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By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Cavaliers center Jarrett Allen will replace James Harden at this year’s All-Star Game. Allen, who has been having a strong second season with the Cavs, was chosen by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. It’s Allen’s first All-Star selection. He will join teammate Darius Garland for this

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Cavaliers center Jarrett Allen will replace James Harden at this year’s All-Star Game. Allen, who has been having a strong second season with the Cavs, was chosen by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. It’s Allen’s first All-Star selection. He will join teammate Darius Garland for this

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — The Calgary Flames have acquired forward Tyler Toffoli from the Montreal Canadiens for two players and two draft picks. Toffoli has nine goals and 17 assists in 37 games this season. The 29-year-old Toronto native has appeared in 614 career NHL games with Montreal, Los Angeles and Vancouver, recording 182 goals

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers advanced a proposal Monday to create a commission of political appointees to make decisions about transgender student-athletes participating in youth sports. The idea is the latest attempt by Utah Republicans to add state oversight to youth sports and follows stalled efforts to pass

TOWSON, Md. (AP) — Towson is hiring Steven Eigenbrot as its athletic director.The school announced the move Monday. Eigenbrot, who is currently deputy athletic director at South Carolina, will start at Towson on March 28. Eigenbrot joined South Carolina in 2010 as the assistant director of major gifts. He was also executive associate athletics director

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Iowa State has climbed to No. 6 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll. That is the best ranking for the program in 20 years and it comes with big games against No. 14 Texas and No. 15 Oklahoma this week.  South Carolina remained a unanimous No 1 in

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The saga of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva moves on to the short program — which she can participate in after a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. A test that Valieva took in December was flagged for a banned heart medication, but CAS

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Van Jefferson won the Super Bowl on Sunday, and it wasn’t even the best part of his weekend. The Rams receiver welcomed a newborn son hours after Los Angeles beat the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20. Jefferson’s wife, Samaria, attended the Super Bowl, but left on a

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Iowa State has climbed to No. 6 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll. That is the best ranking for the program in 20 years and it comes with big games against No. 14 Texas and No. 15 Oklahoma this week.  South Carolina remained a unanimous No 1 in

LONDON (AP) — Christian Eriksen has celebrated his 30th birthday with his first game action since collapsing after a cardiac arrest at the European Championship. The Denmark playmaker played in a practice match for Brentford, the London-based Premier League club he signed for last month to resume his playing career. Eriksen had a goal assist

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Gonzaga has reclaimed the No. 1 ranking in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll. The Bulldogs earned 56 of 60 first-place votes to swap places with Auburn, which had spent the past three weeks at No. 1. The Tigers fell to No. 2 after losing at Arkansas. This

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Former U.S. national team forward Jozy Altidore has signed with Major League Soccer’s New England Revolution. Altidore left Toronto last week after seven seasons when that team exercised a contract buyout. The 32-year-old agreed to a one-year contract extension with the Revolution through 2024. Altidore scored four goals in 16 MLS

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — Hilary Knight had a goal and assist, Alex Cavallini stopped 25 shots and the defending Olympic champion United States defeated Finland 4-1 in the women’s hockey semifinals at the Beijing Games. That sets up the sixth gold-medal showdown between the Americans and Canada. The Canadians advanced

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer It seems incredible that the Portugal full back Joao Cancelo was deemed surplus to requirements by Manchester City for last season’s Champions League final given his new-found importance to the team. Cancelo was an unused sub for the 1-0 loss to Chelsea after dropping out of City’s team in