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The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. WASHINGTON (AP) — Conference tournament season took an even more chaotic turn — and that’s bad news for at least a couple teams on the bubble. North Carolina …

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Inter Miami superstar Lionel Messi is dealing with a leg injury that will likely cause him to miss the team’s next match. Messi checked out of Wednesday’s 3-1 win over Nashville just a few minutes into the second half, and coach Gerardo “Tata” Martino said the 36-year-old was experiencing discomfort in his right hamstring area. …

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — One August morning in 2022 while all alone at the Oakland Coliseum, Daulton Jefferies plopped down in the grass and wept. The pitcher cried for a good 45 minutes. Six years after becoming a first-round draft pick and days after his 27th birthday, he contemplated giving up baseball altogether — a first for him, in spite …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Vanderbilt Commodores (9-22, 4-14 SEC) vs. Arkansas Razorbacks (15-16, 6-12 SEC) Nashville, Tennessee; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Razorbacks -6; over/under is 148.5 BOTTOM LINE: Arkansas …

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears agreed to one-year contracts with backup quarterback Brett Rypien and offensive lineman Matt Pryor on Wednesday. Rypien has played in 10 games and started four over three seasons with Denver and one with the Los Angeles Rams. He appeared in two games and started one for Los Angeles in 2023. He also …

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are keeping another key player, agreeing on a $10 million, one-year deal with linebacker Lavonte David, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal hadn’t been finalized. David is returning for his 13th season with the Buccaneers. The three-time …

LIVERPOOL, Inglaterra (AP) — Michael Edwards, el cerebro en los despachos que fue clave en el éxito de Liverpool con el técnico Jurgen Klopp, regresa al club para encargarse de la renovación del plantel tras la salida del entrenador alemán al final de la temporada. Edwards, el exdirector deportivo de Liverpool, asumirá el cargo de “director ejecutivo de fútbol” del …

SAN PETERSBURGO, Florida, EE.UU. (AP) — Team Penske silenció las críticas recientes hacia el manejo de la serie al dominar el domingo la carrera inaugural de la temporada de IndyCar con la victoria de Josef Newgarden desde la pole en las calles del centro de San Petersburgo. El mexicano Pato O’Ward de Arrow McLaren Racing irrumpió el dominio de Penske …

Mookie Betts avanza en su transición al campocorto de los Dodgers de Los Ángeles, quienes esperan en tanto que el relevista Blake Treinen no sufra a largo plazo por una lesión tras ser impactado por un lineazo a las costillas. Betts jugó seis entradas sin novedad el sábado en la victoria por 7-1 sobre los Rangers de Texas, yéndose de …

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Idaho State Bengals (13-19, 8-11 Big Sky) vs. Northern Colorado Bears (19-12, 12-6 Big Sky) Boise, Idaho; Sunday, 10 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Northern Colorado and Idaho State …