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By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Aaron Donald has won just about every individual award available to a defensive lineman during…

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer Bringing together star trios has been a well-worn formula for championship teams for decades in the NBA. It dates…

MILAN, Italy (AP) — A pair of brilliant goals from Edin Dzeko and Alexis Sanchez ruined Jose Mourinho’s return to his former club as Inter Milan…

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Out of the FA Cup and now out of the Premier League’s top four. Manchester United is going through a rough spell…

MONACO (AP) — Monaco has progressed to the French Cup semifinals by defeating second-tier side Amiens 2-0 with goals from Aurelien Tchouameni and…

BURNLEY, England (AP) — Manchester United has dropped out of the Premier League’s top four as Jay Rodriguez’s 100th career league goal earned…

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa athletic department has apologized to a Wisconsin wrestler who was the target of racially insensitive remarks…

LONDON (AP) — Kurt Zouma got a first taste of the public outcry over his cat-kicking incident during West Ham’s 1-0 win over Watford in the…

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Caris LeVert believes he’s where he belongs. The 27-year-old guard was acquired by Cleveland…

By BRIAN MELLEY and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles prosecutors won’t charge Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer for…

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer Reigning national champion Baylor was the last undefeated team and ranked No. 1 before a rash of injuries. The…

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa athletic department announced Lew Montgomery will serve in an interim role in support of the department’s…

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer An advocacy group for college athletes has filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board. The goal is to…

NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — Kieran Trippier has scored off a dipping free kick to cap Newcastle’s 3-1 win over Everton that lifted his team out of…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Former Carolina Panthers assistant Frisman Jackson is the new wide receivers coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Jackson replaces…

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans wasted little time making sure general manager Jon Robinson…

NEW YORK (AP) — NBC’s coverage of the Winter Olympics in Beijing has won the week for prime-time ratings. The top four out of 20 shows last…

DENVER (AP) — Colorado Rockies manager Bud Black has agreed to a one-year extension through the 2023 season. Black has a 349-359 record over five…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shaquille O’Neal will return to the city where he helped the Los Angeles…

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Hall of Fame defenseman Scott Niedermayer has joined the Anaheim Ducks’ front office as a special advisor to the hockey…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Robin Ventura understands why some people might be suspicious of any players who appear bulked up…

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Lovie Smith was introduced as the new head coach of the Houston Texans on Tuesday. Smith, who is…

By CASEY SMITH Associated Press/Report for America INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Opponents are continuing to ramp up pressure against an Indiana bill that…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A bull moose spent more than an hour stomping on the sled dog team of a rookie Iditarod…

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — South American champions Palmeiras have reached the final of the Club World Cup by defeating African winners…

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Charlotte Hornets rookie guard James Bouknight attributed his sidelined confrontation with…

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers have hired former Raiders interim head coach Rich Bisaccia to upgrade their beleaguered special teams.…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Flyers have named former franchise great Danny Briere special assistant to the general manager. The…

LONDON (AP) — Caitlyn Jenner is launching a team in a single-seater motor racing championship for female drivers. Jenner is the former Olympic…

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — UEFA will send a delegation to evaluate the electoral process of the Albanian soccer federation before clubs vote on a…

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Pacers are trading two-time All-Star Domantas Sabonis to the Sacramento Kings in…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara is accused of punching a man about eight times, badly…

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Running back Joe Mixon overcame injuries and suffered through four losing seasons with the…

MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) — Longtime New Jersey official Robert Mulcahy, who served as athletics director for the state’s flagship university and…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Super Bowl’s return to the Los Angeles area after a nearly 30-year absence is…

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn will rename its basketball arena after a couple who made the largest single gift to the athletics program. Auburn Arena…

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Flyers Claude Giroux has a tough decision to make before next month’s NHL…

LONDON (AP) — A pre-match virtual team talk might not be the last time Chelsea’s players get instructions from absent manager Thomas Tuchel in…

By Brett Martel AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Pelicans have acquired guard CJ McCollum from the Portland Trail Blazers as…

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Nathan Chen has been building toward this for years. He’s one good free skate away from Olympic…

NEW YORK (AP) — The Brooklyn Nets have ruled James Harden out with left hamstring tightness, leaving the skidding team without its three stars…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Luke Donald has the credentials as a Ryder Cup captain for Europe. This soon? Attribute…

By The Associated Press Super Bowl week in America can only mean one thing on the PGA Tour schedule: the Waste Management Phoenix Open. The NFL added…

