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DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Rockies parted ways with hitting coach Dave Magadan after a season in which the team averaged a franchise-low 4.31 runs per game. The team also reassigned coach Stu Cole to a minor league position. Colorado finished 68-94 and missed the playoffs for a fourth straight season. Manager Bud Black will

CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter plans to announced his 26-man World Cup roster at a news conference on Nov. 9 at the Brooklyn Steel event space. ESPN2 will televise the announcement during a one-hour broadcast starting at 5 p.m. EST. Some U.S.-based players are expected to attend the news conference, according to the

By The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks will host the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday with both teams trying to get back to .500 for the season. Both teams are coming off painful losses with Seattle losing a shootout at New Orleans and Arizona stumbling at home against Philadelphia. The big question for

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press Bukayo Saka scored and Arsenal beat Bodø/Glimt 1-0 in Norway to stay perfect with its third straight victory in the Europa League. Saka was fed by Sambi Lokonga to net the decider for the Premier League leaders in the 24th minute. Arsenal is atop Group A with nine points from

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies are set to play their first home playoff game since 2011. The Phillies and Atlanta Braves are tied 1-1 in the best-of-five NL Division Series. Game 3 is Friday. The Phillies send Aaron Nola to the mound. Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker has

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Wink Martindale had few regrets after being fired by longtime friend John Harbaugh after a decade with the Ravens in Baltimore, the last four as their defensive coordinator. There was no doubt Martindale said he would miss the area, the people he lived near

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer Southern California quarterback Caleb Williams is his own harshest critic. Evaluating his performance after going 6-0 to start his USC career, he responded that he’s played “all right.” His version of all right has the seventh-ranked Trojans off to their best start since 2006 as they head into a

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers offense is sputtering under second-year coordinator Matt Canada. The Steelers are 30th in the league in scoring through five games and have dropped four straight heading into a visit by Tom Brady and Tampa Bay in Week 6. Pittsburgh’s wide receivers have yet

YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — Emoni Bates has been reinstated to the Eastern Michigan basketball team and as a student after prosecutors agreed to drop felony charges against him. The 18-year-old Bates was a top prospect out of high school who transferred to Eastern Michigan in August after playing his freshman season at Memphis. He was

By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer A former World Cup referee is about to cash in on his biggest mistake — to the tune of about $3 million. The ball used when Diego Maradona scored his notorious “Hand of God” goal against England at the 1986 World Cup has been put up for auction by

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two seasons before Southern California and UCLA head to the Big Ten, college football is already big again in Los Angeles. The seventh-ranked Trojans and the 11th-ranked Bruins are both 6-0, and they haven’t gone unbeaten in the same season for this long since 2005.

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Third-seeded Lorenzo Musetti rolled past 74th-ranked Bernabe Zapata Miralles 6-3, 6-0 in the second round of the Firenze Open. The 20-year-old Musetti is playing in his home region of Tuscany. He hit 21 winners to his Spanish opponent’s eight. Musetti will next play Mackenzie McDonald, who eliminated Italian wild card Francesco

By The Associated Press The Baltimore Ravens are coming to MetLife Stadium for the second time this season, and hoping for the same result. The Ravens knocked off the Jets in the season opener and they now will face the New York Giants on Sunday. The game pits coach John Harbaugh and Ravens quarterback Lamar

By The Associated Press Two longtime rivals going in the wrong direction will square off at Lane Stadium. Miami and Virginia Tech both enter the game on three-game losing streaks. Hopes are fading for both to contend for the ACC’s Coast Division title. The Hurricanes can ill-afford another setback after falling to division-leading North Carolina

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Marcelo Gallardo is leaving his job as coach of River Plate after eight years and 14 titles. The Argentinian coach says he will not be extending his contract when it expires in December. Among the club’s titles under Gallardo was the 2018 Copa Libertadores. They have not won any trophies this

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The previous time Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen saw each other in the heat of competition wasn’t at Arrowhead Stadium during their epic January playoff game, when the Chiefs quarterback rallied past Allen and his Bills for an overtime victory and a return to

ZURICH (AP) — A FIFA disciplinary judge and a former president of Venezuela’s soccer federation were found guilty by the world soccer body of financial corruption. Former federation president Laureano González was banned for five years for mismanagement of its money. FIFA says the charges were proven including running a “fictitious invoicing scheme.” He was

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Quarterback Baker Mayfield was a no-show at the portion of practice open to reporters, further increasing the likelihood that P.J. Walker will start for the Carolina Panthers against the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday. Panthers interim head coach Steve Wilks said on Wednesday that he wouldn’t rule out Mayfield from playing

By The Associated Press Wisconsin’s interim coach Jim Leonhard will be going for his second straight win following the firing of Paul Chryst. The Badgers, who had lost two straight, were solid on offense and defense in  a 42-7 rout of Northwestern. It was Wisconsin’s first road win against the Wildcats since 2016. Michigan State