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By TRAVIS JOHNSON Associated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Most of the intelligence No. 10 Penn State has on its upcoming opponent was compiled long ago by the team’s video production staff. How much it’s worth now is up for debate. Not only will No. 22 Auburn’s visit to Beaver Stadium provide the Nittany

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Knicks head coach David Fizdale has joined his hometown Los Angeles Lakers as the lead assistant coach on Frank Vogel’s staff. The Lakers also hired John Lucas III as an assistant coach and named Roger Sancho their head athletic trainer. Fizdale was the Memphis

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets are expected to get wide receivers Jamison Crowder and Keelan Cole back this week with both possibly able to play in the home opener Sunday against New England after they sat out Week 1. Crowder has been on

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Eric Fisher’s life changed almost as soon he felt the pain in his left foot during the AFC championship game. He agonized about his inability to play in the Super Bowl. After eight seasons in Kansas City, he was released in March as a cost-cutting move

By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Bo Bichette homered and matched a career high with five RBIs, Robbie Ray fanned 13 over seven innings to claim the major league strikeout lead and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-3. Vladimr Guerrero Jr. doubled twice and scored twice, and Teoscar Hernández

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The Dolphins tried their best to force Patriots rookie Mac Jones into poor decisions last week, causing him to fumble and blitzing him 21 times. Only Dallas’ Dak Prescott was blitzed more, and only Tennessee’s Ryan Tannehill and New York’s Zach Wilson took more than

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Jordan Henderson has capped Liverpool’s second-half comeback with a brilliantly controlled finish to clinch a 3-2 win over AC Milan in the Champions League. The Liverpool captain met a clearance to the edge of the area with a half-volley that flew into the bottom corner in the 69th minute in another

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Patrick Peterson put the Minnesota Vikings high on his wish list as a free agent this offseason. Peterson was more of a need than a want for the Vikings. They sought not only to upgrade their starting cornerbacks but to bring in experience that

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Cornerback Patrick Surtain II’s first NFL start is against a familiar foe: Trevor Lawrence, whose Clemson Tigers walloped his top-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide in the national championship three years ago. “We were both freshmen at the time, both young pups,” Surtain said Wednesday. “He

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Andy Dalton remembers how strange it felt playing against the Bengals. The fact the game was in Cincinnati made it that much more emotional for the veteran quarterback. Dalton goes against the Bengals for the second time in as many years when they visit

By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Inter Milan has been made to pay for its profligacy as a late goal from substitute Rodrygo saw Real Madrid snatch a 1-0 win in their Champions League opener. Rodrygo scored in the final minute with what was only Madrid’s second shot on target. Inter had peppered

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jesus Sanchez’s second two-run homer of the day capped a four-run ninth inning, and the Miami Marlins rallied past the Washington Nationals 8-6. The Marlins tied it in the ninth on an RBI single by Miguel Rojas and a fielder’s-choice groundout by Bryan De La Cruz. Then Sanchez hit the first pitch

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Ajax has added to its scoring spree early in the season with Sébastien Haller finding the net four times in the team’s 5-1 win at Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League. Haller scored twice in the first 10 minutes and twice again in the second half to help Ajax reach 18

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Antoine Griezmann has been jeered by the home fans as Atlético Madrid couldn’t manage more than a 0-0 draw against Porto in the Champions League. Griezmann is back with Madrid after two seasons with rival Barcelona. He came off the bench in the second half but

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Jack Grealish marked his Champions League debut with the pick of the goals in Manchester City’s wild 6-3 win over Leipzig as Christopher Nkunku’s hat trick proved to be in vain for the visitors. The England midfielder picked up a loose ball on the left and cut inside into the area

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans are trying to get back to what they do on offense after a stumbling performance in their season opener. Ryan Tannehill says that means playing up to their own standards. Starting better and handling adversity will help as well. Tannehill

BRUGGE, Belgium (AP) — PSG’s formidable attacking trio of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappé was left frustrated by a spirited Club Brugge in a 1-1 draw in the Champions League. Messi hit the crossbar during his 150th appearance in the competition but could not score for his new club after PSG coach Mauricio Pochettino

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer U.S. soccer star Alex Morgan says the women’s national team needs to make sure players aren’t losing any of their existing compensation under the identical contract proposals the U.S. Soccer Federation has made to both the men’s and women’s teams. But she says the team is hopeful for

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Will Fuller is looking forward to the calm of playing again. Watching football games and not playing, it turns out, makes the Miami Dolphins wide receiver more than a bit jittery. And now that his six-game suspension for a performance-enhancers that occurred last season

BOSTON (AP) — The Celtics have acquired forward Juancho Hernangómez from the Grizzlies in exchange for guards Carsen Edwards and Kris Dunn. Boston announced the deal Wednesday. As part of the transaction, Memphis will have the right to swap a 2026 second-round draft pick with Boston’s second-round pick that year. The 25-year-old Hernangómez has career