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Suspect arrested in Florida shooting that injured Auburn RB Brian Battie and killed his brother 05/22/2024 04:20pm • SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — A Sarasota man has been charged with murder in a shooting that killed the brother of Auburn running back Brian Battie and injured Battie and three other men. The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office arrested Darryl Bernard Brookins on Wednesday as a suspect in the weekend shootin TNT Sports will begin airing College Football Playoff games this upcoming season through a sublicense with ESPN 05/22/2024 04:15pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — TNT Sports will begin airing College Football Playoff games this upcoming season through a sublicense with ESPN. Penn State tops No. 1 seed Illinois 8-4 for the Illini's 8th straight loss at the Big Ten Tournament 05/22/2024 04:03pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Adam Cecere hit a home run and made a highlight catch, J.T. Marr added three hits and No. 8 seed Penn State beat top-seeded Illinois 8-4 on Wednesday for the Illini's eighth straight loss at the Big Ten Tournament. Illinois was coming off a weekend series sweep at Purdue to help New Big Ten schools will make at least 1 appearance on Fox's Friday night college football package 05/22/2024 03:52pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Each of the Big Ten Conference's new West Coast schools will make at least one appearance this coming season on Fox Sports' “College Football Friday” package. The 12-game schedule includes nine Big Ten matchups. Oregon, Southern California, UCLA and Washington will have a Chiefs' Mahomes: Butker entitled to his beliefs, even though the QB doesn't always agree with him 05/22/2024 03:47pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes said Wednesday that while he doesn't agree with all the beliefs espoused by kicker Harrison Butker during a recent commencement address, the Chiefs quarterback nevertheless respects his teammate's right to make them be known. Butker delivered what has become $100 million for equity: MacArthur Foundation's new big bet and mandate 05/22/2024 03:23pm • The MacArthur Foundation will let loose another $100 million to a single project in the third installation of its global 100&Change competition, which for the first time requires applicants to address diversity, equity, and inclusion issues, the foundation announced Wednesday. The first 100& Didawick hits 23rd homer to tie Virginia's single-season record and the Cavaliers blank Georgia Tech 05/22/2024 03:08pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Harrison Didawick hit his 23rd home run to tie Virginia's single-season record, and the fourth-seeded Cavaliers beat ninth-seeded Georgia Tech 13-0 in seven innings on Wednesday in the ACC Tournament. Virginia (41-14), which has reached the 40-win plateau for the 14th time i David Patrick steps down as Sacramento State head coach to join LSU's staff as associate head coach 05/22/2024 02:56pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — David Patrick has stepped down as Sacramento State’s men's basketball head coach to take a job as LSU’s associate head coach. Sacramento State announced Wednesday that Patrick had departed. The Big Sky Conference school also announced that Michael Czepil, who had been Editorial Roundup: United States 05/22/2024 02:39pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: May 17 The Washington Post on Trump's promises of tax cuts and deregulation Even after all the alarming antics former president Donald Trump has engaged in over the past decade, it was jarring to learn what he said to about two dozen o Jared Jones and Tommy White each hit a grand slam to set an SEC Tournament record in LSU's win 05/22/2024 02:22pm • HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Jared Jones and Tommy White each blasted a grand slam to set an SEC Tournament record and defending national champion LSU beat Kentucky 11-0 in eight innings on Wednesday. LSU became the first team in 607 SEC Tournament games to hit multiple grand slams in the same game. Jones Lara Trump is taking the reins and reshaping the RNC in her father-in-law’s image 05/22/2024 02:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The direction of the Republican National Committee is clear from the last name of its new second-in-command: Trump. “My No. 1 goal is making sure that Donald Trump is the 47th president,” said Lara Trump, the RNC co-chair, in an Associated Press interview. It’s one more ste Jenni Fitzgerald, longtime Iowa women's basketball assistant, follows Lisa Bluder into retirement 05/22/2024 02:14pm • IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Assistant coach Jenni Fitzgerald, who worked for 32 years on Lisa Bluder's staffs at Drake and Iowa, announced her retirement Wednesday. Fitzgerald follows Bluder into retirement rather than continue on the staff of new Iowa coach Jan Jensen, who was her teammate at Drake fr Boerema pitches a 7-hitter for his first 9-inning complete game and Kansas State beats West Virginia 05/22/2024 01:49pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Owen Boerema pitched a seven-hitter for the first nine-inning complete game of his career and No. 6 seed Kansas State beat fourth-seeded West Virginia 8-4 on Wednesday in the Big 12 Tournament. Kansas State (32-23) advances to play in another elimination game on Thursday. W How the nominee for Montgomery Co. police chief plans to bulk up the force 05/22/2024 01:46pm • Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich has once again looked within the Maryland county's police department when choosing his nominee for police chief, tapping Assistant Chief Marc Yamada, a 35-year veteran of the force. If confirmed by the county council, Yamada will replace Marcus Jones, who  Underdog story: Florida returns to the NCAA women's lacrosse final four for the 1st time since 2012 05/22/2024 01:46pm • GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Amanda O’Leary opened the clothing box, pulled out a few items and got a clear picture of the challenge ahead. The first batch of “Florida Lacrosse” gear she ordered in 2007 arrived with an error. It was an honest mistake: the printer assumed O’Leary wanted “LaCr