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Brooks Koepka is back on the PGA Tour because it's better than leaving him off 01/13/2026 10:10am • HONOLULU (AP) — Brooks Koepka is back on the PGA Tour, a decision that should have surprised no one. Brian Rolapp, only five months into his role as CEO of PGA Tour Enterprises, faced what he called a “unique situation." Koepka wanted to return after four years on LIV Golf, where he pulled in mo Horschel missed out on the top 50 in the world. He's betting on himself to still reach the Masters 01/13/2026 09:32am • HONOLULU (AP) — Billy Horschel returned from five months away for hip surgery wanting to play three times to see how his hip and his game felt. His final stop was the Bank of Utah Championship the last week in October, a tie for 11th that kept him at No. 40 in the world. He knew it was going to be PGA Tour starts a week late in Hawaii. McIlroy starts his 2026 in Dubai 01/13/2026 09:14am • PGA Tour SONY OPEN Site: Honolulu. Course: Waialae CC. Yardage: 7,044. Par: 70. Prize money: $9.1 million. Winner's share: $1.638 million. Television: Thursday-Sunday, 7-10 p.m. (Golf Channel). Defending champion: Nick Taylor. FedEx Cup champion: Tommy Fleetwood. Last tournament: Sami Valimaki won t How will climate change reshape the Winter Olympics? The list of possible host sites is shrinking 01/13/2026 07:28am • Belgian biathlete Maya Cloetens can’t help but think about the future of winter sports as she trains for next month's Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina, Italy. Evidence of climate change is all around her in the mountains above Grenoble, France, where the 24-year-old fell in love with the sport t Tottenham midfielder Bentancur has hamstring surgery in worry for Uruguay ahead of World Cup 01/13/2026 07:21am • LONDON (AP) — Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur has undergone surgery on his right hamstring, in a potential concern for Uruguay five months out from the World Cup. Bentancur sustained the injury in the 3-2 loss at Bournemouth in the Premier League last week, Tottenham said Tuesday. The Engli Seton Hall's series of comebacks has the Pirates back in the AP Top 25 to enter the week 01/13/2026 05:55am • Seton Hall hasn't made things easy in returning to The Associated Press men's college basketball poll for the first time in four years The Pirates jumped into Monday's latest poll at No. 25, marking the program's first appearance in the rankings since sitting at No. 20 almost exactly four years earl Hong Kong court moves closer to sentencing activist Jimmy Lai after hearing lighter penalty pleas 01/13/2026 05:14am • HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court heard sentencing arguments Tuesday for former publisher Jimmy Lai's co-defendants as it moved closer to sentencing the prominent democracy advocate whose conviction under a national security law could land him in prison for life. The jail term's potential length Two more Russian athletes approved for Milan Cortina Olympics with neutral status 01/13/2026 03:31am • LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Two more Russian athletes were approved by the International Olympic Committee to compete at the Milan Cortina Winter Games next month with neutral status. The total is now five athletes with Russian passports and one from Belarus confirmed by the IOC as eligible for t Mike Tomlin and the Steelers face familiar questions after their latest early playoff exit 01/13/2026 01:25am • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin and the Pittsburgh Steelers found themselves in a familiar spot. Monday night's wild-card playoff game against Houston was close through three quarters, but Sheldon Rankins’ 33-yard fumble return for a touchdown allowed the Texans and their top-ranked defense to bre Kraken rally from 2 goals down and beat Rangers 4-2 01/13/2026 01:08am • NEW YORK (AP) — Shane Wright scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period, and the Seattle Kraken rallied from two goals down and beat the New York Rangers 4-2 on Monday night. Eeli Tolvanen, Jordan Eberle and Jared McCann also scored for the Kraken, and Philipp Grubauer had 19 saves. Seattle w Texans stifle Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers 30-6 for franchise's 1st road playoff win 01/13/2026 12:44am • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sheldon Rankins is well-versed in the Houston Texans' nondescript playoff history. The veteran defensive tackle is hell-bent on writing a different ending this time. And he's hardly alone. The NFL's best defense is eager to prove it's a unit capable of winning a championship. No. 1 Indiana, No. 10 Miami should be near full strength for national championship game 01/13/2026 12:22am • No. 10 Miami needs everything at its disposal to slow down top-seeded Indiana's high-scoring offense in next week's College Football Playoff championship. The good news is that the Hurricanes' defense should be at, or near, full strength. Coach Mario Cristobal told reporters Monday he expects defens Machado seeks Pope Leo’s support for Venezuela's transition during Vatican meeting 01/13/2026 12:06am • ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV met with Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado in a private audience at the Vatican on Monday, during which the Venezuelan leader asked him to intercede for the release of hundreds of political prisoners held in the Latin American Blackhawks forward Connor Bedard misses loss to Oilers because of an illness 01/12/2026 11:57pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Blackhawks forward Connor Bedard missed Monday night's 4-1 loss to Edmonton because of an illness. The Blackhawks have been hit hard by a stomach bug going around their locker room. While Bedard was scratched against the Oilers, goaltender Spencer Knight and defenseman Louis As Canada tries to reduce its dependence on the US, its leader will visit China to rebuild ties 01/12/2026 11:49pm • BEIJING (AP) — A leader of Canada is visiting China this week for the first time in nearly a decade, a bid to rebuild the country's fractured relations with the world's second-largest economy — and reduce Canada's dependence on the United States. The push by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney,