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By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — New Green Bay Packers special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia has shown he’s capable of doing the improbable. He took over as Las Vegas interim head coach following Jon Gruden’s midseason exit last fall and steered the Raiders to their first playoff berth in five

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Saint Peter’s has hired Jersey City native Bashir Mason to replace Shaheen Holloway as the coach of the Peacocks. Holloway left Saint Peter’s a day after his team was eliminated in the Elite Eight by national runner-up North Carolina to return to Seton Hall, his alma mater. Saint Peter’s was

MUNICH (AP) — Villarreal has stunned six-time European champion Bayern Munich to reach the Champions League semifinals for the first time in 16 years thanks to Samuel Chukwueze’s 88th-minute goal that salvaged a 1-1 draw and a 2-1 aggregate victory. Villarreal’s 1-0 lead from the first leg was wiped out by Robert Lewandowski seven minutes

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Yankees are getting a new star — chef. Marcus Samuelsson is expanding to Yankee Stadium this season, opening a Streetbird food stand behind section 112 in the right-field area of the lower deck, partnering with the team and Legends Hospitality. Born in Ethiopia and

By JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pirates’ streak of last-place finishes did not deter Ke’Bryan Hayes from making a long-term commitment, The 25-year-old third baseman’s $70 million, eight-year contract was announced before Pittsburgh’s home opener against the Chicago Cubs. Hayes, a son of former major leaguer Charlie Hayes and a first-round pick

By DANA GAURUDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Rafael Devers singled through the open shortstop area with the infield shifted to the right side, driving in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning as the Boston Red Sox overcame a three-run deficit to beat the Detroit Tigers 5-3. Garrett Whitlock (1-0) pitched four hitless innings

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Nashville SC held an open practice the largest soccer-specific stadium in the United States. The team is scheduled to play its first game at 30,000-seat GEODIS Park on May 1. Construction and some final touches on the stadium are still are being finalized.

HAVANA (AP) — Cuban state sports officials are denouncing a plan by baseball players who left the island to play in the Major Leagues to field their own team in the next World Baseball Classic. The president of the Cuban Baseball Federation on Tuesday accused the group of trying to usurp Cuba’s representation in the

By STEPHEN WHYNO and JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writers The Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association has decided to break off talks with the rival Premier Hockey Federation. Representatives from the PWHPA and PHF met in March at the request of the NHL. The NHL had hoped the discussions would thaw relations between the sides and

By JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pirates’ streak of last-place finishes did not deter Ke’Bryan Hayes from making a long-term commitment, The 25-year-old third baseman’s $70 million, eight-year contract was announced before Pittsburgh’s home opener against the Chicago Cubs. Hayes, a son of former major leaguer Charlie Hayes and a first-round pick

LOS ANGELES (AP) — UCLA’s Peyton Watson is entering the NBA draft and hiring an agent after one season in Westwood. The move officially ends his college eligibility. Watson announced his decision on his social media accounts. The guard-forward from Long Beach averaged 3.3 points and 2.9 rebounds while playing nearly 13 minutes per game.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Former Ohio point guard Mark Sears has transferred to Alabama after averaging nearly 20 points a game last season. Crimson Tide coach Nate Oats announced the signing of Sears. The 6-foot-1, 185-pounder was a two-time All-Mid-American Conference performer who was a finalist for the Lou Henson Award given to the nation’s

By JACOB RICHMAN and ALEXANDRA GOPIN / Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Fifty years after Congress passed Title IX, girls are stuck in a system that continues to favor boys in high school sports. An investigation by the Shirley Povich Center for Sports

By ASHKAN MOTAMEDI / Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Danielle Ellis and her softball teammate Sydney Prenatt were sitting in the senior government class in Rancho Buena Vista High School in Vista, California, when a lightbulb went off. The teacher was talking about

By KARA NEWHOUSE / Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Howard Center for Investigative Journalism COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — An Ipsos poll shows that 50 years after Title IX was passed to ensure gender equity in education that students ages 12-17 and their parents know little about the law. The poll was done for the

By BARBARA SURK Associated Press MONACO (AP) — Novak Djokovic opened his clay-court season with a surprising loss to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina at the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday. Davidovich Fokina stunned the top-ranked Serb 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-1 in the second round to hand Djokovic another setback as he tries to move on from