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Irish looking to avoid letdown against BC

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman found this week’s lesson close to home. Back in 1993, the Fighting Irish were flying high when they beat No. 1 Florida State 31-24 in yet another game-of-the-century contest. One week later, the nation’s new No. 1 team hosted Boston ...

AP College Football Picks

Missouri at No. 1 Georgia (-15.5): Georgia 35-17 No. 2 Utah (-2.5) at No. 22 Arizona: Utah 24-21 Boston College at No. 3 Notre Dame (-29): Notre Dame 40-10 Illinois (+10) at No. 4 UCLA: UCLA 28-21 Duke (+13) at No. 5 Miami: Miami 26-23 No. 15 USC (+7.5) at No. 6 Indiana: Indiana ...

Bengals defense focusing on stopping Steelers RB

CINCINNATI — For the Cincinnati Bengals this week, heading into an AFC North matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers with first place in the division on the line, a successful day on defense starts with handling Steelers running back Jaylen Warren. Warren has two 100+ yard rushing games ...

MLB pitchers win awards

NEW YORK — Jacob Misiorowski won the National League Cy Young Award on Wednesday after helping the Milwaukee Brewers win their first World Series title while setting a new standard for velocity by a starting pitcher. New York Yankees right-hander Cam Schlittler was the unanimous choice ...

NCAA warns transferring hurting graduation rates

The NCAA released data Wednesday that showed the graduation rate for a set of Bowl Subdivision football players who transferred more than once was 27% lower than those who stayed put their entire career, numbers it portrayed as a “warning sign” in the ongoing legal wrangling over ...

Hoops du Jour

Men's College Basketball: Mercyhurst at Penn State Tipoff: 6:30 p.m., Jordan Center, University Park Records: Mercyhurst (1-2), Penn State (2-1) TV: Big Ten+ SiriusXM Radio: Channel’s 264 & 974 Notable: The Nittany Lions are coming off an 82-76 loss to the Pitt Panthers. Dasonte Brown led Penn State with 17 points followed by Ivan Juric (16 points, 13 rebounds). Roko Prkacin and Josh Reed each added 11 points. … Mercyhurst, a member of the Northeast Conference, has lost to Notre Dame and Marquette, both by double-digit outcomes. … The Lakers have a 6-foot-7 swingman named ...