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MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Marcus Rashford has hobbled off with an apparent groin injury late in Manchester United’s 2-0 win over Everton in the Premier League. The England forward gestured to United’s bench that he needed to come off and was feeling the groin area in his right leg as he left the field in

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — It appears that Fred Couples will be playing the rest of the weekend at the Masters. The 1992 champion finished his second round with a bogey Saturday, leaving him at 1 over for the championship and inside the projected cut line. That would make the 63-year-old Couples the oldest player to

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The second round of the Masters resumed Saturday after storms brought down three pine trees the previous day and ground it to a halt. Brooks Koepka has the clubhouse lead at 12 under with Jon Rahm among those giving chase. Tiger Woods has seven holes left in his second round and

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Kyle Walker is set to have only limited game time at Manchester City for the rest of the season because manager Pep Guardiola said the England right back is ill-equipped to play in the team’s new system. Guardiola has been playing a three-man defense with one of the full backs in

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — DeAngelo Russell scored 24 points, Austin Reaves had 22 and Malik Beasley 21 as the Los Angeles Lakers kept their hopes alive of avoiding a spot in the play-in tournament with a 121-107 victory over the resting Phoenix Suns on Friday night. LeBron James had

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Alex Call and Jeimer Candelario hit back-to-back homers to start the game, CJ Abrams drove in three runs with a pair of triples and the Washington Nationals beat the Colorado Rockies 10-5 on Friday night. MacKenzie Gore turned in another solid performance and now has earned

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Bo Bichette hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning and the Toronto Blue Jays overcame a two-run deficit to spoil the Los Angeles Angels’ home opener with a 4-3 victory Friday night. Bichette and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. each had two hits as the Blue

By JOE TOTORAITIS Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brandon Woodruff pitched four-hit ball into the sixth inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-0 for their sixth straight win. Willy Adames hit a solo homer for Milwaukee, and rookie Garrett Mitchell collected two more hits. Christian Yelich had a run-scoring groundout. Woodruff

By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Klay Thompson scored 29 points, Stephen Curry added 25 and the Golden State Warriors closed in on a playoff berth by beating the short-handed Sacramento Kings 119-97. The defending-champion Warriors missed a chance to clinch the postseason when New Orleans won earlier in the night

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Trey Murphy scored 31 points, C.J. McCollum added 23 and the New Orleans Pelicans improved their chances of avoiding the play-in round with a 113-105 victory over the New York Knicks on Friday night. The Pelicans (42-39) will need to beat Minnesota on the road in their regular-season finale Sunday and

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Coby White scored 24 points and the short-handed Chicago Bulls rallied past the depleted Mavericks 115-112. The loss eliminated Dallas from play-in contention a year after the club reached the Western Conference finals. Dallas coach Jason Kidd said before the game an “organizational decision” was made

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Mikal Bridges scored 22 points and the Brooklyn Nets, shortly after clinching the No. 6 seed in the Eastern Conference, beat the Orlando Magic 101-84. The Nets no longer needed the victory by the time the game was over, having wrapped up a playoff spot

By IAN NICHOLAS QUILLEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Daniel Gafford had 22 points and eight rebounds, and the Washington Wizards beat the Miami Heat 114-108 in a meeting of short-handed teams. Corey Kispert scored 19 points for Washington, and Jordan Goodwin added 16 points. The Wizards have been without three-time All-Star Bradley Beal for

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Georges Niang scored 24 points, including a decisive 3-pointer with 12 seconds remaining in overtime, as the Philadelphia 76ers rested all their starters and still beat the Atlanta Hawks 136-131. Jalen McDaniels scored 24 points with 11 rebounds for the 76ers, who were already locked into

By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Xander Bogaerts drove in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning, Nelson Cruz went 3 for 5 with two RBIs and the San Diego Padres got strong relief pitching to beat the Atlanta Braves 5-4. The Padres began the game with a 5.84 bullpen ERA, third-highest