AP National Sports

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Rachel Balkovec was a winner as the first woman to manage a minor league affiliate of a…

CHICAGO (AP) — The second game of the season between the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs has been postponed because of inclement weather. The NL…

NEW YORK (AP) — More than 28% of Major League Baseball players were born outside the 50 states for the second straight season. MLB says 275 of 975…

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Purdue’s board of trustees has approved a $6.7 million renovation plan for Mackey Arena. Construction is expected…

GRAMBLING, La. (AP) — New Grambling volleyball coach Chelsea Lucas has cut more than half of the team’s scholarship players and told incoming…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Butler Bulldogs have hired Austin Parkinson as their new women’s basketball coach. Parkinson will stay in…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees say they failed to reach an agreement with Aaron Judge before his deadline…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Seattle Mariners have signed Gold Glove shortstop J.P. Crawford to a $51 million, five-year contract ahead of the start of…

NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Chelsea got $5.55 million from European Championship revenues for releasing players to their national teams. UEFA had a…

MADRID (AP) — Second-division Spanish soccer club Real Zaragoza says it is set to be purchased by a group of foreign investors led by two of the…

LONDON (AP) — Tennis great Boris Becker could face a jail sentence after being found guilty of illicitly moving thousands of dollars from a bank…

NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Atlético Madrid has been charged by UEFA after a fan was filmed apparently making Nazi salutes at a Champions League…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer Ukrainian soccer club Shakhtar Donetsk will play a series of charity games on a government-backed “Global Tour…

By The Associated Press Rachel Balkovec is set to become the first woman to manage a minor league affiliate of a major league team Friday when her…

By JOHN KEKIS AP Sports Writer The 18th edition of the Green Grand Prix is Friday at Watkins Glen International, and for the first time drivers are…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Nobody knows for certain where the NBA will be in 25 years, when it’ll be celebrating its 100th anniversary.…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Of all the 6,576 shots that were officially struck at Augusta National on Day 1 of the…

By AMANDA SEITZ, MIKE CATALINI and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” TV star, a Paralympic…