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PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — John Mack has been named the athletic director at Princeton. A former athlete, coach and administrator at the Ivy League school, he succeeds Mollie Marcoux Samaan. She announced in May she would be stepping down to become commissioner of the LPGA. Mack will start on Sept 1. He has spent time

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer How well do you know the U.S. Open tennis tournament? The AP has put together a quiz for you to test your knowledge of the event and the sport. How many times has a man won a year’s first three Grand Slam singles titles, which Novak Djokovic has done

VALDEPEÑAS DE JAÉN, Spain (AP) — Primoz Roglic has earned his second stage victory in this year’s Spanish Vuelta to cut into the overall lead of Odd Christian Eiking. Roglic went past Enric Mas in the final meters of the 11th stage in southern Spain. The two-time defending champion also won the first stage of

TURIN, Italy (AP) —  Serie A club Juventus has moved a step closer to receiving a cash injection of up to 400 million euros ($475 million) by issuing new shares in the club. The Juventus board approved a proposal for the new share issue, having already signed a pre-underwriting agreement with several major financial institutions

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer Former NFL star Deion Sanders is eager to put Jackson State on the football map and help raise the profile of historically Black colleges and universities around the nation. He’s off to a solid first step on the field with a 4-3 mark last season. His team opens with

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Veteran tight end Kyle Rudolph is finally getting on the field with the New York Giants. The Giants announced Rudolph has passed his physical and was taken off the physically unable to perform/active list. He’ll practice on a limited basis this week. Rudolph had offseason foot surgery and had been unable

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah believes she can break Florence Griffith Joyner’s 33-year-old record in the 100 meters if she runs in the perfect conditions. Don’t expect it to happen in Lausanne at the Athletissima with the forecast predicting 68 degrees Fahrenheit. That is cooler than ideal temperatures for breaking the record

MADRID (AP) — Atlético Madrid has signed young Brazilian forward Matheus Cunha from Hertha Berlin. The defending Spanish league champion says the 22-year-old Cunha arrives on a five-year contract. Atlético called Cunha a “versatile player who can play in various positions.” Financial details of the transfer were not immediately released. Cunha was a regular starter

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer The NFL has mandated that only fully vaccinated personnel — with a maximum of 50 people — will have access to locker rooms while players are present on game days. That’s according to a memo sent to the 32 teams and obtained by The Associated Press. The personnel

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills have signed receiver Steven Sims to address an injury- and coronavirus-depleted position. Sims spent his first two NFL seasons in Washington. He had 61 catches for 575 yards and scored seven touchdowns in 28 career games. Cole Beasley and Gabriel Davis must spend five days in self-quarantine

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams have acquired running back Sony Michel from the New England Patriots for undisclosed 2022 draft picks. Michel brings some help to a Rams offense that was running low on healthy options with the regular season fast approaching. He was drafted by

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain has rejected an offer of about $188 million from Real Madrid for Kylian Mbappé but is open to negotiate the player’s transfer. PSG sporting director Leonardo tells French broadcaster RMC Sport that the initial Madrid offer is below what PSG expected. He says the

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer FIFA president Gianni Infantino has asked British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to lift quarantine requirements for players to allow them to travel next week to compete in World Cup qualifiers. Infantino himself took advantage of an exemption in place for the European Championship so he could fly into

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten and Pac-12 unveiled what they are calling an alliance of the three Power Five conferences. Is this a big deal? On the latest AP Top 25 College Football Podcast, Brett McMurphy of The Action Network joins the AP’s Ralph Russo to

LEUVEN, Belgium (AP) — Belgium soccer great Wilfried Van Moer has died. He was nicknamed the “Little General,” played in two World Cups and led Belgium to the 1980 European Championship final. He was 76. The Belgian soccer association says the former midfielder suffered a brain hemorrhage and died at a hospital in Leuven. Van

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Serena and Venus Williams have added themselves to the list of big-name withdrawals from the U.S. Open. This will be the first time since 2003 that neither of the sisters will appear in the year’s last Grand Slam tournament. Serena cited a torn right hamstring that has kept her

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Harry Kane has publicly accepted that he won’t be leaving Tottenham in the summer transfer window. The striker had been hoping to secure a transfer away from the London club in the search of a first career trophy but a move to Premier League champion

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Australian cyclist Paige Greco has earned the first gold medal of the Tokyo Paralympics. She won the 3,000-meter pursuit on the track at the velodrome. Wang Xiaomei of China was second and bronze went to Denise Schindler of Germany. It was the first of 24 gold

By The Associated Press Shohei Ohtani has won four straight pitching starts for the Los Angeles Angels and is 7-0 on the mound since his last loss May 28. The woeful Orioles have dropped 19 consecutive games. On paper, their matchup Wednesday night in Baltimore could not be more lopsided. Ohtani, the Angels’ two-way superstar,

By RICHARD J. MARCUS Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — AJ Pollock hit a two-run single and robbed Manny Machado of a two-run homer to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers past the sinking San Diego Padres 5-2 in a series opener between NL West rivals headed in opposite directions. Will Smith homered for Los Angeles,