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By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tiger Woods had some explaining to do Friday, about a putter so cold he nearly missed the cut at Riviera, and about a chauvinist prank he played on Justin Thomas in the Genesis Invitational. In his return to elite competition for the first time in

By The Associated Press CLEVELAND — Led by Tristan Enaruna’s 20 points, the Cleveland State Vikings defeated the Wright State Raiders 85-68. The Vikings moved to 17-11 with the victory and the Raiders fell to 16-12.

By The Associated Press FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Marques Warrick scored 22 points as Northern Kentucky beat Purdue Fort Wayne 63-50 on Friday night. Warrick was 8 of 15 shooting, including 3 for 7 from distance, and went 3 for 4 from the line for the Norse (17-11, 12-5 Horizon League). Xavier Rhodes went

By The Associated Press CHICAGO — Led by Daron Holmes’ 20 points, the Dayton Flyers defeated the Loyola Chicago Ramblers 65-49. The Flyers are now 18-9 on the season, while the Ramblers fell to 9-17.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The top two seeds have advanced to the semifinals of the Argentina Open. Top-seeded and second-ranked Carlos Alcaraz of Spain beat Dusan Lajovic of Serbia 6-4, 6-2 at the clay court event. The 19-year-old Alcaraz will face the winner of the match between Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo and Spain’s Bernabe Zapata

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Ben Affleck was 12 years old in 1984 and growing up in the Boston area. The Celtics were NBA champions. The Red Sox and Patriots were respectable. The Bruins got swept in the first round of the playoffs. And that also was when Nike

By The Associated Press KENT, Ohio — Led by Sincere Carry’s 17 points, the Kent State Golden Flashes defeated the Eastern Michigan Eagles 81-54. The Golden Flashes are now 22-5 on the season, while the Eagles moved to 6-21.

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — A Qatar-based bid for Manchester United has been confirmed with Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani promising to rid the iconic soccer club of debt and return it to its former glories. Sheikh Jassim is the chairman of Qatar Islamic Bank and has submitted a

By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Seven-time is officially back. Jimmie Johnson topped the first practice session for the Daytona 500 on Friday. It came in his return to stock car racing after a two-year dalliance in IndyCar. The two-time Daytona 500 winner and seven-time Cup Series champion reached a

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers have added the last major piece of Frank Reich’s coaching staff, hiring Thomas Brown as offensive coordinator. The team has now filled all three coordinator positions. After deciding not to retain last year’s interim coach, Steve Wilks, who is Black, the Panthers

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Gregg Winik refers to the last time the NBA’s All-Star Weekend came to Salt Lake City as a simpler time. In 1993, festivities occurred over only two days while the fan festival known as Jam Session made its debut. For this year’s event, there are three nights of on-court

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer The former interim CEO of the U.S. Center for SafeSport has been temporarily suspended by the center he used to run for failure to report and abuse of process. The center posted the suspension for Regis Becker earlier this week. Becker served as a member of the center’s board

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Pau Gasol, Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker and Gregg Popovich are all one step closer to basketball immortality. The three international greats — Gasol, Nowitzki and Parker — were among the list of Class of 2023 finalists unveiled Friday by the Basketball Hall of Fame,

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Girona has rolled to a 6-2 thrashing of Almeria in the Spanish league in a lopsided meeting of two promoted teams. Girona remained in 11th place. With 33 goals the modest club from northeast Spain has the third most potent attack in the 20-team competition. Almeria was left in 15th place

AUXERRE, France (AP) — Auxerre has ended its 10-match winless streak in the French league by coming from behind to beat seven-time champion Lyon 2-1. Striker Moussa Dembele had put the visitors in front with a header from Corentin Tolisso’s cross in the 36th minute but Auxerre replied with two goals in the space of

CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Defender Julián Araujo has been transferred to La Liga’s FC Barcelona from the LA Galaxy. The Major League Soccer club will also retain a sell-on percentage of the transfer fee if Araujo is sold to another club. The 21-year-old Southern California native came up through the LA Galaxy’s academy program before

SASSUOLO, Italy (AP) — Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Victor Osimhen scored first-half goals as Napoli opened an 18-point lead in Serie A with a 2-0 win at Sassuolo. Giovanni Simeone thought he’d made it 3-0 in injury time but his goal was ruled out for offside. Simeone had come on late for Osimhen as Napoli coach

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Clippers have waived two-way player Moses Brown after 34 games with the team. The 23-year-old center made one start and averaged 4.6 points and 4.1 rebounds while shooting 63% from the field. He exhausted the 50-game limit when he was active on Thursday. Brown has appeared in 126

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw says he won’t be pitching for the United States at the World Baseball Classic and called the situation “super disappointing.” The three-time Cy Young Award winner didn’t specify the reasons that would prevent him from participating. Kershaw added that Dodgers general manager Andrew Friedman has