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By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Draws by Real Madrid and Sevilla have left four teams tied for lead in the Spanish league. Barcelona is nowhere near the top after yet another loss. The Catalan club was defeated 1-0 by Rayo Vallecano with veteran striker Radamel Falcao scoring the winner in the

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Hunter Henry is feeling just fine about his decision to leave the Los Angeles Chargers to join the New England Patriots. The tight end is preparing to face his former team this week. Henry says he only has good memories about the franchise that drafted

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Texans quarterback Tyrod Taylor returned to practice Wednesday for the first time since injuring his hamstring in Week 2, but his status for Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Rams remains uncertain. Taylor opened the season as Houston’s starter with Deshaun Watson sitting out amid

By The Associated Press The undefeated Arizona Cardinals host the Green Bay Packers on Thursday night in a meeting of two of the NFL’s elite during the first half of the season. The Cardinals are 7-0 for the first time since 1974 and have won those games by a combined margin of 111 points, which

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Daniel Jones isn’t worrying whether running back Saquon Barkley or wide receivers Kenny Golladay, Kadarius Toney or Sterling Shepard are going to the lineup for the New York Giants’  game against the Kansas City Chiefs. Jones has spent most of the season playing quarterback

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans’ defense is much improved over a year ago, thanks to some new players and holdovers playing better. The Titans are coming off its best game this season. They forced three turnovers, had a season-high four sacks and held Chiefs quarterback

VIENNA (AP) — Andy Murray saw his perfect record at the Erste Bank Open come to an end as he slumped to a 6-3, 6-4 defeat to teenager Carlos Alcaraz of Spain in the second round. The result marked the first loss for Murray in 10 matches at the Austrian indoor event. He won the

TROYES, France (AP) — Dimitri Payet has scored his sixth goal this season to secure a 1-1 draw for Marseille against Nice in their rescheduled French league game. Payet’s equalizer came in the 42nd minute after Amine Gouiri gave Nice the lead. Third-place Nice kept a two-point lead over Marseille in the standings, nine points

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer” FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dak Prescott has been limited in practice with a right calf strain as the Dallas Cowboys prepare to visit the Minnesota Vikings. The star quarterback was injured on the winning touchdown pass in overtime against New England. Prescott had the open week to rehab

By CIARÁN FAHEY Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Borussia Mönchengladbach has knocked Bayern Munich out of the German Cup with a fully deserved 5-0 win in front of its ecstatic fans. It’s Bayern’s biggest ever defeat in the competition. Second-division club Karlsruher SC knocked Bayer Leverkusen out with a hard-fought 2-1 win. Union Berlin needed

ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland (AP) — The ECHL’s Newfoundland Growlers have been suspended from playing home games at Mile One Centre pending a third-party investigation into allegations of “disrespectful workplace conduct.” The City of St. John’s said Wednesday that Deacon Sports & Entertainment Limited, the parent company of the Growlers, was informed about the suspension a

By GENE CHAMBERLAIN Associated Press LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears are 3-4 with an offense not capable of much besides running the ball but with one of the league’s best pass rushes. However, now an NFL Network report says they will rest edge rusher Khalil Mack this week and possibly longer because

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 DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Manchester City’s four-year reign as English League Cup titleholder is over. City lost 5-3 to West Ham in a penalty shootout in the last 16 after the game finished 0-0 after 90 minutes at the London Stadium. Phil Foden’s miss off City’s first penalty of the shootout proved costly

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Kenny Young is trying to clear his mind even while his head is swimming. The fourth-year linebacker is taking a crash course in Denver’s defense while juggling the emotions of the trade that sent him from the rolling Rams (6-1) to the reeling Broncos

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a settlement between Brown University and student-athletes who had challenged the Ivy League school’s decision to drop several women’s varsity sports. The Providence Journal reported that the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided Wednesday with the university and the athletes who originally sued. Twelve

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona’s Kyler Murray has developed into one of the NFL’s most exciting quarterbacks in his short career. Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers has been wowing fans and opponents for a long time. The two quarterbacks meet on an NFL field for the first time when the

By CAROLINE PINEDA Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — No. 11 Notre Dame is happy to have star tight end Michael Mayer back fully healthy from a hip injury. The 6-foot-4 sophomore has been targeted on Notre Dame’s first or second offensive play in four of the six games he’s played in. Of his

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The former player at the heart of the Chicago Blackhawks assault scandal has come forward publicly. Kyle Beach tells TSN he felt “alone and dark” in the days following the alleged assault in 2010.  Earlier this week, a report detailed how senior team leaders badly mishandled