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Senate involved with 1960 Missouri football team

WASHINGTON — Four teams had claims to the 1960 national championship in college football. The U.S. Senate is adding Missouri to that list. Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., introduced a resolution during a meeting Thursday recognizing the Tigers for a claim to the national title. The measure was ...

Sports at a glance: Judge drops charge against James Harden

A misdemeanor gun charge against All-Star Cleveland Cavaliers guard James Harden in Texas was dismissed after he completed an alternative resolution program allowing him to avoid a criminal record. Court records show that a Harris County criminal court judge in Houston dismissed the charge ...

NASCAR starting new stage break this weekend

NASCAR plans to implement a new stage-break procedure for its Cup Series races beginning this weekend at Iowa Speedway and continuing through the remainder of the season. Under the new rules, when a natural caution occurs with 10 or fewer laps remaining in Stage 1 or Stage 2, it will be ...

Gauff backs gene-testing

TORONTO — Coco Gauff understands the reasoning behind the WTA Tour’s newly introduced gene-testing policy. What the two-time Grand Slam champion doesn’t favor is how politicized the discussion becomes in generating what Gauff called animosity toward the trans community. To her, the topic requires a more nuanced conversation, which is why Gauff provided what she called a nuanced answer. Gauff made her comments at the Canadian Open in Toronto following her opening-match win over Kayla Day. Elsewhere in sports: - Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and Paige Bueckers will make their World ...

Deion Sanders takes Colorado Buffaloes south for bonding

FOUNTAIN, Colo. — Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders loves everything about taking his Colorado Buffaloes 113 miles south of Folsom Field to Fountain Fort Carson High School for a week of workouts, tune-ups and team bonding that featured a stay at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs campus and a visit to the U.S. Air Force Academy. One thing would make it even better: scrimmaging with or against the Falcons, something Sanders is hoping the NCAA will soon allow teams to do in the offseason as he first suggested a couple of years ago when Syracuse wanted to visit Boulder for a ...

Colts keep Jonathan Taylor with a $44M deal

INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor got his wish. A little more than a week after reiterating he wanted to stay with Indy for the rest of his career, Taylor took a big step toward fulfilling that pledge by signing a two-year, $44 million contract extension, a ...