Purdue Fort Wayne (6-11, 5-11) vs. Youngstown State (11-10, 6-10) Beeghly Physical Education Center, Youngstown, Ohio; Friday, 5 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Youngstown State looks to extend Purdue Fort Wayne’s conference losing streak to seven games. Purdue Fort Wayne’s last Horizon win came against the Milwaukee Panthers 81-74 on Jan. 16. Youngstown State is coming off a 60-50 home win…
TENNIS-AUSTRALIAN OPEN Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic among Wednesday’s winners MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Serena Williams has kept her bid for a 24th Grand Slam singles title on track. She made only 11 unforced errors and dropped three games against Nina Stojanovic (stoy-AN’-oh-vihch). But a 21st trip to Melbourne Park ended painfully for her older sister Venus, who rolled her ankle…
The NBA says the national anthem will be played in arenas “in keeping with longstanding league policy” after Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban revealed he decided not to play it before his team’s home games this season. The league’s initial reaction to Cuban’s decision was to say teams were free to conduct pregame activities as they wished with the unusual…
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The Latest from the skiing world championships (all times local): 7:15 p.m. The skiing world championships finally look set to get underway on day four with two races on Thursday. Sunshine and freezing temperatures have been forecast, after all races on the first three days were postponed because of unfavorable weather conditions in the Italian…
Illinois-Chicago (8-9, 5-7) vs. IUPUI (5-8, 4-8) Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Indianapolis; Friday, 12 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: IUPUI looks to extend Illinois-Chicago’s conference losing streak to six games. Illinois-Chicago’s last Horizon win came against the Youngstown State Penguins 67-66 on Jan. 22. IUPUI lost 79-72 to Green Bay in its most recent game. PLENTY OF EXPERIENCE: Senior leadership could play…
TENNIS-AUSTRALIAN OPEN Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic among winners MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Serena Williams has kept her bid for a 24th Grand Slam singles title on track. She made only 11 unforced errors and dropped three games against Nina Stojanovic (stoy-AN’-oh-vihch). But a 21st trip to Melbourne Park ended painfully for her older sister Venus, who rolled her ankle during…
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban says he decided before this season began not to play the national anthem before his team’s home games. The Mavericks played their first 10 regular-season home games without fans. MORE COVERAGE FROM CBS NEWS The club had fans for the first time in Monday’s 127-122 win over…
TENNIS-AUSTRALIAN OPEN Djokovic holds off Tiafoe; Venus hobbles out in Australia MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Eight-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic (NOH’-vak JOH’-kuh-vich) fended off Frances Tiafoe 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (2), 6-3 to reach the third round at Melbourne Park. The fourth set was on serve and appeared to be headed for another tiebreaker when Tiafoe was given a…
Troy (10-10, 4-6) vs. South Alabama (12-8, 6-5) Mitchell Center, Mobile, Alabama; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: South Alabama looks for its fifth straight conference win against Troy. South Alabama’s last Sun Belt loss came against the Georgia Southern Eagles 84-75 on Jan. 22. Troy came up short in a 79-64 game at home to Georgia Southern on Saturday….
Texas State (13-6, 7-3) vs. Texas-Arlington (11-9, 7-5) College Park Center, Arlington, Texas; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Two junior guards will be on display as Mason Harrell and Texas State will face Shahada Wells and Texas-Arlington. Harrell has scored 21 percent of the team’s points this season and is averaging 16.4 over his last five games. Wells is…
