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ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia State has canceled its men’s basketball game Wednesday against Tennessee State because of COVID-19 protocols and injuries.…

By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer There’s a new stopover for European prospects who hope their journeys lead to the NBA draft. Australia. The Next…

By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer Virginia Tech has hired Penn State defensive coordinator Brent Pry as its head coach. The school made the…

ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves have locked up manager Brian Snitker for three more seasons after he guided the team to its first World Series…

By The Associated Press Some of the world’s top golfers gather one last time this year for Tiger Woods’ holiday event in the Bahamas. The…

LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) — German soccer club Leipzig has canceled training as the team’s coronavirus outbreak grows with more cases among the…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is asking China to release “verifiable proof” that tennis player Peng Shuai is safe. The EU also urged…

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The president of a club enduring a COVID-19 outbreak is planning to sue the Portuguese league official who said his team…

WATFORD, England (AP) — Senegal could be without Ismaïla Sarr for the African Cup of Nations because the winger has a knee ligament injury. Sarr…

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Michael Carrick will lead Manchester United in the Premier League game against Arsenal on Thursday while manager Ralf…

By KEIRAN SMITH Associated Press NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) — A late goal by Kyah Simon has earned Australia a fortunate 1-1 draw against the world…

BEIJING (AP) — China says the omicron variant of the coronavirus is a concern for organizers of the Beijing Winter Olympics but it remains…

MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich will likely host Barcelona without spectators in the Champions League next week as the state governor says he will…

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer The defending champions are beginning to look the part again. It wasn’t long ago that the Milwaukee Bucks were…

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Iowa State has gone from being picked to finish last in the Big 12 to owning a No. 19 ranking. The Cyclones play…

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati coach Luke Fickell has become adept at deflecting questions about whether his team…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — The brightest spot in the Seattle Seahawks’ third consecutive loss was a blocked extra…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The New Orleans Pelicans beat the Los Angeles Clippers for the second time this month, 123-104.…

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Will Richardson hit 4 of 6 from long range and scored 18 points as Oregon shot 66% from the field in an 87-47 rout of Montana.…

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Mikael Backlund scored the deciding goal in the seventh round of a shootout and the Calgary Flames beat the Pittsburgh…

FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — Hunter Maldonado had 21 points as Wyoming topped Cal State Fullerton 79-66. Graham Ike had 17 points and nine rebounds for…

MORAGA, Calif. (AP) — Matthias Tass registered 18 points as Saint Mary’s beat UC Riverside 67-50. Dan Fotu had 14 points for the Gaels (7-1), who…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Holland Woods scored 24 points as Grand Canyon beat Loyola Marymount 78-72. Jovan Blacksher Jr. added 20 points for the…

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Rasir Bolton scored 17 points and Chet Holmgren added 15 as No. 3 Gonzaga escaped…

PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) — Trey Sampson had 21 points and Brandon Brown added a double-double as Arkansas-Pine Bluff snapped its season-opening…

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Kofi Cockburn scored 28 points, Alfonso Plummer added 21 and Illinois defeated Notre Dame 82-72 in the Big Ten/ACC…

By MATTHEW COLES Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 30 points, Rudy Gobert had 21 points and 16 rebounds, and the Utah…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Kendall Fuller intercepted Russell Wilson’s pass on a 2-point conversion attempt, and…

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Pedro Castro scored 16 points and Texas-Arlington topped UC Santa Barbara 70-62. David Azore had 11 points for…

CHIHUAHUA, Mexico (AP) — USA Basketball’s road to the 2023 Basketball World Cup got a little tougher after the Americans were handed a surprising…

HOUSTON (AP) — Darius Lee had 19 points and 12 rebounds as Houston Baptist easily beat Southwestern Adventist 100-62. Deshon Proctor added 16…

LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Brandon Horvath had 20 points as Utah State easily beat Carroll (MT) 93-63. Jovan Sljivancanin led the Fighting Saints on Monday…

By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Derrick White had 24 points, Dejounte Murray had 22 points and 10 rebounds, and the San…

DALLAS (AP) — Jarrett Allen and Lauri Markkanen notched season highs with 28 and 24 points respectively in the Cleveland Cavaliers’…

MURRAY, Ky. (AP) — Tevin Brown had 20 points as Murray State routed Campbellsville 98-61. DJ Burns had 19 points for the Racers (6-1). Jace Wallace…

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Charles Manning Jr. had 20 points as South Alabama narrowly beat Texas A&M-Commerce 69-66. South Alabama led 69-66 when…

PHOENIX (AP) — Malik Miller recorded 13 points and 10 rebounds to lead Morgan State to a 60-47 win over Hampton in the Chris Paul HBCU Challenge.…

By MARK ROSNER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Marcus Carr scored a season-best 19 points and No. 7 Texas defeated Sam Houston 73-57. Andrew…

MONTREAL (AP) — Conor Garland scored the tiebreaking goal in the second period, Thatcher Demko had 33 saves and the Vancouver Canucks held on to…

By BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns scored 16 of his 32 points in the third quarter and Anthony Edwards added 21…

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Sophomore Eddie Lampkin notched his first double-double with career highs of 12 points and 12 rebounds and TCU cruised to…

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland City Council voted to approve a lease agreement that will keep the Guardians at Progressive Field through 2036. The…

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Christian Wood had 24 points and a career-high 21 rebounds as the Houston Rockets won their third…

