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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

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