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By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Athletics released veteran outfielder Stephen Piscotty on Tuesday and cleared way for top prospect Shea Langeliers to gain key experience down the stretch for the last-place team in the AL West. Langeliers, a 24-year-old catcher and left fielder selected ninth overall in the

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland Browns starting center Nick Harris will miss the season after being placed on injured reserve along with one of his backups, rookie Dawson Deaton, who got hurt during practice. Harris suffered a serious right knee injury on the second play of last week’s exhibition

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The NFL essentially is back to normal entering its third season amid COVID-19. Derrick Henry has been seen jogging on the field with his daughter after practice. Green Bay Packers are once again borrowing kids’ bicycles for the ride to practice. Fans are

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — The suspended World Cup qualifying game between Brazil and Argentina will not be played, after the two countries’ governing soccer bodies reached a deal with FIFA to cancel the match. Both teams agreed to pay a fine for not playing the qualifier which was stopped

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The PGA Tour is in Delaware for the first time and so is Tiger Woods. Just not to play. Two people familiar with the situation told The Associated Press that Woods attended a private meeting of top players to discuss the threat of Saudi-funded LIV

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Seattle Storm forward Breanna Stewart is the first two-time winner of The Associated Press WNBA Player of the Year award. The Las Vegas Aces’ A’ja Wilson was voted AP Defensive Player of Year for first time and Atlanta’s Tanisha Wright becomes the first former player to be named coach

LONDON (AP) — Joachim Andersen says he received death threats and an avalanche of abuse online after Liverpool’s Darwin Núñez was ejected for headbutting the Crystal Palace defender in a Premier League game. Andersen took to Instagram to share what he said was a sample of hundreds of abusive messages he has received since the

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Center Bradley Bozeman left the Carolina Panthers’ joint practice session with the New England Patriots on a cart after suffering an apparent leg injury. Bozeman got tangled up during an 11-on-11 period and was attended to by trainers for several minutes. He was able to sit upright and get to his

NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Harris’ application to be reinstated as an NBA player has been approved by the league and the National Basketball Players Association. The league announced that decision Tuesday. Harris was dismissed from the league on July 1, 2021, for testing positive for a prohibited substance under the NBA/NBPA Anti-Drug Program. As

By The Associated Press The PGA Tour is in full postseason mode. The FedEx Cup moves to Wilmington Country Club in Delaware, a course that will be new for all 70 players in the field. Will Zalatoris is the FedEx Cup leader after winning the first playoff event. The top 30 after the BMW Championship

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The NBA will be off on Election Day. The league’s schedule for the coming season will have all 30 teams playing on Nov. 7, the night before the midterm elections. The NBA is hoping teams use that night as an opportunity to encourage fans to get out and vote,

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund has moved quickly to secure the future of Jamie Bynoe-Gittens at the club. He’s the latest exciting young prospect to emerge at Dortmund. On Tuesday Dortmund said it’s extending the 18-year-old Bynoe-Gittens’ contract to June 2025. His previous deal at Dortmund was set

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina coach Shane Beamer is looking for more of everything in his second season in charge. He was excited about the Gamecocks’ winning record in his debut as head coach in 2021. But he doesn’t believe success or the work ahead for his program

NEW YORK (AP) — Dallas Cowboy fans be warned: ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith has a memoir coming out next year. 13A, an imprint of Gallery Books, announced Tuesday that Smith’s “Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes” is scheduled for January 2023. According to 13A, Smith will share stories about growing up

By DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — One of the stars of Australia’s gold medal-winning women’s rugby sevens team at the 2016 Olympics has transitioned to male. Olympic champion Ellia Green realized as a young child that a person’s identity and a gender assigned at birth can be very different things. Green

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s police watchdog is investigating after armed officers pulled over Portuguese sprinter Ricardo dos Santos’ car in London. The traffic stop occurred two years after another one involving the athlete and his partner, British runner Bianca Williams, led to accusations of racial profiling. The Metropolitan Police force said officers on a routine

By DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Ellia Green realized as a young child that a person’s identity and a gender assigned at birth can be very different things. Some 20 years later one of the stars of Australia’s gold medal-winning women’s rugby sevens team at the 2016 Olympics has transitioned to

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Playing as the center forward for Brazil at a World Cup is one of the biggest honors in soccer and Gabriel Jesus knows all about it. He was handed Brazil’s No. 9 jersey for the 2018 tournament in Russia and failed to score a goal. Jesus might yet get

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court is expected to take up a government plea to settle issues that led to the national soccer federation’s suspension by FIFA and the possible loss of its hosting rights for the Under-17 Women’s World Cup in October. FIFA’s decision to suspended the All

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Angels star Shohei Ohtani struck out eight and allowed two runs in six innings, before the Seattle Mariners scored four runs in the ninth inning and took advantage of shoddy fielding to beat Los Angeles 6-2. Jesse Winker and J.P. Crawford each had two hits