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By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Don’t worry, Alabama fans. The top-ranked Crimson Tide haven’t gone back to old-school, pound the ball and keep it as long as possible football. It was just the best way to beat Mississippi. Offensively, the game plan featured a heavy dose of feeding the ball

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani says he is “very open” to negotiating a longterm contract with the club this offseason. Ohtani spoke before the Angels’ regular-season finale in Seattle, then led off with his 46th home run to reach 100 RBIs for the first time

HARRISON, N.J. (AP) — Nashville and New York City FC played to a scoreless tie in a match between two of the Eastern Conference’s top teams. It was a familiar storyline for Nashville, which with 14 draws has posted more ties this season than any other MLS squad. Entering Sunday it was the only team

By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Napoli has bounced back from its first loss of the season to maintain its perfect start to the Serie A campaign. Luciano Spalletti’s side fought back to win 2-1 at Fiorentina. Hirving Lozano and Amir Rrahmani scored after Lucas Martínez Quarta had given the home side the

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — The start of Sunday’s playoff race at Talladega Superspeedway has been delayed by rain and NBC has a tight television window for the important NASCAR race because of the evening airing of Tom Brady’s return to New England. The NASCAR race is supposed to

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Sports Writer BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — University of Colorado football coach Karl Dorrell apologized Sunday for shoving a photojournalist’s camera following the Buffaloes’ 37-14 loss to Southern California a day earlier. “I want to apologize for the incident at the end of our game Saturday,” Dorrell said in a statement issued

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees put All-Star infielder DJ LeMahieu on the 10-day injured list with a sports hernia ahead of their scheduled regular-season finale against the Tampa Bay Rays. New York also transferred slugger Luke Voit to the 60-day injured list, ending the 2020 home run champion’s season. LeMahieu was pulled

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Kevin De Bruyne scored Manchester City’s second equalizer in the front of the Kop to secure a 2-2 draw at Liverpool in the Premier League. Mohamed Salah’s individual genius looked to have clinched the win before Bruyne’s shot deflected off Joel Matip. Sadio Mane

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Alabama and Georgia remain the top two teams in The Associated Press college football poll after a week in which nine ranked teams lost. Iowa moved up to No. 3 and is gearing up for No. 4 Penn State in its biggest home game since the 1980s. No.

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chargers coach Brandon Staley will get national attention Monday night when Los Angeles hosts the unbeaten Las Vegas Raiders. Most of the narrative will focus on the first-year coach’s rise from being a Division III defensive coordinator to an NFL head job in five years,

MUNICH (AP) — Eintracht Frankfurt has beaten Bayern Munich 2-1 to inflict Bayern’s first loss since Julian Nagelsmann took over as coach this season. Goalkeeper Kevin Trapp kept Frankfurt in the game with a series of spectacular saves before Filip Kostic hit a powerful low shot past Manuel Neuer for the winning goal in the

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Spectacular plays have been Brandon Crawford’s signature all season long. It’s been the same dazzling defense that has defined the 34-year-old him while winning three Gold Glove awards. Crawford largely credits one of his best seasons yet to taking advantage of those occasional days off

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Kevin De Bruyne scored Manchester City’s second equalizer in the front of the Kop to secure a 2-2 draw at Liverpool in the Premier League. Mohamed Salah’s individual genius looked to have clinched the win before Bruyne’s shot deflected off Joel Matip. Sadio Mane

ROUBAIX, France (AP) — Italian rider Sonny Colbrelli won a rainy and mud-soaked Paris-Roubaix cycling race on his debut. The 31-year-old Bahrain Victorious rider crossed the finish line ahead of Florian Vermeersch of Belgium and Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel. He caught them in a three-way sprint in the Roubaix velodrome and all the riders

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees put All-Star infielder DJ LeMahieu on the 10-day injured list with a sports hernia ahead of their scheduled regular-season finale against the Tampa Bay Rays. LeMahieu was pulled from New York’s game Thursday at Toronto after six innings and hasn’t played since. He’s been day to day,

PARIS (AP) — German jockey Rene Piechulek rode 80-1 outsider Torquator Tasso to victory at the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on his debut in a huge upset. The Marcel Weiss-trained colt was in good form but few predicted Piechulek’s victory at Longchamp in western Paris on the race’s 100th running. It was a third

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Less is more has become a more common approach in sports. Coaches from the profession leagues to college athletics are weighing how much work is too much in practice and ahead of games. As baseball enters the postseason after a six-month grind, players’ health and

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid has stumbled again with a 2-1 loss at Espanyol that ended its 25-game unbeaten streak in the Spanish league. It was the third straight match without a win for Madrid. It was coming off a home loss to Moldovan club Sheriff in the Champions