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By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — John Cohen carries around a sheet of paper with a list 58 items long mostly comprised of qualities he wants in an Auburn football coach and things to ask them. There’s no question regarding the No. 1 priority for Auburn’s new athletic director: Finding a

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts interim coach Jeff Saturday faces a dauting task this week. First, he must find a play-caller. Then he must create a game plan for this week’s game at Las Vegas. And then he still must figure out how to fix the Colts offense and

NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL has made its first change of the season to its “Sunday Night Football” schedule by moving the Nov. 20 game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers into prime time. The game between the AFC West rivals will kick off at 8:20 p.m. EST on NBC with

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers could get a much-needed jolt as they begin the second half of their season. Coach Mike Tomlin says the team is optimistic that star outside linebacker T.J. Watt will be available when Pittsburgh hosts New Orleans in Week 10. Watt has been out since tearing his left pectoral in

By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer MUNICH (AP) — Several German players have had success in the NFL. Sebastian Vollmer won two Super Bowl rings as an offensive lineman with the New England Patriots, protecting quarterback Tom Brady over an eight-year span. Stuttgart native Jakob Johnson is a fullback with the Las Vegas Raiders. According

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The 2024 United States Olympic marathon trials will be held along the streets in Orlando, Florida. USA Track and Field recently announced the decision. The site for the rest of the track and field trials is still being determined. The top three men and women finishers in the marathon race on Feb.

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Ecuador kept its place at the World Cup but will be deducted three points in qualifying for the 2026 tournament because of a false document being used to get a passport for a Colombia-born player, sport’s highest court ruled Tuesday. The Court of Arbitration for Sport’s

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer There has already been two coaching changes halfway through the NFL season with Indianapolis firing Frank Reich this week four weeks after Carolina did the same to Matt Rhule. Based on recent history there likely will be more. The NFL had a record-tying 10 coaching changes last offseason

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — First baseman Anthony Rizzo became a free agent again when he declined his $16 million option with the New York Yankees for 2023. Mets pitcher Chris Bassitt declined his $19 million option with the New York Mets and followed rotation mates Jacob deGrom and Taijuan

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Rory McIlroy is the No. 1 player in the world. He’ll have to settle for being No. 2 in the Player Impact Program. McIlroy says he’s happy to have given Tiger Woods a good run at the top bonus this year. Final results haven’t been released, but Woods has

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Organizers of European soccer’s Super League project got the meeting they asked for Tuesday with UEFA’s president. The leaders of Super League promoters A22 also found many more opponents waiting there to criticize them. The meeting was held amid secrecy at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Keyontae Johnson scored 13 points in his first real action since collapsing during a game nearly two years ago, and Kansas State opened the season under new coach Jerome Tang with a 93-59 romp over UT Rio Grande Valley on Monday night. Nae’Qwan Tomlin and Markquis Nowell led the Wildcats with

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Cleveland Guardians President of Baseball Operations Chris Antonetti was voted Major League Baseball’s Executive of the Year after his young team won the AL Central with a $68 million payroll that was 27th among the 30 teams. Cleveland went 92-70 while using 17 players who made their major league debuts. The

By The Associated Press The main tours are getting close to the end of the year. The PGA Tour goes to the Houston Open for the penultimate event of 2022. The LPGA Tour returns to Florida for its final two events. The leading 60 players are eligible for the season finale. For the PGA Tour

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The president of the World Anti-Doping Agency said Tuesday the agency has stepped in to send the Kamila Valieva doping case which shook figure skating at the Winter Olympics to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. WADA president Witold Banka alleges Russia made “no progress” toward resolving the case after a

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Australia has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead against Slovakia in the first match of the Billie Jean King Cup in a strong start to its bid for a first title in 48 years in the biggest team event in women’s tennis. Storm Sanders and Ajla Tomljanovic claimed victories in singles to