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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.

By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit and Belmont Stakes winner Essential Quality head a field of 10 horses for the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Del Mar on Nov. 6. Trainer Brad Cox has Essential Quality and Knicks Go entered in the $6 million race. Also in the field is Hot

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Mike White will make his first NFL start Sunday for the New York Jets against the Cincinnati Bengals in place of the injured Zach Wilson. White filled in for Wilson last Sunday after the rookie quarterback injured his right knee in New

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis says he doesn’t believe the team was targeted in the leaking of emails that led to the resignation of coach Jon Gruden. Speaking after the NFL owners meetings ended Wednesday, Davis also acknowledged the team has reached a

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 former Cleveland Indians announced in July it would change the team’s name to Guardians after years

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford, Iowa State All-America tight end Charlie Kolar and Michigan star defensive end Aidan Hutchinson are among 13 finalists for the Campbell Trophy, which honors the top scholar-athlete in college football. The National Football Foundation chooses finalists from all levels of college football and the winner will

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer No. 5 North Carolina State and No. 6 Louisville headline the Atlantic Coast Conference women’s basketball race heading into the season. The Wolfpack won a second straight ACC Tournament title last year. Wes Moore’s team is the league favorite by returning its top eight scorers. That list of returnees

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer Expectations are sky high in the Southeastern Conference for Dawn Staley and top-ranked South Carolina. The Gamecocks were picked to win their sixth SEC regular-season women’s basketball title in the past nine years. They’ve also won six of the last seven SEC Tournament titles. And don’t expect a drop

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — A suspended Virginia Tech linebacker accused in the fatal beating of a Tinder match has been indicted on a charge of second-degree murder. The Roanoke Times reports that Isimemen Etute was indicted by a grand jury Tuesday in the death of Jerry Smith in May. A hearing is scheduled Nov. 18.

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer Playing in the top-heavy SEC East could work out well for No. 1 Georgia’s championship hopes. The Bulldogs appear to have a smooth path to the Southeastern Conference championship football game in Atlanta. They can thank the Eastern Division. Georgia plays Florida this week as the first of three

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer Grrrrrr!!!! That’s the sound of gritting teeth throughout the NFL as what should be one of the best prime-time matchups of the season loses some of its luster. Green Bay’s star receiver Davante Adams and fellow wideout Allen Lazard tested positive for COVID-19 this week. So when the

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield hated missing one start because of his shoulder injury and doesn’t want to sit again. Mayfield said he’ll practice Wednesday to test his injured left shoulder, and if all goes well he intends to play against the Pittsburgh Steelers on

HOUSTON (AP) — Nelson Cruz has been given Major League Baseball’s Roberto Clemente Award for character, community involvement and philanthropy. Cruz received the award before Game 2 of the World Series. The 17-year MLB veteran and seven-time All-Star provided financial support to 1,200 families in his hometown of Las Matas de Santa Cruz, Dominican Republic,

By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn comes into this season ranked No. 2,  having added the nation’s top recruit, guard Azzi Fudd, to a team that returns last year’s collegiate national player of the year, Paige Bueckers, and every other starter from a squad that went to it’s 13th straight

LONDON (AP) — A group of former rugby league players is planning to sue England’s governing body of the sport for negligence over what they say was a failure to protect them from the risks of concussion during their careers. The group is represented by a law firm which has also launched an action on

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer The All Blacks players are into their 11th straight week away from home and it’s an endurance battle that might yet prove tougher than what they encounter on the field during their end-of-year rugby tour. The world’s most famous rugby team have been in Australia and the Unites States

MADRID (AP) — France defender Lucas Hernández will not spend time in prison for violating a restraining order after successfully winning an appeal in Spain. The Bayern Munich player had his six-month prison sentence turned into a fine of $111,000. He can’t commit another crime in the next four years for the ruling to remain

LONDON (AP) — Ukraine’s national anti-doping agency has been accused of giving athletes advance notice of test collections and deliberately mislabeling samples to avoid stricter analysis before the Tokyo Olympics. The World Anti-Doping Agency says it conducted a two-year investigation that found “convincing and corroborated evidence” that the Ukrainian agency NADC routinely violated standard testing