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Eagles are trading safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson to the Texans for guard Kenyon Green

The Philadelphia Eagles are trading safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson to the Houston Texans for guard Kenyon Green and a swap of draft picks, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The person, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because the moves can’t be official until Wednesday, the start of the new league year, said the Eagles are getting a fifth-round pick in 2026 and the Texans will receive a sixth-rounder next year. Gardner-Johnson was a key part of Philadelphia’s No. 1 ranked defense that helped the Eagles smother Patrick Mahomes in a 40-22 victory over the Chiefs in the Super Bowl. Green, who was the 15th overall pick in the 2022 draft, started ... Read More

QB Daniel Jones agrees to a 1-year, $14 million deal with the Colts

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts wanted someone to challenge quarterback Anthony Richardson for the starting job. They opted for Daniel Jones. The former New York Giants starter agreed Tuesday to a one-year, $14 million contract with the Colts, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press. The person, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because free agents can’t sign until Wednesday, said Jones’ deal is worth up to $17.7 million. Colts general manager Chris Ballard projected this sort of move was in the works when he told reporters at the NFL's annual scouting combine Indy would have an “open” competition for the job. “I think it’s good for the team, I think it’s good ... Read More

Saints add cornerback Justin Reid, AP source says, and agree to deal with tight end Juwan Johnson

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Saints and former Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Justin Reid have agreed to the terms of a three-year, free-agent contract worth about $31.5 million, a person familiar with the situation said. The Saints also signed tight end Juwan Johnson to a three-year, $30.75 million extension that could grow to $34.5 million with incentives, agent AJ Vaynerchuk said. The person who spoke to The Associated Press about Reid's contract did so on condition of anonymity because it has not been formalized or announced yet. Reid is a Louisiana native, former Stanford player and seven-year NFL veteran who spent his first four pro seasons with Houston and past three with Kansas City. Reid appeared in three ... Read More

Bills agree to sign edge rusher Joey Bosa to 1-year, $12.6 million contract, AP source says

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills turned to Joey Bosa to fill their pass-rush needs, agreeing with him on a one-year, $12.6 million contract, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Tuesday night. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the agreement won’t be official until the NFL’s new business year begins on Wednesday. ESPN.com first reported the deal. Bosa joins the Bills after the team cut Von Miller on Sunday to free up salary-cap space. Bosa was the NFL’s defensive rookie of the year after being selected by the Chargers with the No. 3 pick in the 2016 draft out of Ohio State. He played nine seasons with the franchise before ... Read More

Cowboys re-sign return ace Turpin, add pair of former 1st-round picks on defensive line

The Dallas Cowboys re-signed standout kick returner KaVontae Turpin on an $18 million, three-year contract Tuesday and are adding two former first-round picks on the defensive line in free agents Solomon Thomas and Payton Turner. Turpin returned a kickoff and a punt for touchdowns last season on his way to his first All-Pro nod. The Cowboys said on their website the deal could make Turpin the highest-paid special teams player in NFL history. He was set to become a restricted free agent. The 28-year-old Turpin joined the Cowboys in 2022 after making a splash in the USFL. The former TCU standout essentially made the team by returning a punt and a kickoff for touchdowns in the same preseason game as ... Read More

Crass or cool, awesome or eyesore: Big 12 Tournament’s logo’d court makes a statement either way

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark wanted the league's postseason tournament to reflect his idealized version of the league — young, hip, upscale and current — and that spilled like a bucket of paint onto the floor this week. Goodbye, clean and traditional hardwood. Welcome, a court emblazoned with hundreds of “XII” logos that stretch from baseline to baseline and result in a polarizing Louis Vuitton-like look to some fans and an abhorrent eyesore to others. “That court isn't about me. It's about our student-athletes,” Yormark said Tuesday, shortly before Cincinnati and Oklahoma State stepped onto it for the first game in the newly expanded 16-team Big 12 Tournament. “When I first got here," Yormark continued, ... Read More

Mitchell helps No. 13 seed Cincy cruise past No. 12 seed Oklahoma St 87-68 in Big 12 tourney opener

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Dillon Mitchell had 18 points and a career-high 15 rebounds, Day Day Thomas scored 21 points, and No. 13 seed Cincinnati cruised to an 87-68 victory over No. 12 seed Oklahoma State to open the Big 12 Tournament on Tuesday. Josh Reed added 19 points and Dan Skillings Jr. scored 13 on an array of high-flying dunks, sending the Bearcats (18-14) into the second round against fifth-seeded Iowa State on Wednesday. Cincinnati won 10 of its first 11 games and climbed as high as No. 14 in the AP Top 25 before struggling in conference play. The Bearcats lost their first four Big 12 games and endured another four-game skid in late January and early ... Read More

Memphis guard Haggerty and Tigers coach Hardaway headline American Athletic Conference honors

