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By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Atlantic Coast Conference football teams have been lighting up scoreboards lately. Wake Forest beat…

CLUJ-NAPOCA, Romania (AP) — Simona Halep has won a battle of generations in Romanian tennis by defeating Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6-1, 6-2 in the…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew Doughty will be out for about eight weeks with a bruised…

NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — The Newcastle fan who collapsed in the stands during the team’s Premier League match against Tottenham has been…

By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — When Urban Meyer got his first college head coaching job in 2003, he borrowed some…

By The Associated Press Soccer’s lawmakers have recommended that the temporary move to give teams the option of making five substitutions per…

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Draws by Real Madrid and Sevilla have left four teams tied for the lead in the Spanish league and…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Tampa Bay Lightning winger Nikita Kucherov is expected to be out 8-10 weeks after undergoing an unspecified surgery…

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Joe Barry won’t attend the team’s Thursday night game at Arizona because of…

By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Massimilano Allegri’s 200th match in charge of Juventus has ended in defeat as Sassuolo scored…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins have a new quarterback, one who hasn’t played a snap in the NFL…

By The Associated Press No. 24 Coastal Carolina is looking to bounce back after its first loss of the season when it faces Troy on Thursday night.…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The Panthers are rolling this season but coach Joel Quenneville being named in a report…

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer Coastal Carolina coach Jamey Chadwell knows the 24th-ranked Chanticleers need to shake off their last game quickly…

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin has moved back into contention for a spot in the Big Ten championship game by…

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Five teams from the Pac-12 are in The Associated Press preseason poll for a sixth straight…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer JJ Redick is joining ESPN as an NBA analyst a month after announcing his retirement following a 15-year playing career.…

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Old Dominion University says it has accepted an invitation to join the Sun Belt Conference no later than July 1, 2023. The…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Hard Rock wants to build a casino in or near New York City, even as it moves forward…

By DORIAN COLBERT RosterWatch We’ve got quite a few games under our belts at this point, so touchdown dependencies are starting to level out,…

By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit and Belmont Stakes winner Essential Quality head a field of 10 horses for the…

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Mike White will make his first NFL start Sunday for the New York Jets against…

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis says he doesn’t believe the team was targeted in the…

By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — A Cleveland-area roller derby team that has called itself the Guardians since 2013 is suing…

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford, Iowa State All-America tight end Charlie Kolar and Michigan star defensive end Aidan…

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer No. 5 North Carolina State and No. 6 Louisville headline the Atlantic Coast Conference women’s basketball…

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer Expectations are sky high in the Southeastern Conference for Dawn Staley and top-ranked South Carolina. The…

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — A suspended Virginia Tech linebacker accused in the fatal beating of a Tinder match has been indicted on a charge of…

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer Playing in the top-heavy SEC East could work out well for No. 1 Georgia’s championship hopes. The Bulldogs appear…

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer Grrrrrr!!!! That’s the sound of gritting teeth throughout the NFL as what should be one of the best…

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield hated missing one start because of his shoulder…

HOUSTON (AP) — Nelson Cruz has been given Major League Baseball’s Roberto Clemente Award for character, community involvement and philanthropy.…

By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn comes into this season ranked No. 2,  having added the nation’s top recruit, guard…

LONDON (AP) — A group of former rugby league players is planning to sue England’s governing body of the sport for negligence over what they…

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer The All Blacks players are into their 11th straight week away from home and it’s an endurance battle that might…

MADRID (AP) — France defender Lucas Hernández will not spend time in prison for violating a restraining order after successfully winning an appeal…

LONDON (AP) — Ukraine’s national anti-doping agency has been accused of giving athletes advance notice of test collections and deliberately…

BEIJING (AP) — China says participants in next year’s Winter Olympics will be strictly isolated from the general population and could face…

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The NFL has been highlighting the big number of late comebacks, overtimes and last-minute finishes so far this…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Four teams have opened an NHL season 5-0-0 for the first time in history. Carolina, Florida, St. Louis and Edmonton…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Atlanta general manager Alex Anthopoulos and Houston GM James Click both took over teams in…

By JOHN KEKIS AP Sports Writer SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Tailback Sean Tucker and dual-threat quarterback Garrett Shrader have given Syracuse a big…

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Matt Dumba scored his first goal of the season midway through the third period, leading the Minnesota Wild to a…

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Kraken got their first home win in franchise history, a 5-1 victory over the Montreal…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Nikolaj Ehlers scored two goals 19 seconds apart in the third period as the Winnipeg Jets…

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer HOUSTON (AP) — The relievers keep coming through for the Atlanta Braves. Left-hander A.J. Minter threw a…

By MATTHEW COLES Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Rudy Gobert had 23 points and 16 rebounds and Donovan Mitchell added 22 points to lead the…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cristian Arango extended his scoring tear with his seventh goal in four matches, and Los…

By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer Soccer player Josh Cavallo has come out as gay in a public statement ahead of the A-League season. The 21-year-old…

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Things went wrong for Houston starter Framber Valdez just three pitches into his start against…

