Los Angeles Lakers (36-30, ninth in the Western Conference) vs. Sacramento Kings (37-27, seventh in the Western Conference) Sacramento, California; Wednesday, 10 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NBA LINE: Lakers -1; over/under is 239 BOTTOM LINE: Sacramento plays Los Angeles in a matchup of Western Conference teams. The Kings are 8-6 against division opponents. Sacramento ranks seventh in the Western Conference …

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. Morgan State Bears (11-19, 7-7 MEAC) vs. Howard Bison (15-16, 9-5 MEAC) Norfolk, Virginia; Thursday, 6 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Howard faces Morgan State in the MEAC Tournament. …

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A U.S. Congress-mandated group cut short a fact-finding mission to Saudi Arabia after officials in the kingdom ordered a Jewish rabbi to remove his kippah in public, highlighting the religious tensions still present in the wider Middle East. Speaking to The Associated Press, Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom …