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By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Mixon rushed for 153 yards and scored five touchdowns as the Cincinnati Bengals built a 35-0 halftime lead and cruised to a 42-21 rout of the Carolina Panthers on Sunday. Mixon scored four times in the first half alone, the first three on short rushes

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Coy Gibbs, the vice chairman of Joe Gibbs Racing for his NFL and NASCAR Hall of Fame father, died Sunday morning just hours after his son won the Xfinity Series championship. He was 49. “It is with great sorrow that Joe Gibbs Racing confirms

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Zach Wilson and the New York Jets’ offense were marching downfield against the Buffalo Bills and were stopped only by a malfunctioning overhead camera. Midway through the third quarter Sunday at MetLife Stadium, a SkyCam camera whirled out of control and hovered low over midfield. The malfunction delayed the play

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Receivers Michael Thomas and Rashod Bateman could have been two of the marquee performers in Monday night’s matchup between the Baltimore Ravens and New Orleans Saints. But both were placed on injured reserve this past week. That leaves their teams to figure out how to

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — American gymnast Brody Malone has won the first gold medal for the United States on the high bar at the world championships in 43 years. The 22-year-old Malone topped an eight-man final that included reigning Olympic and world champion Daiki Hashimoto of Japan. The medal was the first gold by an

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — José Mourinho and Maurizio Sarri are going in opposite directions in their second seasons in the Italian capital. Roma is struggling to meet the higher expectations produced in Mourinho’s first term when the Giallorossi won the inaugural edition of the Europa Conference League. Lazio is on

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Kirby Smart was obviously in a hurry to get through his postgame news conference and join his recruits after Saturday’s win over Tennessee. At one point, the Georgia coach asked longtime sports information director Claude Felton if he was trying “to set some kind of

LONDON (AP) — Mohamed Salah has struck twice to fire Liverpool to a 2-1 win against Tottenham in the Premier League. Jurgen Klopp’s team had not won away from home in the league all season and had to hold on in the face of a second-half Spurs fightback with Harry Kane halving the deficit. Salah

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Hiring coach Brian Kelly away from Notre Dame already cost LSU $500,000 more than anticipated. Not that anyone in Baton Rouge is complaining. The Southeastern Conference will lay a $250,000 fine on the Tigers for the second time in two games because fans rushed

By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Flightline has been retired and will stand at stud after completing a dominant, unbeaten career capped by Saturday’s runaway victory in the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland. The son of Tapit will begin his breeding career next year at the farm in

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Kevin Willard makes his debut as Maryland’s coach when the Terrapins open the season against Niagara on Monday night. He took over after Maryland finished below .500 in 2021-22. The Terps and coach Mark Turgeon parted ways in December, leaving Danny Manning in the

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Georgia tightened its hold on No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday, with TCU climbing up to No. 4 and Alabama dropping all the way to No. 10. The Bulldogs had their strongest support of the season after manhandling Tennessee in a 1-2 matchup

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Union Berlin’s punishing schedule finally took its toll with a 5-0 defeat after a disastrous second half at Bayer Leverkusen. That left Bayern Munich top of the Bundesliga after 13 rounds. Moussa Diaby scored twice and Adam Hložek and Mitchel Bakker added two more after former

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Aaron Judge, Edwin Díaz, Trea Turner, Dansby Swanson and Xander Bogaerts were among 131 players who became free agents as baseball’s business season began just hours after the final out of the World Series. Justin Verlander, Jacob deGrom and Carlos Rodón are set to join them

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Union Berlin’s punishing schedule finally took its toll with a 5-0 defeat after a disastrous second half at Bayer Leverkusen to leave Bayern Munich top of the Bundesliga after 13 rounds. Moussa Diaby scored twice and Adam Hložek and Mitchel Bakker added two more after former

By The Associated Press American forward Haji Wright has scored his ninth goal of the season. He helped Antalyaspor comeback from a two-goal deficit in a 4-2 win over visiting Fatih Karagümrükon in the Turkish Super League. Wright scored from 6 yards in the 35th minute on a diving header from Bünyamin Balcı’s cross. The

By The Associated Press American goalkeeper Matt Turner was dressed and on the bench for Arsenal’s 1-0 win at Chelsea. Turner had missed three matches with an injured groin. Turner did not dress for one Premier League and two Europa League games. He has not played since Oct. 20 against PSV Eindhoven and has been