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Swansea beat Stoke City 2-0 last time out to break a run of six games without a win, although they remained in the drop zone due to Hull City’s victory at home to Watford by the same scoreline. Spurs fan beaten up over Chelsea mistake Clement’s side are two points behind Hull and face a daunting trip to Champions League-chasing Manchester United on Sunday, but, with just four league games of the season remaining, he believes Swansea can stay in the top flight....

“Ammon will hopefully have a chance to return to our team,” Swinney said during his annual media golf outing at The Reserve at Lake Keowee. “At the earliest, it would be when school starts. But he’ll miss some time.” MORE: SN Preseason Top 25 | Top 15 programs since 2000 | SN’s All-ACC Interestingly, on the depth chart released Wednesday, Lakip was listed as the starting kicker and backup punter....

Clemson’s two-time ACC Player of the Year running back is often overshadowed by teammate Trevor Lawrence, the projected No. 1 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. But with Lawrence out for Saturday’s game against Boston College after testing positive for COVID-19, Etienne got the chance to be the hero. Etienne made the most of it, racking up a career-high 264 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns in the top-ranked Tigers’ 34-28 comeback victory over the Eagles....

The Tigers, playing in Swinney’s first full season at the helm, hadn’t reached 10 wins since 1990. They were perennial underachievers, and another leader had come along to Death Valley and failed to break through. “We were supposed to be going into the Orange Bowl. Thirty years since going to the Orange Bowl, hadn’t won an ACC championship in 20 years,” Swinney recalled Friday before the 2018 ACC championship game....

Njoku was due to return to practice on Wednesday after recovering from a broken wrist sustained in a Week 2 victory over the New York Jets. The Browns have three weeks to activate Njoku, otherwise he will remain on the injured reserve list for the remainder of the NFL season. Njoku, who took four catches for 37 yards and scored a touchdown in Week 1 against the Tennessee Titans, could make his comeback against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday if the Browns elect to activate him....

The 67-year-old’s nine-month spell as Cavaliers head coach came to an end on Wednesday, when the franchise confirmed he had resigned and would be reassigned to a different role in the organization. It appears, however, that Beilein had been on borrowed time for over a month, since he told his players they were no longer playing “like a bunch of thugs” during a film session on January 8. Beilein subsequently apologized, suggesting he had intended to say “slugs”, a reference to his team’s perceived lack of effort....

Lee suffered “discomfort” in his pitching elbow a day after making his spring training debut, the team announced Sunday morning. The veteran underwent an MRI exam and has been scratched from the Grapefruit League start he was scheduled to make Tuesday. The team hopes the former Cy Young Award winner will be able to throw Monday, but in the meantime the results of his MRI will be sent to Dr....

Clinton is a force of nature, the shade tree for Hillary as she ventures out of the senatorial cocoon to vie for the presidency. Shade is mostly a good thing, but not always, and the yin-yang role of the former president in his wife’s political life is understood by both of them. Unlike Al Gore, Hillary is at ease with her husband’s idiosyncrasies and has learned over a long marriage how to mitigate the damages....

After breaking the course record with an opening round of 63, the defending champion followed up by signing for a 65 at Bethpage Black on Friday to leave him sitting pretty at the summit on 12 under par. His combined total of 128 shots is the lowest recorded after 36 holes at a major, a remarkable achievement at a course considered to be one of the toughest in the world....

Bowyer, struggling to stay in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, will finish this season with Michael Waltrip Racing. That operation closes shop at season’s end. MORE: Tony Stewart’s future | Bowyer goes from outhouse to penthouse | Points and Chase problem Also on Friday, Dale Earnhardt Jr. announced Elliott Sadler would join his three-man Xfinity Series team in 2016. Wednesday, Bowyer was thrilled to be at Stewart-Haas Racing as the driver who will replace Tony Stewart....

The Electra decision was included on a hand-scrawled ???to-do??? list on an official presidential memo pad found on President Clinton???s desk, according to a cleaning woman familiar with the memo pad. The rest of the list reads as follows: Sign executive order for U.S. Mint to produce Clinton nickel Approve exploratory drilling of Linda Tripp???s head Quadruple pension benefits for all veterans at the Commander-in-Chief level or higher Conduct bombing raid on Henry Hyde Push through tax credits for unemployed spouses of U....

At last week’s contentious presidential debate, Obama was asked if he would meet with hostile foreign leaders like Hugo Chávez of Venezuela and Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad without preconditions in the first year of his presidency. Obama said he would. He said George W. Bush’s policy of shunning those leaders had failed, and he would bring about change. Clinton turned the answer against Obama. She said she would not meet with the hostile leaders without preconditions, and suggested that anyone who did would be “used for propaganda purposes....

The Clippers forward was arrested at 8:30 a.m. PT and booked at 9:50 a.m., according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department records. He was released at 1:15 p.m. after posting $50,000 bail. He is due in court on April 7. MORE: Heinous crimes connected to athletes | Andre Iguodala out with ankle injury TMZ Sports first reported that Dawson is facing a domestic violence charge. The Los Angeles Times also reported he was not with the Clippers during Sunday’s game against the Cavaliers because of a domestic violence incident....

Williams, the reigning Sixth Man of the Year, had been allowed to leave the NBA’s ‘bubble’ in Orlando last month to return to Georgia to attend the wake of a friend’s father. Under NBA rules, Williams was then due to observe a four-day quarantine period upon his return to Florida, yet that was extended to 10 days — a period encompassing the Clippers’ first two games — after it emerged he also took a trip to the gentlemen’s club, Magic City, in Atlanta....

The sale of the team rids the NBA and the Clippers of Sterling — a man who has been called the worst owner in the history of professional sports — and changes the landscape of professional sports ownership. The $2 billion price tag increases the value of every North American sports franchise. More importantly, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Lavanas’ ruling sends a clear message — one’s actions can lead to one losing their right to own a sports franchise....

In Steve Ballmer’s first big move since taking over as the new owner, he gave Rivers a contract extension through the 2018-19 season. Ballmer said Wednesday it was one of his top priorities to ensure that Rivers remains as the long-term leader of the team. Rivers was a stabilizing force for the franchise during the upheaval created by former owner Donald Sterling’s racist remarks that led to his ouster after 33 years of ownership....

Following his trilogy fight with Tyson Fury, what can fans expect from Deontay Wilder moving forward? How has “The Bronze Bomber’s” mindset changed since then? Looking for a fresh start, Wilder is ready to remind everyone why he’s one of the top heavyweight fighters in the world today. The Sporting News’ Andreas Hale spoke to Wilder, who is set to fight Robert Helenius on October 15, on episode five of “Clobberin’ Time....

The upshot, at the weekend, was that the administration seemed divided between pragmatists like budget director Leon Panetta, who want the president to play it safe, and idealists like Hillary Rodham Clinton, who want him to go for it all. There are potentially big risks, and big gains, either way. If Clinton pushes forward, taking his case for health-care reform to the voters, he could reignite the optimism of his first days in office and force Congress to do his bidding....

It was dubbed as a clash between Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, and how aptly it ended, adhering to the script of their lives; Sachin Tendulkar basking in all the glory, while Rahul Dravid pushed to the background, amidst the shadows, with no spotlight, but abundant respect. A beautiful game of cricket The number of spectacular shots witnessed in those four hours was something to be seen to be believed and marvelled at....

With Hashim Amla and Dane Vilas already in my side and Cape Cobras not playing their 3rd match any sooner, it rules out the need to look out for any other player from the South African unit. Charl Langeveldt, at 39, still remains effective – both up front and at the death – and would have made it into my team had he fitted into the Schedule Mantra scenario....