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By The Associated Press HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Neftali Alvarez scored 19 points as Southern Miss beat Georgia Southern 73-62 on Saturday. Alvarez added four steals for the Golden Eagles (24-5, 13-3 Sun Belt Conference). Felipe Haase added 13 points while shooting 5 for 9, including 1 for 4 from beyond the arc, and he

By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) — National League Rookie of the Year Michael Harris II doesn’t sound all that satisfied with his debut season. The Atlanta outfielder says his first year in the majors was “decent” and that he’ll try to do better. That’s after his callup last year propelled

NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — Liverpool boosted its push for a top-four finish with a 2-0 win at 10-man Newcastle in the English Premier League, with January signing Cody Gakpo scoring for the second game in a row. A rampant Liverpool was already two goals up by the time Newcastle goalkeeper Nick Pope was sent off

By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin and his six fellow Toyota drivers skipped the final practice for the race. Even action sports star Travis Pastrana, who has little experience at Daytona International Speedway, sat out the 50-minute session. He is driving a third car

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Seattle outfielder Teoscar Hernández is among five players who lost salary arbitration cases on Saturday. Los Angeles Angels outfielder Hunter Renfroe won. Overall, teams finished with a 13-6 advantage in decisions. Angels infielder Gio Urshela, Tampa Bay pitchers Colin Poche and Ryan Thompson and St.

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Borussia Mönchengladbach has defeated 10-man Bayern Munich 3-2 to add more intrigue in the Bundesliga title race. Marcus Thuram scored late to seal the win after goals from Lars Stindl and Jonas Hofmann stretched Bayern’s winless run against Gladbach to five games across all competitions. It

MADISON, Wisc. (AP) — Cam Spencer scored 22 points and Clifford Omoruyi’s block of a shot attempt as time expired helped send Rutgers to a 58-57 win over Wisconsin. In the frantic last 11.3 seconds following a Badgers timeout, Connor Essegian missed a runner in the lane and the ball got batted to Wisconsin’s Max

By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Jordan Hawkins scored 20 points and No. 20 UConn used a big second-half run to beat Seton Hall 64-55 on Saturday. Andre Jackson had a career high 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for UConn. Al-Amir Dawes and Tyrese Samuel each had 16 points for

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Trayce Jackson-Davis had 26 points and 12 rebounds and Jalen Hood-Schifino made two free throws with 30.7 seconds to help No. 14 Indiana rally from a nine-point second-half deficit and beat Illinois 71-68. The Hoosiers have won nine of 11 overall and 15 straight at

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Richard Petty has bruised feelings now that his old race team is run by Jimmie Johnson. Johnson and Petty are the only living seven-time NASCAR champions. That appears inside the Legacy Motor Club front office where the similarities end. Petty says he was irked

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Borussia Mönchengladbach has defeated 10-man Bayern Munich 3-2 to add more intrigue in the Bundesliga title race. Marcus Thuram scored late to seal the win after goals from Lars Stindl and Jonas Hofmann stretched Bayern’s winless run against Gladbach to five games across all competitions. It

LONDON (AP) — Chelsea’s season has sunk to a new low after the London club lost at home to last-place Southampton 1-0 in the English Premier League. The game also saw Cesar Azpilicueta carried off on a stretcher with a head injury. James Ward-Prowse scored from a free kick on the stroke of halftime to

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — There will be an NBA game in Salt Lake City on Sunday night. It’s been more than two decades since that’s happened during the regular season. The Utah Jazz traditionally don’t play home games on Sundays out of respect to The Church of Jesus

WOLVERHAMPTON, England (AP) — Marcus Tavernier has marked his return from injury with a winner off his thigh for Bournemouth to squeeze past Wolverhampton 1-0 in their English Premier League relegation fight. Tavernier was making his first start since November. He flicked in Dominic Solanke’s cross in the 49th minute at Molineux to end the

By The Associated Press Eric Bieniemy has agreed to be the Washington Commanders’ offensive coordinator and assistant head coach. The team announced Saturday that the two-time Super Bowl-winning assistant with Kansas City will be joining Washington. Bieniemy now gets the chance to show what he can do without Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes. The 54-year-old

By ANDREW DAMPF and ERIC WILLEMSEN Associated Press MERIBEL, France (AP) — Canadian skier Laurence St-Germain has won the women’s slalom at the world championships and Mikaela Shiffrin took the silver medal. The American skier led after the first run but finished 0.57 seconds behind St-Germain after the final run. Lena Duerr of Germany was

By MATTIAS KAREN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — In an English Premier League title race that keeps producing twists, the pendulum has swung back Arsenal’s way again after a frustrating day for Manchester City. Arsenal came from behind twice before scoring two goals in injury time to beat Aston Villa 4-2 in the early kickoff.

By The Associated Press American forward Matthew Hoppe has scored his first senior club goal in 21 months. Hibernian beat visiting Kilmarnock 2-0 in the Scottish Premier League. The 21-year-old from Yorba Linda, California, gave fourth-place Hibernian s a two-goal lead in the 47th minute. Two years ago, Hoppe became the first American to score

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek has successfully defended her Qatar Open title after beating No. 4-ranked Jessica Pegula 6-3, 6-0 in the final in Doha. Swiatek broke Pegula for 2-0 and 4-2 but both times immediately lost her own serve. Pegula couldn’t hold again and Swiatek served out to love to take the

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer The Phoenix Mercury have announced that Diana Taurasi agreed to re-sign with the team in a multiyear contract. The WNBA’s all-time leading scorer has only played with the Mercury since being drafted No. 1 by the team in 2004. Taurasi told The Associated Press earlier this month while participating