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MILWAUKEE (AP) — New Milwaukee Bucks coach Adrian Griffin’s staff includes Sidney Dobner as the first female assistant coach in franchise history. Dobner is entering her sixth season with the Bucks. She’s getting a promotion after working as head video coordinator this past season. Griffin also is keeping on Vin Baker and Josh Oppenheimer. Both

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. women’s national soccer team will be honored with the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage at The ESPYS on July 12. Liam Hendriks, the Chicago White Sox reliever who battled non-Hodgkin lymphoma, will receive the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance. Hendriks returned to play six months after his cancer diagnosis.

By The Associated Press USA Gymnastics has announced that Simone Biles plans to return to competition following a two-year hiatus at the U.S. Classic outside Chicago in August. The seven-time Olympic medalist was the all-around champion at the 2016 Rio Games. She is a seven-time U.S. national champion and a five-time world all-around champion. The

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil winger Antony says he did not assault an ex-girlfriend who reported him to police for alleged domestic violence. It was the first time the 23-year-old Manchester United player publicly addressed the accusations. Antony said on his social media channels that he had just given his testimony to Brazilian police. The

By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Matt Olson homered late and doubled in an early run and the Atlanta Braves won their fifth straight game, beating the Minnesota Twins 3-0 for a series sweep. Atlanta has won 21 of 25 to improve to a National League-leading 53-27. Kolby Allard, Kirby Yates, A.J.

CHICAGO (AP) — Courtney Williams scored a season-high 21 points, Kahleah Copper added 14 points and the Chicago Sky beat the Los Angeles Sparks 80-63 to snap a six-game losing streak. Chicago’s losing streak started against Los Angeles on June 9. The two teams play each other again on Friday. Marina Mabrey added 13 points

ROME (AP) — Roma coach José Mourinho has been handed a 10-day suspension for the start of the Serie A season for comments he made about a referee. The ban by the Italian soccer federation means Mourinho will miss Roma’s opening match next season and will likely also miss the team’s second game. Mourinho was

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Devils secured another piece from last year’s team, re-signing forward Timo Meier to an eight-year, $70.4 million contract through the 2030-31 season. General manager Tom Fitzgerald announced the signing of the restricted free agent on Wednesday, hours before the start of the

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Katie Ledecky will concede that a few things have changed over her long career at the top of swimming. Like those nagging aches and pains. Not that anyone else can tell. At 26, Ledecky already has sealed her legacy as one of the greatest freestyle swimmers

By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Changes will be made to the TPC River Highlands after record low scoring last week during the PGA Tour’s Travelers Championship. Travelers Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer Andy Bessette told The Associated Press on Wednesday that officials at the club, which is owned

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Olympic organizers from Australia say they have safeguards in place to stop the 2032 Brisbane Games ever joining Paris, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro under investigation for financial wrongdoing. One week ago Paris authorities raided offices and homes linked to organizing the 2024 Olympics. On Wednesday

By The Associated Press Lloyd Howell will succeed DeMaurice Smith as the NFL Players Association’s executive director. The NFLPA’s board of player representatives announced Thursday that Howell had been elected as the next executive director. Smith had said last fall he planned to depart after serving one more term with the union. Howell has spent

BAD HOMBURG, Germany (AP) — Iga Swiatek has eased into the quarterfinals of the Bad Homburg Open with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Jil Teichmann in the Wimbledon warmup. The French Open champion pulled off a tweener to convert her first break point for a 3-2 lead in the first set at the grass-court tournament

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Caeleb Dressel made it to the 50-meter butterfly final but again failed to qualify for the world championships, finishing third at the U.S. nationals. Dressel touched the wall in 23.35 seconds in the non-Olympic event, which he won at the last two worlds in 2019 and

LONDON (AP) — Goalkeeper Edouard Mendy has joined Saudi Arabian team Al-Ahli. He becomes the latest Chelsea player to head to the oil-rich kingdom. N’Golo Kante and Kalidou Koulibaly have already made moves to the lucrative Saudi Pro League during this transfer window. Hakim Ziyech is also expected to join Al-Nassr, where he will team

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The Colorado Avalanche have acquired forward Ross Colton from the Tampa Bay Lightning. The move almost certainly spells the end of J.T. Compher’s time with the Avalanche. A person with knowledge of the situation tells The Associated Press that Compher is testing the free agent market. Colton scored in

By The Associated Press Taika Waititi’s soccer comedy “Next Goal Wins” will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this fall, organizers said Wednesday. The Searchlight Pictures film is based on a true story and stars Michael Fassbender as a Dutch-American soccer coach assigned to help the struggling American Samoa national team

ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Pitcher Rachel Garcia is the 2023 Athletes Unlimited AUX Softball champion. The former UCLA standout scored 1,392 points to finish atop the group of 42 players in the individual competition. She compiled a 4-1 record and led the league with a 3.19 earned run average. Middle infielder Aubrey Leach placed second

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — UEFA has picked bigger stadiums to host the next two Europa Conference League finals. Sub-20,000 capacity venues staged the previous two title games involving clubs from Italy, England and the Netherlands. The 2024 final in UEFA’s third-tier club competition was awarded to the AEK Athens stadium