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By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Dimitar Berbatov’s curiosity about leadership was sparked by seeing the books in his the office…

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Ada Hegerberg is returning to the Norwegian national team for the first time since 2017. The 26-year-old striker is…

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer MEXICO CITY (AP) — Zack Steffen was picked over Ethan Horvath to be in goal at Estadio Azteca when the United…

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Fourth-seeded Maryland faces top-seeded Stanford on Friday night in the women’s…

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer It has been seven years since the Big Ten had a team reach the Final Four and more than two decades since the…

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Arkansas coach Eric Musselman has learned that his players need to balance the grind of…

By LUJAIN JO Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — It could be any other top-notch hospital in Doha, the capital of Qatar. There are radiology and…

By The Associated Press Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski’s 26th and final appearance in the Sweet 16 is a classic matchup of offense vs. defense. The…

By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Ash Barty signaled the end of the photo opportunities at her retirement news conference in…

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Madison Square Garden won’t host the NIT semifinals and championship game the next two…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Dylan Strome scored the go-ahead goal with 3:50 remaining and Patrick Kane had another big…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican governors in two states this week rejected legislation to ban…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joel Embiid had 30 points and 10 rebounds, James Harden added 24 points and the Philadelphia…

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Dejounte Murray had 28 points before sitting for the final quarter and the San Antonio…

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Brock Boeser and J.T. Miller scored 1:52 apart early in the third period, Jaroslav Halak stopped 32…

PROVO, Utah — Michael Flowers had 27 points as Washington State got past BYU 77-58 in the NIT quarterfinals. Fousseyni Traore led BYU on Wednesday…

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Free-agent catcher Stephen Vogt has reached agreement on a major league contract to…