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By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer For those who oppose Thursday night NFL games, this week is a perfect example of why. It’s difficult enough to prepare for a Sunday game when you have key injuries, particularly at quarterback. And when both teams are uncertain about their quarterback situation, it doesn’t make for the

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets linebacker C.J. Mosley is dealing with a hamstring injury that makes him uncertain to play Sunday at New England. Coach Robert Saleh said Wednesday that Mosley was hurt late in New York’s 27-20 loss to Atlanta in London on

The Broncos and Browns will meet mirroring each other. Both teams are sliding, staggering with injuries and desperate for a win. Cleveland has dropped two in a row under Kevin Stefanski for the first time in two seasons. Quarterback Baker Mayfield will miss the game with a left shoulder injury that has affected his play.

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The message for the Miami Dolphins right now is simultaneously clear and tricky: Do better, but not necessarily do more. Translated, that’s the Dolphins’ way of telling players — even while mired in a five-game losing streak — to focus solely on their assignments

WASHINGTON (AP) — Brazilian winger Luiz Araújo has a $3.6 million base salary after joining Atlanta from Lille and has total compensation of more than $3.9 million, making him the highest among players to join Major League Soccer teams during the 2021 season. Argentine forward Sebastián Driussi had the second-highest pay among the midseason signings,

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s company is under criminal investigation by a district attorney in a New York City suburb into whether it misled officials to cut taxes for a golf course there. That’s according to the New York Times, citing “people with knowledge of the matter.” The newspaper didn’t say why

By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson and Pittsburgh quarterback Kenny Pickett headline The Associated Press’ list of midseason football honorees for the Atlantic Coast Conference. Clawson is the unanimous choice as top coach through the season’s first half in voting by AP writers covering league teams. Clawson’s Demon Deacons are

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The NFL is kicking off a $6.2 million campaign for problem gambling programs across the country. The effort aims to get fans to set limits on their wagers, understand the risks of betting and know where to go for help. The league is partnering with

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — More than half of the European Union member states have formally opposed soccer’s Super League project at the European Court of Justice. UEFA says 16 of the 27 EU members filed written submissions against the league to the court in Luxembourg by Monday’s deadline. The court

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Fifth-ranked North Carolina State is the Atlantic Coast Conference women’s basketball favorite. Wolfpack senior center Elissa Cunane is preseason player of the year. The ACC on Wednesday released results in voting by the league’s 15 head coaches and its Blue Ribbon Panel that includes media members. Wes Moore’s Wolfpack topped both

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Christian Lundgaard will leave European racing and switch to IndyCar next season in a third seat for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. The Danish driver is a member of the Alpine Formula One team’s junior program and made his IndyCar debut in August on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He qualified

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield will sit out Thursday’s game against the Denver Broncos with a painful left shoulder injury and backup Case Keenum will start. The quarterback switch ends speculation about whether Mayfield would try to push through an injury to his non-throwing shoulder that

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writrer CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson coach Brad Brownell believes he has the Tigers men’s basketball program in a good place after 11 years on the job. School leaders apparently agree. They awarded Brownell a contract extension and raise heading into the season. Brownell will have some adjustments to make

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia’s basketball team has lost its only returning starter, senior forward P.J. Horne, to a season-ending knee injury. Coach Tom Crean says Horne had surgery on his right knee, which he hurt when he landed awkwardly after losing his footing in practice. Horne played his first three seasons at Virginia Tech

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Washington has released longtime kicker Dustin Hopkins and signed Chris Blewitt as his replacement. Hopkins was in his seventh season with the team. He missed a 42-yard field goal attempt in a loss last weekend to the Kansas City Chiefs. It was just his second missed field goal in 14 attempts

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The International Volleyball Federation says a Russian player who won the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics has accepted a nine-month doping ban for a positive test which was apparently concealed eight years ago. The FIVB says Dmitry Musersky signed a “case resolution agreement” accepting the ban and admitting he

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Six schools from Conference USA want to join the American Athletic Conference and are expected to be accepted by the end of the week. Two people with knowledge of the process tell The Associated Press that UAB, Texas-San Antonio, Florida Atlantic, Rice, North Texas and Charlotte applied