Associated Press stories, Page 1074
Different Dakota: SD State wins 1st FCS title over ND State
FRISCO, Texas — Mark Gronowski threw three touchdowns passes and ran 51 yards for another one as South Dakota State won its first national championship with a 45-21 win Sunday over North Dakota State, which lost for the first time in its 10 FCS title-game appearances. As a freshman two...
Virginia teacher shot by 6-year-old known as devoted to students
RICHMOND — The Virginia teacher who authorities say was shot by a 6-year-old student is known as a hard-working educator who is devoted to her students and enthusiastic about the profession that runs in her family, according to fellow teachers and city officials. John Eley III, a former member of...
No. 1 Georgia tries to launch dynasty against emboldened TCUVideo
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Georgia coach Kirby Smart was part of college football’s greatest dynasty as an assistant for Nick Saban at Alabama. Now, he is on the verge of launching his own. After going through the Crimson Tide last season to win Georgia’s first national title in 41 years,...
Bengals beat Ravens to avoid coin flip, set up home rematch
CINCINNATI — Joe Burrow threw for a touchdown, and Joe Mixon ran for another as the Cincinnati Bengals took advantage of four Baltimore turnovers to beat the Ravens, 27-16, on Sunday and set up a rematch in the first round of the playoffs next week. The AFC North champion Bengals...
Bills win for Hamlin and eliminate Patriots from playoffsVideo
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The echoes of “Let’s Go Buffalo!” pregame chants were still reverberating through an emotionally charged Bills stadium celebrating injured safety Damar Hamlin, when another roar suddenly erupted as Nyheim Hines returned the opening kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown. Some three hours later, and after Hines...
Dolphins clinch playoff berth after beating Jets 11-6Video
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — After just one successful field goal of 50-plus yards all season, it was only fitting that the Miami Dolphins’ playoff hopes came down to a 50-yard kick. “I felt like I owed it to the guys,” said Jason Sanders, whose booming go-ahead kick with 18 seconds...
Lauren Boebert’s backers urge her to ‘tone down the nasty rhetoric’Video
RIFLE, Colo. — Debbie Hartman voted for Lauren Boebert for Congress in 2020 and again in 2022, delighted by Boebert’s unequivocal defense of cultural issues that animate the Republican Party’s far right flank. But as Hartman shopped recently at a supermarket in this Rocky Mountain ranching outpost, she had one...
Adam Rich, former ‘Eight Is Enough’ child star, dies at 54
LOS ANGELES — Adam Rich, the child actor with a pageboy mop-top who charmed TV audiences in the late 1970s as “America’s little brother” on “Eight is Enough,” has died. He was 54. Rich died Saturday in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles, said Lt. Aimee Earl of the Los...
Man pleads to charge in Pennsylvania coffee shop fire amid protests
ERIE — A man accused of setting fire to a northwestern Pennsylvania coffee shop during 2020 demonstrations following the death of George Floyd has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of malicious destruction of property by fire. Melquan Barnett, 30, entered the plea Wednesday as part of a deal with...
Pro-Bolsonaro rioters storm Brazil’s top government officesVideo
RIO DE JANEIRO — Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who refuse to accept his election defeat stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace in the capital on Sunday, a week after the inauguration of his leftist rival, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Thousands of demonstrators bypassed...
Russell Banks, praised author of ‘Cloudsplitter,’ dies at 82
NEW YORK — Russell Banks, an award-winning fiction writer who rooted such novels as “Affliction” and “The Sweet Hereafter” in the wintry, rural communities of his native Northeast and imagined the dreams and downfalls of everyone from modern blue-collar workers to the radical abolitionist John Brown, has died. He was...
Bills Mafia honors Damar Hamlin with giant get-well card, more
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — A mere store-bought get-well card wasn’t enough for Bills fan Ryan Magnuson to show his support for Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin. The owner of a sign shop, Magnuson took the next step by designing a 4-by-10-foot canvas card, which he erected at the foot of the...
