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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Rowdy Tellez hit two home runs and Milwaukee center fielder Jonathan Davis made a spectacular catch, sending the Brewers over the Tampa Bay Rays 5-3. Tellez has five home runs and eight RBIs in his past six games. Tellez hit his 15th homer, a tiebreaking, solo drive in the eighth

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Let the talking begin. The trading, too, and eventually the signing. Free agency officially opens Thursday in the NBA, with teams able to begin negotiating at 6 p.m. Eastern. James Harden declined his $47 million option for next season with Philadelphia on Wednesday and became a free agent —

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — The recurring cries of “Come on, Andy!” at Centre Court meandered somewhere along the continuum from pushing to pleading as two-time champion Andy Murray’s shortest stay at Wimbledon came to a close. Unable to overcome big John Isner’s big serves, the way he always has

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer As the Utah Jazz spent time talking to candidates to become their next coach, Will Hardy quickly rose to the top of their list. And that’s where he stayed. Hardy was announced as the new coach of the Jazz a day after the sides came to an agreement in

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Hockey is not on summer vacation even after the Colorado Avalanche dethroned the Tampa Bay Lightning to win the Stanley Cup. The new 3ICE 3-on-3 league debuted in mid-June with Hall of Famers Bryan Trottier, Grant Fuhr, Joe Mullen and Larry Murphy among the coaches. The International Ice Hockey

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Luke Richardson says he likes a challenge. Good thing, because he’s got a big one ahead of him. The rebuilding Chicago Blackhawks have hired Richardson as the 40th coach in franchise history. The former NHL defenseman takes over a team in transition under general manager Kyle

By JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton homered to fuel the New York Yankees’ major league-best 24th comeback victory, bailing out Jameson Taillon in a 5-3 win over the Oakland Athletics. The Yankees completed a three-game sweep of baseball’s worst team and improved to 56-20, matching the

By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Emma Raducanu says she’s not feeling any pressure. Raducanu won the U.S. Open last year at the age of 18 but hasn’t gotten past the second round at the past three Grand Slam tournaments. She lost to Caroline Garcia of France 6-3, 6-3 on Centre

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Verlander pitched two-hit ball for eight innings, light-hitting backup catcher Jason Castro lined a two-run homer in the ninth and the Houston Astros beat the Mets 2-0 to send New York to its first three-game losing streak this season. Astros left fielder Yordan Álvarez

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo wants a U.S. judge to order a woman’s lawyer to pay the international soccer star more than $626,000 after claiming in a failed lawsuit in 2018 that Ronaldo raped the woman in Las Vegas nearly a decade earlier. The woman’s attorney, Leslie Mark Stovall,

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fresh off helping the Golden State Warriors win the NBA championship, Stephen Curry will host The ESPYS honoring the past year’s top athletes and moments in sports. The show airs July 20 from Los Angeles live on ABC. Curry is nominated for three awards, including best male athlete. The ESPYS will

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi State coach Mike Leach has signed a two-year contract extension through 2025 after leading the Bulldogs to their second consecutive bowl appearance. MSU football spokesman Brandon Langlois on Wednesday confirmed the extension, which was initially reported by several media outlets. The third-year coach’s base annual salary increases from $5 million

SEATTLE (AP) — The NBA is returning to Seattle for a preseason game between the Portland Trail Blazers and Los Angeles Clippers at Climate Pledge Arena on Oct. 3. It will be the first NBA event since the former KeyArena was gutted and reconstructed as the home of the NHL’s Seattle Kraken and WNBA’s Seattle

NEW YORK (AP) — Houston left fielder Yordan Álvarez and shortstop Jeremy Peña were hurt when they collided in the eighth inning of a game against the New York Mets while running down a popup. With Peña shifted to the right side and the game scoreless, Dominic Smith popped the ball into short left. Both

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Romelu Lukaku will again be looking to revive his career back in Italy after completing a sensational return to Inter Milan on a one-year loan deal. It comes just 10 months after he joined Chelsea for $135 million. Inter is reportedly paying Chelsea 8 million euros

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — American tennis player Jessica Pegula almost did not go to Wimbledon this year. That’s because her mother went into the hospital recently. But with Mom’s health progressing, Pegula decided it was OK to make the trip to England. And now she will be trying to

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — A new group for European clubs feeling isolated in soccer politics dominated by wealthy rivals has been announced. The Union of European Clubs is being created after an intense 18 months of debate and decisions on reforming UEFA competitions like the Champions League plus the failed

CHICAGO (AP) — Candace Parker had a season-high 25 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists, Kahleah Copper scored 15 points and Chicago beat the Connecticut Sun 91-83 for the Sky’s fourth straight victory. Parker made a no-look pass to Kahleah Copper with 33.5 seconds left before halftime to become the eighth player in WNBA history

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Roy Williams and Jim Calhoun will join John Beilein and Lon Kruger in a star-studded cast of coaches who will be inducted into the National College Basketball Hall of Fame in November. Another longtime coach, Jerry Krause of Eastern Washington, will join the quartet along with players Richard Hamilton of

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — A person with knowledge of the negotiations says the Denver Nuggets have agreed to a deal that would send guards Will Barton and Monte Morris to the Washington Wizards for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Ish Smith. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity