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By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Las Vegas Raiders offensive lineman Denzelle Good has been placed on the reserve retired list, leaving a potential hole in the weakest part of the team’s offense. Good was expected to compete for a starting spot at guard as he worked his was back from reconstructive knee surgery.

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer Joe Gibbs Racing has declined to appeal the penalties levied by NASCAR that stripped Denny Hamlin of his Pocono Raceway victory and cost Kyle Busch his runner-up finish. The win was awarded to Chase Elliott. Hamlin’s No. 11 Toyota and Busch’s No. 18 Toyota both flunked postrace inspection Sunday

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — First-year South Carolina coach Lamont Paris has signed five-star recruit Gregory “GG” Jackson. The 6-foot-9 Jackson was among the top prospects for the 2023 class, but has instead reclassified to this year and will be eligible immediately. Jackson is from Columbia and averaged 22.1 points, 10.9 rebounds and 2.3 blocks a

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has presented three options for renovating Soldier Field, the home of the Chicago Bears, but the team said it’s not interested. Lightfoot on Monday proposed fully enclosing the stadium by rebuilding both end zones with columns that can support a dome; rebuilding both end zones with columns to

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Tyreek Hill didn’t walk into Kansas City Chiefs camp Monday. Neither did Tyrann Mathieu. And how the Chiefs replace two of the cornerstones of their four straight trips to the AFC title game will largely affect whether their division run of dominance continues this

The Associated Press Hockey Canada has released a plan to combat the “toxic” culture in its sport. It comes ahead of a second round of parliamentary hearings into the organization’s handling of sexual assault complaints. The plan includes putting together a centralized tracking and reporting system for abuse complaints by the end of September, the

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The players’ association has rejected what Major League Baseball called its final offer for an international draft, a move that will keep direct draft-pick compensation in place for free agents and likely limit the market for some older players. The union announced its decision about

By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Doug Pederson opened his first training camp in Jacksonville with a police escort. The first-year Jaguars coach and 91 players loaded onto a five-bus caravan for a 5-mile ride from TIAA Bank Field to a nearby high school for their first practice. Despite the

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Center Isac Lundeström has agreed to a two-year, $3.6 million contract with the Anaheim Ducks. Lundeström and the Ducks avoided arbitration with the deal. Anaheim general manager Pat Verbeek has re-signed all of the club’s restricted free agents. Lundeström had 16 goals and 19 assists last year in his first full

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Bengals owner Mike Brown said the team already has an eye on paying quarterback Joe Burrow. The Bengals star quarterback, who led the team to their first Super Bowl berth in 33 years, will be eligible to negotiate a new contract after this season. Burrow

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer The U.S. women’s national soccer team has a new look with young talent, and coach Vlatko Andonovski has tweaked its traditional straightforward and speedy attack to take a more nuanced approach. The players say something more is going on as well. They say there’s been a shift in

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Freshman forward Kadyn Betts will join Minnesota’s basketball program this season. He moved up his high school graduation. The 6-foot-8 product of Pueblo, Colorado, was originally a 2023 recruit before his reclassification. Betts averaged 22.7 points, 12.3 rebounds and 3.6 blocks per game and led the state in double-doubles. He was a

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay police say their internal affairs department is conducting a review after a video on social media showed an officer grabbing Packers running back A.J. Dillon during a Saturday night soccer match at Lambeau Field. Video posted on social media showed Dillon in the end zone greeting fans in

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Joe Gibbs Racing has declined to appeal the penalties levied by NASCAR that stripped Denny Hamlin of his Pocono Raceway victory and cost Kyle Busch his runner-up finish. The win was awarded to Chase Elliott. Hamlin’s No. 11 Toyota and Busch’s No. 18 Toyota both flunked postrace inspection Sunday night when

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Soccer scoring leader Valentín “Taty” Castellanos is leaving New York City FC on loan to join newly promoted Girona in the Spanish league. The 23-year-old Argentine forward has 13 goals in the MLS this season. He is tied at the top with countryman Sebastián Driussi of Austin. NYC says

By CLAUDIA TORRENS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Colombian soccer fan who came to the U.S. as a political refugee is creating a training camp for young people in New Mexico with former players from Colombia as the instructors. Coffee company owner David Certain hopes one day to expand the program in the

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Panthers could have maintained the status quo this summer after posting the NHL’s best record. They went a different way. Matthew Tkachuk was introduced Monday as Florida’s newest addition. It came three days after the Panthers and Calgary completed a trade that sent

PRAGUE (AP) — Third-seeded Elise Mertens is out of the Prague Open after losing her first-round match to unseeded Magda Linette of Poland 3-6, 6-2, 2-6. Linette beat her Belgian opponent for the first time after three losses. She next faces Daria Snigur or Viktoriya Tomova in the second round of the outdoor hardcourt tournament.

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Paris Olympic Games organizers have marked the two-years-to-go milestone to the 2024 games by unveiling their official slogan. It will be “Games Wide Open.” Organizers said the slogan reflects their desire to make the games accessible and use them to also open minds. Games organizers said they

By EDDIE PELLS and PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writers EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The conversation about what track sensation Sydney McLaughlin will do next involves more than the clock. She brought the record in her 400-meter hurdles race down by nearly three-quarters of a second at the world championships in Eugene, Oregon. But it was