Colorado State brings in Nevada head coach Jay Norvell
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer Colorado State has hired Nevada head coach Jay Norvell to lead the Rams. Norvell is the first Black head football…
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Tumultuous season ends with Oregon seeking new head coach
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer The Oregon Ducks are looking for a new coach just three days after losing the Pac-12 championship and their…
Continue Reading2019 US Open champ Andreescu takes time off for mental break
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer 2019 U.S. Open champion Bianca Andreescu says she will take a mental break from tennis and sit out the start of…
Continue ReadingBoston College QB Jurkovec will return for senior season
BOSTON (AP) — Boston College quarterback Phil Jurkovec says he will return for his senior season rather than enter the NFL draft. Jurkovec threw…
Continue ReadingNew York Liberty part ways with coach Walt Hopkins
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Liberty and coach Walt Hopkins have parted ways less than two years after he was hired. Hopkins led the team to the…
Continue ReadingNebraska football legend Johnny Rodgers in ICU with COVID
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska football star and 1972 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Rodgers was in an Omaha hospital intensive care unit with COVID-19…
Continue ReadingTennessee women back in top 10 of AP Top 25; SC still No. 1
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Tennessee is back in the top 10 of the women’s AP Top 25 for the first time in nearly three years. The Lady…
Continue ReadingDerby winner Medina Spirit collapses, dies in California
By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer The 3-year-old colt whose Kentucky Derby victory in May came under scrutiny because of a positive drug test has…
Continue ReadingUS plans diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
By AAMER MADHANI and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the U.S. will stage a diplomatic boycott of the…
Continue ReadingBoiler up! Purdue is No. 1 in AP Top 25 for the first time
By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer Purdue is No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll for the first time. The Boilermakers were a…
Continue ReadingSuarez guaranteed $11M over 2 years in deal with Padres
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Right-hander Robert Suarez is guaranteed $11 million over two seasons in his contract with the San Diego Padres. Suarez gets a $1…
Continue ReadingOlesen appears in court, denies sexual assault on flight
LONDON (AP) — Danish golfer Thorbjorn Olesen has appeared in a London court facing allegations he grabbed a woman’s breast, pushed a member of…
Continue ReadingPickett, No. 13 Pitt headline AP All-ACC honors for 2021
By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer Newly crowned Atlantic Coast Conference champion Pittsburgh headlines The Associated Press All-ACC teams and…
Continue ReadingOregon’s Cristobal takes Miami coaching job after Diaz fired
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Mario Cristobal is leaving Oregon and headed home to Miami. The news comes on the same…
Continue ReadingGerman prosecutors accuse soccer player of faking name, age
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — German prosecutors have charged a professional soccer player from Gambia of using a false identity to breach immigration…
Continue ReadingFlyers fire Vigneault amid skid; Yeo named interim coach
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Flyers fired coach Alain Vigneault with the team approaching a franchise-worst…
Continue ReadingBelgian soccer league bans visiting fans following violence
BRUSSELS (AP) — The Belgian league has banned visiting fans from soccer games until the end of the year after two matches were marred by violence…
Continue ReadingBarton found not guilty of assaulting rival manager
SHEFFIELD, England (AP) — Former Premier League midfielder Joey Barton has been cleared of pushing a rival manager at the end of a match in…
Continue ReadingNorwegian team launches jersey to highlight abuses in Qatar
TROMSO, Norway (AP) — A Norwegian soccer club has collaborated with Amnesty International and a former migrant worker in Qatar to launch a jersey…
Continue ReadingBenitez given ‘full support’ by Everton as team flounders
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Rafa Benitez has been given the “full support” of Everton’s board amid a drastic downturn in the team’s results…
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