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KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Phil Mickelson is criticizing the PGA Tour for what he calls “obnoxious greed.” Mickelson spoke to Golf Digest from the Saudi International, the Asian Tour event that is paying exorbitant appearance money to attract top players. Mickelson says the PGA Tour’s control of players’ media rights is

By BEN NUCKOLS AP Sports Writer Former Washington Commanders employees and members of Congress are pressuring the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell to release a report about the team’s history of sexual harassment and its workplace culture. The NFL took over an investigation of the team that was initiated by owner Dan Snyder, ultimately fining

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer The Chicago Blackhawks have resolved a pair of lawsuits stemming from the organization’s handling of allegations by a former first-round pick that he was sexually assaulted by an assistant coach in 2010. But questions raised by the suits live on, not just in Chicago, but well beyond. After he

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer The Phoenix Mercury have acquired Diamond DeShields from the Chicago Sky as part of a three-team deal that also sent Bria Hartley to the Indiana Fever. Indiana received the seventh pick in the draft from Chicago this year and the Sky’s first-round choice next year. Chicago got Julia Allemand

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Pat Verbeek has been hired as the new general manager of the Anaheim Ducks. He replaces Bob Murray, who resigned Nov. 10 and entered a treatment program for alcohol abuse amid allegations of misconduct. Verbeek spent the past three seasons as the Detroit Red Wings’

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Beth Mowins made ESPN history in 2017 when she was the first woman to call a “Monday Night Football” game. She will again be part of a network first on Wednesday when ESPN produces an NBA game announced and directed by all women. Mowins will work the Golden State

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Beth Mowins made ESPN history in 2017 when she was the first woman to call a “Monday Night Football” game. She will again be part of a network first on Wednesday when ESPN produces an NBA game announced and directed by all women. Mowins will work the Golden State

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — Kendall Coyne Schofield and Alex Carpenter each scored twice, and the U.S. women’s hockey team began the defense of its Olympic title with a 5-2 win over Finland in a game overshadowed by an injury to American forward Brianna Decker. The assistant captain and three-time Olympian

KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Dustin Johnson’s bid for a third victory at the Saudi International began with the American shooting 5-under 65. It left him three strokes off the lead held by Matteo Manassero after the first round. Johnson is one of a slew of high-profile players from the US PGA

By HAL BOCK AP Sports Writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers came in the heavy favorites and the Los Angeles Rams a double-digit underdog. That didn’t stop Terry Bradshaw from struggling to sleep the night before over the thought of losing instead of clinching an unprecedented fourth Super Bowl ring. The Steelers trailed

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer Terry Bradshaw feels blessed to have won four Super Bowls. Lynn Swann is sure he has plenty of teammates who wondered how close they came to stringing together six straight championships. John Stallworth sees winning Super Bowls as just what the Pittsburgh Steelers did. Pittsburgh had the

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Hundreds of Tibetans are marching outside the Swiss headquarters of the International Olympic Committee, demanding freedom for their homeland as Beijing prepares to host the Winter Games. Waving placards bearing messages like “Save Tibet” and “No More Bloody Games,” Tibetan expatriates from across Europe sought to send a message to China’s

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — FIFA’s fading plan for biennial World Cups has been labeled a threat from soccer to all other sports by the International Olympic Committee. IOC President Thomas Bach chided FIFA counterpart Gianni Infantino for not being in Beijing to hear the criticism. Infantino has been an IOC

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India will not attend Friday’s opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, after one of the torchbearers reportedly chosen by Chinese authorities riled up New Delhi’s anger. India’s foreign affairs spokesman on Thursday accused China of having “chosen to politicize” the Olympics. The move followed reports

KIRKCALDY, Scotland (AP) — A Scottish soccer club has apologized for signing a player who was ruled in 2017 to have raped a woman and said it was “committed to making things right.” The move by second-tier Raith Rovers to sign former Scotland international David Goodwillie had sparked a backlash and withdrawal of sponsors. Raith

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The new generation of Canadian downhillers doesn’t have a nickname yet, but they’ve got plenty of speed like the Crazy Canucks and Canadian Cowboys of yesteryear. Brodie Seger, Jack Crawford and Broderick Thompson are each in their mid 20s and have been flying under the radar