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UCLA Bruins and Gonzaga Bulldogs meet in Sweet 16

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 07:36:25 GMT

Gonzaga Bulldogs (30-5, 14-2 WCC) vs. UCLA Bruins (31-5, 18-2 Pac-12)Las Vegas; Thursday, 9:45 p.m. EDTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: UCLA -1.5; over/under is 145.5BOTTOM LINE: The No. 7 UCLA Bruins and No. 9 Gonzaga Bulldogs meet in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.The Bruins’ record in Pac-12 play is 18-2, and their record is 13-3 in non-conference games. UCLA leads the Pac-12 at limiting opponent scoring, allowing 60.2 points while holding opponents to 40.5% shooting.The Bulldogs are 14-2 in WCC play. Gonzaga currently has college basketball’s highest scoring offense with 87.3 points while shooting 52.6%.TOP PERFORMERS: Jaime Jaquez Jr. is averaging 17.5 points, 8.1 rebounds and 1.5 steals for the Bruins. David Singleton is averaging 1.6 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for UCLA.Drew Timme is shooting 62.1% and averaging 21.1 points for the Bulldogs. Julian Strawther is averaging 18.4 points over the last 10 games for Gonzaga.LAST 10 GAMES: Bruins: 9-1, averaging 74.5 po...

Creighton Bluejays and Princeton Tigers square off in Sweet 16

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 07:36:25 GMT

Princeton Tigers (23-8, 10-4 Ivy League) vs. Creighton Bluejays (23-12, 14-6 Big East)Louisville, Kentucky; Friday, 9 p.m. EDTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Creighton -10; over/under is 139BOTTOM LINE: The Creighton Bluejays take on the Princeton Tigers in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament.The Bluejays have gone 14-6 against Big East teams, with a 9-6 record in non-conference play. Creighton ranks fifth in the Big East at limiting opponent scoring, giving up 68.5 points while holding opponents to 42.2% shooting.The Tigers are 10-4 in Ivy League play. Princeton is third in the Ivy League allowing 67.9 points while holding opponents to 42.1% shooting.TOP PERFORMERS: Ryan Kalkbrenner is shooting 70.6% and averaging 15.7 points for the Bluejays. Trey Alexander is averaging 2.2 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Creighton.Tosan Evbuomwan is averaging 14.8 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.7 assists for the Tigers. Ryan Langborg is averaging 1.9 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games f...

Kansas State Wildcats and Michigan State Spartans square off in Sweet 16

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 07:36:25 GMT

Michigan State Spartans (21-12, 11-8 Big Ten) vs. Kansas State Wildcats (25-9, 11-7 Big 12)New York; Thursday, 6:30 p.m. EDTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Kansas State -1.5; over/under is 137.5BOTTOM LINE: The No. 15 Kansas State Wildcats play the Michigan State Spartans in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament.The Wildcats have gone 11-7 against Big 12 teams, with a 14-2 record in non-conference play. Kansas State averages 75.5 points and has outscored opponents by 6.6 points per game.The Spartans are 11-8 against Big Ten teams. Michigan State ranks sixth in the Big Ten with 14.5 assists per game led by A.J Hoggard averaging 5.9.TOP PERFORMERS: Markquis Nowell is averaging 17.1 points, 7.8 assists and 2.4 steals for the Wildcats. Keyontae Johnson is averaging 17.5 points and seven rebounds over the past 10 games for Kansas State.Tyson Walker is averaging 14.8 points for the Spartans. Joey Hauser is averaging 3.3 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Michigan State.LAST 10 GAMES...

Houston and Miami (FL) square off in the Sweet 16

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 07:36:25 GMT

Miami Hurricanes (27-7, 15-5 ACC) vs. Houston Cougars (33-3, 17-1 AAC)Kansas City, Missouri; Friday, 7:15 p.m. EDTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Houston -7; over/under is 138BOTTOM LINE: The No. 2 Houston Cougars square off against the No. 16 Miami Hurricanes in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament.The Cougars have gone 17-1 against AAC opponents, with a 16-2 record in non-conference play. Houston has a 24-1 record in games decided by 10 points or more.The Hurricanes are 15-5 in ACC play. Miami (FL) is 0-1 when it wins the turnover battle and averages 10.9 turnovers per game.TOP PERFORMERS: J’wan Roberts is averaging 10.3 points and 7.8 rebounds for the Cougars. Marcus Sasser is averaging 2.5 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Houston.Isaiah Wong is averaging 16.1 points and 3.3 assists for the Hurricanes. Jordan Miller is averaging 15.8 points over the last 10 games for Miami (FL).LAST 10 GAMES: Cougars: 9-1, averaging 72.5 points, 35.4 rebounds, 13.8 assists, 8.3 ste...

