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By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The St. Andrews Links Trust has decided to leave the Swilcan Bridge alone. But only after images on social media caused an outrage. At issue is turf that gets worn down in front of the bridge on the 18th hole of the Old Course

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Guardians have hired the first female on-field coach in club history. Amanda Kamekona, a former star softball player at UCLA, has been hired as a hitting instructor for the team. She will be based at the team’s year-round complex in Goodyear, Arizona, where she’ll

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Karen Weitz and Ashley Fouch are coaching the boys and girls basketball programs at their respective high schools. A coach overseeing both programs is rare. A female coaching handling those responsibilities is even rarer. Weitz helms a Nevada girls power in Las Vegas that has

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rob Gronkowski might be retired from the NFL, but the former all-pro football player is still in the game during the league’s championship week. The four-time Super Bowl winner will host a music festival called “Gronk Beach” in Phoenix on Saturday, a day ahead

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Brock Purdy’s bid to join the select group of quarterbacks to go from a backup for most of the season to a Super Bowl starter got derailed when he suffered his own injury in the NFC championship game. Purdy’s elbow injury helped contribute to San Francisco’s 31-7 loss

By JOSH DUBOW and HOWARD FENDRICH AP Sports Writers The Chiefs and Eagles are bringing MVP finalists Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts to the Super Bowl to cap a season in which the NFL had a glaring amount of instability at quarterback. A total of 68 QBs started at least one game, a record for

CHICAGO (AP) — Wrigley Field will host a college football game for the third time since 2010 when Iowa plays Northwestern next season. Northwestern and the Chicago Cubs announced Tuesday that the Wildcats’ home game would be played Nov. 4. Northwestern played Illinois at Wrigley in 2010 in the MLB ballpark’s first college football game

By The Associated Press Golf’s “Greatest Show on Grass” and the showcase of America’s biggest sport collide this week in Phoenix. The WM Phoenix Open prefers to be held the same week as the Super Bowl. This will be the first time since 2015 that both are held in the Phoenix area. The Phoenix Open

LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) — Leipzig defender Willi Orbán could miss a key game in his team’s Bundesliga title challenge because he is taking time out to make a potentially life-saving donation of stem cells to a cancer patient. Leipzig says the Hungary international has been on the German donor registry since 2017 and was recently

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer After taking a back-seat role at Mercedes for so long Valtteri Bottas is relishing his position as Alfa Romeo leader. The Finnish driver is in his second season with the Formula One team after being replaced by George Russell at Mercedes. Bottas says “in this team I feel

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A record 50.4 million American adults plan to bet on this year’s Super Bowl, wagering a total of $16 billion, the gambling industry’s national trade group predicted Tuesday. The American Gaming Association forecasts that 1 in 5 American adults will place a bet on Sunday’s

MERIBEL, France (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin has ruled out skiing the downhill at the world championships and is keeping to her pre-announced schedule of four events. Shiffrin inspected the course before the opening downhill training session just to take a look at the layout ahead of Wednesday’s super-G race. But she did not enter the

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Pep Guardiola had enough to worry about even before Manchester City became embroiled in probably the biggest Premier League scandal of all time. City is facing accusations that the club breached a host of financial regulations with its lavish spending. Guardiola faces his own battle

NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL has signed a 10-year agreement with DAZN Group to deliver the Game Pass International service to fans outside the United States beginning with the 2023 season, it was announced Tuesday. Game Pass International will be offered in more than 200 countries and regions, including Canada and Mexico. It will

COURCHEVEL, France (AP) — First-run leader Alexis Pinturault has held on to win the gold medal in the men’s combined at his home world championships. The Frenchman retained his lead from the super-G portion to edge defending champion Marco Schwarz by 0.10 seconds. The Austrian seemed headed for the victory when leading Pinturault by 0.30

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer IndyCar driver Conor Daly will attempt to qualify for the Daytona 500 with the NASCAR team owned by Floyd Mayweather. The Money Team Racing raced its way into the Daytona 500 last year with driver Kaz Grala. Daly made his Cup Series debut for the team in October