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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles FC has picked up its short-term contract option on former MLS Most Valuable Player Carlos Vela. Vela was the first…

LONDON (AP) — Only two points separate Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool at the top of the Premier League. Liverpool hit four goals for a…

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Mariners were still in the middle of finishing their first big deal of the offseason when…

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh quarterback Kenny Pickett and Wake Forest quarterback Sam Hartman entered the season…

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Liverpool great Steven Gerrard couldn’t do his old club a favor. Now manager of Aston Villa, Gerrard saw his team lose…

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks have made a move to solidify the back end of their bullpen, adding…

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Karim Benzema scored a first-half winner as Real Madrid edged Athletic Bilbao 1-0 to extend its…

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Left-hander Alex Wood is staying with the San Francisco Giants, reaching agreement…

By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — In each of the past two offseasons, pitcher Kevin Gausman spurned free agent advances from the…

WATFORD, England (AP) — Chelsea stayed top of the Premier League with a hard-fought 2-1 win at Watford in a match that was halted for 32 minutes in…

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — While Justin Fields returned to practice for the Chicago Bears, Andy Dalton got the…

By JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball teams committed to an unprecedented $1.4 billion in salaries Wednesday,…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Even at a time football typically dominates television ratings, Thanksgiving week was notable.…

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Newly hired LSU coach Brian Kelly says he doesn’t spend time thinking about…

WOLVERHAMPTON, England (AP) — Burnley maintained its impressive record against Wolverhampton by securing a 0-0 draw in the Premier League to make…

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The Portuguese league has announced stricter measures against the coronavirus after outbreaks in some of its clubs. The…

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The ninth-ranked Iowa women’s basketball team returns to action on Thursday night…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Miami Heat star Bam Adebayo needs surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right thumb and is…

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Talia von Oelhoffen made a go-ahead 3-pointer with under a minute to play and sank two free throws with 1.5 seconds left,…

BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Max Franz of Austria was the fastest racer in a downhill training run along the demanding Beaver Creek course. Franz’s…