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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The game hadn’t even kicked off yet and Barcelona had already lost. Barcelona was eliminated in the group stage of the Champions League for the second consecutive season even before a 3-0 loss in its home game against Bayern Munich, which proved meaningless after Inter Milan defeated Viktoria Plzen in the

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Liverpool has advanced to the knockout stage of the Champions League. It scored three quick goals before and after halftime to beat Ajax 3-0 on Wednesday. Mohamed Salah opened the scoring with a neat finish in the 42nd minute and Darwin Núñez doubled the lead with a header four minutes into the

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By CARLOS RODRÍGUEZ AP Sports Writer MEXICO CITY (AP) — Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez will not be going to the World Cup in Qatar after he was left out of Mexico’s preliminary roster on Wednesday, with coach Gerardo Martino opting to include injured duo Raúl Jiménez and Jesús Corona instead. Martino had insisted he would wait

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer Adam Wainwright will pitch for the St. Louis Cardinals next season, choosing to return for an 18th with the franchise while longtime teammates Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina head into retirement. The 41-year-old Wainwright agreed Wednesday to a $17.5 million, one-year contract that includes $10 million in deferred pay

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla, (AP) — Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner plans to keep Aaron Boone as his manager. Steinbrenner, speaking as he left the Yankees’ player development complex., said he believes Boone is a very good manager and “I don’t see a change there.” Boone agreed last October to a three-year deal

By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer Undefeated Flightline and Rich Strike, upset winner of the Kentucky Derby, head a field of nine for the Breeders’ Cup Classic, with trainer Todd Pletcher pre-entering two horses for the $6 million race that also includes a horse from the barn of embattled trainer Bob Baffert. Trained by John

By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tom Brady and Lamar Jackson have mutual respect and admiration for one another’s success. The seven-time Super Bowl champion and one of the NFL’s best young quarterbacks meet for the second time in their careers when the struggling Tampa Bay Buccaneers host the Baltimore Ravens

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA’s Division I Board of Directors approved new guidance to members on name, image and likeness activities, clarifying how schools, coaches and staffers can be involved athletes’ endorsement and sponsorship deals. The latest clarifications to the NCAA’s interim NIL policy create no new rules. They are intended to give athletic departments

By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer Looking around Memorial Stadium before Game 1 of the 1983 World Series, Philadelphia Phillies star Gary Matthews saw a lot of Black talent. Joe Morgan. Eddie Murray. Garry Maddox. Ken Singleton. Al Bumbry. Disco Dan Ford. And plenty more that night in Baltimore. “There were quite a few of

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The game hadn’t even kicked off yet and Barcelona had already lost. Barcelona was eliminated in the group stage of the Champions League for the second consecutive season with the result of its home game against Bayern Munich proving meaningless after Inter Milan defeated Viktoria Plzen in the earlier game. Barcelona

BRUGGE, Belgium (AP) — Club Brugge was punished for its defensive mistakes and slumped to its first Champions League loss this season in a 4-0 thrashing at the hands of Porto. The Portugal champions avenged their 4-0 home loss when the teams first met in Group B last month and boosted their chances to reach

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn freshman forward Ice Brady will miss the entire season because of a dislocated right kneecap. Brady was a top recruit for the sixth-ranked Huskies. Her injury is another setback for a team that’s already missing Paige Bueckers, the former national player of the year who will miss the season while

By The Associated Press Tom Brady and Lamar Jackson meet for the second time in their careers when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers host the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday night. Jackson won the only other meeting in 2019, when Brady was with the New England Patriots. The Bucs enter the prime-time matchup looking to pull out

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Tom Brady hasn’t lost three straight games in 20 years. Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens aim to snap that streak. Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are struggling following consecutive losses to a pair of teams — Pittsburgh and Carolina — that are 4-10 combined.  A predictable

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer Disgruntled wide receiver Elijah Moore returned to practice with the New York Jets and is expected to play Sunday against New England after requesting to be traded last week. Moore, in his second season, has been disappointed in the lack of pass-catching opportunities he has had during

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills starting cornerback Tre’Davious White’s return from a left knee injury will have to wait at least one more week. Coach Sean McDermott ruled out White from playing against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday night. White opened the season on the physically

HOUSTON (AP) — Dan Iassogna will be the crew chief for the seven umpires working the World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros starting Friday night. Iassogna drew the third World Series assignment in his 21-year career and first as crew chief. Also on the crew announced Wednesday by Major League Baseball will

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama defensive lineman Justin Eboigbe is likely out for the season with a neck injury. Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban said Eboigbe had surgery to give him a better chance to play again. But Saban doesn’t think that return will come this season. Eboigbe had 11 tackles in the first four