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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Jordan Spieth is back at Augusta National, eight years after he first slipped on the green…

MADRID (AP) — Valencia couldn’t manage more than a 1-1 draw at home against Rayo Vallecano and remains near the relegation zone in the Spanish…

WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden said Monday that she wants the defeated Iowa women’s basketball team to be invited to the White House in…

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Espanyol has fired Diego Martínez and hired former player Luis García as its new coach. The coaching change was made…

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Michael Keane made amends for giving away a penalty by scoring off a long-range thunderbolt in the 90th minute to earn…

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Rookie Brice Turang hit a grand slam for his first major league homer to cap a seven-run fifth…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Olympic volleyball gold medalist Wallace de Souza has been suspended for one year by…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ricochet, the beloved Golden Retriever who found her calling as a therapy dog when she learned to surf, has died in Southern…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Poland will soon host the multi-sport European Games with Russia and Belarus excluded. Poland…

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Olympic gymnastics champion Sunisa Lee says a kidney issue cut short her college career, but she still has her sights set on…

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer Wake Forest’s baseball season keeps getting better. The Demon Deacons took three games from Clemson this past…

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendriks says he was beginning his final round of chemotherapy on Monday. Hendriks, battling…

ABERDEEN, Scotland (AP) — Alex Ferguson is getting another medal to add to his extensive collection. Some of the key people behind Scottish team…

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Empoli has beaten fellow struggler Lecce 1-0 in Serie A for its first win since January. Francesco…

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer Former Indiana Hoosiers coach Bob Knight has been released from a hospital in Bloomington, Indiana. His son, Pat…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball’s average game time dropped by 30 minutes during the first four days this…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball owners unanimously approved an initial five-year labor contract with minor…

PIRAEUS, Greece (AP) — Jose Miguel Gonzalez has resigned as coach of Olympiakos following a draw in the second round of the Greek playoffs. The…