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Liberty and Tennessee State meet for non-conference showdown

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:27 GMT

Tennessee State Tigers (6-4) at Liberty Flames (7-3)Lynchburg, Virginia; Wednesday, 8 p.m. ESTBOTTOM LINE: Kinyon Hodges and the Tennessee State Tigers take on Kyle Rode and the Liberty Flames in non-conference action.The Flames have gone 3-1 in home games. Liberty is 7-1 in games decided by 10 points or more.The Tigers are 1-3 on the road. Tennessee State is third in the OVC scoring 76.1 points per game and is shooting 44.2%.Liberty makes 48.1% of its shots from the field this season, which is 5.2 percentage points higher than Tennessee State has allowed to its opponents (42.9%). Tennessee State has shot at a 44.2% rate from the field this season, 1.1 percentage points above the 43.1% shooting opponents of Liberty have averaged.TOP PERFORMERS: Rode is shooting 38.2% from beyond the arc with 2.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Flames, while averaging 13.6 points. Kaden Metheny is shooting 44.2% and averaging 12.2 points for Liberty.EJ Bellinger is shooting 44.7% from beyond the arc...

Monmouth visits Seton Hall after Richmond’s 21-point game

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:27 GMT

Monmouth Hawks (5-4) at Seton Hall Pirates (5-4)Newark, New Jersey; Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. ESTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Pirates -14.5; over/under is 142BOTTOM LINE: Seton Hall faces the Monmouth Hawks after Kadary Richmond scored 21 points in Seton Hall’s 70-63 loss to the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.The Pirates are 5-1 in home games. Seton Hall averages 10.9 turnovers per game and is 2-4 when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents.The Hawks have gone 1-3 away from home. Monmouth gives up 74.8 points to opponents while being outscored by 1.8 points per game.Seton Hall’s average of 5.3 made 3-pointers per game is 3.6 fewer made shots on average than the 8.9 per game Monmouth gives up. Monmouth averages 7.9 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.2 fewer makes per game than Seton Hall allows.TOP PERFORMERS: Richmond is shooting 49.1% and averaging 15.8 points for the Pirates. Al-Amir Dawes is averaging 11.8 points for Seton Hall.Xander Rice is averaging 20.1 points and 3.8 assis...

UNC Asheville Bulldogs play the Auburn Tigers

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:27 GMT

Auburn Tigers (6-2) vs. UNC Asheville Bulldogs (5-5)Huntsville, Alabama; Wednesday, 8 p.m. ESTBOTTOM LINE: The UNC Asheville Bulldogs play the Auburn Tigers in Huntsville, Alabama.The Bulldogs have a 5-5 record against non-conference oppponents. UNC Asheville is second in the Big South scoring 84.4 points while shooting 45.6% from the field.The Tigers are 6-2 in non-conference play. Auburn ranks second in the SEC with 19.1 assists per game led by Tre Donaldson averaging 3.4.UNC Asheville averages 9.0 made 3-pointers per game, 3.7 more made shots than the 5.3 per game Auburn gives up. Auburn averages 7.8 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.6 more makes per game than UNC Asheville allows.TOP PERFORMERS: Drew Pember is scoring 18.1 points per game with 7.2 rebounds and 3.3 assists for the Bulldogs. Fletcher Abee is averaging 13.3 points and 1.8 rebounds while shooting 44.6% for UNC Asheville.Aden Holloway averages 2.5 made 3-pointers per game for the Tigers, scoring 12.3 points whi...

MDFR extinguishes dock blaze at Grand Beach Hotel Bay Harbor

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:27 GMT

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue (MDFR) prevented a potential disaster as they extinguished a fire at the Grand Beach Hotel Bay Harbor. The incident occurred just before 10:30 p.m. Monday, with units dispatched to 9601 E Bay Harbor Drive in Bay Harbor Islands.The fire was confined to a dock situated behind the hotel, according to information provided by MDFR. Fortunately, the blaze did not escalate to the main building, and there were no reported injuries.The cause of the dock fire is under investigation.

Florida authorities issue missing child alert for 12-year-old boy

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:27 GMT

DAVENPORT, Fla. (WSVN) — Authorities in Florida have issued a Missing Child Alert for a 12-year-old boy. Mason Miller, was last seen on Monday in the vicinity of the 2100th block of Derwent Drive in Davenport, Florida.Mason Miller, a White-Hispanic male, is currently 12 years old, stands at 5 feet, 5 inches tall, and weighs approximately 100 pounds. Mason has black hair and brown eyes.At the time of his disappearance, Mason was wearing a blue shirt, black basketball shorts, and black Crocs. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) is urging the public, specifically residents in and around Polk County, to report any information that could aid in locating Miller.The FDLE Hotline can be reached at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678).

