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By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer South Carolina coach Dawn Staley has been around women’s basketball long enough to see the growing pains of a young WNBA league gradually shifting to increased interest in the sport at all levels. “We probably are bursting at the seams for the people that are decision-makers in our game

By RIZWAN ALI AP Sports Writer KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — New Zealand’s opening pair of left-handed batters responded with a solid 165-0 in the first cricket test after Agha Salman had scored his first test century and led Pakistan to 438. Devon Conway and Tom Latham batted confidently against the challenging spin of Abrar Ahmed

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — He was one of the standout performers at the World Cup and now PSV Eindhoven forward Cody Gakpo appears set to kick off the January transfer window with a move to Liverpool. PSV announced that it had agreed an undisclosed fee for the Netherlands international

By RIZWAN ALI AP Sports Writer KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Agha Salman has struck a well-composed first test century and led Pakistan to 438 in the first test against New Zealand. The 29-year-old Salman batted resolutely in the company of tailenders to score 103. He was the last batter to be dismissed when Pakistan was

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Richard Pitino took less than a day after his firing from Minnesota to jump at the chance to coach New Mexico. And like their second-year coach, the 22nd-ranked Lobos are moving fast. New Mexico is one of three unbeaten teams left in Division I — the others being No.

By RIZWAN ALI AP Sports Writer KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — New Zealand fought back to limit Pakistan’s progress to 377-8 despite Agha Salman scoring a gritty half-century on the second day of the first test. Pakistan lost skipper Babar Azam in the day’s first over with no addition to his epic overnight score of 161.

By ERIK GARCÍA GUNDERSEN Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jusuf Nurkic scored 27 points, including a career-high five 3-pointers, to go with 14 rebounds and six assists as the Portland Trail Blazers defeated the Charlotte Hornets 124-113. Jerami Grant led all scorers with 32 points for Portland. Damian Lillard had 17 points and nine

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts tried their third starting quarterback of the season Monday night. It didn’t make a difference. Indy’s struggling offense produced just one field goal and no third-down conversions. Nick Foles threw three interceptions and was sacked seven times. For the Colts, this kind of

SYDNEY (AP) — Favorable northerly winds have helped propel the four leading super maxis in the Sydney to Hobart race through the notorious Bass Strait and nearing the coastline of the island state of Tasmania still within sight of race record time. After 24 hours of racing, Andoo Comanche holds a lead of about 12

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Austin Ekeler scored on two 1-yard runs and the Los Angeles Chargers clinched their first playoff berth since 2018, intercepting Indianapolis quarterback Nick Foles three times to beat the overmatched Colts 20-3. Justin Herbert threw for 235 yards and Cameron Dicker made two short field goals

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Max Strus scored 19 points, Kyle Lowry added 18 points and nine assists, and the Miami Heat got back to .500 by holding off the Minnesota Timberwolves 113-110. Orlando Robinson scored 15 points and Tyler Herro had 14 for the Heat, who were without Jimmy Butler

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — Jaroslav Chmelar and Matous Mensik scored 33 seconds apart during a five-minute power play as the Czech Republic stunned Canada 5-2 in the opener for both countries at the world junior hockey championship. In other action on Monday, Attilio Biasca scored 41 seconds into overtime as Switzerland opened the tournament