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By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kyrie Irving scored 35 points, Kevin Durant had 20 points, a career-high 16 assists and 10 rebounds, and the Brooklyn Nets locked up seventh place in the Eastern Conference with a 134-126 victory over the Indiana Pacers. The Nets will host No. 8 Cleveland on

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Belinda Bencic won three of the last four games to outlast Ons Jabeur and take her first ever clay-court championship with a 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 victory at the Credit One Charleston Open on Sunday. Bencic of Switzerland collected her sixth WTA title and first since

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Josef Newgarden won under caution Sunday on the downtown streets of Long Beach to move Team Penske to 3-0 to start the IndyCar season. Newgarden led a race-high 32 laps to win his second-consecutive race. Team Penske last opened an IndyCar season with

By STEVE OVERBEY Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Michael Chavis hit a go-ahead grand slam as Pittsburgh overcame a three-run, third-inning deficit, and the Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-4 for their first win this season. Chavis made his first start of the season and homered off left-hander Steven Matz, who allowed seven

By IAN HARRSON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Corey Seager capped a six-run fourth inning with a go-ahead single, and the Texas Rangers rallied from a five-run deficit to overcome Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s 467-foot home run and beat the Toronto Blue Jays 12-6. Guerrero’s third-inning home run off Spencer Howard, the longest of Guerrero’s career,

NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred gave major league players Bose headphones on opening day as a peace offering after a bitter 99-day lockout that delayed the start of the season. Major League Baseball confirmed that headphones and a letter signed by Manfred were left at the locker of each player when teams

PARIS (AP) — Marseille has stretched its winning run to seven games in all competitions to consolidate second place in the French league with a 2-0 victory over Montpellier. Amine Harit set up Senegal striker Bamba Dieng for the opener in the ninth minute. Turkey winger Cengiz Under doubled the lead with a penalty in

NEW YORK (AP) — Boston Red Sox newcomer Trevor Story is out of the lineup for Sunday night’s game against the New York Yankees and away from the team with flu-like symptoms. The two-time All-Star had a hit in Boston’s 4-2 loss to the Yankees on Saturday, but the second baseman felt ill enough Sunday

By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Hunter Greene won his major league debut, Kyle Farmer hit a two-run single in a five-run third inning and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Atlanta Braves 6-3. Greene lived up to his billing as a top prospect with overpowering velocity. He regularly touched 100 mph on

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nelson Cruz hit his 450th home run and added a tiebreaking two-run single in three-run eighth inning that lifted the Washington Nationals over the Mets 4-2 and prevented New York from an opening four-game sweep. Washington trailed 2-1 in the eighth when Yadiel Hernández singled leading off against Chasen Shreve, and Maikel

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — Inter Milan has taken a big step toward defending its Serie A title without even playing. Serie A leader AC Milan was again let down by its poor finishing in a 0-0 draw at Torino on Sunday. Napoli lost 3-2 at home to Fiorentina. Milan remains

By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer William Byron is making the guy that made the No. 24 Chevrolet famous proud. And a field trip to Martinsville Speedway probably deserves some credit. Byron and car owner Jeff Gordon made that trip in Byron’s rookie season. The four-time champion and nine-time winner at Martinsville shared some

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Billy McKinney homered and Daulton Jefferies and four relievers combined on a three-hitter to lead the Oakland Athletics past the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 for Mark Kotsay’s first win as a big league manager. The A’s averted a three-game sweep and shut down a Phillies offense that

BERLIN (AP) — In-form Leipzig continued its impressive run with a 3-0 win over Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga. Leipzig had the match all but won by halftime following goals from Christopher Nkunku, Marcel Halstenberg and Dominik Szoboszlai. It remained fourth, three points ahead of Freiburg in an enthralling tussle for the final Champions League spot.

By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Tim Anderson swung right back into action after serving a suspension stemming from an incident last season, hitting two doubles and a single as the Chicago White Sox routed the Detroit Tigers 10-1. Andrew Vaughn homered and drove in four runs for the White Sox, who won