AP National Sports

By The Associated Press No. 2 Oklahoma has its highest preseason ranking since 2011 and seeks its first national title since 2000. The Sooners…

RREYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Iceland’s national soccer team played Romania in the first match since the team was rocked by a series of sex abuse…

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A former player for Washington State University contends in a lawsuit that his civil…

By The Associated Press Defending national champion Alabama and No. 14 Miami open their seasons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The Hurricanes…

BY ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer GUIDONIA, Italy (AP) — The Ryder Cup occupied a big portion of Henrik Stenson’s thoughts after grabbing a share…

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns are AFC North bottom dwellers no more. After ending two long postseason droughts in…

By TERRY TOWERY Associated Press CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — New Illinois coach Bret Bielema took the first step last week toward restoring relevance to…

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — The Browns’ defense is getting healthy just in time for a matchup against Patrick Mahomes and…

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills won’t renew their lease with the state and county without a…

By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer North Carolina will have to come out of the gate quickly. The 10th-ranked Tar Heels open the season at Virginia…

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Former Alabama player and assistant coach Jim Fuller, who worked as both athletic director and head coach for…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Flyers have signed forward Joel Farabee to a $30 million, six-year contract extension. Farabee’s extension…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Chris Pronger has been out of hockey for more than a year now and has no immediate desire to return. The Hall of…

By JEFF WALLNER Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — No. 8 Cincinnati has hopes of reaching the College Football Playoff and has big games on the…

ALTU D’EL GAMONITEIRU, Spain (AP) — Primoz Roglic moved closer to clinching his third consecutive Spanish Vuelta title after increasing his lead…

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer ZANDVOORT, Netherlands (AP) — Max Verstappen will not tell his home crowd how to behave at this Sunday’s…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Mark Emmert is now the second-longest tenured leader in the long history of the…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Mark Emmert is now the second-longest tenured leader in the long history of the…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Fully vaccinated NBA players and coaches are not expected to be subject to regular coronavirus testing this…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Documents obtained by The Associated Press show two senior Olympic officials from Kuwait have been…

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer ZANDVOORT, Netherlands (AP) — George Russell knows if he will race for Mercedes alongside seven-time F1…

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Sabres locked up two youngsters considered integral to their rebuilding plans by…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Defensive tackle Jurrell Casey is retiring from the NFL after 10 seasons, the first nine with the Tennessee Titans and the…

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts have activated three starters from the reserve/COVID-19 list:…

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Cristiano Ronaldo has been released from Portugal’s squad and that frees the forward to join up earlier than…

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Wwriter PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — The season-opening football game between Temple and Rutgers scheduled for Thursday night…

MADRID (AP) — The Syracuse women’s basketball coach who resigned after players accused him of bullying has been hired by a professional club in…

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Shane Beamer hasn’t been able to think about much other than his head coaching debut…

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer It doesn’t get much bigger than this for No. 1 Alabama and No. 5 Georgia who face difficult openers to start…

By DÉBORA REY and NATACHA PISARENKO Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Few places in the world have soccer fans more passionate than…

OSAKA, Japan (AP) — Australia beat China 3-0 but Japan has fallen to a shock 1-0 defeat against Oman in the opening Group B game of World Cup…

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer NFL players can wear social justice messages on their helmets again this season. And “It Takes All of Us”…

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Afghan athlete Zakia Khudadadi got her chance to compete in the Tokyo Paralympics. Khudadadi is one…

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Brazilian soccer official Marco Polo del Nero has had his life ban from soccer cut to 20 years by the Court of…

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Lora Webster is five months pregnant and going for her fifth medal in sitting volleyball in her fifth…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Even a retractable roof at the U.S. Open was no match for the heavy rain and wind the remnants…

By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California wide receiver Drake London had shifted his attention between football and…

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer Texas is beginning a new era with new coach Steve Sarkisian, new starting quarterback Hudson Card and preseason…

By The Associated Press Mets acting general manager Zack Scott is due in court two days after he was arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VENICE (AP) — Italian director Paolo Sorrentino is turning the camera on his own personal tragedy.…

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — The members of the Major League Baseball’s first all-minority lineup say they didn’t…

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jace Peterson hit a go-ahead single in the seventh, Lorenzo Cain homered for a second…

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Turner and AJ Pollock singled home the tying and go-ahead runs through the same infield…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stefanos Tsitsipas has heard boos from the crowd for yet another long trip off court after…

By DAVID SMALE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Austin Hedges popped an RBI single just out of reach of first baseman Carlos Santana for…

By MARK GONZALES Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Rookie Gavin Sheets hit two home runs, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 6-3 win over the…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Tyler Johnston III threw for 320 yards and two touchdowns, Trea Shropshire had 120 yards receiving and a score, and UAB…

By PATRICK DONNELLY Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Frank Schwindel hit a three-run homer and a pair of Chicago Cubs pitchers combined on a…

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer AMSTERDAM (AP) — Formula One fans will hope Sunday’s Netherlands Grand Prix is a spectacular race to…

By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Randal Grichuk hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat…