Новости за 31.03.2017

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Oddsmakers in Las Vegas are predicting that the Chicago Cubs will successfully defend their World Series championship.

Painting a stark picture before the University of Nebraska Board of Regents on Friday, President Hank Bounds said even drastic steps would not close a state funding shortfall expected to exceed $50 million.

iTunes' Official Music Charts for the week ending March 30, 2017:

MIAMI (AP) — Defensive end Dion Jordan was released Friday by the Miami Dolphins, solidifying his status as a draft bust.

DETROIT (AP) — Francine Wilson, whose trial for killing her abusive husband became a landmark spousal abuse case and the subject of the 1984 TV movie "The Burning Bed," has died. She was 69.

Fuse Coworking on Friday announced that is has hired a new executive director.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge says two Major League Baseball players can go ahead with their lawsuit on claims that an Al Jazeera documentary defamed them by linking them to performance-enhancing drugs.

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears have waived defensive lineman Ego Ferguson.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trea Turner joked that no one paid any attention to him when he went out to dinner with Bryce Harper during spring training. Everyone wanted photos with the 2015 NL MVP and ignored last season's runner-up for…

Fantasy baseball season is finally here, and with its arrival, there are a few late moves that should grab your attention.

Ben Victor drove from Boise, Idaho, to Lincoln last week, pulling a trailer behind his pickup truck. Inside the trailer, an 11-foot-tall sculpture of Standing Bear, the Ponca Chief, whose 1879 trial established that Natives are “persons within the meaning…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ruben Amaro Sr., a gold glove shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1960s, has died. He was 81.

With the start of a new season, every big league player gets a clean slate. An unblemished stat sheet.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Rookie center Ivica Zubac will miss the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers' season because of a high ankle sprain.

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Rookie outfielder/first baseman Brock Stassi had an emotional reaction after being named to the Philadelphia Phillies' opening day roster.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's draft drought is about to end in resounding fashion.

PHILADELPHIA — John L. Harrison Jr., who served as a World War II pilot with the famed all-black Tuskegee Airmen, has died. He was 96.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Patrik Elias, the New Jersey Devils' all-time leading scorer, is retiring after a career that spanned almost two decades and included two Stanley Cup titles.

NEW YORK (AP) — Some might say the horror genre is in Oz Perkins' genes.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — One minute, veteran stuntman Steve de Castro was playing dead during filming of the television series "Shooter" at a remote location north of Los Angeles. The next minute, de Castro was run over and dragged by…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Latest on U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke announcing his 2018 U.S. Senate run against Republican incumbent Ted Cruz (all times local):

Oriole Park at Camden Yards was conceived from a humble idea: build an old-fashioned ballpark with modern amenities. Little did the Orioles know their modest home would become an icon of baseball, a revitalizer of downtown Baltimore and the model…

A quarter-century later, Larry Lucchino can be self-deprecating about a vision that ushered in a new era of ballpark construction.

Let's patiently drive into the weekend, as we impatiently wait for the weather to warm up.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Nationals' exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox has been canceled because of rain.