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NFL coaching moves: Mayo, Pederson are out of a job while Giants elect to keep Daboll New Englands Jerod Mayo and Jacksonvilles Doug Pederson are two NFL coaches out of a job while New York Giants coach Brian Daboll is among those who look like they will be back next fall.

Its the day after the NFLs regular season, which usually means a tough day for coaches as underachieving teams move quickly to make changes.

Mayo was fired on Sunday after the teams win over the Buffalo Bills, ending his tenure after just one season and a 4-13 record.

The move means the Patriots will embark on another rebuild as the team tries to build an identity following the Bill Belichick-Tom Brady era.

Pederson is out as Jacksonvilles head coach after the franchise won just four games.

Patriots owner Robert Kraft says he put Jerod Mayo in 'untenable situation,' vows to correct course FOXBOROUGH, Mass.

(AP) When Robert Kraft hired Jerod Mayo a year ago, he felt hed identified the right person to follow Bill Belichick.

In hindsight, Kraft now believes Mayo wasnt quite ready to be an NFL head coach.

The Patriots team owner said that his abrupt firing of Mayo just minutes after he completed his first season in the job is an effort to correct that mistake.

And after watching back-to-back dismals seasons for a franchise that won six Lombardi trophies over the past two-plus decades, the 83-year-old owner vowed to do what he can to see it return to a championship level.

That will include a fast coaching search, but not changes in the front office, with Kraft confirming executive vice president of player personnel Eliot Wolf will return.

Tough, old school defense a calling card for all four teams left in the national championship hunt AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Smothering defenses have carried the last four teams still in the hunt for the national championship.

If you want offense, look elsewhere this weekend.

The defenses, with All-Americans spread throughout the lineups, are the story of the semifinals.

Ohio State, Texas Penn State and Notre Dame all rank in top eight nationally in total defense.

The Buckeyes and Longhorns meet in the Cotton Bowl on Friday.

The Nittany Lions and Fighting Irish play in the Orange Bowl on Saturday.

Jimmy Butler wants to leave the Heat.

Pat Riley has been in this spot many times before MIAMI (AP) Pat Riley turns 80 in a couple of months.

The Miami Heat president has not revealed any retirement timetable.

He still wears impeccable suits, shakes hands with as firm of a grip as anyone, knows all eyes are on him when he walks into just about any room.

Hes not stopping.

Or changing.

Jimmy Butlers looming breakup with the Heat Miami didnt give him an extension, Butler wants a trade, the franchise suspended him for seven games for conduct detrimental to the team is not the first time that a superstar has been in Miami but had his time with Riley's team come to an unceremonious end.

Scottie Scheffler withdraws from next tournament.

Pebble Beach still on his schedule DALLAS (AP) Scottie Scheffler will be skipping another tournament to let his injured right hand heal.

Scheffler punctured his hand with broken glass while preparing Christmas dinner.

That forced the world's No.

1 player to sit out the season opener at Kapalua in The Sentry.

Now he says he has withdrawn from The American Express in the California desert that starts next week.

Scheffler says his hand needs more time to heal from minor surgery.

He says he hopes to be able to start his season at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am that starts on Jan.

30.

Castroneves to attempt to qualify for Daytona 500, would be NASCAR debut for 4-time Indy 500 winner CHARLOTTE, N.C.

(AP) Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves will attempt to make his NASCAR debut in next months Daytona 500 with Trackhouse Racing.

Castroneves is one of the most popular drivers in IndyCar history.

He has been trying for two years to get a Daytona 500 seat and finally landed one Monday as part of Trackhouses Project 91 designed to give renowned racers from outside of NASCAR a shot in a stock car.

Castroneves will need to qualify for the Feb.

16 race with either a fast time in time trials, or, race his way in via a qualifying race.

If Castroneves won the Daytona 500, he would join Foyt and Mario Andretti as the only drivers to win both the Daytona 500 and Indianapolis 500.

Sheel Seidler, wife of late Padres owner Peter Seidler, sues brother-in-laws for control of the team Sheel Seidler, the wife of late San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler, has sued two of her brother-in-laws in an attempt to prevent a third Seidler brother from taking control of the team rather than her.

The suit comes Monday at a time when the Padres are among the teams recruiting Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki.

In a petition filed in Travis County Probate Court in Austin, Texas, Sheel Seidler sued Matthew, who became executor of Peter Seidlers estate last year, and Robert, the prior executor.

She claimed fiduciary breaches of trust, fraud, conversion and egregious acts of self-dealing.

Novak Djokovic says he still feels 'trauma' when he travels to Australia because of his deportation Novak Djokovic says he still feels a bit of trauma when he travels to Australia.

He says that stems from his deportation from the country in 2022 because he was not vaccinated against COVID-19.

Djokovic says in an interview with Melbournes Herald Sun newspaper published Monday that he worries that maybe he will be detained when he arrives in Australia.

Play in the Australian Open begins at Melbourne Park on Sunday, which is Saturday in the United States.

Djokovic has won 10 of his 24 Grand Slam titles at the Australian Open.

That includes in 2023.

He lost to Jannik Sinner in the semifinals a year ago.

Tennis star Naomi Osaka says she and rapper Cordae are no longer in a relationship MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Four-time Grand Slam tennis champion Naomi Osaka says she and her partner, rapper Cordae, are no longer in a relationship.

Osaka posted the news on social media Monday, less than a week before the Australian Open begins.

Osaka won that event in 2019 and 2021.

She also owns two titles from the U.S Open.

Osaka and Cordae became parents to a daughter in Los Angeles in July 2023.

Osaka returned to the tour at last years Australian Open after about 15 months off.

Osaka reached the final of a tournament in Auckland, New Zealand, last week but she stopped playing because of an injury.

Tennessee, nation's lone unbeaten, strengthens grip on No.

1; WVU, Michigan, Utah St enter AP Top 25 Tennessee picked up four more first-place votes and remains at No.

1 for the fifth consecutive week in the AP Top 25 college basketball poll.

The Vols are the only men's Division I team without a loss.

Tennessee received 45 of 60 first-place nods from the national media panel, while No.

2 Auburn received the other 15.

Iowa State, Duke and Alabama rounded out the top five.

West Virginia, Michigan and Utah State entered the poll at the expense of Cincinnati, Arkansas and Baylor..

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