Day: March 28, 2021

The trendline is clear: The United States failed to qualify for the men’s Olympic soccer tournament in 2012 and 2016, then ended a streak of seven straight World Cup appearances when it missed out on 2018. A young U.S. team admittedly missing its top players tries to stop the skid when it plays Honduras at…

LAGUNA HILLS – Kade Zimmerman found a lot of ways to leave his mark on Irvine’s 39-14 victory over Laguna Hills in a nonelague game Friday night. Zimmerman caught six passes for 151 yards and two touchdowns, but there was so much more to his night. He also recovered a fumble, intercepted a pass and…

INDIANAPOLIS — No one wants to stay in a hotel room, with few escapes, for two weeks. The confines are small, the trappings are not familiar or homey and the bed, simply put, is not your own. But then again, if the price of checking out is losing in the NCAA Tournament, the hotel suddenly…

In his first two seasons at USC, he went 6-31 in the Pac-12. That often doesn’t get you a third season. He has braved injuries and late-season slumps. His assistant coach was sentenced to two years’ probation over a $1,400 payment to a prospect. He has had to cook up new teams from scratch. And…

By MOHAMMED SALAH CAIRO (AP) — The death toll from the collapse of a nine-story apartment building in Cairo has climbed to 18 people, according to Egyptian state media. The building collapsed in the Egyptian capital early Saturday. State newspaper Al-Ahram said that search and rescue workers recovered the bodies over the course of the…

By The Associated Press ATLANTA — Housing attorneys say people living in U.S. hotels and motels are facing a heightened risk of homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic. Job losses have made it harder for millions of Americans to make rent. But hotel guests are excluded from a federal moratorium on evictions for people facing financial…