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SEATTLE (AP) — The Cleveland Guardians locked up two more key players to long-term contracts before opening another season. The AL defending champions signed All-Star second baseman Andrés Giménez to a seven-year contract and completed a four-year deal with reliever Trevor Stephan before facing the Mariners in their opener on Thursday night. Giménez’s $106.5 million

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Russian players are set to return to table tennis events after the sport’s governing body followed the International Olympic Committee’s advice to let them compete as neutrals. The decision by the International Table Tennis Federation paves the way for players from Russia and its ally Belarus to end a year-long exclusion

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer DALLAS (AP) — Indiana coach Teri Moren is The Associated Press college women’s basketball coach of the year. She led Indiana to its first Big Ten regular season championship in 40 years. The Hoosiers rose to No. 2 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll and earned the school’s

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Tony Skinn has been hired to coach men’s basketball at George Mason. Skinn was a starting guard who helped the Patriots reach the Final Four during March Madness as an 11-seed in 2006. Skinn replaces Kim English, who left George Mason for Providence after Ed Cooley departed Providence for Georgetown. Skinn

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — American runner Lashinda Demus has officially become an Olympic champion at the age of 40 and more than a decade after the 2012 London Games. The International Olympic Committee has formally reallocated Demus the gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles. The original winner was Natalya Antyukh of Russia who was later

LEEDS, England (AP) — Leeds midfielder Tyler Adams is in danger of missing the rest of the season after undergoing surgery on a hamstring injury. The 24-year-old Adams underwent what was described by Britain’s Press Association as a “non-invasive” procedure after consulting a specialist. He already missed Leeds’ Premier League game at Wolverhampton on March

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer HOUSTON (AP) — One short year ago, college basketball was getting ready for the game of a lifetime: North Carolina vs. Duke at the Final Four. And this year? Well, to put it kindly, who the heck are these guys? The NCAA Tournament, the annual event that has  made

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Bubba Wallace’s self-confidence is struggling after a slow start to the season and back-to-back poor finishes as he heads into Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway. But it is an important weekend off the track for the only full-time Black driver at NASCAR’s top level. He

LONDON (AP) — Owners and directors of English Premier League clubs can be disqualified for human rights abuses. The league has announced changes to its Owners’ and Directors’ Test. They include new rules that will give it power to remove leading officials at the clubs if they are contravened. Individuals or companies subject to government

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach calls criticism of the IOC’s push to reintegrate Russian and Belarusian athletes into world sports “deplorable.” European nations including Bach’s native Germany have criticized the IOC’s effort to reintegrate the athletes ahead of the 2024 Paris Games. Bach suggested those

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer In the days leading up to the IndyCar season-opening race, Chip Ganassi made clear that Marcus Ericsson was a valued member of the organization and said he wants to extend the Swedish driver’s contract beyond this year. Ericsson then went on to win the March 5 race on

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer It wasn’t unusual for Roy Hodgson to be stopped in the street during his 10 months away from soccer and be asked “are you enjoying your retirement?” Hodgson never felt like he was retired even at the age of 75. Now he is back in the Premier League in

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United as reported a net profit of 6.3 million pounds in its second quarterly fiscal results. The English Premier League club is subject to takeover bids. It released its key financial figures for the three months ending Dec. 31 2022. United’s total revenue was 167.3 million pounds. That was down

NEW YORK (AP) — Players making their big league debuts will be especially marked this season. Major League Baseball announced before openers that players making their first appearances will wear debut patches on their jerseys. After a player appears in his first game, the patch will be authenticated and placed on a Topps baseball card

By The Associated Press The Associated Press has announced the men’s and women’s college basketball player and coach of the year awards this week. A 58-person panel of media members who vote in the AP Top 25 vote for the men’s award, while 28 media members vote for the women’s award. The panels are made

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer DALLAS (AP) — Caitlin Clark has put together one of the greatest individual seasons in NCAA history with eye-popping offensive numbers. Iowa’s junior guard, though, saved her best performance for the game’s biggest stage, recording the first 40-point triple-double in NCAA history to get Iowa to the Final Four

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Hamburger SV defender Mario Vušković has been banned for two years in a doping case. The German soccer federation banned Vušković after he tested positive last year for the blood-booster EPO. The federation says the samples given by the Croatian under-20 national team player have been thoroughly analyzed to rule out