By DAVID BRANDT GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The passes zipped through the air one by one, almost always finding their intended target right on the hands and in stride. By the time Josh Allen was done, the quarterback had finished one of the best games of his young NFL career, and the Buffalo Bills once…… read more »
By WILL GRAVES PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers spent three months shaking off whatever 2020 threw at them. Schedule changes. Injuries to a handful of impact players. The ever-present threat of COVID-19. Through the chaos, they kept winning. Sometimes pretty. Sometimes ugly. Sometimes a little of both in the same game. Through it all,…… read more »
By RALPH D. RUSSO Alabama was No. 1 for the fifth week in a row Sunday and extended its streak of consecutive poll appearances to 210, the third longest in the history of The Associated Press college football poll. The Crimson Tide were the unanimous No. 1 for the third straight week and the top…… read more »
By GEORGE HENRY ATLANTA (AP) — Matt Ryan gave it one last heave to the end zone, hoping Julio Jones would be able to make a miracle play for the Atlanta Falcons. It didn’t happen. Ryan and Jones couldn’t connect on a 39-yard Hail Mary pass as the ball fell to the end zone turf…… read more »
By CHARLES ODUM ATLANTA (AP) — John Calipari says it’s more difficult to teach off losses than following wins. That’s making it tough for the Kentucky coach these days. Moses Wright scored 21 points and Georgia Tech recovered from a poor start to the season to beat No. 20 Kentucky 79-62 on Sunday, giving the…… read more »
By BARRY WILNER For those teams pleading “Cut us a break” in this weird and unprecedentedly unpredictable year, that was a fair ask. Until now. At this point of the NFL season, as we head into the final quarter of the schedule, the mea culpas have run their course. There’s simply too much bad, worse…… read more »
By PETE IACOBELLI COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Shane Beamer is returning to South Carolina, this time as head football coach. A source close to the search told The Associated Press on Saturday night that Beamer will be hired and take over the program run the past five seasons by Will Muschamp. Muschamp was let go…… read more »
By PAT JAMES RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Bailey Hockman threw for 309 yards and Ricky Person and Zonovan Knight each ran for a touchdown as North Carolina State beat Georgia Tech 23-13 in its regular-season finale Saturday. The win was the fourth straight for the Wolfpack (8-3, 7-3 Atlantic Coast Conference), marking the first time…… read more »
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former NFL player Vontaze Burfict, a linebacker who in 2019 received the most severe punishment in league history for an on-field infraction, was arrested Saturday in Las Vegas, according to court records. Online records for Las Vegas Justice Court said Burfict was arrested on a misdemeanor battery charge. The records did…… read more »
By PETE IACOBELLI CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — Coastal Carolina’s Trey Carter was fed up hearing how his team couldn’t win, and certainly wouldn’t hold up against the offensive juggernaut of BYU and quarterback Zach Wilson. “If you watch the game, you see we can,” Carter said with a grin. The Chanticleers continued their perfect breakout…… read more »
