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Ricciardo fired by Red Bull and will be immediately replaced by Lawson at sister-team RB 09/26/2024 12:00pm • Daniel Ricciardo, one of the most popular and likeable drivers on the Formula 1 grid, was released by Red Bull Racing on Thursday and will be replaced immediately by Liam Lawson. The 35-year-old Ricciardo knew at the Singapore Grand Prix it was likely his final F1 race — essentially confirmed when Philadelphia mayor reveals the new 76ers deal to build an arena downtown 09/26/2024 11:33am • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia's mayor has revealed the terms of the deal negotiated with the city's pro basketball team for a new $1.3 billion arena downtown. The agreement reached earlier this month calls for the Philadelphia 76ers to finance the entire project, with no city funding involved. No. 22 BYU and Baylor meet with both looking to move past drastically different Big 12 openers 09/26/2024 10:58am • WACO, Texas (AP) — BYU coach Kalani Sitake and Baylor's Dave Aranda had similar tasks this week coming off drastically different results going into another Big 12 game. Both have to make sure that their teams, who meet Saturday, move past what happened in their league openers. For the Bears (2-2, Syracuse looking to rebound from loss to Stanford in preparing to host FCS opponent, Holy Cross 09/26/2024 10:40am • Holy Cross (1-3) at Syracuse (2-1), Saturday, 12 p.m. ET (ACC Extra/ESPN+) BetMGM College Football Odds: Syracuse by 28 1/2. Series record: Syracuse leads 24-5. What's at stake? With the meat of its schedule approaching, Syracuse needs to shake off last week’s disheartening, last-second home loss Harrods apologizes to women who say they were abused by former owner Mohamed Al Fayed 09/26/2024 10:38am • LONDON (AP) — The managing director of Harrods said Thursday the London department store is “deeply sorry” for failing employees who say they were sexually assaulted by late owner Mohamed Al Fayed. Police, meanwhile, said that over almost two decades, 19 women had made sex crime allegations ag It'll be a Friday night ACC opener for No. 7 Miami and Virginia Tech 09/26/2024 10:15am • Virginia Tech (2-2, 0-0 ACC) at No. 7 Miami (4-0, 0-0), Friday, 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN) BetMGM College Football Odds: Miami by 19 1/2. Series record: Miami, 25-15. WHAT’S AT STAKE? It's the ACC opener for both teams, as they enter their 21st year in the conference. Miami has a chance to open 5-0 and p Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Sept. 27 - Oct. 3 09/26/2024 10:05am • Sept. 27 1894 — Aqueduct Race Track opens its doors. The building is torn down in 1955 and the new Aqueduct reopens on Sept. 14, 1959. 1947 — Armed, then the world’s leading money-winning thoroughbred, meets 1946 Kentucky Derby winner Assault in the first $100,000 winner-take-all match race, h Derrick Rose, a No. 1 overall pick in 2008 and the 2011 NBA MVP, announces retirement 09/26/2024 09:33am • Derrick Rose's last act as an NBA player came in the form of a letter to the game of basketball, addressing the highs and lows that he experienced over a 16-year pro career. And with that, his career ended on his terms. Rose, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft by his hometown Chicago Bulls Military juntas in 3 West African nations investigate a French journalist over jihadi analysis 09/26/2024 08:29am • NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Prosecutors in military junta-ruled Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso launched investigations on Wednesday against the French journalist and researcher Wassim Nasr into what they called his “apology of terrorism” and “complicity” in alleged terrorist acts, in the latest act Taliban who banned women from public spaces say no one faces discrimination in Afghanistan 09/26/2024 07:39am • KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban said Thursday it was absurd to accuse them of gender discrimination and other human rights violations, as four countries vow to hold Afghanistan’s rulers accountable under international law for their treatment of women and girls. Australia, Canada, Germany a No. 20 Oklahoma State heads to No. 23 K-State with Big 12 title game hopes already on the line 09/26/2024 06:10am • MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Oklahoma State and Kansas State have long considered themselves similar Big 12 programs. They are both land-grant schools, and their football teams have been built upon well-earned reputations for blue-collar toughness and physical play. Turns out their teams this season are Texas takes the No. 1 ranking into its SEC debut at home against Mississippi State 09/26/2024 06:10am • Texas is finally ready to play SEC football. Three years after announcing its move from the Big 12 to the Southeastern Conference, the No. 1 Longhorns open their first league schedule Saturday at home against Mississippi State. “It's here,” senior defensive back Jahdae Barron said. “It's goin MLB's expanded playoffs are keeping more fans engaged as the regular season hits the final stretch 09/26/2024 06:00am • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — J.J. Picollo sat in the Kansas City dugout on an unseasonably warm autumn afternoon, waiting for the Royals to play the Detroit Tigers in a matchup of AL Central rivals that few thought would be fighting for the postseason this year. Both had losing records last season, and Shorter games, more running, more action. Two years in, MLB's rule changes have provided a jolt 09/26/2024 06:00am • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Two years ago, it looked as if Major League Baseball was having an existential crisis. To many inside the game, it certainly felt like one as a sport built on its timelessness careened toward a future hellbent on speeding things up. Pitch clocks. Defensive shift bans. Bigger base Faster-paced MLB games being embraced by fans and players, no longer 'too much of a time commitment' 09/26/2024 06:00am • CHICAGO (AP) — On a cloudy, breezy day in September, Tate Conrad and his son, Miles, settled into their seats behind the home dugout at Wrigley Field. The New York Yankees — Tate Conrad's favorite team from when he was growing up in New York — were in town to play the Chicago Cubs. A pretty go