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ALTENBERG, Germany (AP) — Host Germany won four of six available medals on Friday in a pair of World Cup skeleton races, led by Tina Hermann’s second win of the season and 15th victory of her career. Hermann was dominant and won by more than a full second over German teammate Susanne Kreher. Kimberley Bos

By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky All-American forward Oscar Tshiebwe is wondering whether the Wildcats’ walk-ons should play at this point in a frustrating season, just to show some fire. For college basketball’s reigning player of the year to challenge his talented teammates speaks volumes of the crisis within

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Clemson coach Brad Brownell and the unranked Tigers are off to their best Atlantic Coast Conference start in their history. Clemson is the league’s only undefeated team in ACC play at 6-0 after getting picked to finish 11th in the conference this preseason. Brownell said

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Quandre Diggs spent as much time this season teaching as playing free safety. While that’s a little bit of an exaggeration, this season was challenging in a different way for the anchor of the Seattle Seahawks defensive backfield. There were the challenges on the field

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Outfielder Juan Soto has agreed to a $23 million, one-year contract with the San Diego Padres. That’s a raise from his $17.1 million salary last season. The 24-year-old hit .242 with 27 homers, 62 RBIs and a major league-leading 135 walks for Washington and San Diego last season. The Padres acquired

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Mike Williams will miss the Los Angeles Chargers’ AFC wild-card round game against the Jacksonville Jaguars due to a lower back fracture. The sixth-year wide receiver was downgraded to out on Friday after further rests. The Chargers said the X-ray on Sunday and an MRI on Monday both were

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Erik ten Hag’s first experience of the Manchester derby ended in a humiliating 6-3 defeat. Three months later, much has changed for the Manchester United manager. His team can move to within a point of Manchester City by beating the English Premier League champion on

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — European champion Real Madrid could face Seattle Sounders at the next edition of the FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco in February. Seattle is the first-ever United States team to qualify as the champion of the CONCACAF region. FIFA made the draw Friday for the 2022 Club World Cup that was

MARBELLA, Spain (AP) — Sébastien Haller has scored a hat trick for Borussia Dortmund in a friendly against Basel in his second game following treatment for testicular cancer. The Ivory Coast striker converted a penalty in the 81st minute and celebrated with hugs from his teammates. He added the second goal in the 86th off

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Travis Kelce and Justin Jefferson are unanimous choices for The Associated Press 2022 NFL All-Pro Team, and Sauce Gardner is the first rookie cornerback selected in 41 years. The Chiefs’ Kelce and the Vikings’ Jefferson received first-team votes Friday from all 50 members of a nationwide panel of

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — 2022 NFL All-Pro Team Voting

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MONTREAL (AP) — The World Anti-Doping Agency says a Russian tribunal has found figure skater Kamila Valieva bore “no fault or negligence” in a doping case that rocked last year’s Winter Olympics. Valieva won Olympic gold in the team competition in February before it was announced that a sample she had given two months before

GROVE, United Kingdom (AP) — Struggling Formula One team Williams continued its overhaul by announcing the hiring of former Mercedes strategy director James Vowles as team principal. Williams said in a statement that Vowles will begin his new role on Feb. 20 ahead of testing in Bahrain from Feb. 23-25. The Bahrain Grand Prix is

BRIGHTON, England (AP) — Brighton forward Leandro Trossard will miss the Premier League game against Liverpool on Saturday because manager Roberto De Zerbi is unhappy with the Belgium international’s attitude. De Zerbi says Trossard left a training session last week without permission after being informed he would not start the FA Cup match against Middlesbrough