FOOTBALL

Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels from LSU was one of seven players in either their fifth or sixth season of college football selected to The Associated Press All-America team. Daniels, a fifth-year quarterback, won the Heisman and AP player of the year honors after accounting for 50 touchdowns and nearly 5,000 yards of offense this season.

He was joined in the backfield by Missouri’s Cody Schrader, a sixth-year running back who leads the nation at 124.9 rushing yards per game. Sixth-year linebacker Payton Wilson from North Carolina State led the first-team defense.

Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Monday that he was still upset that officials threw a flag, rather than issue a customary warning, when Kadarius Toney was called offside on a play that would have given Kansas City the lead late in its loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.

The penalty wiped out a go-ahead 49-yard touchdown pass in which Travis Kelce lateraled to Toney, who ran into the end zone. The Bills wound up stopping the Chiefs on downs after the penalty to preserve a 20-17 victory.

SKIING

Downhill skier Breezy Johnson is under investigation by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and says she will not race during the case, which could lead to a two-year ban. The 27-year-old Johnson has been one of the top U.S. downhillers in recent years with seven podium finishes in World Cup races. She placed seventh in the 2018 Olympics at Pyeongchang, South Korea, where teammate Lindsey Vonn took bronze.

Johnson said the investigation relates to “whereabouts” rules — the obligation on all elite athletes to inform anti-doping authorities where they can be found for one hour each day to give a sample with no advance notice. Athletes have been banned for up to two years if they have three violations in a 12-month period, such as missed tests or failures to update accurate details of their location. “I am, and always have been, a clean athlete,” said Johnson, who added that the USADA case is in its early stages.

SOCCER

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will meet in Saudi Arabia after all. Inter Miami confirmed Monday that it will take part in the Riyadh Season Cup, something that was announced by Saudi officials on Nov. 21. Inter Miami said the reports at that time were inaccurate.

Inter Miami will play Al-Hilal on Jan. 29 and Al Nassr, which is Ronaldo’s team, on Feb. 1. Those two clubs lead the Saudi Pro League and Ronaldo is that league’s leading scorer.

TENNIS

Iga Swiatek’s second consecutive season-ending No. 1 ranking has helped her collect a second consecutive WTA Player of the Year award. She is the first player since Serena Williams to claim that honor twice in a row. Williams, who retired last year, was the WTA Player of the Year every season from 2012-15, the final four of the seven total times the American claimed that award.

Swiatek went 68-11 in 2023 with a tour-leading six titles. Other WTA awards announced Monday included Zheng Qinwen of China as the Most Improved Player of the Year, Mirra Andreeva of Russia as the Newcomer of the Year and Elina Svitolina of Ukraine for the Comeback of the Year.