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PARIS (AP) — Russia is making plans for its athletes to live and compete in the French capital when the Paris Olympics start in 2024 even though…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Two-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar won’t compete at the Spanish Vuelta next month. His team says he will instead…

By The Associated Press Aaron Judge and Pete Alonso swing away as the Subway Series starts up at Citi Field on Tuesday night with both New York teams…

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — The drug trial of American basketball star Brittney Griner in a Russian court focused Tuesday…

TOKYO (AP) — Prosecutors have searched the home of former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive board member Haruyuki Takahashi in…

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Ty France launched his 13th home run as part of a three-hit night, Cal Raleigh added an RBI single and…

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Tony Kemp homered and hit a two-run double, Skye Bolt added a two-run shot, and the…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Colorado Rockies outfielder Kris Bryant will undergo evaluation for the foot issue that kept him from playing Monday night.…

SYDNEY (AP) — Seven Manly Sea Eagles players have withdrawn from a National Rugby League match in Australia because they’re unwilling to wear…

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Kyle Freeland pitched four-hit ball over innings, Daniel Bard worked his way out of a…

CHICAGO (AP) — Nico Hoerner hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 for their fifth…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Zack Greinke is getting to the point in his career where it seems as though just about…

By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryson Stott homered, doubled and drove in five runs to lift the Philadelphia Phillies to a 6-4…

By JEFF WALLNER Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Jonathan India hit his first career grand slam and Brandon Drury connected for a three-run shot,…

By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Ryan Mountcastle hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in a four-run fifth inning that sent the…

SEATTLE (AP) — The Texas Rangers have agreed to terms with former AL Cy Young Award winner Dallas Keuchel on a minor league contract. The…

DETROIT (AP) — San Diego Padres left-hander MacKenzie Gore exited a game against the Detroit Tigers with a sore elbow. Gore, a 23-year-old recently…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom will make what could be his final minor league rehab start with Triple-A Syracuse on Wednesday…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Jalen Ramsey could have eased into training camp this summer. After a long, grueling season…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Yankees radio broadcaster Suzyn Waldman, MLB Network and Sirius XM Radio host Chris Russo and DJ Carol Miller were…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of U.S. senators has given baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred until Friday to respond to questions about the sport’s…

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Former U.S. women’s national team star goalkeeper Hope Solo pleaded guilty Monday to driving while impaired, almost…

By The Associated Press Aaron Judge and Pete Alonso swing away as the Subway Series starts up at Citi Field on Tuesday night with both New York teams…

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers have signed former Las Vegas Raiders safety and special teams player Dallin Leavitt. Leavitt is the…

By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays standouts Kevin Kiermaier and Mike Zunino are out for the season because of…

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Las Vegas Raiders offensive lineman Denzelle Good has been placed on the reserve retired list, leaving a…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — First-year South Carolina coach Lamont Paris has signed five-star recruit Gregory “GG” Jackson. The 6-foot-9 Jackson was…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Tyreek Hill didn’t walk into Kansas City Chiefs camp Monday. Neither did Tyrann…

The Associated Press Hockey Canada has released a plan to combat the “toxic” culture in its sport. It comes ahead of a second round of…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The players’ association has rejected what Major League Baseball called its final offer for an…

By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Doug Pederson opened his first training camp in Jacksonville with a police escort.…

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Center Isac Lundeström has agreed to a two-year, $3.6 million contract with the Anaheim Ducks. Lundeström and the Ducks…

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Bengals owner Mike Brown said the team already has an eye on paying quarterback Joe…

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer The U.S. women’s national soccer team has a new look with young talent, and coach Vlatko Andonovski has…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Freshman forward Kadyn Betts will join Minnesota’s basketball program this season. He moved up his high school graduation.…

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay police say their internal affairs department is conducting a review after a video on social media showed an…

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer Joe Gibbs Racing has declined to appeal the penalties levied by NASCAR that stripped Denny Hamlin of his Pocono…

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Soccer scoring leader Valentín “Taty” Castellanos is leaving New York City FC on loan to join newly promoted…

