Sports

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Napoli has bounced back from its first league defeat of the season to beat 10-man Sampdoria 2-0 and extend its lead at the top of Serie A. Victor Osimhen opened the scoring after Matteo Politano had seen an early penalty saved. Any chance Sampdoria had of

CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Mixon and the Cincinnati Bengals are still flipping out over the NFL’s plan to determine home-field advantage in the playoffs. Mixon referenced the NFL’s decision to use a coin flip as a tiebreaker Sunday by celebrating a 1-yard touchdown run against the Baltimore Ravens by taking a coin out of his

By PHILLIP B. WILSON Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Boo Buie scored 26 points and Northwestern beat No. 15 Indiana 84-83 for its second road victory against a ranked opponent this season. The Wildcats knocked off then-No. 20 Michigan State 70-63 on Dec. 4 and have won seven of eight games. The Hoosiers have

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Tom Brady has broken his own NFL record for most completions in a season. Brady quickly gained the needed nine connections in the first half of Tampa Bay’s game against the Atlanta Falcons. Brady had a record 485 completions with the Buccaneers in 2021. The 45-year-old

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Dolphins star receiver Tyreek Hill left Sunday’s game against the New York Jets with an ankle injury and is questionable to return. Hill appeared to be hurt in the second quarter and went into the Dolphins medical tent.

LONDON (AP) — Aston Villa’s stunning loss to fourth-tier Stevenage in the FA Cup completed a rough few days in the third round for Premier League teams. Eight of them have already been eliminated and that is the most at this stage since the 2007-08 season according to statistics provider Opta. That was the last

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Manchester City has beaten Chelsea for the second time in less than three days. On this occasion it was in the FA Cup and this time it was a 4-0 thrashing without even needing Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne. City’s top two players were given a rest after

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills and their fans planned several tributes to safety Damar Hamlin for the team’s game Sunday — No. 3 jerseys, homemade T-shirts and even a 10-foot wide get-well card. There was no scripting what happened once the Bills actually returned to action.

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — A mere store-bought get-well card wasn’t enough for Bills fan Ryan Magnuson to show his support for Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin. The owner of a sign shop, Magnuson took the next step by designing a 4-by-10-foot canvas card, which he erected at the foot

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (AP) — The emotions came pouring out of Mikaela Shiffrin when she matched Lindsey Vonn’s women’s World Cup skiing record with her 82nd win Sunday. First there was a scream of delight following a serious case of nerves that had been building inside her throughout the

LONDON (AP) — Jesse Marsch had quite the ride in his first match in the FA Cup. The American coach saw his Leeds team rally from 2-0 down against second-tier Cardiff to draw 2-2 thanks to an equalizer in the third minute of stoppage time by substitute Sonny Perkins in the third round. Rodrigo began

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Empoli has stunned Lazio by scoring two late goals to snatch a 2-2 draw. Lazio appeared to have the match won after goals from Felipe Anderson and Mattia Zaccagni. But Francesco Caputo pulled one back for the visitors seven minutes from time and Răzvan Marin netted

WINTERBERG, Germany (AP) — Francesco Friedrich ended a three-race winless drought by driving to a four-man World Cup victory to cap a day when Germany won five out a possible six medals. Brad Hall was second in the four-man race for Britain and Johannes Lochner of Germany drove to third. In the women’s race, Laura

SIGULDA, Latvia (AP) — Latvia swept a pair of luge World Cup races on home ice, and Emily Sweeney of the U.S. won her team-high fourth medal of the season by helping the Americans finish third in a team relay. Kristers Aparjods won gold in the men’s singles race, his third career World Cup victory

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Virginia quarterback Brennan Armstrong is transferring to North Carolina State. Armstrong announced his decision in a social media post. The move allows him to re-unite with his former offensive coordinator Robert Anae. Anae directed the Cavaliers’ offense during the most productive years of Armstrong’s career with the Cavaliers and recently signed