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By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Hope bounced around Brittney Griner like a buoy and an anchor. Hope of returning home, hope of a miracle, was all she had all those months in custody in Russia. On the days hopelessness crept in, days that grew as her detainment stretched into a second

By JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — After 13 years in the minor leagues, Drew Maggi was greeted with a standing ovation when he made his major league debut for the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night. The 33-year-old, who played 1,154 games in the minors, pinch hit for five-time All-Star Andrew McCutchen in the

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Four-time All-Star Madison Bumgarner was released by the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday after clearing waivers. The veteran left-hander was designated for assignment on April 20, giving the team seven days to trade the 2014 World Series MVP or place him on waivers. Bumgarner wasn’t claimed and

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Manager Torey Lovullo admitted the Arizona Diamondbacks might have had a little hangover on Wednesday following a frustrating one-run loss. Sending Zac Gallen to the mound cleared those bad feelings up in a hurry. Gallen struck out 12 over 6 1/3 innings and stretched his scoreless

By ZEKE MILLER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden rolled out the first ad of his 2024 reelection campaign on Wednesday, casting himself as a warrior in defense of freedom, but immediately found himself grappling with questions about his advanced age and droopy poll numbers. At an afternoon news conference

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer A look at football players in the Pac-12 this spring who are poised to have breakout seasons in the fall: ARIZONA WR Tetairoa McMillan, sophomore. The highest-rated recruit in school history had a strong first season, leading all FBS true freshmen with 702 yards receiving on 39 receptions and

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer Colorado fans have been infused with a dose of Prime Time. The arrival of Deion Sanders as coach created quite a spectacle at the Buffaloes’ spring game, which drew more fans than the nine previous spring games combined. Coach Prime doffed his hat to the crowd and took a

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arkansas woman has been arrested for allegedly assaulting three Transportation Security Administration agents at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport after a dispute over apple juice, authorities said Wednesday. TSA officials said Makiah Coleman, 19, allegedly attacked the officers as she was going through airport security just before 6 a.m. Tuesday. Court

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden cast himself as a defender of freedom on Wednesday in his first campaign ad since launching his 2024 reelection bid, aiming to flip the script on Republicans who have traditionally seized that mantle. The television ad, which will air in major markets

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A rural Arizona county where leaders have embraced voting machine conspiracies on Tuesday hired an elections director who has promoted the false claims that voter fraud cost former President Donald Trump reelection in 2020. The two Republicans on the three-member Cochise County Board of Supervisors voted

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Texas man was sentenced on Tuesday to more than three years in prison for his role in an online romance scam in which the identities and images of real U.S. military generals were used to cheat victims from across the nation out of a total of $1.5 million, federal prosecutors

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Bob Melvin was talking about the improvement of Padres reliever Steven Wilson, when the San Diego skipper dropped in some cool-kid lingo that’s making the rounds in Major League Baseball these days. “The sweeper’s ended up being a really big pitch for him,” Melvin said. A

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Nick Ahmed took a healthy swing in the eighth inning, but was a little off on his timing. The ball squirted off the end of his bat, rolling slowly up the first base line. That gave Christian Walker time to sprint home with the decisive run