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MONACO (AP) — Tournament organizers say Rafael Nadal is aiming to make his comeback from a hip injury at the clay-court Monte Carlo Masters next month. The 22-time Grand Slam champion has been sidelined with a left hip flexor injury since the Australian Open and he pulled out of hard-court tournaments at Indian Wells and

SOLDEU, Andorra (AP) — Vincent Kriechmayr took advantage of his rival Aleksander Aamodt Kilde being slightly off his game in the men’s downhill at the World Cup Finals to take his fourth race win of the season. Kriechmayr was fast on the lower half of the course to finish 0.09 seconds ahead of Romed Baumann.

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Wrirter There’s no secret to Purdue’s success this season. Get the ball to All-American center Zach Edey and let him go to work in the post. But if the top-seeded Boilermakers hope to avoid another early NCAA Tournament exit they’ll need a proficient supporting cast, too. It showed up last

TOKYO (AP) — Old-time baseball players would be appalled. Italy’s dugout at the World Baseball Classic comes outfitted with an espresso machine. And it’s getting lots of attention. Manager Mike Piazza says: “We are kind of shocked, actually, because this is something in Italian culture that’s sort of like water. I mean, coffee would be

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — The signing of Trevor Bauer to a one-year contract by Yokohama DeNA BayStars generated little reaction in the Japanese media. The 2020 NL Cy Young Award winner was released by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Jan. 12. That was three weeks after an arbitrator reduced his

By BEN ROSS Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Johnny Gaudreau scored his second goal of the game with 43 seconds left in overtime, giving him five points on the night as the Columbus Blue Jackets topped the San Jose Sharks 6-5. Gaudreau beat Kaapo Kahkonen after the Sharks’ goaltender stopped Patrick Laine on

SYDNEY (AP) — The National Rugby League says any player diagnosed with a concussion will be automatically sidelined for 11 days in one of the biggest changes to its player safety protocols in nearly a decade. The Australian Rugby League Commission administers the NRL. The commission met Tuesday to determine updates to the game’s concussion

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Anthony Beauvillier scored midway through the second period and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Western Conference-leading Dallas Stars 5-2 on Tuesday night for their season-high fifth straight victory. Phillip Di Giuseppe, Andrei Kuzmenko, Guillaume Brisebois and J.T. Miller also scored for Vancouver, and Brock Boeser had three assists. Thatcher Demko

By JACK THOMPSON Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Travis Boyd scored at 3:10 of overtime and the Arizona Coyotes extended their points streak to six with a 4-3 victory over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night. Clayton Keller scored twice, including a go-ahead, short-handed tally at 2:01 of the third period for his 31st

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 36 points, Brook Lopez added 21 and the NBA-leading Milwaukee Bucks clinched a playoff spot by beating the Phoenix Suns 116-104 to become the first team to 50 wins this season. The Bucks pulled away late for their 21st win in 23 games

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open when Jack Draper retired with the Spaniard leading 6-2, 2-0. Alcaraz needs three more wins to take the tournament title and regain the world’s top ranking. Draper was affected by an abdominal injury. Top-ranked Iga Swiatek beat Emma Raducanu

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Ethan Wright scored a season-high 18 points, Tristan da Silva added 15 and Colorado beat Seton Hall 65-64 in the NIT. Colorado advances to the second round and will face either New Mexico or Utah Valley. Da Silva was off on a 3-pointer in the closing seconds and Seton Hall secured

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Immanuel Quickley had 26 points and the New York Knicks mounted a rally in the third quarter to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 123-107. Julius Randle added 24 points for the Knicks, who are still playing without injured guard Jalen Brunson. Quickley scored 14

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Steele Venters scored 27 points and buried a go-ahead 3-pointer with 16 seconds remaining to rally Eastern Washington to an 81-74 victory over Washington State in the first round of the NIT. Venters, the player of the year in the Big Sky Conference, sank 9 of 18 shots from the floor

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The references seem endless, and they can come from anywhere. In recent days, Pope Francis compared Nicaragua’s repression of Catholics to Hitler’s rule in Germany. In Britain, a BBC sportscaster was briefly suspended for likening the nation’s asylum policy to 1930s Germany. For Holocaust and

By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Drew Doughty and Alex Iafallo scored on the power play as part of a four-goal outburst in the second period, and the Los Angeles Kings defeated the New York Islanders 5-2. Blake Lizotte, Trevor Moore and Quinton Byfield also scored for Los Angeles. Joonas Korpisalo made