Speaking ahead of the Republican presidential candidate, the former longtime Indiana basketball coach and Ohio State alum said (via Politico): “I know I didn’t go to one of your favorite schools. I went to Ohio State instead of one of your favorite schools.” MORE: Sports figures who support Donald Trump The University of Michigan faithful met the comment with a chorus of boos, to which Knight responded: “I knew you’d give me that, but you know we beat your ass most every time we played you....

Stoops, during an appearance at the Atlanta Touchdown Club on Monday, told those in attendance not to believe rumors that he would come back to coaching — in college or in the NFL. MORE: Mark Stoops offers insight to brother’s retirement “I will say, regardless of what you might hear out there in the papers, if I intended again to coach that would have been part of my statement,” Stoops said Monday (via ESPN)....

Workers at a Dollar General in the small town of Martin discovered the wild feline hanging out in the deodorant aisle. In addition to violating the company’s no-animals-allowed policy, the mask-less bobcat wasn’t following the store’s coronavirus prevention guidelines either. So of course, the cat had to get the boot. Employees at the store contacted the Martin Police Department to come remove the animal from the building, and with the help of a few deputies and Kentucky State Troopers, the bobcat was safely captured and released back into the wild....

That was the case at Charlotte Bobcats media days on Monday, where the second-year player offered a honest assessment of his play as a rookie. He put forth a decent season and produced 9.0 points and 5.8 rebounds from the starting small forward position. But that's not enough for the Bobcats to leave the league's cellar, and, more importantly, that's not enough for Kidd-Gilchrist. MORE: NBA media days photos | Lakers in rebuild mode | Bryant over Howard departure...

Tevez has failed to impress during his time in Shanghai, scoring just four goals in 16 Chinese Super League appearances despite the club making him one of the world’s best paid players. The former Manchester City and Juventus star has been accused of being overweight and had his commitment questioned more than once. His representatives are in negotiations with Shenhua about his future and it remains to be seen whether he will stay in China or indeed be made available for a transfer....

The body of the first girl was spotted outside a condominium in Lauderhill, just outside of Fort Lauderdale, in the afternoon. Lawna Johnson, 51, had been sitting by the water when she spotted the body. “When I got near it, I said, ‘It’s a little girl.’ No shoes on, nothing, just a blouse and some shorts,” Johnson told WSVN. “It shocked me. I froze. I started to cry. I’m just not going to leave it and go away....

And in recent weeks, he has been reported to have stepped up his recovery process with training sessions with the U23s and the Toffees’ main setup. In his first pre-match briefing at the helms of the Goodison Park outfit - and ahead of Sunday’s Merseyside derby against Liverpool - Allardyce stated that the 28-year-old could be near a return to action, given his healing process continues, uninterrupted. “Bolasie has started training with us, which is good news,” Allardyce said....

Making his return to the starting line-up after recovering from a minor injury, Zungu doubled his sides lead in their impressive 2-0 win over Metz at the Stade Saint-Symphorien on Saturday as the Unicorns stretched their unbeaten league run to an impressive six matches. Senegalese attacker Moussa Konate grabbed his fourth of the campaign when he opened the scoring via a header from a Bakaye Dibassy cross in the 29th minute....

There were more than 200,000 reports of YouTube being down late on Tuesday night, according to DownDetector, with more than 95 percent of the problems relating to watching videos. Users reported seeing an Error 429 message or: “This video isn’t available at the selected quality. Try again later.” For some, YouTube was not loading at all. Viewers took to Twitter to share memes and jokes about the platform not working, and popular YouTubers including Boogie 2988 and Jeff Wittek, joined in the fun too, entertaining their fans while their videos were inaccessible....

Updated by the organization annually, the list reflected books that were banned in school districts from July 2021-June 2022, including books that were banned for a limited or indefinite period of time. With titles on the list such as Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, and many other works that tackle racial, women’s, and LGBTQ+ rights issues, it came as a surprise to the founder of Girls Who Code when she read her company’s book series among them....

In that book (265,000 copies sold, 34 weeks on The Boston Globe’s best-seller list), we met MacDonald and his family: matriarch Helen MacDonald King and her 11 offspring, four of whom would be dead by book’s end, with another rendered a vegetable by a drug-addled rooftop fall, which was possibly accidental but possibly not. We learn the story of a man who understands poverty because he has known it and is blessed with an ability to bear witness in plainspoken prose....

Americans are hungrier than ever for their history these days–look at the success of popular historians like David McCullough or the late Stephen Ambrose or filmmaker Ken Burns. Right now, PBS is airing its ambitious eight-hour series “Freedom: A History of Us,” narrated by Katie Couric. And on college campuses, “Inventing America” has become something of a phenomenon. Twenty colleges and universities signed up to teach the book before it even came out last summer....

The recently leaked footage has become the subject of major controversy, sparking conversation on how government officials enforced strict lockdowns on citizens while not abiding by them themselves. Johnson said that he was “furious” at the video. “I apologize unreservedly for the offense that it has caused up and down the country,” the prime minister said at the House of Commons, “and I apologize for the impression it gives.”...

After a long morning skate for his Detroit Red Wings at Madison Square Graden on Wednesday, Brendan Perlini requests a “fun” interview, one that lives up to his expectations. The fun-loving forward casually settles into his stall in the visiting locker room, legs stretched out and a grin on his face. From his calm, collected demeanor, it’s easy to see that Perlini’s in good spirits — as he usually is....

The accordion propels them, the joyous oom-pah that is the heart of Tejano music. It came to these parts with the Czech and German settlers of the 19th century and flourished in the cantinas of the Mexican working class. Now, as men in cowboy shirts swing their partners in front of him, its buoyant fluttering makes Astudillo silly. “Put your hands in the air,” he chants, “and wave ’em like you just don’t care....

After the mercurial Kim tested his nation’s first nuclear device two weeks ago, many in diplomatic circles wondered if Bush would retaliate with more than strong words. Today’s speech left little doubt on that score as the U.S. president said that he was “prepared to strike back with the strongest words ever.” “To Kim Jong-Il, let me say this,” Bush said. “Abandon your nuclear program at once, or you will face the full fury of the United States of America’s harshest rhetoric....

Dortmund, knocked out of the Champions League by Monaco in midweek, left the league’s top scorer Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang on the bench for Saturday’s contest. And it looked as if his services might not be needed when Marco Reus converted a 10th-minute penalty, awarded despite the foul from Mahmoud Dahoud - set to join Dortmund at the end of the season - on Christian Pulisic seeming to take place outside of the area....

On June 15, 2011, the Boston Bruins beat the Vancouver Canucks, 4-0, in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final at Rogers Arena, ending a 39-year championship drought. Accordingly, the Bruins decided to party hard. They celebrated at the Shrine nightclub at Foxwoods Casino, in Mashantucket, Connecticut, and ended up drinking over $156,000 worth of beverages in one night. The picture of the tab was posted many times on social media, including on Reddit, by a user called 5_Frog_Margin, who also added a caption explaining whose tab it was: “The Boston Bruins bar tab from Foxwoods Casino after winning the Stanley Cup 11 years ago....