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February 23, 2025
By MIKE FITZPATRICK, AP Sports Writer NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Cooper Flagg had 16 points in his Madison Square Garden debut and seven players scored in double figures for No. 3 Duke in a 110-67 blowout Saturday night that marked the most lopsided loss in Illinois history. Isaiah Evans paced the Blue
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By The Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Jae’Lyn Withers scored 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, Ian Jackson also scored 16 points and North Carolina defeated Virginia 81-66 on Saturday. Withers was 4 of 6 on 3-pointers in posting his second double-double this season and Jackson added three more
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By The Associated Press Raleigh, N.C. — (AP) Notre Dame Fighting Irish (24-2, 15-0 ACC) at NC State Wolfpack (21-5, 13-2 ACC) Raleigh, North Carolina; Sunday, 12 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. 1 Notre Dame will try to earn its 25th win this season when the Fighting Irish play the No. 13 NC State. The
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By The Associated Press TORONTO — TORONTO (AP) — Alex Steeves scored his first NHL goal as the Toronto Maple Leafs jumped out to an early lead and beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-3 Saturday night. Pontus Holmberg had two goals and an assist, John Tavares had a goal and an assist and David Kampf and
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Zymicah Wilkins went out with a bang. The Christ School senior forward scored 19 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lift the Greenies to the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association 4A boys basketball championship on Saturday. Christ School defeated Carmel Christian by a 73-50 score. Wilkins, an N.C. State recruit, had all 19 of those
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Victory Christian Center wasted no time in making the best of its championship moment. The Kings breezed by Crossroads Christian in the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association 1A girls basketball championship by a 63-32 score. Victory Christian Center (15-9) ran out to an 11-1 lead, led 18-6 after the first quarter and 32-17 at halftime, then
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The crash landing of a Delta Air Lines flight in Toronto this week highlighted the potential dangers of flying with a young child sitting on an adult’s lap. The plane flipped over, which would make holding onto a baby extremely difficult. Authorities haven’t said whether the 18-month-old child who was injured in the crash was
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YORK, Pa. (AP) — A man armed with a pistol and carrying zip ties entered a Pennsylvania hospital’s intensive care unit Saturday and took staff members hostage before he was killed by police in a shootout that also left an officer dead, authorities said. Three workers at UPMC Memorial Hospital, including a doctor, a nurse
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By The Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Paul McNeil, making his first collegiate start, scored 24 points, Dontrez Styles added 22 and N.C. State beat Wake Forest 85-73 on Saturday. McNeil, a freshman from Rockingham, N.C., scored 17 points in the second half including a 3-pointer for a 10-point lead heading
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Greensboro Day never has to wait too long for its next N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association boys basketball championship. The Bengals added a 13th title on Saturday with a 46-39 victory over Concord Academy in the NCISAA 3A final, another milestone for coach Freddy Johnson, who has more than 1,200 wins after reaching that milestone
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