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By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The Assocated Press has ranked the five best Games of the Century. The only two requirements: It had to be a regular-season game and it had to match the top two teams in the country according to a major poll like the AP Top 25. Topping the

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Sabres’ cross-border rivalry against the Toronto Maple Leafs is heading outdoors. The Sabres are listed as the home team against the Maple Leafs in the NHL’s Heritage Classic, to be played at the home of the Canadian Football League’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats, on March

By The Associated Press The Pittsburgh Steelers and Las Vegas Raiders are both going for a 2-0 start when they meet at Heinz Field. The Steelers rallied past Buffalo to stun the Bills in Week 1 while Las Vegas surged past Baltimore in overtime. The Raiders have won five of their past seven meetings with

Stinging from a loss in Kansas City, the Browns open their home schedule Sunday against the Houston Texans. Cleveland’s FirstEnergy Stadium will be at full capacity for the first time since the 2019 home finale. The Browns outplayed the defending AFC champion Chiefs for much of last week, but were doomed by critical mistakes in

By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Inter Milan sorely missed Romelu Lukaku on Wednesday night. Inter’s forwards were guilty of some wayward finishing as they failed to put away any of the team’s 18 attempts in a 1-0 loss to Real Madrid in the Champions League. Inter next faces Bologna on Saturday and

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Boston College is 2-0 and turns to backup QB Dennis Grosel for Saturday’s game against Temple. Grosel threw for 520 yards and four touchdowns in the final start of last season in place of injured Phil Jurkovec. Jurkovec is hurt again. He has a right hand

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — FIFA has intensified its push for hosting the men’s World Cup every two years by garnering support from soccer fans around the world to help combat resistance from Europe and South America. FIFA cites an online survey it commissioned in its the latest public relations tactic.

LONDON (AP) — Reece James says thieves broke into his home and stole his Champions League winner’s medal while he was playing for Chelsea on Tuesday. The England international detailed the break-in on a post on Instagram alongside a video showing four people apparently entering through the gates of his property. James appealed for help

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — No. 6 Clemson has enjoyed squaring off against Georgia Tech on the football field in recent years. It has usually resulted in a very strong offensive performance by the Tigers. Clemson has won six in a row over the Yellow Jackets. They’ve scored 49 points

A white catfish caught in Connecticut last month has smashed a state record and could also be a world record for the species. Ben Tomkunas caught the 21.3-pound fish late at night in Coventry on Aug. 21. Connecticut Fish and Wildlife confirmed that it was a white catfish and that it easily broke the previous

SILVERSTONE, England (AP) — Sebastian Vettel will drive for Aston Martin next year after the Formula One team extended his contract by one year. The four-time F1 champion joined Aston Martin this season on a one-year deal after losing his seat at Ferrari, where he sealed the last of his 53 F1 wins in 2019.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The boundary between amateur and professional boxing has blurred further with the International Boxing Association offering prize money of up to $100,000 for the first time at the historically amateur men’s world championships. AIBA says a total prize fund of $2.6 million is in place to award medalists in each category.

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Rafa Benitez took over as Everton manager in June to a backdrop of protests because of his strong past links to Liverpool but also to the kind of belt-tightening not previously seen at the English club in the 5½ years under majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri. Things could hardly be

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Australian swimmer Shayna Jack has been cleared to resume her competitive career after a doping case that forced her to miss the Tokyo Olympics. The Court of Arbitration for Sport says it rejected appeals by the World Anti-Doping Agency and Sport Integrity Australia. They had called for a four-year ban instead

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian basketball coach Dusan Ivkovic has died. He was 77. Ivkovic led Yugoslavia to the 1990 world title and won two EuroLeague titles with Greek club Olympiakos. Serbian media reported that he died in a Belgrade hospital after lung failure. Ivkovic led the “white dream team” to the world title in

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — On the morning of the trade deadline in late July, the St. Louis Cardinals were a .500 team sitting 7 1/2 games outside a playoff spot. Their next move? Trading for a pair of struggling starting pitchers in their late 30s: Jon Lester and J.A.

By The Associated Press Mike Trout is likely done for the year. Same for Jo Adell, another talented outfielder for the Los Angeles Angels. Manager Joe Maddon said Wednesday he would be very surprised if Trout played again this season. The three-time AL MVP injured his right calf running the bases May 17 and had

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Brooks Koepka says in an interview with Golf Digest that Ryder Cup week is hectic and takes him from his individual routine and leaves him no time to decompress. That was enough to make Paul Azinger wonder if he should even play next week. Azinger is a four-time Ryder