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Duke and Darian Mensah have reached a settlement in their legal fight over the quarterback’s plan to transfer, clearing the way for him to move on. The school and Mensah’s agency released statements Tuesday confirming a deal without providing any details. It came roughly a week after Duke filed a lawsuit against Mensah. That lawsuit sought to block Mensah’s efforts to transfer and reach a contract with another school to play elsewhere next season. Mensah had transferred from Tulane and led Duke to the ACC title. He had signed a two-season contract in July 2025 running through ...

Elena Rybakina knocks off Iga Swiatek in Australian Open quarterfinals

MELBOURNE, Australia — Elena Rybakina defeated Iga Swiatek 7-5, 6-1 early today to reach the semifinals of the Australian Open and prevent the Polish player from completing a career Grand Slam of singles titles. The win gave Rybakina a shot at her second Grand Slam title after winning ...

Darnold gets Super shot before big names

Sam Darnold will be starting in the Super Bowl before Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen and the rest of the NFL’s Class of 2018 quarterbacks. It took Darnold five teams and eight seasons to get here. Darnold led the Seattle Seahawks to a 14-3 record, a division title, the No. 1 seed and was at his ...

Seahawks survive personal foul penalty in win

SEATTLE — An alternate reality exists in which Riq Woolen’s name becomes infamous for countless Seattle sports fans. Thankfully for those aficionados, such isn’t the case on account of the Seattle Seahawks’ 31-27 win over the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC championship game that clinched ...

AP: Sanders set to play in Pro Bowl

Shedeur Sanders has been selected as a replacement QB on the AFC’s roster for next week’s Pro Bowl Games, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Monday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the NFL has not announced roster changes. Yahoo ...

Ex-FIFA boss Sepp Blatter upset with US

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is backing a proposed fan boycott of World Cup matches in the United States because of the conduct of President Donald Trump and his administration at home and abroad. Blatter was the latest international soccer figure to call into question the suitability of the United States as a host country. He called for the boycott in a post on X that supported the comments of Mark Pieth in an interview with the Swiss newspaper Der Bund. Pieth chaired the Independent Governance Committee’s oversight of FIFA reform a decade ago. Wiener race coming ...