ROME (AP) – If Italy is going to qualify for its first World Cup in 12 years, the Azzurri’s defenders are going to have to contain a striker they respect and know well.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Jay Norvell will move from senior offensive analyst to running backs coach at Iowa after Omar Young left the Hawkeyes for a similar position with the Las Vegas Raiders last month, coach Kirk Ferentz announced Monday.
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) – Antonee Robinson worried whether the U.S. would see a return of Jedi.
LAS VEGAS (AP) – General manager Kelly McCrimmon said Golden Knights players had lost their spark, and that played into Sunday’s surprising decision to fire coach Bruce Cassidy and try to inject life into whatever remains of Vegas’ season.
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) – Arizona State has hired Cal Baptist head coach Rick Croy as part of new coach Randy Bennett’s staff.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Providence basketball player Duncan Powell pleaded not guilty Monday to domestic assault and disorderly conduct charges stemming from a weekend altercation that started in Providence and continued in the suburb of Cranston.
MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) – Alan Gustafson ignored the phone call while packing a suitcase for the Sunday morning drive to Martinsville Speedway. Then he saw whom he’d missed – NASCAR Cup Series team owner Rick Hendrick.
The NFL’s Rooney Rule has long been a topic of conversation, even debate.
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) – The U.S. soccer team must be en vogue: Annie Leibovitz was at training Monday to shoot photos.