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Jets stunningly fire coach Robert Saleh after a 2-3 start and tab Jeff Ulbrich as interim Robert Saleh insisted no one was panicked about the New York Jets slow start.

A day later, he was out of a job.

Owner Woody Johnson made the stunning decision Tuesday to fire Saleh five games into his fourth season after the teams 2-3 start.

Johnson said in a statement he believed the Jets were not where they should be given their expectations.

Saleh was 20-36 as coach of the Jets.

His firing marks the first time in Johnsons 25-year tenure that a head coach has been fired during the season.

Defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich will serve as interim coach for the rest of the season.

Luis Tiant, the charismatic Cuban who pitched the Red Sox to the brink of a championship, dies at 83 BOSTON (AP) Luis Tiant has died at the age of 83.

The charismatic Cuban with a horseshoe mustache and mesmerizing windup pitched the Red Sox to the brink of a World Series championship and pitched himself to the doorstep of the Hall of Fame.

He was known as El Tiante.

Major League Baseball announced his death in a post on X on Tuesday.

The Red Sox confirmed that he died at his home in Maine.

Tiant's death comes one week after that of all-time baseball hits leader Pete Rose, whose Cincinnati Reds faced Tiants Red Sox in the 1975 World Series still considered one of the greatest matchups in baseball postseason history.

Hurricane Milton forces NHLs Lightning, other sports teams to alter game plans The NHLs Tampa Bay Lightning have left Florida ahead of Hurricane Milton to practice the rest of the week in the Raleigh area for their season opener at the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night.

Milton, currently a Category 4 hurricane, is projected to make landfall in the Tampa Bay area on Wednesday night.

The Lightnings home opener against Carolina is set for Saturday night and is on as scheduled for now.

The NFLs Buccaneers made a similar decision, deciding to travel early to New Orleans for their game against the Saints on Sunday.

Dodgers manager Roberts says it's 'bothersome' that Machado seemed to throw ball at him in dugout SAN DIEGO (AP) Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts says it was bothersome that a ball San Diego third baseman Manny Machado threw into the Dodgers dugout seemed intended for him during the Padres 10-2 win in Game 2 of their NL Division Series.

Tempers flared on the field and in the stands at Dodger Stadium on Sunday night.

The incident prompted Dodgers starter Jack Flaherty and Machado to exchange profanities as the Padres evened the series at 1-1 by hitting six home runs.

Two of them were by Fernando Tatis Jr., who was hit by a pitch by Flaherty, which also angered Machado.

US Ryder Cup captain Bradley says security will be watching if Bethpage Black crowd gets nasty U.S.

Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley wants the New York crowd to be loud and proud.

But he says security will be watching from inside the ropes if the notorious Long Island fans get a little over the top.

That's been a concern for the 2025 matches at the first truly public course to host a Ryder Cup in America.

Bradley and European captain Luke Donald staged a year-out news conference in Manhattan on Tuesday.

Donald says he expects a hostile crowd.

He says the Ryder Cup is supposed to be passionate.

He just hopes it doesn't affect the matches.

SEC, Big Ten leaders mulling future of fast-changing college sports The Big Ten and SEC already have the upper hand in college football.

At meetings this week, their leaders are setting the stage to exact even more control over the sports future.

Among the talking points when a task force made of members from the conferences meets in Nashville, Tennessee, are the future of the expanded college football playoff and a possible scheduling agreement between the two conferences that would indirectly make it harder for the rest of college football to compete for the 12 or possibly 14 spots available in the postseason.

Woman accusing Vince McMahon of sexual abuse asks WWE to waive confidentiality agreements A woman who accused former WWE chief Vince McMahon of sexual battery and trafficking in a lawsuit is now asking him and the wrestling company to waive nondisclosure agreements with other current and former employees and contractors.

Janel Grant sued WWE, McMahon and another company executive in January.

Her lawyer says the goal of the request made late Monday is to allow others to potentially come forward with similar accusations.

A spokesperson for McMahon declined to comment.

WWE and its parent companies did not immediately return messages.

McMahon denies Grant's allegations.

He resigned as chairman of WWEs parent company a day after the suit was filed.

Buzz in the Beehive State as Black Desert Resort welcomes PGA Tour back to Utah: Analysis There's a buzz in the Beehive State as the PGA Tour returns to Utah for the first time in 61 years with the Black Desert Championship.

Most of that buzz is for the golf course.

Black Desert Resort was carved out of ancient black lava with a backdrop of red rock mountains.

It's the last championship course Tom Weiskopf designed before he died in 2022.

His partner Phil Smith finished it.

The man behind the $2 billion project is Patrick Manning.

He saw the property 20 years ago and was so amazed he left the Florida keys for southeastern Utah.

For the Panthers, the day the Stanley Cup was won was somehow normal and marked by confidence SUNRISE, Fla.

(AP) What happened on the ice on the night of June 24 was something that the Florida Panthers will never forget.

They beat Edmonton 2-1 in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final to win the title for the first time.

It was a game like none other in Panthers history, where the franchise was not only playing in the ultimate game for a title but was trying to fend off what would have been a historical collapse after winning the first three games of the title series and losing the next three.

June 24 should have been nerve-wracking.

The Panthers say it was not.

Deadspin loses bid to toss defamation suit over article accusing young Chiefs fan of racism DOVER, Del.

(AP) A Delaware judge has refused to dismiss a defamation lawsuit against sports website Deadspin over an article accusing a 9-year-old NFL fan and his family of racism because of his game-day attire.

The lawsuit was filed by California residents Raul and Shannon Armenta on behalf of themselves and their son, Holden, who attended a game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Las Vegas Raiders last November.

The boy, whose family is Native American, wore a Chiefs jersey, with his face painted half-red and half-black, and a costume Native American headdress.

Deadspin published an article the next day stating that the boy had found a way to hate black people and the Native American at the same time..

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