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Browns want to trade more picks

(AP) — The Cleveland Browns are proposing a rule change that would allow NFL teams to trade draft picks five years into the future instead of three. The league announced on Wednesday that only two teams submitted proposals that will be considered by owners at the league meetings later this month with the other coming from the Pittsburgh Steelers about contacting players during the free agent negotiating period. NFL executive Troy Vincent said last month at the scouting combine that no team had submitted a proposal to ban the tush push after Green Bay’s proposed rule change was ...

SOCCER ROUNDUP

Player suffers freak hand injury LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Galatasaray forward Noa Lang sustained a freak hand injury when he caught his thumb on an advertising hoarding in his team’s 4-0 loss to Liverpool in the Champions League on Wednesday. Lang was taken to a hospital due to the deep wound, Galatasaray coach Okan Buruk said, and it may require surgery. The Netherlands international writhed in pain near Liverpool’s goal with blood streaming from the injury and was comforted by Liverpool players before being carried away on a stretcher. Lang was challenging Liverpool ...

A case for RedHawks

DAYTON (AP) — Eian Elmer scored 22 points and Miami (Ohio) beat SMU 89-79 on Wednesday night in the First Four for its first NCAA Tournament victory in 27 years. Elmer went 6 of 9 from 3-point range as the 11th-seeded RedHawks (32-1), undefeated during the regular season, advanced in the Midwest Region to play No. 6 seed Tennessee. Brant Byers added 19 points, including four 3s, and Luke Skaljac had 17 points for Miami, making its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2007. The RedHawks finished 16 of 41 from 3-point range. “The message I gave our guys before the game was they ...

Cavaliers roll

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Evan Mobley had 27 points and a season-high 15 rebounds, and James Harden also scored 27 as the Cleveland Cavaliers opened a three-game trip by beating the short-handed Milwaukee Bucks 123-116 on Tuesday night. Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo sat out with a left knee hyperextension and bone bruise. This was the career-high 32nd game the two-time MVP has missed this season, and the Bucks fell to 11-21 without him. The Bucks also didn’t have Myles Turner because of a right calf strain. Cleveland’s Jarrett Allen missed a sixth straight game because of ...

Fair play by NCAA?

(AP) — The NCAA basketball tournaments open this week and billions of dollars will run through a gambling market that has evolved from office bracket contests and illegal bookmaking operations into a booming industry where it’s legal in most states to wager on outcomes or a seemingly endless menu of statistics-based predictions within the games. Ads for online sportsbooks are everywhere, discussions about point spreads are common on all media platforms, and opportunities to plop down a few bucks or more on a game, even in progress, are as close as your phone. The tournaments tips ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

Benefit turkey shoot NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — The Chester-Newell Sportsmens Club, 131 Gas Valley Road, is hosting a benefit turkey shoot and Chinese auction with proceeds going to medical expenses for 26-year-old Marine/National Guard Tyler Rawson, who was severely injured in a motorcycle accident in October. The outdoor shoot starts at 10 a.m. Cost is $3 per round. The club’s regular turkey shoots are every Sunday. Signups start at 9:30 a.m. and the shoot at 10 a.m. Five in Circle of Champions DAYTON – The Ohio High School Athletic Association will honor five Ohio greats ...