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By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The University of Virginia community is mourning as new details emerge about both the three football players killed in a campus shooting this week and the criminal charges the suspect faces. Authorities have said university student Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. joined a group of about two

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer Cleveland’s Terry Francona was voted the American League Manager of the Year on Tuesday night, winning the award for the third time in 10 seasons after leading the Guardians to the AL Central title. Francona received 17 of 30 first-place votes and nine second-place votes for 112 points from

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Charlotte 49ers have named Michigan associate head coach Francis “Biff” Poggi as their head football coach. Poggi replaces Will Healy, who was fired earlier this season. Pete Rossomando has been serving as the interim coach and will finish out this season. Poggi inherits a

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The NFL is branching out further into the entertainment marketplace by teaming up with Skydance Media to create a studio that will produce sports content for various platforms. The NFL and Skydance Media are both making investments into Skydance Sports. NFL chief operating officer Hans Schroeder says the league

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins have hired a law firm led by former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to review their player vetting process after signing prospect Mitchell Miller and then rescinding his contract offer. Miller was convicted of assault in 2016 for bullying a Black classmate with developmental disabilities in middle school. Boston

NEW YORK (AP) — Outfielder Joc Pederson and left-hander Martín Pérez were the only players to accept $19.65 million qualifying offers from their former teams and end their free agency. Pederson decided to stay with the San Francisco Giants and Pérez with the Texas Rangers. Aaron Judge, Jacob deGrom and Xander Bogaerts were among those

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson tailback Will Shipley may have started something for the ninth-ranked Tigers with his picture-perfect hurdle of a defender on a touchdown run last week. A short time later, linebacker Barrett Carter cleanly leaped over a Louisville blocker for a sack. And more of the

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The WTA Tour has released its schedule for 2023 through the U.S. Open in September and there are no tournaments slated for China yet. The women’s tennis tour’s announced its provisional event dates on Tuesday. It said the rest of the calendar will be “communicated in due course.” The season-ending

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer All-Star left-hander Martin Pérez has accepted a $19.65 million qualifying offer to remain with the Texas Rangers. Pérez returned to the Rangers on a $4 million contract before the start of spring training earlier this year. He went 12-8 with a career-best 2.89 ERA in 32 starts. Of 14

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers rookie receiver Christian Watson’s decision to celebrate his first career touchdown catch with a backflip may have seemed unusual considering the injuries he already has suffered this season. But who could blame him for wanting to commemorate his breakthrough performance in

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that first baseman Anthony Rizzo is staying with the New York Yankees, agreeing to a $40 million, two-year contract. Rizzo gets $17 million in each of the next two seasons, and the deal includes a

By TRAVIS JOHNSON Associated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Freshman linebacker Abdul Carter has already made a big impact for No. 11 Penn State. For a team that’s been fueled by freshman running backs Kaytron Allen and Nick Singleton on offense, Carter is one of a handful of rookies who have emerged in Manny

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Gemma Dryburgh of Scotland is the latest example of how one good break can lead to places she never imagined. She decided to go to Las Vegas as the first alternate for the Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play and received word at 9 p.m. on the eve of

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Ninth-ranked Clemson will be without junior defensive back Malcolm Greene for the rest of the season due to a groin injury. Tigers coach Dabo Swinney says Greene will need surgery to repair the injury. Clemson faces Miami on Saturday. Greene has played in seven games with two starts this season. He

TURIN, Italy (AP) — Neymar has trained with Brazil’s national team for the first time ahead of the World Cup. The star forward joined the group later than the rest of the players because of a problem with his flight from France. He left the training session about half an hour before his teammates. Neymar’s

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Former Washington State football coach Nick Rolovich has sued the university and Gov. Jay Inslee after he was fired last year for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The lawsuit filed in Whitman County Superior Court names the university, athletic director Patrick Chun and Inslee

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer With two weeks left in the regular season, six teams remain alive for the second spot in the Big 12 championship game and others are still trying to become bowl-eligible. Based on how the season has played out so far, it’s likely many of these final games will

By HANK KURZ Jr. and BEN FINLEY Associated Press CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The three University of Virginia football players who were killed are being remembered as funny, sweet and ambitious. Lavel Davis Jr., aspired to be the country’s best wide receiver and to play in the NFL. The 6-foot-7 sports star was known to

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Sunisa Lee is going to make another run at Olympic glory. The 2020 women’s all-around gymnastics champion has announced she will return to training at the elite level following the end of her sophomore season at Auburn. Lee became the fifth straight American to win Olympic gold when she edged Rebeca