It won’t be long now until the remaining games for the Boston Celtics of the 2021-22 NBA regular season can be counted with single-digit numbers, and with the 2022 postseason nearly upon us, we can start to get a picture of how the Eastern Conference standings might look when the dust settles on the season.…Continue Reading
There are all kinds of fascinating wrinkles to the trade that sent receiver Davante Adams from the Green Bay Packers to the Las Vegas Raiders for a first- and a second-round pick — the 22nd and 53rd selections in the 2022 draft. Wait. That’s ALL the Packers got? The Raiders didn’t throw in a couple…Continue Reading
The Penn swimmer becomes the first transgender athletes to win an NCAA championship in Division I.ATLANTA — Lia Thomas took off the oversized jacket with “PENN” on the back, revealing her long arms and broad shoulders, and stepped onto the platform to be introduced before the 500-yard freestyle race at the NCAA women’s swimming and diving championships.Hardly…Continue Reading
In a somewhat surprising move, the Green Bay Packers traded star wide receiver Davante Adams to the Las Vegas Raiders for the 22nd overall pick and the 53rd overall pick in the 2022 NFL draft. With the trade, Brian Gutekunst now has five top-100 selections at his disposal. He’ll have the poker chips to be aggressive…Continue Reading
For over a year now, Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper stood outside of Deshaun Watson’s window with a boombox blaring over his head. But it wasn’t enough. Despite their longstanding interest in the Houston Texans quarterback, the Panthers will not be his next destination. In Watson’s eyes, his place is somewhere else in the division.…Continue Reading
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Eleven years ago, Von Miller was preparing to be drafted by the Buffalo Bills. Now the Bills hope he’s the final piece of the puzzle in their bid to win the Super Bowl.Miller was introduced as the Bills’ prized free-agent addition Thursday, a day after agreeing to terms on a…Continue Reading
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Republican Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin on Thursday outlined her plans for her first 100 days if elected governor, laying out a far-right agenda in her bid to defeat first-term Republican Gov. Brad Little.Speaking to reporters and about 50 supporters and onlookers on the Statehouse steps, McGeachin spelled out her 10-point…Continue Reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Honorée Fanonne Jeffers’ “The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois,” her epic novel about racism, resilience and identity named for the influential Black scholar and activist, has received the fiction prize from the National Book Critics Circle. The critics circle praised Jeffers for “weaving several centuries’ worth of ‘songs’ from the…Continue Reading
The Las Vegas Raiders are making a blockbuster move to keep up in the AFC West, acquiring All-Pro receiver Davante Adams from the Green Bay Packers.A person familiar with the move said Thursday the Raiders are sending the No. 22 overall pick in the April draft and additional compensation to the Packers to reunite Adams…Continue Reading
National “Why have Columbia’s fortunes improved so dramatically?” The Columbia University library, in New York, Jan. 8, 2021. Michael Thaddeus, a Columbia math professor, has identified several data discrepancies that Columbia provided to U.S. News & World Report, renewing the debate over the value and accuracy of college rankings. .(Brittainy Newman/The New York Times) By…Continue Reading
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