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CFB: Quality players on teams expected to struggle

(AP) — Arkansas defensive end Quincy Rhodes Jr. had just sat down for his Southeastern Conference media days session this summer when he was asked about personal goals for his senior season. After talking about the number of sacks and tackles for loss he'd like to get, Rhodes closed his ...

Field of Dreams nostalgia lives on through Ghost Players

(AP) — Nearly four decades after "Field of Dreams" brought a group of dead baseball players to life with a homemade diamond on an Iowa farm, Keith Rahe and his traveling troupers are still dedicated to keeping the cornfield mystique alive. Once the long days of filming had passed and the ...

Rivers reflects on getting into hall of fame

(AP) — Doc Rivers needed some time to write the speech that he'll give when formally inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The storytelling, that part was easy. He's a natural at that. But what Rivers wound up learning during the trial-and-error process of ...

Reds outlast White Sox in 9-8 slugfest

CHICAGO (AP) — Sal Stewart, Eugenio Suárez and Tyler Stephenson homered, and the Cincinnati Reds held off the Chicago White Sox for a 9-8 victory on Thursday. Stewart scored four times and Suárez drove in four runs as Cincinnati took the rubber game in the three-game series. Tejay Antone ...

WNBA Roundup

NEW YORK (AP) — Sabrina Ionescu scored 20 points and the New York Liberty avoided one of the biggest collapses in WNBA history, holding off the Los Angeles Sparks 85-81 on Thursday night. New York (21-14) led 69-41 early in the fourth quarter and looked poised to cruise to an easy victory when Los Angeles scored 21 straight points to get within striking distance. The Sparks (12-21) only trailed 82-79 with 26.6 seconds left and were in position to match the Chicago Sky for the biggest comeback in league history. The Sky rallied from 28-down to beat Las Vegas in 2022. Rae Burrell got ...