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By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer The owners of the Chicago Cubs have dropped their interest in buying Chelsea. That leaves three remaining known bids for the enforced sale of the Premier League club by sanctioned Russian owner Roman Abramovich. The bid was being led by Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts but faced opposition from

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer The owners of the Chicago Cubs have decided to end their interest in buying Chelsea. The decision was announced after the deadline to submit offers for the Premier League club which is being sold by sanctioned owner Roman Abramovich. The bid was being led by Cubs chairman Tom

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Joe Root is stepping down as England’s test cricket captain. Root’s decision comes after the 1-0 test series defeat to West Indies last month, and the 4-0 Ashes loss to Australia in the winter. Root says “it has been the most challenging decision I have had to make in

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Trea Turner singled in Freddie Freeman with the go-ahead run and Will Smith added a three-run homer in the eighth inning to rally the Los Angeles Dodgers past the Cincinnati Reds 9-3. The Dodgers played just the second night home opener in Dodger Stadium history.

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Trea Turner singled in Freddie Freeman with the go-ahead run and Will Smith added a three-run homer in the eighth inning to rally the Los Angeles Dodgers past the Cincinnati Reds 9-3. The Dodgers played just the second night home opener in Dodger Stadium history.

KETTERING, Ohio (AP) — Bryson DeChambeau says surgery on his left wrist has been successful. The former U.S. Open champion reports on Instagram he had surgery on the fractured hook of the hamate on his left hand. DeChambeau says it’s been bothering him for the last two months. He says he was about 80% at

By KALANI TAKASE Associated Press EWA BEACH, Hawaii (AP) — Hyo Joo Kim birdied three of the final six holes for her second 5-under 67 and a three-stroke lead Thursday after the second round of the LPGA Tour’s LOTTE Championship. Kim closed with birdies on the par-4 13th and 16th holes and the par-5 18th

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — J.T. Miller had a career-high five assists and the Vancouver Canucks extended their winning streak to five games with a 7-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes. Rookie Vasily Podkolzin had two goals and an assist, Alex Chiasson scored twice, and Sheldon Dries, Elias Pettersson and Conor Garland added goals for

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Calgary native Logan Thompson made 35 saves, Jonathan Marchessault and William Karlsson each had a goal and two assists and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Calgary Flames 6-1 on Thursday night. With seven games left in the regular season, the Golden Knights are two points behind Western Conference wild-card leaders

By MATT CARLSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Alex DeBrincat scored the lone goal in the shootout after having three assists in regulation and the Chicago Blackhawks snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 5-4 win over the San Jose Sharks. Jaycob Megna scored with 3:25 left in the third to tie it at 4

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Calgary native Logan Thompson made 35 saves, Jonathan Marchessault and William Karlsson each had a goal and two assists and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Calgary Flames 5-1 on Thursday night. With seven games left in the regular season, the Golden Knights are two points behind Western Conference wild-card leaders

By MIKE CRANSTON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Seiya Suzuki stayed hot with an RBI double in a three-run first inning, Frank Schwindel homered and drove in two, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Colorado Rockies 5-2. Suzuki extended his hitting streak to six games since joining the majors from Japan and drove in his

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jonah Heim hit an early grand slam off Shohei Ohtani and the Texas Rangers went on to a 10-5 win over the Los Angeles Angels. Heim, a switch-hitting catcher, also had an RBI single off the Angels’ two-way standout and reigning AL MVP. Ohtani is