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By The Associated Press Purdue had a few extra days to figure out what went wrong at the end of its season-opening loss. Indiana State will be playing for much more than on-the-field victories this season after two players were killed and two others seriously injured in a tragic August car accident. On Saturday, the

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — The unflappable Connor Bazelak stood at the microphone after last weekend’s winning drive and didn’t even crack a smile. He expected to beat Illinois when the Hoosiers got the ball back with less than three minutes to go. And the former Missouri quarterback delivered with

By The Associated Press Rutgers will try to get off to a 2-0 start for the second straight year when it plays its home opener against Wagner of the Football Championship Subdivision. It’s the first meeting between schools. Rutgers beat Boston College 22-21 last week. The Seahawks dropped their opener 48-31 to Fordham. Wagner will

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Eli Manning deftly turned a question about preparing for his television gig into a brand promotion. The two-time Super Bowl MVP is already a master pitchman and media pro. Manning has stayed busy since retiring from the NFL following the 2019 season. He’s part of the successful Manningcast

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Graham Potter has been hired as Chelsea manager after choosing to leave fellow Premier League team Brighton. Potter replaces Thomas Tuchel. The German was fired on Wednesday after an apparent breakdown in his relationship with Chelsea’s new ownership. The 47-year-old Potter has signed a five-year contract. His appointment might

The Associated Press Washington hopes to avoid getting caught looking ahead to its showdown with Michigan State next week when it hosts Portland State of the Football Championship Subdivision. It’s the last chance for new coach Kalen DeBoer to work out any kinks before Washington’s marquee nonconference game against the No. 14 Spartans. The Huskies’

By The Associated Press Colorado faces Air Force at Falcon Stadium for the first time since 1974. The Buffaloes are in danger of starting 0-2 for the first time since 2012. They lost 38-13 to TCU in the opener. The Falcons received votes in the Associated Press Top 25 after a win over Northern Iowa.

By The Associated Press New LSU coach Brian Kelly is looking for his first victory with the Tigers when they host Southern this weekend. LSU had a lot of cleaning up to do after a slew of miscues proved costly in a 24-23 season-opening loss to Florida State in New Orleans last weekend. Southern is

LONDON (AP) — Graham Potter has arrived at Chelsea’s training ground amid widespread expectation he soon will be hired as manager of the Premier League club. Potter is expected to leave Premier League team Brighton and take over at Chelsea to replace Thomas Tuchel. The German was fired on Wednesday after an apparent breakdown in

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Clemson has taken steps to keep football coach Dabo Swinney around for a while longer. The school and Swinney agreed to a reworked deal that will pay the coach $115 million over the length of the 10-year deal. The agreement was announced after it was

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Every player on the Los Angeles Rams will wear a “Choose Love” decal on their helmet for the season opener against the Buffalo Bills. NFL teams will stencil “It Takes All of Us” and “End Racism” in end zones for the third straight season as part of the

By The Associated Press Utah will try to bounce back from its loss at Florida when it hosts Southern Utah. The 29-26 loss to the Gators dropped the Utes six spots to No. 13 in this week’s Associated Press Top 25. The Thunderbirds are in their first year in the Western Athletic Conference after leaving

LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) — Leipzig has hired former Borussia Dortmund coach Marco Rose to take charge a day after firing Domenico Tedesco. The Bundesliga club says the 45-year-old Rose has a two-year contract to June 2024. It is also appointing a new coaching team. Tedesco was fired on Wednesday following a 4-1 home loss to

By BRIAN MAHONEY and HOWARD FENDRICH AP Sports Writers NEW YORK (AP) — This was a match that would not end. Should not end, one might say. Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, two of the brightest young stars of men’s tennis, traded shots of the highest quality and countless momentum swings across five sterling sets

By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer History will be made when No. 24 Tennessee visits No. 17 Pittsburgh in the Johnny Majors Classic. The Panthers have never hosted a team from the Southeastern Conference. The game honors Majors, who coached both teams, in a series that dates to 1980. The Vols have never beaten

By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer Things to watch in Week 2 of the Southeastern Conference: GAME OF THE WEEK No. 20 Kentucky visits No. 12 Florida in a matchup of ranked SEC teams. The league opener for both teams matches schools picked to finish second and fourth respectively in the East Division in

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer There have been a lot of quarterbacks on the move in college football. About half of the starting QBs for the 131 Football Bowl Subdivision teams in this season’s openers didn’t initially attend their current schools. That includes 32 of the 65 Power Five teams, with 19 of those

By The Associated Press UCLA will play a historically Black university for the first time when it faces Alabama State at the Rose Bowl on Saturday. The Bruins got off to a slow start in a 45-17 win over Bowling Green, their fourth straight win by at least 24 points dating to last season. The