Rivals Magic, Bird highlight AP’s 1980s all-decade NBA team
The Associated Press Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Larry Bird headline the 1980s all-decade team for the NBA, as voted on by AP Sports staffers…
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Rivals Magic, Bird highlight AP’s 1980s all-decade NBA team
The Associated Press Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Larry Bird headline the 1980s all-decade team for the NBA, as voted on by AP Sports staffers…
Continue Reading Stern, talent influx led to NBA transformation during 1980’s
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer When the 1980’s began, the NBA “was in trouble.” Drug abuse among players was believed to be rampant.…
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Stern, talent influx led to NBA transformation during 1980’s
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer When the 1980’s began, the NBA “was in trouble.” Drug abuse among players was believed to be rampant.…
Continue Reading Stern, talent influx led to NBA transformation during 1980’s
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer When the 1980’s began, the NBA “was in trouble.” Drug abuse among players was believed to be rampant.…
Continue ReadingBeijing locks down office building with workers still inside after single Omicron case detected
By Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing Bureau At an office building in China’s capital on Sunday, masked Covid control personnel lugged boxes…
Continue Reading Matsuyama nears goal of most prolific Asian-born PGA golfer
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer HONOLULU (AP) — Hideki Matsuyama is the Sony Open champion and shares a place in PGA Tour history. His unlikely…
Continue Reading Matsuyama nears goal of most prolific Asian-born PGA golfer
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer HONOLULU (AP) — Hideki Matsuyama is the Sony Open champion and shares a place in PGA Tour history. His unlikely…
Continue Reading US women’s hockey coach Joel Johnson deftly juggles 2 jobs
By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer Opportunity came knocking twice over the span of two months last year, leaving Joel Johnson no choice but to say yes…
Continue Reading US women’s hockey coach Joel Johnson deftly juggles 2 jobs
By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer Opportunity came knocking twice over the span of two months last year, leaving Joel Johnson no choice but to say yes…
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Japan’s Kishida says virus measures, defense top priorities
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has told parliament that fighting the pandemic and…
Continue ReadingTonga remains cut off after a massive eruption and tsunami. Here’s what we know
By Helen Regan, CNN The eruption of an underwater volcano near Tonga on Saturday was likely the biggest recorded anywhere on the planet in more than…
Continue Reading Trailblazing Arab lawmaker shakes up Israeli politics
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Arab politician Mansour Abbas broke a longstanding taboo when he joined Israel’s…
Continue Reading World shares mixed after China reports slowing growth
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — World shares are mixed after China reported that its economy expanded at an 8.1% annual pace…
Continue Reading Fund to preserve, assist Black churches gets $20M donation
By JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A new effort to preserve historic Black churches in the United States has received a $20…
Continue Reading Support flows to ‘changed’ Texas synagogue after standoff
By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The tight-knit congregation at a Texas synagogue where four people were held hostage by an armed…
Continue Reading Texas rabbi says he, 2 hostages escaped synagogue standoff
By JAMIE STENGLE, JAKE BLEIBERG and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press COLLEYVILLE, Texas (AP) — The rabbi of a Texas synagogue where a gunman took…
Continue Reading Beijing shopper’s lone omicron case draws national attention
BEIJING (AP) — A 26-year-old woman in China’s capital Beijing who contracted the omicron strain of COVID-19 has drawn national attention on…
Continue Reading On MLK Day, King III implores Senate to act on voting rights
By JEFF MARTIN and MICHAEL WARREN The Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Martin Luther King, Jr.’s eldest son has condemned the inaction of federal…
Continue Reading Jill Biden: I didn’t expect ‘healing role’ as first lady
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Joe Biden campaigned to help unite the country. But first lady Jill Biden says…
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