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Those anxious to tease out worst-case scenarios that could come from gambling's growing stranglehold on sports couldn't have found a better place for one of those scenarios to land — in the middle of college football, a sport that for decades has proven uniquely unable to deal with its most-pressing problems. One bit of good news from Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby's initial victory in court this week is it produced something everyone in college sports seems to agree on: College players gambling on college sports, especially when they involve their own teams is, as Florida ...

Cavaliers could look to UConn big

AJ Dybantsa is at the NBA Finals this week, working in a media role as a player correspondent. Even if he turns out to be a good reporter, he won't match what he already is as a basketball player — perhaps one who can lead the Washington Wizards to the finals themselves someday. The freshman forward from BYU remains the player atop AP's second mock draft, with the Wizards set to make the No. 1 pick on June 23. The Wizards haven't been in the NBA Finals since 1979, when they were still known as the Bullets. Dybantsa could be the player to get them going again, the first-team ...

US and Iran have agreed to wording of a deal to end their war, Pakistan’s prime minister says

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister said Friday the United States and Iran have agreed to wording of an agreement aimed at ending their war in the Middle East and that mediators were working with both sides to finalize a deal. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the U.S. and Iran have reached a “final, agreed upon text.” He said Pakistan, which has taken the lead in mediation efforts, was working with the warring countries on next steps. “Peace has never been this close as it is now,” Sharif said in a post on X. The apparent breakthrough in negotiations comes ...

Knicks, World Cup passions clash in NYC

NEW YORK (AP) — Sitting among a pint-raising crowd at a Manhattan soccer bar on the first day of the World Cup, George Carson described himself as a huge soccer fan who hopes to catch all 104 games of the global tournament. But on Saturday? "We got to watch the Knicks," he said. In ...

World Cup glory awaits United States

(AP) — Mexico opened the World Cup in style on Thursday with a dominant 2-0 win over South Africa in front of a boisterous home crowd at Azteca Stadium. On Friday, the U.S. and Canada both get their opportunity for a fast start in front of their respective home countries. Julián Quiñones ...

Knicks has Spurs seeing stars

NEW YORK (AP) — When OG Anunoby is introduced at Madison Square Garden, it sounds like a 20,000-person singalong. The anticipation builds as the public address announcer begins to reveal the second starter, a 6-foot-7 forward from Indiana. When he finally reaches the player's name, the ...