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Koepka can’t wait to return to PGA Tour

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Brooks Koepka was freed from the final year of his contract with Saudi-funded LIV Golf and the first person he called was Tiger Woods. Three weeks later, the PGA Tour created a path back for him that starts at Torrey Pines. Koepka said Tuesday he can’t wait for the week to end because of all the attention. The gratitude of returning to the PGA Tour comes with the kind of nerves the five-time major champion rarely experiences — wondering that others think about him. “It feels a little bit different,” he said ahead of the Farmers Insurance Open, his first ...

Indiana plays Ohio State, Michigan in back-to-back showdowns

ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Indiana’s national title defense will include back-to-back matchups with the schools that won the championship each of the previous two seasons. The Big Ten released its 2026 league schedule on Tuesday. Indiana will host Ohio State on Oct. 17 and visit Michigan on Oct. 24. Michigan won the national title in the 2023 season. Ohio State’s 2024 team also won it all. That Oct. 17 Indiana-Ohio State clash will be a rematch of this season’s Big Ten championship game, which the Hoosiers won 13-10. Indiana then went on to win the College Football Playoff, ...

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

No. 24 RedHawks are 21-0 OXFORD, Ohio (AP) — Eian Elmer scored a career-high 30 points and No. 24 Miami (Ohio) improved to 21-0, rallying in the second half and then holding on for an 86-84 victory over UMass on Tuesday night. Miami is one of two unbeaten teams in Division I after fifth-ranked Nebraska lost 75-72 at No. 3 Michigan earlier Tuesday night. Top-ranked Arizona is 21-0 following an 86-83 win over No. 13 BYU on Monday night. The victory also tied the RedHawks with the 2001-02 Kent State squad for the longest in-season winning streak in Mid-American Conference ...

Steelers welcome hometown kid

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The tears started early for Mike McCarthy. Really early. Considering the setting, it was hard to blame him. There the kid who grew up rooting for the Pittsburgh Steelers from his family’s home in the city’s Greenfield neighborhood was on Tuesday, sitting on dais wearing a black suit with a gold tie, a Steelers pin affixed to his lapel. The job McCarthy always wanted, but never let himself imagine he would get, his at last. “I thought I’d at least be able to get started,” the new Steelers head coach said, trying unsuccessfully to choke back his ...

Mayfield waiting for Stefanski

ATLANTA (AP) — Kevin Stefanski praised his new quarterback and fended off an old one during his introductory news conference as the Atlanta Falcons’ coach on Tuesday. The Falcons’ new leadership team — including Stefanski and president of football Matt Ryan — plans to evaluate every position on the roster, including quarterback. But Stefanski said he was optimistic about Michael Penix Jr.’s future in Atlanta. “Michael, just excited about the physical gifts,” Stefanski said. “You see a player on tape that can get through progressions, can layer the ball, can push the ...

Ohio St.’s JSN vaults to stardom

SEATTLE — Former Ohio State Buckeye Jaxon Smith-Njigba made plenty of spectacular plays during the best season by a wide receiver in Seattle Seahawks history, so it wasn’t a shock that he added another highlight during the NFC championship game. Nonetheless, the one-handed catch Smith-Njigba made late in the first quarter of Sunday’s 31-27 win over the Los Angeles Rams was among his most incredible this season. Sam Darnold scrambled to his left and made a throw toward the sideline, and Smith-Njigba hauled in the pass with his right hand before tiptoeing both feet ...