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By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Yordan Álvarez hit a pair of no-doubt homers, Framber Valdez pitched a two-hitter for a rare…

By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Carlos Correa has tested positive for COVID-19, the Minnesota Twins said after a 7-5 loss to the…

By WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Fast-starting Nolan Gorman hit a go-ahead, two-run homer, rookie Andre Pallante got his first big…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis 500 champion Marcus Ericsson earned an unprecedented $3.1 million check for his victory. Ericsson is the second…

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers have placed versatile infielder/outfielder Brad Miller on the 10-day injured list. The team then called…

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Lionel Messi says there is “no doubt” that Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema deserves to win his first Ballon d’Or award…

By KEVIN COONEY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler stood just outside the third base dugout at Citizens…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike completed his final major workout in preparation for the Belmont Stakes on June 11. The…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Iga Swiatek’s 20-set winning streak ended but her run of consecutive match victories is now up…

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Kansas City ace Zack Greinke was placed on the 15-day injured list with a strained right forearm.…

By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Jonathan Schoop became the third player from Curaçao with 1,000 major league hits and finished a home…

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Anthony DeMaio scored four first-half goals for his fifth hat trick in his last six games, Logan McNaney made 17 saves…

DALLAS (AP) — Jeff Gladney, a defensive back for the Arizona Cardinals, has died in a car crash in Dallas. He was 25. Gladney’s death was…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Women’s professional tennis will return to the San Diego area this fall for the first time in seven years. The hard-court San…

By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Kody Clemens, the 26-year-old son of seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens, was brought up by…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — When Ukraine’s unusual path through World Cup qualifying resumes this week, it serves as a…

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — From the moment Russell Wilson takes the field to the instant rookie head coach…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer New Orleans guard and NBA Players Association president CJ McCollum has added another title to his busy schedule —…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Al Horford is turning 36 this week. He also has something else to celebrate. He’s going to…

By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — More than a week off between playoff games can seem like an eternity for any team. The two-time…

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Spanish club Valencia has removed president Anil Murthy from his post following the leak of private…

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer The fast-tracked purchase of English soccer club Chelsea for 2.5 billion pounds ($3.2 billion) — the highest…

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Guardians have traded infielder Yu Chang to the Pittsburgh Pirates for cash. Chang had been designated for…

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer There was a distinct New Zealand flavor to the new era for English cricket that was launched at Lord’s. Brendon…

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 was many things. It was excruciatingly long, wildly unpredictable and…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Robert Lewandowski’s time at Bayern Munich appears to be over. The Poland striker has been linked with a move to Barcelona.…

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer PARIS (AP) — French authorities defended police on Monday for indiscriminately firing tear gas and pepper…

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — A Real Madrid fan at the Champions League final held a Paris Saint-Germain shirt with Kylian…

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — Henrik Stenson has checked out the Italian course staging next year’s Ryder…

By The Associated Press San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler says he might return to the field for the national anthem in recognition of Memorial…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer A little more than a mile from the United Nations, where Russia’s war in Ukraine is front and center, the crowd…

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Carter Graham had four hits and drove in three runs and top-seeded Stanford had eight extra base hits to defeat…

By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — Miami punter Lou Hedley is among thousands of international student athletes who can’t earn income…

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma is back to try to defend its national championship at the Women’s College World Series. The top-seeded Sooners beat…

SEATTLE (AP) — Raul Ruidiaz’s goal helped lead the Seattle Sounders to a 2-1 victory over Charlotte FC on Sunday. Following the victory, the…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Somewhere, Gregg Popovich must be pleased. Ime Udoka and Steve Kerr played for Popovich with the…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Not this time. After being thwarted on the doorstep of the NBA Finals three other times in the…

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nick Plummer launched a tying homer in the ninth inning for his first major league hit,…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Nneka Ogwumike’s putback of her own miss with 7.3 seconds left lifted the Los Angeles Sparks to an 85-83 win over the…

