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By JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge and the rest of baseball’s biggest stars are due at spring…

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Villarreal is back on the winning path in time for its trip to Italy to face Juventus…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Kwadwo Opoku scored late in the first half and Ismael Tajouri-Shradi added an insurance goal in the second half to…

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Avalanche say captain Gabriel Landeskog is scheduled to undergo knee surgery Monday and there’s no timetable for…

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — It was an impressive holdout for the National League, which made it nearly 50 years staving off a…

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer LSU has fired men’s basketball coach Will Wade after receiving formal allegations of serious NCAA violations this…

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Conference player of the year Joe Bryant Jr. scored 23 points and top-seeded Norfolk State used a closing flourish to finish…

WASHINGTON — Foster Loyer had 21 points as Davidson defeated Saint Louis 84-69 in a semifinal of the Atlantic 10 Conference Championship. Hyunjung…

NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Callens scored a goal — the first this season for the defending MLS Cup champions — and New York City FC breezed to a 4-1…

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jordan Bohannon banked in a 3-pointer from just inside the midcourt logo with 0.8 seconds…

By DAVID SMALE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — NaLyssa Smith had a career-high 37 points as No. 4 Baylor routed No. 21 Oklahoma 91-76 in…

By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Quenton Jackson scored 20 points and eighth-seeded Texas A&M took down a ranked opponent…

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Rattled by a derogatory shout from a spectator, Naomi Osaka went on to lose 6-0, 6-4 to Veronika Kudermetova in the…

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Robert Thomas scored his second goal of the game with 2:38 left as the St. Louis Blues…

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Rafael Nadal has become the latest big draw to pull out of the Miami Open. Nadal is a five-time finalist at the event…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The rain finally went away and then The Players Championship really got tough. In…

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — AC Milan took another significant step toward its first Serie A title since 2011 by grinding out a…

NEW YORK (AP) — Santiago Rodriguez’s goal proved to be the game-winner as New York City FC picked up a 4-1 win over CF Montreal on Saturday.…

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo scored only his second Manchester United hat trick to clinch a 3-2 victory over Tottenham and send his…

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — A person familiar with the negotiations says the Cleveland Browns have found their No. 1 wide…

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Tyler Reddick is enjoying his status among NASCAR’s fastest drivers through the…

BOSTON — Jaelin Llewellyn scored 23 points and Tosan Evbuomwan added 21 points as Princeton narrowly beat Cornell 77-73 in the semifinals of the…

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi State has hired longtime Louisville assistant Sam Purcell as head coach to succeed interim coach Doug Novak.…

CLEVELAND (AP) — Dyaisha Fair and freshman Georgia Woolley combined for 59 points and second-seeded Buffalo beat No. 5 seed Ball State 79-75 in the…

By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — College basketball icon Dick Vitale was recognized by the Southeastern Conference for his…

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Lou Lopez-Senechal scored 24 points and Fairfield won the Metro Atlantic championship, defeating Manhattan 73-68 on…

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Four Kent State players, including starting guard Malique Jacobs, have been disciplined by the…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A person familiar with the deal says right-handed reliever Steve Cishek and the Washington…

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Ryan Davis scored 20 points, Ben Shungu added 19 and Vermont completed a dominant America East season with its fourth…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Musher Brent Sass is maintaining his lead in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and was…

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Second-place Nice escaped with a 0-0 draw in the French league after captain Dante was sent off and…

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer The Texas Rangers have traded Isiah Kiner-Falefa, their starting shortstop last season who was supplanted by…

LONDON (AP) — Ivan Toney’s late double eased Brentford’s relegation fears with a 2-0 win over fellow Premier League struggler Burnley. The…

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Bundesliga leader Bayern Munich has dropped more points in a 1-1 draw at Hoffenheim. It was…

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer American racer Colton Herta has been signed as a test driver for Formula One team McLaren as part of its 2022…

BRIGHTON, England (AP) — Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah have led Liverpool to a 2-0 victory over Brighton, maintaining the attempt to chase down…

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer Seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has no plans to emulate sporting greats like Tom Brady and…

ÅRE, Sweden (AP) — Austrian skier Katharina Liensberger has won the penultimate women’s World Cup slalom as pre-race favorites Petra Vlhová and…

KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (AP) — Olympic champion Marco Odermatt has finished runner-up to Henrik Kristoffersen in a men’s World Cup giant slalom…

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer Pressure-packed hoops are back. College players ultimately carry the brunt of the mental challenge of making a shot or…

By The Associated Press No. 7 Duke faces Virginia Tech in the title game of the ACC Tournament. It’s a chance for retiring Blue Devils coach Mike…