US denies Chinese claim it drove away American destroyer

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 07:36:25 GMT

BANGKOK (AP) — The United States denied Chinese claims Thursday that its military had driven away an American guided-missile destroyer from operating around disputed islands in the South China Sea, in an incident that comes as tensions in the region between the two powers continue to rise.The U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet said that a statement from China’s Southern Theatre Command that it had forced the USS Milius away from waters around the Paracel Islands — called Xisha by China — was “false.”“USS Milius is conducting routine operations in the South China Sea and was not expelled,” said Lt. j.g. Luka Bakic in response to a query from The Associated Press. “The United States will continue to fly, sail and operate wherever international law allows,” Bakic added. Bakic would not comment on whether the ship had been operating in immediate proximity of the Paracel Islands, which are in the South China Sea a few hundred kilometers (miles) off the coast of Vietnam and the Chinese pro...

‘On tour in hell’: Wounded Ukrainian soldiers evacuated

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 07:36:25 GMT

DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — Their hands are blackened and grimy from the fight. Some are still wearing their combat boots, small flecks of black soil from the battlefield clinging to their torsos, bare under the emergency blanket.With bandaged heads and splinted limbs, the wounded soldiers are stretchered into the waiting medical evacuation bus by members of the Hospitallers, a Ukrainian organization of volunteer paramedics who work on the front lines in the war in Ukraine.The soldiers were all wounded recently in fierce fighting in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, where Russian forces have been pressing advances. The battle in Bakhmut, a city now encircled on three sides by Russian troops, has been particularly bloody, with soldiers describing endless days of combat, often at close quarters. “We’ve been on tour in hell,” said Yura as he lay on a bed in the specially equipped medical bus. Blood stained the heavy bandages around his right forearm, held together by metal rods used...

In The News for March 23: Liberal MP quits caucus amid Chinese interference claims

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 07:36:25 GMT

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 23 …What we are watching in Canada …Han Dong, the member of Parliament at the centre of allegations of Chinese meddling in Canadian affairs, has resigned from the Liberal caucus and will sit as an Independent.“I’m taking this extraordinary step because to sitting in the government caucus is a privilege,” Dong told the House of Commons Wednesday night. “And my presence there may be seen by some as a conflict of duty and the wrong place to be as an independent investigation pursues the facts in this matter.”Global News, citing unnamed security sources, published a report Wednesday night alleging that Dong advised a Chinese diplomat in Toronto in February 2021 on the cases of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig.At the time, the two Canadian men had been detained in China for just ove...

Logging, forest loss may have awakened ancient B.C. landslides, at cost of about $1B

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 07:36:25 GMT

A series of ancient landslides have been “reawakened” in British Columbia’s Cariboo region, costing hundreds of millions in federal disaster assistance funds and prompting warnings thatlogging is connected to the problem.The slides and flooding in spring of 2020 and 2021 washed out roadways surrounding Quesnel, where geotechnical studies have also linked ongoing land movement beneath hundreds of homes with historic, slow-moving landslides. The financial scale of the problem is revealed in a document obtained through a freedom of information request, showing the B.C. government estimated that damage caused by the landslides throughout the Cariboo would be eligible for federal disaster assistance of $995 million.The briefing note was prepared for B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth in December 2021.In response to a question about the estimate, B.C.’s Ministry of Emergency Management said the province has so far received $405 million in advance payments f...

From pastries to policy, here’s a look at a century of presidential visits to Canada

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 07:36:25 GMT

OTTAWA — It remains to be seen whether the president’s Irish eyes will be smiling in Ottawa this week, but Joe Biden and Justin Trudeau will almost certainly have a more pleasant get-together than the last visit by a U.S. leader to his northern neighbour.It’s been nearly five years since Donald Trump flew to La Malbaie, Que., for a G7 summit — a meeting that was later characterized as ending in “disarray.”A memorable image courtesy of the official Instagram account of then-German chancellor Angela Merkel summed up the talks. In the photo, Trump sits on one side of a table with his arms crossed, glancing up at those who surround him with a half-smirk. Leaning toward him from the opposite side is a stern Merkel, whose hands are flat on the white tablecloth, and French President Emmanuel Macron, who seems to have Trump’s attention. Shinzo Abe, then prime minister of Japan, is in the centre of the frame with his arms crossed over his chest. Trudeau isn’t captured...

An unbreakable friendship: A look at past U.S. presidential addresses to Parliament

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 07:36:25 GMT

OTTAWA — United States President Joe Biden is set to deliver a speech to Parliament on Friday, becoming the ninth president to address Canadians in Ottawa.Here’s a look back at past presidential speeches and the eras that defined them. Aug. 25, 1943 — Franklin Roosevelt In his speech, Roosevelt envisioned future after the Second World War, where the Allies defeat the Nazis. He also celebrated a victory in Italy, weeks before the country surrendered to American, Canadian and British Allies in Sicily.“There is a longing in the air. It is not a longing to go back to what they call ‘the good old days.’ I have distinct reservations as to how good ‘the good old days’ were. I would rather believe that we can achieve new and better days.”June 11, 1947 — Harry S. TrumanTruman addressed Parliament during the post-war era, when he pushed for the building of both countries’ military defence and trade, adding that they jointly “face the futur...