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By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer Carlos Correa and the Minnesota Twins dodged a major problem this past week. There were initial concerns that Correa might have a broken finger after Thursday night’s game at Baltimore. Instead, it was only bruised. The Twins have won 14 of 17. They lead the AL Central by three

DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Mavericks say a fan was removed from Sunday’s Western Conference semifinal round playoff game against Phoenix after the team was made aware of an incident with the family of the Suns’ Chris Paul. ESPN reported that members of Paul’s family had been harassed by fans and that some in the

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Kings rebounded from back-to-back blowout losses to even their first-round playoff series with a 4-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers in Game 4. Jonathan Quick tried to make a couple of his 31 saves without his glove during a masterful performance, and

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A’ja Wilson and Dearica Hamby posted double-doubles and Kelsey Plum provided a spark in the fourth quarter to lead the Las Vegas Aces to an 85-74 victory over the Seattle Storm. Wilson had 20 points, 15 rebounds and five blocks for the Aces (2-0). Hamby added 10 points and 19 reboundds.

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — James Harden scored 31 points, Joel Embiid had 24 points and 11 rebounds and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Miami Heat 116-108 on Sunday night in Game 4 to even the Eastern Conference semifinal series. The Heat won the first two games in Miami with Embiid

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Natasha Cloud scored all 19 of her points in the first half, Shakira Austin had a double-double in her first career start and the Washington Mystics beat the Minnesota Lynx 78-66. Cloud hit three 3-pointers and had a three-point play to help Washington to a 24-19 lead after one quarter. Cloud scored

By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Ross Colton scored twice, Andrei Vasilevskiy had 22 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning  got off to a fast start and beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-3 in Game 4 to even their first-round playoff series. Steven Stamkos, Pierre Edouard Bellemare and Pat Maroon scored

By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Walker Buehler pitched seven sparkling innings in his 100th career start, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the sliding Chicago Cubs 7-1 for their sixth consecutive victory. Buehler improved to 3-0 with a 0.43 ERA over his last three outings. The right-hander allowed one run and

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Mark Delgado drilled a shot just inside the left post from 35 yards out in the 6th minute and Jonathan Bond made it stand up to lead the LA Galaxy to a 1-0 victory over Austin FC in MLS action. The victory vaults the Galaxy (7-3-1) over Austin (6-3-2) and into

By TODD KARPOVICH Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Bruce Zimmermann threw six effective innings and Baltimore Orioles beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 to earn a doubleheader split on Sunday. The Royals won the opener 6-4 when Michael Taylor hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth after a pair of two-out Baltimore errors.

By STEVE OVERBEY Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jordan Kyrou and David Perron each scored twice, Jordan Binnington made 28 saves in his first start this postseason and the St. Louis Blues beat the Minnesota Wild 5-2 to even the best-of-seven Western Conference series at 2-2. Ryan O’Reilly added a goal and two assists,

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jorge Alfaro’s pinch-hit, three-run home run with two outs in the ninth gave the San Diego Padres a 3-2 win against his former team, the Miami Marlins. Alfaro’s homer to center field on the first pitch he saw from Cole Sulser sent Petco Park into

By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Brad Miller snapped Michael King’s impressive scoreless streak with a pinch-hit, two-run homer in the seventh inning that lifted the Texas Rangers over the New York Yankees 4-2 to salvage a doubleheader split. The Yankees took the opener 2-1 on Gleyber Torres’ game-ending homer leading off

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A person with direct knowledge of the deal confirms to The Associated Press that Mikyla Grant-Mentis has agreed to the richest deal in women’s professional hockey. The 23-year-old is set to sign an $80,000 contract with the Premier Hockey Federation’s Buffalo Beauts. The person spoke

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mike Yastrzemski hit a tiebreaking home run into McCovey Cove in the sixth inning, and the San Francisco Giants only struck out once while beating the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3. San Francisco closer Camilo Doval got slugger Nolan Arenado to strike out swinging with the tying

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic scored 26 points and the Dallas Mavericks took advantage of foul trouble for Chris Paul to beat the Phoenix Suns 111-101 on Sunday, evening the Western Conference semifinal series at 2-2.Paul was out of Game 4 early in the fourth quarter, the period when

By CHRIS TALBOTT Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Abraham Toro hit a tying homer in the ninth inning, Ty France singled home the winning run in the 10th and the Seattle Mariners beat the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 to snap a six-game losing streak. Manuel Margot hit his third home run of the series for

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Joey Logano bumped leader William Byron from behind and into the wall on the next to last lap to win at Darlington Raceway on Sunday. Logano tracked Byron for about 25 laps until running up to his rear bumper, smacking it hard and sending Byron

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit a tying, two-run double in the ninth inning, Anthony Rendon followed with a game-ending single against his former team and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Washington Nationals 5-4. The Angels trailed 4-2 going into the ninth. Luis Rengifo drew a walk

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jorge Alfaro hit a pinch, three-run home run with two outs in the ninth to give the San Diego Padres a 3-2 win against his former team, the Miami Marlins. Alfaro’s homer to center field on the first pitch he saw from Cole Sulser sent