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LONDON (AP) — Two-time defending champion Novak Djokovic overcame a lapse of concentration to beat Kei Nishikori 6-1, 3-6, 6-0 and advance to a third straight final at the ATP Finals on Saturday.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Former Army Ranger Alejandro Villanueva has found a second career in the NFL.

LONDON (AP) — Kei Nishikori is confident he will build on a breakthrough season that saw him reach his first Grand Slam final.

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Tony Stewart moved slowly through the garage, still hobbled a bit by a lingering limp in his surgically repaired right leg.

LONDON (AP) — Two-time defending champion Novak Djokovic overcame a lapse of concentration to beat Kei Nishikori 6-1, 3-6, 6-0 and advance to a third straight final at the ATP Finals on Saturday.

TOKYO (AP) — Takahiro Norimoto combined with three relievers on a no-hitter, and Japan beat the Major League Baseball All-Stars 4-0 on Saturday to take a 3-0 lead in their five-game series.

Intentional or not, the back-loaded schedule should make for an interesting three-week strech.

BELEK, Turkey (AP) — Ian Poulter completed a second-round 66 Saturday to take a six-shot lead at the Turkish Airlines Open.

He has always had a distinctively boisterous approach to his craft, but questions really began swirl this week about his state of mind.

State Journal reporter Jim Polzin breaks down the matchups in Saturday's game.

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Sophomore forward Sydney McKibbon scored twice for the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team Friday, and all of her teammates scored once apiece.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Given Florida State's dip in the College Football Playoff rankings this week, there's a sense that the people who will choose the four teams to vie for the national …

While No. 1 Mississippi State and No. 4 Alabama meet in a monster matchup with playoff implications, elsewhere around the nation plenty of teams are trying to attain more modest goals.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — This Alabama-Mississippi State game is about current stars like Dak Prescott and Amari Cooper, not the number of stars once bestowed as recruits.

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Jeff Gordon did his best to shake off the disappointment over his elimination from the championship field by winning the pole for Sunday's season finale at Homestead-Mia…

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — When the checkered flag waves on Sunday's race, ESPN will wave goodbye to NASCAR.

BOSTON (AP) — Cleveland's third quarter was unacceptable to LeBron James. The fourth period was much better.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tim Duncan had 13 points and 11 rebounds, Cory Joseph scored eight of his 14 points in the fourth quarter and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Los Angeles Lakers 93-80 Friday …

LAKE FOREST, Ill. — No matter how bleak things look at the moment, Jared Allen insists he is not losing faith in the Chicago Bears.