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NFL teams trim rosters to 53

Quarterback Will Levis was waived by the Tennessee Titans on Sunday, while Odell Beckham Jr. made the New York Giants. More than 1,100 players were cut as NFL teams trimmed their rosters. A second-round pick in 2023 who started 21 games for the Titans, Levis was stuck behind Cam Ward and ...

Scheffler captures another FedEx Cup

ATLANTA — Scottie Scheffler's second FedEx Cup title, and his 22nd victory on the PGA Tour during this astonishing five-year run, was different from all the others, even if looked all too familiar. Scheffler celebrated with a beer. He had just closed with a 4-under 66 in the Tour ...

A tale of our town — and yours

WASHINGTON -- The city takes a deep breath after the president's IndyCar auto races came and went without crashing a precious Smithsonian artwork, and before Congress returns. Cicadas and tennis balls make background music. Thank god we didn't lose a Cezanne or Renoir as IndyCar drivers circled the National Mall. Some diplomats were uninvited. I'm proud 100,000 people flocked to the daylong National Book Festival across town, outnumbering the sparse crowds at the races. We are a city of readers, the event covered by C-SPAN. Authors love to come here, and we have quite a few of our ...

Alcaraz expects to be himself at US Open

NEW YORK — After sitting out more than four months nursing an injured right wrist that caused him to miss the French Open and Wimbledon, Carlos Alcaraz didn't decide to return for the U.S. Open to be anything less than his Grand Slam-winning self. "You're going to see Carlitos playing the ...

Davis’ opioid addiction opened door to sprawling drug case

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Nobody could overlook the off-the-field community work — bankrolling a college scholarship endowment, a Thanksgiving food drive, a Christmastime gift giveaway — that cast Thomas Davis of the Carolina Panthers as one of the true good guys around Charlotte and across the ...

Gerard, Hovland share lead at Tour Championship

ATLANTA — Ryan Gerard hit it well enough for five relatively easy birdies Friday and dropped a surprise from just inside 80 feet for another, giving him a 5-under 65 and a share of the 36-hole lead with Viktor Hovland at the season-ending Tour Championship. Hovland had one of five birdies ...