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By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — UCLA’s Zach Charbonnet quietly emerged as one of the top running backs in the Pac-12 after transferring from Michigan. Now the junior is looking to establish himself as one of the team leaders with the Bruins expected to possibly contend in the conference this year.

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks believe part of trying to rebound from their worst season in more than a decade means bolstering the football team in other areas. That’s part of the reason Seattle made an investment to enhance its analytics staff this offseason. The Seahawks brought

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina coach Mack Brown says Drake Maye will start at quarterback when the Tar Heels open the season Saturday against Florida A&M. Maye is a redshirt freshman who had been competing with third-year sophomore Jacolby Criswell to get the first shot at replacing quarterback Sam Howell. Howell was the

By BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have acquired backup quarterback Nick Mullens from the Las Vegas Raiders for a conditional 2024 seventh-round draft pick. The Vikings say the deal will be finalized as soon as Mullens passes a physical. The Raiders will get the 2024 pick only if Mullens is

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Two freshman members of the Indiana State University football team were among the three students who were killed in a weekend crash. School officials said Monday that two other football team members who were injured in the crash are out of intensive care but remain hospitalized in serious condition. The

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer Former U.S. national team star Tab Ramos has been hired as coach of the Hartford Athletic in the second-tier United Soccer League Championship. Ramos agreed to a multiyear contract and will start work on Sept. 1. The 55-year-old coached the Houston Dynamo in Major League Soccer for 2020 and

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Baker Mayfield will start the Carolina Panthers’ Sept. 11 regular-season opener against his former team, the Cleveland Browns. Panthers coach Matt Rhule made the announcement on the team’s website Monday. Mayfield, acquired in a trade with the Browns earlier this offseason, beat out incumbent starter

EAST MEADOW, N.Y. (AP) — The New York Islanders have signed defensemen Noah Dobson and Alexander Romanov to three-year contracts. The Islanders also announced the signing of forward Kieffer Bellows to a one-year deal. All three were restricted free agents. Contract terms were not immediately available. Dobson led Islanders’ defensemen in goals (13), assists (38)

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Alabama stars Bryce Young and Will Anderson Jr. are among four players from the top-ranked Crimson Tide selected to The Associated Press preseason All-America team. Joining Young, the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback, and Anderson, the star pass rusher, were Alabama defensive backs Jordan Battle and Eli Ricks as

LONDON (AP) — England’s record scorer Ellen White has announced her retirement from soccer after saying her “dreams came true” when the Lionesses won the Women’s European Championship last month. White scored 52 goals in 113 appearances for England’s national team. The 33-year-old Manchester City striker said England’s Euro 2022 triumph made it the ideal

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The Minnesota Vikings have acquired backup quarterback Nick Mullens from the Las Vegas Raiders for a conditional 2024 seventh-round draft pick. The Vikings say the deal will be finalized as soon as Mullens passes a physical. The Raiders will get the 2024 pick only if Mullens is on

CHICAGO (AP) — Loyola University’s Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt got some Chicago hardware with her name on it for her 103rd birthday. School, city and state leaders celebrated Sunday with the Catholic nun who became something of a folk hero as chaplain for the Loyola men’s basketball team that reached the NCAA Final Four in

NEW YORK (AP) — Alexander Zverev, the 2020 U.S. Open runner-up, will miss the tournament this year while recovering from surgery on his right ankle. Zverev tore ligaments in the ankle during his semifinal match against Rafael Nadal at the French Open in June. The No. 2-ranked player withdrew from the U.S. Open on Monday.

SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — Andres Iniesta had to watch from the sidelines as his hopes of winning a first Asian Champions League title ended when his Japanese team Vissel Kobe lost 3-1 to Jeonbuk Motors of South Korea in the quarterfinals. The 38-year-old Iniesta has been plagued by injuries and hasn’t been fit for any