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CHARGING BACK

LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — Ryan Blaney and his team wound up making the most of a major mistake Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The Team Penske star just needed a moment to vent on his team radio about a pit crew blunder before charging from 17th to first for his second consecutive NASCAR ...

CLARK DOMINATES

CHICAGO (AP) — Caitlin Clark scored 37 points and Kelsey Mitchell had 30, helping the Indiana Fever pull away from the Chicago Sky for a 113-90 victory on Sunday night. Clark made a career-high eight of Indiana's franchise-record 18 3-pointers. She also had 10 assists. The Fever closed ...

Simpson set to retire after health scare

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) ä World champion runner Jenny Simpson revealed it was a rare heart condition that threw her into cardiac arrest at a race in June and that she will not return to running. In an Instagram post Thursday, the 39-year-old Simpson said she was diagnosed with Arrhythmogenic ...

LaPorta out with hip injury

ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Detroit Lions tight end Sam LaPorta is out with a hip injury and cornerback Ennis Rakestraw might be sidelined as well with a lower-leg injury. Detroit coach Dan Campbell is hopeful LaPorta's injury won't linger into the season. "I feel like we'll be OK, but I ...

Courts may have effect on Gopher kickers

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The eligibility chaos across college football has seeped into depth charts for several programs with the regular season fast approaching. The competition at Minnesota for the place kicking job has sure become complicated. Brady Denaburg handled that job last year for the Gophers after spending his first three college seasons at Syracuse, and he was out of the picture until a federal judge in Denver ruled on July 31 that athletes from the 2022 high school class were eligible for a fifth year. The NCAA had previously excluded that class from the new ...

Nussmeier a pleasant surprise for Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — There was a time when many thought Garrett Nussmeier would be among the first quarterbacks taken in the NFL draft. He turned out to be the last. Yet what seemed unthinkable a year or two ago, back when Nussmeier was turning heads at LSU, may have ended up the ...