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NEW YORK (AP) — The Kansas City Royals activated All-Star catcher Salvador Perez from the injured list and put him in the starting lineup against the New York Yankees. The reigning major league home run leader was set to bat third as the designated hitter barely a month after surgery to repair a torn ligament

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Wrier INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Josef Newgarden kept the focus simple all week. He ignored the cell phone, avoided social media and spent 48 hours resting, hopeful it would help him recover from the head injury he suffered last weekend and stay in the IndyCar championship hunt. Now all he needs

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Saints 2021 first-round draft choice Payton Turner says he still feels a bit like a rookie after injuries largely derailed his maiden NFL campaign. The 6-foot-6, 270-pound defensive end out of Houston played in just five games last season. He was rehabilitating from shoulder surgery

MIAMI (AP) — Tyler Naquin went to the first-place Mets from the last-place Reds and was on the bench for a series opener at Miami. New York acquired the left-handed-hitting outfielder and lefty reliever Phillip Diehl from on Thursday night in a deal for two teenage minor leaguers, outfielder Hector Rodríguez and right-hander Jose Acuña.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Goalkeeper David Ochoa was traded to D.C. United from Salt Lake for $75,000 in general allocation money. Ochoa made his Major League Soccer debut on Nov. 8, 2020, and played in 25 matches in 2021. He has not played in any this season. If D.C. re-signs Ochoa for 2023, Salt Lake would

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — France defender Jules Koundé has agreed to sign a five-year contract with Barcelona after his transfer from Sevilla was finalized. The Catalan club said Koundé will sign the new contract on Monday and it will include a buyout clause of 1 billion euros ($1 billion). The agreement between Barcelona and Sevilla

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Browns linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah made mistakes as a rookie. Some of them became highlights. A second-round pick from Notre Dame, Owusu-Koramoah was one of the bright spots during Cleveland’s otherwise gloomy season in 2021. He played in 14 games, made 10 starts and had several

UMAG, Croatia (AP) — Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz raced past Facundo Bagnis 6-0, 6-4 at the Croatia Open to reach his seventh semifinal of the year. The 19-year-old Spaniard is defending the first ATP title he won in the coastal town of Umag last year. He next plays Italian qualifier Giulio Zeppieri who beat Bernabe Zapata

KEYSTONE, Colo. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service has ordered a halt to the expansion of a Rocky Mountains ski resort after contractors mistakenly demolished protected alpine tundra to create a temporary road. The Colorado Sun reported Friday that the Keystone Resort expansion of new trails and lifts was stopped after officials saw work crews

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A day after undrafted rookie Andrew Mevis badly missed three field-goal attempts during training camp practice, the Jacksonville Jaguars waived him and signed free agent Elliott Fry on Friday. Mevis nailed former Dallas Cowboys coach Dave Campo in the shoulder with one errant kick and sent two more groups of onlookers

By COURTNEY WALSH Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh has followed her success at the World Aquatic Championships with a stunning swim at the Commonwealth Games. The 15-year-old McIntosh easily beat her opposition in the 400-meter individual medley. McIntosh established a new event mark and personal best of 4:29.01 in her

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer The hottest rivalry in sailing heads across the pond to Old Blighty, where Sir Ben Ainslie and his British crew will face the tall task of defending home waters against Tom Slingsby and his crew of seemingly unbeatable Australians.  Team Australia will try to run its SailGP winning streak

KITZBÜHEL, Austria (AP) — Third-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut will have to wait to find out who he will play in the final at the Generali Open as rain delayed play for the second straight day. Bautista Agut advanced Friday after beating fifth-seeded Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-3, 7-6 (3). He will play either Germany’s Yannick Hanfmann or

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Under Armour has agreed to pay UCLA $67.49 million to resolve a lawsuit filed two years ago. UCLA filed a lawsuit against Under Armour in August, 2020, in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles for breach of contract, seeking damages in excess of $200 million. The settlement was reached in late

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Kadarius Toney’s rookie season with the New York Giants is best described as one great game, one good one and couple of  flashes. It wasn’t what the Giants needed from the first-round draft pick from Florida in a 2021 season where expectations were high.

By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Pac-12 pushed for legislation allowing conference title games to be played without requiring divisions, and it was the first conference to take advantage of it, deciding to have the two teams with the best records this season play against one another in Las Vegas on

IRVINE, Scotland (AP) — Lydia Ko has shot a second straight 7-under 65 to lead by two strokes after two rounds of the Scottish Open on the LPGA Tour. Ko finished strongly at the Evian Championship last week to tie for third place and has continued her good form in perfect conditions over the Dundonald

NEW YORK (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee intends to hold a hearing on Major League Baseball’s antitrust exemption as it relates to the employment of players in the minor leagues. There are two categories of minor league players. There are those with major league contracts on 40-man rosters, who are represented by the Major

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Kabul emergency hospital says a grenade explosion during a game of cricket wounded 13 spectators at the stadium in the Afghan capital. No one claimed responsibility for the explosion on Friday afternoon at the International Cricket Stadium in Kabul, where several hundred people had gathered to