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$25M lawsuit claims Deshazor Everett, 2 other Washington football players were racing before 2021 fatal crash

Published Sun, 09 Mar 2025 01:18:00 GMT

Attorney Kaveh Noorishad and Deshazor Everett, after the former Washington football player was sentenced in Sept. 2022.(WTOP/Neal Augenstein) Attorney Kaveh Noorishad and Deshazor Everett, after the former Washington football player was sentenced in Sept. 2022.(WTOP/Neal Augenstein) The mother of a woman killed in a 2021 crash while riding in a car driven by former Washington football player Deshazor Everett in Loudoun County, Virginia, has filed a $25 million wrongful death lawsuit against Everett, two current Washington players and a friend.The filing by Kathleen Peters nearly two years after the Dec. 23, 2021 crash that killed her 29-year-old daughter, Olivia Peters, names Everett, Jamin Davis and Benjamin St-J...

Brandon Ingram, Trey Murphy III hit clutch baskets, Pelicans hold off Jazz 112-105

Published Sun, 09 Mar 2025 01:18:00 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Brandon Ingram highlighted a 26-point performance with a 3-pointer that sparked an 8-2 run in the final 2:35, and the New Orleans Pelicans held on for a 112-105 victory over the Utah Jazz on Thursday night.Ingram’s 3 gave New Orleans a 102-98 lead. Soon after, Dyson Daniels went to the floor to grab a loose ball and and delivered a clever bounce pass between a defender’s legs to the perimeter, where Trey Murphy III, who’d missed his first six shots, hit a 3. Larry Nance Jr., playing for the first time in 14 games, followed that with a cutting dunk on a feed from Zion Williamson to make it 107-100.Utah was within 109-105 on Lauri Markkanen’s free throws with 38 seconds left before Murphy put it away with another 3 with 18 seconds to go.Williamson had 21 points and 10 rebounds for his second straight double-double and fifth of the season as the Pelicans outscored the Jazz 62-42 in the paint. CJ McCollum added 22 points for New Orleans, which ...

Isaacs has career-high 28 points, Texas Tech races away from Sam Houston 96-60

Published Sun, 09 Mar 2025 01:18:00 GMT

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Pop Isaacs scored a career-high 28 points and Texas Tech won its fifth straight, rolling past Sam Houston 96-60 on Thursday night. Kerwin Walton added 18 points, Joe Toussaint had 13 and Chance McMillian 11 as the Red Raiders (10-2) had their highest output of the season.Davon Barnes had 18 points for the Bearkats (6-8) and Marcus Boykin added 10.The Red Raiders made 15 of 33 3-point attempts, with Isaacs hitting five and Walton four, and shot 53% overall (42 of 60). They only had seven turnovers while scoring 15 points off 15 Sam Houston miscues. They also had a 16-0 difference in fast-break points.Sam Houston went 6 of 17 behind the arc and shot 39% overall (22 of 57).Toussaint had 10 points in the first half, with four coming on free throws in an 8-0 run that doubled the Red Raiders’ lead to 16 at 41-25. Then in the last minute, Isaacs had consecutive 3-pointers, giving him 16 points and Texas Tech a 48-29 lead.The Red Raiders never trailed but the Bea...

Lowder has 15 as Cleveland State beats Oakland 75-67

Published Sun, 09 Mar 2025 01:18:00 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — Drew Lowder scored 15 points as Cleveland State beat Oakland 75-67 on Thursday night.Lowder also had five steals for the Vikings (9-5, 2-1 Horizon League). Jayson Woodrich added 14 points while finishing 4 of 10 from 3-point range, and he also had six rebounds. Tujautae Williams had 13 points and was 5 of 10 shooting and 3 of 6 from the free throw line.Chris Conway led the way for the Golden Grizzlies (6-8, 1-2) with 14 points, seven rebounds and two blocks. Trey Townsend added 13 points, 12 rebounds and four steals for Oakland. Blake Lampman also had 12 points, two steals and two blocks.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

Leons scores 15, Bradley beats Truman State 69-47

Published Sun, 09 Mar 2025 01:18:00 GMT

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Malevy Leons scored 15 points to help Bradley defeat Truman State 69-47 on Thursday night.Leons also contributed eight rebounds for the Braves (8-5). Duke Deen scored 13 points and added five assists. Darius Hannah shot 5 of 8 from the field to finish with 11 points, while adding nine rebounds and four steals.The Bulldogs were led by Casen Lawrence, who posted 11 points. Landon Eiland added 10 points and two blocks for Truman State. Joe Knutson also had six points and six rebounds.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

