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By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The Las Vegas Raiders have announced new coach Josh McDaniels’ staff. It includes former Giants coordinator Patrick Graham running the defense and former Patriots assistant Mick Lombardi coordinating the offense. Also on the staff are former Raiders defensive coordinator Rob Ryan returning as a senior defensive assistant, Tom

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Juwan Howard has resumed his role as Michigan’s basketball coach after serving a five-game suspension for hitting a Wisconsin assistant in the head. Howard met individually with each player Monday. The Wolverines are on the NCAA Tournament bubble with a 17-13 record overall and 11-9 mark in the Big Ten.

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For all the vitriol, Major League Baseball owners and players have closed the gap in recent weeks and are negotiating on similar frameworks for a new collective bargaining agreement. With the lockout in its 96th day, the sides remained apart to various degrees on three

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma State has announced it will mutually part ways with women’s basketball coach Jim Littell at the end of this season. Littell enters the Big 12 Tournament with a 203-139 record at Oklahoma State. He was Big 12 Coach of the Year in 2016 and 2021. He has led the Cowgirls

LONDON (AP) — Tottenham has stayed in the race for the English Premier League top four after a 5-0 hammering of an Everton side that is in grave relegation danger. After Michael Keane’s own goal put Spurs ahead early, they ran riot. Harry Kane scored twice and Son Heung-min and Sergio Reguilon also netted. It

CINCINNATI (AP) — Safety Jessie Bates III will be with the Cincinnati Bengals at least one more season. The Bengals placed the franchise tag on Bates after ongoing negotiations failed to produce a new contract. He’ll be under contract through the 2022 season for roughly $13 million as the team continues to negotiate a long-term

DALLAS (AP) — UAB junior guard Jordan Walker is the Conference USA men’s basketball player of the year. Walker is third in Conference USA with 19.3 points and 5.1 assists a game, and his 42 points against Middle Tennessee on February 5 is the league’s high-scoring game this season. Nick McDevitt was honored as the

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have announced several changes to coach Kyle Shanahan’s staff, with Brian Schneider being hired as special teams coordinator and Bobby Slowik and Chris Foerster sharing the offensive coordinator duties. The moves come after the Niners lost several assistants this

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Marquette forward Justin Lewis has won the Big East’s most improved player award and Creighton center Ryan Kalkbrenner was voted the conference’s defensive player of the year. Point guard Jared Bynum from regular-season champion Providence took the top sixth man prize, and Georgetown captain Donald

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Shaylee Gonzales scored 20 points, Paisley Harding added 14 and No. 15 BYU beat fourth-seeded Portland 59-52 in the semifinals of the West Coast Conference tournament. Top-seeded BYU avenged its only conference loss this season, falling 75-64 at Portland on Feb. 3, to earn a chance at its first WCC tournament

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Longtime Indianapolis Colts tight end Jack Doyle has decided to retire. Doyle played in 131 games over nine seasons and caught 295 passes for 2,729 yards and 24 touchdowns. He was selected to two Pro Bowls. Doyle grew up in Indianapolis and was a ball boy for the NBA’s Indiana Pacers. He

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper has paused construction on the team’s $800 million practice facility in Rock Hill, South Carolina citing concerns over a lack of funding from the city needed to complete the project’s infrastructure. Tepper has invested $170 million into the project, according to a statement from a spokesman

MADRID (AP) — Athletic Bilbao has rebounded from a poor streak with a 3-1 win over last-placed Levante in the Spanish league. Mikel Vesga, Iñaki Williams and Oier Zarraga scored in the final half-hour to give Athletic the home win and move the Basque Country club closer to the European places. Athletic was coming off

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Brittney Griner’s wife Cherelle has thanked everyone for their support of the WNBA star, who was arrested last month in Russia. Cherelle Griner posted a picture Sunday on Instagram of her with the Phoenix Mercury center. There has been an outpouring of support for Griner on social media from

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Calvin Ridley has been suspended for the 2022 season for betting on NFL games in the 2021 season. The suspension announced by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is for activity that took place while Ridley was away from the team while addressing mental

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — FIFA has intervened to allow foreign players and coaches based in Russia to leave their clubs, although only for the rest of the season. Clubs in other countries will be allowed to sign up to two players who had been at clubs in Russia or