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Raiders fire coach Antonio Pierce after he goes 4-13 in lone full season HENDERSON, Nev.

(AP) The Las Vegas Raiders have fired Antonio Pierce after just one season as their full-time coach.

It's the latest in a line of coaching changes for the Raiders over the past several years.

Pierce took over as the interim coach midway through the 2023 season and went 5-4 the rest of the way.

That earned strong player support for him to get the job on a full-time basis.

But the Raiders went on a 10-game losing streak this season to put his job in jeopardy.

Minority owner Tom Brady is expected to have a role in the Raiders' coaching search.

Justin Verlander and the Giants agree to a $15 million, 1-year contract, AP source says SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Justin Verlander and the San Francisco Giants have agreed to a $15 million, one-year contract, according to a person with direct knowledge of the negotiations.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal was pending a physical.

Its the latest big move by new Giants President of Baseball Operations Buster Posey since he was hired in September.

San Francisco also signed free agent shortstop Willy Adames to a $182 million, seven-year contract in December.

This will be the 20th major league season for Verlander, a three-time AL Cy Young Award winner who turns 42 next month.

The right-hander went 5-6 with a 5.48 ERA in 17 starts for Houston last year.

Indoor golf league created by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy has a loud, swift debut match PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.

(AP) Ludvig Aberg will be the answer to a trivia question: He made the first birdie in TGL history.

And with that, the indoor golf competition that Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy had envisioned for years was finally underway.

TGL had its debut match Tuesday night, with Rickie Fowler, Matt Fitzpatrick and Xander Schauffele of New York Golf Club taking on Shane Lowry, Wyndham Clark and Aberg of The Bay Golf Club in the opener.

Lowry struck the first shot at 9:15 p.m.

Four minutes later, the first hole in TGL history was complete when Aberg rolled in a 9-footer for the first point in league history.

The Bay went on to beat New York 9-2.

'This is good for us': No.

1 Tennessee falls by 30 to No.

8 Florida, becoming last unbeaten to lose GAINESVILLE, Fla.

(AP) Tennessee coach Rick Barnes believes losing at Florida will be good for his team.

At least in the long run.

The top-ranked Volunteers became the last Division I team to lose this season, getting thumped 73-43 at No.

8 Florida.

This one was over shortly after it tipped.

Tennessee missed its first nine shots, trailed by double digits a few minutes later and never recovered.

The Volunteers got bullied in the paint, outmuscled on the boards and beaten up and down the court.

The result was the most lopsided victory against a No.

1 team since UCLA and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, then known as Lew Alcindor, beat Houston 101-69 in the 1968 Final Four.

Lakers coach JJ Redick says his family evacuated and people are 'freaking out' due to LA wildfires DALLAS (AP) Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick says members of his family were among those in Southern California forced to evacuate their homes due to a wildfire that was being whipped by strong winds around Los Angeles.

The fire swept through a Los Angeles hillside where Redick lives alongside other celebrities, burning homes in Pacific Palisades and prompting evacuation orders for tens of thousands.

Before the Lakers took on the Mavericks in Dallas, Redick acknowledged the gravity of the situation affecting his family and neighbors.

He says a lot of people are freaking out.

Trae Young's 49-foot buzzer-beater lifts Hawks to a 124-121 win over the Jazz SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Trae Young hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer from beyond the halfcourt line to give the Atlanta Hawks a 124-121 victory over the Utah Jazz.

Young took an inbounds pass, dribbled to just short of halfcourt and hit the 49-foot winner as time expired while being loosely guarded by Collin Sexton, who had seemingly forced overtime with a tying 3-pointer with four seconds remaining.

Young finished with 24 points and 20 assists.

Lauri Markkanen made a season-high eight 3-pointers and scored a season-best 35 points for Utah.

Sexton added 24 points and Walker Kessler finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds.

Jets interview Rex Ryan, who led franchise to its last playoff appearance, for head coaching job Rex Ryan has returned to the New York Jets for an interview.

The former Jets coach and current ESPN analyst, who led the franchise to its last playoff appearance in the 2010 season, met with the team Tuesday about its head coaching vacancy.

Ryan went 50-52, including 4-2 in the playoffs, in six years with the Jets before being fired after the 2014 season.

He openly has lobbied for the job during his recent TV appearances and said Monday on ESPN New York radio that hes the perfect candidate and he expected to be hired.

Dolphins GM Chris Grier: Tyreek Hill 'never asked for a trade with me' MIAMI GARDENS, Fla.

(AP) The Miami Dolphins dont appear to have any immediate plans to trade Tyreek Hill.

General manager Chris Grier and coach Mike McDaniel both had conversations with Hill on Monday, a day after the star receiver indicated he might want out of Miami following a loss to the New York Jets, which punctuated a losing season in which the Dolphins missed the playoffs.

Grier said Hill did not retract his postgame statements in which the receiver said he was opening the door to potentially leave Miami, but Hill did not request a trade.

Ready for takeoff: Duke star Cooper Flagg puts highlight-dunk signature on Pittsburgh win DURHAM, N.C.

(AP) Duke star freshman Cooper Flagg had a highlight-reel moment with a coast-to-coast dunk while being fouled Tuesday against Pittsburgh.

Flagg's dunk over 7-footer Guillermo Diaz Graham came early in the second half.

The 18-year-old preseason Associated Press All-American had 14 of his 19 points after halftime in the 76-47 win.

Flagg said his mind kind of went blank" as he charged toward the paint.

The play had Duke coach Jon Scheyer thinking back to former Duke one-and-done star Zion Williamson.

And the play offered another glimpse of Flagg's tantalizing potential as a potential No.

1 overall NBA draft pick.

Black coaches have shot at college football title a generation after that milestone was hit in hoops FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.

(AP) In college basketball, the scene of an African-American coach cutting down nets to celebrate a national title is nothing new.

John Thompson led Georgetown to the championship in 1984.

College football is behind that curve by 41 years and counting, with a chance to finally reach that milestone this year.

The winning coach of Thursdays national semifinal in the Orange Bowl either Penn States James Franklin or Notre Dames Marcus Freeman will have a chance to become the first Black coach to win a national title at college footballs highest level..

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