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MONTREAL — Montreal Canadiens defenceman Mike Matheson was not available for Tuesday's game against the Utah Hockey Club due to a lower-body injury. The Canadiens announced his injury half an hour before puck drop. Jayden Struble took his place in the lineup as Montreal (7-11-2) faced Utah (8-10-3) for the first time. Matheson participated in the morning skate but missed practice on Monday. The 30-year-old from nearby Pointe-Claire, Que., leads all Montreal blueliners with 13 points (one goal, 12 assists) in 20 games as the lone defenceman on the team's top power-play unit. Struble has one goal and three assists in 15 games this season. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 26, 2024. The Canadian PressGazzolo column: State rivalries matter

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones' 21 points helped UC San Diego defeat James Madison 73-67 on Friday night. Tait-Jones also contributed six rebounds for the Tritons (4-2). Hayden Gray scored 16 points and added four steals. Nordin Kapic went 5 of 8 from the field (1 for 4 from 3-point range) to finish with 12 points. Bryce Lindsay led the way for the Dukes (3-3) with 17 points. James Madison also got 13 points and four assists from Xavier Brown. Story continues below video UCSD went into halftime ahead of James Madison 34-28. Tait-Jones scored 14 points in the half. UCSD took the lead for good with 5:46 left in the second half on a free throw from Tait-Jones to make it a 58-57 game. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .American University to Welcome Recent Graduate Sean Astin, SPA/MPAP '24, as Commencement Speaker for Fall Commencement

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Prayers and tears mark 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed some 230,000 peopleContinuing unemployment benefit applications are now at their highest in more than three years. Data released Thursday (Dec. 26) by the U.S. Labor Department showed these applications — typically seen as a stand-in for the number of people getting benefits — climbing to 1.91 million for the week ending Dec. 14. The data also showed initial claims — a proxy for the number of people being laid off — were down somewhat, 219,000 for the week ending Dec. 21. “The low level of initial jobless claims this year reflects the low take-up rate of unemployment benefits — due to ineligibility for some persons, and a lack of incentives to apply among those who are eligible,” said Eliza Winger , Bloomberg economist. “The surge of continuing jobless claims, with laid-off workers facing longer stretches of unemployment, shows the labor market slowing.” The new data comes days after the Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index showed consumer confidence falling in December, with a growing number of Americans expressing concerns about politics and tariffs . The index dropped by 8.1 points to 104.7, a move that reversed a November rebound in consumer confidence and brought the index back to the middle of the range it has been in for the past two years. The December results showed a 1.2-point decline in the Present Situation Index, which measures consumers’ assessment of current business and labor market conditions, and a 12.6-point dip in the Expectations Index, which tracks consumers’ short-term outlook for income, business and labor market conditions. “While weaker consumer assessments of the present situation and expectations contributed to the decline, the expectations component saw the sharpest drop,” Dana M. Peterson, chief economist at The Conference Board, said in a news release. “Consumer views of current labor market conditions continued to improve, consistent with recent jobs and unemployment data, but their assessment of business conditions weakened.” An increasing share of consumers said their views on the economy were being impacted by tariffs and the outcome of November’s election , with 46% of consumers saying tariffs will raise the cost of living, while 21% expect tariffs to create jobs. The index came days after the release of the University of Michigan Survey of Consumers for December, showing that consumer sentiment rose 3.1% in December and reached its highest point since April.None