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The Big South Conference on Monday reaffirmed its decision to conduct a 2021 spring football season for the five members that committed their intentions to play a spring schedule. The teams competing are Charleston Southern, Gardner-Webb, Kennesaw State, Monmouth and

Vice President Mike Pence listens during a briefing about the upcoming presidential inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, at FEMA headquarters, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Vice President

Coach Roy Williams and the Tar Heels fell to 8-5 on the season with a loss at Florida State. (Gerry Broome / AP Photo) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — M.J. Walker scored 20 points, Raiquan Gray added a career-high 19 and Florida

Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal was placed in the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol on Friday. (Paul Sancya / AP Photo) It took one game for the Carolina Hurricanes to have a player land on the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol list. Captain Jordan Staal,

FILE – In this July 22, 2020 file photo, Luke Letlow, R-Start, chief of staff to exiting U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham, speaks after signing up to run for Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District in Baton Rouge, La. The widow of Republican

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., holds the article of impeachment against President Donald Trump after signing it, in an engrossment ceremony before transmission to the Senate for trial on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Alex

Tennessee running back Ty Chandler stiff arms two Florida defenders during a game this season (Randy Sartin/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP, Pool) The North Carolina football team took a major step toward filling the void left by the departure of

Members of the gorilla troop at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, Calif., are seen in their habitat on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. Several gorillas at the zoo have tested positive for the coronavirus in what is believed

FILE – In this June 23, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump smiles after autographing a section of the border wall during a tour in San Luis, Ariz. The Trump administration sought to halt migrants from crossing the southwest border

PHOTO CAPTION: PHOTO CAPTION: “The Magi Journeying” (1886-1894) is a painting by James Tissot which is part of the European Art Collection of the Brooklyn Museum. The new year often brings resolutions and vows of starting something new or starting