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Amari Cooper has franchise-record 265 yards receiving to lead Browns to 36-22 win over Texans 12/24/2023 06:16pm • HOUSTON (AP) — After Amari Cooper grabbed a 53-yard reception on the game's first play Sunday, the Cleveland Browns star thought he'd be in for a big day. It turned out to be the biggest day for a receiver in team history. Cooper set a franchise record with 265 yards receiving and scored two touch Jordan Love, Packers survive rally by Panthers, win 33-30 to keep playoff hopes alive 12/24/2023 05:59pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — It's still early, but Jordan Love is beginning to show the poise and big-play capability that seem to be prerequisites for a Green Bay Packers quarterback. The first-year starter turned in an effort reminiscent of Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers on Sunday, helping the Packers Mike Nussbaum, prolific Chicago stage actor with film roles including 'Field of Dreams,' dies at 99 12/24/2023 04:09pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Mike Nussbaum, reputed as the oldest professional actor in America with a prolific stage career and roles in films including “Field of Dreams” and “Men in Black,” has died. He was 99. He died of old age at his Chicago home on Saturday, just days before his 100th birthday, Bills show they've learned from past mistakes to improve playoff hopes by beating Chargers 12/24/2023 03:58pm • ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Question the Buffalo Bills for nearly losing to the fading, in-transition Los Angeles Chargers. What can also be true is this being the type of slow-starting, turnover-filled outing the Bills would have lost two months ago. That Buffalo found a way in pulling out a final- NFL MVP could be on the line when Brock Purdy's 49ers host Lamar Jackson and the Ravens 12/24/2023 01:11pm • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — If a December matchup between the top two teams in the NFL didn't provide high enough stakes, the NFL MVP could be decided Monday night when the San Francisco 49ers host the Baltimore Ravens. Niners quarterback Brock Purdy comes into the game as the favorite to win the a A school reunion for Albert Brooks and Rob Reiner 12/24/2023 10:06am • ▶ Watch Video: Rob Reiner and Albert Brooks Sixty years ago Rob Reiner and Albert Brooks met at Beverly Hills High School in a drama class. Recently they returned. "This is the first time both of us have been back since we graduated," said Reiner."Over a certai Ethan Vasko throws 3 TD passes, Coastal Carolina beats San Jose State 24-14 in Hawaii Bowl 12/24/2023 02:56am • HONOLULU (AP) — Ethan Vasko threw three touchdown passes and Coastal Carolina beat San Jose State 24-14 in the Hawaii Bowl on Saturday night for its second bowl victory. Vasko completed 20 of 33 passes for 199 yards and ran for 50 yards on 17 carries for the Chanticleers (8-5). The Spartans (7-6) Chargers start strong, show fight under interim coach Giff Smith before another heartbreaking loss 12/24/2023 01:06am • INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — When the Chargers recovered Buffalo's fumble on a punt return and punched it into the end zone four plays later to take a 10-0 lead early in the second quarter Saturday night, SoFi Stadium's large contingent of Buffalo snowbirds fell silent — and the often-outnumbered ho Decaying Pillsbury mill in Illinois that once churned flour into opportunity is now getting new life 12/24/2023 12:17am • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — It was the dog, stuck atop skyscraping grain silos on Springfield's northeast side in 2019, that forced Chris Richmond's hand. The stray had found its way to the top of the behemoth Pillsbury Mills, for decades a flour-churning engine of the central Illinois city's economy New York Mets hit with record luxury tax of nearly $101 million for season of fourth-place finish 12/23/2023 06:31pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets must pay a record luxury tax of nearly $101 million after a fourth-place finish in their division, among an unprecedented eight teams that owe the penalty for the 2023 season. Owner Steve Cohen's Mets finished with a tax payroll of $374.7 million, according to fig 2022 Luxury Tax Payrolls 12/23/2023 06:23pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Final 2023 payrolls for the 30 major league teams for purposes of the luxury tax, as defined by baseball's collective bargaining agreement and sent to clubs by the commissioner's office. Figures are for 40-man rosters and include the average annual values of contracts and $17,090,0 Duke holds off Troy 17-10 in Birmingham Bowl, a matchup of schools led by interim coaches 12/23/2023 05:51pm • BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A day before the Birmingham Bowl, Duke interim coach Trooper Taylor loaded his team on buses for a crack-of-dawn trip to Selma, Alabama. While most coaches ensure their team gets rest the day before a game, Taylor wanted his to retrace historic footsteps. A day later, Duke No. 25 Mississippi beats Southern Miss 89-72 for 12th straight win 12/23/2023 05:38pm • BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Matthew Murrell had a season-high 26 points and five assists, Jaylen Murray scored 21 points and unbeaten No. 25 Mississippi defeated Southern Miss 89-72 on Saturday at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum. The victory extended one of the nation’s longest winning streaks and wrapp New York governor vetoes bill that would ban noncompete agreements 12/23/2023 04:58pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's governor vetoed a bill days before Christmas that would have banned noncompete agreements, which restrict workers' ability to leave their job for a role with a rival business. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who said she tried to work with the Legislature on a “reasonable comp Tampa settles lawsuit with feds over parental leave for male workers 12/23/2023 04:29pm • TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The city of Tampa has reached an agreement with the federal government to resolve a discrimination lawsuit alleging that male workers didn't receive the same parental leave as female workers. Under the proposed settlement reached Thursday, Tampa will pay $300,000 and credit 240