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STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Malcolm Moore hit a two-run home run and Tommy Troy belted a grand slam, both in the seventh inning, as Stanford beat Texas A&M 13-5 to force a winner-take-all showdown for the Stanford Regional championship and a berth in the super regionals. The Aggies knocked Stanford into Sunday’s elimination rounds with

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Justin Storm pitched 5 2/3 innings of scoreless relief with 10 strikeouts and Southern Miss exploded for eight runs in the top of the ninth inning to beat Pennsylvania 11-2 at the Auburn Regional. Southern Miss has won three straight elimination games to force a decisive rematch with the Quakers for

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Erik Spoelstra bristled at the suggestion the Miami Heat somehow solved Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets by allowing the superstar to score at will while taking away his passing lanes and his penchant to elevate his teammates. “Yeah, that’s ridiculous,” Spoelstra interjected after Miami’s 111-108

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lucas Di Yorio scored in the first half and Club León secured its first CONCACAF Champions League title with a 1-0 victory over Los Angeles FC. León won the first leg of the final 2-1 in Mexico on Wednesday night, and the Liga MX club

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Jared Wegner and Kendall Diggs each homered and Arkansas beat Santa Clara 6-4 in an elimination game at the Fayetteville Regional. Arkansas advances to a rematch with TCU on Monday. The Horned Frogs walloped Arkansas earlier Sunday, 20-5, to send the Razorbacks into the elimination game with Santa Clara. A TCU

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Matt Hogan hit a two-out two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning and Oral Roberts beat Dallas Baptist 6-5 to extend the nation’s longest active win streak and win the Stillwater Regional. Oral Roberts, which has won program record (D-I era) 21 consecutive games, is just the eighth No.

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Duncan Robinson didn’t take a shot through three quarters. The Miami Heat forward was simply saving his best for when his team needed him most. Over a nearly two-minute spurt in the fourth quarter, Robinson scored all of his 10 points in helping rally the Heat

By TALES AZZONI and STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writers MADRID (AP) — Hanging from a highway bridge in Madrid, an effigy of one of the world’s most famous Black soccer players stands as a graphic reminder of the racism sweeping through European soccer. And they are everywhere. In Italy, where monkey chants swirled in April

By TALES AZZONI and STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writers MADRID (AP) — The vicious, relentless and high-profile racist insults directed at Brazilian soccer player Vinícius Júnior underscore an entrenched and decades-old issue that refuses to go away in the world’s most popular sport. It is a deeper societal problem that is manifested in soccer matches

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — When Kevin-Prince Boateng walked off the field to protest being racially abused by an opposing team’s fans a decade ago, he set soccer authorities on a path toward tougher sanctions in cases of discrimination. His teammates at Italian club AC Milan had his back when Boateng,

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Blend in. Stay alert. Feign excitement if you must. Among the thousands of fans in the stands at Europe’s biggest soccer games are a few people operating undercover. Trained volunteer observers listen for racist chants and watch for extremist symbols on banners. “You have to

By JAMES ROBSON and JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writers MANCHESTER, England (AP) — When racism was rife in English soccer and hooliganism was on the rise, Black players were only just beginning to integrate into some of the league’s biggest teams. Liverpool, arguably the most famous soccer club in the world at the time, fielded

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Simon Gregersen struck out six of the 10 outs he recorded to close out Indiana State’s 11-8 win over Iowa to win the Terre Haute Regional championship and earn a berth in the super regionals. Indiana State (44-15) knocked Iowa into the elimination round with a 7-4 win Saturday night

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer DENVER (AP) — Staring down a 2-0 deficit in the NBA Finals, as the visitors in a hostile arena where no road team had prevailed in more than two months, the Miami Heat decided to do what they’ve done throughout the postseason. They found a way. Against all odds.

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anthony Rizzo scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning on a grounder and the New York Yankees edged the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-1 in what was a pitchers’ duel for six innings between Domingo Germán and Bobby Miller. Anthony Volpe provided some insurance with

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Kyle Busch held off Denny Hamlin through a series of late restarts to win the chaotic, caution-filled NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway just outside of St. Louis in overtime Sunday. Bubba Wallace brought out the 11th and final yellow when his

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Talmadge LeCroy drove in five runs, Braylen Wimmer had four hits, and South Carolina defeated Campbell 16-7 to win the Columbia Regional and advance to the super regionals. The Gamecocks took control with a seven-run third inning in which LeCroy had a two-run double and Will McGillis hit a two-run home

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Ashley Rogers threw a complete game, and No. 4 seed Tennessee defeated No. 6 Oklahoma State 3-1 to qualify for the Women’s College World Series semifinals. Tennessee’s ace returned to the circle after not playing in a loss to Oklahoma on Saturday. She gave up

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Hunter Gilliam belted a three-run home run and drove in five runs as Kentucky pounded Indiana 16-6 to force a winner-take-all rematch for a berth in the super regional. Indiana knocked off the top-seeded Wildcats, 5-3 in a winners bracket game Saturday night, relegating them to an elimination game against West

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Two-time NCAA champion Rose Zhang became the first LPGA Tour winner in her pro debut in 72 years, capturing the Mizuho Americas Open with a par on the second hole in a playoff against Jennifer Kupcho on Sunday. The last female player to win