AP National Sports

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Georgia tightened its hold on No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday, with TCU climbing up to No. 4 and Alabama dropping all the way to No. 10. The Bulldogs had their strongest support of the season after manhandling Tennessee in a 1-2 matchup

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Union Berlin’s punishing schedule finally took its toll with a 5-0 defeat after a disastrous second half at Bayer Leverkusen. That left Bayern Munich top of the Bundesliga after 13 rounds. Moussa Diaby scored twice and Adam Hložek and Mitchel Bakker added two more after former

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Aaron Judge, Edwin Díaz, Trea Turner, Dansby Swanson and Xander Bogaerts were among 131 players who became free agents as baseball’s business season began just hours after the final out of the World Series. Justin Verlander, Jacob deGrom and Carlos Rodón are set to join them

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Union Berlin’s punishing schedule finally took its toll with a 5-0 defeat after a disastrous second half at Bayer Leverkusen to leave Bayern Munich top of the Bundesliga after 13 rounds. Moussa Diaby scored twice and Adam Hložek and Mitchel Bakker added two more after former

By The Associated Press American forward Haji Wright has scored his ninth goal of the season. He helped Antalyaspor comeback from a two-goal deficit in a 4-2 win over visiting Fatih Karagümrükon in the Turkish Super League. Wright scored from 6 yards in the 35th minute on a diving header from Bünyamin Balcı’s cross. The

By The Associated Press American goalkeeper Matt Turner was dressed and on the bench for Arsenal’s 1-0 win at Chelsea. Turner had missed three matches with an injured groin. Turner did not dress for one Premier League and two Europa League games. He has not played since Oct. 20 against PSV Eindhoven and has been

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Another setback, another round of boos for Atlético Madrid. Atlético’s fans appear to be running out of patience with Diego Simeone’s team and expressed their disapproval after a 1-1 home draw against 10-man Espanyol in the Spanish league on Sunday. The result extended Atlético’s winless streak

LONDON (AP) — Michael Olise has scored in the fourth minute of added time to secure a 2-1 win for Crystal Palace at West Ham. It completed a comeback by the visitors after Said Benrahma had fired West Ham in front in the first half and Wilfried Zaha equalized. Olise’s winner came after West Ham

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kenyans Evans Chebet and Sharon Lokedi made huge splashes in their New York City Marathon debuts on Sunday. Chebet won the men’s race and Lokedi the women’s race in her first-ever marathon on an unseasonably warm day, with temperatures in the 70s making it one

SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — Newcastle secured a sixth win in its last seven games by beating Southampton 4-1 in the Premier League. Eddie Howe’s team is emerging as a serious contender for Champions League qualification and possibly more after its outstanding start to the season. The win moved Newcastle up to third before fourth-place Tottenham’s

OBERHOFEN, Switzerland (AP) — Unusually warm weather has prompted a third straight weekend of World Cup skiing to be canceled. The International Ski Federation (FIS) announces that parallel events for women and men scheduled for next weekend in Lech, Austria have been wiped out because colder weather over the last few days came “too late”

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sharon Lokedi of Kenya has won the New York City Marathon women’s race in her debut at the event. Lokedi was running her first-ever marathon  andfinished in 2 hours, 23 minutes and 23 seconds. That was just ahead of Lonah Chemtai Salpeter of Israel. Marcel

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Unai Emery has made the perfect start as Aston Villa manager with a 3-1 win against Manchester United in the Premier League. The former Arsenal boss took charge of his first game and will have immediately given Villa fans hope he can turn the season around. But it was another setback

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Bradley Beal has entered health and safety protocols and will miss the Washington Wizards’ game at Charlotte. The Wizards announced Beal’s status Sunday. The team says he will return when he is cleared under current NBA guidelines. Beal is averaging 21.6 points through nine games so far this season for Washington.

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Marcel Hug of Switzerland has won the New York City Marathon men’s wheelchair race for the fifth time. He has shattered the course record and has tied Kurt Fearnley for most-ever victories in the men’s wheelchair race. Hug finished the 26.20-mile course in 1 hour,

VALENCIA, Spain (AP) — Francesco Bagnaia has finished ninth in the Valencia Grand Prix to become the first Italian MotoGP champion since Valentino Rossi in 2009. Spaniard Alex Rins won the race in Valencia, while Fabio Quartararo was fourth to finish 17 points behind Bagnaia after blowing a big lead from early in the season.

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain needed a late goal from defender Danilo Pereira to scrape a 2-1 win at Lorient and restore its five-point lead at the top of the French league. Pereira headed home Neymar’s corner in the 81st minute as unbeaten PSG maintained its comfortable gap over

By MATTIAS KAREN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Gabriel’s second-half goal was enough to keep Arsenal top of the Premier League with a 1-0 win at Chelsea that further underlined the Gunners’ title credentials. The Brazilian center-back was on hand to steer in a corner from Bukayo Saka in the 63rd minute at Stamford Bridge

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas coach Bill Self will be forced to watch the fifth-ranked Jayhawks open the season against Omaha from afar on Monday night. Self and assistant Kurtis Townsend will be serving the first in a four-game suspension handed down by the school as part of an