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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Serena Williams' next Australian Open opponent, 18-year-old Dayana Yastremska, feels as if she saw Saturday's matchup coming a decade ago.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Kyle Kuzma scored 32 points to help the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 138-128 in overtime Thursday night without injured LeBron James.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — John Gibson made 37 saves for his second shutout of the season, Adam Henrique and Rickard Rakell scored 11 seconds apart in the first period and the re-tooled Anaheim Ducks snapped a franchise-record 12-game losing streak by beating the Minnesota Wild 3-0 on Thursday night.
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Mitchell Marner scored a go-ahead goal late in the second period, Nazem Kadri and Patrick Marleau each had a goal and an assist, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the NHL-leading Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Thursday night.
MILTON — The Spaulding wrestling team continued to fill out the weight classes Thursday and got a sneak peak at how state championships could unfold.
MARSHFIELD — Olivia Hogan scored 23 points, including her team’s first nine, and the Twinfield Trojans mounted a furious fourth-quarter rally, but visiting White River Valley managed to hold them off for a 52-49 victory in girls basketball action Thursday evening. Wildcat freshman Sophie How…
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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Ndamukong Suh earned multiple All-Pro honors, Pro Bowl selections and tens of millions of dollars during his first eight NFL seasons.
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Latest on Friday at the Australian Open (all times local):
NORTHFIELD — The Norwich University men’s basketball team attempted to erase a 22-point halftime deficit but ran out of time during Thursday’s 97-80 loss against New England College.
RANDOLPH — Vermont Technical College Track and Field coach Bob Dunkle announced Thursday that two-time Olympian Doug Padilla will return for the 4th annual Track and Field Festival this March.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A fired coach. A transfer. Suspensions. Injuries. UCLA and Southern California have experienced it all barely halfway through the season.
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Caroline Wozniacki will have her most daunting challenge in defense of her Australian Open women's singles title when she takes on five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova in the third round at Melbourne Park on Friday.
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LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) — Phil Mickelson still feels as young as ever. He still plays that way, too.
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LONDON (AP) — Allonzo Trier was called for goaltending on a layup attempt by Thomas Bryant with 0.4 seconds remaining, giving the Washington Wizards a 101-100 victory over the New York Knicks at The O2 Arena on Thursday night.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Lynx star Maya Moore's availability for the upcoming season is uncertain.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is set at quarterback with Sam Ehlinger, who had a breakout season in 2018. It is the depth chart behind him that has suddenly become a concern for coach Tom Herman as the wave of players exploring their options to move has reached the Longhorns.
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The Patriots are going on the road again in the playoffs, a place that hasn't always been kind to them during the Tom Brady era.
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — No one was entirely sure what to expect from the first LPGA Tour event of the year — least of all Stacy Lewis.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Former NFL defensive end Greg Hardy says he is "haunted" by his high-profile domestic violence past and wants to prove he has changed as he makes his debut in UFC, a promotion that hasn't hesitated to embrace fighters with legal or drug problems.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Canelo Alvarez will return to the ring and to the middleweight division on May 4 to fight Danny Jacobs.
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LONDON (AP) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says the safety and security of players will always be paramount for the league after New York Knicks center Enes Kanter did not travel to London for his team's game against the Washington Wizards.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A person familiar with the negotiations says reliever Adam Ottavino and the New York Yankees have agreed to a $27 million, three-year contract.
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Better late than never, right?
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — All these years later, although with much less on the line, Novak Djokovic again got the better of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the Australian Open.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Gladys Knight will sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at this year's Super Bowl.
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PARIS (AP) — European police agency Europol says it has identified links between match-fixing gambling syndicates being unraveled in Spain and Belgium that are thought to have paid off dozens of players and corrupted lower-level tennis tournaments on a massive scale.
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Michigan State University's governing body on Thursday accepted interim president John Engler's resignation , but said it would be effective immediately rather than next week. It's the latest development stemming from the sexual assault investigation of now-imprisoned gymnastics doctor Larry…
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DETROIT (AP) — The Latest on the resignation of interim Michigan State University President John Engler (all times local):
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ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Police in Ghana say an investigative journalist whose work exposing corruption in African soccer led to the downfall of a member of the sport's high-powered FIFA Council has been shot dead by gunmen on a motorbike.
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Serena Williams figured it was important to get off to a strong start against Eugenie Bouchard in the Australian Open's second round Thursday.
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CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Lindsey Vonn skied conservatively in the first World Cup downhill training session of her injury-delayed season on Thursday.
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It's a six-day stretch that could make or break Arsenal's season and prompt renewed scrutiny into the machinations of a club that appears to have issues at every level.
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 41 points with nine 3-pointers to become the first player in NBA history to make eight or more 3s in three straight games, and the Golden State Warriors held off the New Orleans Pelicans 147-140 on Wednesday night for their sixth straight win.
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DETROIT (AP) — Michigan State University is poised to name a new interim president Thursday after the former governor who was brought in to help it recover from the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal resigned under pressure, amid backlash over his comments about some of the ex-sports doctor's…
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HOUSTON (AP) — Spencer Dinwiddie scored 25 of his 33 points in the fourth quarter and overtime and the Brooklyn Nets spoiled James Harden's 58-point night with a 145-142 victory over the Houston Rockets on Wednesday.
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BOSTON (AP) — Kyrie Irving hit a foul-line fadeaway to give Boston the lead, then hit a 31-foot 3-pointer to finish with 27 points and lead the Celtics past the Eastern Conference-leading Toronto Raptors 117-108 on Wednesday night.
MARSHFIELD — The Twinfield boys basketball team allowed Blue Mountain to take the lead in the third quarter but the Trojans held on at the end to wrap up Wednesday’s 65-52 victory.
WATERBURY — The Harwood boys ice hockey team held off Burlington with Wednesday’s 2-1 victory following a well-rounded team effort.
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Latest on Thursday at the Australian Open (all times local):
DURHAM, N.H. — The University of Vermont men’s basketball team denied several comeback attempts by the University of New Hampshire during Wednesday’s 73-59 victory in America East action.
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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Marcus Peters stood at a podium Wednesday and spoke about his respect for Sean Payton and the New Orleans Saints. He insisted his feisty comments about the coach two months ago had been misinterpreted and blown out of proportion by controversy-hungry fans and media.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — NBC Sports says Bob Costas is leaving his longtime broadcast home.
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Kei Nishikori will be hoping for a better start Thursday in his second-round match against Ivo Karlovic on Margaret Court Arena than he did in his first at the Australian Open.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Muhammad Ali's Kentucky hometown will honor the late boxer by renaming its airport for him.
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EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State University's interim President John Engler says in 11-page resignation letter than he'll quit in a week.
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LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) — The timing couldn't be better for Justin Rose, or for the Desert Classic.
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EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Trustee says John Engler will resign as Michigan State's interim president amid backlash over sex assault victim remarks.
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CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — It's going to be an emotional weekend for Lindey Vonn.
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Reds play-by-play broadcaster Marty Brennaman will retire after the 2019 season, his 46th in Cincinnati.
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BOSTON (AP) — Mookie Betts keeps putting up big numbers.
This was a year when many of the most memorable games required working overtime.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joe Kelly helped the Boston Red Sox win a World Series title. His next goal is to try to win one for the team he grew up rooting for and defeated this October.