Jimmy Butler told tennis star Coco Gauff his Miami Heat would reach NBA Finals
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Tennis star Coco Gauff says basketball star Jimmy Butler assured her that his Miami Heat would…
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NASCAR suspends Chase Elliott for 1 race for wrecking Denny Hamlin
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR suspended Chase Elliott for one race on Tuesday, less than one day after the five-time…
Continue ReadingFuture of Brown-Tatum tandem in spotlight as Celtics enter offseason
By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The Celtics’ rollercoaster season ended a round short of a return to the NBA Finals.  Now…
Continue ReadingPlay ball: Things to know entering NCAA baseball regionals
By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer The NCAA baseball tournament opens Friday with play in 16 double-elimination regionals. Regional winners advance to…
Continue ReadingLas Vegas Aces celebrate title and are dominating WNBA once again
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer The Las Vegas Aces celebrated last season’s championship over the weekend and are looking once again like…
Continue ReadingBob Myers departing as Warriors president, GM after 4 NBA titles, 11 seasons
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Bob Myers is departing as president of basketball operations and general manager of the…
Continue ReadingBrowns’ Watson makes pitch for DeAndre Hopkins to reunite with him in Cleveland
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer ROCKY RIVER, Ohio (AP) — Standing a few feet from a golf green, Deshaun Watson made a pitch for DeAndre Hopkins to…
Continue ReadingCoastal Carolina baseball coach Gilmore will retire after 2024
CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — Longtime Coastal Carolina baseball coach Gary Gilmore said he’ll retire after the 2024 season and expects to hand the…
Continue ReadingBayern Munich brings back Rummenigge to supervisory board
MUNICH (AP) — Former chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is returning to Bayern Munich as a member of the club’s supervisory board. Bayern says…
Continue ReadingIndian wrestlers delay plan to throw medals into Ganges River as part of sexual abuse protest
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top wrestlers have held off for now from throwing their medals into the country’s sacred Ganges River as part of an…
Continue ReadingHudson quits as US men’s soccer interim coach, is replaced by Callaghan
CHICAGO Anthony Hudson has quit as interim head coach of the U.S. men’s soccer team just two weeks before he was to lead the Americans in the…
Continue ReadingSpencer Carbery hired as Capitals coach after 2 seasons as Maple Leafs assistant
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The Washington Capitals have hired Spencer Carbery as their next coach. The team announced the move Tuesday.…
Continue ReadingUSA Basketball to play host to Puerto Rico in World Cup tuneup at Las Vegas
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer USA Basketball has finalized its schedule of exhibition games leading into this summer’s FIBA World Cup. It…
Continue ReadingSevilla, Roma’s Mourinho put perfect European records on line in Europa League final
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A remarkable perfect record in European soccer must fall Wednesday when Sevilla faces José Mourinho’s Roma in the…
Continue ReadingPGA Tour goes to Memorial, LPGA Tour has new event at Liberty National
By The Associated Press The PGA Tour goes to the Memorial for the start of a busy stretch. The Memorial is an elevated event and has seven of the top…
Continue ReadingNuggets run to the NBA Finals stirs up memories of wonderful wackiness in the ABA
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Gone, but never forgotten, the ABA is enjoying a curtain call this season — all thanks to the Denver…
Continue ReadingFrench Open’s No. 2 seed, Daniil Medvedev, loses to 172nd-ranked qualifier, Thiago Seyboth Wild
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Second-seeded Daniil Medvedev has lost in the first round of the French Open in five sets to an…
Continue ReadingPanel of historians starts 3-year review of 1972 Munich Olympics attack
BERLIN (AP) — The German government says a panel of historians set up to review the 1972 attack on the Munich Olympics is starting its three-year…
Continue ReadingJuventus agrees to fine but won’t appeal in plea bargain over salaries probe
ROME (AP) — Juventus will be fined 718,000 euros but will agree not to make any appeals as part of a plea bargain with the Italian soccer…
Continue ReadingStables, trainers try to move through grief over euthanized horses as racing thunders on
By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Frank Sumpter has spent the past few weeks reflecting on Wild On Ice’s remarkable…
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