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By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Fikayo Tomori is back in the England squad after two years away having ignited his career by moving to a country where defending is cherished more than maybe anywhere else. The 23-year-old center back has been in impressive form for AC Milan and says the weight of history at

By DORIAN COLBERT RosterWatch It’s Week 5, and the cream is starting to rise to the top in fantasy football. These players are my best bets to score at the running back and wide receiver positions.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU coach Ed Orgeron says top cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. had a procedure performed on his injured left foot. The injury already sidelined Stingley for LSU’s previous two games. Orgeron says there is no timetable on Stingley’s return to the lineup. LSU has released a statement from Stingley in which

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The newest professional athletes to settle in Philadelphia are on the roster for Major League Wrestling. MLW is set to make its major cable debut on Thursday night. MLW CEO Court Bauer called the shots behind the scenes for the TV taping for a roster that

By ERIC WILLEMSEN Associated Press Skiers Mikaela Shiffrin and Marco Schwarz won the world titles in Alpine combined last February but will likely have just one more such race in their careers. The 2022 Beijing Olympics might be the last time top-level skiers compete in the traditional discipline that pits speed and technical racers against

By COLLIN BINKLEY and RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A growing number of school districts in the U.S. are using federal pandemic funding on athletics projects. One school district in Iowa is spending $100,000 on a weight room renovation, while another in Wisconsin is spending $1.6 million on new synthetic

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots are releasing 2019 NFL Defensive Player of the Year Stephon Gilmore after the two sides couldn’t come to terms on a new contract. The four-time Pro Bowl cornerback confirmed his departure in a post on Instagram, saying the moments he shared

FOLKESTONE, England (AP) — A man who posted a video on Facebook in which he racially abused England soccer players Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka following the European Championship final was handed a suspended prison sentence. Bradford Pretty, 50, appeared at a court in Folkestone in southern England and admitted to sending a

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Barcelona says it was technically bankrupt when president Joan Laporta took over earlier this year. Barcelona CEO Ferrán Reverter presented a grim picture of the club’s financial situation while releasing the results from a Deloitte audit that started after Laporta arrived in March following the resignation

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Union Berlin has identified a person it says was one of the perpetrators of antisemitic abuse against Maccabi Haifa fans and banned him from the club’s grounds and premises indefinitely. Union says it has also contacted the German soccer federation to register a nationwide stadium ban

By The Associated Press A capsule look at the best-of-five National League Division Series between the Atlanta Braves and Milwaukee Brewers.

By The Associated Press The 106-win Los Angeles Dodgers put their season on the line in the NL wild-card game against the red-hot St. Louis Cardinals. No team has ever won so many games and failed to win its division, but LA couldn’t catch the 107-win San Francisco Giants, forcing the club into the one-game

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Carlos Correa is preparing for what could be his final run with the Houston Astros. The top overall draft pick in 2012 becomes a free agent after the season and the Astros seem unwilling to pay him what another team surely will. The sides negotiated in