By Brian Mahoney AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — David Fizdale was the latest coach tasked with trying to turn around the New York Knicks. He was given barely 100 games before the longtime losers decided it was time to try someone else. The Knicks cut ties with Fizdale and promoted ...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers have completed a $28 million, three-year contract with right-hander Kyle Gibson, adding another veteran in the middle of their starting rotation. Texas announced Gibson’s addition on Friday. He spent the first seven years of his big league career ...

By The Associated Press No. 10 Wisconsin (10-2, 7-2 Big Ten, No. 8 CFP) at No. 2 Ohio State (12-0, 9-0, No. 1), Saturday at 8 p.m. EST (FOX). Line: Ohio State by 16 1/2. Series record: Ohio State leads 60-18-5. WHAT’S AT STAKE Wisconsin: The Big Ten West Division champions have a lot ...

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Anthony Joshua didn't just lose three world heavyweight titles and an undefeated record when he was beaten by Andy Ruiz Jr. in one of boxing's biggest upsets in a generation. He lost his aura, his growing sense of invincibility. So Joshua has had to reinvent ...

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Vernon Carey Jr. showed Michigan State exactly what it's missing. Carey had 26 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks to help No. 10 Duke dominate the 11th-ranked Spartans in an 87-75 victory Tuesday night. The 6-foot-10, 270-pound ...

By RAUL DOMINGUEZ Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — James Harden had a slam dunk waved off by officials, the first sign that it might not be the Houston Rockets' night. Lonnie Walker IV helped make sure of that. Walker had a career-high 28 points and the San Antonio Spurs overcame ...

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Panthers are in the market for a new head coach, and owner David Tepper hinted he's targeting someone with an offensive background. Tepper fired longtime coach Ron Rivera — whose background is on defense — on Tuesday following a ...

By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — John Carlson is putting himself in some pretty elite company. The defenseman had a goal and two assists in the opening period to reach 40 points for the season, Nick Hathaway and Jakub Vrana each scored twice and the Washington Capitals ...

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney hasn't stopped thinking about Virginia quarterback Bryce Perkins since the 22nd-ranked Cavaliers clinched their spot in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game last week. "He's a guy you've got to ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — It's still officially Duck season for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Coach Mike Tomlin confirmed Tuesday that quarterback Devlin "Duck" Hodges will make his second straight start on Sunday when the Steelers (7-5) visit the Arizona Cardinals (3-8-1). Tomlin named Hodges the ...

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Capitals traded forward Chandler Stephenson to the Vegas Golden Knights for a 2021 fifth-round pick. Washington needed to shed salary and chose Travis Boyd over Stephenson, who they dealt rather than risk losing him on ...

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Greg Schiano is officially back as Rutgers football coach. The university's Board of Governors on Tuesday approved an eight-year, $32 million contract to bring back the former Scarlet Knights coach to lead the downtrodden program ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Two players from Japan, Shun Yamaguchi and Ryosuke Kikuchi, have been made available to major league teams through the posting process. Clubs have until Jan. 2 (5 p.m. EST) to negotiate with them, Major League Baseball said Tuesday. Yamaguchi, a 32-year-old right-hander with ...

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer Louisville is the latest team to climb to No. 1 in The Associated Press men's college basketball poll and Michigan has matched a record by debuting at No. 4. The Cardinals received 48 of 65 first-place votes from a media panel in the poll released Monday. ...

BERN, Switzerland (AP) — The Swiss government says it will produce a 20 franc silver coin with Roger Federer's image on it. The government says it's the first time it has dedicated a commemorative coin to a living person. A 50 franc gold coin with Federer's image on it will be minted next ...

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Sports Writer If this edition of 49ers-Ravens — filled with elite players, fourth-down gutsiness and top-notch defense on a rainy afternoon — was indeed a Super Bowl preview, everyone's in for a treat in February. What Baltimore's 20-17 victory over visiting San ...

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Marc-Andre Fleury plays when he's told. How much he plays has changed. A decade ago, Fleury started 61 out of 82 games before backstopping Pittsburgh to the Stanley Cup. He started 58 and 34 times on the Penguins' 2016 and 2017 Cup runs splitting time with ...

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The Associated Press college football poll is a subjective and mostly backward-looking assessment, especially late in the season. Voters sprinkle in some speculative forecasting when trying to order the plethora of teams that have never played. ...

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — No fighting. No helmet swinging. Barely any trash talking. The Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns kept things civil in their highly anticipated rematch, which ended the way they always seem to end at Heinz Field: the Steelers walking ...

By DAVID GINSBURG AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Neither rain, wind nor the San Francisco 49ers' top-ranked defense could prevent Lamar Jackson from guiding the Baltimore Ravens to their franchise-record eighth straight win. Jackson weathered miserable conditions to run for 101 yards and ...