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By JOHN WAWROW and STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writers The New Jersey Devils swapped forwards with the Boston Bruins, trading winger Pavel Zacha for center Erik Haula in a trade completed less than an hour before the NHL’s free agency period opens. The move balances out the Devils’ lineup with New Jersey in the mix

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The Colorado Avalanche have re-signed defenseman Josh Manson to a four-year contract worth $18 million. The contract carries an annual salary cap hit of $4.5 million. Acquiring Manson at the trade deadline was one of several moves that helped Colorado win the Stanley Cup for the first time since

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — New Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark declared the league “open for business,” saying that while nothing is imminent all options will be considered as he takes over with conference realignment again shaking college sports. Yormark made his introductory remarks Wednesday at the start of the

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox All-Star Rafael Devers is practicing with his teammates both on and off the field. Born and raised in the Dominican Republic, the 25-year-old quickly rose through the minors, becoming one of the game’s best hitters and brightest stars. He was voted the American League’s starting

MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid is driving away from a partnership of nearly two decades with Audi and switching to BMW as one of its main sponsors. The new deal means all Madrid soccer and basketball players will get BMW vehicles beginning this season. BMW Spain says it will provide fully electric cars to the

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — R&A chief Martin Slumbers is blasting the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series as being driven by money. Slumber says the circuit run by two-time British Open champion Greg Norman isn’t in the best interest of golf. Slumbers says the British Open has a right to

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona has reached a deal to sign Leeds playmaker Raphinha and will also keep France forward Ousmane Dembélé at the club. The agreement to sign Brazil international Raphinha was pending the 25-year-old winger passing a medical. Leeds also confirmed it had reached an agreement in principle. Barcelona president Joan Laporta also

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer French senators say the chaos outside the national stadium that marred the Champions League soccer final was due to a series of mistakes by police and officials and not because of the actions of previously blamed Liverpool fans. The senators made a series of recommendations to fix problems ahead

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The NBA has completed the process of changing the transition take foul rule, ending years of discussion about what to do with the long-maligned tactic. And, also as expected, the play-in tournament is going to be around for the foreseeable future. The league’s board of

By SYLVIA FOWLES For The Associated Press Minnesota Lynx star Sylvia Fowles is checking in periodically during her final season in the WNBA with The Associated Press. In this edition, Fowles talks about her final All-Star weekend. The celebrations, the game, the 3-pointer and the dunk. Fowles stole the ball and dunked in the first

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Raheem Sterling is edging closer to a move to Chelsea as he bids farewell to Manchester City. Sterling is on the cusp of completing a transfer of around $60 million to City’s Premier League rival. He has reportedly flown out to Los Angeles to join up with Chelsea on its preseason

MONACO (AP) — Olympic silver medalist Nijel Amos has been suspended ahead of the world championships after testing positive for a rare banned substance. The Athletics Integrity Unit says the 28-year-old Amos gave a sample on June 4 which was found to contain GW1516. That’s an experimental drug which can modify the body’s metabolism but

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Newlyweds Alex Wrigley and Johanna Gustavsson had wide smiles as they posed for photos on the Swilcan Bridge under bright sunshine near the end of a practice round on the Old Course at St. Andrews. It’s the start of a pinch-yourself summer for the

By CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Tiger Woods called it “historic” and his “favorite.” Jack Nicklaus labeled it “a magical place.” They should know. Woods and Nicklaus are two of the greatest golfers the game has ever produced and they’ve each won two British Open titles at St. Andrews. The

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — No major championship has as much history as the British Open. We look back at key anniversaries for golf’s oldest championship. That goes back to Young Tom Morris in 1872 winning for the fourth straight time. It was 150 years ago that the claret

By JOHN WAWROW, DAVE CAMPBELL and STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writers Evgeni Malkin is returning to the Pittsburgh Penguins after all. He re-signed on $24.4 million, four-year contract that counts $6.1 million against the salary cap through 2026. Evander Kane is staying put in Edmonton after announcing on social media that he agreed to a

By SYLVIA FOWLES For The Associated Press Minnesota Lynx star Sylvia Fowles is checking in periodically during her final season in the WNBA with The Associated Press. In this edition Fowles talks about her final All-Star weekend. The celebrations, the game, the 3-pointer and the dunk.

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Kyle Tucker delivered a tiebreaking RBI double in the ninth inning, and the Houston Astros blew a four-run lead before rallying for a 6-5 victory over the spiraling Los Angeles Angels. José Altuve led off the ninth with a walk from Angels closer Raisel Iglesias.

By JOHN DUERDEN Associated Press Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei congratulated the national team on reaching the Volleyball Nations League finals on the weekend with a social media post that was titled: “Happy success with an Iranian coach.” A day later the Iranian football federation dismissed Dragan Skocic, the Croatian coach who has guided