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By The Associated Press Middle Tennessee State takes on San Diego State in Saturday’s Hawaii Bowl. Middle Tennessee is seeking its first eight-win season since 2018 and a second bowl victory in as many years following last year’s 31-24 win over Toledo in the Bahamas Bowl. The Blue Raiders have won four of their last

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer AMHERST, N.Y. (AP) — Damian Jackson followed two tours of duty with the Navy SEALs by turning to football. He sees it as a potential career even though he never played the sport growing up. The 30-year-old University at Buffalo defensive end is set to play the final game

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Aaron Donald is unlikely to return to the Los Angeles Rams’ defense this season. Donald will miss his fourth straight game with a high ankle sprain Sunday when the Rams host the Denver Broncos. Coach Sean McVay says his seven-time All-Pro lineman and three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year

By JACOB BENGE Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — C.J. Stroud is 21-3 as the starting quarterback at No. 4 Ohio State. The junior is a two-time offensive player of the year in the Big Ten and he’s been a Heisman Trophy finalist the past two seasons. But the Buckeyes have also failed to win

PRINCETON, N.J. — Led by Ryan Langborg’s 23 points, the Princeton Tigers defeated the Kean Cougars 88-70 on Friday. The Tigers improved to 9-4 with the victory.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Illinois junior running back Chase Brown has decided to skip the ReliaQuest Bowl and enter the NFL draft. Brown had 1,643 yards rushing this season, tops among the Power Five conferences. He announced his future plans on Twitter. Illinois is scheduled to play No. 24 Mississippi State on Jan. 2 at

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer Green Bay’s Elgton Jenkins has signed a contract extension that assures the Packers won’t lose one of the NFL’s most versatile offensive linemen to free agency. The Packers didn’t reveal terms when announcing the deal. A person familiar with the situation says Jenkins received a four-year extension with a

SALERNO, Italy (AP) — Mexico goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa is going back to Europe after signing a contract with Serie A club Salernitana following a solid performance at his fifth World Cup. The southern team says Ochoa has signed a deal through the end of the season with an option for an extension. The 37-year-old Ochoa

MILAN (AP) — Cameroon goalkeeper André Onana has ended his career with the national team. The decision comes one month after the 26-year-old player was sent home from the World Cup in a dispute with coach Rigobert Song. The Inter Milan player posted a statement on Twitter saying “my story with the Cameroonian national team

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Melbourne Victory soccer club has been prevented from selling tickets to home games and fans cannot attend away matches under Football Australia’s preliminary sanctions for a violent pitch invasion. The Victory were put on notice after 150 spectators stormed the AAMI Park pitch in last Saturday’s A-League match against Melbourne

HONOLULU (AP) — Noel Coleman scored 22 points on 9-of-13 shooting, Kamaka Hepa made 7 of 11 from the field and finished with 19 points and Hawaii beat Pepperdine 76-70 at the Diamond Head Classic. Hawaii improved to 7-3 with the win and Pepperdine fell to 6-6.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Elias Pettersson scored his second goal of the game to tie it with 1:20 left in regulation and added the shootout winner in the Vancouver Canucks’ 6-5 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Thursday night. Pettersson, who also had three assists, drilled a hard shot from above the faceoff circle

By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adrian Kempe scored in overtime, Pheonix Copley made 27 saves to win his fourth straight start and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Calgary Flames 4-3 on Thursday night. Los Angeles fought back after squandering a two-goal lead in the third period, with Kempe scoring his

By MAX MILLER Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Erik Karlsson had a goal and three assists, and the San Jose Sharks beat Minnesota 5-2 on Thursday night to snap the Wild’s six-game winning streak. Karlsson scored on a one-timer 44 seconds into the game to extend his points streak to nine games. Noah

By The Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Led by Elijah Harkless’ 19 points, the UNLV Rebels defeated the Southern Miss Golden Eagles 74-63. The Rebels moved to 11-1 with the victory and the Golden Eagles dropped to 11-2.

By MATTHEW COLES Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Malik Beasley scored 25 points and Jordan Clarkson added 23 to power the Utah Jazz past the reeling Washington Wizards 120-112. Lauri Markkanen had 21 points and Collin Sexton returned from missing seven games with a right hamstring injury to finish with 18 while playing

By The Associated Press PROVO, Utah — Led by Fousseyni Traore’s 17 points, the BYU Cougars defeated the Weber State Wildcats 63-57. The Cougars are now 10-5 with the victory and the Wildcats fell to 5-8.

By The Associated Press RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Led by Cameron Parker’s 15 points, the Portland State Vikings defeated the Cal Baptist Lancers 74-72 on Thursday. The Vikings are now 6-7 with the victory and the Lancers dropped to 8-5.

By The Associated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Sincere Carry’s 15 points helped Kent State defeat UTEP 47-46 Thursday night at the Sun Bowl Invitational. Carry also contributed six rebounds for the Golden Flashes (10-3). Miryne Thomas scored eight points and added three steals. VonCameron Davis recorded six points and went 3 of 7

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — Harrison Ingram scored 15 points, James Keefe added 14 points and Stanford beat Loyola Chicago 75-62 at Kaiser Permanente Arena. The Cardinal, who played five games at the arena during the COVID-altered 2020-21 season, improved to 6-0 at the home of the the G-League’s Santa Cruz Warriors. Ben Schwieger stole

BOSTON (AP) — An independent review of the Boston Bruins’ player-vetting process found gaps in the system that led to the signing of a prospect who was convicted of assault in 2016 for bullying a Black classmate with developmental disabilities in middle school. The team said it would overhaul the process that collapsed when it

By The Associated Press WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Jaron Pierre Jr. scored 18 points off of the bench to lead Wichita State past Texas Southern 65-56 on Thursday night. Pierre was 8-of-13 shooting (1 for 4 from distance) for the Shockers (7-5). James Rojas scored 14 points and added seven rebounds. Jaykwon Walton shot 3