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By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals have avoided saying the franchise has entered rebuild mode, even if it sure does feel like it. The Cardinals will have the No. 3 overall pick in next week’s NFL draft in Kansas City, Missouri, which provides one of the first big

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An appeals court has rejected a bid by the Arizona Republican Party and its lawyers to undo $18,000 in attorneys’ fees that they were ordered to pay for bringing one of the party’s failed lawsuits challenging President Joe Biden’s 2020 victory in the state. In an order

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Fernando Tatis Jr. is back with the San Diego Padres, bringing his trademark flair to the game of baseball. He’s also returning with a little humility. The 24-year-old played in a regular season game on Thursday night for the first time since an 80-game PED suspension

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kawhi Leonard won’t play for the Los Angeles Clippers against the Phoenix Suns in Game 3 of their Western Conference playoff series Thursday night. He has a sprained right knee that he aggravated at the end of Game 1 last Sunday, according to Lawrence Frank,

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The up-and-coming Arizona Diamondbacks see themselves as potential contenders in the National League West after a good start to the season. That optimism forced general manager Mike Hazen to make a tough decision on Thursday. The D-backs designated four-time All-Star Madison Bumgarner for assignment following his

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks have designated left-hander Madison Bumgarner for assignment following his latest shaky start, according to a person familiar with the decision. The move takes Bumgarner off the team’s 40-man roster and leaves Arizona seven days to trade the 2014 World Series MVP or else

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Top stars were missing and no titles were at stake. Still, the United States took satisfaction in coming from behind late for a 1-1 exhibition draw against Mexico. “There’s no friendlies against Mexico. It’s always a battle,” Jesús Ferreira said Wednesday night after scoring in the 81st minute on a counterattack

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Jesús Ferreira scored in the 81st minute on a counterattack that began when a Carlos Rodríguez’s shot hit off the crossbar, giving the United States a 1-1 tie against Mexico on Wednesday night in an exhibition missing most top players on both teams. Uriel Antuna scored off an American giveaway in

PHOENIX (AP) — A left-leaning watchdog group on Wednesday announced a settlement of over $150,000 in a public records lawsuit against the Arizona Senate, which fought to withhold emails, texts and other records involving a partisan audit of the 2020 election. American Oversight, which promotes government transparency, will receive $153,000 from the state Senate. According

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer Time for the Golden State Warriors to show this will be a long series, not a short title reign. The defending champions — without the suspended Draymond Green — will begin trying to climb out of a hole their current group has never faced when they host the Sacramento

By JOE HARRIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Tommy Edman had a three-run homer with a career-best five RBIs, Nolan Gorman hit his first big league grand slam and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 14-5 on Wednesday to avoid a three-game sweep. “So nice to end the homestand on that note,

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has broken the record for the most vetoes in a single session of the state Legislature. Hobbs nixed 11 more bills Tuesday to reach the 63 mark, topping Janet Napolitano’s record of 58 vetoes set in 158 days of the 2005 session. Napolitano was a Democratic governor who

By MEAD GRUVER and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press LYONS, Colo. (AP) — Garrett Cammans and his brothers sometimes don’t talk about their toughest moments on the job in the cloud seeding business, like the time when one of them got stuck in deep mountain snow and had to hike out alone in the dark. “They’re

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Gabriel Moreno hit his second career homer and first for the Diamondbacks, a three-run blast that capped a six-run fourth inning against the Cardinals’ Jordan Montgomery, and Arizona held on to beat St. Louis 8-7 on Tuesday night. Moreno was the sixth consecutive Diamondback to reach base to open the fourth