• Thousands of Afghans wait at U.S. bases after frantic evacuation

    Thousands of Afghans wait at U.S. bases after frantic evacuation

    Dec 08, 2021 04:42 PM EDT

    ... installation, where refugees stay in brick buildings previously used as barracks or in sprawling tent-like prefabricated structures. There are fields for soccer, courts for basketball and cavernous warehouses where refugees receive clothes and other supplies. There are also classrooms for the children, who make up about 40% of the ...

  • Dozens of suburban Detroit schools close amid threats after high school shooting

    Dozens of suburban Detroit schools close amid threats after high school shooting

    Dec 02, 2021 11:30 PM EDT

    ... statewide? Michael F. Rice: I don't think metal detectors, as a rule, are the answer. They may help you at a ball game, a basketball game, a football game. But for day-to-day work in and around schools, I don't think that they're the answer. The ...

  • Brooks and Capehart on new COVID-19 variant, inflation, Ahmaud Arbery verdict

    Brooks and Capehart on new COVID-19 variant, inflation, Ahmaud Arbery verdict

    Nov 26, 2021 11:30 PM EDT

    ... first time since COVID, so extended family, my oldest friend in the world and his kids. And so what I was grateful for, we played basketball, and I got clobbered. (LAUGHTER) David Brooks: We played ping-pong, and I got clobbered. And I got clobbered in every competitive thing. You ...

  • New book dives into problematic treatment of Black players, staff in professional sports

    New book dives into problematic treatment of Black players, staff in professional sports

    Nov 24, 2021 11:30 PM EDT

    And several of my African-American colleagues, Kevin Blackistone, Michael Wilbon, said the same thing to me. I can't claim to understand the black experience, but I can't claim to understand what it's like to be a big-time college basketball coach, and I have written about ...

  • China tennis star's email raises doubt over safety concerns

    China tennis star's email raises doubt over safety concerns

    Nov 18, 2021 05:03 PM EDT

    ... it." The WTA can better afford to bring pressure since it is less dependent on income from China than the IOC or the NBA. The basketball league lost an estimated $400 million in broadcast rights when China blacked out its games in the 2019-2020 season after then-Houston Rockets ...

  • In memo, NBA tells players and coaches to act on booster shots

    In memo, NBA tells players and coaches to act on booster shots

    Nov 12, 2021 08:47 PM EDT

    ... told teams Friday in a memo, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press. Earlier in the week, the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association said they were recommending the booster shots be received by those who are fully vaccinated, suggesting that it get done by Dec ...

  • Max Cleland, former Georgia senator and a veteran who lost limbs in Vietnam, dies at 79

    Max Cleland, former Georgia senator and a veteran who lost limbs in Vietnam, dies at 79

    Nov 09, 2021 05:31 PM EDT

    ... scene who was sobbing uncontrollably and saying, “It was my grenade, it was my grenade.” Before Vietnam, Cleland had been an accomplished college swimmer and basketball player, standing 6-foot-2 and beginning to develop an interest in politics. Returning home a triple-amputee, Cleland recalled being depressed and worried ...

  • WATCH: Republican Glenn Youngkin speaks after winning Virginia governor's race

    WATCH: Republican Glenn Youngkin speaks after winning Virginia governor's race

    Nov 03, 2021 04:12 PM EDT

    ... A former co-CEO at the Carlyle Group with a lanky, 6′6″ build that once made him a reserve forward on Rice University’s basketball team, Youngkin poured vast amounts of his personal fortune into a campaign that spent more than $59 million. Favoring fleece vests, Youngkin sought to ...

  • Republican Glenn Youngkin wins election for governor in Virginia

    Republican Glenn Youngkin wins election for governor in Virginia

    Nov 03, 2021 11:58 AM EDT

    ... A former co-CEO at the Carlyle Group with a lanky, 6′6″ build that once made him a reserve forward on Rice University's basketball team, Youngkin poured vast amounts of his personal fortune into a campaign that spent more than $59 million. Favoring fleece vests, Youngkin sought to ...

  • NYC requiring vaccine for cops, firefighters, city workers

    NYC requiring vaccine for cops, firefighters, city workers

    Oct 20, 2021 02:20 PM EDT

    ... show proof of vaccination to eat indoors at restaurants or to attend sporting events — or even play in them. One of the city's biggest basketball stars, Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving, has been banned from playing or practicing for refusing to get the vaccine. In barring the seven-time ...