BEIJING (AP) — South Korea has filed complaints with the International Skating Union and the International Olympic Committee after two of its short…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Snoop Dogg says he won’t let the big Super Bowl stage rattle his nerves. The…

BEIJING (AP) — Finland’s players wore masks in their women’s hockey game, becoming the second consecutive team to do so while facing the…

By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A U.N. resolution upholding the Olympic Truce has been passed 15 times. The pact has its roots in…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Summer Britcher and Emily Sweeney have won World Cup races. They’ve each medaled at the world…

NEW YORK (AP) — The Met are bringing back Old-Timers’ Day this year for the first time since 1994 — if there is a season. The team says it…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Natalie Geisenberger of Germany is the first three-time women’s luge Olympic champion.…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Serena Williams is normally the one participating in a major championship…

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Speedskater Casey Dawson completed an around-the-world dash to the Beijing Olympics to get to the…

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo is still the fastest man on the sprint course. The Norwegian…

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Snowboarders Patrizia Kummer and Zan Kosir both had an early exit in the Olympic parallel…

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — Kjeld Nuis of the Netherlands has become the first speedskater since 1994 to successfully defend…

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Snowboarder Louie Vito has represented the red, white and blue of Team USA for years.…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — U.S-born snowboarder Vic Wild is bringing a bronze medal back to his adopted country of…

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Barcelona CEO Ferran Reverter has resigned amid the club’s negotiations for a new sponsorship deal…

LONDON (AP) — Kurt Zouma has started a Premier League game for West Ham hours after apologizing for kicking and slapping a cat in abuse caught on…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — Hockey at the Beijing Olympics has a little bit of a throwback feel to childhood tournaments. One…

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Nathan Chen flipped, whirled and even punched his way to a world-record score in the men’s…

By CARA RUBINSKY Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — With nowhere really to go, journalists inside the Beijing Olympics bubble are encouraged to sleep…

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Quentin Fillon Maillet filled in quite nicely for Martin Fourcade at the Beijing…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A French journalist says his exclusive interview with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai this week…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The gambling industry’s national trade group estimates a record 31.5 million Americans…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Two American-born athletes competing for China. Two radically different reactions from…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin is hoping to put her poor start to the Beijing Olympics behind her as she…

By SALLY HO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Mexican figure skater Donovan Carrillo advanced to the free skate portion of the figure skating…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — Ryan Cochran-Siegle’s silver in the super-G at the Beijing Games has given the United…

BEIJING (AP) — China has ordered inhabitants of the southern city of Baise to stay home and suspended transportation links amid a surge in COVID-19…

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Taylor Fletcher almost ended his Nordic combined career shortly after his third trip to…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer NBC’s Mike Tirico began the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics by saying “just over six months ago in Tokyo,…

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Ester Ledecka of the Czech Republic defended her Olympic snowboard parallel giant slalom…

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Arianna Fontana became the most decorated short track speedskater in Olympic history in Beijing. She…

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Italy won the gold medal in mixed doubles curling to complete a near-perfect Olympics. The 8-5 win…

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Keegan Messing went from being stuck in a room with COVID-19 to traveling around the world.…

By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Freshman Azzi Fudd was supposed to pair with good friend Paige Bueckers this season and…

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer As the coach of his son’s 12-and-under Pop Warner championship team, Eric Weddle had a message for the young…

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer DAVIDSON, N.C. (AP) — Davidson junior forward Hyunjung Lee and Kayla Padilla of the Penn women’s basketball team…

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer No. 23 Murray State will play two games this week with its first AP Top 25 ranking since 2015. The Racers are…

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — About 10 years ago, Chad Vincent was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy. He vowed not to…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — Hockey at the Olympics is happening on NHL-sized ice for the first time since the 2010 Vancouver…

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — China is fielding naturalized athletes at the Beijing Games in an effort to popularize winter…

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — Marie-Philip Poulin capped a three-goal run by scoring on a penalty shot with 2:35 left in the…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Nathan Chen had just shattered the world record for a figure skating short program, even throwing a…

By CANDICE CHOI Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Olympic organizers say there are 32 athletes in isolation facilities after testing positive for the…

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Klay Thompson scored 21 points and the Golden State Warriors beat the Oklahoma City Thunder…

GREELEY, Colo. — Daylen Kountz had 22 points as Northern Colorado easily defeated Northern Arizona 82-60. Jalen Cone led the Lumberjacks on Monday…