World Top News

It’s the second week of January. The COVID-testing line is around the block, Betty White is dead, and there’s not much we can do about everything being pretty awful. But here, in my apartment, I have managed to wrest a modicum of control over the chaos of daily life. Because here, I wear house shoes.A house shoe, for the uninitiated,Hoka Sneakers  is a shoe you wear only (I repeat: ONLY) inside the house. A quick dog walk is not a house-shoe situation, nor is running downstairs to open the door for takeout. The bottom of a house shoe must never make contact with the ground outside of your own abode. Some people might have a more loosey-goosey interpretation of the term, but I don’t, and I’ll get to why in a minute. I first became a house-shoe devotee during the very specific relationship ...

If one thing is clear in Nike Outlet future plans, it's that Dunk isn't going away anytime soon. Spring is just a few months away, and Swoosh has a slew of new colorways in line with the changing seasons, one of which is the Nike Dunk Low "Rose Whisper" for women. The upcoming addition takes the standard two-tone arrangement and effectively blends bright neutrals with pro-floral pastels. The upper is engineered with an equal mix of crisp white and "Rose Whisper" shades. The former falls into areas like perforated toe boxes, mesh tongues, midfoot and ankle collars, while the latter is for overlays, Swooshes, laces, and interior linings. Heritage branding appears on the tongue, a shade that Swoosh hits on its title, and embroidered "Nike" lettering on the back contrasts with white. The botto...

By DAN GELSTON, AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jay Wright heard hollering from the Villanova fans who lingered at a bar near his postgame news conference and the Hall of Fame coach needed a score update. “Who's up?” It was bad news for Wright — the Philadelphia Eagles were losing a playoff game.His only worry of the day was the fate of his favorite football team. The team he coaches, well, a 40-point victory romp was the outcome he wanted most. Collin Gillespie hit five 3-pointers and scored 17 points, and Justin Moore scored 15 points to lead No. 14 Villanova to its sixth straight win, 82-42 over Butler on Sunday. “We’re starting to be able to do this for 40 minutes,” Wright said. That's bad news for the rest of the Big East. ...

By DAVE HOGG, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Devin Booker scored 30 points and JaVale McGee added 20 in their Michigan homecomings to help the NBA-leading Phoenix Suns rout the Detroit Pistons 135-108 on Sunday. “I was just hitting shots and the guys were getting me the ball in good places,” said Booker, from Grand Rapids. “I never got to see the Pistons play in person very often — I grew up about two hours west of here — so I love coming here to play what was my favorite team growing up.” Booker made 11 of his first 14 shots from the field. He said he had 40-50 friends and family at the game after having numerous guests when the Suns played in Indiana on Friday night. “Because of the pandemic, I didn’t get to have anything Mint Velvet Sale  like normal...

By TIM REYNOLDS, AP Basketball Writer Officially, NBA players began participating in games that were scheduled to celebrate and honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1986 when the federal holiday commemorating the civil-rights leader was observed for the first time. Oscar Robertson knows the tradition dates long before that. King was shot and killed while standing on a balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. A day later, Robertson began planning a Hey Dudes benefit game in King’s memory — and on Aug. 15 of that year, on an outdoor court in New York, he was among 27 NBA players who wound up taking part. Among those on the court that night: Wilt Chamberlain, Lenny Wilkens, Dave Bing, Dave DeBusschere, Willis Reed, W...

By STEPHEN HAWKINS, AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys thought they were going to get one more snap, one more chance to avoid another playoff setback. Prescott's spike at the end of a wild final sequence came too late. Time had run out on this season, the 26th in a row for Jerry Jones' team ending well short of another Super Bowl. “I thought everything was executed well — until it wasn’t,” Prescott said after the 23-17 wild-card loss at home to the San Francisco 49ers. In the final minute Sunday, San Francisco had to punt after All-Pro Deebo Samuel’s run initially was ruled to have picked up a first down before a video review showed Fjallraven Kanken Backpack  he was inches short. Then the 49ers’ All-Pro tackle, ...