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FANTASY SPORTSBOSTON -- Daily fantasy sports rivals DraftKings and FanDuel have agreed to merge after months of speculation and increasing regulatory scrutiny.The two companies made the announcement, saying the combined organization would be able to reduce costs as they work to become profitable and battle with regulators across the country to remain legal.In a matter of a few short years, the two have raised millions of dollars through investors and sponsorship deals, drawing the attention of policymakers across the country.Some view the online games -- in which players pick teams of real life athletes and vie for cash and other prizes based on how those athletes do in actual games -as amounting to illegal sports betting.NFLCHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Panthers middle linebacker Luke Kuechly has been placed in the NFLs concussion protocol and his status for the teams Nov. 27 game against Oakland is uncertain.Coach Ron Rivera updated Kuechlys status and said that the linebacker has no other known injuries.The 2013 NFL Defensive Player of the Year was carted off the field in an emotional moment during the fourth quarter of Carolinas 23-20 win over the New Orleans Saints on Thursday night. Kuechly appeared to be gasping for breath as he was helped to the cart, and tears rolled down his face. Players from both sides came over to offer their well wishes to Kuechly.AUTO RACINGHOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Kevin Harvick and Brad Keselowski crashed the championship and swept the front row in qualifying for the NASCAR finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.Carl Edwards, Joey Logano, 2015 Sprint Cup champion Kyle Busch and six-time champ Jimmie Johnson are racing for the championship in Sundays race. The championship four all failed to start in the top five. Busch starts ninth, Edwards 10th, Logano 13th and Johnson 14th.Busch started third last season, won the race and the title.Tony Stewart starts 11th in the final race of his NASCAR career. Stewart is trying to race to his 50th career Cup victory.HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Johnny Sauter won his first NASCAR championship by edging three other contenders in the inaugural Chase for the Camping World Truck Series.Sauter finished third at Homestead-Miami Speedway to win the championship.William Byron won the race -- his seventh victory of the season -- to wrap up the owner championship for Kyle Busch Motorsports. Byron was headed toward the win last weekend at Phoenix that would have put him in the final four, but his engine blew in the closing laps.BASEBALLARLINGTON, Texas -- Right-hander Andrew Cashner is going home for a spot in the Texas Rangers rotation.A person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press that the free agent pitcher and the team had reached an agreement on a $10 million, one-year deal. That person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal was pending a physical and wasnt finalized, and the AL West champions had not made an official announcement.Cashner, a Texas native who was a first-round draft pick out of TCU in 2008, finished last season with the Miami Marlins after the San Diego Padres traded him July 29. He was 5-11 with a 5.25 ERA in 28 games last season.TENNISLONDON -- Andy Murray kept hold of the No. 1 ranking for at least another day.The Wimbledon champion qualified for the semifinals of the ATP finals by beating Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 6-2.Murray, who needs to do better than Novak Djokovic this weekend to finish the season as the top-ranked player, broke Wawrinka late in the first set and twice at the start of the second.Murray took over the No. 1 ranking at the Paris Masters this month, but Djokovic can grab it back if the second-ranked Serb does better at the season-ending tournament. Djokovic has already qualified for the semifinals.GOLFST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. -- Five tournaments into his rookie season on the PGA Tour, Mackenzie Hughes has the 36-hole lead at Sea Island and expects a few nerves.That weekend he spent with Phil Mickelson should at least help.Hughes had another bogey-free round and took care of the par 5s on the Plantation Course for a 5-under 67, giving him a two-shot lead over C.T. Pan going into the weekend of the RSM Classic, the final PGA Tour event of the year. Hughes at was at 14-under 128.NAPLES, Fla. -- Lydia Ko shot a tournament-record 10-under 62 to take a three-stroke lead in the CME Group Tour Championship, putting the top-ranked New Zealander in position to win the player of the year award with a victory Sunday.The 2014 winner at Tiburon Golf Club, Ko birdied four of the first six holes and had seven birdies and a bogey on the back nine to get to 12-under 132 in the season finale. Ryann OToole (67) and So Yeon Ryu (68) were tied for second, and Sei Young Kim (68) and Beatriz Recari (68) followed at 8 under.Ko needs a victory to top Ariya Jutanugarn in the player of the year race, and also would take the season points title and $1 million bonus with a win. The points in the CME Globe standings were reset for the finale, so Ko, Jutanugarn and Brooke Henderson all control their destinies. Glenn Robinson Bucks Jersey . The incident occurred at 19:56 of the second period of the Kings 4-2 road win over Edmonton on Sunday. Nolan punched Oilers forward Jesse Joensuu in the jaw in front of the Kings goal during a scrum. Eric Bledsoe Bucks Jersey .C. at the helm of the top team in the Eastern Conference. His tenure as the GM in Vancouver was all too brief. Though he led the Canucks to what was then a franchise record-shattering campaign in just his second season, Nonis was gone and replaced one year later. https://www.bucksrookiesshop.com/Ray-Allen-City-Edition-Jersey/ . Coach Mike Munchak says Fokou stretched ligaments in his left knee Oct. 13 against Seattle, which could keep out up to five weeks even though the linebacker didnt need surgery. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Jersey .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. Glenn Robinson Jersey . After slipping from the summit during the week, the Gunners overcame struggling Crystal Palace 2-0 on Sunday thanks to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlains second-half brace. LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Chicago Bears linebacker Danny Trevathans season is over after tests confirmed he suffered a ruptured right patellar tendon in Sundays 27-21 loss to the Tennessee Titans.Trevathan becomes the 15th Bears player to land on injured reserve in 2016.Hes obviously a very talented player and a guy we targeted and went after in the offseason, coach John Fox said Monday. Unfortunately, he also had a thumb injury that required surgery earlier in the season [forcing him to miss two weeks]. But he looked very good in the offseason work and in training camp.This was a semicontact injury behind the ball. He planted wrong, and the injury occurred.At the 2:52 mark of the fourth quarter, Trevathan charged into the backfield to tackle Titans running back Derrick Henry, but the linebackers knee appeared to buckle. Trevathan stayed on the ground for over a minute until medical personnel helped him slowly walk off the field.Hell fight back, Fox said. Hes been through this before. He had a similar injury [in Denver in 2014] that he worked through, and hell do tthe same off of this one.ddddddddddddTrevathans injury could affect his 2017 playing status. Patellar tendon tears typically require six to nine months before resuming sports activities, but some players take up to a full year to return to form, according to ESPN injury analyst Stephania Bell.One of Chicagos team leaders on defense, Trevathan signed a four-year contract in the offseason that contained $12 million in guaranteed money. He is scheduled to count for $3.35 million against the Bears salary cap in 2017.Before joining the Bears, Trevathan played four years in Denver, where he helped the Broncos win Super Bowl 50.The Bears are expected to replace Trevathan with second-year linebacker John Timu. Rookie fourth-round pick Nick Kwiatkoski started at the other inside linebacker spot Sunday in place of veteran Jerrell Freeman, who is serving a four-game suspension for violating the NFLs policy on performance-enhancing substances. ' ' '