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By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer Grant McCasland is Texas Tech’s new men’s basketball coach. The announcement Friday came a day after North Texas won the NIT title to wrap up the school’s first 30-win season. North Texas was 135-65 in six seasons under the 46-year-old McCasland, who has a master’s degree from Texas Tech.

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear joined with Republican lawmakers as he signed historic measures Friday that will legalize medical marijuana and sports wagering in Kentucky, calling it an example of divided government working to get the “tough things” done that voters want. Facing a reelection campaign that

By SAM METZ and ANNA FURMAN Associated Press PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Gwyneth Paltrow’s live-streamed trial over a 2016 ski collision at a posh Utah resort has drawn worldwide attention, spawned memes and sparked debate about the burden and power of celebrity. The first seven days in the courtroom touched on themes including wealth,

NEW YORK (AP) — The percentage of Major League Baseball players born outside the 50 states remained relatively stable for the fourth straight opening day. MLB said 269 of 945 players on opening day 26-man rosters and injured, inactive and restricted lists were born outside the 50 states, which calculates to 28.5%. That was up

By TIM PRICE Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Corey Conners birdied four of his final five holes for an 8-under 64 to finish with the lead after the weather-delayed first round at the Valero Texas Open. Conners won the event in 2019. He has a two-shot advantage over Patrick Rodgers going into the second

HOUSTON (AP) — Florida Atlantic coach Dusty May confirmed reports that he will remain at the school with a long-term deal. He said it “never was that tempting” to look elsewhere for jobs after a the Owls’ unexpected Final Four run. May said the reports were “just releasing what our intentions were from the beginning.”

NEW YORK (AP) — Minor leaguers ratified their first collective bargaining agreement with Major League Baseball ahead of the season’s start. MLB owners are expected to vote on the agreement next week. The Major League Baseball Players Association says more than 99% of minor leaguers who cast ballots approved the deal. About 5,500 players are

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have agreed to keep training camp at Division II Missouri Western State University through the 2024 season. Chiefs coach Andy Reid has long been a proponent of sequestering his teams on college campuses to help build unity. The Missouri Western facility is about an hour north

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Former Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was denied parole Friday and will have to stay in prison for at least another year and four months after it was decided that he had not served the “minimum detention period” required to be released following

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Isaac Traudt is transferring from Virginia to Creighton. Traudt was one of the top national recruits and the highest-rated high school player in Nebraska last year. He sat out this season as a redshirt and will have four years of eligibility. The 6-foot-10 forward averaged better than 23 points and eight

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer Shaka Smart was voted the AP men’s basketball coach of the year after leading Marquette to regular-season and Big East Tournament titles. He received 24 of 58 votes from a national panel to beat out Kansas State coach Jerome Tang, who had 13 votes, and Kelvin Sampson of Houston,

By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — A good relegation fight can keep things interesting at the bottom of the Premier League. Usually it doesn’t involve nine teams though. Just four points separate last-place Southampton from 12th-place Crystal Palace heading into the final stretch of the season as the threatened clubs and a

By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Cubs right-hander Marcus Stroman committed Major League Baseball’s first pitch-clock violation in the third inning of an opening day game against the Milwaukee Brewers. It was the first of 14 violations in 15 games on a day the average game time was 2 hours, 45

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — LSU coach Kim Mulkey has not spoken to Brittney Griner since the former Baylor star was freed from a Russian prison and returned to the U.S., but Mulkey did have a message for her ex-player. “I’m glad she’s back,” Mulkey said at her Final Four news

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Here’s one baseball fans might not have bet on: At least one prominent oddsmaker thinks starting pitchers will go deeper into games this season. Eric Biggio, baseball lead trader for Caesars Sportsbook, thinks Major League Baseball’s new rules could hedge the trend of managers going

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Nobody will ever mistake Tobacco Road for 777 Glades Road, which is the address of one of history’s most unexpected Final Four party crashers. But there, across the street from a strip mall anchored by a Whole Foods in the upscale retirement town of Boca Raton,

LONDON (AP) — Anthony Joshua will come in at the heaviest fighting weight of his career when he takes on Jermaine Franklin in London on Saturday. Joshua has weighed in at 255.4 pounds (115.8 kilograms) for the heavyweight fight at the O2 Arena. It is nearly 11 pounds (5kg) heavier than his last fight. That