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Going south is exactly what the Saints, Panthers, Falcons and Buccaneers have done this season.

The first regular-season college basketball poll did not look a whole lot different than The Associated Press preseason Top 25: A few teams swapped places, and the one that lost dropped out.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's next football coach will have a "track record of success on the offensive side of the ball."

MIAMI (AP) — A person familiar with the negotiations says Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton has agreed to terms with the team on a $325 million, 13-year contract. It's the most lucrative…

Kentucky remains No. 1 in the first Associated Press regular-season men's basketball poll released Monday.

TORONTO (AP) — A few months ago, Line Burns was driving to see a friend and stopped in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, where she used to live with her husband.

ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves have dealt outfielder Jason Heyward and reliever Jordan Walden to the St. Louis Cardinals for pitcher Shelby Miller and a minor-leaguer.

MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid says it has reached a sponsorship deal with American software giant Microsoft.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Now that the St. Louis Rams are figuring out how to keep from giving away games, the wins are starting to come a little more often.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Accompanied by two women, 9-year-old Felipe Angiono enters cautiously and asks: "Is this where the blind play tennis?"

Running back Melvin Gordon was named offensive player of the week and linebacker Joe Schobert the defensive player of the week.

BRAINERD, Minn. (AP) — The father of a 14-year-old Minnesota boy who collapsed while playing hockey says his son died from heart defects.

Green Bay has posted four straight laughers at home, which bodes well for a postseason run if they can secure home-field advantage

Aaron Rodgers passed for 341 yards and three touchdowns and Julius Peppers returned his second interception of the season for a score.

When you consider the opponent and the circumstances, it could be seen as the most dominating one-game individual performance in FBS history.

Now the focus shifts to finishing strong against the two biggest rivals.

GENEVA (AP) — Michael Garcia faces a difficult decision after FIFA, soccer's notoriously unaccountable world governing body, released a summary of his investigation into World Cup bidding that…

Melvin Gordon will have to wait until next month to learn if he's the third Heisman Trophy winner in Wisconsin's history.

When it comes to the NFL, the off-field developments are as intriguing as what happens on the field lately, and the latest example was the unannounced check-in on teams' medical staffs by Drug…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tom Brady has the New England offense operating at peak efficiency.