The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Maine Black Bears (11-13, 3-6 America East) at Bryant Bulldogs (16-9, 8-2 America East) Smithfield, Rhode Island; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Maine takes on the Bryant …

Brooklyn Nets (21-32, 11th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Boston Celtics (42-12, first in the Eastern Conference) Boston; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NBA LINE: Celtics -12.5; over/under is 226.5 BOTTOM LINE: Boston faces the Brooklyn Nets after Jayson Tatum scored 41 points in the Boston Celtics’ 118-110 victory over the Brooklyn Nets. The Celtics are 29-6 in conference …

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia ’s parliament speaker on Wednesday formally set early parliamentary and presidential elections in the spring as the country makes a bid to join the European Union. Following opposition pressure, North Macedonia’s main political parties agreed in December to organize general elections on May 8, two months early. A caretaker government was appointed last …