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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU’s most decorated female student-athlete will become the first in school history to get her own statue. LSU announced Monday that women’s basketball legend Seimone Augustus’ statue will stand outside the Pete Maravich Assembly Center and join the likenesses of Pete Maravich, Bob Pettit and Shaquille O’Neal as former Tiger

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer New Duke coach Jon Scheyer has promoted former Blue Devils player Amile Jefferson to serve as an assistant coach. The school announced the hiring Tuesday. Jefferson, who turns 29 next month, worked as director of player development in Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski’s final season. He returned to Duke

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House Oversight Committee sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission saying it found evidence the NFL’s Washington Commanders engaged in potentially unlawful financial conduct. The committee says the team withheld ticket revenue from visiting teams and refundable ticket deposits from season-ticket holders. The

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press Police say the mother of a Puerto Rican Olympian killed by a stray bullet in her Connecticut home was an unintended victim of a drug dispute that erupted into the firing of more than 20 gunshots. Mabel Martinez was shot in the head inside her Waterbury home on Saturday afternoon.

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Former FIFA officials Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini will go on trial for fraud and other offenses in June. Switzerland’s federal criminal court says the trial will be before a panel of three judges on 11 days from June 8-22. The trial will begin more than

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Manchester City midfielder Fernandinho does not want to extend his stay at the English club to a 10th year and plans to return to his native Brazil at the end of the season. The 36-year-old holding midfielder says his desire for more game time was behind his decision to

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Joey Logano has had his share of conflict during a career that began with his appointment as “Sliced Bread” upon arrival. He was eager to prove himself and Logano scrapped with just about all of NASCAR’s biggest stars. Now he watches with bemusement as Ty Gibbs, the 19-year-old

MADRID (AP) — Manchester City midfielder Fernandinho does not want to extend his stay at the English club to a 10th year and plans to return to his native Brazil at the end of the season. The 36-year-old holding midfielder says his desire for more game time was behind his decision to leave City. Fernandinho

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer Final bids are being prepared for European champion Chelsea as the process to end the ownership of sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich steps up. Abramovich put the London club up for sale six weeks ago. Steve Pagliuca, co-owner of the NBA’s Boston Celtics, went public for the first

DUBLIN (AP) — Some of the biggest figures in boxing have been urged to cut ties with a promoter who fronts an Irish organized crime gang targeted with sanctions by the American government. The U.S. government is offering a reward of $5 million for information that will lead to the “financial destruction” of the Kinahan

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Defense alone won’t be enough to keep Atlético Madrid alive in the Champions League this time. Diego Simeone’s team needs its attack to wake up if it wants to overcome the 1-0 first-leg loss to Manchester City in the quarterfinals of the European competition. The team

LONDON (AP) — The Australian state of Victoria has been confirmed as the host of the 2026 Commonwealth Games. It will be the first-ever predominantly regional Commonwealth Games with events in several cities including Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo, Ballarat and Gippsland. Australia has hosted five other times. The Commonwealth Games Federation made the announcement Tuesday. The