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By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer Super regionals are the next stop on the NCAA baseball tournament’s Road to Omaha. Four of the best-of-three series are Friday through Sunday: No. 15 national seed South Carolina (42-19) at No. 2 Florida (48-15); Duke (38-22) at No. 7 Virginia (48-12); Oral Roberts (49-11) at Oregon (40-20); No.

By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Ice maintenance in the NHL is generally the same across the league. Technicians work to make sure the ice is the right temperature and consistency so that the puck slides smoothly and the players have the right traction. The Stanley Cup Final between the Vegas

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan spent more than an hour explaining to players Tuesday afternoon why he changed his mind about taking Saudi funds in a surprise collaboration, saying it ultimately was for their benefit. And to think it was nearly a year ago to the day that Saudi-funded

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Four games, four nights, two titles at stake. South Florida is getting ready for an epic run of finals games. Wednesday’s NBA Finals game in Miami between the Heat and Denver Nuggets starts a stretch of four consecutive days of either NBA or NHL title matchup

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Jack Nicklaus is not done with Muirfield Village. Nicklaus heard enough players complain about the difficulty of the par-3 16th hole at the Memorial that he plans to work on it again. Nicklaus says only 25% of shots stayed on the green during one round.

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer LE MANS, France (AP) — NASCAR scored a victory at Le Mans on Tuesday when the Hendrick Motorsports crew won its class in the pit crew competition. NASCAR’s “Garage 56” is entered in the 24 Hours of Le Mans but not eligible to win the twice-round-the-clock race because

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Erik Spoelstra has preached about the value of adversity for months, not shying away from saying that it helped the Miami Heat get to these NBA Finals. And now Denver is dealing with a little taste of it as well. Game 3 of the NBA Finals

TURIN, Italy (AP) — Juventus says it plans to leave the Super League project still being pursued by Real Madrid and Barcelona. The the also club denied Tuesday it had been threatened with a European ban by UEFA. The three storied clubs await a European Court of Justice ruling in Luxembourg into their legal challenge

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Ron Sanchez has resigned as head coach of the Charlotte 49ers men’s basketball team. Sanchez took over the 49ers on March 19, 2018, inheriting a team coming off a 6-23 campaign. In five years the 49ers went 72-78 under Sanchez, highlighted by 22 wins this past season and a College Basketball

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Sparks have re-signed guard Karlie Samuelson to a contract for the remainder of the season. She is averaging 9.8 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.4 assists while starting once in five games this season. Her 59% shooting from 3-point range ranks second in the WNBA. Samuelson was signed by

CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds are promoting 6-foot-5 shortstop Elly De La Cruz to make his major league debut against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Reds announced Tuesday that they were calling up the 21-year-old from Triple-A, giving one of the minor league’s most enticing talents his first big league test. Baseball America ranks

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Chicago Sky have undergone more change the past two seasons than any team in the WNBA. And the Sky were coming off their 2021 championship when the turnover began. Kahleah Copper is now the lone remaining starter from that team as Candace Parker, Courtney

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City defender Kyle Walker is confident he will be fit for Saturday’s Champions League final despite struggling with a back problem in recent days. The England international did not take part in City’s open training session in preparation for the game against Inter Milan

MIAMI (AP) — CONCACAF is changing the name of its top club competition back to the Champions Cup, what the tournament was called from 1962 through 2008. The Confederation of North and Central American and Caribbean Association Football announced the change Tuesday, two days after Mexico’s León won this year’s title. Twenty-two teams will play

MILAN (AP) — AC Milan has announced with a brief statement that Paolo Maldini’s tenure as the club’s technical director is over. The move follows reports of a rupture between Maldini and Milan’s new American owner Gerry Cardinale. The club statement says “AC Milan announces that Paolo Maldini concludes his role at the club, effective as

SHEFFIELD, England (AP) — Chinese snooker players Liang Wenbo and Li Hang have been handed lifetime bans from the sport for their role in a match-fixing scandal involving eight more of their countrymen. Liang and Li were found by an independent disciplinary commission to have fixed five matches in July last year then encouraged or

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — With a helmet on, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin took part in team drills in a practice open to reporters for the first time in six months since having a near-death experience during a game. Hamlin appeared upbeat by waving to the cameras pointed

By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer Forte is finally getting a crack at running in a Triple Crown race. The colt who was scratched the day of the Kentucky Derby is the early favorite for the Belmont Stakes. Forte was last year’s 2-year-old champion. He is the slight 5-2 favorite for the grueling 1 1/2-mile

NEW YORK (AP) — Silvia Alvarez has been appointed acting communications director of the Major League Baseball Players Association. Alvarez takes over from communications director Chris Dahl, who shifts to senior adviser for communications and intends to retire on Jan. 1. Alvarez joined the union in 2019 after working in the campaign and government offices

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer Of course Indiana State would rather be hosting this weekend’s NCAA baseball Super Regionals. They’ve earned it. But finding workers for an unexpected third consecutive weekend of baseball tourneys and a scheduling conflict with Indiana’s annual Special Olympics Summer Games made it impossible. So the surprising Sycamores promise will