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6-Pack: Flags, no flags and too many mistakes

1) Costly Non-Call Before we get going, let’s get one thing straight: The Panthers lost to the Saints on Sunday because of factors bigger than referee decisions. But a couple of calls sure made the task tougher. The most notable was a non-call. Down 21-14 at the half, Carolina opened the third

Fiesta Bowl matchup: Penn State vs. Washington

Glendale game features marquee matchup between Pac-12, Big 10 schools

Princeton QB Kanoff, Yale LB Oplinger win Ivy awards

NEW YORK (AP) Princeton senior quarterback Chad Kanoff and Yale senior linebacker Matthew Oplinger won the Ivy League’s 2017 Football Players of the Year and Asa S. Bushnell Cup awards Monday.

Gonzalez, 3 others sign minor league deals with Rangers

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Right-hander Chi Chi Gonzalez has signed a minor league deal with the Texas Rangers only days after the team didn’t tender him a major league contract for next season.

Feeling optimistic: Dolphins' breakout victory gives hope for future

The Dolphins’ best game yet bodes well for 2018, even if it’s not enough to save this season.

Texas CB Holton Hill to skip senior season for NFL draft

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Texas junior cornerback Holton Hill will skip his senior season and enter the NFL draft.

Giants' real problem wasn't coach and GM

John Mara, the team’s co-owner, fired Ben McAdoo and Jerry Reese on Monday. But it’s Mara’s own missteps and half-measures that have mangled the franchise.

Padres announce 2018 Major League Coaching Staff

The San Diego Padres today announced the members of Manager Andy Green’s coaching staff for the 2018 season

Decision on Juve president Agnelli ban to be made by Dec. 18

ROME (AP) A decision on Juventus president Andrea Agnelli’s ban will be made by the Italian soccer federation appeals court by Dec. 18.

Rare losing season hits hard inside Colts' locker room

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Frank Gore came to Indianapolis to earn a Super Bowl ring.

Arizona State's football 'train' gets enthusiastic conductor in Herm Edwards

Edwards’ passion for ASU job on vivid display at introductory news conference

Shaka Smart returning to VCU, but on the visitors' bench

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) VCU coach Mike Rhoades is looking forward to seeing old friend Shaka Smart on Tuesday night, perhaps more than he is looking forward to being on opposing benches when the former VCU coach brings his long and athletic Texas Longhorns to the Seigel Center.

No. 7 Texas A&M surges into meeting vs. Arizona (Dec 05, 2017)

No. 7 Texas A&M heads into Tuesday night’s game against surprisingly unranked Arizona with plenty of momentum, having started the season with seven consecutive victories, each coming by at least 11 points.

Miami-Wisconsin matchup has makings of classic Orange Bowl

The Miami Hurricanes have thrived at home. The Wisconin Badgers have a habit of big road victories. They meet in the Orange Bowl.

NFL suspends Rob Gronkowski 1 game for late hit to head

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) The NFL suspended New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski one game for a late, gratuitous hit to the head of Buffalo defensive back Tre’Davious White.

NFL suspends Gronkowski one game for late hit

The NFL suspended Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski one game without pay for a late hit on Bills cornerback Tre’Davious White on Sunday.

FANTASY PLAYS: Time for playoffs – and scouting opponents

The fantasy playoffs are finally here for most leagues. There are many factors you need to consider, starting with whether you qualified for a bye.

Titans lineman DaQuan Jones has season-ending bicep tear

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee Titans defensive lineman DaQuan Jones has a torn bicep muscle and will have season-ending surgery.

Let the GIFs do the talkin': Fun with LA Kings & Jim Fox

The LA Kings are masters of the videobomb.

Source: Giants going back to Eli as starting QB

Eli Manning is regaining his starting quarterback job after Giants coach Bob McAdoo and general manager Jerry Reese were fired Monday, a source tells ESPN’s Jordan Raanan.

Preview: Suns at 76ers, 4:30 p.m., FOX Sports Arizona

Three of NBA’s top young talents will be on display in Booker, Embiid and Simmons

No. 10 Miami to meet match in bad free throw shooting (Dec 05, 2017)

Miami coach Jim Larranaga has lamented his team’s woes at the free-throw line through this early season, noting after one recent game that he has told his players that their goal is to become the most improved free throw shooting team in the country by February.