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Arsenal supporters stand outside a pub in Baku, Azerbaijan, Tuesday May 28, 2019. English Premier League teams Arsenal and Chelsea are preparing for the Europa League Final soccer match that takes place in Baku on Wednesday night. (AP Photo/ Luca Bruno)

The Latest: Hazard: ‘I think this is a goodbye’ to Chelsea

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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Chad Kelly (6) throws during a drill as the team practiced at the NFL football team's facility, Wednesday, May 29, 2019, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Chad Kelly may be getting final NFL chance in Indianapolis

By MICHAEL MAROT - Associated Press

Tennessee linebacker Darrin Kirkland Jr. giving up football

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In this Friday, May 24, 2019, photo, Japan women's soccer team head coach Asako Takakura, center, directs her players during a training session in Narashino, east of Tokyo ahead of the FIFA Women's World Cup France. Takakura went to the Women’s World Cup twice as a player and is first woman in charge, a fact she largely dismisses. But some see it as a breakthrough in a country that has few women in corporate board rooms or in the top ranks of government. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

No Experience Needed: Japan opts for Women’s World Cup youth

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019 file photo Arsenal's Henrikh Mkhitaryan, left, duels for the ball with Bate's Aleksandar Filipovic during the Europa League round of 32 first leg soccer match between Bate and Arsenal at the Borisov-Arena in Borisov, Belarus. The choice of Baku as host of the Europa League final provided Arsenal with further grounds for discontent Tuesday when Mkhitaryan, one of the team's most talented players, pulled out of the game for political reasons. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)

Azerbaijan’s Europa League final complex for teams, fans

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this Sept. 16, 2016, photo, McDonogh high school football lineman Jordan McNair watches from the sideline during a game in McDonogh, Md. Maryland has fired two trainers that were involved in the treatment of Jordan McNair after he collapsed on the field and subsequently died of heatstroke. Maryland has not formally announced the decision and has never named the trainers, but The Associated Press reported in August Wes Robinson and Steve Nordwall had been placed on leave. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/The Baltimore Sun via AP) **FILE**

Maryland moving to independent medical model after Jordan McNair death

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

Atlanta Falcons President and CEO, Rich McKay, left, and Troy Vincent, Executive Vice President of Football Operations for the NFL, right, speak to the media during the NFL football owners meeting on Wednesday, May 22, 2019, in Key Biscayne, Fla. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

NFL committee to decide whether to tweak interference rule

By Steven Wine - Associated Press

In this Sept. 27, 2014, file photo, St. Thomas coach Glen Caruso leads his team onto the field for a college football game against St. John's, in St. Paul, Minn. The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference has decided to oust the NCAA Division III league's largest school, St. Thomas, for competitive purposes. The MIAC announced Wednesday, May 22, 2019, the Tommies will be &quot;involuntarily removed&quot; in two years by the conference they helped found in 1920. (Jim Gehrz/Star Tribune via AP)

MIAC ousts original member St. Thomas for being too strong

By DAVE CAMPBELL - Associated Press

Mount Marty works to get new football program together

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Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh and his son, Jack, stand on the field at Yankee Stadium before the New York Yankees' baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday, May 17, 2019, in New York. Shaking hands and posing for photos on the field during batting practice, Harbaugh wore a Yankees cap, a Michigan sweater vest and — of course — a crisp pair of khakis. He says he and his father had never been to Yankee Stadium before and it's a &quot;bucket list&quot; trip for them. Harbaugh, a lifelong baseball fan, grew up rooting for the Detroit Tigers while his father was an assistant coach under Bo Schembechler at Michigan. (AP Photo/Mike Fitzpatrick)

3 generations of Harbaughs make 1st visit to Yankee Stadium

By MIKE FITZPATRICK - Associated Press

4th family member dies from injuries suffered in 2017 crash

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2018, file photo, Memphis head coach Mike Norvell watches players warm up before an NCAA college football game against Central Florida, in Memphis, Tenn. The portal is the NCAA’s cryptic name for the database it maintains to track which athletes, in all sports, have notified their schools they wish to transfer. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski, File)

