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By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears have hired Minnesota Vikings assistant Andrew Janocko as their quarterbacks coach. Janocko joins new coach Matt Eberflus’ staff after spending the past seven years in a variety of roles under Mike Zimmer in Minnesota. He was the Vikings’ quarterbacks coach this past season.

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) — Team Penske will make history at the Los Angeles Coliseum this weekend when it becomes the first NASCAR team to use an all-electric truck to get its car to the track. The No. 2 Ford set to be driven by rookie Austin Cindric in

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer Christian Pulisic scored the final goal in a 3-0 victory by the United States over Honduras in a World Cup qualifier after being benched to start the game. His goal came on his second touch of the match in the 65th minute, just two minutes after entering. Coach Gregg

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has asked for permission to participate in the appeal by American women soccer players trying to reinstate their pay claim against the U.S. Soccer Federation. The EEOC asked to address the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals during oral arguments scheduled for March 7 in

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Central Michigan left tackle Bernhard Raimann is hoping the next stop in his long journey to a football career is the NFL. The Austrian-born Raimann is among the NFL prospects at the Senior Bowl trying to improve their draft stock. Raimann arrived in the United

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Police have raided multiple soccer supporters’ clubs in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki in the wake of attack linked to violent fan rivalry that left a 19-year-old man dead. The raids were carried out at venues suspected of being used for organizing attacks, and police set up roadblocks in the

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin says his concerns about political interference in Albanian soccer elections were alleviated after meeting with the country’s prime minister on Thursday. Ceferin also committed to staging the inaugural Europa Conference League final in Tirana after a meeting with Prime Minister Edi Rama

COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Ryan Ficken has been hired by the Los Angeles Chargers as special teams coordinator after he spent the past 15 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings. Ficken was Minnesota’s special teams coordinator this season after spending the previous eight years as the assistant special teams coach. He replaces Darius Swinton, who

CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Bengals fans won’t get to watch the Super Bowl on the giant screens at Paul Brown Stadium. The NFL has said no to a plan for a watch party inside the stadium on Feb. 13. The league sent a letter to stadium officials saying the legal and logistical barriers are too

LONDON (AP) — Chris Silverwood stepped down as England cricket coach on Thursday, becoming the second significant departure amid the fallout from England’s humiliating Ashes series loss in Australia. Ashley Giles, England’s director of cricket, left his role on Wednesday in the wake of the men’s team losing 4-0 to Australia. An interim coach will

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Breanna Stewart is remaining in Seattle for at least one more season while Stefanie Dolson is coming home to New York. Those are among the deals completed since the WNBA’s free agent singing period started earlier this week. Stewart led the Storm to WNBA titles in 2018 and 2020.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Soccer Foundation has urged U.S. Soccer Federation voters to reelect Cindy Parlow Cone as USSF president rather than restore former head Carlos Cordeiro. Cordeiro is a former Goldman Sachs partner who headed the federation from 2018 to 2020. He resigned in March 2020 after federation lawyers filed legal papers claiming

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — John Elway is refuting Brian Flores’ claim in a lawsuit that his interview with the Denver Broncos in 2019 was a sham and only conducted to satisfy the NFL’s Rooney Rule. “While I was not planning to respond publicly to the false and defamatory

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A junior world champion and U.S. Olympic trials finalist is the first member of the Iowa women’s wrestling program’s inaugural signing class. Coach Clarissa Chun announced Kylie Welker of Franksville, Wisconsin, as her first recruit. Welker won a gold medal at the 2021 Junior World Championships and she represented the

VIENNA (AP) — Former U.S. Open champion Dominic Thiem has delayed his injury comeback after a “minor” setback and now plans to make his return at Indian Wells in March. Thiem hasn’t played since June because of a wrist injury and was unable to defend his title at Flushing Meadows last year. He had been

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — At the age of 17, Kamaltürk Yalqun was chosen to help carry the Olympic flame ahead of the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing. The following decade saw Beijing impose policies on his home region of Xinjiang that split apart his family and his Uyghur community. Today,

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Ex-Las Vegas Raiders player Henry Ruggs’ lawyer told a judge he has received body-worn camera video from police who arrived after a high-speed crash that killed a woman. The former NFL wide receiver didn’t have to appear in court Thursday with his attorney, David Chesnoff, ahead of a March 10 preliminary