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By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Brittney Griner’s return to the WNBA has collided with free agency which has raised questions once again about teams chartering flights. Griner announced in December that she would return to the league after spending last season in a Russian jail before being released in a dramatic prisoner swap. The

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tom Brady, who won a record seven Super Bowls for New England and Tampa, has announced his retirement. Brady — the most successful quarterback in NFL history, and one of the greatest athletes in team sports — posted the announcement on social media Wednesday morning, a brief video lasting just under

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Dani Alves’ lawyers say in an appeal to a Spanish court that he has agreed to turn in his passport and wear a tracking device if he is set free pending the sexual assault investigation against him. The Brazilian soccer player was provisionally detained in January

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Women’s World Cup co-hosts Australia and New Zealand have urged FIFA not to sign a sponsor deal with the tourism authority of Saudi Arabia. They say “rights of women remain severely restricted” in Saudi Arabia. Leaders of the two national soccer federations warned in a letter

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer It’s only fitting that the top two quarterbacks in the regular season based on All-Pro voting are the last two quarterbacks standing in the NFL this season. First-team All-Pro quarterback Patrick Mahomes will take his Kansas City Chiefs into the Super Bowl against second-team All-Pro Jalen Hurts and

LONDON (AP) — Tottenham manager Antonio Conte will undergo surgery to remove his gallbladder and spend some time away from the team. The club says Conte recently experienced “severe abdominal pain” and was diagnosed as having cholecystitis. Tottenham says Conte “will return following a period of recuperation.” Tottenham is in fifth place in the Premier

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer Saudi Arabia added to its influence in world soccer after its federation president won a seat on the FIFA Council. The country was then confirmed as host of the 2027 Asian Cup. The election win at the Asian Football Confederation’s annual meeting followed Cristiano Ronaldo’s arrival last month to

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Jarod Lucas scored 26 points and Will Baker had 19 points and eight rebounds as Nevada beat No. 22 San Diego State 75-66. Kenan Blackshear added 18 points and seven assists for the Wolf Pack, who won their second consecutive home game against a ranked opponent for the first time in

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Jamal Murray scored 32 points, Nikola Jokic got his 16th triple-double of the season and the Denver Nuggets held off the reeling New Orleans Pelicans 122-113. Jokic finished with 26 points, 18 rebounds and 15 assists as the Western Conference leaders improved to 16-0 when Jokic

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Damion Baugh had 16 points and 10 assists, big man Eddie Lampkin Jr. made an unexpected return from injury and 15th-ranked TCU overcame the absence of top scorer Mike Miles Jr. to beat West Virginia 76-72. JaKobe Coles had 17 points, Shahada Wells 16 points and Xavier Cork 15 for

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The Club World Cup has long been a little-loved member of FIFA’s family of soccer tournaments. The latest edition starts Wednesday in Morocco as a seven-team event. It’s a format that was due to be abolished two years ago. An ambitious revamp with up to 32