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LEXINGTON, Va. — Jake Stephens had 23 points as VMI beat Furman 76-67. Jalen Slawson led the Paladins with 20 points, seven rebounds and five assists.

By The Associated Press The Indianapolis Colts activated quarterback Carson Wentz from the reserve/COVID-19 list Saturday and he should be able to start against Las Vegas on Sunday. Wentz, who is unvaccinated, must have a negative test Sunday to be allowed to play under new protocols adopted by the NFL and the players’ union this

MILWAUKEE — Ryan Hawkins made a 3-pointer with 1:55 remaining in double overtime to give Creighton the lead en route to a 75-69 win over Marquette. Ryan Kalkbrenner had a career-high 20 points plus 12 rebounds to lead the Bluejays. Oso Ighodaro led the Golden Eagles with a career-high 22 points.

WICHITA, Kan. — Josh Minott scored 15 points and DeAndre Williams and Jalen Duren added 14 points each as Memphis topped Wichita State 82-64 on Saturday. Tyson Etienne led the Shockers on Saturday with 17 points.

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The national championship game quarterbacks are a former five-star recruit already with a Heisman Trophy and a former walk-on ending a long journey with his home state team. Sophomore Bryce Young is the first Alabama quarterback to win the Heisman. The Southern California native won

By MARK ROSNER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Marcus Carr scored a season-best 20 points and No. 17 Texas defeated short-handed West Virginia 74-59 in the Big 12 opener for both teams. The Mountaineers’ eight-game winning streak was snapped. West Virginia played without starting guard and leading scorer Taz Sherman along with reserves Gabe

MONACO (AP) — Monaco has fired coach Niko Kovac with the club sixth in the French league at the mid-season break. Monaco says Kovac was informed on Thursday during a meeting. Reserve team coach Stephane Nado will take over in an interim role for Sunday’s French Cup game away to second-tier Quevilly-Rouen. French sports daily

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A year after New Year’s Day passed without a Rose Parade due to the coronavirus pandemic, the floral spectacle celebrating the arrival of 2022 marched on despite a new surge of infections. The 133rd edition of the Pasadena, California, tradition featured actor LeVar Burton as grand marshal, 20 marching bands, 18

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Another G League referee was called up by the NBA to work a game Saturday as the league continued finding ways to play through the latest coronavirus outbreak. Sha’Rae Mitchell was assigned the San Antonio-Detroit game. She becomes the fourth G League referee called up in a span of

WATFORD, England (AP) — Davinson Sanchez’s stoppage-time goal secured Tottenham a 1-0 victory in the Premier League against Watford to enhance its pursuit of Champions League qualification. The Colombia defender headed a freekick from Heung-min Son past goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann in the sixth minute of added time to hand Watford a sixth successive loss. Tottenham

By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer An African Cup warmup game between defending champion Algeria and Gambia has been called off hours before kick-off in Qatar after several Gambia players tested positive for the coronavirus. The Gambia soccer federation says 16 of its players are unavailable. Although the federation didn’t mention the virus, organizers in

SIGULDA, Latvia (AP) — Francesco Friedrich of Germany was undefeated in 2021. He won’t repeat the feat in 2022. Friedrich’s 21-race World Cup winning streak was snapped Saturday after his worst finish in more than four years. Russia’s Rostislav Gaitiukevich was the surprise winner of a two-man race, teaming with Mikhail Mordasov to prevail. The

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — Two-time U.S. figure skating champion Bradie Tennell, a favorite to make the Olympic team, has withdrawn from next week’s nationals. Tennell has been dealing with a right foot injury. She has missed the season’s main competitions on the road to the Beijing Games. Tennell still could make the American squad for

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A year after New Year’s Day passed without a Rose Parade due to the coronavirus pandemic, the floral spectacle celebrating the arrival of 2022 is proceeding despite a new surge of infections. The 133rd edition of the Pasadena, California, tradition features actor LeVar Burton as grand marshal, 20 marching bands, 18

SYDNEY (AP) — Greece badly missed elbow-injury victim Stefanos Tsitsipas in the singles when it was beaten by Poland on the opening day of the 16-team ATP Cup tournament in Sydney. World number four Tsitsipas was a late withdrawal from his match with ninth-ranked Hubert Hurkacz, who went on to beat replacement Aristotelis Thanos 6-1,

WINTERBERG, Germany (AP) — Johannes Ludwig of Germany won his fourth race of the season and further padded his lead in the World Cup overall standings. Ludwig had the third-fastest time in both heats but benefitted when early leaders Nico Gleirscher of Austria and Dominik Fischnaller of Italy had trouble in their second runs. Gleirscher

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Former Denver Broncos and Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Reeves has died at the age of 77. His family says he died peacefully Saturday of complications from dementia. Reeves won a Super Bowl as a player with the Dallas Cowboys but was best known for a long

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Arsenal fans hurled plastic bottles and toilet rolls at Manchester City’s celebrating players after Rodri scored a stoppage-time winner at the Emirates Stadium. City’s comeback to win 2-1 moved the champions 11 points in front of second-place Chelsea at the top of the standings. Fourth-place

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Former Denver Broncos and Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Reeves has died at the age of 77. His family says he died peacefully Saturday morning of complications from dementia. Reeves won a Super Bowl as a player with the Dallas Cowboys but was best known for a

LONDON (AP) — Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp will miss the Premier League match at Chelsea on Sunday after what the club called a suspected positive coronavirus test. Klopp has mild symptoms and is now isolating. Assistant manager Pepijn Lijnders will be on the touchline leading the team at Stamford Bridge. In France, seven Monaco players