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George Mallory's last letter from Everest said odds of reaching the top were '50 to 1 against us' 04/22/2024 11:13pm • In his final letter to his wife before he vanished on Mount Everest a century ago, George Mallory tried to ease her worries even as he said his chances of reaching the world's highest peak were “50 to 1 against us." The letter, digitized for the first time and published online Monday by his Cambri 12 Ways to Achieve a Happy Retirement 04/22/2024 08:00pm • What makes people happiest in retirement? The answer will vary from person to person, but there are strategies you can use to increase your odds of retiring happy. While health conditions and living situations can change, you have many opportunities to create your own path and make the most of your NCAA ratifies immediate eligibility for athletes no matter how many times they switch schools 04/22/2024 06:11pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — NCAA athletes are now eligible to play immediately no matter how many times they transfer — as long as they meet academic requirements — after the association fast-tracked legislation to fall in line with a recent court order. The Division I Board of Directors formally rati Jac Caglianone's 9-game HR streak ties record. It's one of few bright spots in Gators' tough season 04/22/2024 05:54pm • Florida's Jac Caglianone continues to shine in what otherwise has been a dismal season by the program's lofty standards. The two-way star and projected top-five pick in the 2024 Major League Baseball draft tied the NCAA record when he homered for a ninth straight game in a loss at Vanderbilt on Frid Biden marks Earth Day by going after GOP, announcing $7 billion in federal solar power grants 04/22/2024 05:52pm • TRIANGLE, Virginia (AP) — President Joe Biden marked Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal grants for residential solar projects serving 900,000-plus households in low- and middle-income communities — while criticizing Republicans who want to gut his policies to address climate change. Forward Cody Williams declares for the NBA draft after a single season at Colorado 04/22/2024 05:37pm • DENVER (AP) — Cody Williams, a five-star recruit who played at Colorado for his freshman season, announced on social media Monday that he is entering the NBA draft. The 19-year-old forward from Arizona averaged 11.9 points and three rebounds as he helped the Buffaloes earn a spot in the NCAA Tour Man charged with hate crime for vandalizing Islamic center at Rutgers, prosecutors say 04/22/2024 05:26pm • NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A man accused of vandalizing an Islamic center at New Jersey’s flagship university on the Muslim holiday of Eid-al-Fitr has been charged with a hate crime, federal prosecutors announced Monday. Jacob Beacher, 24, of North Plainfield, faces single counts of intentional Matt Ryan calls it a career. The quarterback officially announces his retirement 04/22/2024 05:22pm • FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — On the very first pass of his very first NFL minicamp, Matt Ryan delivered a wobbly throw that left his new Atlanta Falcons teammates shaking their heads. They couldn't help but wonder if the team made a huge mistake drafting this skinny kid out of Boston College with th Judge orders Florida State and the Atlantic Coast Conference to mediation in latest legal round 04/22/2024 04:25pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Tallahassee judge has ordered Florida State and the Atlantic Coast Conference to enter mediation in hopes of settling a high-profile lawsuit that could dramatically impact the future of the league. Judge John C. Cooper technically approved the ACC’s motion to dismiss M Commanders draft preview: Best — and bust — picks at the Burgundy and Gold's 2024 selection spots 04/22/2024 04:00pm • The new Washington Commanders era continues to take shape Thursday with the NFL draft. This year's nine selections — should they keep them all and not trade any — are the most the franchise has had since 2021, when they had 10 picks. Don't confuse quantity for quality, though. The 2021 draft PEN America calls off awards ceremony amid criticism over its response to Israel-Hamas war 04/22/2024 03:37pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Facing widespread unhappiness over its response to the Israel-Hamas war, the writers’ group PEN America has called off its annual awards ceremony. Dozens of nominees had dropped out of the event, which was to have taken place next week. PEN, a literary and free expression organiz Sports on TV for Tuesday, April 23 04/22/2024 03:00pm • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Tuesday, April 23 COLLEGE BASEBALL 7 p.m. ESPNU — Clemson at Georgia SECN — Houston at Texas A&M 9 p.m. PAC-12N — UC Irvine at UCLA COLLEGE SOFTBALL 5 p.m. BTN — Iowa at Nebraska 7 p.m. ACCN — Virginia at Virginia Tech 7:3 Ex-Nebraska women's basketball assistant coach denies sexual involvement with player who sued 04/22/2024 02:19pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Former Nebraska women's basketball assistant coach Chuck Love denied ever having a sexual relationship with former Cornhuskers player Ashley Scoggin but acknowledged in a court document that he did meet with her late at night in a Lincoln parking lot. Scoggin in February filed a Children of Flint water crisis make change as young environmental and health activists 04/22/2024 02:18pm • FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Their childhood memories are still vivid: warnings against drinking or cooking with tap water, enduring long lines for cases of water, washing from buckets filled with heated, bottled water. And for some, stomach aches, skin rashes and hair loss. Ten years ago in Flint — Apri Children of Flint water crisis make change as young environmental and health activists 04/22/2024 01:08pm • Their childhood memories are vivid: warnings against drinking or cooking with tap water, enduring long lines for cases of water, washing from buckets filled with heated, bottled water. But the children of the Flint water crisis — set in motion April 25, 2014, when the city began drawing water fro