Lexington, KY (SportsNetwork.com) – Kentucky has rewarded men’s head basketball coach John Calipari with a new seven-year contract worth a total of $52.5 million plus incentives. The new seven-year pact replaces the eight-year deal Calipari inked back in June of 2011 and will keep the 55-year-old bench boss under contract …
Read More »SAN ANTONIO – Kayla McBride scored 21 points, Jayne Appel tied a franchise record with 20 rebounds, and the San Antonio Stars beat the Los Angeles Sparks 82-76 on Sunday. Sophia Young-Malcolm and Danielle Robinson had 14 points apiece, and Jia Perkins added 12 for San Antonio (14-18), which pulled …
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Johns Creek, GA – Louisville, KY (SportsNetwork.com) – There a couple of names in the top 10 on the leaderboard at the PGA Championship that may not ring a bell to most people. The man in second place after 54 holes fits that criteria. Bernd Wiesberger is making his fourth …
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INDIANAPOLIS – Joao Barbosa won the Brickyard Grand Prix on Friday night, stretching his fuel to the limit in the IMSA TUDOR United SportsCar Championship race. Barbosa, teaming with Christian Fittipaldi in the Action Express Racing No. 5 Corvette DP, finished 48.964 seconds ahead of Scott Pruett in the 2-hour, …
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MINNEAPOLIS – The Minnesota Timberwolves have waived Ukrainian center Kyrylo Fesenko. The Timberwolves announced the move on Monday. Fesenko played in one preseason game and only managed three minutes. He was hoping to earn a spot with the Wolves or another team so he could bring his family over to …
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Starkville, MS (SportsNetwork.com) – The top-ranked Mississippi State Bulldogs will attempt to continue their undefeated run atop the SEC Western Division standings on Saturday afternoon when they host the Arkansas Razorbacks at Davis Wade Stadium. It’s been a tale of two seasons for Arkansas in 2014. On one hand, it …
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UNITED NATIONS – A new United Nations report says the world’s number of asylum claims is at its highest in 22 years, with fleeing Syrians and Iraqis leading the way. The report by the U.N. refugee agency released Thursday estimates that applications for asylum in industrialized countries reached 866,000 last …
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LONDON – Audio tapes in which the man identified as “Jihadi John” complains about scrutiny from British intelligence services have been broadcast in Britain. The tapes contained a man identified as Mohammed Emwazi describing to the Muslim advocacy group CAGE his encounters with British agents in 2009. They were played …
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SKOPJE, Macedonia – An opposition politician in Macedonia who ran in the presidential election last year has filed a lawsuit against the government, claiming he was the victim of a major illegal wiretapping operation. Stevo Pendarovski, and four officials from his Social Democratic and allied left-wing parties, filed lawsuits Thursday, …
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BEIJING – A Chinese women’s rights group says five feminist activists remain in police custody after authorities detained at least eight activists across the country in the run-up to International Women’s Day. Women Center board member Lu Jun said Monday that the detained activists include Li Tingting, Wei Tingting, Wang …
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