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By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Antonio Reeves scored 22 points, CJ Fredrick had 20 and No. 4 Kentucky opened the season…

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Veronika Kudermetova and Elise Mertens have beaten defending champions Barbora…

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani and Yordan Alvarez are the finalists for American League MVP in…

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — The No. 16 Villanova Wildcats beat La Salle 81-68 and won their first game under coach Kyle…

By BOB TRIPI Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Hunter Dickinson scored 22 points and grabbed 12 rebounds and freshman Jett Howard added 21…

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Freshman Grace VanSlooten scored 20 points and No. 20 Oregon downed Northwestern 100-57 to…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky senior forward Oscar Tshiebwe, last season’s consensus national player of the year, was sidelined for the…

By The Associated Press Canada coach John Herdman plans to announce his World Cup roster on Sunday. That’s 10 days before Canada opens play in…

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Cayla King made a school record nine 3-pointers and scored a career-high 33 points, All-American Elizabeth Kitley added 17…

By MITCHELL NORTHAM Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jada Boyd scored 14 points as No. 10 North Carolina State led wire-to-wire in a…

PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — Kaitlyn Chen scored 14 points and grabbed nine rebounds, Ellie Mitchell added 12 points and 15 boards, and No. 24 Princeton…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Saints have scratched veteran receiver Jarvis Landry for Monday night’s game against Baltimore after he tried to return to…

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Rockies have brought in Hensley Meulens to serve as hitting coach after back-to-back lackluster seasons at the plate.…

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Twins shortstop Carlos Correa has formally opted out of his contract to become a…

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn right tackle Austin Troxell is out for the season with a knee injury. Interim coach Carnell Williams said Troxell was…

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid has failed to regain the Spanish league lead after falling at Rayo Vallecano 3-2 in its…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — As soon as general managers started arriving in Las Vegas for their annual meetings, Major League Baseball set some odds — for…

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Allen is nursing a sore right throwing elbow, leaving cause for concern over the…

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Michael Jones, Stanford’s first graduate transfer in program history, scored a career-high 31 points and the Cardinal…

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox have picked up Tim Anderson’s $12.5 million option for the 2023 season and declined their $5.5 million…

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies hope their run to the World Series is just the start of a…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer Seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has received honorary citizenship at Brazil’s Congress…

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Isabelle Bourne scored 21 points and grabbed nine rebounds as No. 22 Nebraska opened the season with a 100-36 win over Omaha.…

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer Alabama will play its last few games without national championship implications for the first time in 12 years. The…

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Marcus Thames is the Los Angeles Angels’ new hitting coach, and Phil Plantier will be his assistant next season. Bill…

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer WACO, Texas (AP) — Adam Flagler scored 21 points to lead six players in double figures for fifth-ranked Baylor,…

By ANDREW LOGUE Associated Press AMES, Iowa (AP) — Ashley Joens had 28 points, 11 rebounds and five assists, and the No. 8 Iowa State women opened…

NEW YORK (AP) — Luis Severino’s $15 million option for 2023 has been exercised by the New York Yankees. The right-hander, who turns 29 in…

DALLAS (AP) — Ben Simmons is expected to return to the Brooklyn Nets’ lineup against Dallas after missing four games because of left knee…

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Bruins President Cam Neely says the team “dropped the ball” with its internal vetting of…

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Wings hired Los Angeles Sparks assistant Latricia Trammell as head coach Monday, picking a defensive specialist…

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer There’s only one week to go before coaches of World Cup teams finally get their hands on their players ahead…

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts have hired former All-Pro center Jeff Saturday as interim coach after…

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — New York Giants star safety Xavier McKinney injured a hand while on vacation in Mexico…