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MADISON -- Nebraska running back Ameer Abdullah’s text message to Melvin Gordon on Monday morning wasn’t anything out of the ordinary.

If Minnesota wins the Big Ten's West Division, the Golden Gophers will have done it the hard way.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis will miss the remainder of the season and require surgery for a strained muscle in his left big toe.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Seven-footer Frank Kaminsky's inside-out game won't take opponents by surprise this year. Getting named a preseason All-American kind of takes away any element of surprise…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville quarterback Will Gardner is out for the rest of the season after injuring his left knee during Saturday's 38-19 victory at Boston College.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan freshman who survived two plane crashes that killed his parents and siblings scored the first point of his college career in the Wolverines' 86-43 exhibition…

Geno Auriemma is beginning his 30th season in charge of Connecticut and doesn't plan on retiring anytime soon.

SHANGHAI (AP) — The graceful movement was enough to get the full attention of Adam Scott, who knows a good golf swing when he sees one.

She grew up wanting to play basketball, first in high school, then at the college level before becoming lukewarm to the sport as she reached her junior year.

Julia Krass didn't listen to her ski coaches when they told her to give up soccer and concentrate on her Olympic career full-time. Now, the 17-year-old high school senior is celebrating a state title.

MIAMI (AP) — Pat Riley celebrates Veterans Day more than once a year.

NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees manager Joe Girardi won't know until March what to expect of Alex Rodriguez in 2015.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A person with knowledge of the injury says San Francisco 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis will miss the remainder of the season and require surgery for a strained left big toe.

LONDON (AP) — For a player described as a spent force a year ago, Roger Federer is proving he still has it.

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar's sports minister says the 2022 World Cup will set a benchmark of excellence that will be "almost impossible to beat" and promised in an exclusive interview with The A…

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — With FIFA taking a 2022 summer World Cup off the table, Qatar's tournament head now agrees that a winter tournament would be ideal.

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar's sports minister says the 2022 World Cup will set a benchmark of excellence that will be "almost impossible to beat" and promised in an exclusive interview with The A…

LONDON (AP) — Roger Federer made the most of Kei Nishikori's erratic play Tuesday to secure a 6-3, 6-2 victory and move closer to a semifinal spot at the ATP Finals.

LONDON (AP) — Roger Federer made the most of Kei Nishikori's erratic play Tuesday to secure a 6-3, 6-2 victory and move closer to a semifinal spot at the ATP Finals.

LONDON (AP) — Roger Federer made the most of Kei Nishikori's erratic play Tuesday to secure a 6-3, 6-2 victory and move closer to a semifinal spot at the ATP Finals.