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NHL postpones LA Kings' home game against Calgary due to wildfires while NFL, NBA monitor situation LOS ANGELES (AP) The NHL postponed the Los Angeles Kings home game against the Calgary Flames on Wednesday with several massive wildfires still burning across the greater Los Angeles area.

The Kings and Flames were scheduled to play Wednesday night at the Kings downtown arena.

The NBAs Los Angeles Lakers are scheduled to host the Charlotte Hornets in the same arena on Thursday night.

The NFL is also monitoring the potential impact of the fires on the two Los Angeles teams playoff preparations and the Rams wild-card postseason game against the Minnesota Vikings on Monday night at SoFi Stadium.

Vonn 10th fastest in practice for her first World Cup downhill in 6 years ST.

ANTON, Austria (AP) Ski great Lindsey Vonn has been 10th fastest in a training run in Austria for her first World Cup downhill race in six years.

Vonn completed the two-kilometer Karl Schranz course in St.

Anton 2.55 seconds behind Federica Brignone of Italy on Thursday.

She made her World Cup comeback three weeks ago in a super-G with a titanium knee at age 40.

Vonn was clocked at close to 109 kph (68 mph) on a fast section of the course where she won a downhill in December 2007.

A second practice is planned on Friday before the race on Saturday.

Doping clouds tennis talk at the Australian Open with Sinner and Swiatek facing scrutiny MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Doping is a topic that shadowed tennis in 2024 and is sure to be a talking point as the 2025 Grand Slam season gets going at the Australian Open.

Play starts at Melbourne Park on Sunday, which is Saturday in the United States.

Defending men's champion Jannik Sinner and No.

2 women's seed Iga Swiatek both failed drug tests last season.

Sinner was exonerated although the World Anti-Doping Agency has appealed that ruling and a final decision is not expected before next month.

Swiatek accepted a one-month ban that was partly served in the offseason.

Father and son Ashley and Tyler Young could face each other in the FA Cup Former England international Ashley Young could face his 18-year-old son Tyler when Everton hosts Peterborough in the third round of the FA Cup.

Young won the FA Cup in 2016 with Manchester United and has added league titles in England and Italy.

But he says the chance to share the field with his son would be bigger than any trophy hes lifted.

The 39-year-old Ashley Young says there will be no danger of split loyalties in the game on Thursday.

Midfielder Tyler has spent time at Arsenal, Queens Park Rangers and MK Dons before joining third division Peterborough last year.

Independent streak helped build Notre Dame into football's historic and now modern behemoth DANIA BEACH, Fla.

(AP) It was some combination of religion, a grudge involving Knute Rockne and a rival, and maybe the simple time-honored notion that some people just dont like Notre Dame.

Back in the 1920s, the Fighting Irish made what might have been their biggest push to join what would become the Big Ten but the athletic director at Michigan blocked it.

Ever since, Notre Dame has been an independent an exceedingly rare iconoclast in a college-football space that becomes more controlled by mega-conferences almost by the day.

Sinner, Djokovic in opposite halves at the Australian Open, Sabalenka vs Stephens in 1st round MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Defending champion Jannik Sinner and 10-time Australian Open winner Novak Djokovic have landed in opposite sides of the draw for the seasons first major, ruling out a replay of last years semifinal encounter.

Sinner upset Djokovic in the semifinals in Melbourne last year before coming back to beat Daniil Medvedev in the final for his first Grand Slam singles title.

Aryna Sabalenka will be attempting to win a third consecutive womens singles title at Melbourne Park, something last accomplished by Martina Hingis from 1997 to 1999.

Sabalenka drew a tough opening match against 2017 U.S.

Open champion Sloane Stephens.

Researchers confirm 'Music City Miracle' star Frank Wycheck had CTE Frank Wycheck, the NFL tight end best known for throwing the lateral that started the Music City Miracle and launched the Tennessee Titans run to the franchises lone Super Bowl appearance, had stage III chronic traumatic encelphalopathy when he died in December 2023 at his Chattanooga home.

His family announced the diagnosis Thursday.

Researchers at Boston University confirmed Wycheck had CTE stage III, with stage IV the most severe form of the disease.

Wycheck died at the age of 52 after apparently hitting his head in a fall at home.

He had made clear his wishes to work with experts for CTE research and on-going brain injury.

Johnny Gaudreau's number will be retired by the junior USHL's Dubuque Fighting Saints Johnny Gaudreau's jersey number will be retired by his junior hockey team at a ceremony this weekend honoring him and his late brother, Matthew.

The Dubuque Fighting Saints of the United States Hockey League will raise Gaudreau's No.

8 to the rafters on Saturday with the brothers' parents, sisters and Johnny's widow, Meredith, in attendance at the arena in eastern Iowa.

It's the first number retired in franchise history.

Gaudreau was the Saints' leading scorer during the season he played for them in 2010-11 and helped them win the Clark Cup as USHL champions.

Grayson Murray memories at Sony Open remind Woodland of the value of support HONOLULU (AP) Gary Woodland is among those thinking of Grayson Murray at the Sony Open.

Murray won the tournament last year and then took his own life some four months later after open struggles with anxiety and addiction.

Woodland knows all about anxiety.

He had brain surgery in September 2023 from a lesion that was causing unfounded fears of dying.

Woodland played with Murray in the final round of the PGA Championship and recalls a fan in tears calling out to Murray to thank him for his inspiration.

Woodland has had that happened.

It tells him the value of having support.

Inside the numbers of Cleveland's 129-122 win over Oklahoma City CLEVELAND (AP) The most-hyped game so far this season in the NBA didnt disappoint.

Cleveland beat Oklahoma City 129-122 on Wednesday night, with the Cavaliers now winners of 11 straight pushing the NBAs best record to 32-4 and snapping the Thunders 15-game winning streak.

It was the first time in NBA history that a team with a winning streak of at least 15 games faced a team with a streak of at least 10 straight wins..

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