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PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi will miss the remainder of the season with a quadriceps strain. Taurasi missed the last two games with the injury and the team now says the WNBA’s all-time leading scorer will not be available as the Mercury fight for a 10th straight playoff appearance. The five-time Olympic

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer WESTFIELD, Ind. (AP) — Stephon Gilmore waited patiently to find the right team in free agency. It looks as if he found the perfect landing spot. The 2019 NFL Defensive Player of the Year has looked like his old self through the first two weeks of practice — blanketing

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Kraken have added former Winnipeg interim coach Dave Lowry to the coaching staff for the upcoming season. Lowry spent most of last season as the interim head coach for the Jets. He took over on Dec. 17 and went 26-22-6. Lowry had joined Winnipeg as an assistant coach before the

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Olivia Moultrie signed with the Portland Thorns a little more than a year ago after suing to join the National Women’s Soccer League at just 15 years old. She says the lasting lesson of her legal odyssey is that women should have the same

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — More than a decade has passed since the Green Bay Packers had a defense that could be described as elite. This could be the year that changes. Reigning MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers conceded at the start of training camp that the offense could take

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer A day after Oklahoma assistant head football coach Cale Gundy announced his resignation, the school said Monday that Gundy uttered a racially charged word multiple times during a film session last week. Gundy, who had been with the program as an assistant since 1999, announced his resignation in a

TORONTO (AP) — Serena Williams earned her first win in more than a year by beating Nuria Parrizas-Diaz 6-3, 6-4 at the women’s National Bank Open. It’s just the second tournament of the season for the 40-year-old Williams, who returned to competition at Wimbledon just over a month ago. The 23-time Grand Slam champion fell

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers’ quarterback competition remains unsettled two weeks into training camp. Coach Matt Rhule said Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold have had good days, but he’s not ready to declare a starter. Rhule has said that decision could come after the team’s second preseason

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — With the New York Giants ramping up practices in the middle of a heat advisory days before their first preseason game, it was only a matter of time before tempers flared. In a span a four plays Monday, running back Saquon Barkley plowed over

ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Detroit Lions rookie offensive tackle Zein Obeid has retired, the fourth player to end his career with the team in two months. Lions coach Dan Campbell said Monday that Kendall Lamm was signed to fill Obeid’s roster spot. Obeid, who played at Ferris State, was an undrafted rookie as were

BY LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — NASCAR just got more interesting down the stretch. Kevin Harvick won his first Cup race in nearly two years at Michigan International Speedway. That could end up meaning a driver with a win this season could be knocked out of the playoffs. Three races remain

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Saints projected starting quarterback Jameis Winston has a foot injury that coach Dennis Allen is describing as a “tweak.” Allen says Winston was rolling out during a passing drill on Monday when he began to feel pain in his foot. Winston did not receive any

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Clyde Edwards-Helaire and Isiah Pacheco were chosen by the Kansas City Chiefs on opposite ends of the draft spectrum, one of them a first-round pick with the accompanying expectations and the other a seventh-round longshot. Midway through training camp, they might as well have

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets offensive tackle Mekhi Becton injured his surgically repaired right knee early in practice and the team was awaiting MRI results. Becton was run-blocking at right tackle on the second play of team drills when he went down on the

DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund has signed French forward Anthony Modeste from Bundesliga rival Cologne to compensate for Sébastien Haller’s illness-enforced absence. Dortmund says the 34-year-old Modeste completed a medical checkup and signed a one-year contract. Dortmund signed Haller from Ajax for 31 million euros on July 6 but he had to leave the

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Lance Leipold took over the football program at Kansas after a winless season and a somewhat scandalous departure of his predecessor, Les Miles. And while the long-time small-school coach won just twice in Year 1, he is full of optimism heading into fall camp this

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins are getting the gang back together. The team signed forwards Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci to one-year deals. The two members of their 2011 Stanley Cup championship team are in the franchise’s top 100 all-time for scoring. Bergeron signed a one-year deal almost

MADRID (AP) — Sevilla has confirmed the signing of former Spain and Real Madrid midfielder Isco Alarcón. Isco signed a two-year deal after passing a medical on Monday. His contract with Madrid had not been renewed at the end of last season. The 30-year-old Isco is the club’s third signing for the season after it