Raymond Hicks 
Hailey Van Lith led Louisville past Ole Miss on Friday night to reach their fifth-straight Elite Eight. (Kirby Lee/USA Today) Ole Miss’ impressive run in the NCAA tournament has come to an end. Hailey Van Lith and No. 5 Louisville shut down the Rebels 72-62 on Friday night in their Sweet 16 matchup at Climate … Read more
Marcus Carr (5) and Texas are headed to the Elite Eight after running past Xavier in the Sweet 16 on Friday in Kansas City, Mo. (William Purnell-USA TODAY Sports) Texas hit its stride early on Friday night and never looked back. The second-seeded Longhorns overwhelmed No. 3 Xavier in an 83-71 win in the final … Read more
These days, Keyontae Johnson has a permanent smile on his face. He’s living out a dream that at several points seemed unrealistic, never mind unlikely. A little over 27 months ago, the star forward collapsed on the court while playing for Florida. On Saturday, he hopes to lead third-seeded Kansas State to the Final Four … Read more
Netflix has announced new series “Ooku: The Inner Chambers,” the first anime adaptation of a hit Japanese manga by Yoshinaga Fumi. At the ongoing Anime Japan convention in Tokyo, the streamer also unveiled “Yakitori: Soldiers of Misfortune,” another anime series, adapted from a military sci-fi novel by Carlo Zen and set to upload in May. … Read more
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Kyle Palmieri didn’t mince words. “[We] didn’t really come ready to play,” he said following the Islanders’ disappointing 5-4 overtime defeat Friday night to the last-place Blue Jackets. After the Islanders put themselves in a 4-2 hole through the first two periods, and needed to scratch and claw to leave Columbus with … Read more
Intel Corp co-founder Gordon Moore, a pioneer in the semiconductor industry whose “Moore’s Law” predicted a steady rise in computing power for decades, died Friday at the age of 94, the company announced. Intel and Moore’s family philanthropic foundation said he died surrounded by family at his home in Hawaii. Co-launching Intel in 1968, Moore was … Read more
(Bloomberg) — The revelation that about $2 million of “nickel” on the London Metal Exchange was actually just bags of stones has thrown a spotlight on the sprawling web of warehouses and metal stashes underpinning the billions of dollars of derivatives traded daily on the LME. Most Read from Bloomberg Over the past week, warehouse … Read more
Ahead of their 12-year wedding anniversary on Sunday, Oscar-winning actor Reese Witherspoon and her talent-agent husband Jim Toth decided to end their marriage. They announced the news in a joint statement on Friday. “We have some personal news to share… It is with a great deal of care and consideration that we have made the … Read more
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