Svechnikov and Fast help the Carolina Hurricanes top the Montreal Canadiens 5-3

Published Sun, 09 Mar 2025 01:18:00 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Andrei Svechnikov scored three times and Jesper Fast had two goals, helping Antti Raanta and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-3 on Thursday night.Svechnikov got his fourth goal of the season 1:35 into the first period. He snapped a tie with 6:09 left in the third, and then secured his third career hat trick with an empty-netter with 18.9 seconds to play.Sebastian Aho had four assists for Carolina, and Brent Burns added three assists. The Hurricanes were coming off a 5-2 win at Nashville on Wednesday night.The 34-year-old Raanta made 18 saves in his first NHL game since Dec. 15. He was placed on waivers and completed an assignment in the American Hockey League before being recalled this week. He was the backup for the team’s victory against the Predators.Mitchell Stephens, Mike Matheson and Josh Anderson scored for the Canadiens, who were coming off a five-day holiday break. Cayden Primeau, son of former Hurricanes captain Keith Primeau...

Jokic perfect from field, line for 11th triple-double of the season in win over Grizzlies

Published Sun, 09 Mar 2025 01:18:00 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic was perfect from the field and free throw line, finishing with 26 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists as the Denver Nuggets posted their highest point total of the season in a 142-105 win over the short-handed Memphis Grizzlies on Thursday night.Jokic was 11 for 11 from the field, hit his only 3-point try and went 3 for 3 from the line. The performance followed another near-perfect outing after he converted all 18 free throws Monday in a 120-114 win over Golden State. Nuggets’ Gordon out indefinitely, needs 21 stitches after dog bite: AP source It was the 116th regular-season triple-double of Jokic’s career, and that ranks fourth all-time in NBA history and 22 behind Magic Johnson for third place. Russell Westbrook tops the list with 198, and Oscar Robertson has 181 all-timeJokic went to the bench Thursday after feeding Christian Braun for a dunk with 1:31 left in the third quarter and completing his 11th triple-double of the season.Memphis played without...

Denver migrant encampment near Speer and Zuni to be cleared

Published Sun, 09 Mar 2025 01:18:00 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — With hundreds of migrants arriving in Denver daily, officials are looking for more options to house all of them. Meanwhile, a sweep is planned for an encampment just north of downtown that could displace hundreds.A Denver city official confirmed the sweep of a large area near the encampment at Speer Boulevard and Zuni Street, saying it will clear away anything that obstructs any public space. This comes as the city is offering new services to these migrants."I think I don't have more options," said Juan Carlos, a migrant living in an encampment.Tents are spreading across street blocks around the encampment near Speer and Zuni. On these tents, the city of Denver placed notices alerting folks they will be cleared out starting Jan. 3 in a sweep that will last five days."I think they are planning to give something to us, but the thing is, people don't believe in them," Juan Carlos said. "They don't believe in them."A migrant encampment near Speer Boulevard and Zuni Stree...

‘I’m floating again’: South Florida Onewheel group replaces man’s stolen electric skateboard amid search for thieves

Published Sun, 09 Mar 2025 01:18:00 GMT

A South Florida man is rolling again after thieves swiped his electric skateboard, and he has a local group to thank. Vincent Richardson said he uses his one-wheel as his mode of transportation everywhere he goes. “I do not use my car. I use only my one-wheel; that’s all,” said Richardson. But a routine trip to a Target location in Fort Lauderdale earlier this month was different. Thieves sneaked up on Richardson and took his one-wheel right out of his cart before he got inside. “After he took the board, and I knew that it was gone, depression. I got so depressed, man,” he said. “I’m going like, ‘Man, what am I going to do? I can’t run after him,'” said Richardson. Richardson said he chased after the getaway car, opened the door, and was faced with a knife.The subjects got away with his one-wheel board, which Richardson said costs over $1,500.It’s an amount that, Richardson said, he cannot afford to replace the board....

Crypto Crime: Federal prosecutors take us inside the mysterious, complex world of cryptocurrency cases

Published Sun, 09 Mar 2025 01:18:00 GMT

Tonight, in an exclusive interview, federal prosecutors give us an inside look into the mysterious world of cryptocurrency crime. 7’s Karen Hensel investigatesWhat a difference a year makes.Last December, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested a month after the cryptocurrency exchange he founded collapsed in stunning fashion.Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for Southern District of New York: “This is one of the biggest financial frauds in American history.”Last month, Bankman-Fried was convicted on seven counts of conspiracy and wire fraud. A federal jury found he stole billions of dollars from customers, investors and lenders.Investors like Alex Chernyavsky.Alex Chernyavsky, lost money in FTX collapse: “It looks like it was a big fraud.”The engineer, who is an executive at a manufacturing company in Hollywood, put a lot of money onto the exchange last year.Alex Chernyavsky: “A hundred and fifty, yeah, $150,000.”A hundred and fifty-thousan...