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Purdue stays No. 1 in AP Top 25
Purdue’s unquestioned grip on No. 1 in The associated Press men’s college basketball poll is gone after a weekend loss. That didn’t stop the boilermakers from remaining at the top anyway.
The boilermakers earned 38 of 62 first-place votes in the poll released Monday to remain at No. 1 for a third straight week and seventh time this season. Purdue was the unanimous choice last week, the first for any team this season, before falling at Indiana over the weekend for only its second loss.
Justin Rose wins at Pebble Beach to end 4-year drought
Pebble beach, Calif. – Justin rose had a different set of goals at the start of the year.
His back was starting to become bothersome. His world ranking sank to its lowest point in 13 years. and he had reason to wonder if he would spend the first full week in april somewhere other than augusta National.
all that changed Monday morning when rose capped off a long week at the AT&T Pebble beach Pro-am with three quick birdies and four steady pars that gave him a three-shot victory, his first in four years.
Man City accused of misleading Premier League over finances
Manchester City was accused by the Premier League on Monday of providing misleading information about its finances over a nine-year period when the club was attempting to establish itself as a force in english and european soccer following its takeover by abu dhabi’s ruling family.
The explosive development came after a four-year investigation by the world’s most popular soccer league in the wake of leaked club emails and documents from City officials, published by German magazine der spiegel in 2018. The documents showed the extent of the schemes to allegedly cover up the true source of income in a bid to comply with financial regulations.
The Premier League has financial fair play rules designed to ensure clubs essentially spend what they earn from deals that are assessed for being at legitimate market value. The case could lead to a fine or a worse punishment, like a deduction in points.
Shiffrin’s Beijing lesson helps after another big-race DNF
Meribel, France – Practically the only person not asking Mikaela shiffrin if this was the beijing Olympics all over again was herself.
That’s because the american skier learned so much from that disappointing performance a year ago when she didn’t finish three of her five individual races and didn’t win a medal amid enormous expectations. she was able to quickly compartmentalize another DNF – “did Not Finish” in skiing lingo – on Monday in the opening race of the world championships.
This time, shiffrin straddled the third-to-last gate in the slalom portion of the combined race, ending what had appeared destined to be a gold-medal winning run.