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Alabama coach Nick Saban tests positive for virus, will miss Iron Bowl
Coach Nick Saban of No. 1 Alabama has tested positive for COVID-19 just days before the Iron Bowl with No. 22 Auburn.
Notre Dame debuts at No. 2 in first College Football Playoff rankings of 2020
Alabama was No. 1 in the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season Tuesday night, followed by Notre Dame, Clemson and Ohio State.
A year later, Nittany Lions find themselves coping with a stunning fall
The inaugural College Football Playoff rankings for 2020 came out on Tuesday. For Penn State, it was painful reminder of how steep the fall has been this season.
Rams down Bucs, Brady
TAMPA, Fla. Jared Goff threw for 376 yards and three touchdowns, and Matt Gay kicked a 40-yard field goal with 2:36 remaining to give the Los Angeles Rams a 27-24 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccanee
Eagles’ troubles can’t be pinned on just the coach or QB
PHILADELPHIA The Philadelphia Eagles have too many problems to pin the blame on one person.
Analysis: Medvedev, Thiem get tennis set for intriguing 2021
No one thinks it s time to write off Novak Djokovic or Rafael Nadal or even Roger Federer just yet. Well, they shouldn t, anyway.
Mets abandon baseball president search, to look for GM
NEW YORK The New York Mets have abandoned their search for a president of baseball operations and will instead focus on hiring a general manager who will report to team president Sandy Alderson.
Making a splash: Mitchell, Jazz agree on max extension
Donovan Mitchell got the life-changing news Sunday and immediately began celebrating. He ripped off his T-shirt, ran out of the house and leaped into the pool.
Browns step up without Garrett, down Eagles in steady rain
CLEVELAND Kareem Hunt lifted off just inside the 5-yard line, soared over the head of Philadelphia s Jalen Mills like an Olympic long jumper and landed in the end zone.
Steelers dominate skidding Jaguars 27-3, remain unbeaten
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Pittsburgh s latest victory was picture perfect.
More than wins, losses at stake as basketball season arrives
As more than 300 teams prepare to start a season that will look nothing like any before it, the conversation isn t so much about who will be cutting down the nets at the end of March Madness as much a
Field Hockey State Championship Notebook: Blue Knights made history with title
WHITEHALL Faced with a chance to make history, Karen Klassner wanted her Wyoming Seminary field hockey team to make Saturday s state final as much like any other game as possible.
No. 3 Ohio State holds off No. 9 Indiana 42-35
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Master Teague ran for a career-high 169 yards and two touchdowns, Justin Fields accounted for three scores and No. 3 Ohio State held off a comeback bid by Michael Penix Jr., Ty F
High school coach takes brave stand against COVID-19
For Mark Rose, football is more than a living.
Deer season marks first-ever Saturday-Sunday opening weekend
Game Commission Executive Director Bryan Burhans this week said the size and quality of bucks running in Penn s Woods right now probably hasn t been duplicated in the Commonwealth in more than 150 yea
Penn State loses to Iowa, falls to 0-5 for first time in program’s 134-year history
STATE COLLEGE In August, it appeared Penn State would not play football in the fall for the first time in the program s 134-year history.
Pat Freiermuth’s PSU career likely over because of upcoming surgery
STATE COLLEGE Pat Freiermuth vowed to stick with Penn State through a disheartening season. The star tight end kept his word, playing two-plus games with an injury that is all but certain to end his
Wyoming Seminary claims field hockey state title
WHITEHALL Isabella Pisano could hear teammates calling for the ball in the middle of the field, but as she corralled two of her own rebounds just yards from the goal on the right side, the sophomore
Austin Cindric ready for his next steps in NASCAR
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Austin Cindric is still basking in the glow of winning a NASCAR championship a few weeks after securing his first Xfinity series title. He capped a regular-season championship and ca
PIAA field hockey: Wyoming Seminary prepared as always for state title game
The Wyoming Seminary field hockey program has been to 10 PIAA championship games since 2001, winning eight of them.