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Dissecting the Washington Wizards' deal with Dallas to deliver Anthony Davis to DC 02/05/2026 03:12pm • The Washington Wizards turned heads this week by using their magic wand to make a major deal right before the NBA's trade deadline. The eight-player swap includes five draft picks and yields D.C. a 10-time All Star in Dallas forward Anthony Davis. Perhaps just as notable, the Wizards' young core Austin Hays looking to play every day with the Chicago White Sox 02/05/2026 02:55pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Healthy again, Austin Hays is looking to make the most of a new opportunity with the Chicago White Sox. Hays heads to spring training as a regular outfielder for Chicago after finalizing a $6 million, one-year contract on Wednesday. He is expected to play right or left field for the Knicks acquiring Jose Alvarado from Pelicans as McBride heads for surgery, AP source says 02/05/2026 02:54pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The New York Knicks are acquiring guard Jose Alvarado from the New Orleans Pelicans, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Thursday. The New York native should immediately step into a big role, as guard Deuce McBride is headed for surgery on a sports hern Teen sensation Connor Zilisch is the most hyped NASCAR rookie since possibly Jeff Gordon 02/05/2026 02:39pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� As sleet pelted Bowman Gray Stadium during NASCAR���s preseason warm-up race, multiple drivers complained about poor visibility and the wet track conditions. One of them ��� the youngest driver in the field ��� hit the button on his radio and grumbled it was time to get back FIFA reports a record of 5,973 international transfers in January window 02/05/2026 02:36pm • ZURICH (AP) ��� A record number of 5,973 international transfers were recorded in the January trading window for men���s soccer, according to a FIFA report released Thursday. That marks a 3% increase from the previous year in cross-border deals between clubs in different countries, where the transac Sporting Kansas City signs 15-year-old Zamir Loyo Reynaga, hoping he'll debut in the MLS in 2027 02/05/2026 02:30pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ��� Sporting Kansas City has signed 15-year-old midfielder Zamir Loyo Reynaga, putting him on a trajectory for a 2027 MLS debut. The MLS Next Pro deal will send Loyo Reynaga to Sporting KC II this season with the likelihood he joins the first team next year. The contract runs t Bessent says it would be up to Trump whether to sue his Fed nominee over interest rates 02/05/2026 02:24pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says it would be ���up to the president��� to decide whether or not to sue Kevin Warsh, Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, if he fails to lower interest rates. During remarks at a private black-tie dinner of the elite Alfalfa Club Chairman of prominent law firm Paul Weiss resigns after release of emails linking him to Epstein 02/05/2026 01:58pm • Brad Karp, chairman of one of the country���s most prestigious law firms, has resigned from his position after the release of emails revealing his exchanges with Jeffrey Epstein, a high-profile departure in the fallout among those with ties to the late convicted sex offender. A statement Wednesday f Vance says the Olympics are 'one of the few things' that unite Americans 02/05/2026 01:16pm • MILAN (AP) ��� U.S. Vice President JD Vance arrived in Milan with his family Thursday, telling U.S. athletes competing in the Milan Cortina Winter Games that the competition ���is one of the few things that unites the entire country" before taking his family to see a hockey game. It's the first stop Top NHL prospect and Penn State freshman Gavin McKenna charged with felony assault 02/05/2026 12:02pm • STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) ��� Penn State hockey star Gavin McKenna, a freshman center and the presumptive top pick in this summer's NHL draft, has been charged with felony assault for allegedly breaking a man's jaw and knocking out a tooth in an altercation last weekend. McKenna twice punched the 21-y A timeline of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and the fight to make the government���s files public 02/05/2026 11:53am • For much of two decades, police, FBI agents and prosecutors investigated allegations that Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused underage girls. Now, the Justice Department has released much of what they found to the public. The millions of documents comprise the most detailed look yet at the inner working Forward Serge Gnabry extends Bayern Munich contract until June 2028 02/05/2026 11:40am • MUNICH, Germany (AP) ��� Bayern Munich forward Serge Gnabry signed a new contract that will keep him at the German powerhouse until June 2028. The Germany international's previous deal was set to expire after this season. The 30-year-old Gnabry has scored 100 goals and contributed 69 assists in his US Olympic leaders in Milan set goals to be respectful guests and good team players 02/05/2026 10:58am • MILAN (AP) ��� Show respect. Be humble and a good Olympic partner. Keep Team USA athletes safe. United States Olympic leaders set out goals Thursday for the Milan Cortina Winter Games that arrive during what they acknowledged is ���a period of geopolitical turmoil.��� The days before the opening cer MLB players strike deal to be turned into AI characters that can chat with fans 02/05/2026 10:19am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Major League Baseball players have agreed to let a tech company create AI characters of themselves that can chat and interact with fans. Under an agreement announced Thursday between Genies and MLB Players Inc., the business affiliate of the players' association, AI avatars of top Europe's central bank maintains interest rate with economic growth resilient 02/05/2026 09:52am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) ��� The European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged Thursday as the economy in the 21 countries that use the euro chugs past the disruption from U.S. President Donald Trump���s tariffs with modest yet resilient growth. The bank left its benchmark deposit rate at 2%, w