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Seahawks blank Vikings 26-0 for their 1st shutout victory in 10 years

SEATTLE — Ahead of the season, Ernest Jones IV set a goal of finishing the year with six interceptions. With six games left, the Seahawks linebacker already has a career-high four picks, including the one he returned 85 yards on Sunday for the first touchdown of his career. That was the ...

Kentucky fires SEC’s longest-tenured coach in Mark Stoops in his 13th season

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky has fired the Southeastern Conference's longest-tenured coach, ending Mark Stoops' tenure in his 13th season with the Wildcats after back-to-back losing records. Athletic director Mitch Barnhart said in a statement Monday morning that he informed Stoops they ...

LSU lures Lane Kiffin away from virtual playoff lock Ole Miss

Lane Kiffin left his one-loss Ole Miss team to become the coach at LSU on Sunday, taking over a program that has won national titles under three of its previous four coaches while saying he would have stayed to coach the Rebels in the postseason had he been allowed to. The move comes two days ...

Northern Ireland kicker Smyth drills 56-yard field goal in Saints debut

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Charlie Smyth had never kicked in an NFL regular-season game. He only started playing American football two years ago. So Sunday was quite the day for the Northern Ireland native. Smyth had a successful debut in the New Orleans Saints' 21-17 loss at the Miami ...