AP National Sports

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH (AP) — Offensive tackle Trent Brown has agreed to a two-year deal to return to the New England…

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Quarterback Matt Barkley is returning to the Buffalo Bills for a second stint after signing a one-year contract. Barkley…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — To fully understand how long Miami basketball coach Jim Larrañaga has been teaching…

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens have agreed to a three-year deal with fullback Patrick Ricard. Ricard has spent all five of his NFL…

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Gareth Bale has linked up with Wales’ national team ahead of its World Cup qualifying playoff against…

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — From refugee to amateur soccer player to Serie A scorer. Eighteen-year-old Moustapha Cissé has…

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia has hired Amaka “Mox” Agugua-Hamilton of Missouri State as its women’s basketball coach. Athletic…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas State hired Jerome Tang to be its next basketball coach Monday, entrusting a…

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — It was quite the weekend in motorsports, which is typically the bit player on the…

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Hertha Berlin investor Lars Windhorst has slammed the club president Werner Gegenbauer and called…

LONDON (AP) — Russian race walker Yelena Lashmanova has been banned for two years for doping and will be stripped of her Olympic gold medal.…

ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — Former Dutch soccer great Marc Overmars has been appointed sports director of Belgian club Antwerp only weeks after…

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer Kevin Willard is taking over as Maryland’s basketball coach after a dozen seasons at Seton Hall. The Terrapins…

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer Marc-Andre Fleury is back in the playoff picture after the Minnesota Wild acquired the three-time Stanley Cup-winner…

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic will be without its best attacker for the World Cup qualifying playoff against Sweden after Patrik Schick was…

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Barcelona’s players had just returned to the locker room when Gerard Piqué put out a message on…

PARIS (AP) — Marseille defender William Saliba has been called up to France’s national team for upcoming friendly matches. The French soccer…

SYDNEY (AP) — Socceroos head coach Graham Arnold has been fined 25,000 Australian dollars ($18,500) for taking a walk on a Sydney beach while he…

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Rasmus Dahlin scored 48 seconds into overtime, leading the Buffalo Sabres to a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Bennedict Mathurin made a 3-pointer to force overtime and scored six more points in the extra…