The young Carter won the award for her appearance on her mother’s “Brown Skin Girl,” which was awarded the prize for Best Music Video during the Grammys’ pre-show ceremony. Blue Ivy appears in the video and can be heard on the track. Fans and well-wishers quickly flooded social media after Carter became the second-youngest person to ever win a Grammy. Some joked they were underachieving with their own lives after hearing the news....

Series odds and rotations: The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook lists the Blue Jays as -135 favorites to win the best-of-seven ALCS. Royals bettors are asked to lay +115. Toronto took four of seven versus K.C. this season, outscoring Ned Yost’s men 39-33. The Jays closed as the betting favorite in all but one contest. The Blue Jays have David Price (19-6, 2.66 ERA), who many figured would pitch tonight, and the fiery youngster Marcus Stroman (4-0, 2....

This will be the second launch Blue Origin, a company created by Jeff Bezos will undertake and the weather is expected to be in the rocket’s favor. The original launch was scheduled for Tuesday but was delayed one day due to forecasted winds. Blue Origin’s launch from Houston will be live-streamed on YouTube on PBS News Hour’s channel and the launch is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. local time, which is 10 a....

That streak stayed alive Sunday with a 1-0 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins. Based on the Pens' previous game, a power-play fueled 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday, and the fact that Pittsburgh spent 8:22 with the man advantage against St. Louis, a one-goal game wasn't particularly likely — but there it was. "We were a little desperate," captain David Backes, the game's only goal-scorer, said afterward....

Jackson wore a piece of an Auburn No. 54 jersey (Groves’ number) on his back. MORE: Notable sports deaths of 2016 Groves played for Auburn from 2003-07. He died in Trinidad at age 32 after celebrating his daughter’s birthday. (Source: 247Sports.com)

Olajuwon Johnson, 25, of Bridgeport, has been charged with third-degree arson following an incident at the East End Yacht Club at around 2:30 p.m. on Monday. Scott Appleby, the city’s director of emergency management and emergency communications, told the Fairfield Citizen Bridgeport Police had received reporting a man with a can of gasoline on a boat. The 911 caller reported smelling smoke before noticing that a boat cooler was on fire....

“The tone of it was not what I intended. I intended it as a kind of sarcastic comment about this overall thing where everybody seems to be pointing toward the heavens for every accomplishment, large and small, or even for no accomplishment at all,” Costas told the New York Daily News. “I inadvertently appeared harsh toward Strop. That wasn’t my intention. And so I owe him an apology. And I will apologize to him (Sunday)....

One of the marquee tournaments will take place this weekend, with the Bob Kirk Invitational Showcase tipping off in Cumberland, Maryland from Dec. 8 to Dec. 10. Bishop Walsh School (MD) will play host to the tournament that features other elite high schools such as La Lumiere (IN), Legacy Early College (SC), Montverde Academy (FL), Oak Hill Academy (VA) and Sunrise Christian Academy (KS). There will be plenty of star recruits on display who have already committed to Power 5 schools, giving hoops heads a reason to tune in and see the future of college basketball....

Roush Fenway also announced Tuesday that Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will have his third different crew chief in three years. Stenhouse, who was 19th in the standings in his rookie season and then 27th in 2014, will have former Edwards engineer Nick Sandler as his crew chief. Veteran Greg Biffle will keep Matt Puccia as crew chief. MORE: Osborne back on track, celebrating wins | New faces in new places for 2015...

The jury apparently was convinced by testimony from both the defense and the prosecution that Lorena was a classic case of a battered wife. Her years of abuse, the defense argued, triggered an “irresistible impulse” to–literally–dismember her husband in a moment of temporary insanity. For the jury, the decisive moment may have come when Lorena sobbed, “I felt like my vagina was ripping up,” during one of the frequent times she said her husband forced her to have sex–a charge he has repeatedly denied....

According to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office in Volusia County, Florida, the incident occurred on Tuesday when an officer identified as Deputy Zimmerer “conducted a traffic stop Tuesday afternoon on Howland Boulevard after a black Ford F-150 crossed all lanes of traffic on Howland Boulevard and nearly collided with the deputy.” After Deputy Zimmerer pulled the pick-up truck over, a man, identified as 41-year-old Frank Padilla Velez exited the vehicle. In the body camera footage, Padilla can be seen “behaving erratically, jumping out of his truck then lying down in the roadway,” the police said in a press release....

Phoenix police were alerted to reports of human remains being discovered after a woman riding her bike near Ashler Hills Drive and 40th Street came across the suitcase at about 6:45 a.m. on Saturday. Fox affiliate KVVU-TV reported the woman later returned to the area when there was more daylight and that she found a head and knee sticking out of the bag. It was not revealed how long she had been inside....

Boise State has not been this big of an underdog since visiting Oregon on Sept. 20, 2008. The Broncos also were getting 10 points in that game; they won outright 37-32. The Line: Ole Miss -10.5, Total: 53.5 Line movement: The spread has been back and forth between 10 and 10.5 for the most part, although some books have flashed 9.5. The total has fallen a full 4 points from CG Technology’s initial release of 57....

The U.S. and Colombia play the Western Hemisphere tournament’s opener on June 3 in Santa Clara, Calif. Coach Jurgen Klinsmann has set the semifinals as the goal for his side, which also faces Costa Rica and Paraguay in Group A. MORE: Evaluating U.S. after Colombia | Chandler out, Castillo in | Copa schedule Saturday’s match in Kansas City, Kan., is the third and final friendly for the American side. The Yanks beat Puerto Rico 3-1 and on Wednesday were tested by Ecuador....

The former Jamaican sprinter, who completed a two-day trial at Borussia Dortmund this week, is a supporter of the Albiceleste and is hoping to see his favourite national team in Russia this year. Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero & Co. have a good chance of recovering from their 2014 final defeat when they take to the big show again this year, the eight-time Olympic gold medallist says, but there are other favourites for the ultimate prize....

The Spain international was the only player to sustain significant injuries in the blast, which occurred just prior to the Champions League quarter-final first leg with Monaco. Bartra suffered a fractured right wrist and required surgery to repair the damage, with the procedure going ahead without complications. Watzke: Table affects Tuchel future The 26-year-old has not played since the incident which resulted in the “longest 15 minutes” of his life, but he is now back in training after returning on Friday....

In this new three-man race, Dole’s media strategy – likely to continue in the weeks ahead – comes down to ads arguing that Buchanan is too right wing (“He’s an extremist”) and Alexander too left wing (“He raised taxes in Tennessee”), leaving GOP voters with no other choice than Dole. New Hampshire Gov. Steve Merrill, who helped hobble Steve Forbes earlier this month by distorting the effect of the flat tax on middle-class voters, delivered the right-left punch with a winning smile that will make him attorney general should Dole somehow go all the way....

Bonucci, who signed a new four-and-a-half-year deal this month, saw his world turned upside down when Matteo was taken ill shortly after the Juventus and Italy star returned from Euro 2016. But Bonucci said things were now looking up for his son following a swift recovery from surgery. “[It is] the end of the fear that lasted from July until a few days ago,” Bonucci told La Repubblica. “For Matteo we now often repeat a mantra: you are our champion, you have won the most difficult game....