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Toledo beats UMass 77-67 to advance to Mid-American Conference Tournament championship 03/13/2026 07:57pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — Sonny Wilson had 18 points and Sean Craig posted a double-double to lead Toledo to a 77-67 victory over Massachusetts on Friday night in a Mid-American Conference Tournament semifinal. The fourth-seeded Rockets (19-14) will play for the MAC championship and an automatic berth in t Man who rammed into Michigan synagogue had just lost family in an Israeli strike in Lebanon 03/13/2026 07:55pm • DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — A Lebanese-born man who had learned a week earlier that four of his family members were killed in an Israeli airstrike in his native country, waited in his car outside a synagogue for two hours before ramming into the building where dozens of children were inside. Au A strong chemical smell forces a 1-hour flight halt at 4 major DC-area airports 03/13/2026 07:54pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Four airports serving Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Richmond, Virginia, halted all flights on Friday evening for over an hour because of a strong chemical smell that was impeding air traffic controllers, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The ground stop affected THE PLAYERS Championship Par Scores 03/13/2026 07:45pm • Friday At TPC Sawgrass Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Purse: $25 million Yardage: 7,352; Par: 72 Second Round Ludvig Aberg 69-63—132 -12 THE PLAYERS Championship Scores 03/13/2026 07:45pm • Friday At TPC Sawgrass Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Purse: $25 million Yardage: 7,352; Par: 72 Second Round Ludvig Aberg 69-63—132 Xander Schauffele Tulsa outlasts North Texas 90-84 in 3OT in American Conference Tournament quarterfinal 03/13/2026 07:42pm • BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Tylen Riley finished 26 points and Miles Barnstable scored five in a third overtime to help Tulsa defeat North Texas 90-84 on Friday in the quarterfinals of the American Conference Tournament. Riley made four straight free throws to give No. 3 seed Tulsa (26-6) the lead and 3 pitches, 3 homers for Athletics in Cactus League matchup with Padres 03/13/2026 07:42pm • MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Henry Bolte, Breyson Guedez and Nick Kurtz homered on consecutive pitches from San Diego’s Michael King in the Athletics’ Cactus League game with the Padres on Friday. Bolte hit a 401-foot, three-run shot to right on an 0-1 pitch from King in the fourth inning. Guedez follow Brazil's telenovela industry is the secret agent behind powerful films at the Oscars 03/13/2026 07:38pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Hollywood actors might rule the silver screen — as Sunday’s Academy Awards are poised to prove — but Brazil’s path to stardom often starts under the bright lights of a TV studio rather than a sprawling movie set. Since at least the 1960s, the telenovelas, Latin Americ Toronto star Auston Matthews has a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee and will miss the rest of the season 03/13/2026 07:37pm • TORONTO (AP) — Toronto star Auston Matthews has a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee and will miss the rest of the season. Justice Department charges man accused of selling gun to Old Dominion University shooter 03/13/2026 07:37pm • NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A man was charged Friday with selling a stolen gun to Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, a former member of the Army National Guard who used it to kill one person and wound two others at Old Dominion University, federal authorities said. The charges come a day after the attack by Jalloh, w Badgers come back again, rally from 15 down to beat Illini in Big Ten Tournament 03/13/2026 07:32pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Trailing by 15 points in the second half, No. 23 Wisconsin looked as if it was ready to get knocked out of the Big Ten Tournament by No. 9 Illinois on Friday. Then again, comebacks are kind of the Badgers' thing. And they pulled off another big one in the conference quarterfinals. N Friday's Scores 03/13/2026 07:24pm • GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL= VHSL State Tournament= Class 2= Final= Clarke County 67, Union 55 Class 1= Final= Galax 57, Luray 39 ___ Some high school basketball scores provided by Scorestream.com, https://scorestream.com/ Mexico hit by another crushing injury blow as Marcel Ruiz tears ACL and to miss World Cup 03/13/2026 07:20pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — In the span of three days, Mexico has lost two players for the World Cup. Midfielder Marcel Ruiz tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, his club Toluca announced on Friday. The 25-year-old Ruiz injured the joint on Wednesday in a CONCACAF Champions Cup match agai Prosecutor drops vehicular homicide charge against teen charged in death of teacher in prank 03/13/2026 07:18pm • ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia prosecutor has decided to drop charges against a teenager who police say was driving the truck that struck and killed a beloved high school teacher when a prank turned deadly, the teen’s lawyer said. The victim’s family had urged authorities not to compound the tragedy Vermont women beat Maine 61-43 to win a second straight America East Conference championship 03/13/2026 07:18pm • BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Keira Hanson scored 23 points, Malia Lenz posted a double-double and Vermont beat Maine 61-43 on Friday night to win a second straight America East Conference championship and earn an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament. Hanson sank 9 of 13 shots with three 3-pointers for