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By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer DÜSSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Spare a thought for German soccer fans over the holidays. Their national team’s World Cup ended embarrassingly early in the group stage and they face a long wait to see any club games. The German Bundesliga doesn’t return from its post-World Cup break until Jan.

SEMMERING, Austria (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin has taken a big lead in the opening run of a women’s World Cup slalom as she positioned herself for a third win in three days and 80th overall. The American was more than seven-tenths of a second faster than a group of three skiers. Petra Vlhová and Wendy

By The Associated Press No. 19 Notre Dame and 20th-ranked South Carolina will be trying to fill huge holes when they play in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl. It’s their first meeting since 1984. The Fighting Irish will be without quarterback Drew Pyne, All-American tight end Michael Mayer, standout edge rusher Isaiah Foskey and cornerback Cam

BORMIO, Italy (AP) — Make it five wins in 12 starts for Marco Odermatt this season. The Swiss skier maintained his dazzling form in the last World Cup race of 2022 by dominating a super-G on one of the tour’s toughest courses. Odermatt wasn’t the fastest starter but outclassed his competitors on all other sections

By PHIL STUKENBORG Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — KJ Jefferson passed to Rashod Dubinion for a 2-point conversion in the third overtime and Arkansas held off a furious second-half rally by Kansas for a 55-53 win the Liberty Bowl. The Jayhawks had rallied from 25 points down in the second half to force overtime,

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona and Real Madrid resume their fight for the Spanish league title as the competition starts again following a seven-week hiatus for the World Cup. Barcelona has a two-point lead and hosts crosstown rival Espanyol at Camp Nou on Saturday. Defending champion Madrid visits Valladolid on

BORMIO, Italy (AP) — Three-time Olympic gold medalist Matthias Mayer of Austria has ended his Alpine skiing career with immediate effect. Mayer surprisingly announced his retirement shortly before a men’s World Cup super-G in an interview with Austrian TV after he returned from the course inspection. Mayer said “last season was fantastic with the third

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — This season certainly hasn’t unfolded the way Geno Auriemma envisioned. His UConn Huskies weathered a run of injuries and illness to reach the NCAA Tournament championship game last season and the core of that team was supposed to be back this year. Or so he

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James turns 38 on Friday. And he averaged more points as a 37-year-old than anyone ever has in NBA history. He actually averaged more points at that age than he has at any age since he was 21. But the 20-year NBA veteran made clear

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin said a Texas Tech player spit on one of his players and possibly used a racial slur Wednesday night in the Texas Bowl. A scrum between the teams came after Ole Miss’ Dayton Wade fumbled early in the fourth quarter and Texas

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic has reiterated his earlier comments that he bears no hard feelings on his return to Australia after his visa cancellation and subsequent deportation in January ahead of the Australian Open tennis tournament. Djokovic was deported almost 12 months ago after arriving unvaccinated against COVID-19 at a time when the

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Led by Matt Bradley’s 27 points, the San Diego State Aztecs defeated the Air Force Falcons 71-55 on Wednesday. The Aztecs improved to 10-3 with the win and the Falcons fell to 9-6 in the Mountain West Conference opener for both teams..

By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Adam Henrique had two goals, John Gibson made 49 saves in his return after missing five games because of a lower-body injury and the Anaheim Ducks defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 in a shootout. Trevor Zegras had two assists to pass the 100 career points,

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Led by Jermarl Baker Jr.’s 20 points, the Fresno State Bulldogs defeated the Wyoming Cowboys 58-53 on Wednesday. The Bulldogs are now 5-7 with the victory and the Cowboys dropped to 5-8 after the Mountain West Conference opener for both teams.