AP National Sports

By SIMMI BUTTAR AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Led by seven-time Super Bowl winner Tom Brady, the defending champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers have opened the season 2-0 and are the unanimous top team in the latest AP Pro32 poll. The Bucs will head to SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles to face the

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Canelo Álvarez and Caleb Plant traded blows at a news conference while promoting their upcoming super middleweight title unification bout. Their exchange left Plant with a cut under his right eye. Álvarez and Plant scrapped after trading verbal barbs during the ceremonial faceoff before

MILAN (AP) — An AC Milan player has been targeted with racist chants for a second consecutive game. Goalkeeper Mike Maignan used his Instagram account to raise awareness after being showered with discriminatory insults by Juventus fans during a 1-1 draw Sunday. He asks if “the people who take decisions know what it feels to

NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AP) — Defending champion John Millman has come through a tough first-round match against local qualifier Dmitry Popko at the Astana Open. But sixth-seeded Benoit Paire was eliminated in his opening match. Millman needed 2 hours, 9 minutes to get past Popko 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. Popko was a break up in the decider

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — Bryson DeChambeau is determined to be a team player in the Ryder Cup and he is wasting no time proving it. He spoke to the print media Tuesday for the first time in 48 days. DeChambeau says it’s all about team this week. It still

By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Two games into the season, Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell is still trying to find a foundation for his struggling defense. After giving up 41 points in a season-opening loss to the San Francisco 49ers, the Lions allowed 35 in an 18-point loss on Monday night. Only

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — Inter Milan’s attack might be better off without Romelu Lukaku. The Nerazzurri are spreading the scoring around more and playing as a more cohesive unit since Lukaku left for European champion Chelsea. Inter recovered from a goal down on Tuesday for a 3-1 away win over

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa running back Tyler Goodson slowly worked his way into the starting lineup as a true freshman in 2019. His 153-yard, three-touchdown game in a 30-7 win over Kent State last Saturday showed how important he is to the offense. Goodson has averaged 105.8 yards

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Manchester City’s players fell behind during a game in the English League Cup for the first time in nearly four years but immediately put that right. City eased to a 6-1 win over third-tier Wycombe Wanderers after conceding in the 22nd minute. Among the scorers for City was Kevin

By DANA GAURUDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Akil Baddoo and Victor Reyes drove in two runs apiece and the Detroit Tigers stalled the Chicago White Sox’s drive for the AL Central title with a 5-3 victory. The magic number for the White Sox to clinch the division remained at two games. Reyes had four

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Despite a second half full of mistakes, Maryland prevailed in its Big Ten football opener at Illinois last week. The Terrapins seem to be making strides in coach Michael Locksley’s third season. Last week’s game showed how vulnerable Maryland is when turnovers and penalties

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic (AP) — Unseeded Jil Teichmann of Switzerland upset sixth-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the second round of the Ostrava Open. Three-time Grand Slam champion Kerber struggled with her serve, dropping it three times in each set in the first meeting between the two players on the circuit.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina sophomore Luke Doty will make his first start at quarterback this weekend against Kentucky. Doty played most of last week’s Georgia loss due to an injury to starter Zeb Noland. Gamecocks coach Shane Beamer said Doty showed no lingering effects from a foot sprain that kept him the sidelines

By JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — The Big 12 built a football reputation over the past two decades as a pass-happy conference. That’s no longer the case. The days of 4,000-yard passers are over for now. The league is seeing a wave of solid rushers and most teams are running the

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Luis Suárez has scored two late goals to give Atlético Madrid a 2-1 win at Getafe in the Spanish league. It ended Atlético’s two-match winless streak and extended a decade-long unbeaten run against its Madrid rival. Suárez scored an equalizer in the 78th minute and the

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — Forty-eight-year-old Lee Westwood of England is heading into his record-tying 11th Ryder Cup this week. At his first one, in 1997, he partnered with Nick Faldo, who is now 64 and doing TV work. In the leadup to this one, Westwood is mentoring Viktor Hovland,

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Following suggestions from the league’s competition committee, the NBA has spent time this offseason teaching its referees how to handle it when offensive players are making non-basketball moves with hopes of drawing contact from defenders. It’s something that will be a point of emphasis this season. Going forward, such

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Flyers center Kevin Hayes has had abdominal surgery and is expected to miss six to eight weeks. The Flyers are set to open training camp this week, the preseason starts next week and Philadelphia plays the season opener Oct. 15 at home against Vancouver. The

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — The similarities for Kansas State coach Chris Klieman between the start of this season and his first season leading the Wildcats were so startling that he couldn’t help but notice them. There was the win over a lower-level school, Nichols State, two years ago and