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NEW YORK (AP) — Shortstop Dansby Swanson beat the Braves in salary arbitration and outfielder Adam Duvall lost to Atlanta, leaving teams with a 6-3 advantage over players this year. Swanson was awarded $10 million rather than the team’s $9.2 million offer. Duvall was given the Braves’ $9,275,000 offer rather than his $10,275,000 request. Swanson

LONDON (AP) — England goalkeeper Fraser Forster will end his eight-year spell at Southampton by joining Tottenham on a free transfer when his contract expires at the end of the month. He will move to Tottenham to likely be the backup to Hugo Lloris. Forster made 162 appearances for Southampton since 2014 and has played

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer Lisa Lazarus walked around the backstretch at Belmont Park nine days before the final leg of horseracing’s Triple Crown selling as much as observing. The CEO of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority talked with trainers, riders and other horsemen about the sport’s federally mandated new governing body that

NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Top-seeded Dan Evans has maintained his bid for a second title at the Nottingham Open by reaching the quarterfinals with a 7-5, 6-0 win against Thomas Fabbiano of Italy. Evans is the British No. 2 and the 2019 champion. He will next play Switzerland’s Marc-Andrea Huesler, who beat Britain’s Dan Cox

By TODD KARPOVICH Associated Press OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens plan to be more creative in how they use their tight ends this season to get them more involved in the passing attack. The Ravens lost a 1,000-yard wide receiver when they traded Marquise Brown to the Arizona Cardinals during this year’s

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Matthew Stafford went through the on-field portion of the Los Angeles Rams’ offseason program without throwing a serious pass. The quarterback still thinks he got plenty of knowledge out of the Super Bowl champions’ workouts, and he doesn’t believe the inactivity will hamper him

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Longtime Georgia swimming coach Jack Bauerle has announced his retirement. Bauerle won seven NCAA women’s team championships in his 43 years as coach. The 70-year-old is the longest-tenured coach of any sport in Georgia history. He coached the 2008 U.S. Olympic women’s team to 14 medals. He also served as an

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Miguel Cabrera hit a go-ahead RBI single in the eighth and the Detroit Tigers completed a two-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 3-1 victory. Harold Castro led off the eighth with a single off Wil Crowe and Jonathan Schoop followed with a bloop to

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — The agent of Gareth Bale has offered the Wales forward to play for Spanish club Getafe next season. Getafe president Ángel Torres made the comments during the club’s launch of its new uniform. He did not elaborate on the offer or mention Bale’s agent by name.

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Carolina Panthers coach Matt Rhule isn’t expecting miracles out of Sam Darnold this season. He just wants the fifth-year quarterback to avoid “catastrophic mistakes,” something that plagued him at times last season and during his first three seasons with the New York Jets. Darnold had

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Longtime Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog has been a calming influence in leading the team to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 2001. He’s grown up with the “C” on his sweater, taking over the role at just 19 years, 286 days old.

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Most basketball games at the Paris Olympics could end up being played a three-hour journey outside the French capital, a plan that is facing criticism from the sport’s governing body. Paris organizers are struggling to find a suitable basketball venue for games before the medal rounds

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — The confidence of the Cincinnati Bengals receivers has carried right on into organized team activities this month. AP Offensive Rookie of the Year Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins and Tyler Boyd were among the best wide receiver tandems in the NFL last season, carrying the Bengals to

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Matteo Berrettini has made his injury comeback with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 win over Radu Albot in the second round of the Stuttgart Open. The second-seeded Berrettini was playing in his first match since undergoing surgery on his right hand in March. The Italian next plays either compatriot Lorenzo Sonego or

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Modesto native Jill Gregory left her job as a NASCAR executive in early 2021 to return home and run Sonoma Raceway. Her first year was bumpy as she dealt with pandemic restrictions and reopening the road course after a one-year COVID-19-inflicted NASCAR hiatus. Gregory’s reward was being sprayed

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Brian Flores says he’s focused on his new job with the Pittsburgh Steelers and not his class-action lawsuit against the NFL. Flores took the league and three of its teams to court in February shortly after being fired as head coach of the Miami Dolphins. Flores

By ROB HARRIS AP Sports Writer ST. ALBANS, England (AP) — Out of public view for four months, Phil Mickelson returns to golf under severe scrutiny because of where he’s playing and who is paying him. Mickelson is a six-time major champion, the most popular golfer this side of Tiger Woods. And now he is

NEW YORK (AP) — Fan balloting has begun for the All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on July 19. The first phase of voting runs until June 30. The leading vote-getter in each league will get a starting position in the game and will bypass the second round. The second phase of voting,