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Chip Kelly agreed to a five-year, $23.3 million deal to become UCLA’s football coach on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017. The former Oregon coach returns to the Pac-12 to replace Jim Mora, who was fired Monday with one game left in his sixth season in Westwood.

Chip Kelly returns to college coaching with UCLA

November 25, 2017, 11:15am College

Chip Kelly is headed to UCLA with plans to create another Pac-12 powerhouse. Read story

The Georgia Dome is destroyed in a scheduled implosion next to its replacement the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, left, Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, in Atlanta. The dome was not only the former home of the Atlanta Falcons but also the site of two Super Bowls, 1996 Olympics Games events and NCAA basketball tournaments among other major events.

Georgia Dome imploded in downtown Atlanta

November 20, 2017, 11:10am National Sports

One of the nation’s largest domed stadiums collapsed Monday into a pile of jagged concrete and a vast cloud of dust in a scheduled implosion in downtown Atlanta. Read story

Martin Truex Jr. celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series auto race and season championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla., Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017.

Martin Truex Jr. caps career season with 1st NASCAR title

November 19, 2017, 4:23pm National Sports

Martin Truex Jr. capped the most successful season of his journeyman career as NASCAR’s champion as he wrapped up his first Cup title Sunday night by winning at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Read story

Driver Danica Patrick announced plans Friday, Nov. 17, 2017, to run just 2 races in 2018, the Daytona 500 and the Indianapolis 500, and end her full-time driving career.

Danica Patrick to end racing career at next year’s Indy 500

November 17, 2017, 3:20pm National Sports

Danica Patrick says she will run in the Daytona 500 and Indianapolis 500 next year and then end her full-time racing career. Read story

Portland Timbers coach Caleb Porter has parted ways with the Timbers.

Timbers seek new coach after Porter departs

November 17, 2017, 3:19pm National Sports

Coach Caleb Porter has parted ways with the Portland Timbers after five seasons with the team, including an MLS Cup championship. Read story

Clockwise from top left are 2017 file photos showing: Houston Astros' Jose Altuve lifted by teammates after Game 7 of baseball's American League Championship Series against the New York Yankees in Houston; Astros' Jose Altuve hitting a home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the 10th inning of Game 2 of baseball's World Series in Los Angeles; Jose Altuve in 2017; and Astros' Jose Altuve reacting after scoring the game-winning run during the ninth inning of Game 2 of baseball's ALCS against the New York Yankees, in Houston. Houston dynamo Jose Altuve won the AL MVP on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017.

Astros’ Altuve wins AL MVP, Marlins’ Stanton earns NL honor

November 16, 2017, 7:29pm National Sports

Houston Astros' Jose Altuve won the American League MVP award in a landslide Thursday, while Miami Marlins' Giancarlo Stanton won the NL MVP in the closest vote since 1979. Read story

World Anti-Doping Agency President Craig Reedie, right, talks with IOC Vice President Ugur Erdener before the start of the WADA’s foundation board meeting in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday. The WADA holds its executive committee and foundation board meeting for three days in the country which will host the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games held in February 2018.

WADA decision damages Russia’s hopes for Winter Olympics

November 16, 2017, 10:07am Nation & World

The World Anti-Doping Agency dealt a blow to Russia’s hopes of competing at next year’s Winter Olympics by refusing to reinstate the country’s suspended anti-doping operation, and Russia responded by insisting, as it has all along, that the government had nothing to do with doping. Read story