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By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Every point matters in Serie A in an increasingly tight battle for the Champions League qualifying spots and Roma could be left counting the cost of a 1-1 draw at lowly Lecce. The result leaves Roma level with fourth-placed AC Milan. Lazio is two points below

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Jarkel Joiner scored 26 points and D.J. Burns Jr. added 18 with 10 rebounds to lead No. 22 North Carolina State to a 92-62 victory over Boston College. Terquavion Smith scored 17 points for the Wolfpack, which gives him 1,000 for his career. N.C. State led

LEWISBURG, Pa. — Tucker Richardson had 19 points in Colgate’s 76-56 victory against Bucknell. Richardson also had five steals for the Raiders. Keegan Records added 17 points while shooting 7 of 10 from the field and 3 for 4 from the line, and he also had three blocks. Andre Screen led the Bison in scoring,

LONDON (AP) — James Tomkins has taken advantage of a mistake by Brighton goalkeeper Robert Sanchez to help Crystal Palace draw 1-1 in the English Premier League. Palace remains winless this year. Sanchez was unable to hold a Michael Olise free kick and Tomkins pounced to nod home and level in the 69th minute. Brighton

PARIS (AP) — A weakened Paris Saint-Germain has lost a second straight game in all competitions to Monaco 3-1 in the French league, three days before facing Bayern Munich. Monaco climbed to second place, seven points behind a rattled PSG. PSG was undefeated in all competitions from August to December but has become fragile. It

LONDON (AP) — Fulham has ended Nottingham Forest’s five-game unbeaten run in the English Premier League with a deserved 2-0 win at Craven Cottage. A goal in either half from Willian and substitute Manor Solomon earns Marco Silva’s team a first victory in four matches and lifts it up to seventh in the standings. Forest

LEICESTER, England (AP) — Manager Antonio Conte’s return to the dugout is a miserable one as his Tottenham is humiliated at Leicester 4-1 in the English Premier League. Nampalys Mendy’s first goal in more than six years inspires Leicester to the comeback win after Rodrigo Bentancur gave Spurs the lead. James Maddison, Kelechi Iheanacho and

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Reliever Jason Adam beat Tampa Bay in the first of four arbitration cases involving the Rays and will get $1.775 million instead of the team’s offer of $1.55 million. Adam was 2-3 with a career-low 1.56 ERA and a career-best eight saves in 67 relief appearances last season. He struck

SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — João Gomes scored in the 87th minute to help 10-man Wolverhampton complete a 2-1 comeback victory over last-place Southampton in the English Premier League. Gomes’ clinical strike came 15 minutes after Jan Bednarek’s own goal canceled out Carlos Alcaraz’s first-half goal for Southampton. Saints allowing two goals despite playing more than

By GABE ANGIERI Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts played three seasons at Alabama and led the Crimson Tide to a national title game appearance as a freshman. He accounted for 53 total touchdowns and was a second-place Heisman finisher during his lone season with Oklahoma. So which school now gets to

LONDON (AP) — Arsenal’s grip on the English Premier League lead is suddenly looking shaky. The Gunners were held by Brentford to 1-1 at Emirates Stadium. They have dropped points for the second game in a row and given Manchester City renewed hope of overtaking them atop the table. Leandro Trossard’s first Arsenal goal gave

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Thomas Müller has set a Bayern Munich record for Bundesliga appearances and celebrated by scoring in a 3-0 win over Bochum to keep the defending champions on top. It was Müller’s 428th league appearance for Bayern, the most for any outfield player at the club. Only

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Brock Purdy doesn’t mind competing for a starting job after going 7-1 and bringing the San Francisco 49ers within one game of the Super Bowl. Purdy and the 49ers fell way short in the NFC championship game after he injured his elbow. He eventually returned

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — UT Arlington has fired second-year head men’s basketball coach Greg Young with six games left in the regular season. Royce Johnson, who is in his fifth year on the staff, was named interim head coach for the 9-16 Mavericks. They are in their first season playing in the Western Athletic Conference.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Touted freshman Dariq Whitehead is set to return for Duke’s game at No. 8 Virginia after missing four games with an injury. The school announced Whitehead would be available about five hours before tipoff. The 6-foot-7, 220-pound wing had suffered a sprain in his lower left leg in a loss at

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston and LSU’s Angel Reese will be centerstage when the top-ranked Gamecocks take on the third-ranked Tigers in a matchup of the country’s last two undefeated Division I programs. Boston and Reese have been the Southeastern Conference’s two most dynamic and reliable

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Nick Sirianni often credits Frank Reich for his development as a head coach. The mentor also learned from the student. Before leading the Philadelphia Eagles to the Super Bowl in just his second season as a head coach, Sirianni spent three years as the offensive