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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Illinois hired Shauna Green is its coach, hoping she can lift a struggling program following a winning tenure at Dayton.…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Sam Burns is the latest top player to pull out of the Dell Match Play. Burns withdrew one day after outlasting Davis…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Remy Martin has been the catalyst for Kansas through the opening two rounds of the NCAA…

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH (AP) — Offensive tackle Trent Brown has agreed to a two-year deal to return to the New England…

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Quarterback Matt Barkley is returning to the Buffalo Bills for a second stint after signing a one-year contract. Barkley…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — To fully understand how long Miami basketball coach Jim Larrañaga has been teaching…

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens have agreed to a three-year deal with fullback Patrick Ricard. Ricard has spent all five of his NFL…

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Gareth Bale has linked up with Wales’ national team ahead of its World Cup qualifying playoff against…

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — From refugee to amateur soccer player to Serie A scorer. Eighteen-year-old Moustapha Cissé has…

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia has hired Amaka “Mox” Agugua-Hamilton of Missouri State as its women’s basketball coach. Athletic…

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — It was quite the weekend in motorsports, which is typically the bit player on the…

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Hertha Berlin investor Lars Windhorst has slammed the club president Werner Gegenbauer and called…

LONDON (AP) — Russian race walker Yelena Lashmanova has been banned for two years for doping and will be stripped of her Olympic gold medal.…

ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — Former Dutch soccer great Marc Overmars has been appointed sports director of Belgian club Antwerp only weeks after…

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer Kevin Willard is taking over as Maryland’s basketball coach after a dozen seasons at Seton Hall. The Terrapins…

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer Marc-Andre Fleury is back in the playoff picture after the Minnesota Wild acquired the three-time Stanley Cup-winner…

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Barcelona’s players had just returned to the locker room when Gerard Piqué put out a message on…