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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton, Josh Donaldson and Tommy Kahnle were activated by the New York Yankees ahead of their weekend series at the Los Angeles Dodgers. New York cleared three roster spots after Wednesday’s 1-0 loss at Seattle, optioning infielder-outfielders Oswaldo Cabrera and Franchy Cordero to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre along with left-hander Matt Krook.

NEW YORK (AP) — Infielder Alec Bohm, the Philadelphia Phillies’ RBIs leader, has been put on the 10-day injured list because a a strained left hamstring. Philadelphia made the move retroactive to Wednesday. The Phillies selected the contract of infielder Drew Ellis from Triple-A Lehigh Valley and cleared a spot on the 40-man roster by

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Michael Porter Jr. was once considered a risky pick by the Denver Nuggets due to his balky back. But he’s rewarded their belief in him. He had 14 points and 13 rebounds to help the team to a 104-93 win in Game 1 of the NBA

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — This has been a year full of change for Green Bay Packers offensive lineman David Bakhtiari after he protected Aaron Rodgers’ blind side for the last decade. The departure of Rodgers and several other veterans make the 31-year-old Bakhtiari the Packers’ second-oldest player. The

BERLIN (AP) — The German soccer federation will hold a weekend of mourning for the 15-year-old player who died after a post-match brawl at an international youth tournament last weekend. “This incredibly sad and shocking act at a soccer tournament for juniors leaves us speechless,” federation president Bernd Neuendorf said Thursday. “It is the ultimate

TORONTO (AP) — Seven-time Olympic medalist Penny Oleksiak will miss the world swimming championships in July while she continues rehabbing from injury. She had been coming back from left knee surgery since last August when she developed an unrelated shoulder issue. Oleksiak competed for the first time in nine months at the Mare Nostrum meet

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kyle Dubas didn’t stay out of work for long. The Pittsburgh Penguins have hired Dubas as the club’s president of hockey operations. The move comes less than two weeks after Dubas was fired as the general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Dubas replaces Brian Burke, who was fired along with general

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer Hilary Knight was the runaway leader in voting for the International Ice Hockey Federation’s first female player of the year award on Thursday, some six weeks after the 33-year-old captained the United States to win the women’s world championship. The IIHF announced Knight received 40.9% of the votes submitted

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Ajax is not extending the contract of coach John Heitinga at the end of the season. The Amsterdam powerhouse finished third in the Eredivisie and missed out on a Champions League berth for next season. The club was languishing in fifth position when Heitinga took over from the fired Alfred Schreuder in

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer Brandon Miller and Scoot Henderson have made their cases to be the No. 2 pick in the NBA draft. With Victor Wembanyama long expected to be chosen first by the San Antonio Spurs, the first bit of uncertainty on June 22 could arrive once the Charlotte Hornets are on

MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Marseille coach Igor Tudor is leaving the club after just one season in charge. Tudor has told a news conference he is resigning for personal and professional reasons and has not signed with a new club. Marseille is the only French team to win the Champions League but has fallen well

NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL has expanded The Smart Heart Sports Coalition to 26 member organizations as it continues to advocate for all 50 states to adopt policies that will prevent high school students from fatal outcomes from sudden cardiac arrest. The coalition was founded earlier this year in response to the life-saving emergency

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer Lionel Messi arrived two years ago wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with ”Ici C’est Paris” (This Is Paris) — a favorite cry among Paris Saint-Germain fans — and to chants of “Messi! Messi! Messi!” The soccer superstar will leave the team on Saturday not quite so revered. The cheers have

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Former Slovakia captain Marek Hamšík is retiring from soccer at the end of the season. Hamšík says “soccer was my love, my passion and my job to which I gave everything.” The 35-year-old playmaker made a record 136 international appearances for his country and scored a record 26 goals. He also

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Mirra Andreeva is the latest teen sensation in tennis, a 16-year-old Russian who is the youngest player to win a match in the women’s main draw at the French Open since 2005. The 143rd-ranked Andreeva made her way through qualifying rounds last week without dropping a

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — The group that runs the French Open tennis tournament has hired an artificial intelligence company to monitor players’ social media accounts in a bid to try to protect athletes from cyberbullying. Several players say they receive death threats via apps after they lose matches. Some say