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MILTON, Mass. (AP) — The Boston College hockey star and former NHL player Jimmy Hayes has died. A law enforcement official says medics on Monday were called to the Hayes home in the Boston suburbs, where he was pronounced dead. No other details were disclosed. Hayes won a national championship at Boston College and went

By ANDREW DESTIN Associated Press SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Little League World Series games have only featured a few hundred family and friends in the stands this year because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Turns out they were the ones making a lot of the noise in the first place. Because all the players

By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The parents of two teenage boys have filed a lawsuit alleging their sons were sexually assaulted in a high school football team hazing ritual at a suburban Chicago high school. The parents contend that the three football coaches at Plainfield Central High School were not present during

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Joey Votto is crashing home runs again and keeping the Cincinnati Reds in playoff contention. The 37-year-old Reds first baseman is enjoying a career resurgence while hitting the ball harder than ever. He recently got his 2,000 hit, making him only the second player in major

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer Supporters of Nice had waited two years to be allowed back into the stadium to see their team take on Marseille in one of France’s footballing rivalries. Now their violent conduct could see the turnstiles locked again. The game between Nice and Marseille was abandoned Sunday after a

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer The slumping San Diego Padres have fired pitching coach Larry Rothschild. The 67-year-old Rothschild has been with the Padres for the past two seasons. San Diego has lost nine of its past 11 games and is now in third place in the NL West, 13 games behind the first

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs released veteran defensive end Taco Charlton, offensive lineman Bryan Witzmann and defensive back Will Parks on Monday as they made the next round of roster cuts ahead of their preseason finale. The Chiefs also waived linebacker Riley Cole and quarterback

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Titans coach Mike Vrabel anticipated further testing would confirm he has COVID-19. He was right. So the Tennessee Titans practiced without their head coach Monday with Vrabel quarantined at home after testing positive Sunday morning. Special teams coordinator Craig Aukerman helped run practice.

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer The two singles champions at this year’s U.S. Open will earn 35% less than in 2019. That was the last time the Grand Slam tennis tournament allowed spectators. Payouts for qualifying and the first three rounds will rise. The U.S. Tennis Association announced Monday that it will have an

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — The International Ice Hockey Federation is expected to add a women’s world hockey championship next summer. That will put it in the same calendar year as the Beijing Winter Olympics. The men play a world championship in an Olympic year but the women currently don’t. A world championship in August 2022

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The Fiesta Bowl Organization has announced a multi-year partnership with Caesars Entertainment. It will pair one of the biggest postseason college football games with legal sports gambling in Arizona. It’s also the first partnership between a college bowl game and a sports betting company. Caesars will

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — New York Jets linebacker Jarrad Davis will be sidelined through the first several weeks of the regular season with an ankle injury. Jets coach Robert Saleh said Monday that Davis’ injury will sideline him into the season, and the team will evaluate whether

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Notre Dame and Iowa State each had three players selected to The Associated Press preseason All-America team, led by Fighting Irish defensive back Kyle Hamilton and Cyclones running back Breece Hall. The preseason All-America team presented by Regions Bank was released Monday, five days before the first

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Wrtier FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The Patriots say quarterback Cam Newton will miss at least three days of practice this week after traveling to a team-approved, out of town medical appointment over the weekend. The team said in a statement that Newton went to the appointment on Saturday and tested

MIAMI (AP) — Highly regarded Miami Marlins pitching prospect Edward Cabrera is scheduled to make his major league debut Wednesday against Washington. Cabrera is 3-4 with a 2.93 ERA in 13 starts at three minor league levels this year. He was sidelined early in the season by a biceps injury. The 23-year-old right-handed Dominican is

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The Egyptian soccer association says Liverpool has refused to release Mohamed Salah for the country’s upcoming World Cup qualifying matches because of coronavirus restrictions. Egypt is on Britain’s red list so Salah would be required to quarantine upon his return from Cairo and miss two Premier League

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Stacy Lewis is going home to Ohio for the Solheim Cup. Just not as a player. U.S. captain Pat Hurst has filled out her team by taking Yealimi Noh, Mina Harigae and Brittany Altomare. She chose Lewis to be an assistant captain, and Lewis is happy with that. She

LEEDS, England (AP) — England’s pace attack will be further depleted for the third test against India after Mark Wood was ruled out because of a shoulder injury. Stuart Broad, Jofra Archer, Olly Stone and Chris Woakes were already sidelined for the test at Headingley. England goes into Wednesday’s game trailing 1-0 in the five-match