Portal scouting: Searching for transfers in college football

By RALPH D. RUSSO - Associated Press

Denver Broncos quarterback Joe Flacco, left, jokes with wide receiver River Cracraft as they take part in drills during an NFL football organized training activity session at the team's headquarters Monday, May 13, 2019, in Englewood, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Broncos’ Flacco: It’s not my job to groom Lock

By ARNIE STAPLETON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2000 file photo Kansas City Chiefs head coach Gunther Cunningham watches his team during the third quarter of an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks in Kansas City, Mo. Cunningham, who emigrated from postwar Germany as a child and then dedicated his life to football, has died after a brief illness. He was 72. Cunningham’s wife, Rene, said in a statement that he died Saturday, May 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Cliff Schiappa, file)

Longtime NFL coach Gunther Cunningham dies at 72

By DAVE SKRETTA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 30, 1998, file photo, Arizona coach Dick Tomey, left, congratulates linebacker DaShon Polk after the Wildcats 23-20 win over Nebraska in the Holiday Bowl NCAA college football game in San Diego. Tomey, the winningest football coach in University of Arizona history, died Friday night, May 10, 2019, in Tucson, Ariz. He was 80. Tomey was 183-145-7 overall in 20 years as head coach at Hawaii, Arizona and San Jose State. He was diagnosed with lung cancer in December. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)

Dick Tomey, winningest Arizona football coach, dies at 80

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FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019 file photo, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin listens to reporter's questions during a press conference at the end of the 43rd UEFA congress in Rome. Ceferin told leaders from European leagues not to forget the importance of big clubs in generating cash during a private meeting in which plans were detailed for a closed-off Champions League favoring the elite. A recording and images obtained by The Associated Press from the meeting at the UEFA headquarters on Wednesday, May 8 highlights the schism between clubs and leagues over the ability to influence UEFA as it considers revamping its club competitions starting with the 2024-25 season. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, file)

Ceferin to AP: UEFA will explore CL revamp despite attacks

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, May 8, 2019 photo, former Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar, left, speaks to New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia as the pair met on the field at Yankee Stadium in New York. When Grobbelaar celebrated at Anfield on April 28, 1990, he never thought it would be Liverpool's last league title in three decades. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

The long wait: Liverpool looks to win elusive league title

By RONALD BLUM and STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press

Dallas Cowboys rookie defensive tackle Trysten Hill runs through a drill during the NFL football team's minicamp in Frisco, Texas, Friday, May 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Rookie Trysten Hill building on 1st impression with Cowboys

By SCHUYLER DIXON - Associated Press

FILe - In this Dec. 28, 1975, file photo Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Drew Pearson (88) nears the end zone with the game-winning 50-yard touchdown pass late in the fourth quarter as the Cowboys defeated the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC playoff NFL football game in Bloomington, Minn. Hail Mary: Credit Hall of Famer Roger Staubach with this. After the Cowboys quarterback completed a late 50-yard pass to Pearson to win a playoff game at Minnesota, Staubach said: &quot;I guess you could call it a Hail Mary. You throw it up and pray.&quot; (AP Photo/File)

NFL language: from Hail Mary to Pick-6 on Any Given Sunday

By SIMMI BUTTAR AND BARRY WILNER - Associated Press

In this April 4, 2019, file photo, NCAA President Mark Emmert answers questions at a news conference at the Final Four college basketball tournament in Minneapolis. College athletes are continuing to function at high levels in the classroom but their Academic Progress Rate scores appear to be hitting a peak. The most recent statistics, released Wednesday, May 8, 2019, show this year’s overall four-year score matched last year’s record-high of 983 and that the four-year scores in football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball also matched last year’s marks. Baseball improved by one point to 976 while single-year scores at Historically Black Colleges declined slightly. “We are seeing some flattening of rates, which is not unusual given the large amount of data over a long period of time,” Emmert said in a statement. (AP Photo/Matt York, File) **FILE**

NCAA’s new APR report shows athletes’ scores remain steady

By Michael Marot - Associated Press