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TORONTO (AP) — Montreal Canadiens first-round pick Logan Mailloux will be reinstated to the Ontario Hockey League on Saturday. Mailloux was…

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Bobby Wagner enters the Seahawks’ final home game of the season facing unresolved…

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields was feeling good enough to practice Wednesday after…

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Taulia Tagovailoa threw touchdown passes of 70 and 32 yards to Darryl Jones, and Maryland routed…

LONDON (AP) — Phil Foden marked his return to Manchester City’s starting team with a goal that sent the champions into the new year with an…

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Jimmy Garoppolo won’t need surgery on his injured right thumb despite a chip of the bone and a torn ligament…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A.J. Walker had 16 points as Air Force narrowly defeated Utah State 49-47. Justin Bean led the Aggies on Wednesday with…

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Manchester City’s grip on its Premier League title hasn’t been this strong all season. A 1-0 win at Brentford…

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gabe Brown scored a career high 24 points, as short-handed No. 10 Michigan State pulled away in the second half to beat…

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer Aaron Rodgers says he won’t drag out any offseason decisions regarding his future with the Green Bay Packers and…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Kyrie Irving doesn’t know when he’ll get his first playing time of the season. The fact that it’s sooner…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — England cricket coach Chris Silverwood will be absent for the fourth Ashes test against Australia because he needs to…

LONDON (AP) — Chelsea dropped more points in the Premier League title race by conceding a stoppage-time goal to Danny Welbeck to draw 1-1 with…

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer Alabama quarterback Bryce Young says his Heisman Trophy reflects what he and the Crimson Tide have done in the…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — The NBA has postponed Miami’s game at San Antonio after a combination of injuries and…

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Saquon Barkley isn’t having any second thoughts about returning to Soldier Field for…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The president of the Polish soccer federation says national team coach Paulo Sousa’s contract has been terminated.…

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts coach Frank Reich won’t know until later this week whether…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes remained in constant communication with Travis Kelce last week, when the…

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Kyle Seager has announced his retirement after 11 seasons in the majors, all with the Seattle…

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Panthers coach Matt Rhule says Sam Darnold will start at quarterback on Sunday against the…

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner goes into the College Football Playoff semifinal against Alabama as one of the…

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Relying on a big-play quarterback to carve up opposing defenses in the passing game…

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State men’s basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger says Georgetown transfer Tre King has joined the Cyclones and will be…

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer The Baltimore Ravens won’t ever return to full strength this season, but with two games to play, perhaps the worst…

CHICAGO (AP) — Jeff Dickerson, a sports reporter who covered the Chicago Bears for ESPN for two decades, has died at the age of 44. Dickerson died…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Candace Parker staved off Father Time to help the Chicago Sky win the franchise’s first WNBA championship and…

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer Alabama has been preparing young wide receivers for bigger roles in the College Football Playoffs. The top-ranked…

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina quarterback Sam Howell’s college career has come full circle. The junior…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The NHL is following other leagues and the CDC by cutting COVID-19 isolation times to five days under certain…

By DORIAN COLBERT RosterWatch It’s championship week for most fantasy teams, so who we put into our lineups is of utmost importance. That being…

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — New York Jets coach Robert Saleh cleared COVID-19 protocols and returned to the…

By The Associated Press No. 11 Michigan State and No. 13 Pittsburgh each will be without its most prominent players when they meet in the Peach Bowl.…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Novak Djokovic has been named the Best Balkan Athlete of the year for a record seventh time. The 34-year-old Serbian tennis…

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Cavaliers guard Ricky Rubio has suffered a season-ending left knee injury. It’s a…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and CHRISTIAN PRENDERGAST Associated Press SAO SEBASTIAO, Brazil (AP) — The coast of Sao Paulo has become the epicenter of…

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer World Cup ticket sales begin in January but supporters are in for a shock when they look for somewhere to stay:…

WATFORD, England (AP) — Watford could block Emmanuel Dennis from going to the African Cup of Nations with Nigeria because he received a call-up too…

BORMIO, Italy (AP) — Aleksander Aamodt Kilde mastered a tricky course to win a World Cup super-G by a large margin for his third straight victory…

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Jim Harbaugh leaned on advice from his brother nearly a year ago when he was looking for a…

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Eleven players across the Barcelona and Real Madrid squads are isolating after contracting the coronavirus ahead of the…

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer DENVER (AP) — Do-it-all defender Micah Parsons is the gem of the 2021 draft class. The versatile…

LONDON (AP) — John Terry is back at Chelsea after taking up a coaching consultancy role in the club’s academy. Terry played 717 games for Chelsea…

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer This season has been another banner year for wide receivers, with several hitting milestones in Week 16. Cooper…