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By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Jay Wright will be in the midst of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. The biggest difference now is the former…

By The Associated Press Defending national champion and top-ranked Georgia has won nine consecutive games and 25 of 26 since losing to Florida in…

By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The No. 3 Texas Longhorns will host DePaul in a preseason exhibition game Sunday with all…

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer David Gilliland is moving his racing organization from Ford to Toyota next season and rebranding it as TRICON…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer Mariano Rivera says he would keep Aaron Boone as New York Yankees manager and remarks he made earlier this week…

PARIS (AP) — Next year’s Tour de France will start from the Basque Country in northern Spain. It features four mountain-top finishes and a Tour…

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — David Stearns is stepping down as the Milwaukee Brewers’ president of baseball operations.…

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona’s Champions League campaign has again ended in the group stage but this…

LEEDS, England (AP) — Leeds coach Jesse Marsch acknowledges he is under pressure to keep his job after a run of four straight losses in the Premier…

By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Wake Forest wants to maintain its top-10 ranking and winning streak against a Louisville…

By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press A former CIA officer who spied on Qatar’s rivals to help the tiny Arab country land this year’s World Cup is…

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — It was a painful sequence of events for Atlético Madrid. Yannick Carrasco’s last-gasp penalty…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar says it will drop most of its coronavirus restrictions beginning Nov. 1, just before it hosts the 2022…

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer DÜSSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting has emerged as the unlikely new star striker at Bayern…

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Safety Jordan Poyer has many reasons to be looking forward to the Buffalo Bills next game…

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Persistently high inflation and gas prices are looming over sports and the monetary pipeline that…

By The Associated Press Here are some things to watch this week in the Pac-12 Conference: GAME OF THE WEEK Stanford (3-4, 1-4 Pac-12) at No. 12 UCLA…

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — A LeBron James-led team doesn’t begin 0-4 often. Not since his rookie season has one of his…

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Bam Adebayo scored 18 points and the Miami Heat snapped Portland’s four-game winning…

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Damian Lillard left the Portland Trail Blazers’ game against the Miami Heat on…

By JOHN COON Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Lauri Markkanen had 24 points and eight rebounds to help the Utah Jazz beat the Houston Rockets…

By WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored his 200th career goal to break a tie in the third period, Stuart…

By MARK GONZALES Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Zach LaVine scored 28 points as the Chicago Bulls held off a third-quarter surge to earn a 124-109…

By JEFFREY BERNSTEIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson scored 27 points, hitting the go-ahead basket in overtime, and the New York…

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 43 points, 14 rebounds and five assists as the Milwaukee Bucks went…

By ALLAN KREDA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Kyle Palmieri scored twice, Ilya Sorokin stopped 41 shots for his first shutout of the season and…

By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Pascal Siakam scored 20 points and matched his career-high with 13 assists, Gary Trent Jr. scored a…

By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Evan Mobley scored a season-high 22 points, Jarrett Allen had 18 points and 16 rebounds and the…

By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Brian Allen thought his troublesome knee would not be a problem. The Los Angeles…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Midfielder Perry Kitchen is retiring at age 30 after nine years in Major League Soccer and a season as captain of…

By BILL HUBER Associated Press GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers are carrying a three-game losing streak and one of the NFL’s worse…

DENVER (AP) — Russell Westbrook sat out the Los Angeles Lakers’ game Wednesday night at Denver to rest a sore left hamstring. Lakers coach…

By BRANDON GDULA numberFire Only two quarterbacks are on a bye this week, but they’re a relevant duo: Patrick Mahomes and Justin Herbert. With just…