Новости за 02.09.2016

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin and LSU are teams in transition in the trenches. The Badgers could start the season with four sophomores and a new left tackle up front on Saturday. The fifth-ranked Tigers will debut with two new tackles blocking for Heisman Trophy hopeful Leonard Fournette. There is no grace period this weekend when

NEW YORK — Offseason workouts, training camp and preseason games are supposed to supply answers for the 32 NFL teams. Sometimes, they do. More often, the questions remain when the real stuff kicks off. Here are some relatively unsolved dilemmas: STARTING QBS: Every team has one — yes, even the Broncos figured out who will

WASHINGTON — Addressing concerns about rising premiums and dwindling competition, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell asserted Thursday that the federal health law’s insurance markets clearly are sustainable. Willingness by Congress to help smooth out problems would definitely help, Burwell told reporters, but it is not absolutely essential. Congressional Republicans committed to repealing “Obamacare”

BARI, Italy — FIFA President Gianni Infantino said “football history” was made by a successful test of video replays in France’s 3-1 win over Italy in a friendly on Thursday. While the test was labeled offline, Infantino cited an instance where video was examined when Italy protested for a perceived handball by Layvin Kurzawa following

NEW ORLEANS — Singers Kelly Price and Estelle will join comedian and television host Steve Harvey, civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton and fitness expert Shaun T at the inaugural Essence Festival Durban in South Africa. Organizers on Thursday announced participants for the Nov. 8-13 event at the International Convention Center and the Moses Mabhida

ATLANTA — Freddie Freeman homered and the Atlanta Braves broke it open with a five-run fifth inning, beating the San Diego Padres 9-6 on Thursday to complete their first three-game sweep at Turner Field this season. One day after Minnesota dipped below Atlanta to the worst record in the majors, the Braves kept on winning

TRENTON, N.J. — An appeals court has upheld a ruling that a New Jersey county had the right to seize more than $800,000 from the operator of an NFL survivor pool. NJ.com (http://bit.ly/2bU7a3w ) reports the court ruled that Monmouth County prosecutors were acting within their authority when they seized cash found in the Parlin

BARI, Italy — Traditionally feared for its stalwart defense, Italy made three elementary errors to gift European runner-up France a 3-1 win in a friendly on Thursday. Defender Giorgio Chiellini was to blame for France’s opening two goals, and 17-year-old goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma failed to protect his near post to let in the third on

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands — Greece came from a goal down to beat the Netherlands 2-1 on Thursday and heap more pressure on beleaguered Dutch coach Danny Blind. It was the fifth straight home defeat for the Dutch, the first time that has happened since 1933, and underscored the depths the team has sunk to since being

CHICAGO — The Latest on reported spikes in shooting violence in Chicago (all times local): 5:15 p.m. Chicago police say a 10-year-old injured her arm as she fled from another instance of gun violence in the city. A department spokesman says police initially believed the girl was hit by gunfire in the Thursday afternoon shooting

DURHAM, N.C. — The Latest on a review of cases (all times local): 5:30 p.m. Advocates are tackling a massive review of convictions in a North Carolina county where one prosecutor was disbarred for misconduct in the Duke University lacrosse case and another was suspended for ethics violations. Durham County District Attorney Roger Echols said

NEW YORK — A New York state appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit by actress Lindsay Lohan (LOH’-un) that says the producers of “Grand Theft Auto” used a likeness of her in one of their video games. A panel of judges in the Manhattan Appellate Division ruled Thursday that Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. didn’t use

PORTO, Portugal — Nani seized the limelight in Cristiano Ronaldo’s absence with two goals as Portugal beat Gibraltar 5-0 in its first match as European champion on Thursday. The friendly in Porto was also Gibraltar’s first game since gaining membership of world football’s governing body, FIFA, in May ahead of qualifying for the 2018 World

It starts with the obvious: Oregon has a new quarterback this season in Dakota Prukop. But there’s lots of newness around the No. 24 Ducks, from a crew of assistant coaches to a redone defense and a high-tech sports performance center. Prukop will be the face of the new-look Oregon on Saturday when the team

NEW YORK — Mets second baseman Neil Walker will miss the rest of the season because of surgery for a herniated disk in his back, the latest in a series of severe injuries to strike the defending NL champions this year. Walker made the announcement Thursday before the wild-card contenders played Miami. “It just wasn’t

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The Latest on a shooting at an outlet mall in Atlantic City, New Jersey (all times local): 5 p.m. A clothing store company says the victim of a shooting at an Atlantic City outlet mall was their store manager. Zumiez chief executive Rick Brooks says the company is tremendously saddened by

Freshmen quarterbacks have shown they can play significant roles on national championship teams and there will be at least one under center — and maybe more — when the college football season kicks off this week. Florida State’s Jameis Winston stepped into the spotlight in 2013. He became the first freshman to win the Heisman