Some of the sports stories The Associated Press is covering Friday. A full Sports Digest will be sent by about 3 p.m. A full Olympic Digest has been sent. All times EDT:
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) The Jacksonville Jaguars and city officials have broken ground on the second phase of a $90 million upgrade to EverBank Field, which will be called Daily's Place.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) A person familiar with the decision tells The Associated Press that the NBA has decided to hold the 2017 All-Star Game in New Orleans.
Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte issued an apology Friday for his behavior in last weekend’s incident in Brazil with three other American swimmers-- while sticking to his claim that he had gun pointed at his head by someone who demanded money.
Marcus Sherels intercepted Trevone Boykin's pass and returned it 53 yards for a touchdown with 1:23 left and the Minnesota Vikings beat the Seattle Seahawks.
CLEVELAND -- The last time the Toronto Blue Jays and Cleveland Indians met, the results were rather garish. In a three-game series in Toronto starting July 1, the Indians won the first game 2-1 in 19 innings and the Blue Jays won the next two games by a combined score of 26-7. The third game of that series was won by Toronto 17-1.
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) Los Angeles Rams running back Todd Gurley thought he saw New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia on Thursday, only for teammates to convince him otherwise.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) Eddie Lacy's powerful running early on helped propel the Green Bay Packers to a 20-12 win over the Oakland Raiders on Thursday night.
CLEVELAND (AP) Robert Griffin III threw two touchdown passes in the first half in his home debut for Cleveland in the Browns' 24-13 exhibition loss to the Atlanta Falcons on Thursday night.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) Tom Brady sat out his second straight preseason game, while the guy that will replace him at the start of the regular season continued to make progress.