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By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Athletes Unlimited is starting a basketball league this winter with 44 players, including WNBA guard Natasha Cloud. The season will be played in the same city running from Jan. 29 through Feb. 28. Players will earn points each week based on their team’s results as

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Germany remains a work in progress under new coach Hansi Flick. There are signs he can turn it into a title contender at next year’s World Cup. Flick’s team became the first to qualify for the tournament in Qatar after a 4-0 win in North Macedonia

By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — The NFL has selected the cities Düsseldorf, Frankfurt and Munich to enter a final bidding stage to host a regular-season game in Germany. Next season is the target for Germany to host its first game though it could also debut in 2023 because of potential scheduling

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Top-seeded Daniil Medvedev beat Filip Krajinovic 6-2 7-6 (1) to reach the round of 16 at the BNP Paribas Open. Women’s top seed Karolina Plisova was upset by Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-3, 7-5. Haddad Maia got into the main draw as a lucky loser. She lost in the final round

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s National Basketball League season has been pushed back by two weeks and is set to open Dec. 3 with a debut home game for expansion team the Tasmania Jack Jumpers against Adelaide 36ers. The NBL says the season start was rescheduled with the intention of having fans in the stadiums

By DAVID GINSBURG Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Indianapolis Colts kicker Rodrigo Blankenship was warming up before facing the Ravens when suddenly he felt a twinge in his hip that would last the entire night. His angst — and that of the Colts — extended well beyond the final whistle of their 31-25 overtime defeat

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Evan Longoria homered off Max Scherzer in the fifth inning and the San Francisco Giants edged the Los Angeles Dodgers 1-0 on a blustery night to take a 2-1 lead in their NL Division Series. It was the Giants’ second shutout in the best-of-five playoff

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — An evening of frigid, gusting winds turned normally pleasant Chavez Ravine into a whirling cauldron that felt and played more like the San Francisco waterfront for Game 3 of the NL division series. The Los Angeles Dodgers were at home, but they were out of

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Costa Rican forward Joel Campbell will miss Wednesday night’s World Cup qualifier against the United States because of a sprained right ankle. Forward José Guillermo Ortiz will not play in the game because of a positive COVID-19 test. Christian Bolaños, a 37-year-old winger with Saprissa, replaced Campbell on the roster. Álvaro

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Lamar Jackson threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Marquise Brown on the first possession of overtime to give the Baltimore Ravens a 31-25 victory over the Indianapolis Colts. Jackson threw for a career-high 442 yards and four touchdowns, including a pair of short TD passes to

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The AL East champion Tampa Bay Rays saw their record-setting season come to a sudden end when they lost to the Boston Red Sox 6-5 in Game 4 of their Division Series and were eliminated in the best-of-five playoff. The Rays set a franchise best with 100

The Associated Press Furkan Korkmaz scored 27 points, Isaiah Joe added 20, and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Brooklyn Nets 115-104 in Philadelphia in a matchup of teams missing their star point guards. Kyrie Irving was not with the Nets. He is unvaccinated, and he has had limited practice time because of a New York

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Kiké Hernandez delivered Boston’s second straight walk-off win, scoring pinch-runner Danny Santana with a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning to send the Red Sox to the AL Championship Series with a 6-5 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. After winning Game 3 of their AL

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore receiver Sammy Watkins left Monday night’s game against Indianapolis late in the second quarter with a hamstring injury and was questionable to return. Watkins did not come back for Baltimore’s first possession of the second half. The Ravens also lost offensive lineman Ben Cleveland to a knee injury in the second

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Jon Gruden is out as coach of the Las Vegas Raiders after emails he sent before being hired in 2018 contained racist, homophobic and misogynistic comments. Gruden released a statement Monday night that he is stepping down after The New York Times reported that Gruden frequently used misogynistic

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Jon Gruden is out as coach of the Las Vegas Raiders after emails he sent before being hired in 2018 contained racist, homophobic and misogynistic comments. A person familiar with the decision said Gruden is stepping down after The New York Times reported that Gruden frequently used misogynistic

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Raiders coach Jon Gruden frequently used misogynistic and homophobic language directed at Commissioner Roger Goodell and others in the NFL according to emails reviewed by The New York Times. The NFL obtained the emails that Gruden sent to Bruce Allen, the former president of the Washington Football Team,

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Top-seeded Karolina Plisova was upset by Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-3, 7-5 at the BNP Paribas Open. Haddad Maia got into the main draw as a lucky loser. She lost in the final round of qualifying and got in when No. 29 seed Nadia Podoroska withdrew with a thigh injury. Haddad

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Russell Wilson was a spectator as the Seattle Seahawks returned from a mini break. Wilson underwent surgery last Friday to repair injuries to his right middle finger. Wilson suffered a ruptured tendon and a fracture-dislocation of the middle finger in Seattle’s loss to the Los

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — New York Giants rookie receiver Kadarius Toney had his best game of his short NFL career, and had to apologize for it. The Giants had no problem with his 10 catches for 189 yards in the 44-20 loss to the Cowboys on Sunday. Getting