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By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Holding a one-shot lead on the 18th tee, Fred Biondi put a towel over his head, took a few deep breaths and tried to take in the moment. A long wait before the biggest tee shot of his life could have derailed the Florida senior.

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Pavin Smith started this season in Triple-A. Drey Jameson spent a stretch down in Reno, too. The Arizona Diamondbacks’ rapid improvement into one of the better teams in the National League has created competition to stay on the team’s big league roster. Now that Smith and

MESA, Ariz. (AP) — A suspect has been arrested in connection with five separate shootings in the Phoenix metro area that left four people dead and a woman wounded, authorities said Sunday. Mesa police said 20-year-old Iren Byers was taken into custody Sunday on suspicion of four counts of first-degree murder and one count of

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks scored all of their runs in the first two innings. The way Merrill Kelly and catcher Gabriel Moreno had the Boston Red Sox guessing, it was more than enough. Kelly struck out 10 while pitching effectively into the seventh inning and Corbin Carroll

MESA, Ariz. (AP) — A suspect has been arrested in connection with five separate shootings in the Phoenix metro area that left four people dead and a woman wounded, authorities said Sunday. Mesa police said 20-year-old Iren Byers was taken into custody Sunday on suspicion of four counts of first-degree murder and one count of

By JULIE WATSON and GISELA SALOMON Associated Press TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — The day that President Joe Biden’s administration ended a public health measure blocking many asylum-seekers at the Mexican border during the coronavirus pandemic, Teodoso Vargas was ready to show U.S. officials his scars and photos of his bullet-riddled body. Instead, he stood frozen

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Jacob Walsh hit the go-ahead home run in the bottom of the sixth inning and Oregon held on to beat Arizona 5-4 Saturday night and win the Pac-12 Conference Tournament. No. 6 seed Oregon (36-20) has won six games in a row and clinched the program’s first conference title in nearly

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The Boston Red Sox pulled out a win on Saturday thanks to a little unorthodox baseball strategy. Manager Alex Cora enjoyed it, even if he couldn’t take credit for it. Reese McGuire’s safety squeeze with the bases loaded brought home Triston Casas, which proved to be

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona mother has pleaded guilty to murder and child abuse charges stemming from the death of her 6-year-old son who had been locked in a closet and denied food. Elizabeth Archibeque reached a plea agreement with prosecutors this month, the Arizona Daily Sun reported Saturday. Archibeque will be sentenced later

By RIO YAMAT and MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Gwendolyn Dean Schofield hoped to live to 100, and she was nearly there. But on May 15, in what appeared to be a final act of kindness, Schofield and her daughter pulled over on a residential street in the northwestern New Mexico

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Chris Sale’s left arm was fantastic again, even if his stomach was not. Sale threw five strong innings while battling a stomach bug, Kiké Hernández smacked a two-run homer and the Boston Red Sox snapped a four-game losing streak by beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-2 on

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Chase Davis and Tommy Splaine combined for six hits and nine RBIs and Arizona pounded top-seeded Stanford 14-4 in a seven-inning semifinal of the Pac-12 Tournament on Friday night. The eighth-seeded Wildcats (33-23) will play No. 6 seed Oregon in the championship game on Saturday. Stanford (38-16), ranked fifth in the

PHOENIX (AP) — As summer starts, Maricopa County officials say there have already been four heat-related deaths this year. Maricopa County Department of Public Health issued a heat report this week, which the agency will compile every week between now and October while temperatures soar. Officials for Arizona’s most populous county say the first one

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Sabin Ceballos drove in six runs with three hits and Oregon cruised to a 12-7 victory over Washington on Friday in the semifinals of the Pac-12 Tournament. Oregon will play the winner between No. 1 seed Stanford, ranked No. 5 in the coaches’ poll, and eighth-seeded Arizona in the championship game

PHOENIX (AP) — As summer starts, Maricopa County officials say there have already been four heat-related deaths this year. Maricopa County Department of Public Health issued a heat report this week, which the agency will compile every week between now and October while temperatures soar. Officials for Arizona’s most populous county say the first one

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix is facing dueling lawsuits as it tries to manage a crisis of homelessness that has converted its downtown into a tent city housing hundreds of people as summer temperatures soar. The city was ordered by the local Superior Court to clear out the downtown encampment because

By TERRY TANG and SAM METZ Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Members of a small polygamous group accused of child sex abuse of underage girls whom the group’s leader claimed as brides were arraigned in federal court on Friday. Sam Bateman and the three women followers, who are each represented by different attorneys, entered not