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Gonzaga, Baylor, Iowa remain atop AP Top 25
Gonzaga and Baylor headlined an unchanged top tier of The Associated Press men s college basketball poll, even as both have been sidelined by recent coronavirus issues.


Bills improve to 10-3 with 26-15 win over sloppy Steelers
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. Josh Allen threw two touchdown passes and safety Taron Johnson returned an interception 51 yards for a score in the Buffalo Bills 26-15 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday

Report: Cleveland Indians changing name after 105 years
CLEVELAND The Cleveland Indians are changing their name after 105 years.

Wilson throws 4 more TDs, Seahawks rout winless Jets 40-3
SEATTLE Early in the third quarter, Pete Carroll approached Geno Smith. The backup quarterback who had never seen the field in a regular season game for the Seahawks except for the coin toss was

Cards end 3-game skid
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. There s more to the Arizona Cardinals than Kyler Murray, DeAndre Hopkins and a potent offense.

Illinois fires coach Lovie Smith after 5 seasons
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) Illinois fired coach Lovie Smith on Sunday with a game left in its ninth consecutive losing season.

Auburn fires football coach Gus Malzahn after 8 seasons
Auburn fired football coach Gus Malzahn, ending an eight-year run that began with a trip to the national championship game.

Coastal breaks into top 10; Alabama still No. 1
The first top-10 shakeup in more than a month pushed Coastal Carolina to No. 9 in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday.

PSU to face Illinois
Penn State will host the Illinois Fighting Illini on Saturday in Beaver Stadium, the Big Ten announced Sunday.

Allen’s passing highlights importance of Hall of Fame rectifying past oversights
This was supposed to be a time of celebration for Dick Allen, his family and the many friends who have spent years campaigning for him to finally be enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Instead, Al

Jalen Hurts gets first start
PHILADELPHIA The Philadelphia Eagles picked the toughest spot to give Jalen Hurts his first career start.

Giants, Cardinals meet with playoff hopes on the line
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. The Arizona Cardinals and New York Giants are doing something they haven t managed in a few years. They re playing games in December with a chance to get into the playoffs.

Stung Steelers seek to rebound in preparing to face Bills
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. Bills coach Sean McDermott wouldn t go as far as to describe Mike Tomlin s sometimes gruff demeanor as intimidating.

Reunion time for Jamal Adams as Seahawks host winless Jets
SEATTLE It s something Pete Carroll has done throughout his coaching career. When one of his players is about to face a former team, the Seattle Seahawks coach makes sure to have a brief conversatio

Big Ten made right call on Buckeyes in title game
For once in college athletics, chasing the pot of gold matched up seamlessly with doing the right thing.

Second-half explosion lifts Penn State past Michigan State for 3rd straight win
Jahan Dotson was practically up on teammates shoulders on the sideline during the fourth quarter. Freshmen Keyvone Lee and KeAndre Lambert-Smith did backflips at the final whistle. Seniors did a lap

PSU notebook: Shane Simmons gets his chance to shine on senior day for Lions
Nearly a decade after he first met coach James Franklin and four years removed from being rated as one of the top-rated recruits in the nation, Shane Simmons made his first career start in college.

Wilkes’ Flynn prepares to follow up stellar sophomore season
WILKES-BARRE Wilkes University s men s ice hockey team is in just its third year of existence.

PSU gameday: Nittany Lions prepare for empty stands on a strange senior day
The five of them had signed on at Penn State in the midst of a long losing streak, part of a recruiting class raided by other programs. They joined a program still dealing with the fallout of the Jerr