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By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Josh Newton and Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson are two examples of TCU’s success in the transfer portal during the offseason. While Newton was a great addition, Hodges-Tomlinson was a great holdover, sticking with the program through its transition to first-year coach Sonny Dykes. Now the Horned Frogs

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets have re-signed reliever Adam Ottavino to a two-year contract. The move brings back a top setup man for All-Star closer Edwin Díaz. Ottavino’s deal includes a player option for 2024. He became a free agent after going 6-3 with a 2.06 ERA and three saves in 66

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska edge rusher Garrett Nelson is declaring for the NFL draft instead of returning for a fifth season with the Cornhuskers under new coach Matt Rhule. Nelson made the announcement on Twitter. He’s the most productive defensive player on the 2022 team to leave since Rhule was named coach a month

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Jordan Davis was such a difference-maker in the middle of the Philadelphia Eagles’ defensive line the first two months of the season that the team needed to sign two former Pro Bowl players to replace him after the rookie injured his ankle. Davis helped the Eagles start 8-0

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Blues say defenseman Torey Krug has been put on injured reserve with a lower-body injury. He will be re-evaluated in six weeks. Krug has five goals and 12 assists in 31 games this season. It’s his hird with St. Louis. The Blues have recalled 22-year-old defenseman Tyler Tucker

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — The basketball game between No. 14 Miami and Vermont scheduled for Wednesday has been canceled because the Catamounts are having weather-related travel issues. It won’t be rescheduled this season. Miami is on an eight-game winning streak and is at its highest spot in the AP Top 25 since being No.

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Even though he’s still playing great football, it looks as if J.J. Watt is ready to call it a career. The three-time AP Defensive Player of the Year indicated Tuesday that he will retire at the end of the season, posting pictures of his wife

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain stars Kylian Mbappé and Neymar could take out their World Cup frustrations on struggling Strasbourg when the French league resumes on Wednesday. Coach Christophe Galtier says both players are fired up and ready for league leader PSG’s match at Parc des Princes. Mbappé has

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Annika Sorenstam and another Swedish teenage girl decided to caddie at a European tour event long ago. Both had fun and were given used golf balls from the players. Sorenstam decided to go back to practice to become a golfer. The other girl was Fanny Sunesson. She went to

HOBART, Australia (AP) — Andoo Comanche has won line honors in the 77th edition of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race in a triumphant return for the super maxi. The 100-foot yacht crossed the River Derwent finish line just before 1 a.m. local time Wednesday. It is the fourth line honors win for Andoo Comanche,

By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer South Carolina coach Dawn Staley has been around women’s basketball long enough to see the growing pains of a young WNBA league gradually shifting to increased interest in the sport at all levels. “We probably are bursting at the seams for the people that are decision-makers in our game

By RIZWAN ALI AP Sports Writer KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — New Zealand’s opening pair of left-handed batters responded with a solid 165-0 in the first cricket test after Agha Salman had scored his first test century and led Pakistan to 438. Devon Conway and Tom Latham batted confidently against the challenging spin of Abrar Ahmed

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — He was one of the standout performers at the World Cup and now PSV Eindhoven forward Cody Gakpo appears set to kick off the January transfer window with a move to Liverpool. PSV announced that it had agreed an undisclosed fee for the Netherlands international