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By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry thought he had a perfect plan, until it backfired. The reigning NBA Finals MVP called a timeout the defending champions didn’t have — and nearly cost Golden State a crucial playoff game. The Warriors held on to beat the Kings anyway. “I ain’t

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) — Lilia Vu relied on her grandfather’s steady hand and calm demeanor to keep her grounded during difficult times. He died in 2020, but on Sunday at the Chevron Championship with a chance to win her first major, Vu’s thoughts of her grandfather helped her

THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) — Lilia Vu wins the Chevron Championship in a playoff over Angel Yin for her first major on the LPGA Tour.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Blazing Sevens has been withdrawn from the Kentucky Derby, allowing Jace’s Road into the 20-horse field for the 149th running on May 6 at Churchill Downs. The Chad Brown-trained colt was tied for 17th with 46 points after his third-place finish in the Grade 1 Blue Grass at Keeneland on April

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — First, Draymond Green suggested to Warriors coach Steve Kerr that he come off the bench for Game 4 against the Sacramento Kings after Golden State had played so brilliantly without him. Then at halftime Sunday, a couple of assistant coaches offered up the idea to

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jacob deGrom struck out 11 batters in six innings to take the major league lead, showing no ill effects from the right wrist soreness that forced an early exit in his prior start, as the Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 5-2 on Sunday. Robbie Grossman hit a three-run homer and

By MATT CARLSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Mookie Betts homered and drove in four runs in his first career start at shortstop, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 7-3 on Sunday. Max Muncy and J.D. Martinez also connected as Los Angeles took three of four in the series at Wrigley Field.

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Win Game 1, lose Game 2, win Game 3. The Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat have followed the same path to 2-1 leads in their respective first-round series — and on Monday night, both will hope to break that win-one-lose-one trend and grab command of

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Angels catcher Logan O’Hoppe needs surgery on a torn labrum in his left shoulder, cutting short his promising rookie season. The Angels announced O’Hoppe’s diagnosis Sunday. While he hopes to play again this season, he is expected to need four to six months of recovery time. The 23-year-old’s injury

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Two California Highway Patrol officers were hospitalized early Sunday after a vehicle slammed into their parked patrol car at the scene of an earlier crash on a freeway east of Los Angeles, authorities said. The collision occurred around 4:30 a.m. on the northbound side of Interstate 215 in San Bernardino,

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” continued to rack up coins at the box office, leading ticket sales for the third straight weekend, as the animation hit neared $1 billion after just 18 days in theaters. The weekend’s top new release, the horror reboot “Evil Dead

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A legal dispute in Montana could drastically curb the government’s use of aerial fire retardant to combat wildfires after environmentalists raised concerns about waterways that are being polluted with the potentially toxic red slurry that’s dropped from aircraft. A coalition that includes Paradise, California — where

By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Former President Alejandro Toledo arrived in Lima Sunday after being extradited from the United States to face charges he allegedly received millions of dollars in bribes in a giant corruption scandal that has ensnared four of Peru’s ex-presidents. Toledo, who was Peru’s president from 2001 to

By The Associated Press Oregon State athletic director Scott Barnes was hospitalized Saturday night after experiencing what the school described as a medical event while attending an awards ceremony at Fresno State, the university said. in a statement Saturday night, the school said Barnes was receiving medical care at a Fresno, California, hospital, but provided

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — When U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin announced plans to run for a critical Senate seat in Michigan, many Democrats were pleased. The three-term Lansing-area congresswoman was among the stars of last year’s midterm election, handily winning one of the nation’s most expensive contests. The magnitude of her