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By BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hanser Alberto hit a three-run homer, Dylan Cease had another strong outing against the Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox held on to beat Minnesota 4-3. Chicago had to remove shortstop Tim Anderson in the sixth inning with left knee soreness after he collided with a

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer The Portland Trail Blazers missed the playoffs for the second straight season despite star Damian Lillard averaging a career-high 32.2 points a game, third-best in the league. Inopportune injuries and inconsistent play plagued Portland. The season ended with a 157-101 drubbing by Golden State. Lillard and fellow regular

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Guardians starter Triston McKenzie is set to resume his throwing program after making progress in his recovery from a shoulder strain. The team says McKenzie, who has been sidelined to start the season with a strained teres major muscle, was checked by Dr. Jason Genin

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — First-year Kansas City Royals manager Matt Quatraro will return to the dugout for Monday night’s road game against the Texas Rangers after missing the club’s previous five games with COVID-19. The Royals went 2-3 under interim manager Paul Hoover, the team’s bench coach. Kansas City lost four of its first five

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The sentencing trial has begun for a former Houston-area high school football coach convicted twice of fatally shooting his pregnant wife during what authorities say was a staged burglary more than 24 years ago. David Mark Temple was convicted in August 2019 for a second time

DETROIT (AP) — Claressa Shields will fight Hanna Gabriels for the women’s world middleweight championship on June 3, bringing boxing to Little Caesars Arena for the first time since it opened in 2017. DAZN will carry the match live and made the announcement. Shields headlines the card that will include up-and-coming fighters from the Motor

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves have suspended center Rudy Gobert for their play-in game against the Los Angeles Lakers. The 10-year veteran threw a punch at teammate Kyle Anderson in an argument in the huddle during a timeout. Gobert took a swing at Anderson and hit him in

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Charlotte Hornets coach Steve Clifford said it’s critical for the team to start winning if it intends to keep star point guard LaMelo Ball, considered a cornerstone of the franchise. Ball hasn’t played in a postseason game since joining the Hornets as the No. 3

MIAMI (AP) — The CONCACAF Gold Cup will be played for the first time in Cincinnati, St. Louis and San Diego. Fifteen sites will be used for the 16-nation tournament played from June 24 to July 16. SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, another first-time site, was announced last October as site of the final. The

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Pistons are searching for a coach and hoping their new leader has Victor Wembanyama in the lineup. Detroit closed its fourth straight season and 12th in 14 years without a postseason appearance on Sunday with a lopsided loss at Chicago. After finishing an NBA-worst

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer David Pastrnak of the Boston Bruins has scored 60 goals in a season for the first time in his 9-year NHL career. The Czech winger got to 60 with a hat trick at Philadelphia that gave Boston sole possession of the single-season wins record. Pastrnak believed he could do

WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Ryan Reynolds punched the air before turning to embrace Rob McElhenney as the Hollywood stars moved a big step closer to their dream of leading Welsh soccer team Wrexham to promotion. The pair celebrated at the end of a game that had all the thrills of a big screen blockbuster and

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox have traded veteran reliever José Ruiz to Arizona on Sunday in exchange for $100,000. The White Sox designated the 28-year-old Ruiz for assignment following a difficult start to the season. Ruiz allowed nine runs on eight hits with four walks and three strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings across

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Hendrick Motorsports has said it will not appeal its latest penalties NASCAR handed down to the race teams of Alex Bowman and William Byron last week. NASCAR found illegal modifications to the greenhouse, or center, area of the car after an inspection at its R&D center following the race at Richmond.

MONACO (AP) — Three-time Grand Slam winners Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka have had contrasting fortunes in the first round of the clay-court Monte Carlo Masters. Former champion Wawrinka rallied to win 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 against Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor. The 38-year-old Swiss next plays American Taylor Fritz. The 35-year-old Murray lost 6-1, 6-3 to 14th-seeded

WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Ryan Reynolds punched the air before turning to embrace Rob McElhenney as the Hollywood stars moved a big step closer to their dream of leading Welsh soccer team Wrexham to promotion. The pair celebrated at the end of a game that had all the thrills of a big screen blockbuster and

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The major league batting average rose 16 points to .249 over the first 1 1/2 weeks of this season with new shift limits in place, while game time dropped 31 minutes to 2:38 in the first year of the pitch clock. The time is on

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Bo Horvat has attempted to clarify what he meant by New York Islanders’ home games being “a lot better than Vancouver.” The comments by the former Canucks captain after a weekend game caught the attention of fans back in Vancouver more than two months after he

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Christopher Bell is off to a fast start in his young and rising career at Joe Gibbs Racing. Bell has won five times in his first 116 starts, the latest coming on the Bristol dirt on Sunday night. That’s more than any other active driver