By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina began its run to perfection a year ago in the City of Lights.
A season after its Paris opening, the top-ranked Gamecocks begin the defense of their national title in another high-glam, glitzy locale when they take ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Royals utilityman Adam Frazier became a free agent Friday after his $8.5 million mutual option was declined.
Frazier gets a $2.5 million buyout as part of a deal that guaranteed $4.5 million, including a $2 million salary this year.
The 32-year-old hit ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — World Series MVP Freddie Freeman played with a rib injury during the Dodgers' run to the championship, in addition to his other ailments.
Freeman said at Friday's World Series celebration that he had an intercostal strain. The painful injury involving the ribs usually ...
TAMPERE, Finland (AP) — Florida captain Aleksander Barkov had a goal and three assists in his return to his hometown, Sam Reinhart scored twice and the Panthers beat the Dallas Stars 6-4 on Friday night.
Finnish players put on a show. Barkov had four points, Anton Lundell had a goal, and ...
SEATTLE (AP) — Second baseman Jorge Polanco's $12 million option was declined Friday by the Seattle Mariners, who will pay a $750,000 buyout and allow him to become a free agent.
Seattle also said infielder Luis Urías cleared waivers and elected to become a free agent.
Polanco hit a ...
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer
BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland Browns cornerback Denzel Ward returned to practice Friday and could be cleared to play Sunday against the Los Angeles Chargers after suffering his sixth documented concussion last week.
Ward is listed on the injury report as ...
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — There's a tradition at Hendrick Motorsports in which a driver celebrates a win with a victory bell that he takes all over the motorsports campus so that every employee who contributed to the win gets a chance to give it a ...
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Joel Embiid and Paul George will each miss a fifth straight game with left knee injuries when the Philadelphia 76ers host Memphis on Saturday night.
The oft-injured Embiid has yet to play this season, though he was a full participant at Friday's practice, including in ...
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer
Conference realignment has led to a dramatic shift in women's basketball. Texas and Oklahoma will bolster an already strong Southeastern Conference while USC and UCLA add two of the top teams in the country to the Big Ten.
Throw in Stanford and Cal ...
By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer
After Dusty May left Florida Atlantic to take over Michigan's program, plenty of the top remaining players from the Owls' 2023 Final Four team departed as well.
But they didn't all follow their former coach to Ann Arbor. They scattered to various ...
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Terry McLaurin accounting for eight catches and 39 yards through the first two games of the season made it look as if the Washington Commanders were not using their highest-paid player enough.
Now, nearly halfway through quarterback ...
By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The points continue to come for James Harden, who became the 20th player in NBA history to reach 26,000 points in his career in the Los Angeles Clippers' 125-119 loss to the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night.
Harden was more ...
By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — C.J. Stroud couldn't believe it. Neither could his Houston Texans teammates.
They were frustrated after a 21-13 loss to the New York Jets on Thursday night when they couldn't get much going against a team that was ...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mikhail Sergachev had a goal and two assists, Connor Ingram stopped 30 shots and the Utah Hockey Club beat the Calgary Flames 5-1 on Wednesday night.
Alexander Kerfoot, Barrett Hayton, Maveric Lamoureux, and Clayton Keller also scored to help end Utah's four-game ...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah forward Lauri Markkanen sat out the Jazz's game Thursday night against the San Antonio Spurs because of lower back spasms.
Markkanen is averaging a team-high 18.0 points along with 7.3 rebounds through Utah's first four games. He signed a contract extension with ...
Jacksonville (2-6) at Philadelphia (5-2)
Sunday, 4:05 p.m. EST, CBS
BetMGM NFL odds: Eagles by 7 1/2.
Against the spread: Jaguars 4-4; Philadelphia 4-3
Series record: Eagles lead 4-3.
Last meeting: On Oct. 2, 2022, Miles Sanders rushed for 135 yards and two touchdowns to lead Philadelphia ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bobby Brink redirected Joel Farabee's feed past goalie Jordan Binnington with 3:01 left in the Philadelphia Flyers' 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night.
Garnet Hathaway also scored and Sam Ersson made 20 saves to help Philadelphia win consecutive games ...
LA Chargers (4-3) at Cleveland (2-6)
Sunday, 1 p.m., EST, CBS
BetMGM NFL Odds: Chargers by 2.
Against the spread: Chargers 4-3; Browns 3-5.
Series record: Chargers lead 19-9-1.
Last meeting: Chargers beat Browns 30-28 on Oct. 9, 2022 in Cleveland.
Last week: Chargers beat Saints 26-8; ...
By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer
For all unbeaten and 11th-ranked Iowa State has accomplished the first two months of the season, coach Matt Campbell is keeping his eye on the prize as the calendar turns to November. He is counting on his players to do the same.
"Whether you're ...
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — You gotta hand it to Freddie Freeman, Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
And not just because the Yankees certainly did.
When New York let LA back into World Series Game 5, the Dodgers did what they've done all year — kept on ...