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LONDON (AP) — The mood was light and so was Tyson Fury who weighed-in for his WBC heavyweight title defense against Dillian Whyte 12 pounds or more than five kilograms lighter than his last fight. Fury weighed 264.8 pounds, also 120 kilograms, on Friday a day before the all-British bout at Wembley Stadium. Whyte tipped

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin has boasted one of the nation’s stingiest defenses virtually every season since Jim Leonhard took over as coordinator in 2017. Leonhard faces perhaps his biggest test in maintaining that standard this year. Wisconsin must replace eight of the top 10 tacklers from a defense

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Top-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas has beaten Grigor Dimitrov 6-1, 6-4 to advance to the Barcelona Open quarterfinals. Organizers have slotted in the third round and quarterfinals on Friday to make up for lost playing time this week due to rain delays. That means after a short break Tsitsipas will face local favorite

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Patrick Baldwin Jr. has announced he is entering the NBA draft. The move comes several weeks after his father was fired as Milwaukee coach. Baldwin announced his decision in a social media post. The 6-foot-9 Baldwin is a former top-10 recruit who chose Milwaukee for the opportunity to play for his father,

By The Associated Press Jonathan Gómez, an 18-year-old right back who made his U.S. debut in December, was among 20 players picked by Mexico coach Gerardo Martino for an exhibition against Guatemala on April 27 at Orlando, Florida. Gómez, who plays for Real Sociedad’s B team in Spain’s second tier, made his U.S. debut when

By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer IMOLA, Italy (AP) — Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton’s passion for playing soccer as a child is part of what drove him to join a consortium that is bidding to buy Chelsea. Hamilton is part of a group trying to buy the Premier League club from sanctioned Russian owner

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Paul Pogba might have played his last game for Manchester United. He came off injured in the 4-0 loss to Liverpool on Tuesday and United manager Ralf Rangnick says Pogba will take at least four weeks to recover. The France midfielder is out of contract at the end of the season.

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Aidan Joseph Bernardi Hutchinson is an impressive reflection of his parents and his middle names honor a great-grandfather who was part of the World War II jungle fighting unit known as “Merrill’s Marauders.” Jacksonville is expected to select Hutchinson with the No. 1 pick

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Russian Olympic gold medalist swimmer Evgeny Rylov has been banned from the sport for nine months for appearing at a rally in support of President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. World governing body FINA says it “acknowledged” an earlier, as yet unpublished ruling from a disciplinary panel to ban

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Kole Calhoun lined a two-out RBI double to score Adolis García in ninth, García made a terrific diving catch in the bottom of the inning and the Texas Rangers rallied from an early five-run deficit to beat the Seattle Mariners 8-6. Texas snapped a five-game losing

By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Robert Thomas scored his 20th goal to extend his points streak to 15 games and the St. Louis Blues beat the San Jose Sharks 3-1. Dakota Joshua also scored and Pavel Buchnevich added an empty-netter to lead the Blues to their 12th win in