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The International Skating Union (ISU) has launched an investigation after two Chinese athletes appeared alongside an “inappropriate” plush toy missile at an event last week. Ice dancers Ren Junfei and Xing Jianing were seen with a large toy version of China’s new DF-61 missile – a huge intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) transported on an eight-axle truck and capable of … Read more

Deep in the weeds of the 23-page federal indictment alleging game fixing in the NBA, prosecutors cite a text from former NBA journeyman Damon Jones to his co-conspirators. “Get a big bet on Milwaukee tonight before the information is out! (Player 3) is out tonight. Bet enough so Djones can eat to (sic) now!” Player 3, … Read more

Galen Clavio walked into the student mailroom – back when student mailrooms were still a thing – and found an envelope stuffed in his mailbox. Inside were six tickets for each of that season’s Indiana University football games, free to him as a dorm resident because, to put it bluntly, no one was terribly interested in going … Read more

Mohamed Salah has endured a particularly difficult season. Peter Byrne/PA Wire At the start of the season, it was easy to think Liverpool might stroll to another Premier League title. The defending champion won its first five league games, plus the two it played in other competitions. It beat nearest challenger Arsenal in the third game of the season, … Read more

President Donald Trump’s granddaughter will be taking a detour on her way to playing college golf at the University of Miami – Kai Trump will make her LPGA Tour debut next month. Kai Trump received a sponsor exemption Tuesday to play in The Annika at Pelican Golf Club on November 13-16, the penultimate event on the LPGA schedule that typically has … Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs coach Andy Reid called the first half of Monday night’s game against Washington downright weird, full of turnovers and failed fourth-down conversions and so much lousy execution by both teams that he was left scratching his head. “There wasn’t a lot of punting but there wasn’t a lot of … Read more

MOENCHENGLADBACH, Germany (AP) — Gio Reyna went into the 2022 World Cup as one of United States’ brightest young soccer stars. Controversy over his training effort and a family conflict with the team’s then-coach overshadowed his performances. A World Cup on U.S. soil next year is a guiding light for the 22-year-old Reyna to revive … Read more

Today’s live updates have ended, but there’s still plenty to catch up on. Read what you missed below, and join us for the next poll on Nov. 2. The top six college football teams in the AP Top 25 remained unchanged this week, but not all was quiet in the rankings: The Big 12 has five teams in … Read more

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Even in a monumental 18-inning World Series game overflowing with statistical superlatives and unforgettable achievements all across the field, Shohei Ohtani again managed to tower above it all. No player ever had more extra-base hits in a World Series game than Ohtani did in Game 3 on Monday night when he slugged two … Read more

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eighteen innings in Game 3 of the World Series at Dodger Stadium again. And this Hollywood rerun had a similar ending. Freddie Freeman homered leading off the bottom of the 18th, Shohei Ohtani went deep twice during another record-setting performance and the Los Angeles Dodgers outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 in an … Read more