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By DOUG FEINBERG

For the first time in the 47-year history of The Associated Press women’s basketball poll no team from Texas is in the Top 25.The Texas Longhorns fell out of Monday’s poll, ending a 835-week run that had at least one team from the Lone Star state in...

By DAN GELSTON

PHILADELPHIA — Nick Sirianni rocked a Meek Mill “Dream Chasers” chain in the midst of a raucous locker room celebration. Jalen Hurts sported a silver chain that read “Breed of One.”The Eagles have a knack for dangling their mottos on sparkling...

By MITCH STACY

CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Bengals went into Buffalo feeling disrespected and played their most complete game of the season.With tickets on sale last week for a potential neutral-site Buffalo-Kansas City AFC championship game, the Bengals came into a...

By JOHN WAWROW

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Joe Burrow threw two touchdown passes, Cincinnati’s defense swarmed Josh Allen on a snow-slicked field and the Bengals advanced to their second straight AFC championship game with a 27-10 win over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.Damar...

By DAVE SKRETTA

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The experience is evident in the salt that peppers the beard of Chiefs quarterback Chad Henne.The 37-year-old journeyman has hung around the league for nearly 15 years, his days as a starter in Miami and Jacksonville long distant...

By DAN GELSTON

PHILADELPHIA — With the Giants’ season in the balance, coach Brian Daboll punted on a comeback.Yes, New York was down 21 points early in the fourth quarter, and while its divisional playoff game against Philadelphia seemed out of reach, wilder rallies...

By HOWARD FENDRICH

MELBOURNE, Australia — Oh-so-close to completing a straight-set upset of No. 2 seed Casper Ruud at the Australian Open, Jenson Brooksby frittered away three match points, sat down at a changeover and began yelling at himself.“How?! How?! God!!”His...

By ROB MAADDI

The Buffalo Bills, Tennessee Titans, Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs and New England Patriots will each play international games during the NFL’s 2023 regular season.The Chiefs and Patriots will play in Germany. The Bills, Titans and Jaguars...

By FRED GOODALL

TAMPA, Fla. — Byron Leftwich is out as offensive coordinator of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who are shaking up their coaching staff after finishing with the only losing record Tom Brady has had in more than two decades as a NFL starter.Leftwich, 43, was...

By KYLE HIGHTOWER

Chris Ford, a member of the Boston Celtics 1981 championship team, a longtime NBA coach and the player credited with scoring the league’s first 3-point basket, has died, his family announced Wednesday in a statement. He was 74.The family revealed the...

By JOHN WAWROW

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Damar Hamlin is back on his feet, and that’s uplifting enough in allowing coach Sean McDermott and the Buffalo Bills to focus on their immediate future rather than an emotional past in preparing to host the Cincinnati Bengals in...

By DAVE SKRETTA

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ask any coach or player around the NFL and they are bound to tell you that the speed of the game picks up when the playoffs arrive. There is no longer time to think on the field; decisions more often are made by in-the-moment...

By PAT EATON-ROBB

HARTFORD, Conn. — UConn star Azzi Fudd was battling for rebounding position in the first half Sunday when she banged knees with Georgetown’s Ariel Jenkins. Fudd left the game and did not return. It was just her second game back after missing eight...

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Daniel Jones’ future with the New York Giants was murky heading into this season with plenty of critics wondering if he could truly ever be a franchise-type quarterback. Too many turnovers. Too inconsistent. Too few...

By ROB MAADDI

TAMPA, Fla. — If Tom Brady retires in the offseason, he’ll walk away following one of the worst playoff games of his career.The seven-time Super Bowl champion had a tough night against Micah Parsons and the Dallas Cowboys, tossing his first red-zone...

By HOWARD FENDRICH

MELBOURNE, Australia — The supportive signs and dozens of Serbian flags and loud chants of Novak Djokovic’s nickname filled Rod Laver Arena, providing a warm welcome marking his return to the Australian Open — a tournament he has dominated in the past...

By JIMMY GOLEN

BOSTON — Bruins forward David Krejci is getting a taste of his homeland right here in Boston.The native of Czechia played in his 1,000th NHL game on Monday and assisted on three goals — all by countrymen Pavel Zacha and David Pastrnak — to help the...

By STEVE REED

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jayson Tatum knew he was sitting on 48 points entering the final minute of the Boston Celtics’ Martin Luther King Jr. Day matinee against the Charlotte Hornets on Monday and briefly thought about backing the ball out and letting the...

By ROB MAADDI

The Bengals-Bills rematch coming next week almost didn’t happen.Both teams squeaked past undermanned opponents on Sunday, beating backup quarterbacks to advance to the AFC divisional round.First, the Bills blew a 17-0 lead against Miami and had to...

By JOHN WAWROW

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Josh Allen shrugged off a three-turnover outing by throwing two touchdown passes 3:11 apart in the third quarter, and rallying the Buffalo Bills to a 34-31 win over the injury-depleted Miami Dolphins in an AFC wild-card matchup...