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KENT, Ohio — Led by Sincere Carry’s 23 points, the Kent State Golden Flashes defeated the Ohio Bobcats 82-75. The Golden Flashes are now 24-6 on the season, while the Bobcats dropped to 17-13.

By The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. Led by Jalen DeLoach’s 14 points, the VCU Rams defeated the Saint Louis Billikens 79-67 to clinch the outright Atlantic 10 Conference’s regular season title. The Rams improved to 23-7 with the win and the Billikens fell to 19-11.

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Jeremy Roach scored 20 points and helped Duke hold off North Carolina State in a 71-67 victory on Tuesday night to win its fifth straight game and complete a 16-0 home schedule. Tyrese Proctor added 12 points, going 8 of 9 at the line, including four in the final 18 seconds

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer Gavin Lux will miss the season for the Los Angeles Dodgers because of torn ligaments in his right knee. The 25-year-old was in line to become their new starting shortstop before getting hurt in a spring training game. Lux says the toughest part is knowing the opportunity he had

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Carolina got better by acquiring winger Jesse Puljujarvi from Edmonton in one of two Oilers moves ahead of the NHL trade deadline. They also got Mattias Ekholm from Nashville to bulk up the defense behind MVP favorite Connor McDavid. The Eastern Conference arms race continued with Toronto making three

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Virginia Tech’s Elizabeth Kitley has been named Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year for the second straight season while Notre Dame’s Niele Ivey has been named coach of the year. The league announced its award winners Tuesday, with Kitley repeating after averaging 18.8 points and a league-best 10.7 rebounds. The

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — At an upcoming meeting of national soccer federations FIFA will be urged to compensate migrant workers and families of those who died or were injured on World Cup projects in Qatar. Human rights group Amnesty International says the issue will be raised by Norwegian soccer officials

By CLAY BAILEY Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — LeBron James’ injury hasn’t changed the Los Angeles Lakers’ goal of reaching the postseason. Lakers coach Darvin Ham said Tuesday that James is still going through medical evaluations before the team makes a decision on how long the NBA’s career scoring leader may be unavailable after

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants have told wide receiver Kenny Golladay he will be released after two horrible seasons. Speaking to Giants fans during a question-and-answer telephone session at the NFL scouting combine on Tuesday, general manager Joe Schoen said the 29-year-old receiver team has

LYON, France (AP) — Lyon reached the semifinals of the French Cup by beating second-division Grenoble 2-1. Bradley Barcola and new signing Jeffinho scored first-half goals and Lyon held on after Amine Sbaï netted for the visitors in the 74th minute. Lyon signed the 23-year-old Jeffinho from Brazilian club Botafogo for 10 million euros just

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Orlando Pride have updated the team’s secondary uniforms to feature black shorts rather than white to address players’ concerns during menstrual cycles. The Pride’s “Luna” uniform, with its primarily white jersey, will now have black shorts. Orlando is the first team in the National Women’s Soccer League to alter its

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Top-seeded Magda Linette has been eliminated from the ATX Open in the first round. Linette lost 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 to 88th-ranked Varvara Gracheva at the hard-court tournament making its debut in Austin, Texas. Linette has lost three of her past five matches. Her exit means three of the top six seeds

By JACK THOMPSON Associated Press MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani had no issues with his pitches or the new pclock in his first spring training outing this year, his only one for the Los Angeles Angels before he joins Japan for the World Baseball Classic. Ohtani pitched 2 1/3 hitless innings against Oakland, striking

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Center Austin Blythe announced his retirement on Tuesday after seven seasons with four teams. Blythe spent last season with the Seattle Seahawks and started all 17 games in the regular season and the team’s one playoff game. Blythe was set to become a free agent when the new league year begins

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The record-setting contract Deshaun Watson received from the Browns could undergo some revising. Cleveland general manager Andrew Berry indicated the team may restructure the five-year, $230 million deal it used to entice Watson to agree to a trade from Houston to the Browns one year ago.

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Phil Foden was in danger of becoming one of the forgotten players at Manchester City this season but maybe not anymore. The England winger is over his injury problems, back in favor with City manager Pep Guardiola and is repaying the faith with goals. Foden scored in each half

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — There was no umpire behind the plate calling balls and strikes when the Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates kept playing Tuesday. There wasn’t even one of those so-called robo umps that could become part of the game in the future. Umpires left the field after Baltimore’s Josh Lester grounded out to

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Kevin Willard has Maryland on track to reach the NCAA Tournament in his first season as coach. A big part of the team’s improvement has come at home. The Terps went 16-1 and did not lose a conference game this season in College Park.

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The Carolina Hurricanes have acquired winger Jesse Puljujarvi in a trade with the Edmonton Oilers. The move comes with the NHL waiting for the New York Rangers to finalize a deal with Chicago for Patrick Kane. Minnesota also acquired well-traveled forward Marcus Johansson from busy Washington. The Capitals traded