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CINCINNATI (AP) — Janet Lin opened with three straight birdies and kept right on going until the 26-year-old from China had a 64. That gives her a one-shot lead over Nasa Hataoka in the Kroger Queen City Championship. Scoring was good even on surprisingly fast greens. That included 14-year-old Gianna Clemente. She Monday qualified for

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Corbin Burnes struck out 14 and allowed three hits in eight shutout innings as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the San Francisco Giants 2-1 in the opening game of a doubleheader. Burnes entered Thursday’s game having allowed 17 earned runs in 21 innings over his last four

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers star tight end George Kittle missed his second straight practice with a groin injury, leaving his status for the season opener against the Chicago Bears in doubt. Kittle injured the groin in a light practice and has not been able

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press Cristiano Ronaldo returned to the starting lineup but Real Sociedad still upset Manchester United 1-0 at Old Trafford in their Europa League opener. After failing to secure a transfer to club in the Champions League, the star striker had to settle for playing in Europe’s second-tier competition for the first

By SCOTT ORGERA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The injury-riddled New York Yankees have placed infielder DJ LeMahieu on the 10-day injured list with inflammation of his right second toe. LeMahieu had been dealing with the injury for several weeks but managed to play through the discomfort until recently, missing the first three games

NEW YORK (AP) — The Vancouver Whitecaps will be without their leading scorer for the rest of September after Major League Soccer’s disciplinary committee suspended Lucas Cavallini for four games. Cavallini received a red card for stepping on an opponent’s head in the 53rd minute of Vancouver’s 3-0 loss to Nashville on Aug. 27. The

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball is set to announce a pitch clock and limits on defensive shifts next season in an effort to shorten games and increase offense. The sport’s 11-man competition committee is set to adopt the rules changes Friday, mandating a clock that will count

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers are ready for top prospect Josh Jung to make his major league debut. The 24-year-old third baseman will be added to the roster before Friday’s series opener at home against Toronto. His debut comes seven months after he went to spring training

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer METAIRIE, La. (AP) — New Orleans Saints center Erik McCoy has agreed to a contract extension and a person familiar with the terms said it spans five years and is worth up to about $63.8 million. McCoy’s representatives at APEX Sports Group announced that McCoy had reached a “long-term”

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer DALLAS (AP) — The College Football Playoff management committee gathered for 4 1/2 hours at a hotel in the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. It was the conference commissioners first meeting since their bosses voted last week to expand the CFP from four to 12 teams. The goal is

RECIFE, Brazil (AP) — Norris Cole made sure that USA Basketball will play for a medal at AmeriCup. Cole scored a game-high 20 points and the winning basket with 1.4 seconds remaining as the U.S. rallied past Puerto Rico 85-84 in an AmeriCup quarterfinal game. It was the game’s seventh and final lead change, the

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Russell Wilson has started 84 games at Lumen Field in Seattle, including a half dozen playoff matchups. His return Monday night with the Denver Broncos marks his first game there as a visitor. So, he knows he’ll hear the full-throated din of the Seahawks’

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The “Baker Bowl” is one of the standout games on the NFL’s Week 1 calendar. Baker Mayfield leads the host Carolina Panthers against his former team, the Cleveland Browns. Mayfield said the Browns’ decision to replace him with Deshaun Watson came “abruptly and unexpectedly,” but

By MATT CARLSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Jonathan India hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the ninth inning, and the Cincinnati Reds rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Thursday. Chicago was ahead 3-2 when Alejo Lopez’s liner off Mark Leiter Jr. (2-7) slipped between right fielder Seiya Suzuki and center

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The members of Great Britain’s basketball team stood side by side, their arms slung over each other’s shoulders, coaches on one end of the row, players on the other. For 45 seconds before their EuroBasket game in Milan on Thursday afternoon, they listened to the national anthem of Great

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Frances Tiafoe’s run to the U.S. Open semifinals is, first and foremost, about Tiafoe himself, a 24-year-old from Maryland who took up tennis because his father was a janitor at a junior training center, a player who never won a match past the fourth round

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Atlanta Dream guard Aari McDonald is returning to Arizona to work under women’s basketball coach Adia Barnes. The school announced that McDonald will serve as director of recruiting operations while continuing to fulfill her WNBA commitments. She will oversee all recruiting logistics, assist with on-campus visits, manage recruit information and social

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Indian Olympic officials have been given a final warning by the IOC about their standards of leadership. They warned that India’s hosting of the IOC’s annual meeting in Mumbai next year was postponed and could yet be canceled. The International Olympic Committee cited “ongoing internal disputes,