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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — San Antonio Spurs owner Peter J. Holt sent a message Tuesday to fans worried he may try to move the franchise: the team isn’t going anywhere. An announced desire to have the Spurs move a few games to Austin had raised some local worries that the owners may be considering moving

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Becky Hammon’s first two games as a head coach in the WNBA went well for the former NBA assistant with the Las Vegas Aces winning both contests. Next up Hammon and the Aces is a trip to Washington to face a strong Mystics team led by Elena Delle Donne,

ZURICH (AP) — The FIFA video game will be disappearing after the maker failed to strike a new licensing deal with world soccer’s governing body. Instead, EA Sports FC will be introduced from 2023 after the company creates the final game in partnership with FIFA later this year. EA has been producing a FIFA game

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Boston Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said his team will again be without defensemen Charlie McAvoy and Hampus Lindholm for Tuesday’s Game 5 of its first-round playoff series against the Carolina Hurricanes. McAvoy was a late scratch for Sunday’s Game 4 win because of COVID-19 protocols. Lindholm hasn’t played since being leveled

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Left tackle Jonah Williams was one of the bright spots on the Cincinnati Bengals’ dysfunctional offensive line as they fought their way to the Super Bowl. He was graded out by Pro Football Focus as the team’s best lineman. The 24-year-old Alabama product was rewarded by

PARIS (AP) — Veteran French players Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gilles Simon have been handed wild cards to play in the main draw at the French Open. A former Australian Open runner-up, Tsonga announced earlier this year that he will retire after the clay-court Grand Slam event. Simon said he is retiring at the end of

DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund has signed Germany forward Karim Adeyemi from Austrian champion Salzburg. The Bundesliga club says the 20-year-old Adeyemi has signed a contract through June 2027 after completing a medical examination. Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc says “Adeyemi is a highly talented, young German international who through his strong finishing and

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — IndyCar veteran Sarah Fisher has been selected as the celebrity pace car driver for this month’s Indianapolis 500. Fisher has been the regular pace-car driver for series events at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for years. This time she won’t be taking the handoff from some high-profile non-racing veteran. Instead she’ll be in the

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — Novak Djokovic has taken another step toward regaining his top form with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Aslan Karatsev in his opening match at the Italian Open. The top-ranked Djokovic showed off some vintage scrambling abilities late in the first set when he ran down one

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer VIENNA (AP) — A scaled-back first phase to the expanded Champions League has been approved by UEFA to quell a backlash around Europe. The reformatted group stage has been reduced from 10 rounds to eight and the backup places for teams based on historical performance have been removed.

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer Call it a slime-time matchup: The NFL game on Christmas Day between the Denver Broncos and Los Angeles Rams will be broadcast by Nickelodeon. The network, which previously televised two playoff games, and CBS will handle TV duties on Dec. 25 at 4:30 p.m. EST. The Super Bowl

VIENNA (AP) — The 2024 European Championship final will be at Berlin’s Olympiastadion and the opening match will be at Bayern Munich’s stadium. Matches will be played in Germany in three clusters of venues with groups only split between two of them. A northern cluster features Berlin, Hamburg and Leipzig. In the west there is

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins signed running back Sony Michel to a one-year contract on Tuesday, bringing a South Florida native back to his home area. Michel has been part of two Super Bowl-winning teams in his four NFL seasons after helping New England win a title in the 2018 season and

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Kyle Lowry’s strained hamstring has sent him back to the bench. Lowry’s leg issue forced the Miami Heat to rule out their starting point guard for Game 5 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Philadelphia 76ers. He missed four games earlier in the postseason

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Manchester City has agreed to sign Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund. City is bringing in one of the world’s most exciting young players as a belated replacement for club great Sergio Aguero. The English Premier League titleholder says 21-year-old Haaland will join on July 1. It is subject to

By The Associated Press Golf’s stars are starting to come out as the second major of the year looms. For two straight weeks, the PGA Tour field featured only one player from the top 10 in the world. The AT&T Byron Nelson has four of the top 10 and nine of the top 20. That

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Manchester City has reached an agreement in principle with Borussia Dortmund to sign Erling Haaland with just personal terms needing to be finalized with the striker. As one of the rising stars of world soccer, the Norway international will be the English club’s belated replacement for Sergio Aguero. City

NEW YORK (AP) — Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady will join Fox Sports as its lead football analyst once his playing career ends, the network said Tuesday. When that actually happens is unclear, because Brady recently changed his mind about retiring and said he plans to continue playing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for