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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Scott Stricklin is Florida's new athletic director, and Jeremy Foley will remain on the job for another month.

MIAMI (AP) A Miami bar and restaurant is confirming that Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez was a patron at the establishment before he and two friends were killed in a boat crash.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) Suspended Missouri State quarterback Breck Ruddick has been cited with animal cruelty and allowing a dog to run at large.

Richard Childress Racing drivers Brandon Jones and Brendan Gaughan like to have fun.

HOUSTON -- Players and coaches for sixth-ranked Houston might not use the exact phrase to describe Thursday's contest against UConn at TDECU Stadium.

Check out the entry list for the final race of the opening round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup at Dover International Speedway.

MIAMI (AP) As the baseball world mourned the death of Jose Fernandez, a beachgoer found a bag containing four baseballs signed by the Marlins 24-year-old pitcher.

Fantasy football owners celebrate as Steelers RB Le'Veon Bell is ready to return from his suspension.

Despite the three-time champion in trouble heading to Chase elimination race at Dover, fellow drivers have learned to never count him out.

Even though Kyle Busch is over 30 points to the good of the Round of 12 cutoff, he's not taking any chances heading into the final Round 1 race at Dover International Speedway.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) For all of Dan Quinn's background as a defensive specialist, the Atlanta Falcons' second-year coach is fielding an offense about as good as anyone right now.

TOKYO (AP) A Japanese court has convicted the brother of Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish of gambling on baseball games, handing him a suspended prison sentence.

WASHINGTON -- Washington right-hander Max Scherzer will start Tuesday against the Arizona Diamondbacks with a chance to win 20 games this season.

BASEBALL

HOUSTON -- With one more loss on what initially appeared to be a fortuitously scheduled and perfectly timed homestand, the Astros inched closer to elimination from the postseason and the realization of a golden opportunity squandered.

MIAMI -- Don Mattingly was a New York Yankees minor-leaguer when Thurman Munson died in a plane crash on Aug. 2, 1979.

TORONTO -- The Toronto Blue Jays and the Baltimore Orioles meet Tuesday in the opener of a three-game series at Rogers Centre that could decide the first wild-card spot in the American League.

ST. LOUIS -- A 15-2 rout at the hands of the Cincinnati Reds on Monday represented more than a loss for the St. Louis Cardinals.

TORONTO -- The Toronto Blue Jays and the Baltimore Orioles meet Tuesday in the opener of a three-game series at Rogers Centre that could decide the first wild-card spot in the American League.

Tom Lehman's golf career got off to a cold start.