Boilermakers using creative combination to rejoin Top 25
By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer Purdue coach Jeff Brohm spent his bye week putting together a creative game plan for No. 2 Iowa. He wanted three…
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SEC fines Vols $250,000 for fans interrupting Ole Miss game
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference has fined Tennessee $250,000 for fans stopping the Vols’ game with Mississippi by…
Continue ReadingArizona QB Cruz out for rest of season with thumb injury
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona has lost its second quarterback in two weeks to a season-ending injury. Wildcats coach Jedd Fisch says Gunner Cruz is…
Continue ReadingEllis says biennial Women’s World Cup can help grow the game
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Former U.S. women’s national team coach Jill Ellis insists a biennial Women’s World Cup is not a foregone…
Continue ReadingCilic overcomes Dzumhur at Kremlin Cup in match of ex-champs
MOSCOW (AP) — Marin Cilic has begin his bid for a third Kremlin Cup trophy by beating another former champion Damir Dzumhur 6-7, 6-1, 6-1 in…
Continue ReadingDarnell Coles plans to put his ‘stamp’ on Nationals’ hitters
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Darnell Coles has been hired by the Washington Nationals as their hitting coach. The move…
Continue ReadingNew Jersey has its first $1 billion month in sports betting
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s sports betting industry has become the first in the United States to take…
Continue ReadingLightning’s Kucherov out indefinitely with lower-body injury
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay Lightning star Nikita Kucherov will be out indefinitely with a lower-body injury he suffered late in the two-time…
Continue ReadingBrowns RB Hunt out weeks with calf injury, Mayfield TBD
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Browns running back Kareem Hunt will likely miss more than a month with a significant calf injury…
Continue ReadingNBA hires Danielle Scott, league’s 6th female full-time ref
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Danielle Scott has become the sixth NBA female referee. The daughter of college basketball officials was…
Continue ReadingNew hoops league for prep standouts signs deal with Gatorade
ATLANTA (AP) — A startup basketball league with goals of giving high school players another option besides the college route has added Gatorade as…
Continue ReadingFIFA, Qatar team up with WHO for World Cup health promotion
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — FIFA and Qatari organizers of next year’s World Cup have teamed up with the World Health…
Continue ReadingGonzaga is No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25; UCLA, Kansas next
By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Gonzaga is the preseason No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll. The Bulldogs…
Continue ReadingCam Newton says he’s vaccinated and ready for NFL return
By The Associated Press Cam Newton says he has been vaccinated against contracting COVID-19 and is ready to return to the NFL. The quarterback who…
Continue ReadingVan Dijk happy with comeback after injury, set for CL return
By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Virgil van Dijk has been spared Champions League duty so far this season as Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has…
Continue ReadingTexas passes new limits on transgender high school athletes
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is poised to become the latest and most populous state to tighten restrictions on transgender athletes in public high…
Continue ReadingBreeders’ Cup clears Baffert to compete with conditions
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Bob Baffert can enter horses in the Breeders’ Cup next month at Del Mar but the event’s all-time money-leading trainer…
Continue ReadingAP WAS THERE: 1st Black player’s contract bought by NBA team
By The Associated Press Earl Lloyd, Chuck Cooper and Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton broke the color barrier in the NBA as the league’s first Black…
Continue ReadingUEFA hits England with stadium closure for Euro 2020 chaos
NYON, Switzerland (AP) — UEFA has ordered England to play one men’s national team game in an empty stadium. It’s punishment for chaotic…
Continue ReadingNBA struggles during 1950s, begins its rise later in decade
By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer The NBA, known today as a leader when it comes to culture and racial issues, was anything but during the 1950s…
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