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WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Mystics rookie Christyn Williams has a season-ending knee injury. The WNBA team announced Wednesday that Williams will have surgery. There is no timeline for her return. Washington picked Williams this year in the second round. The 5-foot-11 guard played at Connecticut. Coach Mike Thibault says Williams was off to a terrific

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Deshaun Watson is getting to know his new Browns teammates. The quarterback is taking part in Cleveland’s voluntary offseason program, which is giving him a chance to focus on football while legally fighting to clear his name. Watson has been accused by 22 women of

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer The New York Jets have re-signed defensive end Vinny Curry after he was diagnosed last summer with a rare blood disorder that caused him to miss last season. The 33-year-old Curry announced last August on Twitter that Jets team doctors diagnosed him in July with the disorder

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Not even a bad day for Karim Benzema was enough to keep Real Madrid from moving closer to clinching the Spanish league title. Benzema missed two penalty kicks seven minutes apart in the second half but Madrid went on to earn a 3-1 win at Osasuna

By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — José Ramírez hit his second grand slam of the season, connecting during a nine-run second inning as the Cleveland Guardians roughed up Dallas Keuchel and routed the sloppy Chicago White Sox 11-1 in the opener of a doubleheader. Cleveland won at home for the first time with

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jimmie Johnson looked like a natural at the first of this week’s two Indianapolis 500 test sessions. He climbed as high as No. 3 on the historic oval’s daily speed chart. And less than two weeks after undergoing surgery on his broken right hand, the seven-time

LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) — Emil Forsberg has scored in injury time to send Leipzig back into the German Cup final with a 2-1 win at home over Union Berlin. Benjamin Henrichs crossed the ball for Forsberg to head past Union goalkeeper Frederik Rönnow for a title decider against Freiburg in Berlin’s Olympiastadion on May 21.

TURIN, Italy (AP) — Federico Bernardeschi scored against his former club and Juventus beat Fiorentina 2-0 to set up an Italian Cup final against Inter Milan. Bernardeschi controlled with his chest then volleyed in shortly after the half-hour mark. Danilo sealed it in stoppage time after being set up by Juan Cuadrado. Defending champion Juventus

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — There’s something different about Saquon Barkley as the running back approaches his fifth season with the New York Giants. He is healthy. Unlike last season, no one is asking the 25-year-old whether he is worried whether he’ll be able to come back from major

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain has all but sealed a record-equaling 10th French league crown with five rounds to spare by winning 3-0 at Angers. PSG is 15 points ahead of second-place Marseille with five rounds left and has a vastly superior goal difference. But PSG still needs one

DETROIT (AP) — A popular Zamboni driver for the Detroit Red Wings says he was dismissed for urinating in a drain. Al Sobotka filed a discrimination lawsuit this week against Olympia Entertainment, two months after he was fired. Sobotka worked for the Red Wings for 51 years. His lawyer says the 68-year-old Sobotka has a

By TOM KERTSCHER Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brandon Woodruff pitched hitless ball into the sixth inning, Rowdy Tellez homered for the second straight day and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2 for a three-game sweep. Woodruff gave up just one hit, a one-out single by former teammate Daniel Vogelbach in the sixth.

LONDON (AP) — Bukayo Saka scored his first penalty for Arsenal to complete a 4-2 victory over Chelsea that revived the push for Champions League qualification. After Arsenal twice threw away the lead in the first half, Eddie Nketiah netted for a second time in the 57th minute and Saka converted the penalty in the

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Cincinnati Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson was placed on the seven-day concussion list a day after a home plate collision with Luke Voit of the San Diego Padres. Mark Kolozsvary was recalled from the taxi squad to take Stephenson’s roster spot. Aramis Garcia started at catcher in Wednesday’s series finale. Stephenson was

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix Suns All-Star guard Devin Booker has a right hamstring strain, clouding his status for the remainder of the team’s first-round playoff series against the New Orleans Pelicans. The Suns said Booker’s MRI on Wednesday confirmed a “mild” hamstring strain. Booker was hurt in Tuesday’s Game

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins apparently ran out of gas and was returning to his vehicle when he was fatally struck by a dump truck earlier this month in Florida. The Florida Highway Patrol released Wednesday a recording of a 911 call Haskins’ wife Kalabrya

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — All-America center Kofi Cockburn of Illinois has declared for the NBA draft and hired an agent. He made the announcement on his social media channels and the Illinois athletic department confirmed it. Cockburn wrote that playing in the NBA has been a longtime dream and that it’s time to make the

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — All-Pro receiver Deebo Samuel told ESPN that he has requested a trade from the San Francisco 49ers as the two sides have been unable to negotiate a long-term deal for one of the league’s top playmakers. Samuel is entering the final year of