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By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada is joining the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia in a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics over human rights concerns. The announcement came after the White House, the Australian government and the UK government confirmed diplomatic boycotts of the Winter Olympics in February

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By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Mac Jones and the New England Patriots played a style of game more reminiscent of a triple-option service academy than the modern NFL. Jones threw just three passes on a windy Monday night in Buffalo for the fewest pass attempts in an NFL game in nearly a half-century.

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Washington has put pass rusher Montez Sweat on the NFL’s COVID-19 reserve list. Sweat was expected to return to practice this week and play against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday after missing the past four games with a broken jaw. Sweat was one of Washington’s

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Tiger Woods is returning to some form of competition. He says he will be playing next weekend in Orlando, Florida, at the PNC Championship with 12-year-old son Charlie. The PNC Championship is a 36-hole event involving family members. It will have been 298 days since Woods’ right leg was

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer Alabama once again collected a Southeastern Conference title and two big league-wide individual awards. Quarterback Bryce Young is the SEC’s offensive player of the year and linebacker Will Anderson Jr. is the top defensive player as voted on by a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the league.

OSLO (AP) — Former Olympic alpine skiing champion Kjetil Jansrud will not race at the Beijing Games in February after being ruled out for up to nine months with knee ligament damage. The 36-year-old Norwegian was hurt in a fall in a race at Beaver Creek on Friday. The doctor of Norway’s alpine national team

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — TV celebrity and former football great Michael Strahan is going to have to wait another few days before rocketing into space. Strahan was supposed to blast off Thursday from West Texas with five others for the 10-minute flight.  But on Wednesday, Jeff Bezos’ space

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Mark Whipple is Nebraska’s new offensive coordinator. His hiring was announced a day after he resigned from the same position at Pittsburgh. Cornhuskers coach Scott Frost also announced the hiring of Chicago Bears assistant Donovan Raiola as offensive line coach. Frost is making over his offensive staff following a 3-9 season.

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Blackhawks forward Jujhar Khaira has been released from a hospital after he was leveled by Jacob Trouba during a 6-2 loss to the New York Rangers. Team physician Michael Terry says Khaira underwent “extensive testing.” Terry says Khaira is expected to make a full recovery,

SEATTLE (AP) — Mark Giordano has rejoined the Seattle Kraken following 10 days in a Florida hotel following a positive COVID-19 test. Giordano tested positive on Nov. 26 as Seattle was beginning a road trip at Tampa Bay. Giordano says he had a little bit of congestion and lost his sense of taste for a

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Minnesota Lynx coach and general manager Cheryl Reeve will be the next USA Basketball women’s coach. Reeve has been an assistant on the last two Olympic women’s teams. She will be the first professional women’s basketball coach to lead the U.S. team since Anne Donovan was courtside for the

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says no U.K. government minister will attend the Beijing Winter Olympics, calling it “effectively” a diplomatic boycott. The announcement came after the White House and the Australian government confirmed diplomatic boycotts of the Winter Olympics in February to protest Chinese human rights

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer DENVER (AP) — A member of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee’s board of directors is among those echoing the IOC’s call for behind-the-scenes negotiations to ensure the well-being of tennis player Peng Shuai. International Tennis Federation president David Haggerty told BBC that the ITF does not “want to

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Pelé has been hospitalized again in Sao Paulo to continue his colon tumor treatment. Hospital Albert Einstein says in a statement that 81-year-old Edson Arantes do Nascimento is “stable and expected to be released in the next few days.” Pelé’s assistant Pepito Fornos tells The Associated

REFORM, Ala. (AP) — Alabama authorities are investigating after former NFL player Glenn Foster Jr. died in custody following a high-speed chase that resulted in his arrest and then a scuffle involving officers in the jail where he was being held. Authorities say the death of the former New Orleans Saints player was reported Monday

LONDON (AP) — Tottenham manager Antonio Conte says eight players and five members of staff have tested positive for the coronavirus. Conte says “every day we are having people with COVID” and that “the situation is serious.” Tottenham is scheduled to play Rennes on Thursday in a match in the Europa Conference League. UEFA rules