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By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Marcus Stroman is getting used to Major League Baseball’s new pitch clock. And it’s no small deal for the Chicago Cubs right-hander. “It’s tough,” he said. “It’s a big adjustment.” Stroman committed baseball’s first regular-season pitch-clock violation Thursday in the third inning of the Cubs’ 4-0

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The Masters starts April 6 and the course at Augusta National is among the most famous in the world because it’s the only major held in the same place. Most memorable is the back nine because of the two par-5 holes that can be reached

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — The parents of Reeva Steenkamp, the woman Oscar Pistorius shot dead 10 years ago, still believe he is lying about their daughter’s killing and opposed the former Olympic runner’s application for parole, their lawyer said Friday. “Unless he comes clean, they don’t

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan has been cleared by a disciplinary panel of making a racist remark toward a group of Yorkshire teammates of Asian ethnicity in 2009 in the latest stage of a scandal that has left a cloud over the English game. The scandal erupted when

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — No other major has such cool trivia as the Masters. That’s because it’s played at Augusta National every year. There are great champions. And there’s a lot of heartache. See how you fare on this 18-question quiz going into the 87th edition of the Masters.

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — One thing hasn’t changed through the years. Tiger Woods is must-see golf. But it’s different than it was 20 years ago when Woods was healthy, younger and at the peak of his game. Players who have been around him over the last few years detect

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Jon Rahm might break through and join his idol Seve Ballesteros by winning the Masters this year. Rahm already has won three times this year. Among other contenders, the attention will be on Rory McIlroy because he’s No. 2 in the world and has been

LONDON (AP) — Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan says a disciplinary panel has dismissed a charge against him alleging he made a racially aggravated remark toward a group of Yorkshire teammates of Asian ethnicity in 2009. The verdict marks the latest stage of a scandal that erupted when Azeem Rafiq went public in 2020

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — The parents of Reeva Steenkamp, the woman Oscar Pistorius shot dead 10 years ago, still don’t believe his account of their daughter’s killing and will oppose the former Olympic runner’s application for parole, their lawyer said Friday. “Unless he comes clean, they

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-2 in their season opener. Will Smith went 3 for 5 and drove in three runs, and James Outman hit a two-run homer for the Dodgers. Julio Urías got the victory in his first career opening-day start.

By COURTNEY WALSH Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Red Bull principal Christian Horner has criticized the stricter interpretation of a rule that bans Formula One team employees from climbing pit wall to celebrate victories. Horner said at the Australian Grand Prix that F1 will lose out by stopping what he described as “iconic” celebrations

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani struck out 10 over six scoreless innings in his season debut coming off the World Baseball Classic title before Oakland capitalized once he exited with Aledmys Díaz rallying the Athletics on a tiebreaking single in the eighth for a 2-1 win over the

By MAX MILLER Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Logan Couture scored at 50 seconds of overtime to give the San Jose Sharks a 4-3 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday night. Mario Ferraro had a goal and assist, Oskar Lindblom and Tomas Hertl also scored and former Harvard defenseman Henry Thrun

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — C.J. Cron homered twice and drove in five runs for the Colorado Rockies, who beat San Diego 7-2 to dampen opening night of the most anticipated season in Padres history at chilly, wet Petco Park. Cron hit a go-ahead, three-run homer with one out in

By MARK MOSCHETTI Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Jaden Schwartz and Matty Beniers scored within three minutes of each other in the first period and the Seattle Kraken hung on to beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-1 . Daniel Sprong added a power-play goal with 4:18 left in the game and Alex Wennberg sealed it with