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By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Soccer Writer Christen Press and Tobin Heath are back. OK, maybe not on the soccer field quite yet, but their popular YouTube and podcast series, the RE-CAP show, has returned just in time for the Olympics. The show was originally launched ahead of last year’s Women’s World Cup as both

PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) — Joe Snively broke a third-period tie on a power-play scramble and the defending champion Hershey Bears held off the Coachella Valley Firebirds 3-2 on Thursday night in Game 4 to tie the American Hockey League’s Calder Cup final. After Ryker Evans tied it for Coachella Valley 32 seconds into the

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jake Cronenworth homered with two outs in the ninth inning — San Diego’s fourth homer — and the Padres beat the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 on Thursday night. Cronenworth’s homer, deep down the right field line off Joel Payamps (1-3), came after Fernando Tatis

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For 27 years, federal courts have held special oversight over custody conditions for child migrants. The Biden administration wants a judge to partially lift those powers. U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee is considering the request at a hearing that started in Los Angeles on Friday, barely a week before new safeguards

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Sarah Bacon led women’s 3-meter springboard and Carson Tyler topped men’s 10-meter platform after the semifinals of the U.S. Olympic diving trials on Thursday. Bacon was consistent throughout her list and totaled 341.25 points. She was trailed by Alison Gibson at 317.70 and Sophie Verzyl with 313.55. Krysta Palmer, the bronze

By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Brendan Donovan hit a two-run homer and a double and the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants 6-5 in the Negro Leagues tribute game at Rickwood Field on Thursday night. The 114-year-old Rickwood Field is the oldest professional ballpark in the U.S. and

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — On a night for doubling up at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, Lilly King left with another big prize. An engagement ring. Ryan Murphy, Regan Smith, Kate Douglass and King all claimed a second individual event at the Paris Games with their performances Thursday in the

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Four of America’s biggest swimming stars doubled up at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials on Thursday night. Lilly King left with another big prize. An engagement ring. Ryan Murphy, Regan Smith, Kate Douglass and King all claimed a second individual event in Paris with their performances

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sabrina Ionescu scored 31 points and Jonquel Jones added 22 to help the New York Liberty beat the Los Angeles Sparks 93-80 on Thursday night. The Sparks were playing their first game since they lost star rookie Cameron Brink to an ACL tear in her

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers rookie left-hander Robert Gasser has decided to have Tommy John surgery, which will sideline him for approximately 12 months. The 25-year-old’s decision came after he received multiple opinions on the best way to treat the left flexor strain that sent him to the injured list on June 5. Gasser

By The Associated Press Famous fans, colleagues and family pay tribute to actor Donald Sutherland, the star of “M.A.S.H.” “Klute” and “The Hunger Games” who died Thursday at age 88. “Donald was a giant, not only physically but as a talent. He was also enormously kind and generous. … It’s never easy losing the caliber

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Ryan Murphy and Regan Smith earned their second individual events for the Paris Games with victories at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials on Thursday night. Murphy touched first in the men’s 200-meter backstroke, adding to his triumph in the 100 back. Smith won the women’s 200

By DORANY PINEDA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — On the first day of summer with parts of California sweltering under a heat advisory, a state worker safety board approved standards Thursday that would require employers to protect workers from indoor heat, but would exempt state correctional facilities. The board of the California Division of

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer Ryan Garcia was suspended for a year by the New York State Athletic Commission, which also ruled Thursday that his April 20 victory over Devin Haney would be considered a no-contest after he tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. The commission also said Garcia would have to forfeit the $1

By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — As Ajay Stone strolled around historic Rickwood Field and gazed at tributes displayed in honor of Willie Mays and other Negro Leaguers, he clutched a cherished memory under his arm. It was a picture from 2004 of Mays holding Stone’s then-10-month-old daughter Haley, who was

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have signed first-round pick Ricky Pearsall to a four-year contract worth a fully guaranteed $12.5 million. The deal announced Thursday means all eight players from San Francisco’s draft class are now under contract well before the start of training camp. The Niners took Pearsall 31st overall

By JACK MAGRUDER Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Shohei Ohtani led off the game with his 21st homer of the season, Will Smith and Freddie Freeman hit back-to-back homers in the fourth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 5-3 on Thursday. Ohtani’s homer was his fourth in five games and Smith

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A gunfire location and detection system long used by the New York Police Department and other law enforcement agencies nationwide is sending police officers to respond to loud noises that don’t turn out to be confirmed shootings 87 percent of the time, a city audit released

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Freddy Fermin homered twice and Bobby Witt Jr. hit the go-ahead homer in the eighth inning as the Kansas City Royals beat the Oakland Athletics 3-2 on Thursday to avoid a three-game sweep. Fermin also singled for his first three-hit game of the season. “He’s swinging the bat really well,” Royals

Sarah Parvini AP Technology writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — It all started at a Denny’s in San Jose in 1993. Three engineers — Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem — gathered at the diner in what is now the heart of Silicon Valley to discuss building a computer chip that would make graphics for