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Raiders have to decide if O’Connell has done enough to become the No. 2 QB
HENDERSON, Nev. Has Aidan O Connell done enough to become the Raiders second-string quarterback?
Commanders’ Robinson feels ‘night and day’ a year since being shot in an attempted robbery
ASHBURN, Va. Brian Robinson Jr. s introduction to the NFL a year ago was humming along smoothly, with his training camp and preseason performances putting him on course to be the Washington Commande
Lyles, Richardson and lots of unknowns as track gets ready for Paris Olympics
BUDAPEST, Hungary In some ways, track and field served up a tantalizing preview of what s to come next year at the Paris Olympics.
Mother of beleaguered Spanish soccer chief starts hunger strike as calls mount for his resignation
MADRID The mother of the Spanish soccer federation president under fire for kissing a Women s World Cup champion on the lips started a hunger strike Monday in defense of her son as calls grew for hi
Spanish soccer federation leaders ask president Rubiales to resign over his kiss of player
GENEVA Leading officials within the Spanish Football Federation asked suspended president Luis Rubiales to resign on Monday because of his behavior at the Women s World Cup, including kissing a play
Local Roundup: Karp nets four goals as PA tops Berwick in field hockey
BERWICK Maddie Karp scored four goals to lead Pittston Area to a 7-0 victory over Berwick in high school field hockey on Friday.
Stroud has scoring pass as Texans beat Saints 17-13
NEW ORLEANS Houston rookie C.J. Stroud threw his first touchdown pass as a pro and the Texans defeated New Orleans 17-13 on Sunday night in a preseason finale that was also marked by a couple Jimmy
Frances Tiafoe and other US men know it’s been 20 years since Andy Roddick’s title
NEW YORK They were 10 words, 10 simple and factual and essentially harmless words It s 20 years since Andy Roddick won the singles here yet as soon as that phrase hung in the air at Frances
RailRiders top IronPigs
The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders topped the Lehigh Valley IronPigs 6-4 on Sunday afternoon.
High School Golf Notebook: Lake-Lehman sharp in early season outings
EXETER Lake-Lehman came within five strokes of matching the winning score produced by last season s eventual state champions when it won its third straight WVC Tom Tryba Tournament title Aug. 20 at
Mariners take AL West lead from Texas, beat Royals behind Castillo’s 7 shutout innings
SEATTLE (AP) Luis Castillo pitched seven shutout innings and the Seattle Mariners grabbed sole possession of first place in the AL West, beating the Kansas City Royals 3-2 on Sunday for a three-game
Simone Biles wins a record 8th US Gymnastics title a full decade after her first
SAN JOSE, Calif. A decade later, Simone Biles is still on top.
Viktor Hovland wins the FedEx Cup with a record finish
ATLANTA Viktor Hovland knew he was playing the best golf of his life. Staked to a six-shot lead Sunday in the Tour Championship, he figured a steady diet of fairways and greens and plenty of pars wo
California wins Little League World Series 6-5 over Curacao on walk-off homer
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT Little Leaguers everywhere dream of a moment like this.
Across sprawling West, only Western Oregon and Central Washington still offer D-II college football
MONMOUTH, Ore. When Arne Ferguson started as an assistant coach at Western Oregon in 1989, road games meant bus trips. Sometimes a few hours to schools in Washington. Sometimes just a few minutes up
BYU charted its path to the Big 12 through independence
PROVO, Utah BYU s path to the Big 12 began with the unorthodox decision to leave an established conference for the uncertainty of playing as a football independent.
Culture and shared history cast by the wayside as the Big 12 and other leagues realign
MANHATTAN, Kan. Like a rite of autumn on the patchwork of fields of western Kansas, farmers will soon climb into their combines and bring in the harvest, taking advantage of whatever good weather mi
Hartman’s impressive debut has No. 13 Notre Dame thinking big after win over Navy
No. 13 Notre Dame can forget about game-managing quarterbacks.
Mu takes bronze in 800, men’s 4x400 wins gold as Americans close out worlds with 29 medals
BUDAPEST, Hungary Athing Mu still had on her bedazzled aqua-blue track spikes when she made her announcement: She was officially on vacation.
Ukraine’s best high jumper wins gold for her country at world championships
BUDAPEST, Hungary The war with Russia hangs over the Olympic world these days as much as anywhere else. So perhaps it was fitting that the last person standing on the last event of the final day of