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Memphis sophomore guard PJ Haggerty was named the American Athletic Conference player of the year on Tuesday, when Penny Hardaway was tabbed as the top coach in a vote by his peers after the 16th-ranked Tigers won the league's regular-season title. The league also recognized the late Amir Abdur-Rahim as an honorary coach of the year. Abdur-Rahim, who led South Florida to the AAC's regular-season championship last year, died in October from complications while undergoing a medical procedure. A vote of the league's 13 head coaches determined the honors announced a day before the start of the postseason tournament in which Memphis (26-5, 16-2 AAC) is the top seed. Tigers forward Dain Dainja, a transfer from ... Read More

No. 16 seed Colorado perfect at foul line late, holds off No. 9 seed TCU 69-67 in Big 12 tourney

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Andrej Jakimovski had 18 points, Julian Hammond III added 16 and Colorado was perfect at the foul line in the final 20 seconds, allowing the 16th and last seed in the Big 12 Tournament to hold on for a 69-67 victory over No. 9 seed TCU on Tuesday. Hammond made a pair of foul shots for the Buffaloes (13-19) with 20 seconds left for a 67-65 lead, and after TCU answered with a goal-tending call at the other end, Javon Ruffin made two more free throws with 5.8 seconds left to put the game away. TCU (16-16) also lost to Colorado last Saturday in the teams' regular-season finale. The Buffaloes, who returned to the Big ... Read More

West Virginia’s Rodriguez bans TikTok dancing. He says videos erase ‘hard edge’ team should portray

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez, like all football coaches, wants his players to show up on time, work hard and play their best. Oh, and another thing: Don't dance on TikTok. “They're going to be on it, so I’m not banning them from it,” he said Monday. “I'm just banning them from dancing on it. It’s like, look, we try to have a hard edge or whatever, and you're in there in your tights dancing on TikTok ain’t quite the image of our program that I want.” Making TikTok dance videos is a popular activity among high school- and college-age users of the social media platform. Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter, Boise State star Ashton Jeanty ... Read More

Teams vying for No. 1 NCAA seeds stated their cases and now it’s up to selection committee to decide

UCLA, South Carolina, Texas and Southern California have all stated their cases for No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament with their stellar play this season. It would be surprising if they don't all end up on the 1-line Sunday night when the March Madness bracket is revealed by the selection committee. Where they are placed and who's the overall No. 1 seed is still up for debate. Unlike previous seasons, there's no dominant team that is the consensus choice. This NCAA Tournament is only the second one in the past 19 years to have no teams entering March Madness with zero or one loss. The other time was in 2022. More of the top teams went out and played ... Read More

Jabari Smith Jr. stars as the Rockets beat the Magic 97-84 for 3rd straight win

HOUSTON (AP) — Jabari Smith Jr. had 20 points and tied a career high with five 3-pointers, helping the Houston Rockets beat the Orlando Magic 97-84 on Monday night for their third consecutive victory. Alperen Sengun had 14 points and 14 rebounds for Houston, and Steven Adams finished with 11 points and 17 boards. Paolo Banchero led Orlando with 25 points. Franz Wagner had 15 points, and Wendell Carter Jr. grabbed 12 rebounds. The Magic closed to 65-58 on Wagner's layup with 5:04 left in the third quarter. But Jeff Green and Dillon Brooks made consecutive 3-pointers to make it 71-58 with 2:47 to go. Banchero made two free throws, but the Rockets scored the next four points. Aaron Holiday's ... Read More

With only 8 healthy players, Mavericks rally to defeat Spurs 133-129 to snap 5-game skid

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Spencer Dinwiddie scored 28 points, and the depleted Dallas Mavericks stopped a five-game slide by edging the San Antonio Spurs 133-129 on Monday night. Klay Thompson had 26 points for Dallas in its first win since Feb. 27. Naji Marshall scored 24 points, and Kessler Edwards finished with 22 points and 11 rebounds. San Antonio dropped its third consecutive game. Harrison Barnes scored 29 points for the Spurs, and Keldon Johnson had 28. Devin Vassell finished with 24 points. There were 12 players out with injury, including All-Stars Victor Wembanyama of San Antonio and Dallas' Kyrie Irving and Anthony Davis. The injury bug even hit the officiating crew, with Sean Wright departing in the first quarter ... Read More

Gilgeous-Alexander, Jokic play to a draw in back-to-back games between top MVP candidates

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokic, two of the favorites for the NBA's MVP award, showed why in a pair of exciting games on back-to-back days in Oklahoma City. Neither emerged as a clear favorite to claim the hardware. Jokic, a three-time winner, stuffed the stat sheet as usual. In a 127-103 loss to the Thunder on Sunday, he had 24 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists. On Monday, he appeared more determined and assertive, finishing with 35 points, 18 rebounds and eight assists in a 140-127 win that moved Denver into second place in the conference. “Some people use the line, ‘Some people are playing checkers and some are playing chess,’" Denver coach Michael Malone said. ... Read More

