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March 14, 2025
HighSchoolOT is keeping track of which North Carolina high school athletes have committed to attend and play in college across all sports for the classes of 2024, 2025, and 2026. Are we missing a name? Spot a correction? Please report college commitments to [email protected]. Football All Sports Source: highschoolot.com
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HighSchoolOT is compiling a full list of high school girls cross country and track & field athletes from across the state of North Carolina who have committed to play at the next level. If you have any additions, please report them to [email protected]. See other sports by clicking here. Note: Unless injured, a player must
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Mars and Jupiter are cozying up in the night sky for their closest rendezvous this decade. They’ll be so close Wednesday, at least from our perspective, that just a sliver of moon could fit between them. In reality, our solar system’s biggest planet and its dimmer, reddish neighbor will be
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By NOREEN NASIR, Associated Press PARIS — PARIS (AP) — Japan’s b-girl Ami won gold at the Olympics ‘ first breaking event by spinning, flipping and toprocking past a field of 16 dancers Friday in a high-energy competition that may not return for future Games. Ami, legally named Ami Yuasa, won all three rounds in
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HighSchoolOT is previewing the upcoming girls cross country season with its annual watch list. This year’s watch list features 65 names broken up by classification and association. The 1A, 2A, and 3A classes each have 10 names. Those who finished in the top 10 a year ago are listed with their respective finishes. The 4A
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NEW YORK (AP) — Iran is accelerating online activity that appears intended to influence the U.S. election, in one case targeting a presidential campaign with an email phishing attack, Microsoft said Friday. Iranian actors also have spent recent months creating fake news sites and impersonating activists, laying the groundwork to stoke division and potentially sway
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By DOUG FEINBERG, AP Basketball Writer PARIS — PARIS (AP) — Breanna Stewart and the U.S. women’s basketball team cruised to a familiar place — the Olympic gold medal game. Stewart led a balanced offense as the Americans beat Australia 85-64 on Friday in the semifinals to extend their Olympic winning streak to 60 consecutive
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BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University has decided against removing from campus buildings the name of a family whose company makes the powerful painkiller OxyContin, despite protests from parents whose children fatally overdosed. The decision last month by the Harvard Corporation to retain Arthur M. Sackler’s name on a museum building and second building runs counter
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HighSchoolOT is previewing the upcoming boys cross country season with its annual watch list. This year’s watch list features 65 names broken up by classification and association. The 1A, 2A, and 3A classes each have 10 names. Those who finished in the top 10 a year ago are listed with their respective finishes. The 4A
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators on Friday declined to approve the psychedelic drug MDMA as a therapy for PTSD, a major setback for groups seeking a breakthrough decision in favor of using mind-altering substances to treat serious mental health conditions. Drugmaker Lykos Therapeutics said the FDA notified the company that its drug “could not
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