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By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Rookie Desmond Ridder’s first two career touchdown passes powered the Atlanta Falcons to a 30-17 win over the playoff-bound Tampa Bay Buccaneers after Tom Brady added to his imposing list of records. Brady broke his own NFL record for most completions in a season before leaving

EASTON, Pa. — Led by Leo O’Boyle’s 24 points, the Lafayette Leopards defeated the Bucknell Bison 74-67 in overtime on Sunday. The Leopards improved to 3-14 with the victory and the Bison fell to 7-10.

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Jasmyn Roberts scored a career-best 23 points, Haley Cavinder added 19 and Miami held off No. 9 Virginia Tech 77-66. Roberts was 8 for 12 from the field, including 5 of 7 from 3-point range for the Hurricanes, who won their third straight game.

SMITHFIELD, R.I. — Colton Lawrence scored 19 points as UMBC beat Bryant 81-73. Lawrence added five rebounds for the Retrievers. Jacob Boonyasith scored 15 points, going 4 of 8 from the floor, including 4 for 7 from distance, and 3 for 4 from the line. The Bulldogs were led in scoring by Sherif Kenney, who

WORCESTER, Mass. — Led by Will Batchelder’s 21 points, the Holy Cross Crusaders defeated the Loyola (MD) Greyhounds 63-55 on Sunday. The Crusaders are now 6-11 on the season, while the Greyhounds moved to 5-12.

TAMPA, Fla. — Melvion Flanagan scored 16 points off of the bench to help lead the Wichita State Shockers over the South Florida Bulls 70-66 on Sunday. The Shockers are now 8-8 on the season, while the Bulls moved to 7-9.

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Top-flight teams Lorient, Reims and Toulouse avoided upsets upsets with heavy scoring to reach the French Cup’s round of 32. But four-time winner Auxerre needed penalty kicks to get past third-tier Dunkerque after a 2-2 draw. Lille hosted Troyes later in an all-first division game. Dutch

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Payton Sandfort more than doubled his season average with 22 points, Filip Rebraca had a double-double and Iowa ended Rutgers’ five-game winning streak with a 76-65 victory on Sunday. Sandfort, who was 4 of 28 from the field, including 1 of 14 from 3-point range, in the first four Big Ten

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Dolphins star receiver Tyreek Hill briefly left Sunday’s game against the New York Jets with an ankle injury before returning for the final drive of the first half. Hill appeared to be hurt running a route in the second quarter with Jets cornerback Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner in coverage and went

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Napoli has bounced back from its first league defeat of the season to beat 10-man Sampdoria 2-0 and extend its lead at the top of Serie A. Victor Osimhen opened the scoring after Matteo Politano had seen an early penalty saved. Any chance Sampdoria had of

CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Mixon and the Cincinnati Bengals are still flipping out over the NFL’s plan to determine home-field advantage in the playoffs. Mixon referenced the NFL’s decision to use a coin flip as a tiebreaker Sunday by celebrating a 1-yard touchdown run against the Baltimore Ravens by taking a coin out of his

By PHILLIP B. WILSON Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Boo Buie scored 26 points and Northwestern beat No. 15 Indiana 84-83 for its second road victory against a ranked opponent this season. The Wildcats knocked off then-No. 20 Michigan State 70-63 on Dec. 4 and have won seven of eight games. The Hoosiers have

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Tom Brady has broken his own NFL record for most completions in a season. Brady quickly gained the needed nine connections in the first half of Tampa Bay’s game against the Atlanta Falcons. Brady had a record 485 completions with the Buccaneers in 2021. The 45-year-old

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Dolphins star receiver Tyreek Hill left Sunday’s game against the New York Jets with an ankle injury and is questionable to return. Hill appeared to be hurt in the second quarter and went into the Dolphins medical tent.

LONDON (AP) — Aston Villa’s stunning loss to fourth-tier Stevenage in the FA Cup completed a rough few days in the third round for Premier League teams. Eight of them have already been eliminated and that is the most at this stage since the 2007-08 season according to statistics provider Opta. That was the last

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Manchester City has beaten Chelsea for the second time in less than three days. On this occasion it was in the FA Cup and this time it was a 4-0 thrashing without even needing Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne. City’s top two players were given a rest after

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills and their fans planned several tributes to safety Damar Hamlin for the team’s game Sunday — No. 3 jerseys, homemade T-shirts and even a 10-foot wide get-well card. There was no scripting what happened once the Bills actually returned to action.

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — A mere store-bought get-well card wasn’t enough for Bills fan Ryan Magnuson to show his support for Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin. The owner of a sign shop, Magnuson took the next step by designing a 4-by-10-foot canvas card, which he erected at the foot