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By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer The days of postseason bans and crippling scholarship reductions being used to punish schools for breaking…

By The Associated Press ARIZONA (1-2) at CAROLINA (1-2) Sunday, 4:05 p.m. EDT, Fox OPENING LINE: Panthers by 1 1/2, according to FanDuel SportsBook.…

PARMA, Italy (AP) — Top-seeded Maria Sakkari has rallied past 97th-ranked Maryna Zanevska 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 at the Parma Ladies Open to reach her first…

NEW YORK (AP) — The former president of El Salvador’s soccer federation has been sentenced to 16 months in prison in the long-running FIFA…

By The Associated Press Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes will share the prime-time stage when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers host the Kansas City Chiefs on…

By The Associated Press Stanford (1-2, 0-2 Pac-12) at No. 13 Oregon (3-1, 1-0), Saturday, 11 p.m. ET (FS1) Line: Oregon by 17, according to FanDuel…

ROME (AP) — IOC president Thomas Bach has met with Giorgia Meloni after her far-right party gained the most votes in Italy’s election during…

By The Associated Press Georgia native Nick Chubb returns to his home state as the NFL’s leading rusher and the focus of the Cleveland…

By The Associated Press No. 24 Pittsburgh begins its quest for a second straight ACC title when the Panthers host Georgia Tech in their conference…

By The Associated Press The Baltimore Ravens host the Buffalo Bills this weekend in what should be a delightful quarterback matchup for neutral fans.…

By The Associated Press No. 17 Texas A&M has two wins since losing to Appalachian State and seeks a 2-0 start to SEC play, when it visits…

By The Associated Press Kentucky and Mississippi are set to meet in a matchup of unbeaten Southeastern Conference teams. The seventh-ranked Wildcats…

The Associated Press No. 2 Alabama visits No. 20 Arkansas in a key West Division matchup in the Southeastern Conference. Arkansas’s 42-35 loss in…

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Two months into the season, it looked like the New York Mets were headed for an NL East runaway.…

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer Formula One driver Alex Albon even surprised himself by recovering from his recent appendicitis and…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Use of pitch clocks cut the average time of minor league games by 25 minutes this year, a…

By The Associated Press Illinois’ Bret Bielema makes his return to Madison as an opposing coach when the Illini visit Wisconsin on Saturday.…

By The Associated Press Maryland is coming off its first loss of the season, but it was a credible performance in a seven-point defeat at Michigan.…

By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — The “J-E-T-S” chants gave way to British-accented berating of quarterback Joe Flacco at the…

By The Associated Press California (3-1, 1-0 Pac-12) at Washington State (3-1, 0-1), Saturday, 5:30 pm ET (Pac-12) Line: Washington State by 3 1/2…