. Baylor 14-4 362 9 Stephen Gallacher, Scotland....69-75—144
L.A. Lakers at Houston, 8 p.m. Pernilla Lindberg...............70-70—140 (-2) to win the Australian Open and her first
Geneseo 66, Plattsburgh 64 15. Marquette 13-5 360 18 Marcus Kinhult, Sweden ...........73-71—144
Minnesota at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Malia Nam .........................72-68—140 (-2) Grand Slam tournament title.
Hobart 62, Ithaca 53 16. Creighton 14-5 299 15 Ockie Strydom, [Link] ...........74-70—144
Sacramento at Memphis, 8 p.m. Yealimi Noh........................69-71—140 (-2) 2003 – Hermann Maier wins a World Cup
Hunter 80, John Jay 67 17. Dayton 15-2 277 23 Tom Vaillant, France .................72-72—144
Washington at San Antonio, 8 p.m. 18. Iowa State 14-4 220 20 Maja Stark .........................76-64—140 (-2) super giant slalom in Kitzbuehel, Austria,
Husson 82, Thomas (Maine) 74 Wu Ashun, China ......................76-69—145
Orlando at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. 19. BYU 14-4 181 19 Yu Jin Sung........................70-70—140 (-2) a victory he ranks among his finest
Iona 70, Siena 51 Filippo Celli, Italy ......................68-77—145
Milwaukee at Denver, 9 p.m. 20. Utah State 17-2 176 17 Chanettee Wannasaen......67-73—140 (-2) triumphs. The win comes 18 months after
Lehman 84, Brooklyn College 74 Soren Kjeldsen, Denmark ........77-68—145
Philadelphia at Portland, 10 p.m. 21. Texas Tech 15-3 148 25 In Gee Chun ........................72-69—141 (-1) he almost loses his leg in a motorcycle
Maine Maritime 68, Lesley 47 Andrea Pavan, Italy...................73-72—145
NBA All-Star Rosters 22. Memphis 15-4 130 12 Lauren Coughlin..................71-70—141 (-1) crash.
Maine-Farmington 89, Northern Adrien Saddier, France..............74-71—145
23. Colorado St. 15-3 119 NR Olivia Cowan.......................73-68—141 (-1) 2007 – Serena Williams wins her third
At Gainbridge Fieldhouse Vermont-Lyndon 58 Marcel Schneider, Germany .....68-77—145
24. Florida Atlantic 15-4 101 NR Jodi Ewart Shadoff ............75-66—141 (-1) Australian Open singles title, routing
Indianapolis Middlebury 61, Bates 40 Matthias Schwab, Austria ........70-75—145
25. New Mexico 16-3 54 NR Esther Henseleit .................70-71—141 (-1) Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-2. Unseeded and
NYU 80, Rochester 73 Chase Hanna, U.S. .....................71-75—146
Sunday, Feb. 18 Others receiving votes: Alabama Wei-Ling Hsu ......................69-72—141 (-1) ranked 81st, Williams wins her eighth and
Nazareth 93, Hartwick 64 Rikuya Hoshino, Japan .............70-76—146
(c-captain) (12-6) 43; San Diego State (15-4) 43; Mone Inami .........................71-70—141 (-1) most improbable Grand Slam. She is the
New Paltz 83, Buffalo St. 49 Casey Jarvis, [Link]................72-74—146
Seton Hall (13-6) 33; Gonzaga (13-5) 30; Auston Kim .........................68-73—141 (-1) second unseeded woman to win the
Starters Niagara 67, Marist 62 Espen Kofstad, Norway ............72-74—146
TCU (13-5) 26; Texas (13-5) 18; Clemson A Lim Kim ...........................72-69—141 (-1) Australian title in the Open era.
Eastern Conference Oneonta 87, Fredonia St. 67 Matteo Manassero, Italy ..........73-73—146
(13-5) 15; Kansas State (14-4) 14; Cheyenne Knight ................71-70—141 (-1) 2008 – Novak Djokovic fends off
c-Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Queens (NY) 80, D'Youville 72 Oliver Wilson, England .............73-73—146
Princeton (15-1) 13; Utah (14-5) 10; Saint Aline Krauter.......................69-72—141 (-1) unseeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jayson Tatum, Boston RPI 59, Rochester 53 Jens Dantorp, Sweden..............71-76—147
Mary’s (14-6) 6; Boise State (13-5) 5; Andrea Lee ..........................71-70—141 (-1) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (2) in the Australian
Joel Embiid, Philadelphia SUNY-Canton 85, SUNY-Delhi 81 Sung Kang, [Link]...................73-74—147
Grand Canyon (17-2) 4; Indiana State Brittany Lincicome..............71-70—141 (-1) Open final, earning his first Grand Slam
Tyrese Haliburton, Indiana SUNY-Cobleskill 87, Northern Stuart Manley, Wales................73-74—147
(16-3) 4; James Madison (17-2) 2; Yu Liu ..................................72-69—141 (-1) title.
Damian Liillard, Milwaukee Vermont-Johnson 77 Om Prakash Chouhan, India .....74-74—148
Mississippi (15-3) 2; Michigan State (12-7) Gaby Lopez..........................70-71—141 (-1) 2013 – Novak Djokovic beats Andy Murray
SUNY-Morrisville 94, SUNY-IT 92, OT [Link], Denmark ..........74-74—148
Western Conference 1. Emily Pedersen ..................75-66—141 (-1) 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-2 to become the
St. Bonaventure 91, Saint Joseph's 72 K. Johannessen, Norway..........75-74—149
c-Lebron James, L.A. Lakers Women’s USA TODAY Top 25 Poll Hae-Ran Ryu .......................70-71—141 (-1) first man in the Open era to win three
St. John Fisher 97, Sage 90 Jonas Blixt, Sweden .................76-74—150
Kevin Durant, Phoenix The USA TODAY Sports Top 25 women’s Mao Saigo...........................73-68—141 (-1) consecutive Australian Open titles.
St. Joseph's (LI) 89, Purchast 82 Guxin Chen, China ....................72-78—150
Nikola Jokic, Denver basketball poll, with first-place votes Albane Valenzuela..............72-69—141 (-1)
St. Lawrence 60, Bard 49 Pablo Larrazabal, Spain ............77-73—150