Month: September 2022

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers are retiring the No. 32 worn by Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris in December. The decision to retire Harris’ number comes on the 50th anniversary of the “Immaculate Reception”. The play featuring Harris plucking a pass out of mid-air and then racing to the end zone for

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Drew Rosenhaus is one of the most successful NFL agents, adapting to dealing with new league executives and an ever-evolving college landscape to stay relevant after more than 30 years in the game. In a growing industry — more than 800 agents are listed on the NFL Players

SALZBURG, Austria (AP) — Seven-time winner AC Milan has opened its Champions League campaign with a 1-1 draw at Salzburg. Milan entered energized by its derby win over Inter Milan and the closing of its latest ownership switch which includes a minority stake for the New York Yankees. But Noah Okafor put Salzburg ahead with

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons have named Drew Dalman as their starting center for Sunday’s opener against the New Orleans Saints. Dalman was listed as the starter on the team’s first regular-season depth chart. Dalman alternated with Matt Hennessy with the first-team offense during the preseason. First-round pick Drake London is listed

SEVILLA, Spain (AP) — Erling Haaland just cannot stop scoring for Manchester City. Make that 12 goals in seven competitive games in the Norway striker’s first season for City after his double in a 4-0 win over Sevilla in their Champions League opener. Phil Foden and Ruben Dias scored the other goals for City in

By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California running backs Austin Jones, Travis Dye and Raleek Brown made the most of limited touches in their debut for the No. 10 Trojans, combining for 186 yards and three touchdowns in the season-opening 66-14 win against Rice. The trio is likely to get more

LONDON (AP) — World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has parked a potential unification fight with Oleksandr Usyk and moved his sights toward fellow British heavyweight Anthony Joshua. In a video published on social media on Tuesday, Fury says he is willing to offer Joshua 40% of the purse for a title fight before the end

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — They’re all set in the quarterback department at USC and Arizona may have just found the answer. The verdict’s still out in Oregon and definitely up in the air at Colorado. Just a few snap judgments around the Pac-12 over the first week, where the

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — France striker Karim Benzema has been substituted with an apparent knee injury in Real Madrid’s match against Celtic in the group stage of the Champions League. Benzema started limping and put his hand on his right knee before asking to be replaced in the 30th minute. He put his hand on

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A woman has been arrested after she tried to enter the property of Kentucky men’s basketball coach John Calipari. University spokeswoman Blair Conner says Lexington Police were called to assist University of Kentucky police outside of Calipari’s residence Tuesday morning. The woman was arrested outside of the gate and charged with

HOUSTON (AP) — Paulo Nagamura was fired as coach of Major League Soccer’s Houston Dynamo and Dynamo 2 coach Kenny Bundy was promoted to senior team interim coach for the rest of the season. Houston announced the change Monday. The Dynamo have eight wins, 16 losses and five draws, last in the 14-team Western Conference

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — New York Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo is headed to the 10-day injured list, the latest health-related setback for a banged-up team trying to hang onto first place in the AL East. Rizzo is hampered by headaches the Yankees think are related to an epidural