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By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M quarterback Haynes King is out indefinitely after having surgery to repair his broken right leg. King was injured on the second possession of No. 7 Texas A&M’s 10-7 win at Colorado over the weekend. With King out, Zach Calzada becomes the team’s

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska-Oklahoma game Saturday is being celebrated by the older generations who long for the days when the battle of the Big Reds decided the Big Eight champion and often whose national title hopes survived and whose died. It would be impossible for the

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer Purdue running back Zander Horvath is expected to miss four to eight weeks with a broken fibula. The senior was injured during Saturday’s 49-0 rout over UConn and is scheduled to have surgery Tuesday. Horvath ran for a team-high 442 yards on 89 carries last season and earned third-team

By FRANCIS KOKUTSE Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — The Ghana Football Association has fired coach Charles Akonnor. He is the third coach to lose his job in Africa after a shaky start to World Cup qualifying. Akonnor and assistant coaches David Duncan and Richard Kingson were dismissed a week after Ghana lost in South

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer Indiana coach Tom Allen is sticking to the game plan. The Hoosiers rebounded from an embarrassing season-opening loss at No. 18 Iowa with a resounding victory over Idaho. Allen doesn’t want to change a thing. Instead, he expects players to embrace the power of consistency. Indiana faces No. 8

NEW YORK (AP) — Minnesota Twins starter John Gant lasted just 12 pitches against the New York Yankees, leaving after straining his lower abdomen. A 29-year-old right-hander, Gant retired DJ LeMahieu and Brett Gardner on ground-outs starting the bottom of the first and walked Aaron Judge on four pitches. Manager Rocco Baldelli and head athletic

LONDON (AP) — Anthony Joshua admits he must fight Tyson Fury, believing boxing needs at least one bout between the British rivals. Joshua has told the BBC 5 Live Boxing podcast, “Do I need Tyson Fury on my record? I need it. We need it for boxing. It’s what we all need, I need it.

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Virginia Tech coach Justin Fuente says tight end James Mitchell will have knee surgery and miss the rest of the season. The preseason All-ACC first team tight end took a low hit on a run from the 2-yard line late in the second quarter of the Hokies’ 35-14 victory against Middle

By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer North Carolina State’s defense has taken a major hit by losing all-Atlantic Coast Conference linebacker Payton Wilson and safety Cyrus Fagan to season-ending injuries. Wolfpack coach Dave Doeren announced their status Monday. That was two days after both exited the game during a loss at Mississippi State. He didn’t

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Top-ranked Alabama is hoping to get three starting defenders back from injury in time for its road game at No. 11 Florida. Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban said Monday that the news on preseason All-America linebacker Will Anderson Jr. was “very encouraging” two days after he went down with a right

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — No. 24 Miami has lost running back Don Chaney Jr. for the remainder of the season with a knee injury. Starting linebacker Keontra Smith will also miss several weeks with a leg injury. Both were injured in the Hurricanes’ 25-23 win over Appalachian State this past Saturday. Chaney had a

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The first trial in the college admissions bribery scandal is underway with defense attorneys seeking to portray the two parents accused of buying their kids way into school as victims of con man who believed their payments were legitimate donations. Defense attorneys said former casino executive

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas State is feeling a bit of deja vu after watching quarterback Skylar Thompson go down with a knee injury in Saturday’s win over Southern Illinois. The sixth-year senior missed most of last season with a shoulder injury, too. Now, the Wildcats will have

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Browns starting left tackle Jedrick Wills Jr. may have avoided a serious ankle injury in Sunday’s loss at Kansas City. Wills was carted off the field after he got hurt while blocking on wide receiver Jarvis Landry’s 5-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. The 10th

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Will Zalatoris is the PGA Tour rookie of the year. Zalatoris was on the ballot with Garrick Higgo of South Africa. Zalatoris is the first player in 20 years to win the rookie award without being a full PGA Tour member. The 25-year-old from Dallas had special temporary membership

NEW YORK (AP) — The Minnesota Twins’ charter flight had mechanical problems, forcing the team to change planes. Manager Rocco Baldelli said the Twins arrived at their hotel in New York for their makeup game against the Yankees at about 1:30 a.m. Monday. Baldelli said the team originally was scheduled to arrive at 9:45 p.m.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — German soccer player Dennis Erdmann has been banned for eight weeks after a disciplinary hearing found he racially abused opposing players during a league game. Players from Magdeburg accused Erdmann of using racist insults when he played against them for Saarbrücken in the third division last month. Erdmann already missed two

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Columbus Blue Jackets say the team has replaced an assistant coach who declined to get a COVID-19 vaccination. Sylvain Lefebvre was replaced on coach Brad Larsen’s staff by Steve McCarthy. A team statement says, “Lefebvre has decided not to receive a COVID-19 vaccine and thus will not be able to

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Gleyber Torres is being moved back to second base from shortstop by the New York Yankees. The 24-year-old Torres was primarily a second baseman during his first two seasons with the Yankees in 2018 and 2019. He filled in at shortstop when Didi Gregorius got

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A company that most of the legal U.S. sports betting industry uses to verify that its customers are where they say they are has reported a record number of transactions over the first weekend of the NFL season. That indicates a big increase in the