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By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Kelly Oubre Jr. scored 24 points, Nick Richards added a career-high 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in a reserve role, and the Charlotte Hornets coasted to a 126-109 victory over the Atlanta Hawks. The Hornets won decisively despite being without three projected leading scorers. LaMelo

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With the Houston Astros one win from reaching the World Series again, Game 4 of the AL Championship Series against the New York Yankees has started after an 84-minute delay due to the threat of rain. The first pitch was thrown at 8:31 p.m. Earlier,

By ALLAN KREDA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Defensemen Zach Werenski and Andrew Peeke scored and Daniil Tarasov made 30 saves for his first NHL win as the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the New York Rangers 5-1. Yegor Chinakhov, Eric Robinson and Kent Johnson also scored for the Blue Jackets, who won for the

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With the Houston Astros one win from reaching the World Series again, Game 4 of the AL Championship Series against the New York Yankees will not start on time because of the threat of rain. Major League Baseball announced the impending delay on Twitter an

By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Steven Alker birdied three holes in a row to break out of a late four-way tie for the lead and and won the Dominion Energy Charity Classic, the opening event in the Charles Schwab Cup on the PGA Tour Champions. Alker started the tournament

By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The New York Giants’ latest nail-biter came down to the final down and the final few inches before the goal line. The Giants defended both like wily veterans, no surprise given the way their season has gone. They’ve grown accustomed to playing — and

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper broke up the Phillies postseason party on the mound and directed his team to where the true revelry was about to begin for the National League champs. “C’mon, let’s go inside! Let’s go!” he ordered. With that, Harper walked toward the dugout and raised

By DAVID GINSBURG Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Playing on the road against the AFC North rival Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland bolted to an early lead. The Browns bottled up versatile quarterback Lamar Jackson throughout the afternoon and had a very good chance to move in front during the closing minutes of the fourth quarter. And

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Kyle Larson found his way into NASCAR’s headlines for a second consecutive week. This time, for a much more pleasant reason. Larson held off Ross Chastain to cap a dominant showing in the second-to-last race of the NASCAR season at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday, after

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Chargers cornerback JC Jackson injured his right knee during the second quarter of Sunday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks. Medical personnel put an air cast on Jackson’s right leg before he was carted off into the locker room. Jackson’s knee appeared to give out while he was attempting to

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Damian Lillard scored 41 points, Jerami Grant made a driving layup with three seconds to play, and the unbeaten Portland Trail Blazers kept the Los Angeles Lakers winless under new coach Darvin Ham with a 106-104 victory. Portland trailed 102-95 with 1:56 to play, but

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Under investigation and under scrutiny like never before, team owner Daniel Snyder was nowhere to be seen at the rally that preceded the Washington Commanders’ “homecoming” game, a 23-21 win over Green Bay. His wife Tanya instead greeted the sparse crowd of fans who showed

By JEFF WALLNER Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Marcus Mariota and the Falcons couldn’t keep up with Joe Burrow and the Bengals, and Atlanta’s 35-17 loss erased the momentum it gained from last week’s win over San Francisco. At 3-4, the Falcons are still tied with slumping Tampa Bay atop the unimpressive NFC South. But

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer American figure skaters have blasted the decision by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency to treat the Kamila Valieva doping case from the Beijing Olympics as confidential, with ice dancer Evan Bates calling the secrecy of the investigation “an injustice” to those that performed clean. Valieva helped the Russian team win

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers fell below .500 with a stunning 21-3 loss to the Carolina Panthers, who won just their second game of the season Sunday despite playing with a third-string quarterback and interim head coach. Brady was 32-of-49 passing for 290

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Andrew Adams returned an interception 76 yards for the first pick-6 of his career, and the Tennessee Titans never trailed in beating the Indianapolis Colts 19-10 Sunday for their second straight sweep of their AFC South rivals. The reigning two-time division champion Titans

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Ezekiel Elliott ran for two 1-yard touchdowns and Dak Prescott threw for a score in his return from injury while the Dallas Cowboys leaned on their defense again in a 24-6 victory over the Detroit Lions. The Cowboys recovered Jamaal Williams’ fumble inside their

By ERIC WILLEMSEN Associated Press SÖLDEN, Austria (AP) — American skier Tommy Ford has finished in the top 10 of a World Cup race for the first time since his devastating crash two seasons ago. The three-time Olympian says the result has been “not surprising at all” after posting the fastest second-run time and placing