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Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins (18) walks off the field after a game against the New Orleans Saints on Jan. 4 in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Danny Karnik, file)

Cousins signs

with Raiders

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Kirk Cousins has agreed to a deal with the Las Vegas Raiders. His agent announced the agreement on Thursday morning.

Cousins gives them a veteran quarterback to help ease the expected selection of Fernando Mendoza with the top draft pick. Cousins posted “The Autumn Wind…” in a nod to the Raiders’ theme that is played before every home game and was made famous by NFL Films.

Raiders coach Klint Kubiak and general manager John Spytek telegraphed this kind of move, saying they wouldn’t want to throw a rookie quarterback into the starting lineup.

Bodycam shows

Woods arrest

(AP) — Newly released body camera footage shows that Tiger Woods expressed astonishment as he was handcuffed after crashing his vehicle last week in Florida.

Separate footage from the back of the patrol car shows Woods hiccuping, yawning and repeatedly appearing to nod off. The footage was released Thursday.

Woods said he was looking at his phone and changing the radio station when his speeding Land Rover clipped a truck and rolled onto its side on a residential road on Jupiter Island. The video also shows that deputies found painkiller pills in Tiger Woods’ pocket after the crash.

Woods entered a not guilty plea on Tuesday to suspicion of driving under the influence.

Mickelson to

miss Masters

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The Masters will not include Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods for the first time in 32 years. Mickelson says he is not going to play this year while his family attends to a personal health matter.

He has not shared further details. But it has kept him out of all but one of the five events this year on LIV Golf.

Woods said on Tuesday he was taking an indefinite leave after his arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence during a March 27 car crash. The last time neither Masters champion was in the field was in 1994.

Miller, Stewart

celebrated

PHOENIX (AP) — Cheryl Miller’s impact on women’s basketball spans generations, from dominating on the court at Southern California in the 1980s to making her mark in the broadcast booth.

Miller’s legacy was recognized along with UConn star Breanna Stewart on Thursday. The two women’s hoops game-changers were honored by The Associated Press as the greatest players of the women’s college basketball poll era, selected by a 13-member panel.

Miller accepted the honor at “The AP Top 25 Fan Poll Experience.” Delta State was also recognized as the first No. 1 team when the women’s basketball poll debuted 50 years ago.

Wagler shines

for Illinois

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Keaton Wagler’s high school basketball transcript contained everything a college coach could want in a recruit. Illinois’ 6-foot-6 sharp-shooting guard helped Shawnee Mission Northwest High School in Kansas win its first two state titles, won a school record 80 games and finished among the top five on the school’s career lists for scoring, rebounds, assists and steals.

Yet his seemingly sterling resume didn’t translate into the kind of buzz surrounding some flashier, more highly touted stars in this talented freshman class.

Now, as this weekend’s Final Four beckons, Wagler suddenly finds himself squarely in the spotlight as one of college basketball’s top newcomers.

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