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TURIN, Italy (AP) — Race favorite Richard Carapaz has the overall lead of the Giro d’Italia after an action-packed 14th stage that was won by Simon Yates. Yates finished 15 seconds ahead of Jai Hindley, Carapaz and Vincenzo Nibali. It was the second victory in this Giro for Yates and his sixth overall at the

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Mike Westhoff has always been blunt and brutally honest. He’s a cancer survivor who has multiple times beaten long odds. He’s a football innovator who established himself over 32 seasons as arguably the NFL’s greatest special teams coach. He has been a relentless

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer The U.S. women’s national team’s efforts to secure equitable pay finally came to fruition this week when the players reached a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Soccer that gives them the same pay as their male counterparts. The milestone wasn’t achieved just because the women filed a discrimination

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek carries a 28-match winning streak into the French Open. She has won 42 of her past 43 sets and five consecutive titles. The 20-year-old from Poland knows that means just about everyone will consider her the favorite to win the women’s title at

By ROB HARRIS and JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writers PARIS (AP) — Kylian Mbappé, one of soccer’s most-coveted players, is set to stay at Paris Saint-Germain after again turning down the chance to join Real Madrid. France’s World Cup-winning forward has agreed to a three-year contract extension that is close to being signed, a person

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles have called top prospect Adley Rutschman up to the majors. The move paves the way for the 24-year-old catcher to make his big league debut. The switch-hitting Rutschman was the No. 1 pick in the 2019 draft and is ranked as baseball’s No. 1 prospect by MLB Pipeline. The

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MONTMELÓ, Spain (AP) — Formula One championship leader Charles Leclerc has swept all three practices ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix. The Ferrari driver was just 0.072 seconds faster than reigning F1 champion Max Verstappen. The Mercedes pair of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton were third and fourth in Saturday’s

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Angel Di Maria is leaving Paris Saint-Germain after seven seasons with the club. The Argentina winger’s contract is expiring and the French champions announced his departure late Friday night. PSG says “Angel Di Maria has left a permanent mark on the history of the club.” Di

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Fans in San Francisco threw at least one baseball and a beer bottle onto the field Friday night in the direction of San Diego Padres outfielder Jurickson Profar, who called the crowd at Giants games “the worst in the league.” Play was delayed briefly after Profar got into an exchange with

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer The U.S. women’s national team’s efforts to secure equitable pay finally came to fruition this week when the players reached a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Soccer that gives them the same pay as their male counterparts. The milestone wasn’t achieved just because the women filed a discrimination

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The PGA Championship is not the British Open. But it sounded like one at Southern Hills. That’s all because of the wind, and players that are helped by being on the right side of the draw. Will Zalatoris didn’t face any wind over his final

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Zach Hyman scored the go-ahead short-handed goal midway through the third period and the Edmonton Oilers rallied to beat the Calgary Flames 5-3, evening the second-round series at one game apiece. Edmonton captain Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist, becoming the fastest active player to reach 20 points (six

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Manny Machado hit a tiebreaking double in the 10th inning and the San Diego Padres won in manager Bob Melvin’s return, holding off the San Francisco Giants 8-7. Jake Cronenworth homered, Wil Myers doubled in two late runs and the Padres recovered after blowing leads of

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Seth Brown hit a go-ahead home run in the fifth inning and the Oakland Athletics bounced back with a 4-2 victory over the skidding Los Angeles Angels. After Jed Lowrie drew a walk with one out, Brown drove a fastball from Chase Silseth down the

By CODY FRIESEN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo (AP) — Kyle Garlick and Jose Miranda each drove in two runs, leading Devin Smeltzer and the Minnesota Twins past the Kansas City Royals 6-4. Garlick put Minnesota on the scoreboard with an RBI single in a three-run first inning and added a sacrifice fly in the

SEATTLE (AP) — Breanna Stewart scored 28 points on 11-of-20 shooting and the Seattle Storm held on for an 83-80 win over the Los Angeles Sparks. Jewell Loyd added 11 points for the Storm (3-3). Loyd has reached double-figure scoring in 155 games since 2016 — most in the WNBA. Liz Cambage led Los Angeles

By TODD KARPOVICH Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Rougned Odor hit a two-run homer in the 13th inning and Baltimore Orioles snapped a 15-game losing streak to the Tampa Bay Rays with an 8-6 victory. The Orioles’ last win over Tampa Bay was on July 19 at Tropicana Field, and Baltimore hadn’t beaten the Rays

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Luka Doncic had been dominating for most of the night, yelling in celebration and flexing his arms in Stephen Curry’s house. Then Curry and the Golden State Warriors delivered one of those signature third-quarter flurries that have defined so many of their postseason runs —