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By The Associated Press The Denver Broncos have changed head coaches, starting quarterbacks and even owners since going 7-10 last season and extending their playoff drought to six seasons. New owner Rob Walton paid a world sports record $4.65 billion for the franchise and second-year general manager George Payton hired new head coach Nathaniel Hackett

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Iñaki Williams is belatedly getting his chance to play at a World Cup thanks to his African roots. He is enjoying yet another season as an indisputable starter for Athletic Bilbao in Spain but will also be playing international soccer. Ghana has been looking to recruit

By The Associated Press The Patriots had a clear agenda to improve this offseason following a blowout wild-card playoff loss to Buffalo. It started on offense, where Bill Belichick brought in some help at receiver for second-year quarterback Mac Jones, adding DeVante Parker. He also added some veteran talent at linebacker to help improve what

The Associated Press With Josh Allen at quarterback and the addition of Von Miller to upgrade Buffalo’s pass rush, the Bills are built to be AFC contenders for a third consecutive season. The two-time defending AFC East champs enter the season with one of their deepest lineups, and few question marks on either side of

By The Associated Press The Baltimore Ravens were among the group of teams that could reasonably shoot for a Super Bowl appearance before last season. Then they went 8-9 amid a slew of injuries. If you view 2021 as an injury-fueled aberration, then high hopes are still plausible for this team. Certainly anything less than

By The Associated Press The Las Vegas Raiders made a couple of big changes after making the playoffs last season for the second time in the past 19 years. The Raiders hired Josh McDaniels as coach to replace Rich Bisaccia and then made a big trade for star receiver Davante Adams in hopes of sparking

By The Associated Press The New York Jets have more talent on their roster than last year and maybe more than they’ve had in recent years. But Zach Wilson’s knee injury threw a wrench into things since New York isn’t quite sure when it’ll have him back and this season is about his progress. If

By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer College football has been around the world since Ireland first hosted a game more than 30 years ago, with locales as disparate as Tokyo and Toronto staging games. Australians loved the touchdowns and halftime theatrics, not to mention the hot dogs and beer, the latter of which ran out

LONDON (AP) — A tennis fan who was temporarily removed from Centre Court during the men’s Wimbledon final following a complaint by Nick Kyrgios is taking legal action against the Australian tennis player for what she describes as a “reckless and entirely baseless allegation.” Kyrgios complained to the umpire during a changeover in his match

By JOHN FINERAN Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Al Golden is Notre Dame’s third defensive coordinator in three seasons. The first two became head football coaches: Clark Lea left for Vanderbilt and Marcus Freeman is now Notre Dame’s first-year head coach. Golden is a former defensive coordinator and head coach in college and

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Iñaki Williams is belatedly getting his chance to play at a World Cup thanks to his African roots. He is enjoying yet another season as an indisputable starter for Athletic Bilbao in Spain but will also be playing international soccer. Ghana has been looking to recruit

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — As stout as the San Francisco 49ers were defensively last season when that unit helped carry the team to the NFC title game, there was one glaring weakness on that side of the ball. The Niners struggled to take the ball away with

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Rookie Edward Cabrera pitched two-hit ball over eight innings in another impressive start, Charles Leblanc homered and the Miami Marlins beat the Oakland Athletics 3-0. The A’s drew their second-lowest home crowd of 2,630. Cabrera retired the final 14 batters in the longest outing of

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Undisputed lightweight world champion Devin Haney has agreed to a rematch with Australian George Kambosos at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena in October. Haney retained his WBC lightweight title and added three more from the weight class with his unanimous points decision over Kambosos in front of more than 41,000 spectators at

By PATRICK DONNELLY Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Twins All-Star center fielder Byron Buxton exited early with tightness in his right hip and the Texas Rangers beat Minnesota 2-1. Buxton left in the seventh inning. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said “it could be more than a day-to-day issue. Buxton has often been hurt in the

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Marcus Mariota led Atlanta to scores on two of his three drives in the Falcons’ 24-16 loss against mostly New York Jets backups. Mariota strengthened his hold on the starting job by going 6 of 10 for 132 yards and a touchdown