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By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Minnesota Timberwolves coach Chris Finch has plenty of confidence in his new-look team’s ability to defend at every position, all over the court, even with the ball in Stephen Curry’s hands and the game on the line. Karl-Anthony Towns hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 11

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Creighton guard Ryan Nembhard sat quietly, tossing his head back and taking a deep breath as he reflected on the decisive foul called with 1.2 seconds left in the NCAA Tournament’s South Region final against San Diego State. Ryan Kalkbrenner and Baylor Scheierman, seated next

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Some parts of Twitter’s source code — the fundamental computer code on which the social network runs — were leaked online, the social media company said in a legal filing on Sunday that was first reported by The New York Times. According to the legal

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Miami joins Florida Atlantic, UConn and San Diego State in Final Four; first time with no team seeded better than No. 4.

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James scored 19 points off the bench in his return from a monthlong injury absence, but Zach LaVine scored 32 points to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 118-108 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday. DeMar DeRozan added 17 points for the

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Everyone’s heard of UConn. All these other guys? They’ll need name tags at the Final Four. When they travel to Houston next week to play for the national title, Florida Atlantic, San Diego State and Miami will be making their first appearances at college basketball’s grand finale, the first

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James returned to the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday after a monthlong injury absence but was held out of the starting lineup. The Lakers declared James available for their game against the Chicago Bulls after a pregame workout. The NBA’s career scoring leader hasn’t

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “John Wick: Chapter 4,” the fourth installment in the Keanu Reeves assassin series, debuted with a franchise-best $73.5 million at the box office, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Lionsgate film, starring Reeves as the reluctant-but-not-that-reluctant killer John Wick, exceeded both expectations and previous opening

By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer Horse racing’s efforts to clean up the sport and level the playing field take another step forward Monday with the launch of a new anti-doping program. It’s an attempt to centralize the drug testing of racehorses and manage the results, as well as dole out uniform penalties to horses

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — At the start of 2022, Thomas Marshall weighed 311 pounds. He had been hospitalized 10 times in five years, including six surgeries. He had an open wound on his left leg that refused to heal — made worse by living in a dirty, moldy house with

SAN JOSE, Calif, (AP) — Toronto goalkeeper Sean Johnson and San Jose’s JT Marcinkowski both finished with two saves as the two clubs played to a scoreless draw on Saturday night. The Earthquakes (2-2-1) improved to 2-0-4 in their last six home matches in the series. Toronto (1-1-3) hasn’t won in San Jose since 2010.

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Brayden Schenn and Kasperi Kapanen had two goals and an assist apiece in the St. Louis Blues’ 6-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday night. Jakub Vrana and Sammy Blais also scored during a three-goal first period in St. Louis’ fourth win in five