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By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Frank Vatrano and Braden Schneider scored less than five minutes apart in the second period, and…

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic scored 34 points in a triple-double and the Dallas Mavericks routed the Lakers 128-110…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Peru has beaten Paraguay 2-0 in the last round of South American World Cup qualifiers to…

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Brock Nelson scored his career-high 32nd goal, Semyon Varlamov made 42 saves and the New York…

By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 40 points and had a game-deciding block of Joel Embiid in the…

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — DeMar DeRozan scored 14 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter, and the Chicago Bulls pulled…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul George is back in the starting lineup for the Los Angeles Clippers after missing three months with an elbow injury. He had…

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — UCLA-bound Kiki Rice scored 17 points, and the East beat the West 95-75 in the McDonald’s…

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Cristiano Ronaldo will get another shot at lifting the World Cup. Portugal beat North Macedonia 2-0 in a…

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNETONKA, Minn. (AP) — Paige Bueckers has led the Connecticut Huskies to their 14th straight Final Four.…

By JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Conference USA has agreed to allow Marshall, Old Dominion and Southern Miss to expedite…

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Billy Turner’s one-year deal with the Denver Broncos represents not only a…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Pac-12 Conference will not renew the lease at its downtown San Francisco headquarters and will have its employees work…

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates prospect Oneil Cruz will start the season in the minors. The team has optioned the towering 6-foot-7…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Former Miami Marlins and Detroit Tigers pitcher José Ureña has signed a $1.25 million, one-year league contract with the…

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — American soccer’s harrowing memory of the loss in Trinidad 4 1/2 years ago remains…

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Lorena Ochoa already is in the World Golf Hall of Fame. Now she’s going into the LPGA Hall of Fame. The Mexican…

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Cavaliers rookie forward Evan Mobley will miss Wednesday night’s game against Dallas…

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers are waiting on the return of LeBron James and Anthony Davis as they flirt…

METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Saints general manager Mickey Loomis says the club has signed veteran quarterback Andy Dalton. The move gives New Orleans a…

By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — There was a time, not that many years ago, when predicting who would win the women’s…

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer Stanford is back in the women’s Final Four thanks in part to the offensive performances by Haley Jones and Lexie…

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa All-American Keegan Murray has announced he will declare for the NBA draft. Murray tweeted he would leave the Hawkeyes…

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A resolution to the NFL’s investigation into Deshaun Watson’s conduct could take…

By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer MESA, Ariz. (AP) — David Robertson is back in camp with the Chicago Cubs after going home to be with his wife,…

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer The arrival of Olympic champion Sunisa Lee, new, relaxed rules on athlete compensation and better exposure on TV are…

LONDON (AP) — England coach Gareth Southgate has criticized the fans who jeered Harry Maguire before and during the team’s 3-0 win over the Ivory…

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — A tennis player alleges in a lawsuit that the U.S. Tennis Association failed to protect her from a coach who she says sexually…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil coach Tite complained about playing a World Cup qualifier in the altitude of Bolivian…

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — New York Yankees right-hander Luis Severino is having his spring training start scheduled for Wednesday night pushed back to…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — First-year University at Albany men’s basketball coach Dwayne Killings is away from the program while the school investigates…

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The Celtics were a team in search of direction following a buzzer-beating loss to the Knicks on…

MANALAPAN, Fla. (AP) — Stretching the salary cap into the playoffs was one of the subjects touched on by the NHL’s 32 general managers at their…

By CHUCK KING Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander won’t pitch on opening day as the team plans…

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer An independent investigation into the Portland Timbers’ handling of domestic abuse accusations leveled at…

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank says the team had only preliminary interest in dealing for…

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — FIFA President Gianni Infantino acknowledges all is “not paradise” in Qatar ahead of…

CHORZOW, Poland (AP) — Poland is heading to the World Cup and of course Robert Lewandowski helped send his team there. The prolific Bayern Munich…

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Republican proposal to prevent transgender girls from competing in girls’ school…

PORTO, Portugal (AP) — There will be at least one more World Cup for Cristiano Ronaldo. The all-time top scorer in men’s international soccer…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Daniil Medvedev is one win away from returning to No. 1. The top-seeded Medvedev shook…

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer Emirates Team New Zealand will defend the America’s Cup in Barcelona in 2024, a once unthinkable move that the…

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens have signed coach John Harbaugh to a three-year contract extension through 2025. Harbaugh is entering…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — This is the final year the LPGA Tour’s first major is at Mission Hills in California.…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Nick Kyrgios lost his cool, then a point, then a game and then the match. The…

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears have signed veteran quarterback Trevor Siemian to a two-year contract to back up Justin Fields. Siemian…

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Ross Chastain is an eighth-generation watermelon farmer from Florida who also pursued a career as a NASCAR…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Tiger Woods is at Augusta National and the golf world is wondering: Will he play in the Masters? Various…

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Trinity Rodman is among the young players who have been named to the U.S. women’s national soccer team roster…