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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

By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Richmond coach Chris Mooney is stepping away from the Spiders for the remainder of the season to undergo heart surgery. The 50-year-old Mooney said the procedure will be performed next week at the University of Virginia Medical Center to remove an aneurysm in his

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Matt Slater is coming back. The 37-year-old longtime Patriots captain and two-time All-Pro says he is returning for his 16th NFL season in 2023. A fifth-round draft pick by New England in 2008 and son of Hall of Famer Jackie Slater, Slater has grown into

By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge denied Bob Baffert’s request to lift his two-year suspension by Churchill Downs Inc., ruling Friday that the Hall of Fame trainer did not prove its discipline hurt his business and reputation. Baffert will miss his second consecutive Kentucky Derby, and per

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander are back together for the first time in nearly a decade. The pair of three-time Cy Young Award winners threw off adjacent bullpen mounds Friday at the New York Mets training complex. The 38-year-old Scherzer and Verlander, who turns 40 on Monday, were teammates

By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — In the aftermath of another year derailed by injuries, Chicago White Sox center fielder Luis Robert Jr. changed his offseason routine. He spent more time on a field for running, hitting and defensive work. It’s all in an effort to smooth his transition into a

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Scott Rolen will have a St. Louis Cardinals cap on his Hall of Fame plaque and Fred McGriff will not have a team logo. Rolen was a seven-time All-Star third baseman elected last month by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. He played for Philadelphia, St. Louis, Toronto and Cincinnati. McGriff

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Columnist Forget the U.S. hockey team knocking off the mighty Soviets at the 1980 Winter Olympics. That shocking upset doesn’t compare to the Kansas City Chiefs winning the Super Bowl against all the imaginary odds floating around in Travis Kelce’s head. Or the Georgia Bulldogs somehow capturing a second straight

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Outfielder Teoscar Hernández  has gone to arbitration with the Seattle Mariners and will set a record win or lose. St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Génesis Cabrera also has appeared before a panel on the final day of hearings this year. Hernández asked for a raise from $10.65 million to $16 million,

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

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The NBA is keeping a constant eye on the status of the financial problems that some regional sports networks are trying to address. There does not appear to be immediate concern about what will happen if the owner of those networks files for bankruptcy.

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Maddy Siegrist leads the nation in scoring and has her No. 14 Villanova Wildcats team in position to possibly be tied for first in the Big East. She also has the single-game and career scoring record in the Big East and is the all-time leading

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — The federal and the Queensland state government in Australia have agreed on an almost 50-50 funding split to build or revamp venues for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics. The total spend is estimated at 7 billion Australian dollars ($4.8 billion). Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited the Queensland state capital Friday to

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer A person familiar with the situation says free agent quarterback Derek Carr is meeting with the New York Jets this weekend. The 31-year-old spent his first nine NFL seasons with the Raiders but was released by Las Vegas after he declined to waive the no-trade clause in

LONDON (AP) — A 35-year-old London man has been banned from attending soccer games for four years after pleading guilty to assaulting Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale at the end of a Premier League match in January. Ramsdale was kicked in the back shortly after Arsenal beat fierce rival Tottenham 2-0 in the north London derby.

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer The American boat in The Ocean Race has received permission to replace its cracked foils before the next leg of the around-the-world race. The next leg is a 12,750-nautical mile run to Itajai, Brazil. It’s the longest leg in the history of the event. 11th Hour Racing Team skipper