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By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The first open Final Four practices since 2019 had fans flocking to the Superdome to get a free and up-close view of coaches and players. Many were there to get a glimpse of Duke coach Mile Krzyzewski in the final days of his storied career.

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees have asked all 13 judges of the 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to reverse a three-judge panel’s decision to unseal a letter from baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred to general manager Brian Cashman detailing an investigation into sign stealing. Circuit Judge Joseph F. Bianco ordered the letter

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Residuals from upsets in the NCAA Tournament last years for small schools. Recognition grows and enrollments increase when schools like Saint Peter’s, Loyola Chicago or Maryland-Baltimore Country pull off upsets during March Madness. Merchandise sales also increase, both locally and nationally. Davidson’s run to the

TORONTO (AP) — About 270 current and retired gymnasts have now signed on to an open letter to Sport Canada about the maltreatment in their sport. It comes a month after dozens of bobsled and skeleton athletes wrote a similar letter asking for the resignation of Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton’s acting CEO and high performance director.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo and three other regular Milwaukee Bucks starters won’t be available for their Friday night game with the Los Angeles Clippers. Both the Bucks and Clippers played overtime games Thursday night. The Bucks won 120-119 at Brooklyn and the Clippers lost 135-130 at Chicago. Four of the Clippers’ starters from Thursday’s

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The sport Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski is leaving is run by an organization he doesn’t much recognize anymore. Or likes at all. The 75-year-old coach, whose career ends after Duke is done at the Final Four, used the opportunity of what could be his last

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — With opening day less than a week away, every team in Major League Baseball is hoping to finish spring training without any significant injuries. The New York Mets weren’t so fortunate when they found out ace Jacob deGrom will miss major time because of inflammation

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Union Berlin and its supporters have celebrated the end of coronavirus restrictions with a noisy 1-0 win over Cologne in a Bundesliga game played in front of a sell-out 22,012-capacity crowd. Taiwo Awoniyi’s 12th league goal of the season helped Union overtake the visitors to move

By CHUCK KING Associated Press JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — New York Mets ace Jacob DeGrom will miss major time because of inflammation in his shoulder area, a huge blow to a team that heavily invested in making a deep run this season. DeGrom won’t throw for up to four weeks and there is no timetable

By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — New Florida basketball coach Todd Golden has rounded out his staff by hiring UNLV assistant Carlin Hartman. Hartman joins Mississippi State’s Korey McCray and Richmond’s Kevin Hovde on Florida’s bench. Golden called his staff “a grand slam.” He adds, “I couldn’t feel any better about

By TOM FOREMAN Jr. Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Police say former U.S. women’s national team goalkeeper Hope Solo was arrested after she was found passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle in North Carolina with her 2-year-old twins inside. A police report said Solo was arrested on Thursday in a shopping center

By CHUCK KING Associated Press JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — New York Mets ace Jacob DeGrom will miss significant time because of inflammation in his shoulder area, a huge blow to a team that heavily invested in making a deep run this season. DeGrom won’t throw for up to four weeks and there is no timetable

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer Arizona’s Tommy Lloyd has been named The Associated Press men’s basketball coach of the year after leading the Wildcats to the Sweet 16 in his first season. Lloyd received 28 votes to edge Providence’s Ed Cooley, who got 21 votes. Lloyd spent 22 seasons at Gonzaga and took the

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Right-handed pitcher Merrill Kelly has agreed to an $18 million, two-year contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks that covers the 2023 and 2024 seasons with a club option for 2025. The 33-year-old Kelly will be paid $8 million per season in 2023 and 2024. He also

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Naomi Osaka is playing her first final in more than a year on Saturday, which sounds like a comeback story. She doesn’t see it that way. The unseeded Osaka will meet second-seeded Iga Swiatek in the Miami Open women’s final. It’s a matchup pitting the world’s former No. 1-ranked player