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Karel Vejmelka stopped 46 shots to earn his first NHL shutout as the Arizona Coyotes beat the Winnipeg Jets 1-0. Antoine…

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Lonzo Ball and the Chicago Bulls won the battle of the Ball brothers, riding a stellar performance by…

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Kobe Brown had 20 points and a career-high 23 rebounds to lead Missouri to a 91-59 victory over Paul Quinn. Dajuan Gordon…

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Dhieu Deing had 27 points and 11 rebounds as UTSA got past St. Mary’s (TX) 75-65. Caleb Jordan led the Rattlers on Monday…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Nikola Jokic returned and scored 24 points, Aaron Gordon added 20 and the Denver Nuggets snapped…

By JONAH BRONSTEIN Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Jared McCann and Mason Appleton each scored two goals, and the Seattle Kraken beat the…

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Kobe Dickson had 17 points to lead five Cornell players in double figures as the Big Red topped Canisius 89-75. Jordan Jones…

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Joe Toussaint hit a clutch jumper to give Iowa the lead with eight seconds left in the game and Virginia missed two…

NEW YORK (AP) — CJ Fulton registered 11 points, six rebounds and six assists as Lafayette routed Columbia 73-50. Josh Odunowo led the Lions on…

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Mballa tallied 19 points and 12 rebounds to carry Buffalo to a 94-49 win over Point Park. Jeenathan Williams had 18…

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Seth Curry scored 24 points and Tobias Harris had 17 to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 101-96…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer LSU is hiring Brian Kelly away from Notre Dame. It is a stunning move by one of the most accomplished…

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. (AP) — James Karnik scored six of his 12 points in a 1:23 span late in the game and Boston College pulled away for a 64-49…

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Setric Millner Jr. had 17 points to lead six Toledo players in double figures as the Rockets routed NAIA-member Northwestern…

HAMILTON, N.Y. — Marcus Hammond had 21 points as Niagara defeated Colgate 70-59. Hammond hit 5 of 6 from 3-point range for the Purple Eagles (3-3).…

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. — D’Maurian Williams had 16 points and seven rebounds as Gardner-Webb easily defeated North Carolina Central 83-58 on…

By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Oscar Tshiebwe had 20 points and 16 rebounds, TyTy Washington Jr. added 15 points and No.…

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Jacksonville State has hired former major college head coach Rich Rodriguez to lead its program into the FBS…

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Aliyah Boston scored a career-high 29 points on perfect 13-of-13 shooting to power No. 1…

NEW YORK (AP) — Joe Harris had arthroscopic surgery on his left ankle Monday, leaving the Brooklyn Nets without one of the NBA’s best 3-point…

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Utilityman Chad Pinder has reached agreement on a $2,725,000, one-year contract and…

PHOENIX — Kris Bankston matched his career high with 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as Norfolk State topped Grambling 70-63 at the HBCU…

BOONE, N.C. (AP) — Michael Eads Jr. had a career-high 20 points as Appalachian State defeated Hartford 69-59. Austin Williams led the Hawks on…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lincoln Riley arrived at Southern California on Monday with a determination to restore the…

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Right-hander Alex Cobb is close to finalizing an agreement with the San Francisco Giants,…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Right-hander Max Scherzer agreed to a record-setting $130 million, three-year contract with the…

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks have demoted Philipp Kurashev, assigning the struggling forward to Rockford of the American Hockey League.…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Tiger Woods is hopeful of playing again. Just not very much. And he says reaching the top of…

ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves bolstered their World Series-winning bullpen Monday by signing right-hander Kirby Yates to a two-year, $8.25…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Washington got tight end Logan Thomas and wide receiver Curtis Samuel back for their…

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn sophomore guard Paige Bueckers is the first college athlete to represent Gatorade, announcing Monday a multiyear name,…

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook’s availability this week for the game at…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball and the players’ association stopped blood testing for Human Growth…

MIAMI (AP) — Gold Glove catcher Jacob Stallings is heading to the Miami Marlins. The Pittsburgh Pirates have traded Stallings to the Miami Marlins…

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh is stumping for defensive end Aidan Hutchinson to win the…

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer The NFL has suspended Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Trysten Hill for two games for confronting Las Vegas…

BOSTON (AP) — The NHL suspended Bruins forward Brad Marchand for three games for slew-footing Canucks defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson during…

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer A person familiar with the deal tells The Associated Press the Texas Rangers have reached an agreement on a…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Former Canadian national team player and two-time Olympic bronze medalist Rhian Wilkinson has been named coach of the…

MADRID (AP) — Osasuna and Elche couldn’t manage more than 1-1 in a match between teams enduring poor runs in the Spanish league. The result…

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Should top-ranked Georgia face late-game stress against Alabama in the Southeastern Conference…

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — A person with knowledge of the deal says the Seattle Mariners are finalizing a contract with AL Cy…

BOSTON (AP) — Boston College football coach Jeff Hafley has agreed to a contract extension that will keep him in Chestnut Hill through 2026. The…

ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — The winless Detroit Lions may be without their best player against the Minnesota Vikings. Detroit coach Dan Campbell says…

NEW YORK (AP) — Atlanta Braves outfielder Marcell Ozuna received a retroactive 20-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball’s domestic…

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer Ninth-ranked Baylor still isn’t sure if quarterback Gerry Bohanon will be ready to play in this…

NEWARK, Del. (AP) — Delaware has fired football coach Danny Rocco after the Blue Hens went 5-6 this season. Rocco went 31-23 in five seasons at…