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By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer The Detroit Lions retained tight end Brock Wright, preventing the San Francisco 49ers from signing the restricted free agent. Detroit decided to match the 49ers’ $12 million, three-year offer to Wright, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The person spoke on condition of

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The owner of Arkansas Derby winner Muth has sued Churchill Downs Inc. and is seeking a temporary injunction against what it called the track’s “illegal” ban of Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert that keeps the colt he trained from competing in next month’s 150th Kentucky Derby. The historic track initially

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Thirteen people convicted in a large-scale drug trafficking network based at Louisiana’s maximum-security prison have been sentenced to a range of time spanning four to 16 years, federal prosecutors said. In a news release Monday, U.S. Attorney Ronald Gathe Jr. of Louisiana’s Middle District said Chief U.S. District Judge Shelly

BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Disney shareholders rallied behind longtime CEO Robert Iger, voting Wednesday to rebuff activist investor Nelson Peltz and his ally, former Disney Chief Financial Officer Jay Rasulo, who had sought seats on the company’s board. The company had recommended a slate of directors that did not include Peltz or Rasulo. The dissident

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Nate Oats admits it: He whiffed on Mark Sears out of high school. It’s OK, though. So did every other major college coach. It is why Alabama’s undersized, high-scoring point guard wound up at Ohio University before finally getting a chance to return to his

BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Disney CEO Bob Iger fends off a challenge by activist investor Nelson Peltz, seats allies on Disney’s board.

NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk’s X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has named a new head of safety nine months after the last executive to hold the position departed from the social media company. X said that company veteran Kylie McRoberts will oversee the global safety team. The platform also announced that Yale

By BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press GOTHIC, Colo. (AP) — Four miles from the nearest plowed road high in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, a 73-year-old man with a billowing gray beard and two replaced hips trudged through his front yard to measure fresh snow that fell during one mid-March day. Billy Barr first began recording snow and

By KYLE GLASER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mookie Betts hit his major league-leading fifth home run, Freddie Freeman had three hits and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 5-4 on Tuesday night for their third straight victory. Betts lifted a hanging changeup from Giants starter Logan Webb into the left-center

By GIDEON RUBIN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Trevor Story had three hits and two RBIs and Wilyer Abreu scored the go-ahead run on a double-play grounder in the 11th inning, sending the Boston Red Sox to a 5-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night in front of an announced crowd of

By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and two assists and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Vancouver Canucks 6-3 on Tuesday night. The defending Stanley Cup champions have won three straight and six of seven since a 6-10-1 slide that dropped them into the second slot in

By ALEX ESPINOZA Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Andrew Wiggins scored 23 points and the Golden State Warriors overcame Luka Doncic’s 20th triple-double of the season to beat Dallas 104-100 on Tuesday night, snapping the Mavericks’ seven-game winning streak. Doncic, the NBA’s leading scorer at 33.9 points per game, finished with 30 points, 12

By ERIC HE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Domantas Sabonis had 22 points, 20 rebounds and nine assists, and the Sacramento Kings beat the Los Angeles Clippers 109-95 on Tuesday night. The Kings moved within one game of sixth-place New Orleans in the Western Conference as they seek to avoid the play-in tournament. Sacramento

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Alex Killorn scored twice, Troy Terry had a goal and two assists and the Anaheim Ducks snapped a five-game losing streak with a 5-3 win over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night. “It feels good to win,” said Killorn, who has 17 goals this season. “We haven’t done that in a

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Willson Contreras hit a two-run homer off Yu Darvish in the sixth inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the San Diego Padres 5-2 on Tuesday night to win the first two of a three-game series. Miles Mikolas (1-1), who broke into the majors with

By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — LeBron James scored 23 points, Anthony Davis had 21 points and 12 rebounds and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Toronto Raptors 128-111 on Tuesday night for their seventh win in eight games. D’Angelo Russell shot 7 for 14 from 3-point range and scored 25 points, Rui

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Jim Harbaugh didn’t waste any time on the first day of the Los Angeles Chargers offseason program. Instead of gathering the entire team together to outline expectations for the next three months, Harbaugh got the offense together to begin installing his system before the

By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — LeBron James scored 23 points, Anthony Davis had 21 points and 12 rebounds and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Toronto Raptors 128-111 on Tuesday night for their seventh win in eight games. D’Angelo Russell shot 7 for 14 from 3-point range and scored 25 points, Rui

MIAMI (AP) — Tyler Anderson pitched seven scoreless innings, Aaron Hicks homered and the Los Angeles Angeles beat Miami 3-1 on Tuesday, sending the Marlins to their worst start in franchise history. Anderson (1-0) scattered four hits, walked two and struck out five. The left-hander was lifted after 83 pitches. “Honestly, today I just wanted

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Zach Edey of Purdue and Tristen Newton of UConn are among the five finalists for the John R. Wooden Award as the nation’s outstanding men’s college basketball player of the season. Joining them are RJ Davis of North Carolina, Dalton Knecht of Tennessee and Jamal Shead of Houston. Edey, who won