By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Making his first start since testing positive for COVID-19, Jorge Soler became the first player to…

By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook led the Los Angeles Lakers to a 125-121 overtime win over…

By JIM DIAMOND Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Juuse Saros made 28 saves to lead the Nashville Predators to a 3-1 win over the San Jose…

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic had 26 points and 14 rebounds, Reggie Bullock had his best game with his new team by…

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Reilly Smith scored a short-handed goal, Robin Lehner stopped 26 shots and the injury-plagued Vegas…

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 23 points and the Golden State Warriors remained unbeaten, rallying in…

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Jets placed linebackers Jamien Sherwood and Blake Cashman on injured…

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Texans chairman and CEO Cal McNair has apologized for referring to the novel coronavirus as the “China virus” during the…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The U.S. women sent Carli Lloyd into retirement with a 6-0 rout of South Korea. Lloyd didn’t score in her final match, but…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Atlanta Braves pitcher Charlie Morton is done for the World Series after leaving with a broken…

By ALLAN KREDA Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Andrew Mangiapane had two of Calgary’s four goals in the first period, and the Flames…

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks put captain Jonathan Toews and Henrik Borgstrom in the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol, giving the winless team…

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kemba Walker scored 19 points in his best game with his hometown team and the New York Knicks…

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ondrej Palat and Ryan McDonagh scored 10 seconds apart in the second period and the Tampa Bay…

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Ozzie Albies of the Atlanta Braves says Jose Altuve of the Astros is a player he’s…

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s two-way All-Star season with the Los Angeles Angels was so unprecedented…

By DOUG FEINBERG and ERICA HUNZINGER AP Sports Writers The NCAA has fallen short of upholding its commitment to gender equity, spending more on male…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred exchanged a handshake with players’ union head Tony Clark on…

By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — The back-and-forth debate over unvaccinated tennis players being allowed to contest the…

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — LeBron James will not play in the Los Angeles Lakers game against the Spurs in San Antonio on Tuesday night due to a sore right…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Dustin Hopkins was signed as the Los Angeles Chargers kicker on Tuesday after the team…

By LES BOWEN Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon’s unit is making the wrong kind of…

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys have placed defensive lineman Brent Urban and cornerback Maurice Canady on injured reserve. Both players…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah will retire jersey No. 22 during its game against UCLA on Saturday to honor Ty Jordan and Aaron Lowe, friends and…

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants have placed safety Jabrill Peppers on injured reserve with a rupture to the ACL and a high ankle…

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Oregon State running back B.J. Baylor leads the Pac-12 in rushing and the Beavers’ improved ground game is one…

By The Associated Press The full, 107-page report from the independent investigation of the Chicago Blackhawks sexual assault allegations from 2010…

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Arnaut Danjuma has scored five minutes into stoppage time as Villarreal salvaged a 3-3 draw against…

CLUJ-NAPOCA, Romania (AP) — Emma Raducanu has rallied to beat Polona Hercog of Slovenia 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 at the Transylvania Open for her first win…

QUINCY, Mass. (AP) — Former New England Patriots safety Patrick Chung has been charged with assault and battery on a family or household member.…

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer It’s the year of the all-purpose running back in the Big 12. The conference has players occupying…

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens have designated defensive end Derek Wolfe for return, allowing him to resume practicing. The Ravens…

By TRAVIS JOHNSON Associated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State coach James Franklin is trying to get his team ready to face No. 5 Ohio…

By JAY COHEN and STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writers CHICAGO (AP) — Stan Bowman has resigned as general manager of the U.S men’s hockey team at the…

LONDON (AP) — Arsenal and Chelsea have reached the quarterfinals of the League Cup. Reece James netted the penalty that sealed Chelsea’s 4-3…

By SIMMI BUTTAR AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals are still perfect and remain on top of the latest AP Pro32 poll. In an…

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos are trying to get their two reinforcements for their…

By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press MILAN (AP) — AC Milan has again struggled in a 1-0 win that saw it move three points clear at the top of Serie…

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — The Atlantic Coast Conference says it is now looking at options for relocating its headquarters outside of its longtime…

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Maryland could really use a steady, clean performance when the Terrapins host Indiana…

VIENNA (AP) — Stefanos Tsitsipas has saved three set points before beating Grigor Dimitrov 7-6 (6), 6-4 to join Olympic champion Alexander Zverev…

EAST MEADOW, N.Y. (AP) — The New York Islanders have signed tough guy forward Ross Johnston to four-year contract extension. The team did not…

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa was glad to get some time off last weekend after its home loss to Purdue on Oct.…

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Most Big Ten offenses are struggling when they move inside the opponent’s…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer The style points go to Nelly Korda. The points for LPGA player of the year favor Jin Young Ko. It’s coming down…

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Defending champion Borussia Dortmund reached the third round of the German Cup with a 2-0 victory…

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay’s decimated receiving group has taken one more hit as the Packers prepare to…

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says the league is not going to issue a report on its…