Texas Tech was No. 5 in last week's College Football Playoff rankings and on Sunday jumped two spots to No. 5 in The Associated Press Top 25 poll. The Red Raiders likely will be No. 4 when the new CFP rankings come out Tuesday night. That would position them to receive a bye for the first ...

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 ...

Free-agent pitcher Dylan Cease and the Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to a $210 million, seven-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Wednesday night. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the deal was pending a physical and ...

MINNEAPOLIS — P.J. Fleck celebrated his 45th birthday by crowd-surfing through the Minnesota locker room as players tossed him the air, finishing his ninth regular season with the program in jubilant fashion. The second-longest tenured coach in the Big Ten, Fleck has helped infuse the ...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys still face long odds in trying to rally for a spot in the playoffs. They won't be short on confidence with a win over last season's Super Bowl runner-up just four days after beating the defending champs. Prescott threw for two ...

BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Ravens' five-game winning streak came to an inglorious end Thursday night, and they've got only themselves to blame after an uncharacteristic, mistake-prone performance against the struggling Cincinnati Bengals. Baltimore (6-6) lost four fumbles, including two by ...