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By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer After taking a back-seat role at Mercedes for so long Valtteri Bottas is relishing his position as Alfa Romeo leader. The Finnish driver is in his second season with the Formula One team after being replaced by George Russell at Mercedes. Bottas says “in this team I feel

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A record 50.4 million American adults plan to bet on this year’s Super Bowl, wagering a total of $16 billion, the gambling industry’s national trade group predicted Tuesday. The American Gaming Association forecasts that 1 in 5 American adults will place a bet on Sunday’s

MERIBEL, France (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin has ruled out skiing the downhill at the world championships and is keeping to her pre-announced schedule of four events. Shiffrin inspected the course before the opening downhill training session just to take a look at the layout ahead of Wednesday’s super-G race. But she did not enter the

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Pep Guardiola had enough to worry about even before Manchester City became embroiled in probably the biggest Premier League scandal of all time. City is facing accusations that the club breached a host of financial regulations with its lavish spending. Guardiola faces his own battle

NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL has signed a 10-year agreement with DAZN Group to deliver the Game Pass International service to fans outside the United States beginning with the 2023 season, it was announced Tuesday. Game Pass International will be offered in more than 200 countries and regions, including Canada and Mexico. It will

COURCHEVEL, France (AP) — First-run leader Alexis Pinturault has held on to win the gold medal in the men’s combined at his home world championships. The Frenchman retained his lead from the super-G portion to edge defending champion Marco Schwarz by 0.10 seconds. The Austrian seemed headed for the victory when leading Pinturault by 0.30

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer IndyCar driver Conor Daly will attempt to qualify for the Daytona 500 with the NASCAR team owned by Floyd Mayweather. The Money Team Racing raced its way into the Daytona 500 last year with driver Kaz Grala. Daly made his Cup Series debut for the team in October

MADRID (AP) — The Chicago Bears have finished five days of clinics with kids in Barcelona and Madrid to help promote the NFL in Spain. The last day of the clinics was in Madrid with several hundred kids participating. Former Bears player Roberto Garza was among those representing the organization. Bears’ manager of youth football

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer The UFC has announced it will open a multimillion-dollar, 32,000-square-foot MMA training facility in Mexico City late this year. UFC President Dana White says in a statement that the facility will expand the organization’s reach in Latin America. It will be the third such MMA institute. The first opened

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A record 50.4 million American adults plan to bet on this year’s Super Bowl, wagering a total of $16 billion, the gambling industry’s national trade group predicted Tuesday. The American Gaming Association forecasts that 1 in 5 American adults will place a bet on Sunday’s

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti says the hate attacks against player Vinícius Júnior are a problem of Spanish soccer and must be dealt with. The Brazilian forward who is Black has been subjected to hate attacks since he arrived in Spain in 2018. The most recent

PARIS (AP) — Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo says no Russian team should not be allowed to compete at the Paris Olympics next year if Moscow continues its war against Ukraine. Hidalgo previously said Russian competitors could take part under a neutral flag but she backpedaled on Tuesday in a radio interview with France Info. Acknowledging

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A record 50.4 million American adults plan to bet on this year’s Super Bowl, wagering a total of $16 billion, the gambling industry’s national trade group predicted Tuesday. The American Gaming Association forecasts that 1-in-5 American adults will place a bet on Sunday’s NFL championship

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The five Olympic committees in the Nordic region have urged the International Olympic Committee to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from “international sports participation” because of the war in Ukraine. The bodies from Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway say they wanted to expressed their “steadfast support once again

COURCHEVEL, France (AP) — Home favorite Alexis Pinturault led the men’s combined event at the world championships after clocking the fastest time in the super-G portion in Courchevel. Pinturault has been ill in recent days but delivered a near-flawless run on the L’Eclipse course in his hometown. The Frenchman led a trio of Austrians. Defending

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Jesse Marsch must have thought he had more time at Leeds after bringing in a fellow American in his coaching staff and overseeing an outlay of around $45 million in the recently closed January transfer window. It appeared Leeds was doubling down on an under-pressure manager who heard the

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Courtside seats 166 and 167 at the arena where the Los Angeles Lakers play their home games are pretty much as good as it gets. The people occupying those chairs when LeBron James breaks Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s NBA scoring record will have an up-close view, with their feet on the