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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Butler Bulldogs have hired Austin Parkinson as their new women’s basketball coach. Parkinson will stay in Indianapolis after spending the past 12 seasons at nearby IUPUI. The move comes a little more than two weeks after athletic director Barry Collier fired Kurt Godlevske. Parkinson won two Horizon League Tournament championships over

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees say they failed to reach an agreement with Aaron Judge before his deadline to get a long-term deal by opening day. They hope to resume talks after the season. General manager Brian Cashman says the Yankees had offered Judge an eight-year

NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Chelsea got $5.55 million from European Championship revenues for releasing players to their national teams. UEFA had a fund of $217.5 million. Clubs were paid a daily rate per player involved in the Euro 2020 tournament and qualifying plus Nations League games since 2018. Chelsea had players on both sides of

LONDON (AP) — Tennis great Boris Becker could face a jail sentence after being found guilty of illicitly moving thousands of dollars from a bank account after he was declared bankrupt. A jury at London’s Southwark Crown Court convicted Becker on Friday on four charges under the Insolvency Act. The German star was found to

NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Atlético Madrid has been charged by UEFA after a fan was filmed apparently making Nazi salutes at a Champions League game. UEFA says the club has been charged with “discriminatory behavior” and for fans throwing objects during Atlético’s 1-0 loss at Manchester City on Tuesday. UEFA disciplinary rules hold clubs responsible

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer Ukrainian soccer club Shakhtar Donetsk will play a series of charity games on a government-backed “Global Tour for Peace” that will raise money for the country’s military in the war against Russia. The tour starts Saturday against Greek league leader Olympiakos. The club says its squad has gathered in

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc was fastest in the second practice session for the Australian Grand Prix and Formula One champion Max Verstappen was right behind in second. Leclerc had a time of 1 minute, 18.978 seconds on the revamped Albert Park layout. Verstappen was .245 seconds behind in his Red Bull

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc led the second practice session for Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix with defending series champion and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen second-fastest. Leclerc had a time of 1 minute, 18.978 seconds on the revamped Albert Park layout with Verstappen .245 seconds behind. Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, who led after the

By JOHN KEKIS AP Sports Writer The 18th edition of the Green Grand Prix is Friday at Watkins Glen International, and for the first time drivers are scheduled to run the famed Boot section. The Green Grand Prix is a celebration of sustainable transportation that promotes awareness of environmentally friendly vehicles. Billed as the only

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Nobody knows for certain where the NBA will be in 25 years, when it’ll be celebrating its 100th anniversary. The only safe bet is that things will be very, very different. A play-in tournament was added in recent years. An in-season tournament is probably coming in the next couple

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Of all the 6,576 shots that were officially struck at Augusta National on Day 1 of the Masters, only one truly mattered. It didn’t go in the hole. It wasn’t down the center of the fairway. Nothing special about it at all, really. Except for

By AMANDA SEITZ, MIKE CATALINI and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” TV star, a Paralympic swimmer and a self-described “brand king” were among the Instagram and TikTok influencers who were paid by Chinese officials for a discreet campaign that promoted the Beijing Winter Olympics, new Justice Department