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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Big Ten basketball tournaments are coming to Minneapolis. The conference says the women’s tournament will be held at Target Center in 2023 and 2024. The men’s tournament will be played there in 2024. All 14 teams are automatic entrants in both events. Chicago will host the men’s tournament next year to

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer U.S. women’s hockey star Amanda Kessel is joining the Pittsburgh Penguins for an executive management program that could put her on track to work in an NHL front office. Kessel is the first participant in the new program. She follows the lead of retired U.S. star and Hockey Hall

By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Coach Doug Pederson’s first step in rebuilding the woeful Jacksonville Jaguars is clear: Get immediate help for franchise quarterback Trevor Lawrence. It’s why Pederson and general manager Trent Baalke added four offensive starters in free agency totaling $154.5 million. There’s more to come, too.

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Comparison shopping and face-to-face contact with college prospects returned to the NFL this year after the 2021 scouting combine was scuttled by the pandemic. Talent evaluators welcomed back college pro days and private workouts even as the COVID-19 broadside entered its third year. The core

WASHINGTON (AP) — D.C. United has fired coach Hernán Losada and given assistant Chad Ashton the job on an interim basis. The club is in last place in the MLS Eastern Conference with a 2-4-0 record. United’s most recent MLS game was a 3-2 loss to Austin on Saturday after D.C. led 2-0 with 10

By CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — Russian and Belarusian tennis players have been banned from competing at this year’s Wimbledon tournament because of the war in Ukraine. The All England Club’s move makes the grass-court Grand Slam tournament in southwest London the first top-level tennis event to bar players from Russia and

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — These are Jimmy Butler’s three highest-scoring games in a Miami uniform: 40 points against Milwaukee, 40 points against the Los Angeles Lakers, 45 points against Atlanta. And those efforts have quite a bit in common. He had at least 20 shot attempts and 12 free throws

BIELEFELD, Germany (AP) — German club Arminia Bielefeld has fired Frank Kramer as coach in a last-ditch attempt to stave off Bundesliga relegation. The club says it has also released assistant coach Ilia Gruev “with immediate effect” and that Marco Kostmann is taking over as head coach for the rest of the season. Kramer’s last

SYDNEY (AP) — World swimming powers Australia and the United States will contest a Duel in the Pool competition in August. It’s the first time the strong American and Australian squads will have competed against each other in a match-race situation since 2007. The countries collected 50 swimming medals between them at last year’s Tokyo