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By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Browns defensive tackle Perrion Winfrey had a misdemeanor assault charge against him dropped in Texas after he completed a pretrial diversion program. According to Harris County Court documents, Winfrey’s case was dismissed on June 9. The 22-year-old Winfrey had been arrested in April after he

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — The relentless grind of the NASCAR Cup Series pauses this week, and just about everybody involved with the cars is looking to take advantage. This is the teams’ sole weekend without a race between the Daytona 500 on Feb. 19 and the Cup Series championship

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris saluted more than a thousand U.S. college athletes from championship teams who gathered Monday at the White House South Lawn. She says that sports have a “very special way of bringing people together.” President Joe Biden had been scheduled to greet the athletes, but he had a root

PARIS (AP) — French soccer powerhouse Bordeaux will remain in the second division next season after the league handed the six-time champions a loss for a game that was abandoned after a pitch invader attacked a player from Rodez. The league’s disciplinary committee ruled that the season finale, which Bordeaux had to win to keep

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Lorenzo Sonego eliminated defending champion Matteo Berrettini from the Stuttgart Open by beating the Italian 6-1, 6-2. Berrettini had been going for his third win in three appearances at the grass-court tournament. The 41st-ranked Sonego saved all six break points he faced. Lorenzo Musetti defeated Croatian qualifier Borna Gojo 7-6 (4),

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Brazilian soccer player Dani Alves will remain in jail after a Spanish court has denied another one of his requests to be freed on bail while an investigation into a sexual assault accusation against him continues. The Barcelona court says Alves remains a flight risk and

By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa has been paying tribute to its first post-apartheid national soccer coach who died on Saturday at the age of 78. Clive Barker coached an inexperienced and little-known South Africa team to the African Cup of Nations title in 1996. It remains

LONDON (AP) — England striker Ivan Toney has described the Football Association as “spiteful” for its handling of his ban for breaking betting rules. Toney was handed an eight-month suspension last month after admitting to 232 counts of breaching English soccer’s betting rules. The FA announced Toney had been charged with 262 breaches in November

By The Associated Press The soccer world reacts to the death of Silvio Berlusconi. The former Italian premier previously owned the AC Milan soccer club and later owned Monza. Milan won many major titles under Berlusconi’s ownership.

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Netherlands will be without Matthijs de Ligt for the Nations League final four after the Bayern Munich center-back sustained a calf injury. The Dutch soccer federation said on Monday that De Ligt picked up the injury during a training session ahead of Wednesday’s semifinal against Croatia. Spain takes on Italy in

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Mike Breen is currently the dean of television announcers for the NBA Finals and he is about to enter rarified air space. The ABC/ESPN announcer will reach another milestone on Monday night in Game 5 of the Denver-Miami series. It will be Breen’s 100th NBA Finals broadcast, making him

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The Vegas Golden Knights are one win from the Stanley Cup with a big defensive corps that bucks the trend of smaller blue lines. Vegas’ six defensemen that have have played in the final range from 6-foot-1 to 6-6. That’s a significantly bigger defense than the Florida Panthers, who

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic has returned to No. 1 in the ATP rankings after winning the French Open for a men’s-record 23rd Grand Slam title. He replaces Carlos Alcaraz at the top after beating him in the semifinals in Paris. Djokovic now will add to the record he

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Eintracht Frankfurt has appointed former Bayern Munich assistant coach Dino Toppmöller as head coach to replace Oliver Glasner. The Bundesliga club says the 42-year-old Toppmöller will take over on July 1. He will be joined by assistant coach Nélson Morgado. Morgado is arriving from French team Monaco and previously worked with