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PHOENIX (AP) — Ronnie Gajownik has been hired as manager of the Hillsboro Hops, becoming the first woman to manage a minor league High-A team, the Arizona Diamondbacks announced on Friday. Gajownik served as video coordinator for the Hops in 2021. She was on the coaching staff of the Amarillo Sod Poodles, the Diamondback’s Double-A

Chelsea has completed the signing of Noni Madueke as coach Graham Potter prepares to hand a Premier League debut to Ukraine international Mykhailo Mudryk. England under-21 winger Madueke joined from PSV Eindhoven on a 7 1/2-year contract for a fee thought to be worth 35 million pounds ($43 million). Chelsea confirmed the transfer on social

ATLANTA (AP) — The NFL says more than 50,000 tickets were sold in the first 24 hours for a potential AFC championship game in Atlanta. Season-ticket holders of the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs were given priority access to tickets if the Jan. 29 game is played at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The league revamped its

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Carolina Hurricanes winger Max Pacioretty has suffered a second tear of his right Achilles tendon. Pacioretty was placed on injured reserve after he was hurt late in the third quarter of Thursday night’s win over Minnesota. Players placed on IR must sit out a minimum of seven days, but this injury

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers have postponed interviews with head coaching candidates Sean Payton and Kellen Moore after the death of Charlotte FC soccer player Anton Walkes. That’s according to a person familiar with the situation who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andrew McCutchen is back where he once belonged. The five-time All-Star centerfielder has finalized a one-year, $5 million deal to return to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The agreement returns McCutchen to Pittsburgh nearly five years to the day after the Pirates sent him to San Francisco in

RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Sounders have partnered with the Washington-based Providence health system as their new jersey sponsor. The Providence name will appear on the front of Seattle’s jerseys beginning with the FIFA Club World Cup next month in Morocco.  Providence will be the third jersey sponsor in franchise history and it replaces

PARIS (AP) — Midfielder Mattéo Guendouzi’s second-half goal was enough for Marseille to beat Rennes 1-0 in the French Cup and advance to the round of 16. Marseille won the last of its 10 French Cup trophies in 1989 and winning it again is a top priority for determined coach Igor Tudor. His team counts

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Columnist We can’t give credit to the hash browns, because Trevor Lawrence didn’t place his order until he was done with one of the greatest comebacks in NFL playoff history. Still, a late-night trip to Waffle House after an improbable victory is a striking metaphor of just how far the

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins have traded reigning American League batting champion Luis Arraez to the Miami Marlins for a three-player package featuring starting pitcher Pablo López. The 25-year-old Arraez had a breakout season in 2022. He made his first All-Star team while batting a league-best .316 and

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Vancouver Canucks coach Bruce Boudreau became emotional on Friday when asked about rumors that he may soon be fired. Boudreau’s job security has been in question since the Canucks got off to an 0-5-2 start. Vancouver was sixth in the Pacific Division, 12 points out of a playoff spot, entering

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas star Micah Parsons sees himself and fellow All-Pro edge rusher Nick Bosa of San Francisco as entertainers in their divisional playoff. It’s just more of a sideshow, in Parsons’ view, compared to the bigger plot of who moves on to the NFC championship

MADRID (AP) — Mallorca has enjoyed its third straight home win in the Spanish league by edging Celta Vigo 1-0. Dani Rodríguez slotted the ball just inside the right post in the 59th minute after Pablo Maffeo burst down the right flank and found his teammate arriving in the area. It was the midfielder’s first

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer KENMORE, N.Y. (AP) — NFL Vice President Troy Vincent is backing a bid for an all-girl high school in suburban Buffalo, New York, to start a flag football team. He visited the school this week after one of the students wrote him a letter in the fall. Vincent’s visit

NEW YORK (AP) — Arizona pitcher Jose Valdez was suspended for 120 games under baseball’s minor league drug program following a positive test for the performance-enhancing substance Stanozolol. Valdez was disciplined for the second time under the drug program following a 60-game suspension last Feb. 4, also following a positive test for Stanozolol. He has

LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) — The Bundesliga has restarted after its unprecedented two-month winter break with Bayern Munich and Leipzig grinding out an error-strewn 1-1 draw. Leipzig defender Marcel Halstenberg equalized after Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting’s first-half strike on Friday as third-place Leipzig stayed six points behind league leader Bayern. Goalkeeper Yann Sommer made his Bayern debut

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins have traded reigning AL batting champion Luis Arraez to the Miami Marlins for a three-player package featuring starting pitcher Pablo López. The 25-year-old Arraez had a breakout season in 2022. He made his first All-Star team while batting a league-best .316 and denying

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ran Carthon says he has been so busy earning a job as an NFL general manager that he hasn’t had time to contemplate the history and meaning of becoming the Tennessee Titans’ first Black GM. Carthon says an aunt texted to warn him