Mikaela Shiffrin shows her emotions after matching Lindsey Vonn’s record
KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia — The emotions came pouring out of Mikaela Shiffrin when she matched Lindsey Vonn’s women’s World Cup skiing record with her 82nd win Sunday. First there was a scream of delight following a serious case of nerves that had been building inside her throughout the day. Then...
Biden inspects U.S.-Mexico border in face of GOP criticismVideo
EL PASO, Texas — President Joe Biden walked a muddy stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border and inspected a busy port of entry Sunday on his first trip to the region after two years in office, a visit shadowed by the fraught politics of immigration as Republicans blame him for record...
Jaguars return fumble for TD, beat Titans for AFC South title
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — With a scoop and score that will go down in franchise lore, Josh Allen may have put an end to the chaos and disappointment that has defined the Jacksonville Jaguars for the better part of the past decade. Allen’s 37-yard fumble return with 2 minutes, 51 seconds...
Duquesne men lose to Richmond on late 3-pointerVideo
RICHMOND, Va. — Tyler Burton led Richmond with 23 points, and Jason Roche scored the game-winning 3-pointer with eight seconds left as the Spiders beat Duquesne, 75-73, on Saturday night. Rodney Gunn Jr. led the way for the Dukes (12-5, 2-2 Atlantic 10) with 16 points. Jimmy Clark III added...
No. 3 Kansas takes care of West Virginia men
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Freshman Gradey Dick scored 16 points, Jalen Wilson had 14 points and 14 rebounds and No. 3 Kansas rode a hot start to a 76-62 victory over West Virginia on Saturday night. Kansas (14-1, 3-0 Big 12) has won eight straight and avoided the nail-biting finishes of...
Patrick Mahomes sets record; Chiefs beat Raiders for AFC’s top seedVideo
LAS VEGAS — Patrick Mahomes set the NFL record for total yards in a season, and the Kansas City Chiefs rolled to a 31-13 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders on Saturday to lock up the AFC’s No. 1 seed. Mahomes passed for 202 yards and rushed for 29 against...
Stars matter? Georgia, TCU both excel in player developmentVideo
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Based solely on the recruiting rankings, this national championship game between No. 1 Georgia and No. 3 TCU is the most lopsided in the nine-year history of the College Football Playoff. The Bulldogs are a recruiting juggernaut, brimming with four- and five-star high school players. The...
Damar Hamlin: ‘Keep praying for me!’Video
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Doctors described Damar Hamlin’s neurological function as “excellent” Saturday, as the Buffalo Bills safety continued making progress in his recovery after having to be resuscitated on the field in a game at Cincinnati on Monday. In providing their daily update on Hamlin, the Bills said the...
Mega Millions jackpot rises to $1.1 billion after no winner
DES MOINES, Iowa — Another Mega Millions drawing, another night without a big winner. No one hit all six numbers and won the estimated $940 million jackpot, pushing the lottery prize to an estimated $1.1 billion ahead of the next drawing Tuesday night. The prize is now the third-largest in...
Police: 6-year-old shoots teacher in Virginia classroom
NORFOLK, Va.— A 6-year-old student shot and wounded a teacher at his school in Virginia during an altercation inside a first-grade classroom Friday, police and school officials in the city of Newport News said. Experts said a school shooting involving a 6-year-old is extremely rare, although not unheard of, while...
Global food prices in 2022 hit record high amid drought, war
ROME — Global prices for food commodities like grain and vegetable oils were the highest on record last year even after falling for nine months in a row, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said, as Russia’s war in Ukraine, drought and other factors drove up inflation and worsened hunger...
If Ravens beat Bengals, Baltimore could host playoff gameVideo
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore’s path to a playoff home game is complicated, but it still exists after a few days of uncertainty. If the Ravens win at Cincinnati this weekend and the Los Angeles Chargers beat Denver, then Baltimore and the Bengals would meet in the first round of...
Tua Tagovailoa out; rookie Skylar Thompson to start for Dolphins vs. JetsVideo
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa will miss his second straight game with a concussion, and rookie Skylar Thompson is expected to start Sunday against the New York Jets, Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said Friday. The Dolphins also are hoping that Teddy Bridgewater, who dislocated the pinky...
