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By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Phoenix hosts New York and Dallas visits Chicago in the first round of the WNBA playoffs. The postseason begins…

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — There were no signs of Barcelona’s famous “tiki-taka” style of ball possession in the team’s…

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer Anthony Joshua has never fought a challenger like Oleksandr Usyk. The unbeaten Ukrainian matches slick footwork…

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A person with direct knowledge of Ben Simmons’ plans tells The Associated Press the…

By JOHN FINERAN Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Jack Coan admits it’s going to be a little strange this Saturday when No. 12 Notre Dame…

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Rookie Davis Mills will start at quarterback for the Houston Texans on Thursday night against the…

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FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — The widow of Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda has died. The team says Jo Lasorda died Monday night at her home in…

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Hungary has been ordered by FIFA to play its next World Cup qualifier without spectators as…

LONDON (AP) — The NFL will stage an international combine for 50 athletes from 14 countries next month in London. The invitational scouting…

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer J.J. Redick, the sharpshooter who was The Associated Press college player of the year at Duke before embarking…

By The Associated Press (AP) — The biggest event in golf has nothing to do with money. The Ryder Cup returns after being postponed one year by the…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has suspended eight players from its men’s national junior handball team for behavior likened to “treason” after…

PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain says Lionel Messi will miss the next French league game against last-place Metz after a knock to his left knee.…

INNSBRUCK, Austria (AP) — Ski jumping record-holder Gregor Schlierenzauer has retired only a few months before trying to compete at his fourth…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer There has always been a rich tradition of great defenders at Marseille even though the nine-time French…

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer The son of Australia rugby great Michael Lynagh has been included in England’s enlarged training group ahead of…

TORONTO (AP) — The rear-view mirror is something Toronto stars Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner are doing their best to ignore as the NHL season…