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jimmy Crooks belted a three-run homer, Cade Horton and two relievers limited Texas to four hits with 16 strikeouts and…

LONDON (AP) — Australia has beaten New Zealand in a men’s rugby sevens world series final for the first time in 20 years. Henry Paterson…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays overcame two homers by Shohei Ohtani to complete a four-game sweep of…

By The Associated Press San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler says he might return to the field for the national anthem in recognition of Memorial…

CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Dejan Joveljic scored two goals and the LA Galaxy beat Austin 4-1 on Sunday. After the victory, the Galaxy improved to 7-5-2,…

SEATTLE (AP) — Jewell Loyd scored 22 points, Jantel Lavender had a double-double and the Seattle Storm routed New York 92-61, the seventh-straight…

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Jed Lowrie hit a two-out RBI single off Brett Martin in the bottom of the ninth inning,…

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Sam Burns made a 38-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole at Colonial to beat…

By CHRIS TALBOTT Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Ryan Pressly got Luis Torrens to ground into a game-ending double play with the bases loaded in…

By JOHN FINERAN Associated Press BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Steven Alker is on a roll and now has his first senior major. Alker rallied from four…

By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Jake Burger atoned for a costly error with a game-ending RBI single in the 12th inning, and the…

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Trent Grisham hit a two-run walkoff home run in the 10th inning and the San Diego Padres beat…

MIAMI (AP) — Tyler Herro has recovered enough to play for the Miami Heat in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals on Sunday night against the…

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Camden Sewell threw five scoreless innings, Drew Gilbert had four RBIs and No. 1 seed Tennessee beat Florida 8-5 to win the SEC…

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Alexander Rossi salvaged one solid result for Andretti Autosport in the Indianapolis 500. Not…

By STEVE OVERBEY Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Corbin Burnes tossed seven shutout innings and Jace Peterson hit a three-run homer to lead the…

By BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota’s Sonny Gray and Kansas City’s Zack Greinke left Sunday’s game with injuries,…

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Pato O’Ward’s runner-up finish at the Indianapolis 500 stamped a strong day for Arrow…

ROME (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi is a Serie A owner again after his Monza club won a Serie B playoff to reach the top division. Monza beat Pisa 4-3 in…

BALTIMORE (AP) — Sam Geiersbach scored three times — including the go-ahead goal with about 5 minutes to play — and North Carolina beat…

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Bobby Dalbec hit a two-run homer, one of Boston’s season-high five longballs, and the Red Sox…

By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Scott Dixon had the car to beat for much of the Indy 500 until a late speeding penalty cost him a…

TAMPERE, Finland (AP) — Sakari Manninen scored on a power play at 6:42 of 3-on-3 overtime and Finland beat Canada 4-3 on Sunday for its fourth…

By DICK SCANLON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Taylor Walls and  Ji-Man Choi homered for Tampa Bay’s only hits, and the Rays…

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Marcell Ozuna hit two home runs as part of the Atlanta Braves’ barrage of extra-base hits in…

By JAMES SCHMEHL Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Harold Castro homered for the third time in three games, Jeimer Candelario also connected and the…

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Texas won the first eights final to win a tie-breaker over Stanford and claim the Longhorns’ second consecutive NCAA rowing…

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Marcus Ericsson, once a Formula One backmarker, is now an IndyCar frontrunner. And an…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Vance Honeycutt hit two more home runs and, Angel Zarate went 2-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored, and North Carolina…

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson is headed for the injured list after he left Sunday’s game against the Cubs with a right…

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Evan Longoria hit his fourth home run in four games, a go-ahead, three-run drive in a six-run…

BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund have been drawn against third-tier clubs in the first round of next season’s German Cup. Bayern…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Rafael Nadal got through a serious test in the French Open’s fourth round by edging Felix…

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays scratched slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. from their starting lineup. Guerrero was in the Blue Jays’…

ATLANTA (AP) — Kristy Wallace had 17 points to lead five Atlanta players scoring in double figures and the Dream beat the Phoenix Mercury 82-54.…