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Loyola-Chicago wins MVC championship, heads to 2018 NCAA Tournament
Illinois State: The Redirds are hoping to receive a berth in the National Invitational Tournament. Kavion Pippen scored 11 points and Armon Fletcher, Aaron Cook and Tyler Smithpeters each scored 10 for the Salukis (20-12). In the second half, Bradley put the pressure back on the Ramblers, cutting the Loyola lead to 54-53 with 6:42 remaining. "We had a great November/December, and that was fun",... [Full Article...]
Australia close on victory after Cameron Bancroft fifty
Markram (38 not out) and Theunis de Bruyn (two not out), South Africa's two most inexperienced batsmen, survived until lunch . By comparison, Keshav Maharaj took the last remaining Australian second innings wicket to finish with career best figures of 9/225 in 63.2 overs. [Full Article...]
Arsenal fans are taking their "Wenger out" protest everywhere
Arsenal went into the contest on the back of damaging defeats to Manchester City in both the Carabao Cup final and the Premier League , as well as losing the home leg of their Europa League tie with Ostersund. The communication problems persisted, but finally, in the 43rd minute, Arsenal strung a few passes together in Brighton's box. Asked if 2017-18 was worse than last year's campaign,... [Full Article...]
NZ's Walsh wins shot put gold in style
Johnson-Thompson, 25, just had to stay on her feet and not let Austrian Ivona Dadic , 24, sprint out of sight in the 800m and there was no worry of that. "He has so much belief in me and that I can grasp my opportunities", she said. It was also justification of the decision to leave her childhood coach, family and beloved two dogs in Liverpool and relocate her entire life to Montpellier, France... [Full Article...]
Mueller probing if Jared Kushner's business talks affected United States policy
Kushner's family business, Kushner Companies, approached Qatar several times , including last spring, about investing in its troubled flagship property at 666 Fifth Avenue in NY, but Qatar's sovereign wealth fund declined, NBC News said, citing two sources familiar with the discussions. [Full Article...]
WR, TE prospects Rams fans should watch at the National Football League combine Saturday
Former Oklahoma offensive lineman Orlando Brown entered Friday's National Football League scouting combine workouts with a strong chance to be taken in the first round of April's National Football League draft . Afterward, Barkley confessed to some disappointment with his numbers, not unusual for him. A teaser for more on Penny's performance at the combine? His goal Friday was to "m... [Full Article...]
J&K: Four, Including a Terrorist, Killed in Firing in Shopian District
Three other people, suspected to be overground workers were also found dead, the ANI report said. The three civilians killed have been identified as Suhail Khaleel Wagay of Pinjoora , Mohammad Shahid Khan of Malikgund, Shahnawaz Ahmad Wagay of Trenz. [Full Article...]
Celtics coach Brad Stevens says Rockets' defense 'isn't talked about enough'
At this point, there were only 23 seconds left to play and Houston had the ball. Al Horford missed a three-pointer on Boston's next possession. Irving hit a layup seconds later, but Harden made one of two free throws with 7.4 seconds left to make it 120-117. [Full Article...]