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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. Idaho Vandals (9-14, 3-7 Big Sky) at Eastern Washington Eagles (15-8, 9-1 Big Sky) Cheney, Washington; Saturday, 7:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Eastern Washington faces the Idaho Vandals …

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Years before Taylor Swift grew into the global superstar who has become the talk of this Super Bowl, she was just a young Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, singer happy to strum her guitar and perform as the opening act for the biggest sporting events in town. The U.S. Open. NASCAR. The World Series. No messy ticket rollouts necessary. Swift …

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Martin Necas posted a natural hat trick in the first 17 minutes, the first three-goal game of his career, and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 on Thursday night despite changing goalies twice. Carolina led 3-0 with 3:09 remaining in the first period thanks to Necas, whose hat trick was the fastest to begin …

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. Baylor Bears (17-5, 6-3 Big 12) at Kansas Jayhawks (18-5, 6-4 Big 12) Lawrence, Kansas; Saturday, 6 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. 13 Baylor visits the No. 4 …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Teofimo Lopez Jr. unanimously outpointed Jamaine Ortiz to retain the WBO junior welterweight title Thursday night, just days before Super Bowl at nearby Allegiant Stadium. Judge Steve Weisfeld scored the fight 117-111, while Tim Cheathem and David Sutherland both had it 115-113, an announcement met by a roar of boos from an announced crowd of 6,206 …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers had Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs on the ropes four years ago when the teams last met in the Super Bowl. The Niners held a 10-point lead and had possession with less than 10 minutes to play before everything fell apart on both offense and defense, leading to a 31-20 …

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. BALTIMORE (AP) — Max Brooks’ 31 points led UMass Lowell past UMBC 93-80 on Thursday night. Brooks added 19 rebounds and three blocks for the River Hawks (16-6, …

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. UCLA Bruins (12-11, 7-5 Pac-12) at California Golden Bears (10-13, 6-6 Pac-12) Berkeley, California; Saturday, 5:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Cal faces the UCLA Bruins after Jaylon Tyson …

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. Milwaukee Panthers (12-12, 7-6 Horizon League) at Robert Morris Colonials (9-15, 5-8 Horizon League) Moon Township, Pennsylvania; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Milwaukee faces the Robert Morris …

BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB — Placed former New York Mets Manager Billy Eppler on the ineligible list for direct violation of MLB’s rules: improper use of Injured List placements, including the deliberate fabrication of injuries; and the associated submission of documentation for the purposes of securing multiple improper Injured List placements during the 2022 and 2023 seasons. Suspended free …