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By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — It’s a March Madness tradition as predictable as a 12-5 upset. A successful coach at a small school enters the NCAA Tournament with speculation swirling about being a candidate at a more glamorous school, forcing that coach to dodge questions about his future

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — New York Mets closer Edwin Díaz has a torn patellar tendon and is expected to miss the entire season after hurting his right knee while celebrating a victory in the World Baseball Classic. Mets general manager Billy Eppler said Díaz would undergo surgery Thursday. Eppler said a general timeline

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Kansas coach Bill Self is missing the defending national champion Jayhawks’ NCAA Tournament first-round game against Howard on Thursday, the school announced two hours before tipoff. Assistant coach Norm Roberts was serving as acting head coach while Self continues to recover from a heart

Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame point guard Olivia Miles will miss the remainder of the season with an injury to her right knee. She suffered the injury in the regular-season finale against Louisville and sat out the ACC Tournament. She will undergo surgery next week. The second-team Associated Press All-American led

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have agreed to terms on a new contract with running back Alexander Mattison. He has has served as a reliable backup to Dalvin Cook over the last four seasons. The Vikings finalized the deal a day after Mattison became an unrestricted free agent. The third-round 2019 draft pick

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia defensive tackle Jalen Carter has pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of reckless driving and racing related to a crash that killed Bulldogs offensive lineman Devin Willock and a recruiting staff member. Carter has been sentenced to 12 months’ probation and a $1,000 fine. Carter is projected as one of

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The short bench of Florida State women’s basketball team just got shorter. Now the Seminoles, the seventh seed in Seattle Regional 4, will play with just eight players in the NCAA Tournament, beginning with Friday’s game against 10th-seed Georgia. Florida State announced Thursday that freshman

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer Lewis Hamilton considers Mercedes so far off the pace that it might need three teams not to finish a Formula One race in order to win one. The next race is Sunday’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Red Bull dominated the season-opener in Bahrain two weeks ago with two-time

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer The Women’s World Cup is getting an increase in prize money of more than 300% for this year’s tournament. The $152 million fund for the first 32-team tournament is a huge boost from the 24-team edition in 2019 and 10 times what it was in 2015. FIFA president Gianni

CHELTENHAM, England (AP) — Jockey Rachael Blackmore and trainer Henry de Bromhead have delivered another big winner at the Cheltenham Festival. Envoi Allen won the Ryanair Chase two days after Blackmore rode Honeysuckle to victory in the Mares’ Hurdle in the horse’s last ever race. Envoi Allen won at odds of 13-2. Race favorite Shishkin

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst valued Jordan Love’s potential enough three years ago to trade up in the draft and select him in the first round, catching the Hall of Fame-caliber quarterback already on Green Bay’s roster by surprise. Love finally has a chance to show he was worth

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan All-America running back Blake Corum says his surgically repaired left knee has gotten strong enough that he has been cleared to run on an anti-gravity treadmill next week. Corum says he’s sure he will play in the season-opening game on Sept. 2 against

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Kansas coach Bill Self will miss the defending national champion Jayhawks’ NCAA Tournament first-round game against Howard on Thursday, the school announced two hours before tipoff. Assistant coach Norm Roberts will serve as acting head coach while Self continues to recover from a heart

WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky university has agreed to a settlement of more than $14 million over the death of a student wrestler hours after practice, the school announced. The settlement over the death of junior Grant Brace, 20, of Louisville, Tennessee, includes an agreement for the University of the Cumberlands to participate in

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans have released outside linebacker Bud Dupree two years into a five-year contract, parting ways with the big free agent they acquired in 2021 to boost their pass rush. Dupree signed his big contract in March 2021 after spending his first

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Ivan Toney has been called up by England for its upcoming European Championship qualifiers as a reward for being the third-leading scorer in the Premier League. It comes as Toney awaits a possible suspension for apparently breaching multiple gambling rules. It is the second time the Brentford striker has

By The Associated Press The NCAA Tournament has arrived. The First Four games in Dayton, Ohio, kicked things off and set the final bracket with 68 teams battling it out for the national championship in men’s basketball. Sweet 16 weekend will see games in New York City, Las Vegas, Kansas City, Missouri, and Louisville, Kentucky.

PARIS (AP) — Brothers Khéphren and Marcus Thuram have been called up by France coach Didier Deschamps for upcoming European Championship qualifiers against the Netherlands and Ireland. They are the sons of former France defender Lilian Thuram. He played alongside Deschamps when France won the World Cup in 1998 and the European Championship in 2000.