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BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins have signed defenseman Mitchell Miller, who had his draft rights relinquished by Arizona for bullying a Black classmate with developmental disabilities in middle school. The Bruins signed Miller to an entry-level contract on Friday after spending several weeks during an evaluation period with the 20-year-old. Miller said he would

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Jessica Pegula has finished winless in singles in the American’s WTA Finals debut, losing to Aryna Sabalenka 6-3, 7-5 in a round-robin finale. Sabalenka had to wait for the outcome of the late match between No. 2 Ons Jabeur and fifth-ranked Maria Sakkari to

By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Brian Cashman is working on a handshake agreement following his contract’s expiration and will push ahead with talks aimed at re-signing Aaron Judge. Cashman, the Yankees’ general manager since 1998, and Aaron Boone, the manager since the 2018 season, spoke 12 days after the Houston Astros

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Justin Herbert is about to get a crash course in playing a game without his top two receivers. The Los Angeles Chargers ruled out Keenan Allen for Sunday’s game at Atlanta due to continuing problems with his hamstring. Allen says he experienced a setback

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer Logan Paul is the biggest name on the growing list of social media influencers leveraging their fame into professional wrestling careers. He fights WWE star Roman Reigns on Saturday in the main event of the Crown Jewel event at Mrsool Park in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Paul would become the

PARIS (AP) — Striker Mama Balde turns provider this time but it’s not enough as Troyes is held by Auxerre to 1-1 in the French league. Balde scored twice last weekend when Troyes gave league leader Paris Saint-Germain a fright by twice leading in a 4-3 loss. Balde’s cross from the left was turned in

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Daiki Hashimoto of Japan has won his first world gymnastics all-around title. The 21-year-old Hashimoto edged Zhang Boheng of China to earn a gold medal to go with the gold he captured at the 2020 Olympics. Hashimoto put together an all-around total of 87.198. That was just enough to slip by

TAMPERE, Finland (AP) — Mikko Rantanen scored three goals in his native country and the Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-3 in the NHL’s second visit to Europe this year. Cale Makar had a goal and an assist, Logan O’Connor and J.T. Compher also scored and Nathan MacKinnon contributed four

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Girona has escaped the Spanish league’s relegation zone after beating Athletic Bilbao 2-1 at home. The Catalan club ended a seven-game winless run and jumped all the way from 17th to 12th place. Iván Martín scored what proved to be the winner in the 75th minute when he raced down a

PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic has stayed on course for a record-extending seventh Paris Masters title by dispatching Lorenzo Musetti 6-0, 6-3 in the quarterfinals. Djokovic next faces Stefanos Tsitsipas after the fifth-seeded Greek beat unseeded American Tommy Paul. Djokovic leads Tsitsipas 8-2 overall. Unseeded Holger Rune of Denmark advanced to the semis after eliminating

UDINE, Italy (AP) — Udinese has had to come from behind to draw at home with relegation-threatened Lecce 1-1 in Serie A. Udinese’s winless run has stretched to six matches. Beto netted in the second half to cancel out Lorenzo Colombo’s opener for Lecce in an impressive first period for the visitors. They also hit

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Miguel Angel Jimenez is leading the TimberTech Championship after making four birdies on his last four holes. That gives the Spaniard a 67 and a one-shot lead over Paul Goydos and Rod Pampling on the PGA Tour Champions. This is the second of three postseason events on the over-50 tour.

MÖNCHENGLADBACH, Germany (AP) — Borussia Mönchengladbach substitute Patrick Herrmann has scored with the last kick of the Bundesliga game to seal a 3-1 win over Stuttgart and ease the team’s fears of a crisis. Jonas Hofmann and Marcus Thuram also scored as Gladbach ended a three-game losing streak including its German Cup loss at Darmstadt.

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Dusty Baker has been here before. It’s hard not to think of the last time the Astros’ manager was up 3-2 in the Fall Classic as he leads the team back to Houston Saturday night for Game 6 of the World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Ross Chastain skyrocketed to motorsports infamy for wall-riding his way into NASCAR’s championship race with a video-game style move that has overshadowed the finale and his fellow title contenders. It puts pressure on the eighth-generation Florida watermelon farmer and journeyman NASCAR driver. He’ll race

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — All-Pro linebacker De’Vondre Campbell won’t play for the Green Bay Packers in Sunday’s game at Detroit after injuring his right knee in a loss at Buffalo last weekend. The Packers released an injury report Friday that showed Campbell had been ruled out for Sunday’s game. Campbell hadn’t practiced all week.

By The Associated Press Georgia Tech heads to Lane Stadium in Blacksburg looking to end a two-game losing streak against Hokies while also extending its winning streak on Virginia Tech’s home field to four games. The Yellow Jackets are 2-2 since Brent Key replaced Geoff Collins as coach and needs to win three of its

By The Associated Press North Carolina is looking to make it five straight wins to start ACC play for the first time since 2015 when the No. 17 Tar Heels visit Virginia. That 2015 team went 8-0 in the regular season in the league and made their only appearance in the ACC championship game. Virginia

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Christie Sides is the new coach for the WNBA’s Indiana Fever. The team announced the hire on Friday. The former Fever assistant returns to Indiana after a one-year stint as an assistant with the Atlanta Dream. Sides also was a head coach at the University of Louisiana-Monroe, an assistant with the Chicago

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears have activated left guard Cody Whitehair. The 30-year-old had gone on injured reserve last month because of a right knee injury that he suffered in a loss to the New York Giants on Oct. 2. Whitehair has been a fixture on the Bears line at center and