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By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles had three touchdowns called back because of penalties in a 43-30 loss…

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer FIFA says “we encourage COVID-19 vaccinations” in a first direct plea for players to get jabbed. It came as…

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Austin Riley drove in two runs with two hits and the Atlanta Braves looked postseason ready in a…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Boston Red Sox slugger J.D. Martinez has left the team’s regular-season finale against…

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Patrick Mahomes threw five touchdown passes three different ways, including three to…

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The Vancouver Canucks have signed restricted free agents Quinn Hughes and Elias Pettersson to new contracts.…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The NHL has reached out to Robin Lehner to set up an interview after the goaltender made several accusations on…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Carson Wentz threw a pair of touchdown passes to Mo Alie-Cox and the Indianapolis Colts…

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Moise Kean and Davide Calabria have been called up to the Italy squad for the Nations League semifinal match against Spain.…

By GAVIN GOOD Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Garbiñe Muguruza rallied to beat Ons Jabeur 3-6, 6-3, 6-0 on Sunday in the Chicago Fall Tennis…

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Matt Ammendola kicked a 22-yard field goal in overtime, and then Randy…

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Brianna Turner scored 23 points, Brittney Griner added 18 points and 11 rebounds, and the…

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Taylor Heinicke ad-libbed a 30-yard touchdown pass to J.D. McKissic with 33 seconds remaining,…

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Saquon Barkley ran for a 6-yard touchdown in overtime after Daniel Jones passed for a career-…

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Myles Garrett and the Cleveland defense produced another dominant performance. This one…

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — First-year Missouri defensive line coach Jethro Franklin has been fired a day after Tennessee ran for 452 yards and scored on…

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dak Prescott threw four touchdown passes, Ezekiel Elliott had his first 100-yard…

GALLOWAY, N.J. (AP) — Celine Boutier of France is the winner at the ShopRite LPGA Classic. Boutier rallied from five shots behind by closing with a…

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Linebacker Tremaine Edmunds had the first of Buffalo’s four interceptions, and the…

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Rookie Justin Fields brushed off a nightmarish first start, and the Chicago Bears bounced back…

MADRID (AP) — Sergi Roberto and Bryan Gil have been added to Spain’s squad ahead of the Nations League semifinal match against Italy. Both were…

BY JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Marc Marquez has returned to his winning form with a victory at the MotoGP Grand Prix of the…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Max Muncy has left in the third inning against the Milwaukee Brewers after injuring his left…

By The Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tristan Jarry made 25 saves to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 5-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings…

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Golden State Warriors forward Andrew Wiggins has received his COVID-19 vaccine and will be…

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Mohamed Salah was too busy being asked about his wonder goal against Manchester…

COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Chargers linebacker Kenneth Murray Jr. has been ruled out for Monday night’s game against the Las Vegas…

CHICAGO (AP) — Kahleah Copper scored 26 points and Allie Quigley added 21 to help the Chicago Sky edge the top-seeded Connecticut Sun 86-83 in Game…

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Don’t worry, Alabama fans. The top-ranked Crimson Tide haven’t gone back to old-school,…

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Investigators say a former driver in NASCAR’s lower divisions has been killed in a shooting in Georgia that also wounded a…

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani says he is “very open” to negotiating a longterm contract…

HARRISON, N.J. (AP) — Joe Willis made three saves to help Nashville tie New York City FC 0-0 on Sunday in a match between two of the Eastern…

By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Napoli has bounced back from its first loss of the season to maintain its perfect start to the…

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — NASCAR’s playoff race at Talladega Superspeedway has been rained out and…

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Sports Writer BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — University of Colorado football coach Karl Dorrell apologized Sunday for shoving a…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Czech racer Filip Salac was taken by helicopter to a hospital after crashing hard early in the Moto3 race at the MotoGP Grand…

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Alabama and Georgia remain the top two teams in The Associated Press college football poll after a week in…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chargers coach Brandon Staley will get national attention Monday night when Los Angeles hosts the…

MUNICH (AP) — Eintracht Frankfurt has beaten Bayern Munich 2-1 to inflict Bayern’s first loss since Julian Nagelsmann took over as coach this…

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Spectacular plays have been Brandon Crawford’s signature all season long for the…

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Kevin De Bruyne scored Manchester City’s second equalizer in the front of the…

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees put All-Star infielder DJ LeMahieu on the 10-day injured list with a sports hernia ahead of their scheduled…

PARIS (AP) — German jockey Rene Piechulek rode 80-1 outsider Torquator Tasso to victory at the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on his debut in a huge…

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Less is more has become a more common approach in sports. Coaches from the profession…

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid has stumbled again with a 2-1 loss at Espanyol that ended its 25-game unbeaten streak in…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police arrested a man early Sunday in connection with the shooting death of Utah sophomore cornerback Aaron Lowe. Homicide…

LONDON (AP) — Yoane Wissa scored in stoppage time at West Ham to lead Brentford to a 2-1 victory in the Premier League. Jarrod Bowen thought he had…

LONDON (AP) — Jeffrey Schlupp came off the bench to earn Crystal Palace a 2-2 draw against Leicester after his former club threw away a two-goal…

LONDON (AP) — Tottenham ended a three-match losing run in the Premier League by beating Aston Villa 2-1. Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg’s strike and an…