Georgians say they want to join Europe, but not like this

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:27 GMT

TBILISI, Georgia — If all goes as expected, Georgia will take the first step on the long road of joining the European Union this week.  But even for those in the former Soviet country who have spent decades working for just this moment, now that it has come, it is at best bittersweet. “The problem is not technical, it’s fundamental,” former Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili wrote from prison in a note to POLITICO.  “Georgia is a state seized by one oligarch controlled from Moscow,” he added. He’s referring to Bidzina Ivanishvili, a former prime minister and billionaire businessman who made his money in Russia and is widely seen to be pulling the strings of the ruling Georgia Dream party he founded. Although Saakashvili, who is serving a six-year prison sentence for “abuse of power,” may be a controversial figure, his view is widespread among the country’s pro-EU camp. The issue is timely as European leaders gathering in ...

State Extends Food Benefit To Legal Immigrants

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:27 GMT

The Legislature and Gov. Maura Healey last week quietly restored a policy to offer state-funded food benefits for immigrants who are in the U.S. legally, but who are not citizens.The benefits expansion authorized in a $3.1 billion spending bill will cost about $6 million, which advocates say will last seven months.Massachusetts used to be one of six states that offered Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to all legal immigrants who met the program’s income requirements. The state halted funding for the program after five years in 2002, and other five states offer these benefits.With the influx of thousands of new immigrants into Massachusetts over the past year, immigration and anti-homelessness advocates called for the state to again expand food benefits for low-income populations who are excluded from federal benefit programs.“This is going to be huge for our families. This is going to be such a relief for many of them because they’re dealin...

32-year old woman who enrolled in Boston high schools due in court today

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:27 GMT

A Canton woman authorities say posed as a teenage girl inside multiple Boston school is set to be arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court Tuesday.School officials say that at various points during the 2022-2023 school year, Shelby Hewitt, 32, of Canton attended the Jeremiah E. Burke High School, Brighton High School, and English High School.A former DCF social worker, allegedly presented Boston Public Schools officials with documents that falsified her birth date and used multiple pseudonyms to enroll in the schools.Hewitt is being charged with three counts of forgery, two counts of common law forgery, one count of uttering, and one count of larceny over $1200.

Battenfeld: New Boston police contract makes key reforms — except for transparency

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:27 GMT

Mayor Michelle Wu’s new contract with Boston police officers makes big strides on issues like pay, discipline and details but misses on one key aspect of reform: transparency.Wu needs to make public responsiveness a bigger priority to hold police more accountable not just to the media but to ordinary citizens and community leaders who pay the tab for the $82 million, five-year contract.Transparency should be a cornerstone of reform – which is what the Wu administration says the contract finally achieves. The idea is to pull the veil back and let the public in.The City Council is slated to take up the new contract on Wednesday with a hearing scheduled a day before on Tuesday.In an interview with the Herald, Wu said she was “happy with every part of the contract” that for the first time in the city’s history has reform as one of its main objectives – not just financial compensation.“This is a contract that reflects progress on every area we identified,” she said. “If you just treat th...

Pitcher with ‘The Rookie’-esque story among Red Sox non-roster invitees for spring training

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:27 GMT

The Red Sox added seven non-roster invitees to their spring training roster on Monday.Pitchers Jorge Benitez, Cam Booser, Frank German, and Helcris Olivarez, infielder Jamie Westbrook, outfielder Mark Contreras, and IF/OF Eddy Alvarez will have a chance to prove themselves in Fort Myers, Fla.The Red Sox signed left-handers Olivarez, 23, and Benitez, 24, in November and assigned them both to Triple-A Worcester. They previously pitched in the Colorado Rockies and Seattle Mariners organizations, respectively. Benitez just posted a 1.95 ERA over 45 appearances between High-A and Double-A, while shoulder surgery cost Olivarez most of the ‘22 season and all of ‘23.Westbrook, 28, was originally the Arizona Diamondbacks’ fifth-round pick in 2013, but most recently played second base in the New York Yankees’ organization. He hit .294 with a .897 OPS and 121 hits, including 20 doubles and 21 home runs, in 117 Triple-A games for them this season.If German’s name rings a bell, it’s because he a...