Author: Associated Press

NCAA tournament gets going Thursday night

(AP) — The second week of the NCAA tournament gets going Thursday night. The Oregon Ducks take on No. 1 Virginia in the South Region. Oregon is the closest thing to a long shot remaining in the NCAA Tournament after advancing through the opening weekend as a No. 12 seed. But the Ducks are also in the Sweet 16 for…

Tennessee fires women’s basketball coach Holly Warlick

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Tennessee has fired women’s basketball coach Holly Warlick after a season in which the Lady Vols barely kept their NCAA Tournament streak alive and then promptly lost in the opening round. Athletic director Phillip Fulmer announced the decision Wednesday afternoon. Although Warlick won 72 percent of her games after taking over for Pat Summitt in 2012,…

Apple belatedly jumps into the streaming TV business

Apple is jumping belatedly into the streaming business dominated by Netflix and Amazon

Jumping belatedly into a business dominated by Netflix and Amazon, Apple announced its own TV and movie streaming service Monday, enlisting such superstars as Oprah Winfrey, Jennifer Aniston and Steven Spielberg to try to overcome its rivals’ head start.