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The Associated Press Sam Darnold faces his former team on Sunday when the Carolina Panthers host the New York Jets in the season opener. Darnold was the No. 3 overall pick in the 2018 NFL draft, but was traded to Carolina after going 13-25 in three seasons with the Jets. The Jets replaced him with

By The Associated Press Quarterback Joe Burrow will be back for the Cincinnati Bengals when they open at home Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings. Burrow was lost to a season-ending knee injury in Week 11 last year. He played just one series in the final preseason game but says he feels good and is ready

By The Associated Press The Arizona Cardinals and Tennessee Titans open the season against each other Sunday with a handful of players in new jerseys. J.J. Watt and DeAndre Hopkins are reunited with the Cardinals, who also added A.J. Green. Julio Jones now is with the Titans. This will be only the 12th game between

MUNICH (AP) — Former Germany and Bayern Munich player Jérôme Boateng has been found guilty of domestic violence against his former partner and ordered to pay a fine of 1.8 million euros ($2.1 million). It was the highest possible financial damages that could be imposed by the Munich District Court. The public prosecutor had been

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Cristiano Ronaldo is set to make the first appearance in his second spell at Manchester United in the Premier League game against Newcastle on Saturday. The Portugal star has been the talk of the town since his stunning transfer from Juventus was completed last week with United maximizing the

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — Christian Pulisic injured his left ankle in the United States’ 4-1 World Cup qualifier win over Honduras, yet another setback for the 22-year-old Chelsea attacker. Pulisic was to take a charter flight with U.S. players to London after Wednesday night’s game, and his

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — The Spanish league is joining the blockchain world by launching officially licensed digital cards of players to be sold and traded online. The league has announced a deal with fantasy soccer platform Sorare to launch the non-fungible tokens known as NFTs. Fans, collectors and fantasy players

KOSTANAY, Kazakhstan (AP) — A player for the Kazakhstan national soccer team who scored twice in a World Cup qualifying game last week has failed a drug test. The Tobol Kostanay club says left-back Ruslan Valiullin tested positive in a sample he gave for UEFA after a Europa Conference League game for Tobol Kostanay on

By The Associated Press Dodgers lefty Julio Urías tries to add to his major league-leading win total when he pitches at St. Louis. The 25-year-old is 7-0 in his last 12 starts. In that span, he has allowed more than two earned runs just once. The Cardinals are the only Dodgers opponent in the National

By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Zach Carter might have an easier time replicating his season-opening performance than filling ticket requests for No. 13 Florida’s next game. The fifth-year senior and Tampa native is pleading with teammates to help him land enough passes for his homecoming against South Florida on Saturday.

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Eddie George picked a good time for a career change. He’s one of several high-profile former pro athletes to take on athletic programs at historically Black colleges and universities at a time when the country seems ready to embrace social change. Television networks already

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Matt Chapman homered early, Frankie Montas won his third straight start and the Oakland Athletics beat the Chicago White Sox 5-1 to snap a four-game losing streak. Montas allowed one run and six hits with seven strikeouts and two walks in seven innings. He had

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic has moved within two wins of the first calendar-year Grand Slam in men’s tennis since 1969 by beating Matteo Berrettini 5-7, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 to reach the U.S. Open semifinals. Djokovic’s victory makes him 26-0 in major tournaments this season. That includes trophies

By BOB CHRISTIE and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s first sports betting operations are now open in time for the start of the NFL season with live wagers allowed on college and professional sports. Betting began Thursday online and at the FanDuel Sportsbook at the downtown Phoenix arena where the Phoenix

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — Antonee Robinson and Ricardo Pepi scored their first international goals after a halftime change in formation, Brenden Aaronson and Sebastian Lletget added late goals and the United States revived its World Cup qualifying campaign with a 4-1 win over Honduras. U.S. captain Christian

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Yu Darvish threw six strong innings to earn his first victory in 11 starts and Adam Frazier had two hits and three RBIs during the eight-run second inning that carried the San Diego Padres to an 8-5 win against the Los Angeles Angels. The Padres

By JIM HOEHN Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Eduardo Escobar hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the sixth inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers topped the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3. Milwaukee extended its lead to 12 games in the NL Central over Cincinnati, which lost 4-1 to the Chicago Cubs. Philadelphia remained 2½ games behind NL East-leading

By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his 41st home run and the streaking Toronto Blue Jays knocked the slumping Yankees out of the AL’s top wild-card spot, beating New York 6-3. The Yankees have lost five straight and nine of 11 since winning 13 in a row. This

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Juan Soto crushed a go-ahead homer in the seventh inning and the Washington Nationals relied on their bullpen after Sean Nolin’s first-inning ejection to take a 4-2 win over the Atlanta Braves. Soto’s 462-foot drive off Richard Rodriguez landed about halfway up the seats in right-center

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jackie Young scored a career-high 29 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, A’ja Wilson added 20 points and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Minnesota Lynx 102-81. Young, in her third season out of Notre Dame, went 14 for 19 from the field to top her previous best of 27 points set