Rapinoe kneels; ‘seems appropriate’

Hours after the U.S. Soccer Federation announced Megan Rapinoe would not be punished for kneeling during the national anthem at a women’s nationalteam game, she did it again.

Rapinoe knelt Sunday night in Atlanta before a friendly against the Netherlands, as she did Thursday, when the U.S. beat Thailand in Columbus, Ohio.

“Do I kneel forever?” she asked. “... Until I can feel like I’m being more effective in other ways, this seems appropriate.”

The United States men will play their home World Cup qualifier against Mexico in Columbus, for the fifth straight time. After four 2-0 wins at Columbus in qualifiers against El Tri, U.S. Soccer announced the locationof the Nov. 11 match. College football: Oregon receiver and Olympic hurdler Devon Allen, the fifth-place finisher at the Rio Games, will miss the rest of the season after tearing the ACL in his left knee in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s 35-32 loss at Nebraska. The team also confirmed that left tackle Tyrell Crosby will miss the rest of the season because of a broken foot.

Freshman Sam Darnold will be USC’s starting quarterback Friday night at Utah, replacing Max Browne, head coach Clay Helton announced. Browne is 55-for-87 for 474 yards with two touchdown passes and two interceptions in his first three games as the starter for the Trojans (1-2). NBA: The Milwaukee Bucks agreed to a contract extension with Giannis Antetokounmpo for a reported four years and $100 million. The 6-foot-11 swingman averaged 16.9 points, 7.7 rebounds and 4.3 assists last season. Hockey: Russia (1-1) scored four goals in a 6:14 stretch during the second period to beat North America 4-3 at the World Cup in Toronto. North America (1-1) outshot Russia 45-23. Boxing: Canelo Alvarez won’t fight again this year after breaking his right thumb in the second round of his ninth-round knockout of Liam Smith on Saturday in Arlington, Texas. Alvarez, a junior middleweight, knocked down Smith three times.