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Notre Dame’s Carr trying to ignore hype, produce results

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame quarterback C.J. Carr spent the summer playing ping-pong and golf, hanging out with teammates and, of course, refining his football skills. He was too busy competing to pay attention to what everyone else was saying — that he could be a Heisman Trophy ...

Tempers flaring, fists flying at NFL joint practices

(AP) — Joint practices are out of control when an easygoing, fun-loving guy like Jameis Winston is throwing punches and getting decked in the middle of a brawl. Tempers have been flaring around the NFL as many teams are practicing against each other ahead of preseason games. Winston was ...

Mariners calling up prized lefty Kade Anderson

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mariners left-hander Kade Anderson will be promoted from Double-A Arkansas to the major leagues to start Saturday's game against the Chicago Cubs, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Friday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of ...

Sinner withdraws from U.S. Open

NEW YORK (AP) — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner withdrew from the U.S. Open on Friday, unable to recover from a right knee injury that has sidelined him since winning the Wimbledon title. Sinner beat Alexander Zverev last month for his second straight title at the All England Club, but then ...

Texas barbecue is getting a halal makeover

FORT WORTH, Texas (RNS) — At 9 a.m. on a scorching Saturday in June, nearly 100 people were already lined up outside Goldee's BBQ, a small, wooden-shack restaurant. First in line was 30-year-old Thanh Huynh, who had been sitting in a lawn chair on the joint's rustic porch since 6:30 a.m. "I have, like, a whole list, and I'm going to spend lots of money here. It'll be worth it," he said, laughing while rattling off a long order of meats and sides from his phone's Notes app as a sweet, smoky scent from nearby pits hung in the air. Opened in 2020 by a group of his friends, the ...

Uber fined nearly $1 billion by Dutch regulators over automated suspensions of driver accounts

Dutch data protection authorities have fined Uber nearly $1 billion, saying the ride-hailing company used automated software to suspend driver accounts, sometimes permanently, with no human review to check for mistakes. The Dutch Data Protection Authority said Friday it is imposing a fine of 825 million euros ($964 million) because Uber violated the EU's General Data Protection Regulation. The EU's data privacy rules prohibit fully automated decision-making. The authority also said Uber failed inform drivers about its automatic decision-making. The violations took place from 2018 to ...