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    With the MLB World Series over, the NFL now takes center stage as teams battle for playoff positioning heading into the holiday season. Players in the NHL and NBA are also starting to find their rhythm. AP photographers were there to catch everything, plus action, celebrations, and more in s…

      LOS ANGELES — The high school star from San Diego will never forget the night John Robinson rolled up to recruit him to USC. A power outage had knocked out all the lights in the neighborhood. No worries. Robinson provided all the energy anyone would need. "We had to break out the candles," Marcus Allen recalled. "We sat there in our living room by candlelight, and John was just as charismatic ...

      CHICAGO — A different Patriots team took the field Sunday at Soldier Field. This one was physical. They dramatically improved running the ball and stopping the run. They sacked rookie quarterback Caleb Williams nine times in a 19-3 win over the Bears. Coverage held up, and defensive coordinator DeMarcus Covington got creative with his third-down pass-rush calls. This team was anything but ...

      CHICAGO — The Patriots had an unlikely hero in their secondary for Sunday’s win over the Bears. Special-teams ace Brenden Schooler played a specialized role, spying Bears quarterback Caleb Williams on third down. He made the most of his five defensive snaps, forcing Williams to throw the ball away with a QB hit midway through the second quarter and sacking the rookie QB in the third quarter. ...

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      It’s another big game day for the Miami Dolphins and the Shulas, just as it once was always about them on game days, from the grandfather to the sons to the grandsons. Don Shula’s first grandson, Dan, was born on Oct. 9, 1983. A Sunday. A game day. Dave Shula, then the Dolphins receivers coach, rushed wife Leslie to the hospital early that Miami morning, watched the birth of their son and ...

      Initial observations from Colorado's 41-27 win over the Texas Tech Red Raiders in Big 12 play at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas, on Saturday. — It’s the defense: The biggest difference between 4-8 and this year’s Big 12 title contender (other than the schedule)? Robert Livingston’s defense, hands down. A year ago, an offensive start like the Buffs had on Saturday would’ve doomed them to ...

      AVONDALE, Ariz. — NASCAR President Steve Phelps defended the four drivers racing for the Cup Series championship this weekend — even though others had better statistics than the finalists — as well as the playoff system itself in Friday's annual State of the Sport address.

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