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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Darin Ruf agreed to a minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants, reuniting with his former team six days after he was released by the New York Mets. The 36-year-old spent parts of three seasons with San Francisco from 2020-22, batting .248 with 32 home runs in 247 games. Ruf

By DAVE SKRETTA and STEVE REED AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Heavy rain that left pools of standing water across Augusta National brought play to a halt at the Masters on Saturday, and Brooks Koepka and the rest of the field will have a long Sunday slog to determine who will wear the

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers’ victory over the Phoenix Suns was their 42nd win this season and guaranteed a finish over .500. That was only a dream in early November when Los Angeles stumbled out of the gates by losing 10 of its first 12 games.

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Tiger Woods made the cut at the Masters and then it all went downhill from there. Slogging through a rain-drenched, 49-degree day at Augusta National proved too much for the aching five-time champion to overcome. The 47-year-old Woods, who is still recovering from a 2021

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — One week after being jeered by his own fans Lionel Messi scored one goal and set up the other as Paris Saint-Germain won at a wasteful Nice 2-0 to maintain its six-point lead of the French league. Argentina’s Word Cup-winning star clipped in a cross from

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Samuel Chukwueze has upstaged Vinícius Júnior by scoring twice in an outstanding performance by the Villarreal forward to lead its 3-2 comeback win at Real Madrid in the Spanish league. The Nigeria international canceled out a sixth-minute own goal by teammate Paul Torres when he scored

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Live updates from Saturday’s second and third rounds of the Masters (all times local): 5:10 p.m. Augusta National has set the schedule to complete the weather-delayed Masters on Sunday. The third round is scheduled to resume at 8:30 a.m. If that goes according to plan, the final round would begin at

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Moving day at the Masters was mostly about everyone leaving on Saturday. A cold, relentless rain was too much for Augusta National to handle, leading to one of the earliest finishes for a Saturday — just 15 minutes after CBS came on the air —

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Second-place Lazio has taken control of a tight battle for the Champions League qualifying places with a 2-1 win over Juventus in Serie A. Mattia Zaccagni scored what was to prove the winner early in the second half after Adrien Rabiot had cancelled out Sergej Milinković-Savić’s

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Emily Fox and Lindsey Horan both scored for the United States in a 2-0 victory Saturday over Ireland that was marred by what appeared to be a serious left knee injury to Mallory Swanson. Swanson was carted off the field at Q2 Stadium and

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Award-winning cyclist Ethan Boyes died after being struck by a car at a national park in San Francisco, the U.S. Park Police said Saturday. The athlete was hit while riding his bike Tuesday afternoon around Presidio, a historic park south of the Golden Gate Bridge, authorities said. Boyes was taken to

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis Grizzlies signed forward/center Kenneth Lofton Jr. to a multiyear contract to bolster their front-court depth in the absence of Brandon Clarke, who suffered a season-ending torn left Achilles tendon in early March. The Grizzlies also signed guard Jacob Gilyard to a two-way contract and waived guard Kennedy Chandler. Memphis

ESTORIL, Portugal (AP) — Top-seeded Casper Ruud will play for his 10th ATP title against Serbian friend Miomir Kecmanovic in the final of the Estoril Open on Sunday. They had contrasting semifinals. Ruud barely beat Quentin Halys of France 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 after more than two hours. Halys served 16 aces and there were no

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Live updates from Saturday’s second and third rounds of the Masters (all times local): 3:25 p.m. Play has been halted for the day at the Masters because of nasty weather. A steady rain only got heavier after the third round began shortly before lunchtime, with those making the cut going off

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Tage Thompson scored the go-ahead goal 6:15 into the third period, Rasmus Dahlin had a goal, two assists and a key blocked shot and the Buffalo Sabres kept their slim playoff hopes alive with a 4-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes. Casey Mittelstadt scored twice

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The NBA has opened an investigation into Dallas’ decision to rest several players while the team still had a mathematical chance of making the play-in tournament. The league made the announcement Saturday, one day after the Mavericks held out Kyrie Irving for the full game, Luka Doncic for most

MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — Roberto Carballes Baena has knocked out his third seeded opponent at the Grand Prix Hassan II after overcoming Dan Evans 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the semifinals. Carballes Baena won his only previous ATP final in 2018 at Quito. The Spaniard will face Alexandre Muller of France, who is through to his

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Erling Haaland’s flying scissor-kick was the highlight of Manchester City’s 4-1 win at Southampton that kept the pressure on Arsenal in the English Premier League title race. It was one of two goals by Haaland as he moved onto 30 league goals for the season and 44 in all