ATLANTA (AP) — Five professional sports leagues and their players associations have aligned forces to ask for protections for players and staff who face threats and harassment from sports bettors. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the letter sent Tuesday to gambling regulators in 35 ...

Two of the biggest backfires on the NFL's opening weekend came roughly 70 hours and 9,500 miles apart. Packers coach Matt LaFleur took points off the board but didn't come up with a first down, and that gamble blew up in his face, the tide-turner in Green Bay's 39-22 loss at Minnesota on ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kenneth Walker III ran for 173 yards and scored two touchdowns in his Chiefs debut, stealing some of the spotlight from Patrick Mahomes and his surgically repaired left knee, and Kansas City exacted some revenge on the Denver Broncos for stealing their AFC West crown with a ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The athlete who perhaps best summed up the meaning of track's new experiment, the Ultimate Championship, isn't an ultimate champion herself. British long jumper Jazmin Sawyers took second in her event over the weekend, so she did not get a medal (nobody did) or a ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs spent the better part of a decade ruling the AFC West. Last year, the Denver Broncos finally knocked them from their throne. So it seems only fitting that two franchises that have combined to win every division title going back to 2010 would ...

DEN BOSCH, Netherlands (AP) — The opening day of the Solheim Cup started with smoke blowers and party music blasting out of a boisterous first tee just after dawn. It ended in late-evening silence on No. 18 as veteran European player Carlota Ciganda stood over a 12-foot putt to tie the match ...