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Marquette athletic director Bill Scholl plans to retire as he ends a decade-long tenure 05/07/2024 06:12pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) — Marquette athletic director Bill Scholl says he plans to retire and end his decade-long tenure as soon as the school names his successor. Scholl, who took over as Marquette’s athletic director in 2014, announced his decision Tuesday. “It has been an honor to work at such a spe Sports on TV for Wednesday, May 8 05/07/2024 06:00pm • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Wednesday, May 8 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL 5:30 a.m. (Thursday) FS2 — AFL: Melbourne at Carlton COLLEGE BASEBALL 7 p.m. ESPN2 — Penn St. at West Virginia COLLEGE GOLF 3 p.m. GOLF — The PGA Works Collegiate Championships: Final Rou Some colleges that had been permissive of pro-Palestinian protests begin taking a tougher stance 05/07/2024 05:51pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Police cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the University of Chicago on Tuesday after administrators who had initially adopted a permissive approach said the protest had crossed a line and caused growing concerns about safety. University President Paul Alivisatos acknowledg Star guard Kadary Richmond transfers to St. John's from Big East rival Seton Hall 05/07/2024 05:26pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Star guard Kadary Richmond is transferring to St. John's from Seton Hall, staying close to home inside the Big East but switching sides in their Hudson River rivalry. Rated the top player available in the transfer portal, the 6-foot-6 Richmond was a first-team All-Big East selectio Noting campus protests, Democrats are preparing for intense action at their summer convention 05/07/2024 03:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — As pro-Palestinian demonstrations escalate on college campuses around the country, critics of President Joe Biden 's handling of the Israel-Hamas war suggest this summer's Democratic National Convention could be hit by protests and scenes of chaos that undermine his reelection ca Big Ten women's basketball schedule brings USC, UCLA to conference's easternmost schools 05/07/2024 03:52pm • ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — The 14 current Big Ten teams each will play two women's basketball conference games on the West Coast in 2024-25 and incoming members Southern California and UCLA each will play two games at the easternmost schools. The Big Ten announced the breakdown of conference opponen CFL's Chad Kelly suspended at least 9 games after investigation into ex-coach's lawsuit 05/07/2024 03:06pm • TORONTO (AP) — The CFL suspended Toronto Argonauts quarterback Chad Kelly for at least nine regular-season games Tuesday following its investigation into a lawsuit filed by a former strength and conditioning coach against both the player and club. Kelly is also suspended for Toronto’s two presea Met Opera hosts 4 female conductors in landmark week. From its founding to 2016, there were only 4 05/07/2024 02:05pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Oksana Lyniv, Speranza Scappucci, Marin Alsop and Xian Zhang filled their lockers in the guest conductors’ dressing room off the Metropolitan Opera’s orchestra pit. Just four women had led the orchestra from 1883 through 2016, but four took the baton in a landmark week from Apr Colorado adds basketball great Danny Manning to coaching staff as Buffs prepare to rejoin the Big 12 05/07/2024 02:01pm • Colorado coach Tad Boyle is adding basketball great Danny Manning to his coaching staff in a reunion of former Kansas teammates. Boyle and Manning spent a season together with the Jayhawks in 1984-85. Manning would later go on to lead Kansas to the 1988 NCAA championship, an improbable run that ear Oklahoma State hires Olympic gold medalist David Taylor as wrestling coach 05/07/2024 01:40pm • Oklahoma State has hired Olympic gold medalist David Taylor as its wrestling coach to replace John Smith, the school said in a news release Tuesday. Taylor, 33, won gold in the 86-kilogram freestyle class at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 when he beat Iran's Hassan Yazdani. He sought another Olympic slo Money isn't enough to smooth the path for Republican candidates hoping to retake the Senate 05/07/2024 11:01am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated by the seemingly endless cash flowing to Democrats, Republicans aiming to retake the Senate have rallied around candidates with plenty of their own money. The goal is to neutralize Democrats' roughly 2-to-1 financial advantage, among the few bright spots for a party de The yearly memorial march at the former death camp at Auschwitz overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war 05/07/2024 03:00am • OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — Holocaust survivors and survivors of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel were among thousands who took part Monday in the March of the Living, a yearly memorial march at the site of Auschwitz that honors the 6 million Jews killed by Nazi Germany and celebrates the state of Israel. Why voters in southern India are more resistant to Modi's Hindu-centric politics 05/07/2024 12:05am • CHENNAI, India (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi has wielded near-total control over Indian politics since coming to power 10 years ago, with one exception: He has failed to win over the country’s wealthier southern region. Five states across southern India account for roughly 20% of the count Biden recognizes US Military Academy with trophy for besting other service academies in football 05/06/2024 11:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday recognized the United States Military Academy with the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy for besting other service academies in football. Army beat both the U.S. Naval Academy and the U.S. Air Force Academy during last year’s season. The college, based i Tornadoes spotted in Oklahoma as hail pelts Kansas. Forecasts warn more is to come 05/06/2024 11:00pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Tornadoes touched down Monday evening in rural Oklahoma and large hail pelted parts of Kansas as an outbreak of dangerous storms brought the possibility of strong twisters staying on the ground for many miles. Forecasters have issued a rare high-risk weather warning for the tw