CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Malik Thomas scored 16 points, Thijs De Ridder added 15 and No. 10 Virginia defeated N.C. State for the third time this season, 81-74 on Thursday in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament quarterfinals. Coach Ryan Odom earned the win on the same floor where he led ...

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer Geno Smith walked out of the New York Jets' facility for the final time after the 2016 season feeling as though he left behind unfinished business. A long, winding and sometimes strange NFL journey for the now 35-year-old quarterback has him ...

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Edge rusher Bradley Chubb faced the Bills enough during his three-plus seasons in Miami to have several reasons to want to sign with Buffalo. The team has been a consistent winner. And it has Josh Allen. "I'm trying to win. I'm ...

By CHARLIE GOLDSMITH Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Coming off a 6-11 season, the Cincinnati Bengals targeted two proven winners in free agency and rewarded another who was already in the building. The Bengals announced Thursday that left offensive tackle Orlando Brown Jr. had ...

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nate Ament warmed up and started for No. 25 Tennessee on Thursday after missing two games and about two weeks of practice, sidelined by a sprained right ankle. Nobody watched the clock on how many minutes Ament played. Coach ...

NEW YORK (AP) — If John Harbaugh were coaching a Pop Warner football team, fullback Patrick Ricard told him he'd want to be involved in some way, even if that meant being the water boy. Harbaugh coaches the New York Giants now, so following him there was much easier. Ricard is one of at ...