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By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer North Carolina State freshman Tommy White turned in the top offensive performance of college baseball’s opening weekend with five home runs in three games against Evansville. White went deep three times Friday, hit a grand slam Saturday and homered again Sunday. White was 9 for 14 with seven runs

CHICAGO (AP) — Hall of Fame forward Bobby Hull is no longer serving as a team ambassador for the Chicago Blackhawks. Hull played for Chicago for 15 years, collecting 604 goals and 549 assists. He was named a Blackhawks ambassador in a ceremony with fellow Hall of Famer Stan Mikita in 2008. The Blackhawks say

NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL is collaborating with the XFL for player safety and health data. The XFL, which plans to relaunch in 2023, will be working with the NFL on physical and mental fitness programs for players, the study of playing surfaces and equipment, and the sharing of game trends and data.  Also

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Pittsburgh deputy athletic director and chief operating officer Christian Spears has been hired as athletic director at Marshall. Spears will guide Marshall’s pending transition from Conference USA to the Sun Belt. Spears will start on March 14 and take over from interim athletic Jeff O’Malley, who has been in place since

DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund says Gio Reyna’s latest injury is not as bad as initially thought and the American forward could return to team training in two weeks. The 19-year-old Reyna’s first start in six months ended in tears on Sunday as he left the field. There were fears of a recurrence of

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer Gonzaga is the unanimous No. 1 in the latest Associated Press men’s basketball poll. The Zags aren’t likely to budge the way they’re dominating the West Coast Conference. Gonzaga remained at No. 1 for the second straight week, receiving all 61 votes from a media panel. Arizona moved up

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain striker Neymar says he hopes to play in the United States for one season. The 30-year-old Brazilian has recently extended his contract with the French club until 2025. Neymar told podcast “Fenômenos,” in a video posted late Sunday he doesn’t know whether he

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Ajax Amsterdam has reached a financial settlement with the family of talented midfielder Abdelhak Nouri, who suffered severe and permanent brain damage after collapsing during a preseason friendly in 2017. The club previously acknowledged that Nouri did not get adequate medical attention after he collapsed and accepted responsibility. It announced on Monday

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Romelu Lukaku’s struggles at Chelsea this season can be put down to a whole host of potential factors. They include a lack of confidence, injuries to his main chance creators, tiredness and defensive opponents. Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has another possible explanation. Tuchel says “there’s a history of strikers

LEEDS, England (AP) — Leeds has backed calls for the introduction of temporary concussion substitutions after one of its players played on following a clash of heads after passing on-field tests only to be withdrawn 15 minutes later having developed symptoms. Robin Koch sustained a blow to the head in a challenge with Manchester United

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Soccer supporters’ clubs will be suspended in Greece for five months as part of a crackdown triggered by the murder of a 19-year-old who was stabbed and beaten to death by soccer hooligans in the northern city of Thessaloniki.  The Feb. 1 murder of Thessaloniki resident Alkis Kambanos has shocked the

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Greg Norman has had his share of rough Sundays in major championships. He had another one without a club in his hand. Norman’s hopes for a Saudi-financed golf league took one hit after another. The biggest blows were Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau saying they

By The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — At the Beijing Capital International Airport, the body language tells the story. It’s the story of weeks of Olympic work in an environment of COVID testing, COVID checkpoints and cleaning up after things — very diligently — as thousands of visitors stop by your capital during the era

By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — They did it — that much seems obvious. But what, exactly, was the “it” that they did? China pulled off a technically superior Olympics with very few mechanical glitches — no small affair in the pandemic era. It made that happen primarily by creating a “closed-loop