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It’s all about offense in NFL’s conference championships

Offense wins championships in the new NFL. For the first time since the league expanded to 32 teams in 2002, none of the teams playing this weekend in the conference

Australian Open glance: Sharapova vs Wozniacki

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A quick look at the Australian Open: LOOKAHEAD TO FRIDAY The most anticipated match of the day is defending champion Caroline Wozniacki against 30th-seeded but five-time

James Harden logs 58 points

HOUSTON (AP) — Spencer Dinwiddie scored 25 of his 33 points in the fourth quarter and overtime and the Brooklyn Nets spoiled James Harden’s 58-point night with a 145-142 victory

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Steelers hire Faulkner as running backs coach PITTSBURGH (AP) — Eddie Faulkner is the new running backs coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The team announced Faulkner’s hiring on Thursday. Faulkner

Europol ties together tennis match-fixer rings

PARIS (AP) — European police agency Europol says it has identified links between match-fixing gambling syndicates being unraveled in Spain and Belgium that are thought to have paid off dozens

Andrade set for first defense of middleweight title

NEW YORK (AP) — Demetrius Andrade is just a few months from winning a middleweight title but perhaps still far away from fights with the division’s biggest names. Canelo Alvarez,

Ranger wrestlers defeat Columbus 42-30

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‘Dinosaur’ defensemen survive in the NHL by adapting

When John Tortorella compares Brooks Orpik to a creature that went extinct 65 million years ago, he means it affectionately. “He’s a little bit of a dinosaur because he hits,

Son Heung-min helps South Korea beat China 2-0 at Asian Cup

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Son Heungmin was just the player South Korea needed to really get its Asian Cup campaign going. In his first game since arriving

Syracuse upsets No. 1 Duke 95-91 in OT after Jones’ injury

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Syracuse packed its patented 2-3 zone defense around Zion Williamson, and dared a depleted Duke team to win from the 3-point line. Without shooter Cameron Reddish,