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AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia right guard Tate Ratledge couldn’t believe it when he heard quarterback Carson Beck calling the final play in overtime of the Southeastern Conference championship game against Texas. Beck was thought to be out for the remainder of the game with an arm injury suffered on the last play

AP Sports Writer Lisa Simpson once said during an episode of “The Simpsons:” What could be more exciting than the savage ballet that is pro football? On Monday night, the entire Simpsons universe gets to experience it in a way not many could have imagined. The prime-time matchup between the Cincinnati Bengals and Dallas Cowboys

DALLAS (AP) — Ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and stolen from museum sell at auction for $28 million.

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Christian Shumate’s 22 points helped McNeese defeat NCAA Division-member LeTourneau 103-69 on Saturday night. Shumate also contributed five rebounds for the Cowboys (5-4). Quadir Copeland added 20 points while shooting 7 of 8 from the field and 6 for 6 from the line while they also had nine rebounds, 11

DALLAS (AP) — Kario Oquendo scored 21 points and SMU held Virginia without a field goal over the final 10 minutes of a 63-51 victory over the Cavaliers on Saturday. It was the Mustangs’ first conference game as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. SMU led by two points at halftime, then Virginia’s Isaac

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Wesley Celichowski’s 22 points helped Air Force defeat Stony Brook 69-61 on Saturday. Celichowski shot 6 of 10 from the field, including 2 for 4 from 3-point range, and went 8 for 8 from the line for the Falcons (3-7). Ethan Taylor scored 17 points while going 6 of 11 (3

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Adou Thiero totaled 26 points and 10 rebounds and Arkansas rallied for a 75-60 victory over UTSA on Saturday. Thiero matched his career high for the Razorbacks — set two games earlier in a loss to Illinois — by making 8 of 10 shots from the floor and 10 of his

AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The stakes were higher for Iowa State, and the outcome was the same as the first for the Cyclones in their second trip to the Big 12 championship game. And the 112-year wait for a conference title will go on. No. 16 Iowa State was playing for a

AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Cam Skattebo and Arizona State are on quite a run in their Big 12 debut after being the preseason pick to finish at the bottom of the conference. Now the Sun Devils will represent their new 16-team league in the 12-team College Football Playoff after a 45-19 win

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Newcomer No. 12 Arizona State beats No. 16 Iowa State in Big 12 title game to earn spot in College Football Playoff.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Davion Bailey had 19 points in Incarnate Word’s 65-53 win against East Texas A&M on Saturday. Bailey had four steals for the Cardinals (5-4, 1-1 Southland Conference). Dylan Hayman went 5 of 11 from the field (1 for 3 from 3-point range) to add 11 points. Jalin Anderson had nine points

AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A little more than an hour before the Big 12 championship game kicked off in front of thousands of empty seats at the home of the Dallas Cowboys, Commissioner Brett Yormark brought up the conundrum faced by fans with the expanded postseason format. “Fans now have to decide

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Creighton guard Pop Isaacs will undergo season-ending surgery to repair a lingering hip problem, coach Greg McDermott confirmed to The Associated Press on Saturday. Isaacs was averaging 16.4 points per game and was coming off his best performance of the season in the Bluejays’ 76-63 win over top-ranked Kansas on Wednesday.

GRENOBLE, France (AP) — Ilia Malinin landed six quadruple jumps and Amber Glenn ended a 14-year wait for gold for the United States on an historic day for American figure skaters at the Grand Prix Final on Saturday. Malinin and Glenn won their individual events and Madison Chock and Evan Bates retained their ice dance

AP Sports Writer WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Bryson Daily was the American Athletic Conference’s offensive player of the year, then the MVP of its championship game. Army coach Jeff Monken thinks his quarterback deserves something bigger — the biggest award in all of college football. Monken said following the No. 24 Black Knights’ 35-14

AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vegas scored two power-play goals in captain Mark Stone’s return from injury, and the Golden Knights got some measure of revenge with a 3-2 victory over the Dallas Stars on Friday night. Tomas Hertl and Jack Eichel scored with the man advantage for the Golden Knights, and Nicolas

HIGH POINT, N.C. (AP) — Kimani Hamilton had 19 points in High Point’s 76-71 victory over North Texas on Friday night. Hamilton also contributed six rebounds for the Panthers (9-2). D’Maurian Williams scored 17 points while shooting 6 for 9, including 4 for 6 from beyond the arc. Simon Hildebrandt scored 11. Latrell Jossell led

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Tony Toney had 15 points and Yaxel Lendeborg posted a double-double to help UAB defeat Prairie View A&M 95-66 on Friday night. Toney went 6 of 9 from the field with a 3-pointer for the Blazers (5-5). Lendeborg finished with 14 points, 17 rebounds and six assists. Tyren Moore pitched in

Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — DeMar DeRozan scored 23 points, Domantas Sabonis had 22 points and 16 rebounds and the Sacramento Kings rolled to a 140-113 victory over San Antonio on Friday night, handing the Spurs their second straight loss without Victor Wembanyama. De’Aaron Fox and Malik Monk added 22 points each for Sacramento,

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The mother of Austin Tice, an American journalist missing in Syria for more than a decade, said Friday that she was confident her son was alive, citing information she said had come from a “significant source” that she did not identify but said had been vetted by the U.S. government

AP Sports Writer BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — When Zach Kittley was initially meeting with Florida Atlantic President Stacy Volnick, he described himself as having a laid-back personality. Volnick suspects otherwise. That’s why Kittley is the new coach of the Owls. FAU introduced Kittley on Friday, four days after he took the job and assumed

AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The NFL has closed an investigation into sexual assault allegations against Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson, who is ending the season on injured reserve for the second year in a row. The league has been reviewing the case for months, trying to determine whether Watson should be punished. “The

Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico environmental regulators on Friday issued a $47.8 million fine on allegations of excess air pollution at a natural gas processing facility in a prolific oil production region near the Texas state line. The state Environment Department issued the sanctions including a cease and desist order against

The Texas Tribune In 2006, Texas State Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn set out to assess the impact undocumented Texans have on the state economy and found that they contributed more to Texas than they cost the state. “This is the first time any state has done a comprehensive financial analysis of the impact of undocumented

AP Sports Writer One day before Texas and Georgia face off in the Southeastern Conference championship game, the Longhorns earned a surprising victory over the Bulldogs on the recruiting trail. Justus Terry, a defensive lineman from Manchester, Georgia, announced Friday he would be leaving his home state to play for Texas next year. Terry, who

The Texas Tribune Conservative Texas lawmakers and power brokers in recent years have criticized university professors for being “woke” activists who indoctrinate college students with far-left teachings and ideas. Now, as state lawmakers head back to the Capitol for the 2025 legislative session, they could limit the influence faculty have over campus culture and curriculum.

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Mack Leftwich was named Texas Tech’s new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach on Friday, replacing Zach Kittley after his departure this week to become head coach at Florida Atlantic. Leftwich is leaving Texas State after two seasons as offensive coordinator for the Sun Belt Conference school. While Leftwich is immediately joining

ATLANTA (AP) — The Southeastern Conference championship game will not feature another mascot showdown. The league said there wasn’t enough space on the sideline at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta for No. 2 Texas to bring along its 1,700-pound longhorn Bevo XV. The Longhorns are facing No. 5 Georgia in the title game Saturday. The teams

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Texas man who was the first rioter to go on trial for the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was resentenced on Friday to nearly seven years in prison after he delivered an angry, profane rant to the judge who agreed to modestly reduce his original sentence.