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ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Dan Quinn landed in the Washington area on Sunday night with wife Stacey and was greeted on the tarmac by general manager Adam Peters and his wife Jennifer. Peters hugged his new coach and congratulated him. “I’m so pumped,” Quinn replied. Before even getting on the ground, the Commanders’ new football decision makers were already well …

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. Kansas Jayhawks (18-4, 6-3 Big 12) at Kansas State Wildcats (14-8, 4-5 Big 12) New York; Monday, 9 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Jayhawks -5; over/under is 144 …

DETROIT (AP) — Earl “The Twirl” Cureton, who won two NBA championships in 12 seasons in the league, has died. He was 66. Cureton, who served as a community ambassador for the Detroit Pistons for the last 10 years, passed away “unexpectedly” on Sunday morning, according to a release from the Pistons. No other information was provided by the team. …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bradley Beal received a nice video tribute while Phoenix’s starters were being introduced in Washington. Then he went out and offered a few more clips for any future highlight reels. Beal was brilliant in his return to Washington on Sunday, scoring a season-high 43 points as the Suns rolled to a 140-112 victory over the Wizards. He …

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. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Marcus Domask and Justin Harmon each made two free throws and Terrance Shannon Jr. had a steal in the final 25 seconds of overtime …

ROME (AP) — Lorenzo Pellegrini scored in the second minute and Paolo Dybala got a brace as Roma beat Cagliari 4-0 in Serie A on Monday to extend coach Daniele De Rossi’s dream start. Pellegrini’s goal, a close-range stab from a corner kick, was his third in three league games and helped to lift Roma two points above Bologna into …

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz and new Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner are slated to participate in an exhibition event in Saudi Arabia in October, the kingdom’s latest move into tennis. Daniil Medvedev and Holger Rune are the other players involved in what is being touted as the “6 Kings Slam” in Riyadh. All …

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. Ole Miss Rebels (18-4, 5-4 SEC) at South Carolina Gamecocks (19-3, 7-2 SEC) Columbia, South Carolina; Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Ole Miss takes on the South …

LONDON (AP) — Phil Foden grabbed the spotlight from fit-again Manchester City superstars Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne by scoring a hat trick in a come-from-behind 3-1 win at Brentford that moved the champions two points behind Liverpool in a congested English Premier League summit on Monday. City’s opponents might be able to stop Haaland from scoring or close …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — La primera noche de la semana del Super Bowl se ha convertido en un espectáculo como de circo desde mucho antes de que Las Vegas fuera anunciada como sede del juego más importante de la NFL. No se puede saber que tan loco se pondrá para la prensa en la Ciudad del Pecado. Los Chiefs de …