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The Chargers put some doubts to rest getting back on track and getting closer to wrapping up a playoff spot.

Towns spent nine seasons with the Timberwolves before being dealt three days before training camp began.

We nailed our Upset of the Week with Cowboys winning at Carolina, scored a second outright upset bull’s-eye on Buccaneers beating Chargers, and also had a ‘dog-with-points cover by Rams vs. Niners.

The sports romance genre is seeing a new trend thanks in part to the popularity of the docuseries “Drive to Survive.”

The 40-year-old Vonn says she’s “getting pretty tired of people predicting negative things about my future.”

Now, finally, college football has what the rest of sports have — a legitimate postseason tournament.

Sebastian Coe, the World Athletics president who turned 68 this year, pledged to embed “transformative change over the next four years” then seek re-election ahead of schedule.

The Broncos need one win in their last three games to reach the playoffs. Nix is not looking at it like that.

Snow showers are forecast to give way to cloudy skies and temperatures in the 20s in South Bend, Indiana, for Friday night’s Indiana-Notre Dame game.

Bo Nix and Denver have won four straight and would return to the playoffs for the first time since 2015 with a victory at SoFi Stadium.

There have been other All-Star format shakeups in recent years.

The Detroit Lions keep losing players at an alarming rate. Other teams are dealing with injuries to key players.

Plus, the weekly scoreboard and a look at the action in the week ahead.

A total of 24 schools are represented on the first team with Texas and Miami having two players apiece selected by a panel of AP Top 25 voters.

Arkansas State coach Bryan Hodgson opted for the blunt route against University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Lindsey Vonn now has a firm target for her return to World Cup ski racing at age 40: next weekend for a pair of super-G events in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

The two-way star won college football’s most prestigious award Saturday night, punctuating a tireless performance all season by a dynamic player with a unique combination of skills.

The Indian teen prodigy has long been considered a rising star in the chess world after he became a chess grandmaster at 12.

USOPC officials did not name the employee, but Gary Colliander was the only coach named in the AP’s report.

Boise State tailback Ashton Jeanty finished second with 16 votes, and Arizona State running back Cameron Skattebo received one vote.

After FIFA confirmed the kingdom as the 2034 tournament host on Wednesday, the soccer body president Gianni Infantino acknowledged “the world will be watching” to see positive social change.

Belichick won six Super Bowls in his 24-year run as head coach of the New England Patriots and quarterbacking great Tom Brady.