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By The Associated Press Coming off five consecutive losing seasons, the New York Giants have gone to Buffalo to fix things. They hired former Bills assistant general manager Joe Schoen to run the front office and offensive coordinator Brian Daboll to lead the team. They take over a franchise that was 4-13 last season. Daboll

By The Associated Press The Seattle Seahawks begin training camp looking to rebound from the worst season of Pete Carroll’s tenure and led to an offseason of massive changes. Seattle went 7-10 last season and missed the playoffs for just the third time in Carroll’s tenure. That led to an offseason which saw franchise quarterback

By The Associated Press Expectations are high for the Cincinnati Bengals. They shocked the NFL last season by winning gritty playoff games and advancing to their first Super Bowl in 33 years. The overachieving Bengals, behind star quarterback Joe Burrow and one of the best trio of receivers in the league, are out to show

By The Associated Press Welcome, new coach Mike McDaniel. The Miami Dolphins are coming off another season where they didn’t make the playoffs. The expectations are clear this season and the Dolphins plan to end that postseason drought. The team made some huge offseason moves highlighted by the acquisition of wide receiver Tyreek Hill. He’s

By The Associated Press The San Francisco 49ers bounced back from an injury-filled 2020 season to make it all the way to the NFC title game last season with Jimmy Garoppolo at quarterback. Now the offense is set to be turned over to Trey Lance with San Francisco hoping the player they traded three first-round

By The Associated Press The Arizona Cardinals have shown improvement during quarterback Kyler Murray’s first three seasons, progressing from one of the league’s worst teams to a spot in the NFC wild-card game last season. Now it’s Year 4 and the Cardinals are expecting another step forward. Murray returns after a strange offseason that included

By The Associated Press The Los Angeles Chargers will have at least five new starters on defense, which means that getting everyone on the same page will be a priority during training camp. The key camp battles will be who starts at right offensive tackle as well as finding a backup running back. Off the

By The Associated Press The Las Vegas Raiders are set to open their first training camp under new coach Josh McDaniels with hopes that a new staff and upgraded roster will let them build off last season’s playoff berth. Las Vegas made some big splashes in the offseason, trading for All-Pro receiver Davante Adams and

By The Associated Press The Los Angeles Rams are back to chase the NFL’s first back-to-back championships since the 2004 season after winning it all last February in their home stadium. While they lost Von Miller, Andrew Whitworth and several key contributors to their title run, the Rams also added linebacker Bobby Wagner and receiver

By CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — None of the golfers who have opted to join the Saudi-funded breakaway series know if they will be allowed to keep playing at the sport’s four biggest events. Talor Gooch is preparing himself for that outcome. The 30-year-old American shot a 3-under 69 in

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — A lawyer for WNBA star Brittney Griner at her drug possession trial in Russia on Friday gave the court a U.S. doctor’s letter recommending she use medical cannabis to treat pain. Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and standout for the Phoenix Mercury, was arrested at

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Becky Hammon was an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs for eight seasons. She had some job interviews for NBA head coaching gigs, but wasn’t chosen. So she decided to switch to the WNBA, and got to choose between two teams she once played

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Manchester United overcame an early deficit to beat the A-League’s Melbourne Victory 4-1 as new manager Erik ten Hag’s winning start to the preseason continued before a crowd of 74,157 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Three days after United beat Liverpool 4-0 to open its overseas tour in Bangkok, the Victory

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Jim Thorpe has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm — nearly 110 years after being stripped of those gold medals for violations of strict amateurism rules of the time. The International Olympic Committee announced the change Friday on the 110th anniversary of

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — A lawyer for WNBA star Brittney Griner, who is jailed in Russia on drug charges, presented a court on Friday with a doctor’s letter recommending she use cannabis to treat pain. Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and standout for the Phoenix Mercury, was arrested at

LE BOURG-D’OISANS, France (AP) — French climber Warren Barguil has abandoned the Tour de France after testing positive for COVID-19. His team said ahead of Friday’s Stage 13 that Barguil’s seven teammates all tested negative. It’s the second straight year that Barguil, who injured his right hip and shoulder in a crash on Thursday, abandoned