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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Devils have signed defenseman Luke Hughes — the younger brother of star center Jack Hughes — to a three-year, entry-level contract starting this season. General manager Tom Fitzgerald announced the deal two days after Luke Hughes’ Michigan team’s season ended in a Frozen Four loss to Quinnipiac. Luke

The Associated Press Michigan freshman forward Adam Fantilli has been named the recipient of the Hobey Baker Memorial Award, recognizing the top player in college hockey. The Minnesota-based Hobey Baker Memorial Committee announced the award Friday. Fantilli, of Nobleton, Ontario, helped the Wolverines reach the Frozen Four this weekend in Tampa, Florida, where they lost

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Driver Cody Ware won’t run at Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend so he can focus on a personal matter, according to a statement from his NASCAR team on Saturday. Rick Ware Racing is owned by Cody’s father. The team’s statement asked for privacy for the Ware family. The 27-year-old Cody Ware

PARIS (AP) — Rock-bottom Angers has beaten Lille 1-0 at home to win for the first time in 22 French league games. Defender Halid Sabanovic struck the winner in off the post in the 84th minute for Angers, which had not won since Sept. 17.

LONDON (AP) — Alexander Isak has kept Newcastle’s Champions League charge on track with the winner in a 2-1 victory at Brentford in the English Premier League. The Sweden striker hit his eighth goal in 13 league appearances as the Magpies came from a goal down to make it five wins in a row and

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Atalanta’s hopes of qualifying for next season’s Champions League took a blow after it lost at home to Bologna 2-0 in Serie A. Nicola Sansone and Riccardo Orsolini scored in the second half to lift Bologna up to eighth. Atalanta remained three points outside the top

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Aston Villa put on a show for its royal visitors in a 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest that lifted the team into sixth place in the English Premier League. Prince William, who is known to be a Villa fan, attended the game with his oldest child, Prince George. They saw Ollie

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Aliyah Boston headlines the WNBA draft class and is expected to be taken first by Indiana. Boston had the chance to return to South Carolina for her COVID season, but opted to enter Monday night’s draft instead. She will be joined in New York by

LONDON (AP) — West Ham has celebrated a first away win since August in the English Premier League thanks to a Fulham own goal. The Hammers were thrashed by Newcastle 5-1 midweek but recovered to win 1-0 at Craven Cottage in a low-quality affair settled by Harrison Reed’s unfortunate first-half moment. Victory lifted West Ham

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Brooks Koepka had the easiest time at the Masters on Saturday morning. He didn’t have to play in the cold and rain because he was already done with his second round. And he still has the lead. Jon Rahm did remarkably well to complete nine

LONDON (AP) — Harry Kane has scored his 23rd English Premier League goal to earn Tottenham a 2-1 win over top-four rival Brighton in a match that saw both managers sent off after a touchline scuffle. Tottenham’s Cristian Stellini and Brighton’s Roberto De Zerbi were dismissed from the dugouts and escorted down the tunnel by

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Devils have signed defenseman Luke Hughes — the younger brother of star center Jack Hughes — to a three-year, entry-level contract starting this season. General manager Tom Fitzgerald announced the deal on Saturday, a day after Luke Hughes’ Michigan team had its season ended by Quinnipiac in the

LEICESTER, England (AP) — Leicester has slid deeper into relegation trouble after losing to Bournemouth 1-0 amid reports that Jesse Marsch is set to take over as manager of the English Premier League club. Philip Billing capitalized on a poor backpass by James Maddison and easily scored past goalkeeper Daniel Iversen in the 40th minute.

WOLVERHAMPTON, England (AP) — Frank Lampard made a disappointing start to his second spell in charge of Chelsea as they lost at relegation-threatened Wolverhampton 1-0 in the English Premier League. Matheus Nunes’ spectacular angled strike in the 31st minute earned Wolves a win at Molineux that pushed them four points clear of the bottom three.

FREIBURG, Germany (AP) — Bayern Munich has partly avenged its elimination from the German Cup by Freiburg midweek by winning their Bundesliga match 1-0 to keep the lead. Matthijs de Ligt’s speculative and powerful shot from distance deflected in. Bayern stays two points clear of Borussia Dortmund ahead of a Champions League quarterfinal with Manchester

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Tiger Woods can thank good friend Justin Thomas for helping the five-time champion extend his streak of consecutive cuts made at the Masters to a record-tying 23 on Saturday. Woods was in danger of missing it for the first time as a professional when he

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Live updates from Saturday’s second and third rounds of the Masters (all times local): 11:15 a.m. LIV star Brooks Koepka holds a two-shot lead at the Masters over Jon Rahm at 12 under following the conclusion of the weather-delayed second round. Despite a steady rain, the third round will get underway

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Tiger Woods has backed into more history at the Masters. On a cold, rainy morning, Woods made his 23rd consecutive cut at the Masters despite closing the weather-delayed second round with back-to-back bogeys. He ties the record shared by Gary Player and Fred Couples. Woods has never missed the Masters cut