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NEW YORK (AP) — New York Yankees outfielder Andrew Benintendi will have surgery this week after breaking a bone in his right wrist, but the AL East leaders hope he can play again this season. Manager Aaron Boone says the “possibility of him returning is still in play.” The surgery is set for Tuesday. Benintendi

By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge hit his major league-leading 54th home run, connecting for the third straight day and sending the New York Yankees over the Minnesota Twins 5-2. Judge has homered in five of his last seven games for the AL East leaders. He snapped a 2-2 tie

By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Defensive tackle Tyreak Sapp finally got to bed around 4 a.m. following Florida’s season opener. He woke up a few hours later still reveling in a 29-26 victory against seventh-ranked Utah that set the tone for coach Billy Napier’s tenure and provided validation for a

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — New Minnesota outside linebacker Za’Darius Smith didn’t want to divulge any depth of the feelings he might be harboring about facing his former Green Bay team this week. Smith’s demeanor did the talking for him. Vikings teammate Harrison Phillips said Smith has been exuding

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State tight end Trent Pennix is expected to miss 4-6 weeks with an apparent injury to his left arm. He was hurt in 13th-ranked Wolfpack’s win at East Carolina. Coach Dave Doeren said Monday that Pennix will return this season and won’t need surgery for the injury. Doeren didn’t

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — New York Giants coach Brian Daboll is not going to say much about injuries and the release of players such as veteran linebacker Blake Martinez. Daboll shed no light on either topic Monday as the Giants started to prepare for their season opener in

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Third-ranked Georgia made a statement that its offense is ready to take the lead. Last week’s 49-3 rout of Oregon was a showcase for the Bulldogs’ depth on offense and its new attacking, pass-first style. Georgia showed impressive depth at running back, wide receiver and tight end while quarterback Stetson Bennett

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech quarterback Tyler Shough will miss significant time again after re-injuring his non-throwing shoulder. Shough got hurt after starting the season-opening victory. He missed the final eight games of the 2021 season with a broken left collarbone. Red Raiders coach Joey McGuire said Monday that he expects Shough to be

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer Sacramento Republic FC is hoping it can pull off one more upset to cap a memorable run through the U.S. Open Cup competition. Sac Republic will face Major League Soccer club Orlando City in the final on Wednesday. Sac Republic is looking to become just the second lower-division club

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans are days away from kicking off their new season and already have placed two players on injured reserve. Losing Pro Bowl linebacker Harold Landry III hurts the most. One advantage the Titans have as they prepare to host the New

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The U.S. women’s national sled hockey team wants to see a competition in the Paralympic Games. The first step was the first-ever sanctioned sled hockey competition ever Aug. 26-28 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. There were teams from the U.S., Canada and Great Britain, as

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers voted quarterback Mitch Trubisky as one of the team’s five co-captains for the 2022 season. The honor is a strong indication that Trubisky will be the starter when Pittsburgh opens the season at Cincinnati on Sept. 11. Trubisky signed a two-year deal with

PARIS (AP) — Kylian Mbappé says he has spoken to Paul Pogba after being implicated in lurid claims involving a witch doctor. Mbappé says on Monday he wants to believe his France teammate who is the subject of alleged blackmail. French authorities are investigating allegations Pogba was the target of an extortion plot by his

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Von Miller will always carry fond memories of his brief and successful stint with the Los Angeles Rams, where he won his second Super Bowl last season. The NFL’s active sacks leader has put that in the past in having settled in with the

TURIN, Italy (AP) — Reacquired Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba is undergoing surgery on his right knee and is at risk of missing the World Cup with France. Pogba could be out for up to two months after tearing his meniscus and Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri says he won’t play for the club again until January.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — TCU quarterback Chandler Morris has a sprained left knee and will miss the next game for the Horned Frogs. Coach Sonny Dykes says Morris will miss Saturday’s home opener against Tarleton and then be week to week after that. Chandler got hurt late in the third quarter of TCU’s season-opening

MILAN (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo got the day off. Greece rolled into the knockout stage of the EuroBasket tournament without him. Kosta Sloukas scored 21 points, Georgios Papagiannis added 17 and Greece pulled away in the second half to top Great Britain 93-77 in a Group C matchup. Antetokounmpo is expected to play in at

NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL is holding an international combine in London for the second consecutive year. Forty-four athletes will be selected to participate in the combine in front of NFL evaluators at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Oct. 3-4. Instead of team scouts, the NFL that evaluates the players and selects a handful to