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By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer The Asian Games in China are being postponed because of concerns over the spreading omicron variant of COVID-19 — less than three months after the country hosted the Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The World University Games, another major multi-sport event, could also be postponed. The Asian Games were to

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer Less than three months after hosting the Winter Olympics and Paralympics, reports in China say September’s Asian Games are being postponed because of concerns over the spreading omicron variant of COVID-19 The World University Games, another major multi-sport event, could be postponed. The Asian Games were to take place

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Han Xu feels much more comfortable in her second WNBA stint with the New York Liberty. The 6-foot-10 center from China missed the last two WNBA seasons. She stayed in China amid COVID-19 lockdowns and training for the Olympics. Now the 22-year-old Han is back in New York after

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer The AVP is heading back to the beach with a bunch of new teams and a lot more tournaments for them to figure things out. The domestic beach volleyball tour season opens this weekend in Austin, Texas. It is emerging from the pandemic with its longest and most lucrative

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Jake Oettinger made 29 saves and got his first postseason shutout in his second career playoff start to lift the Dallas Stars over the Calgary Flames 2-0 to even their first-round series at a game each. Joe Pavelski scored and Michael Raffl added an empty-net goal for the Stars. The best-of-seven

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Manny Machado seemed as happy to see brother-in-law Yonder Alonso as he did with hitting two home runs. Machado, one of the hottest hitters in the majors, had two impressive homers and Nick Martinez threw seven strong innings to lead the San Diego Padres to

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Mike Zunino hit a three-run homer against his former team, Shane McClanahan held Seattle hitless into the fifth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Mariners 4-3 for their fourth straight win. McClanahan was overpowering early, received some terrific defensive help and kept Seattle’s slumping

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Jose Altuve and rookie Jeremy Peña hit solo homers and Kyle Tucker’s RBI single in the ninth inning lifted the Houston Astros to a 3-2 win over the Detroit Tigers. Yordan Alvarez singled off Gregory Soto with no outs in the ninth and was replaced by

By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The New York Mets erased a six-run deficit in the ninth inning, capping the rally with Starling Marte’s tiebreaking double to beat the flabbergasted Philadelphia Phillies 8-7 Thursday night. With the Mets trailing 7-1, Marte led off the inning with an infield single against James Norwood and

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Aleksander Barkov and Carter Verhaeghe each had a goal and an assist and the Florida Panthers topped the Washington Capitals 5-1 on Thursday night to even their Eastern Conference first-round series at a game apiece. Aaron Ekblad, Anton Lundell and Mason Marchment also scored for

By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Ryan Mountcastle homered twice, and Austin Hays hit a home run with his bat and saved a run with his arm as the Baltimore Orioles outlasted the Minnesota Twins 5-3. Hays hit a tiebreaking homer with one out in the eighth, and Mountcastle followed with a

By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Steven Kwan hit the first homer of his breakout rookie season, Franmil Reyes had three hits and an RBI, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5. Kwan’s two-run shot off José Berríos tied it at 2 in the third, beginning a string of six

By The Associated Press Milwaukee’s Willy Adames is powering a Brewers surge with seven homers in his past 10 games, including two during a 10-5 trouncing of Cincinnati on Thursday. Adames had just one homer in 16 games prior to this run, mirroring a trend for the whole team — after connecting 14 time in