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Rennes scored just before and after the break to beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 and hand the runaway…

LONDON (AP) — Sisay Lemma of Ethiopia has won the men’s London Marathon for the first time and Joyciline Jepkosgei of Kenya was victorious on her…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writers PARIS (AP) — Bernard Tapie, the charismatic president of French soccer club Marseille…

WATFORD, England (AP) — Watford has fired Xisco Munoz. He is the first managerial departure of the Premier League season. The Spaniard left with…

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Second-ranked Aryna Sabalenka says she has tested positive for the coronavirus and will miss the upcoming BNP Paribas…

By KALANI TAKASE Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hugh Nelson II intercepted a pass at Hawaii’s 2-yard line with 9 seconds left after Matthew…

CHENEY, Wash. (AP) — Talolo Limu-Jones had career highs with 11 receptions for 231 yards before leaving with an apparent ankle injury, Eric…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Jayden Daniels passed for 286 yards and threw two touchdown passes to Ricky Pearsall, and…

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Nick Nash threw three touchdown passes, Tyler Nevers had 22 carries for 115 yards and a score and San Jose State beat New…

DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — Wide receiver Carson Crawford tossed a 30-yard touchdown pass to McCallan Castles midway through the fourth quarter and…

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Bo Nix passed for a touchdown and ran for a score and Jarquez Hunter scored on a 1-yard…

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Mitch Haniger drove in five runs and his two-out, two-run single in the eighth inning gave Seattle the…

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Geremy Hickbottom accounted for all three Tennessee State touchdowns and the Tigers stopped a 2-point conversion attempt…

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Deion Hankins had a fourth-quarter touchdown run and UTEP held off Old Dominion 28-21 in the Conference USA opener for both…

By TRAVIS JOHNSON Associated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Sean Clifford threw for 178 yards and three touchdowns to help No. 4 Penn State beat…

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Sports Writer BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — University of Colorado athletic director Rick George apologized on behalf of Buffaloes…

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Brian White scored goals and the Vancouver Whitecaps beat the San Jose Earthquakes 3-0 on Saturday night to…

HOUSTON (AP) — Yordan Alvarez and Kyle Tucker hit two of the Astros’ four homers as Houston locked up home-field advantage in the AL Division…

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Julio Urías has become the Dodgers’ first 20-game winner since Clayton Kershaw in 2014. He…

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Chris Smith and quarterback Levi Lewis each had a first-quarter touchdown run and Louisiana-Lafayette held on to beat South…

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — Kylan Weisser threw two touchdown passes and added a pair of TD runs to help Weber State beat Cal Poly 38-7. Weisser…

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — Chase Cunningham threw two touchdown passes and Middle Tennessee beat Marshall 34-28,  Cunningham was 12-of-21 passing…

CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) — Beau Kelly set up the game-winning touchdown with a 30-yard punt return and Davis Alexander cashed in with a 10-yard run to…

JACK THOMPSON Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Pavin Smith reached base five times and Arizona chased Antonio Senzatela with a six-run first inning…

By MARK McGEE For The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Vanderbilt kicker Joseph Bulovas kicked a 31-yard field goal as time ran out for a…

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — B.T. Potter had four field goals including the tiebreaking kick late in the third quarter…

By MICHAL DWOJAK Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Lucas Giolito tuned up for the playoffs with a solid start, Yoán Moncada hit a go-ahead, two-run…

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Kenneth Walker and Jayden Reed combined to score five touchdowns in the first half to…

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Adrian Martinez ran for a career-best three touchdowns and passed for another and…

By JOE HARRIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ian Happ drove a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth inning to sour what could be Jon Lester’s…

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Phelipe Megiolaro had his first MLS shutout and FC Dallas tied 0-0 with Minnesota United. Tyler Miller had four saves for…

FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — Wiley Hartley threw three touchdown passes to lead Campbell to a 48-31 victory over North Alabama in the Big South Conference…

HOUSTON (AP) — Jake Constantine threw for two scores and Rice’s defense snared four interceptions and the Owls never trailed in a 24-19 win over…

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Jaylen Warren rushed for 125 yards and two touchdowns to help No. 19 Oklahoma State beat…

By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Joc Pederson hit a solo homer off Carlos Carrasco in the third inning, William Contreras went deep…

MACOMB, Ill. (AP) — Nic Baker lofted a pass to Landon Lenoir in the end zone on the first play of overtime, and then the Salukis stifled a Western…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Malik Willis accounted for three touchdowns _ all in the third quarter _ and Liberty pulled away in the second half to…

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Will Rogers threw for 408 yards and three touchdowns and Nathan Pickering sacked…

By JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bryan Reynolds had four hits, raising his batting average above .300, to help the Pittsburgh…

By ANDREW LOGUE ASSOCIATED PRESS AMES, Iowa (AP) — Brock Purdy threw four touchdown passes in the first quarter as Iowa State rolled past Big 12…

MACON, Ga. (AP) — In a game that featured five lead changes and more than 1,000 yards of offense, Mercer’s Fred Davis stole the show with school…

By DAVID SMALE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Griffin Jax and a trio of relievers combined on a three-hitter and the Minnesota Twins…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Cameron Norrie beat top-seeded Andrey Rublev 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday to advance to the San Diego Open final. Norrie, the…