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By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew Doughty will be out for about eight weeks with a bruised right knee. Doughty will need six weeks of recovery from the first significant injury of his 14-year NHL career before he begins skating again. Doughty was injured by an

By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — A Cleveland-area roller derby team that has called itself the Guardians since 2013 is suing Cleveland’s newly renamed Major League Baseball team to stop it from using the Guardians name. The Cleveland Indians announced in July it would change the team’s name to Guardians for the 2022

NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — The Newcastle fan who collapsed in the stands during the team’s Premier League match against Tottenham has been discharged from the hospital. The match at St. James’ Park on Oct. 17 was suspended for 20 minutes when Alan Smith suffered a cardiac arrest. Tottenham defender Sergio Reguilon alerted the referee to

By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — When Urban Meyer got his first college head coaching job in 2003, he borrowed some ideas from USC’s Pete Carroll. When Meyer decided to make the leap to the NFL, he turned to Carroll again. Meyer brought in 11 players or coaches from Seattle,

By The Associated Press Soccer’s lawmakers have recommended that the temporary move to give teams the option of making five substitutions per game instead of three should take effect on a permanent basis. The measure was introduced in May 2020 so teams could cope better with the congested schedule when soccer resumed following a suspension

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Veteran striker Radamel Falcao has added to Barcelona’s struggles by scoring the winner in Rayo Vallecano’s 1-0 victory in the Spanish league. Barcelona’s second consecutive defeat left it winless in away matches and only ninth in the standings with 15 points from 10 games. The Catalan

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Tampa Bay Lightning winger Nikita Kucherov is expected to be out 8-10 weeks after undergoing an unspecified surgery for an unspecified lower-body injury. Kucherov was injured Oct. 16 in Tampa Bay’s third game of the season. He doubled over in pain after an innocent-looking collision in the third period

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Joe Barry won’t attend the team’s Thursday night game at Arizona because of COVID-19 protocols. The Packers had been preparing for this likelihood ever since Barry tested positive. They made it official Wednesday and said Barry’s responsibilities would be divided between defensive backs coach Jerry

By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Massimilano Allegri’s 200th match in charge of Juventus has ended in defeat as Sassuolo scored late to snatch a 2-1 victory in Turin in Serie A. Maxime Lopez struck in the fifth minute of stoppage time to hand Sassuolo its first-ever victory at Juventus. American Weston McKennie

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins have a new quarterback, one who hasn’t played a snap in the NFL this season and set a slew of records in college. It’s not who many expected. The only new quarterback development that Dolphins coach Brian Flores had to offer

By The Associated Press No. 24 Coastal Carolina is looking to bounce back after its first loss of the season when it faces Troy on Thursday night. The Chanticleers squandered an early 14-point lead at Appalachian State before falling 30-27 for their first loss of the season. Coastal Carolina had also been in the drivers’

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The Panthers are rolling this season but coach Joel Quenneville being named in a report detailing how the Chicago Blackhawks mishandled sexual assault allegations that an assistant on his staff sexually assaulted a player during the team’s Stanley Cup run in 2010 could derail Florida’s

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer Coastal Carolina coach Jamey Chadwell knows the 24th-ranked Chanticleers need to shake off their last game quickly to stay near the top of the Sun Belt Conference. The Chants lost their undefeated season and control of the Sun Belt East Division with a 30-27 loss to Appalachian State on

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin has moved back into contention for a spot in the Big Ten championship game by regaining its identity as a team that likes to run opponents into submission. Defense hasn’t been a problem for the Badgers this season. No. 1 Georgia is the only

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Five teams from the Pac-12 are in The Associated Press preseason poll for a sixth straight season, led by defending champion Stanford. The Pac-12 is tied for the most ranked teams with the ACC and Big Ten. Stanford sits at No. 3 and Oregon at

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer JJ Redick is joining ESPN as an NBA analyst a month after announcing his retirement following a 15-year playing career. Redick will make his debut on Nov. 3 as a studio analyst during the game between the Brooklyn Nets and Atlanta Hawks. Redick will also be an analyst on

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Old Dominion University says it has accepted an invitation to join the Sun Belt Conference no later than July 1, 2023. The addition of the Monarchs and Southern Miss will give the Sun Belt 12 football-playing members, with more expansion possible. Old Dominion has played in Conference USA for seven seasons.

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Hard Rock wants to build a casino in or near New York City, even as it moves forward with a plan to build another one about 8 miles away in northern New Jersey. New York state has three remaining casino licenses to be awarded in

By DORIAN COLBERT RosterWatch We’ve got quite a few games under our belts at this point, so touchdown dependencies are starting to level out, giving us a good idea of who can keep up their high-scoring ways. These are my best bets to score going into Week 8 of the NFL season.