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DALLAS (AP) — Georgia is the heavy favorite to win the Southeastern Conference title and is picked to face league newcomer Texas in the championship game. Texas head football coach Steve Sarkisian flashes the “Hook ‘Em Horns” sign after speaking at the Southeastern Conference NCAA college football media days Wednesday, …

By NOREEN NASIR Associated Press Logan Edra knows her journey to securing a spot as one of the breakers on the U.S. team heading to the Olympics took longer than some expected. The 21-year-old Filipina American didn’t officially qualify for the Paris Games until last month. It was the last …

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer There is one goal, and it’s always the same goal for USA Basketball. The only acceptable result from these Paris Olympics is another gold medal. And the most recent gold was one of the toughest to get. At the Tokyo Games three years ago, …

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Zach Edey is taking his 7-foot-4 frame to Memphis to start his NBA career. Edey, the former Purdue center who became the first player in more than 40 years to win The Associated Press’ men’s college basketball player of the year award in back-to-back …

By BEN NUCKOLS AP Sports WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Olympic athletes have lost faith in the World Anti-Doping Agency to rid their sports of cheaters ahead of next month’s Summer Games in Paris, two former gold medalists told a House subcommittee on Tuesday night. Travis Tygart, Chief Executive Officer of …

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports WriterOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Tony Vitello jumped into the stands to share a group hug with the legion of Tennessee fans who invaded Omaha. His players ran a lap around the warning track high-fiving them. Kavares Tears squatted in right field taking in the moment …

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports WriterSUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Aleksander Barkov put his hands at either end of the Stanley Cup and began skating away to start the celebration that the Florida Panthers have wanted forever.And as he began to hoist hockey’s chalice for the first time, he had one …

By EDDIE PELLS AP National WriterEUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The bright red running suit, the white pearls and the gold medal said it all.Noah Lyles is the flashiest, and the fastest, sprinter in the United States — maybe even the world.We’ll all get to find out later this summer in …

By EDDIE PELLS AP National WriterEUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Two steps before she reached the finish line, Sha’Carri Richardson started pounding her chest.She knew she had it won. Anyone who doesn’t see her as the sprinter to beat later this summer at the Paris Olympics should probably think again. Sha’Carri …

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports WriterEUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Two-time defending Olympic shot put champion Ryan Crouser took one attempt and packed up for the night.No sense pushing his sore elbow. Or a healing torn pectoral muscle.Crouser took a business-like approach to qualifying on Friday at the U.S. Olympic track …