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By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Retiring Duke Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski’s influence on the sport will last long past his final game. The basketball coach’s fingerprints are all over the highest levels of the game after a nearly five-decade head-coaching career. Nearly two dozen former players are on NBA rosters. Others are coaching

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Georgetown men’s basketball coach Patrick Ewing has received a public show of support from athletic director Lee Reed. The statement from Reed was issued hours before the team was going to try to end its school-record 18-game losing streak in a game at Seton Hall. The

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Washington Capitals winger Carl Hagelin is expected to miss an extended period of time with what the team is calling a serious eye injury. Hagelin was struck in the left eye with an errant stick during practice Tuesday. General manager Brian MacLellan said Hagelin had

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — UMass has fired men’s basketball coach Matt McCall. The move is effective at the end of the season. McCall is 58-81 over five seasons in Amherst. He will coach the Minutemen through the conference tournament. UMass is 12-16 overall and 5-11 in the Atlantic 10 this season. UMass has reached the

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Pressure is growing on Roman Abramovich to sell Chelsea, and one potential buyer has revealed the Russian oligarch is trying to offload the Premier League club. Chelsea and Abramovich’s media representatives have not disputed a claim by Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss that he “received an

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals have signed coach Kliff Kingsbury and general manager Steve Keim to extensions that keep them under contract with the team through 2027. The moves give some security to the two men who helped guide the franchise to rapid improvement over the past

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods still moves the needle in golf even when he barely plays. Woods is the winner of the $40 million “Player Impact Program” that rewards players who generate the most interest. It uses five metrics and Woods led three of them. Phil Mickelson had

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Xavier Bishop scored 28 points Tuesday to lead Montana State to a 69-53 win over Southern Utah, giving the Bobcats at least a share of the Big Sky Conference regular season men’s basketball title. Bishop made 9-of-14 shots from the field, all nine of his free throws and had two assists.

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer The International Paralympic Committee says Russians and Belarusians at the Winter Paralympics in Beijing will compete as “neutral athletes” because of their countries’ roles in the war against Ukraine. Russian athletes had already been slated to compete as RPC as punishment for the state-sponsored doping scandal at the 2014

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — As Rob Manfred stood behind a podium in the left-field corner of Roger Dean Stadium, fans chanted at the baseball commissioner from outside the spring training home of the Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals: “We want baseball!” they yelled. They won’t get it anytime

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer DÜSSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Russian athletes have been restricted from competing in more sporting events around the world but the Paralympics made an exception. Sports including biathlon and table tennis were among those to join more than a dozen other Olympic sports in excluding competitors from Russia and Belarus

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The election for president of the Albanian soccer federation has been postponed until March 15 following a dispute with a regional association. The FSHF started its assembly with UEFA and FIFA representatives present. The federation has been in a dispute with the Tirana city hall. It is a shareholder of one

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Everton has halted its major sponsorship with companies belonging to Alisher Usmanov. Usmanov is a Russian metals tycoon who has been sanctioned by the European Union. The move came in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Everton says it had “suspended with immediate effect all commercial sponsorship arrangements with the

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer The International Paralympic Committee says Russians and Belarusians at the Winter Paralympics in Beijing will compete as “neutral athletes” because of their countries’ roles in the war against Ukraine. Russian athletes had already been slated to compete as RPC as punishment for the state-sponsored doping scandal at the 2014

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer Dmytro Pidruchnyi was competing at the Winter Olympics in Ukraine’s national colors less than two weeks ago. Now he’s wearing a military uniform and ballistic helmet. Pidruchnyi is a world champion in biathlon and a three-time Olympian. He returned home from Beijing last week just before Russia launched its

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Pressure is growing on Roman Abramovich to sell Chelsea, and one potential buyer has revealed the Russian oligarch is trying to offload the Premier League club. Chelsea and Abramovich’s media representatives have not disputed a claim by Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss that he “received an