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By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Buffalo Bills are lobbying the NFL’s competition committee to change the overtime rules for playoff games. And one of their former players is willing to help. Bills general manager Brandon Beane says there are multiple proposals being discussed at this week’s meetings and believes some

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — National champion Georgia added another familiar face to its football coaching staff with the hiring of Stacy Searels to oversee the offensive line. Searels is a 30-year coaching veteran who spent the last three seasons as North Carolina’s offensive line coach. He previously coached at Georgia from 2007-10 under Mark Richt,

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears have signed veteran inside linebacker Joe Thomas. Thomas has 16 starts over seven seasons with the Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens. He has 12 tackles for loss and 10 pass breakups. The Bears made big changes after going 6-11 last season, hiring general manager

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers have waived center DeAndre Jordan and signed veteran point guard D.J. Augustin and forward Wenyen Gabriel. The Lakers also waived Sekou Doumbouya before their home game against Dallas. Jordan was a flop in his only season with the Lakers, who signed the 14-year veteran in September. He

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Novak Djokovic and coach Marian Vajda are no longer working together. They have split up after 15 years and 20 Grand Slam titles as a pair. A statement posted Tuesday on Djokovic’s website said that the two men “agreed to end their partnership” after last year’s season-ending ATP Finals.

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The buzz at the NFL scouting combine Tuesday wasn’t so much about this year’s unheralded crop of quarterback prospects. It was on veterans who may or may not be on the move this month. Packers GM Brian Gutekunst said he still doesn’t know if two-time

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer First Manchester United and now Tottenham. Second-tier Middlesbrough is toppling some of English soccer’s biggest clubs in its FA Cup run. A goal at the start of the second half of extra time earned Middlesbrough a 1-0 win over Tottenham in the fifth round of the competition. The team

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Major League Baseball’s financial fight cost regular-season games for the first time in 27 years when often acrimonious talks to end a management lockout collapsed and Commissioner Rob Manfred scrapped March 31 openers. With owners and players unable to agree on a contract to replace

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Some of the perks of winning on the PGA Tour for the first time are obvious. The money. The trip to the Masters. A more subtle perk is getting better tee times with other tour winners. Sepp Straka is the latest example. He was in

NICE, France (AP) — Amine Gouiri has scored one goal and set up Kasper Dolberg for the other as top-flight Nice beat fourth-tier Versailles 2-0 to reach the French Cup final for the first time in 25 years. Nice won the last of its three French Cups in 1997 and meets the winner of Wednesday’s

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have finalized their staff under head coach Kevin O’Connell. They’ve hired six more assistants including former player Greg Manusky as the inside linebackers coach. Assistant wide receivers coach Tony Sorrentino, assistant defensive line coach A’Lique Terry, offensive quality control assistant Derron Montgomery, defensive quality control assistant Steve Donatell

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Major League Baseball has canceled opening day, with Commissioner Rob Manfred announcing Tuesday the sport will lose regular-season games over a labor dispute for the first time in 27 years after acrimonious lockout talks collapsed in the hours before management’s deadline. Manfred said he is

MILAN (AP) — Inter Milan’s miserable month has continued when it drew 0-0 against city rival AC Milan in first leg of their Italian Cup semifinal. Inter has won only one of its past seven matches in all competitions since the start of February. Both teams had chances at San Siro but neither goalkeeper was

BURNLEY, England (AP) — Burnley has missed a chance to climb out of the Premier League’s relegation zone by losing 2-0 at home to Leicester. James Maddison and Jamie Vardy came off the bench to score second-half goals for the visitors at Turf Moor. A point would have lifted Burnley out of the bottom three

BERLIN (AP) — Two defensive slip-ups have handed Union Berlin a spot in the semifinals of the German Cup for the first time in 21 years with a 2-1 win over second-division St. Pauli. Daniel-Kofi Kyereh gave St. Pauli the lead from a free kick but Union responded with goals from Sheraldo Becker and Andreas

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle University has removed the interim tag and made Chris Victor its permanent head coach. Victor took over the Redhawks program after Jim Hayford resigned in November. Hayford was placed on paid administrative leave just before the start of the regular season following a published report that he had used a racial

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Players have rejected Major League Baseball’s “best and final offer” to end the sport’s lockout before the league’s deadline to avoid canceled games. MLB made its last offer about 90 minutes before a self-imposed 5 p.m. deadline Tuesday. The league has threatened to cancel opening

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Cavaliers’ season has taken another strange turn. All-Star point guard Darius Garland has been slowed for weeks by a nagging back injury that could affect him the rest of the way. Garland missed his third straight game and eighth overall on Monday night. Garland’s