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By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — The defending Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche are on track after a season filled with injuries and mini-slumps. They clinched a playoff spot in San Jose on Tuesday and moved into a tie atop the Central Division. Nathan MacKinnon and the Avalanche are soaring into the

By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) — Miami star center fielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. left Wednesday’s 5-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins in the first inning with a stinger in his right shoulder after a steal attempt. Chisholm was batting in the leadoff spot and singled to right field. He got caught stealing

NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson left Wednesday’s game against Philadelphia after appearing to hurt a leg. The 2015 AL MVP was running at half-speed to first base on a flyout leading off the second inning and pulled up between home and first. The game began with a 48-degree temperature with a

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles’ home opener against the New York Yankees on Thursday has been postponed because of severe weather in the forecast. The Orioles announced the game would be pushed back to 3:05 p.m. Friday, which had been scheduled as an off day before the teams meet again Saturday and Sunday. Dean

NEW YORK (AP) — Bryce Harper has taken on-field batting practice for the first time since Tommy John surgery last fall. The Philadelphia Phillies said Harper hit on the field before Tuesday night’s game at Yankee Stadium. Harper, a two-time National League MVP, was operated on last Nov. 23 and was projected to return as

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendriks says he has completed his final round of chemotherapy. He has non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He has posted an Instagram video of him ringing the “victory bell” along with a lengthy note thanking his medical team, wife, family, friends and fans. He says the past five months “have

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox say slugger Eloy Jiménez will miss two to three weeks because of a strained left hamstring. The team placed Jiménez on the 10-day injured list Wednesday and recalled infielder Jake Burger from Triple-A Charlotte. Jiménez sustained a low-grade strain running from first to third Monday on Andrew Vaughn’s

KENT, Ohio (AP) — Kent State has extended coach Rob Senderoff’s contract by three years. His new deal runs through the 2028-29 season. Kent State went went 28-7 this season, was unbeaten at home and won the Mid-American Conference championship before losing to Indiana in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The 49-year-old Senderoff

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators in Kansas are poised to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill to ban transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports from kindergarten through college. The state House voted 84-40 on Wednesday to override Kelly’s third veto of a measure on

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR teams have boycotted a meeting with series leadership as a show of frustration over the slow pace of negotiations on a new business model. Three team representatives told The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity that the owners collectively decided to skip

By JOE HARRIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Tyler O’Neill is not in the starting lineup a day after his baserunning effort was questioned by manager Oliver Marmol. O’Neill was thrown out by Ronald Acuña Jr. at the plate with two outs and the Cardinals trailing 4-1 in the seventh

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin was once an opponent of bidding for the 2030 World Cup with another continent. Ceferin gave his clearest public support yet Wednesday to Morocco joining the European candidacy led by Spain and Portugal. Ceferin says after the UEFA Congress in Lisbon “I

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The felony assault case against former Nebraska interim head coach and assistant Mickey Joseph was dismissed because the alleged victim refuses to testify. Joseph had faced a charge of assault by strangulation or suffocation in connection with a November domestic disturbance at a Lincoln

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — No Russian or Belarusian athletes are expected to compete at this year’s swimming world championships in Japan because the sport’s governing body isn’t expected to rule on their eligibility until it’s too late for them to enter. World Aquatics said Wednesday it will create a task force to look at how

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Baltimore Orioles top pitching prospect Grayson Rodriguez is set to make his major league debut in the team’s series finale at Texas on Wednesday. The Orioles called up the 23-year-old Rodriguez after Kyle Gibson, their scheduled starter for the finale, was moved up a day to pitch Tuesday in place of

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — UEFA member federations have been given a historic chance to vote for female candidates against male opposition for the first time in international soccer politics. They elected one of two women. Debbie Hewitt of England was voted in as the FIFA vice president for the four British soccer nations. She beat

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Spain forward Nico Williams has shut down his social media accounts after a wave of insults from fans following his misses in Athletic Bilbao’s elimination in the semifinals of the Copa del Rey. Athletic was eliminated by Osasuna 2-1 on aggregate after a 1-1 draw in