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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. Southern Illinois Salukis (16-9, 8-6 MVC) at Belmont Bruins (14-11, 7-7 MVC) Nashville, Tennessee; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Belmont hosts the Southern Illinois Salukis after Malik …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — This was supposed to be the year when the Kansas City Chiefs were vulnerable. Their wide receivers were dropping passes, their offense was committing penalties, Travis Kelce was supposedly getting old and there was no way that Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes could possibly overcome all of that. Yet they did, and wiped away any doubt …

TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly accepted an in-person hearing with the NHL’s Department of Safety, a day after decking Ottawa’s showboating Ridly Greig with a late cross-check. The NHL said Sunday that the hearing is set for Tuesday in New York. Greig scored with 5.1 seconds left in Ottawa’s 5-3 victory Saturday night, racing down the …

LEIPZIG, Alemania (AP) — Carlo Ancelotti considera que el Real Madrid ha demostrado que puede sobrevivir sin el lesionado Jude Bellingham, quien se perderá el partido contra Leipzig el martes por los octavos de final de la Liga de Campeones. El Madrid afrontará la ida en Alemania con un mediocampo menguado por la baja del internacional inglés tras sufrir un …

SALERNO, Italy (AP) — Struggling Serie A club Salernitana is hoping for another “sporting miracle” after firing coach Filippo Inzaghi and replacing him with Fabio Liverani in the hopes of staving off relegation again. It is the third coaching change of a troubled season for Salernitana, which is bottom of Serie A and five points from safety. Even Salernitana general …

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. West Virginia Mountaineers (8-15, 3-7 Big 12) at TCU Horned Frogs (16-7, 5-5 Big 12) Fort Worth, Texas; Monday, 8 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Horned Frogs -12.5; …

TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Maple Leafs are bracing to play their next several games without top defenseman Morgan Rielly, who could be facing a lengthy suspension. He has an in-person hearing with the NHL’s department of player safety scheduled for Tuesday in New York. An in-person hearing allows the league to suspend Rielly for six or more games. Rielly …

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — La historia de Javier Mascherano con la Argentina fue la de un amor no correspondido… hasta el Preolímpico de Venezuela. Como jugador, escolta del astro Lionel Messi con más presencias, perdió cinco finales con la Albiceleste, una de ellas la del Mundial 2014, y como entrenador de combinados juveniles de su país parecía seguir el mismo …

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Shane Pinto had a goal and two assists and the Ottawa Senators beat Toronto 5-3 on Saturday night in a game that ended with Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Reilly cross-checking Ridly Greig for firing a slap shot into an empty net. Claude Giroux, Vladimir Tarasenko and Josh Norris also scored for Ottawa in its return from …

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Jack Leach has been ruled out of the rest of England’s test tour of India with a left knee injury, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced on Sunday. The 32-year-old spin bowler picked up the injury during England’s first test victory in Hyderabad, where he was forced to play a restricted role …