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CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Bengals were without defensive Sam Hubbard for their game against the Buffalo Bills but had starting tight end Hayden Hurst back in the lineup. Both players had missed time with calf injuries. Hubbard participated in practice last week but missed his second game. The Bills are as healthy as they’ve

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — Scott Stallings received the best package of all for Christmas because it included an invitation to play in the Masters. One problem. It wasn’t delivered to the Scott Stallings who plays on the PGA Tour. The golfer says a Georgia man by the same name

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Jake DeBrusk scored his second goal of the third period with just over two minutes remaining and the NHL-leading Boston Bruins rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Winter Classic at Fenway Park. Linus Ullmark made 26 saves for Boston, which is 8-0-3

By JEFFREY BERNSTEIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Julius Randle had 28 points and 16 rebounds to lead the New York Knicks to a 102-83 win over the Phoenix Suns on Monday in New York. Jalen Brunson, who returned after missing three games with a sore right hip, scored 24 points. Immanuel Quickley scored

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Haley Jones had 18 points, a season-high 16 rebounds and five assists, and second-ranked Stanford picked up its defense after the first quarter and rolled past No. 15 Arizona 73-57 in a showdown of the 2021 national champion Cardinal and NCAA runner-up Wildcats. Francesca Belibi

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Massimo Biscardi made a 27-yard tiebreaking field goal with four seconds left, Marcus Banks returned a fumble 60 yards for a touchdown on the game’s last play and No. 24 Mississippi State rallied to beat Illinois 19-10 on Monday in the ReliaQuest Bowl in the Bulldogs’

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Tulane tight end Alex Bauman caught a 6-yard touchdown from Michael Pratt with 9 seconds left to finish off a frantic finish by the 14th-ranked Green Wave in a 46-45 win over No. 8 Southern California in the Cotton Bowl. Bauman’s contested catch was part

By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Malik Nabers threw for a touchdown, caught one and had 163 yards receiving in No. 16 LSU’s 63-7 rout of Purdue in the Citrus Bowl. LSU never trailed against the Boilermakers, recording 594 yards of offense and concluding the scoring with Quad Wilson’s 99-yard interception

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Third-placed Marseille has won at Montpellier 2-1 for its third straight win in the French league. Left back Nuno Tavares scored in the 47th minute with a fine strike for his fifth goal of the campaign. Marseille center half Chancel Mbemba pressured opposite defender Maxime Estève

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Awa Sidibe wore the ceremonial No. 1 jersey given to coach Coquese Washington when she was hired in May after the Rutgers guard got blood on her uniform during the Scarlet Knights’ 78-67 loss to No. 13 Maryland. Officials noticed blood on Sidibe’s No. 11

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama quarterback Bryce Young and linebacker Will Anderson Jr. are heading to the NFL, where both could contend for the top draft spot. Young, the 2021 Heisman Trophy winner, and the two-time unanimous All-American Anderson announced their decisions to skip their senior seasons two days

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Massimo Biscardi made a 27-yard tiebreaking field goal with four seconds left, Marcus Banks returned a fumble 60 yards for a touchdown on the game’s last play and No. 24 Mississippi State rallied to beat Illinois 19-10 in the ReliaQuest Bowl on Monday in the Bulldogs’

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Abby Meyers scored 13 of her 22 points in the first quarter to help Maryland get off to a quick start and the No. 13 Terrapins defeated Rutgers 78-67. Diamond Miller had 13 of her 15 points in the second half for Maryland. Kaylene Smikle scored scored 29 points and grabbed

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SANTOS, Brazil (AP) — Thousands of mourners, including high school students and supreme court justices, began filing past the body of Pelé on Monday on the century-old field where he made his hometown team one of Brazil’s best. The soccer great died on Thursday after a battle with cancer.

LEWISTON, N.Y. — Led by Noah Thomasson’s 20 points, the Niagara Purple Eagles defeated the Rider Broncs 61-59 on Monday. The Purple Eagles are now 8-5 on the season, while the Broncs fell to 6-7.

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts quarterback Nick Foles will miss next weekend’s season finale against Houston because of injured ribs. Interim coach Jeff Saturday says second-year quarterback Sam Ehlinger will make his third start of the season. Matt Ryan will serve as the backup. Foles was injured on a

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Former NFL official Art McNally has died after a distinguished career that led to him becoming the first on-field official inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was 97. His son, Tom McNally, says his father died of natural causes at a hospital in Newtown, Pennsylvania,

LONDON (AP) — Liverpool has lost more ground in the race for a top-four English Premier League finish after losing to Brentford 3-1 on Monday. Sloppy defending cost Liverpool twice in the first half. That prompted angry boss Jurgen Klopp to substitute key defender Virgil van Dijk at halftime. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain pulled one back but

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Quarterback Joshua Dobbs will make a second straight start Saturday night in Jacksonville with the Titans’ playoff hopes on the line despite being signed Dec. 21 off Detroit’s practice squad. Titans coach Mike Vrabel played no games Monday, announcing that Dobbs will start

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas announced that former baseball coach Cliff Gustafson, who led the Longhorns to two national championships and nearly two dozen conference titles in 29 seasons, died Monday at age 91. Gustafson played on the Longhorns team that made it to the 1952 College World Series. He returned to the program as