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Haliburton’s return adds intrigue to Central Division

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton is back from an Achilles tendon injury to try helping the Indiana Pacers reassert themselves as title contenders. Much has changed in the NBA Central Division during the two-time all-NBA guard's year of recovery. Haliburton tore his right Achilles during Indiana's Game 7 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2025 NBA Finals, knocking him out for the entire 2025-26 season. During his time away, the Detroit Pistons made a dramatic rise to the top of the Eastern Conference regular-season standings, the Milwaukee Bucks traded two-time MVP Giannis ...

Loaded Big Ten slate includes OSU-Indiana matchup

(AP) — Things to watch this weekend in the Big Ten: Game of the week No. 4 Ohio State (5-1, 3-0 Big Ten) at No. 5 Indiana (6-0, 3-0), Saturday, noon ET (Fox) The first matchup ever between top-five teams at Indiana's Memorial Stadium features the winners of the last two national championships. Defending national champion Indiana rallied from a 17-6, fourth-quarter deficit to win 20-17 at Nebraska last week. This is a rematch of last year's Big Ten championship game that Indiana won 13-10, snapping a 30-game skid in the series. Indiana has won its last 22 games, the longest such ...

Brewers take 3-0 lead, have Dodgers on brink

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers hit the second-fewest home runs in baseball during the regular season, even as they topped the majors with 103 wins. Maybe they were saving their biggest swings for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Jake Bauers and Garrett Mitchell launched back-to-back homers off Blake Snell in the seventh inning, and the Brewers beat the Dodgers 6-2 on Wednesday to build a 3-0 cushion in the National League Championship Series. Jackson Chourio also went deep on the first pitch of the game to help the Brewers close within one win of their first NL pennant. ...

Browns’ rebuilt O-line remains work in progress

BEREA (AP) — The Browns realized that rebuilding their entire offensive line — a rarity in the NFL — in one season would be a massive undertaking. The project is moving slowly. Some progress, some regress. Many of Cleveland's offensive struggles through five games can be traced directly to an overhauled O-line that isn't creating holes to unlock a stalled running game (ranked No. 21) or protecting quarterback Deshaun Watson, who was sacked a season-high eight times in Sunday's 17-12 loss to the New York Jets. While there is some experience and talent up front, the Browns ...

Rodgers building chemistry on fly with Steelers WRs

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Defining chemistry with a wide receiver is easy for Aaron Rodgers. It's a nod. A wink. A glance. A gesture. Sometimes there are no verbal or physical cues at all, but an ESP of sorts culled from hours, weeks, months, and sometimes years spent together in meetings, on the plane, at dinner, on the field. "Once it's unspoken, you know, that's where (it's) at its best," the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback said. Developing it? Well, that's another matter. It's difficult even under ideal circumstances, and there's not a lot of that to go around in Pittsburgh at the ...

Smesko’s WNBA Finals run started with bold leap

(AP) — Karl Smesko built an absolute women's basketball juggernaut at Florida Gulf Coast. His teams led the country in 3-pointers made almost every year. He had eight 30-win seasons there, took the school to the NCAA tournament 10 times in a 13-year span and was basically an annual lock for his conference's coach of the year award. But there was a ceiling. And the Atlanta Dream called him at the right time. Smesko had come to grips with the fact that winning a national championship at FGCU was highly unlikely. Highly, highly unlikely. So, when the Dream called two years ago with ...