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By The Associated Press The 24th-ranked Miami Hurricanes play host to Michigan State on Saturday. Miami needs a win to remain in the AP Top 25 and avoid what would be its second 1-2 start in the last three seasons. Michigan State could return to the national rankings with a victory. The Spartans’ last appearance

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Tyrann Mathieu kept hoping, even as the days slowly went by and he returned one positive test after another, that he would be cleared of COVID-19 in time to join the Kansas City Chiefs for their season opener against Cleveland. He was. Just barely.

By The Associated Press No. 21 North Carolina hosts Virginia on Saturday in a key division matchup in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Tar Heels were the preseason favorite to win the Coastal Division. But they suffered an early loss at Virginia Tech. The Cavaliers have won four straight meetings in the long-running series between

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — First-year Commodores coach Clark Lea is the latest attempting to build a football program at Vanderbilt. He admires what David Shaw has accomplished at Stanford. But Lea sees his alma mater having an advantage Stanford can’t match: a top school in Nashville and playing

By The Associated Press No. 19 Arizona State travels to No. 23 BYU for the first meeting between the two former Western Athletic Conference foes since Sept. 12, 1998. BYU beat Arizona State that day 26-6 in Provo. The Cougars have a chance to go 3-0 against the Pac-12 with a win. They’ve already beaten

The Associated Press The Arizona Cardinals looked like one of the NFL’s best teams during Week 1 with a 38-13 road win over the Tennessee Titans. Now the Cardinals are out to prove that was no fluke when they host the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. The Vikings fell 27-24 in overtime to the Cincinnati Bengals

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle was regarded as having arguably the best home-field advantage in football before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the Seahawks to play nine games with only cardboard cutouts in the seats last season. Nearly 21 months after Seattle’s fans last got a chance to scream in a

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — The Colorado Rockies game at the Atlanta Braves has been postponed due to a soggy field caused by rain. A makeup date was not immediately announced. The NL East-leading Braves entered Thursday 3 1/2 games ahead of second-place Philadelphia. The start of the game was pushed

By The Associated Press Lane Kiffin’s Mississippi tries to keep on rolling when Tulane visits. The Green Wave put a scare into then-No. 2 Oklahoma to open the season. Both teams have Top-10 scoring offenses and mobile quarterbacks. The Rebels are led by Matt Corral, who has thrown a touchdown pass in 14 consecutive games.

By The Associated Press The Denver Broncos are seeking their first 2-0 start since 2018 when they play at Jacksonville on Sunday. The Jaguars are coming off a nightmarish opener in which they had 10 penalties, six dropped passes and looked mostly unprepared in coach Urban Meyer’s NFL debut. It was Meyer’s first season-opening loss

By The Associated Press No. 2 Georgia hopes to avoid another upset when it hosts South Carolina in the SEC opener for both teams. The last time these schools played at Sanford Stadium, the Gamecocks pulled out a stunning 20-17 upset in double overtime two seasons ago. They are again facing huge odds, coming in

By The Associated Press (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have won four straight meetings against Baltimore, including a victory in each of the past three seasons. The Ravens enter Sunday night’s matchup with Kansas City having lost their season opener for the first time since 2015. Lamar Jackson is now 30-8 as a starting

By The Associated Press Coastal Carolina takes its high-powered offense on the road to play the Mid-American Conference Buffalo Bulls in the schools’ first meeting. The Chanticleers faced Buffalo’s past coach Lance Leipold in a 49-22 win over Kansas last weekend. Now they face Leipold’s successor in Maurice Linguist who takes over a program coming

By MUTWIRI MUTUOTA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s former sports minister paid a fine of just over $32,000 to avoid a six-year jail sentence after being convicted of corruption and abuse of office. He was found guilty of misappropriating money set aside for the country’s 2016 Olympic team. Hassan Wario’s sentence was to

By TRAVIS JOHNSON Associated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Sean Clifford’s confidence has grown with each play this fall, and Penn State’s quarterback is about to get a big ego boost. It’ll come from the more than 107,000 fans who’ll pack Beaver Stadium on Saturday night for a rare Big Ten-SEC showdown between the

By The Associated Press Matthew Stafford looked like a different quarterback in his Rams debut. He’s hoping to demonstrate Sunday it was no fluke. On Sunday, Stafford will lead Los Angeles on a rare trip to Indianapolis against a defense that has something to prove, too. The Colts played without Xavier Rhodes, their top cornerback,

By The Associated Press Oklahoma wants to extend its 10-game win streak when the Sooners host Nebraska. Oklahoma likely can’t afford a loss and remain in the national title hunt. The Sooners want to keep building momentum after rolling past Western Carolina 76-0. A Nebraska win could take pressure off coach Scott Frost, who has

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo was in Greece for a meeting with the country’s prime minister Thursday and a special ceremony to bestow Greek citizenship on his mother Veronica and younger brother Alex. The Milwaukee Bucks forward attended the ceremony at the official residence of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The 26-year-old Antetokounmpo

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin will face one of his mentors when his team hosts Jon Gruden and the Las Vegas Raiders. Tomlin spent four years as a defensive assistant under Gruden when the two were in Tampa Bay in the early 2000s. Tomlin says he

By The Associated Press The Los Angeles Chargers look for their fourth straight win over Dallas when they host the Cowboys on Sunday. Dallas’ Dak Prescott has thrown for at least 400 yards in the past four games he finished going back to early last season, but the Cowboys are 1-3 in those games. Chargers