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Everyone seems to agree: Spitting on somebody else is just wrong.

But it keeps happening Inter Miamis Luis Suarez further damaged his reputation.

Jalen Carter of the Philadelphia Eagles cost himself the chance to play in a season-opening game.

Floridas Brendan Bett gave South Florida a 15-yard gift on its drive that decided its win over the Gators.

Their transgression: spitting.

In the span of seven days from last Sunday through this past Saturday, there were three high-profile spitting incidents all immediately and universally reviled, actions the likes of which teammates of the guilty parties couldnt even justify.

4 playoff teams, including both No.

1 seeds, had disappointing openers in the NFL's first week The NFLs two No.

1 seeds last season are off to 0-1 starts, and the Baltimore Ravens blew a 15-point fourth-quarter lead.

Let the overreactions begin.

The Detroit Lions were no contest for Jordan Love, Micah Parsons and the Green Bay Packers on Sunday.

They joined the Kansas City Chiefs, who opened with a loss to the Los Angeles Chargers in Brazil on Friday night.

The Ravens became the fourth 2024 division winner to lose in Week 1 when Josh Allen rallied the Buffalo Bills to a 41-40 victory.

The Houston Texans were the other, falling to the Los Angeles Rams 14-9.

The Texans, Bills, Lions, Chiefs and the rest of the teams have 16 more games to figure it out.

The Super Bowl wasnt won or lost in Week 1.

Carlos Alcaraz's US Open championship and No.

1 ranking arrive thanks to his variety NEW YORK (AP) Heres the thing about watching Carlos Alcaraz play tennis: He will hit shots no one else would dare try, make them, then crack a smile and rile up a crowd by cupping his right ear or shaking his fist.

And heres the thing about trying to beat Carlos Alcaraz: He is never quite the exact same player, from tournament to tournament, match to match, set to set, game to game, or even point to point, really.

Alcarazs ability to do a bit of everything helped him defeat Jannik Sinner 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 on Sunday for a second U.S.

Open championship and sixth major trophy overall.

Israel soccer coach 'standing behind my country' amid calls for squad to be suspended DEBRECEN, Hungary (AP) The coach of Israels national soccer team says he is standing behind my country amid calls for the squad to be suspended from international competition because of the war in Gaza.

He adds that we are in a very complicated situation.

Israel hosts Italy in neutral Hungary in a World Cup qualifier Monday and the Italian Soccer Coaches Association said last month that it had written a formal letter calling for Israel to be suspended.

Israel routed Moldova 4-0 on Friday and sits second in Group I behind Norway.

Group winners qualify automatically while the second-place finishers will enter the playoffs.

The only World Cup Israel has qualified for was the 1970 tournament.

NBA player's sister fatally shot at New Jersey apartment complex, her boyfriend charged with murder JACKSON, N.J.

(AP) The sister of Minnesota Timberwolves player Naz Reid was fatally shot at a New Jersey apartment complex by her boyfriend.

Twenty-nine-year-old Shaquille Green has been charged with murder.

Ocean County prosecutors say Jackson police went to the Paragon apartment complex around 11 a.m.

Saturday, after receiving reports of shots fired.

They soon found 28-year-old Toraya Reid unresponsive.

Officers also saw Green running down a nearby road, and he was soon taken into custody without incident.

Prosecutors say Toraya Reid and Green had been in a dating relationship but did not provide further details.

They didn't know whether Green had retained an attorney.

Unrivaled women's basketball league now valued at $340M million after landing more celebrity funding Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart's 3-on-3 women's basketball league, Unrivaled, has gained significant investment from big names in sports.

On Monday, the league announced a valuation of $340 million after closing its Series B investment round led by Bessemer Venture Partners.

Investors include Serena Williams venture capital firm, Trae Young, and others.

Unrivaled, founded in 2023, offers top players a U.S.

offseason option while boosting their WNBA incomes.

The league's first season ended in March with high viewership and sold-out games.

Unrivaled plans to start its second season in January 2026.

Ravens' stunning collapse: Baltimore blows 15-point lead in final 4 minutes in 41-40 loss to Bills ORCHARD PARK, N.Y.

(AP) Quarterback Lamar Jackson regrets losing his cool by shoving a Bills fan during a touchdown celebration.

Running back Derrick Henry feels worse for losing a fumble that led to the Ravens' collapse.

Baltimore squandered a 15-point lead in the final four minutes, losing its season-opener 41-40 to the Buffalo Bills.

Henry, who rushed for 169 yards and scored two touchdowns, took responsibility for the loss.

Jackson, productive in his showdown with Josh Allen, expressed regret over the altercation with a fan in the endzone.

The Ravens became the first team to lose when scoring 40 or more points and leading by at least 15 points in the fourth quarter.

AP Top 25 Extra Points: No.

9 Illinois rides 6-game win streak to its 1st top-10 ranking since 2001 These are heady times at Illinois.

The Illini are enjoying their most successful run of football in over two decades.

The No.

9 Illini entered the top 10 of The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday for the first time since 2001.

The 20 weeks theyve been ranked since Bret Bielema took over in 2021 are the most over a five-season stretch since the John Mackovic-Lou Tepper eras of the late 1980s and early 90s.

Theyre on a six-game win streak heading into Saturdays home game against Western Michigan.

Toyotas turning heads with speed in NASCAR playoffs.

'They're ridiculously fast,' Joey Logano says Punctuated by its 200th victory in the NASCAR Cup Series, Toyota is proving to have strong contenders for the 2025 championship.

Camrys have swept the top two spots in the first two races of the Cup Series playoffs and left defending series champion Joey Logano marveling at their speed.

With Gateway similar in size and shape to the championship race at Phoenix Raceway, Denny Hamlins win at the track near St.

Louis is fostering hope that Toyota can end a six-year title drought this season.

Precision and power: Boston's Aroldis Chapman still dominating at 37 PHOENIX (AP) Aroldis Chapman has a reputation as a power pitcher, built through 16 years of routinely popping 100 mph on the radar gun.

As Boston Red Sox closer has gotten older, the 37-year-old added craftiness to the power, baffling hitters by locating sliders and splitters that leave them flailing.

The combination led to a rare four-strikeout game against the Arizona Diamondbacks and one of the most dominating runs by a reliever in baseball history.

Chapman joined elite company with his four strikeouts in the ninth inning against Arizona after Ildemaro Vargas reached on a wild pitch.

The left-hander has not allowed a hit in 17 straight appearances over 14 2/3 innings, the third-longest run since 1901..

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