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Georgia is new CFP No. 1, followed by Ohio St, Michigan, TCU 
Georgia was the new No. 1 in the College Football Playoff rankings Tuesday night, followed by Ohio State, Michigan and TCU. The Bulldogs’ rise from No. 3 was no surprise after their dominant victory against previously top-ranked Tennessee on Saturday. Clemson, which was No. 4 in the selection committee’s first...
Christian Pulisic embracing the pressure of spearheading U.S. World Cup ambitions 
LOS ANGELES — Landon Donovan was the young leader of a talented U.S. team that hadn’t won a World Cup game in eight years when he made his tournament debut in 2002. That’s the same situation Christian Pulisic will face Nov. 21 when the U.S., which didn’t qualify for the...
Column: Replenishing PGA Tour pipeline starts in college 
Tiger Woods was one college kid who got everyone’s attention on the PGA Tour. Retired commissioner Tim Finchem recalls being in the players’ dining room at Firestone during the old World Series of Golf in 1996 when Woods, the NCAA champion at Stanford, was going after a third straight U.S....
Iowa’s Spencer Lee puts pedal to metal going for 4th title
IOWA CITY, Iowa — The focus of Iowa’s Spencer Lee is so narrow, he doesn’t even risk driving over the speed limit. Lee, who missed almost all of last season after having surgeries on both knees, is back for a sixth year to chase a fourth NCAA national title, a...
Liverpool owner FSG prepared to sell shares in EPL club
MANCHESTER, England — The owner of Liverpool confirmed on Monday that it is open to selling shares in the Premier League club amid reports it is inviting offers from potential buyers. Fenway Sports Group (FSG) said in a statement that it remains committed to the club, which it bought in...
USF coach Jeff Scott fired, a day after lopsided loss to Temple
TAMPA — South Florida coach Jeff Scott was fired Sunday, one day after his team gave up 621 yards of offense in a 54-28 loss to Temple that dropped him to 4-26 at the school. Special teams coordinator Daniel Da Prato will be the interim coach for the remainder of...
Joey Logano wins at Phoenix to earn 2nd NASCAR championship 
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Penske Perfect. From the first NASCAR race with the new Next Gen car, the Daytona 500, the IndyCar championship and now the NASCAR Cup title, it’s been about as close to a perfect season as possible for Roger Penske. Joey Logano won his second NASCAR championship on...
No. 1 Georgia shuts down QB Hendon Hooker, No. 2 Tennessee 
ATHENS, Ga. — Stetson Bennett threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score, and No. 1 Georgia shut down No. 2 Tennessee’s high-powered offense, dominating the Volunteers, 27-13, on Saturday in an SEC showdown of the nation’s top-ranked teams. Georgia (9-0, 6-0 SEC) turned the 25th regular-season matchup of...
Wall-hugging Ross Chastain, red-hot Christopher Bell eye 1st NASCAR title
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Ross Chastain skyrocketed to motorsports infamy for wall-riding his way into NASCAR’s championship race with a video-game style move that has overshadowed the finale and his fellow title contenders. With that comes a ton of pressure on the eighth-generation Florida watermelon farmer and journeyman NASCAR driver who...
Nike splits with Kyrie Irving amid antisemitism fallout
Nike has parted ways with Kyrie Irving. The shoe giant announced Friday night that it will halt its relationship with the Brooklyn guard, who has been suspended by the Nets for what the team called a repeated failure to “unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs.” The Nets made that...
Dominant Flightline aims for 6-0 at Breeders’ Cup Classic 
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Comparisons of Flightline to legendary Triple Crown champion Secretariat initially might sound like a stretch, though they offer a hint about his dominance. The 4-year-old bay colt has yet to lose in five starts, and four of his wins have been by double-digit lengths. All told, Flightline...
Jimmie Johnson returns to NASCAR as part-owner, driver 
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Jimmie Johnson’s NASCAR retirement and IndyCar experiment lasted all of two seasons. The seven-time NASCAR champion is returning in 2023 to the series that made him a global motorsports star as the part-owner of Petty GMS. He also will enter about five Cup races. Johnson told the...
