BC-AP Sports Preview Digest

Nov 27, 2015 - 5:20 PM Some of the sports stories The Associated Press is covering Friday. A full Sports Digest will be sent by about 3 p.m. All times EST:

- Two notable college football games Friday: No. 3 Iowa at Nebraska (3:30 p.m.) and No. 7 Baylor at No. 15 TCU (7:30 p.m.).

- Previews on key college football games Saturday: No. 1 Clemson at South Carolina; No. 2 Alabama at Auburn; No. 4 Notre Dame at No. 13 Stanford; No. 5 Oklahoma at No. 9 Oklahoma State.

- PHOENIX - The Golden State Warriors are 16-0 and look to extend the best start in NBA history when they play the Phoenix Suns. Game starts 9:30 p.m.

- HOUSTON - The winless 76ers play the Houston Rockets, with Philadelphia 0-16 and two games shy of matching the worst start to an NBA season. Game starts 7 p.m.

- BOSTON - Boston police say they do not plan to investigate an apparent nightclub scuffle involving 76ers center Jahlil Okafor unless an alleged victim comes forward.

- CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Panthers are 11-0 and Luke Kuechly has the defense riding high. He is coming off a game in which he had two interceptions, including one for a touchdown, in a rout of the Cowboys.

- ARLINGTON, Texas - The Cowboys await word on how badly Tony Romo hurt his collarbone, an injury that sidelined him for seven games, all losses. In any event, the Cowboys are 3-8 and their season seems gone.

- CINCINNATI - Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton has been on the run more than ever, an overlooked aspect in his breakout season.

- ANAHEIM, Calif. - Jonathan Toews and the defending champion Chicago Blackhawks visit Ryan Getzlaf and the Anaheim Ducks in a rematch of last season's riveting Western Conference finals. Game starts 5 p.m.

- HARRISBURG, Pa. - Penn State settled with six more victims or accusers of Jerry Sandusky, according to a new audit that puts the school's total payout at nearly $93 million.

- PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas - No. 25 Texas A&M (6-0) takes on Syracuse (5-0) in the championship game of the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament.

- GHENT, Belgium - Belgium, behind an opening victory by David Goffin, takes a 1-0 lead over a British team eyeing its first Davis Cup title in 79 years. Andy Murray plays Ruben Bemelmans in the second singles.

- ASPEN, Colo. - Lindsey Vonn makes her season debut and Mikaela Shiffrin is the favorite in a World Cup giant slalom that also features defending champion Eva-Maria Brem of Austria.

- LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Keen Ice, who upset American Pharoah to win the Travers, and Breeders' Cup Classic runner-up Effinex lead the $500,000 Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs. Post time 5:35 p.m.

- ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Another Formula One season is ending with another predictable and dull championship. Most worrying: There appears to be no way to fix the problem.






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