By CLAUDIA TORRENS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Colombian soccer fan who came to the U.S. as a political refugee is creating a training camp…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Panthers could have maintained the status quo this summer after posting the…

PRAGUE (AP) — Third-seeded Elise Mertens is out of the Prague Open after losing her first-round match to unseeded Magda Linette of Poland 3-6, 6-2,…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Paris Olympic Games organizers have marked the two-years-to-go milestone to the 2024 games by…

By EDDIE PELLS and PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writers EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The conversation about what track sensation Sydney McLaughlin will do next…

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two-time IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden has been released from a Des Moines hospital…

LONDON (AP) — Soccer fans who run onto the field or use objects like smoke bombs and pyrotechnics at matches in England will receive an automatic…

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer Chase Elliott left Pocono Raceway as a third-place finisher and learned when he landed home in Georgia that he had…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A decades-old, mint condition Mickey Mantle baseball card could break a record at auction.…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The NFL is making its move into offering its own media streaming platform. The league announced that “NFL+”…

STIRLING, Scotland (AP) — The leadership of Scottish cricket has been found to be institutionally racist by an independent review. That deals…

By The Associated Press Washington star Juan Soto is sure to get asked about his near future during a three-game series at Dodger Stadium that starts…

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer Justin Verlander has a little more gray in his hair and stubble these days. Despite those details — and the fact…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan set a world record in the semifinals, then ran an even faster,…

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — They all had stories about how the distance runner known as “Pre” gave them motivation. How…

By CLAUDIA LAUER The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Wei Chen wants people who visit Philadelphia’s Chinatown to look through the…

CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Kévin Cabral scored his first goal of the season seven minutes into the match and goalkeeper Jonathan Bond made it stand up…

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — LeBron James liked the clown nose. Dave Martinez wasn’t as big of a fan. Sorry skip, it appears…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Serge Ngoma and Dru Yearwood scored goals early in the first half and the New York Red Bulls hung on for a 4-3 victory over…

By The Associated Press Washington star Juan Soto is sure to get asked about his near future during a three-game series at Dodger Stadium that starts…

SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — Brittany Force raced to her fourth Top Fuel victory of the season and 15th overall in a record-setting Sunday in the Denso…

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings signed rookies Andrew Booth Jr. and Ed Ingram to complete their draft-class contracts as players began to…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Sydney McLaughlin took the last victorious lap of an all-American world championships. She…

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Keibert Ruiz had three hits, including a go-ahead single in the eighth inning, and the Washington…

SEATTLE (AP) — Tina Charles scored 27 points, becoming the fourth player in WNBA history to top 7,000 in a career, and the Seattle Storm beat the…

By SHANE LANTZ Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Jose Altuve and Jeremy Peña hit back-to-back home runs off Robbie Ray to begin the game, and the…

DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) — Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert had two victories on the opening weekend of Del Mar’s summer meet. The wins come three…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers surged past the San Francisco Giants with a seventh-inning rally and…

MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Martín Pérez allowed four hits over seven strong innings to extend his dominant…

By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Davante Adams might be considered the best receiver in the NFL. His highly decorated resume…

LONDON (AP) — More than 100 former rugby players are taking legal action against World Rugby and the national governing bodies of England and Wales…

By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Taylor Ward homered in a five-run first, Reid Detmers pitched five scoreless innings and the Los…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Mets were somewhat fuzzy about the next steps in Jacob deGrom’s potential rotation return,…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Only a couple days after being traded, Matthew Tkachuk already feels at home in Florida. The…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball made what was termed a “final offer” for an international draft,…

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Andrew McCutchen’s tiebreaking, two-run double capped a two-out rally in the eighth inning…

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford threw to receivers in practice Sunday for the first time since Los Angeles’ Super Bowl…

SALINA, Kan. (AP) — Karrie Webb held off Annika Sorenstam on Sunday in the Senior LPGA Championship for her first senior title. The 47-year-old…

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer BLAINE, Minn. (AP) — After reading he was the betting favorite for the 3M Open, Tony Finau felt the pressure…

By AVERY OSEN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kris Bubic went seven strong innings, Hunter Dozier and MJ Melendez had late-inning RBIs and…