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By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Last year’s French Open champion in singles and doubles says she has tested positive for COVID-19 and will withdraw from the tournament. Barbora Krejcikova already lost in the first round of singles but said in a posting on Instagram that now she will need to drop

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Brock Jones and Drew Bowser each hit a two-run homer and regular-season champion Stanford beat No. 8 seed Arizona State 6-3 in the inaugural Pac-12 Tournament. Stanford takes a 13-game winning streak into a Thursday contest against fifth-seeded Arizona in the winner’s bracket. Arizona State, which lost all three regular-season meetings

By PATRICK STEVENS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Erick Fedde and three relievers combined on a six-hitter, César Hernández had an RBI single and the Washington Nationals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 1-0 to avoid a series sweep. Washington snapped a nine-game skid against Los Angeles. The Nationals had not defeated the Dodgers since Game

ATLANTA (AP) — Braves right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. was scratched from Atlanta’s lineup with right quadriceps tightness. The team announced about 90 minutes before first pitch against Philadelphia that Acuña would sit. He awoke feeling sore and tested out his leg by running on the field before deciding to skip the game. Acuña was

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Evan Longoria homered twice and Joc Pederson hit his fourth in two games as the San Francisco Giants went deep four times in the first two innings off rookie Thomas Szapucki and routed the New York Mets 9-3. Mike Yastrzemski also homered off Szapucki, a 25-year-old left-hander making his first major

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Justin Thomas made the 300-mile trip south to Colonial the day after winning the PGA Championship, had some lunch and then went to the gym to work up a sweat. His practice sessions this week have been short and efficient. It was a needed

MIAMI (AP) — Tyler Herro’s strained left groin forced the Miami Heat to rule him out of Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night. It was the second consecutive game that Herro has needed to miss because of the injury. He was the NBA’s sixth man of the

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton is on the injured list for the fourth straight season. Stanton was placed on the 10-day IL with right ankle inflammation as the ailing Yankees made a flurry of roster moves less than an hour before their series finale against Baltimore.

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The NFL says it will appeal a ruling denying the league’s request to move former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden’s lawsuit over leaked emails from a public courtroom into closed-door arbitration. In a statement, the NFL denied Gruden’s claims that league officials or Commissioner Roger

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Jaime Ferrer and James Tibbs each had a two-run double, Alex Toral capped the six-run second inning with a two-run homer and ninth-seeded Florida State routed fifth-seeded Virginia 13-3 in the first round of the ACC Tournament. The Seminoles (34-22) face fourth-seeded Notre Dame on Thursday in pool play. Colton Vincent

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Practice for the Baltimore Ravens looked a bit like it did at the end of last season. There were several significant absences — including quarterback Lamar Jackson. Wednesday was the first day reporters were invited to observe one of the Ravens’ organized team activities.

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jeimer Candelario hit the tiebreaking two-run homer in the 10th inning for the Detroit Tigers to beat the Minnesota Twins 4-2. Harold Castro went deep twice earlier as Tigers dodged another sweep and broke a six-game winning streak by the Twins. The Tigers have 25 homers

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Colin Kaepernick is getting his first chance to work out for an NFL team since last playing in the league in 2016 when he started kneeling during the national anthem to protest police brutality and racial inequality. Two people familiar with the situation said Kaepernick will work out

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Eighteen-year-old Paxten Aaronson is a product of the Philadelphia Union’s academy system, just like his brother Brenden. Both signed homegrown contracts with the Major League Soccer club. The younger Aaronson played more than 45 minutes for the Union on Sunday, coming in as a sub in Philadelphia’s 2-0

PARIS (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek tries to extend her winning streak to 30 matches when she plays in the second round at Roland Garros against 43rd-ranked Alison Riske of the United States. Swiatek has won the past five tournaments she’s entered and was the 2020 champion in Paris. Riske’s best performance at a Grand

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Nicolò Zaniolo scored in the first half as Roma beat Feyenoord 1-0 to win the inaugural edition of the third-tier Europa Conference League. It’s Roma’s first European trophy since winning the 1961 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. It’s also the first title of any kind for Roma since

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Washington Capitals right winger Tom Wilson is expected to miss six to eight months after undergoing knee surgery. The team says Wilson had an operation to reconstruct the torn ACL in his left knee. That timeline means Wilson is on track to miss at least

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Rising star Carlos Alcaraz has saved a match point in the fourth set and erased an early deficit in the fifth to overcome Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-1, 6-7 (7), 5-7, 7-6 (2), 6-4 at the French Open. The sixth-seeded Alcaraz grabbed six of the final seven games

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Kurtis Byrne capped a two-run eighth inning with an RBI single and top-seeded TCU rallied past No. 8 seed Baylor 4-2 in the Big 12 Tournament for the Frogs’ eighth straight victory. TCU, the first Big 12 team to win back-to-back regular-season titles since 2016-17, advances to play No. 5 seed

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Deshaun Watson was impossible to miss in his orange jersey, pants and helmet. As he showed off his right arm, engaged in friendly trash talk and interacted with new teammates, the Browns quarterback didn’t look distracted by the storm swirling around him. Hours after two