Nets suspend Kyrie Irving for at least 5 games without pay
NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets suspended Kyrie Irving for at least five games without pay, saying they were dismayed by his failure to “unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs.” Hours after Irving refused to issue the apology NBA commissioner Adam Silver sought for posting a link to an...
Louisville escapes major sanctions in hoops bribery case
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — After five agonizing years, Louisville finally gets to look forward. An independent panel placed the Cardinals’ basketball program on two years of probation and fined it $5,000, but spared the school major penalties from NCAA allegations leveled in the aftermath of a federal investigation into corruption in...
Chastain’s video game-inspired ride puts more eyes on NASCAR 
PHOENIX — Ross Chastain’s video game-inspired ride along the wall at Martinsville carried him across the finish line, into the NASCAR championship finale and around the world. Like it or not — there’s plenty on both sides — the hands-free, foot-to-the-floor Chevy slingshot ride catapulted Chastain and NASCAR into the...
Former Pitt player Xavier Johnson could be X-factor for No. 13 Indiana 
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Pitt transfer Xavier Johnson faced the stark reality his basketball days could be over when an April police chase ended in his arrest in a Bloomington parking lot. Indiana coach Mike Woodson was willing to forgive his starting point guard if he agreed to some conditions. Johnson’s...
College basketball preview: NCAA portal chaos puts pressure on hoops coaches in lower levels 
There is growing fear among college basketball coaches at the lower levels of the sport, the vast majority of whom do not make seven-figure salaries, fly around the country in private jets or hang out with rich and famous boosters and fans. It’s a fear that comes with success. It...
College basketball preview: Loaded No. 8 UCLA tops resurgent Pac-12 Conference 
UCLA’s bid to reach consecutive Final Fours fell short last season in a rash of injuries and a tough Sweet 16 matchup. With two of the Pac-12’s best players back and a sterling freshman class, the No. 8 Bruins have their sights set on a second Final Four in three...
NCAA transfer portal causing ripple effect across college hoops recruiting 
Eric Musselman has been one of the nation’s best at dipping into the transfer portal at Arkansas and at his previous stop in Nevada. Musselman is still adept at landing elite high school recruits — his 2022 class was second nationally — but adding quality transfers was a big part...
SEC’s 6 new men’s basketball coaches prepare for a grind 
Mike White has an advantage over about a third of the other men’s basketball coaches in the SEC this season. He may be in a new place, but the Georgia coach is at least in the same conference. That should give White, who moved on from Florida after last season,...
CFP’s first top 4: Tennessee, Ohio State, Georgia, Clemson
Tennessee, Ohio State, Georgia, and Clemson were the top four teams in the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season released Tuesday night, four days before the Volunteers and Bulldogs square off on the field. Michigan was fifth, followed by Alabama and unbeaten TCU. Tennessee is No. 1 in...
No. 1 Georgia loses LB Nolan Smith as ‘D’ braces for No. 2 Tennessee 
Just in time for its biggest test of the season against No. 2 Tennessee’s top-ranked offense, top-ranked Georgia’s defense lost outside linebacker Nolan Smith to a season-ending injury. Smith, who leads Georgia with three sacks and is fifth with 18 tackles, suffered a torn right pectoral muscle in last week’s...
Column: Chastain rides the wall into NASCAR’s title race 
There has been an internal battle raging inside Ross Chastain as he has clawed his way into NASCAR’s championship finale. He’s an eighth-generation watermelon farmer from Florida who was never supposed to make it to the top level of stock car racing. But he did, and it required Chastain to...
Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh expects 4 Michigan State players to be charged after scuffle 
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Jim Harbaugh expects the four suspended Michigan State football players involved in roughing up two members of Michigan’s team to be punished to the fullest extent of the law. “I can’t imagine that this will not result in criminal charges,” the Michigan coach said Monday. Michigan...
Auburn fires coach Bryan Harsin, who won 9 of 21 games
AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn fired coach Bryan Harsin on Monday after less than two seasons, ending a rocky tenure in which the proud program struggled to compete in the Southeastern Conference. Harsin went 9-12 overall and 3-5 this year. Auburn has lost four straight games while struggling against Power Five...


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