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Tuesday’s Transactions

DAVENPORT, Fla. (AP) — Gio Reyna has been welcomed back to the U.S. national team by Tim Ream, one of the group’s senior players, after the family of the young midfielder sparked a feud with Gregg Berhalter that left the coach’s future uncertain. After Berhalter used Reyna sparingly at the World Cup, Reyna’s parents notified

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers have signed longtime Philadelphia Eagles guard Isaac Seumalo to a three-year, $24 million contract. Seumalo’s arrival fortifies the interior of the Steelers offensive line as Pittsburgh builds around second-year quarterback Kenny Pickett. The 29-year-old Seumalo started 60 games across seven seasons with the Eagles, who selected him in the

LONDON (AP) — Arsenal defender Takehiro Tomiyasu has undergone knee surgery and will miss the remainder of the season. The 24-year-old Japan international sustained a “significant” injury to his right knee during a Europa League match last Thursday. Arsenal said Tomiyasu “had successful surgery in London.” The Premier League leading club says Tomiyasu will work

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — In less than a year, Jerome Tang has taken a Kansas State program that was down to two scholarship players and built a team headed to the Sweet 16. The longtime Baylor assistant has changed the culture of the Wildcats’ program. Tang and his team

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Kelvin Sampson has been around college basketball long enough to remember when preseason practices started in October following a true offseason, teams remained largely intact for multiple seasons and players weren’t permitted to pursue endorsement deals. It might as well be a different planet now. The way Houston’s coach

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Jakobi Meyers knew the question was coming at some point in his introductory news conference. A Las Vegas TV sports reporter finally posed it. The question concerned Meyers’ lateral on the last play of the Dec. 18 game between the Raiders and New England Patriots.

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The final Match Play could be the last chance for some players to get into the Masters. The top 50 in the world after this week get invitations. Right on the bubble is Min Woo Lee at No. 47. He had a chance to sew

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Wave have signed 15-year-old Melanie Barcenas, the youngest player ever to reach a deal with a National Women’s Soccer League team. At 15 years and 138 days, Barcenas is younger than Chloe Ricketts, who was 15 years and 283 days old when she signed with the Washington Spirit

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (AP) — Tobin Anderson is leaving NCAA Cinderella Fairleigh Dickinson after one fairy-tale season and replacing Rick Pitino at Iona. Iona athletic director Matt Glovaski announced the hiring of Anderson a day after Pitino left to take the job at St. John’s. Anderson led the No. 16 seed Knights to a win

LONDON (AP) — Martina Navratilova returned to TV work at Tennis Channel for its coverage of the Miami Open on Tuesday, less than three months after saying she had throat cancer and breast cancer. “It’s great to be back. … Thrilled to be here,” said the 18-time Grand Slam singles champion and member of the

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Dont’a Hightower is making a quiet exit to a memorable career with the New England Patriots. The veteran linebacker who did not play last season announced his retirement from the NFL in an essay posted on the Players’ Tribune website. It ends a decade-long run

NEW YORK (AP) — Arsenal will play Major League Soccer’s All-Stars at Audi Field in Washington, D.C., on July 19, the first European opponent in the game since before the coronavirus pandemic. The Gunners also were the All-Star opponent in 2016 at San Jose, California. The league began having its top players face a European

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — FIFA is facing another legal challenge to its new rules regulating player agents, this time in its home country Switzerland. A group of Swiss agents has asked the federal competition commission to intervene with the FIFA Football Agent Regulations that are being phased in this year.

By The Associated Press Sports on TV for Wednesday, March 22

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer Ja Morant’s eight-game NBA suspension is over and the two-time All-Star received a standing ovation from the Memphis crowd when he arrived courtside just before tip-off Monday night. He watched from the bench as the Grizzlies rallied to beat Dallas. It’s unclear exactly when he’ll play, though he

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer MIAMI (AP) — That matchup between Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani in the World Baseball Classic may not happen. Japan rallied in the ninth inning to beat Mexico and advance to Tuesday night’s championship game against the United States, but Shota Imanaga will start on the mound for the

LONDON (AP) — Martina Navratilova has been told by doctors that, “as far as they know, I’m cancer-free,” and that she should be “good to go” after some additional radiation treatment. The 66-year-old Navratilova, an 18-time Grand Slam singles champion and member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, discussed her health in an interview