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By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Wirter NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Buccaneers receiver Mike Evans and Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore both were ejected for their involvement in a several-player, after-the-whistle scrap in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s meeting in the Superdome. This marked the second time since 2017 that Evans has been thrown out of a

By JAMES SCHMEHL Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Andrew Vaughn hit his first career grand slam, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 11-5. Eloy Jiménez and AJ Pollock also connected as Chicago won for the third time in four games. Jiménez finished with three hits and three RBIs, and Gavin Sheets had

BRIGHTON, England (AP) — Premier League club Brighton is hiring Roberto De Zerbi as its new head coach on a four-year contract. The club said Sunday that the 43-year-old Italian agreed to the deal after meeting owner Tony Bloom and other senior executives in London earlier this week. The deal is still subject to De

MILWAUKEE (AP) — New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hit his 58th home run of the season, moving three shy of Roger Maris’ American League record with 16 games remaining. Judge drove a sinker from Milwaukee’s Jason Alexander with a 2-0 count to the opposite field in right in the third inning. a 414-foot drive

TORONTO (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles turned a triple play against the Toronto Blue Jays Sunday, helping right-hander Dean Kremer escape a jam in the third inning. George Springer was hit by a pitch, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. walked and Bo Bichette opened the scoring with an RBI single, putting runners at first and second. Matt

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz has beaten Kwon Soon-woo in straight sets in the Davis Cup Finals to secure Spain victory over Korea and a spot in the quarterfinals as Group B winner. Alcaraz won 6-4, 7-6 (1) in front of a passionate home crowd in Valencia for his first victory

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers star tight end George Kittle will miss a second straight game because of a groin injury. Kittle is inactive for San Francisco’s game against Seattle after being listed as questionable on the injury report. Kittle also missed the season opener at Chicago after getting hurt in practice

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Two of the top Serie A coaches are already feeling the pressure after Juventus and Inter Milan surprisingly lost. Promoted Monza probably didn’t expect its first-ever Serie A win to come against Juventus but it managed to beat Massimiliano Allegri’s side 1-0. Juventus played most of

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Sevilla’s struggles have continued with a 1-1 draw at Villarreal in the Spanish league. The result left the club near the relegation zone and increased the pressure on coach Julen Lopetegui. It was Sevilla’s seventh game without a win in eight matches this season in all

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Washington made its season debut in The Associated Press college football on Sunday at No. 18, and Penn State and Oregon moved into the top 15 after all three had decisive nonconference victories. A weekend filled with blowouts by highly ranked teams kept the top 10 almost

By JERRY BEACH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Joan Hodges, the widow of Hall of Famer and World Series-winning Mets manager Gil Hodges, died following a long illness. The team said she died Saturday, 10 days shy of her 96th birthday. The Mets held a tribute and moment of silence  before Sunday’s game against

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — Bob MacIntyre might have just played his way onto Europe’s Ryder Cup team. The Scottish lefty beat U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick on the first hole of a playoff to win the Italian Open on the Marco Simone course outside Rome that will host

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADEPLHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles are set to play the Minnesota Vikings on Monday night. The Eagles are counting on a trio of receivers to lead them past the Vikings. Eagles cornerback Darius Slay called all three receivers “Batman.” Slay says there are no sidekicks on the receiving

By The Associated Press Celtic defender Cameron Carter-Vickers could miss the United States’ two upcoming friendly matches with an injury. The Scottish club’s manager Ange Postecoglou says Carter-Vickers “pulled up sore” earlier this week. Carter-Vickers was left out of Celtic’s team for its Scottish Premiership game on Sunday, a 2-0 loss to St. Mirren that

By JENNA FRYER At least a dozen of the playoff drivers had some sort of problem with NASCAR’s new Next Gen car Saturday night at Bristol. The spec car that has leveled the playing field was exposed for myriad durability issues that have followed it in its entire debut season. The Ford camp suffered a

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Anthony Rizzo returned to the New York Yankees lineup for a series finale against Milwaukee, his first game since Aug. 31. Rizzo had been on the injured list because of headaches that occurred following an epidural injection to his lower back. He played first base Sunday and hit second behind Aaron Judge.

By MATTIAS KARÉN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Walking off the field at Brentford’s small stadium in west London had a very different feel for Arsenal this time around. A straightforward 3-0 win at the 17,000-seat Gtech Community Stadium on Sunday retained Arsenal’s spot atop the Premier League table and made it six victories in

By DIAMOND DESHIELDS For The Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Diamond DeShields will be chronicling her journey with USA Basketball as they prep for and play in the FIBA World Cup in Australia. Having spent a few days in Sydney now, DeShields crosses a few items off her bucket list and training continues to get