Texans agree on deals with rusher Darrell Taylor and receiver Braxton Berrios

Edge rusher Darrell Taylor and wide receiver Braxton Berrios have agreed to one-year contracts with the Houston Texans, two people with knowledge of the deals told The Associated Press on Monday. Both people spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the team hasn’t announced the deals. Taylor is getting $5.25 million and Berrios will receive $2 million. Taylor had 24 1/2 sacks in four seasons with Seattle and Chicago. He had a career-best 9 1/2 sacks for the Seahawks in 2022. The Texans added wideout Christian Kirk in a trade with Jacksonville last week. The deal won’t be official until the new league year begins Wednesday. Berrios, a return specialist, was limited to six games last year because ... Read More

Giants keeping WR Darius Slayton and agree to terms with CB Paulson Adebo, AP sources say

The New York Giants are re-signing veteran wide receiver Darius Slayton to a three-year contract worth $36 million, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. The move Monday came as the Giants also help shored up their defense by agreeing to terms on a three-year contract with cornerback Paulson Adebo, according to another person, and signing defensive tackle Roy Robertson-Harris. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team didn't announce terms for Slayton or the agreement with Adebo. The 28-year-old Slayton has been a consistent contributor on offense for the Giants since being a fifth-round pick out of Auburn in 2019. Slayton has 259 catches for 3,897 yards and 21 touchdowns in ... Read More

Commanders agree to sign DT Javon Kinlaw, acquire LT Laremy Tunsil from the Texans, AP source says

The Washington Commanders made two big splashes Monday in the opening hours of NFL free agency, agreeing to terms with defensive tackle Javon Kinlaw and acquiring standout offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil in a trade with the Houston Texans, a person with knowledge of the moves told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the deal with Kinlaw cannot become official until the start of the new league year on Wednesday and the trade for Tunsil had not been announced. The Commanders are sending 2025 third- and seventh- round picks and 2026 second- and fourth-round picks to Houston for the five-time Pro Bowl selection and a fourth-rounder this year, the person said. A second ... Read More

Saints retain Chase Young and add Davon Godchaux in moves aimed at shoring up their defensive line

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Saints and defensive end Chase Young have agreed to a three-year extension worth up to $57 million, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity on Monday night because the extension has not been announced. Young, who'll be 26 next season, is a former Ohio State star drafted second overall in 2020 by Washington. He appeared in all 17 games last season, his first with New Orleans, and had 5 1/2 sacks, eight tackles for loss, 21 quarterback hits and a forced fumble. Now he'll be part of a new defense under first-year coach Kellen Moore and recently hired defensive coordinator ... Read More

Cowboys focus on run game to start free agency with running back Williams, lineman Jones

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys focused on their running game at the start of free agency, agreeing to one-year contracts with former Denver running back Javonte Williams and former Miami offensive lineman Rob Jones on Monday. Dallas added Williams after reaching deals to bring back its own free agents in defensive back Markquese Bell and long snapper Trent Sieg. The contract for Jones worth up to $4.5 million was confirmed by his agent, Drew Rosenhaus. The addition of Williams, a 2021 second-round pick who had 2,394 yards and 11 touchdowns rushing in four seasons with the Broncos, raises doubts about the return of Rico Dowdle. The fifth-year player was the first undrafted Dallas back to rush for 1,000 ... Read More

College baseball notebook: Oregon, UCLA and Washington win inaugural Big Ten series on the road

Three of the four West Coast schools came out of their inaugural Big Ten series happy. Southern California, not so much. Oregon ran its win streak to 11 games with a road sweep of USC, which has lost five straight since it knocked off nationally ranked Vanderbilt. UCLA made the 2,300-mile trip to Maryland and won two of three. Washington went to Nebraska and also won two of three. Oregon's Mason Neville hit his eighth homer of the season on the second pitch of Friday's 7-2 victory over the Trojans and went deep again in Sunday's 5-3 win. UCLA, after losing 13-3 on the run rule Saturday, scored all of its runs in the second inning in an 11-5 win ... Read More

Several once-highly ranked teams enter conference tournament week in need of wins to make NCAA field

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — This was a time early in the season when Kansas seemed to be an insurmountable juggernaut, full of high-profile transfers such as Zeke Mayo and AJ Storr, All-American candidates such as Hunter Dickinson and veterans accustomed to winning. They were the preseason No. 1 in the AP Top 25. And for several weeks, the Jayhawks played like it. But things hardly went according to script the rest of the season. They lost to longtime rival Missouri in a non-conference game, and dropped rare home games to West Virginia, Houston and Texas Tech. They plummeted out of the Top 25 altogether, ending a run of 80 consecutive weeks in the poll, and tumbled down the Big 12 ... Read More

Teams vying for No. 1 NCAA seeds stated their cases and now its up to selection committee to decide

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