MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) – Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza originally planned on going to Yale, which pulled out all the stops during his recruiting visit five years ago.

Prediction markets let people wager on anything from a basketball game to the outcome of a presidential election – and recently, the downfall of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Last week, an anonymous trader pocketed more than $400,000 after betting that Maduro would soon be out of office.

If winning gold medals were the only standard, almost all Olympic athletes would be considered failures.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Carolina Panthers coach Dave Canales said an MRI revealed that starting left tackle Ickey Ekwonu will miss a significant amount of time with a ruptured patella tendon in his right knee.

MILAN (AP) – Crossover tenor Andrea Bocelli will be among the headline performers for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Feb. 6, joining the previously announced pop diva Mariah Carey, organizers said Sunday. The opening ceremony will be centered in Milan’s landmark San Siro soccer stadium.

MILAN (AP) – A guard at a construction site near a 2026 Winter Olympic venue in the mountain resort of Cortina d’Ampezzo died during a frigid overnight shift, authorities confirmed on Saturday.

WADI AD-DAWASIR, Saudi Arabia (AP) – Henk Lategan was cruising to the stage win and overall lead in the Dakar Rally on Sunday until he hit trouble in the last section.

VADODARA, India (AP) – India captain Shubman Gill won the coin toss and opted to field first against New Zealand in the first one-day international cricket match on Sunday.