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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Tony Brown, who officiated more than 1,100 NBA games over almost two decades, has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 55. Brown was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer in April 2021 and recovered to the point where he was able to return to work in

LONDON (AP) — Steven Gerrard is out as manager of Premier League club Aston Villa after less than a year in charge. The Birmingham club says Gerrard “has left the club with immediate effect” after a 3-0 loss at Fulham. Villa has just two wins after 11 league games and is one spot above the

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer DALLAS (AP) — The third in-person meeting of conference commissioners who manage the College Football Playoff since August ended without a resolution on expansion, but not without optimism. The CFP management committee, comprised of 10 major college football conference commissioners and Notre Dame’s athletic director, met for

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Steven Gerrard had only just finished telling interviewers he would fight on at Aston Villa when the announcement came. Aston Villa said Gerrard had “left the club with immediate effect” after a 3-0 loss to Fulham in the Premier League. It felt particularly cruel that

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer RIDGELAND, S.C. (AP) — Gary Woodland and Trey Mullinax share the lead at the CJ Cup with a 65. Rory McIlroy and Tom Kim got most of the attention. They were one shot behind at 66. McIlroy is the FedEx Cup champion who can reach No. 1 in the

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The San Diego Padres and Philadelphia Phillies are tied 1-1 in the National League Championship Series. The series shifts to Philadelphia for Game 3 on Friday. The Phillies also will host Game 4 on Saturday and Game 5 on Sunday, if necessary.  The Padres send hometown

LEICESTER, England (AP) — Harvey Barnes scored his sixth goal in as many games against Leeds to secure a 2-0 win for Leicester in the Premier League. Victory eased growing pressure on manager Brendan Rodgers and extended Leeds’ winless run to seven, leaving it above the drop zone on goal difference only. Barnes’ strike added

LONDON (AP) — Steven Gerrard is out as manager of Premier League club Aston Villa after less than a year in charge. The Birmingham club said Thursday that Gerrard “has left the club with immediate effect” after a 3-0 loss at Fulham. Villa has just two wins after 11 league games and is one spot

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets wide receiver Elijah Moore, who recently expressed frustration with his suddenly limited role, requested to be traded Thursday, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press. Moore was excused from practice by the team, according to

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Chicago Bears coach Matt Eberflus is leaning on his experience as he tries to get his struggling team pointed in a different direction. Chicago has lost three in a row heading into a Monday night matchup at New England. Eberflus remembers going from Toledo

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Browns starting ends Myles Garrett and Jadeveon Clowney returned to practice, a major development for a struggling Browns defense that will be stressed by elusive Baltimore quarterback Lamar Jackson on Sunday. Garrett has been bothered by a sprained left shoulder he injured when he crashed

By The Associated Press The surprising Atlanta Falcons travel to Cincinnati to face the Bengals, who seem to be steadily recapturing the stride that propelled them to the Super Bowl last season. Receiver Ja’Marr Chase had been off to a slow start for the Bengals, but he had seven catches for 132 yards and two

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo has suggested the “heat of the moment” got to him when walking out on Manchester United’s 2-0 win against Tottenham. The Portugal international issued a statement Thursday after being omitted from United’s squad to play Chelsea on Saturday and made to train away

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Barcelona needed only seven minutes to get back on track in the Spanish league. Barcelona rebounded from a loss to rival Real Madrid on Sunday by scoring three goals in a seven-minute span in the first half of a 3-0 win over Villarreal. Robert Lewandowski scored

By JOHN COON Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah is determined to get tougher this season. The Utes return four full-time starters and their sixth man and they’re putting an extra emphasis on physicality in preparing for the upcoming season. They finished 11th in the Pac-12 Conference a year ago. Seven of Utah’s

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles jury could be the first in the U.S. to decide whether the NCAA failed to protect college football players from repeated blows to the head that cause serious brain injuries. A jury was seated Thursday in a Los Angeles courtroom in the case

By ERIC WILLEMSEN Associated Press SÖLDEN, Austria (AP) — Olympic slalom champion Petra Vlhová is hoping to put two draining seasons behind her when Alpine skiing’s World Cup 2022-23 starts this week. The Slovakian star has been Mikaela Shiffrin’s closest competitor in recent years. Vlhová says she has struggled to find motivation for summer training

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — For Marcus Mariota, the loss of confidence was the biggest blow. He’d experienced so much success, from winning the Heisman Trophy to being the No. 2 pick in the NFL draft. Then, for one of the rare times in his life, he wasn’t good enough. Mariota

By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tom Brady has apologized for making a comparison between football and military deployment while interviewing NBA star Kevin Durant on the seven-time Super Bowl champion’s weekly podcast. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback said he used a “very poor choice of words” on the SiriusXM podcast

By The Associated Press The Los Angeles Chargers will host the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday. The Seahawks defeated the Arizona Cardinals 19-9 in Week 6, showing significant improvement on defense after allowing 34.5 points per game in their previous four. The Chargers are coming off a 19-16 overtime win over the Denver Broncos on Monday