AP National Sports

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid’s regular starters have been held by Real Betis to 0-0 in the team’s last match before the Champions League final. Madrid began with the team that is expected to face Liverpool on May 28 in Paris, where it will try to win a record-extending… Continue Reading

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — It was a challenging “Fast Friday” at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with serious wind disrupting practice for the Indy 500. Wind gusts were measured at 41 mph and the sustained wind was around 25 mph. Teams were given a horsepower boost to prepare for two days… Continue Reading

By STEVE GINSBURG Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Canada-bred Interstatedaydream held off race favorite Adare Manor and win the $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico Race Course It’s the first Black-Eyed Susan victory for trainer Brad Cox and jockey Florent Geroux. Interstatedaydream won for the third time in five career starts and has never finished… Continue Reading

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — All-Big Ten forward Trayce Jackson-Davis will return to Indiana next season after withdrawing from the NBA draft. Jackson-Davis still has two years of eligibility remaining. Indiana’s top player last season, he finished sixth in the Big Ten in scoring at 18.3 points and sixth in rebounding with 8.1. He’ll start next… Continue Reading

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Longtime New Yorker writer and editor Roger Angell has died. He was 101. The New Yorker announced his death. Other details were not immediately available. Angell, the son of founding New Yorker editor Katharine White and stepson of E.B. White, contributed hundreds of essays and… Continue Reading

By MATT CARLSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Josh Rojas launched his first three longballs of the season and the Arizona Diamondbacks powered past the Chicago Cubs 10-6 in a game of home run derby at Wrigley Field. With a strong wind blowing out on a warm day, the teams combined to clear the fences… Continue Reading

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Guardians will play the opener of a three-game series without their managers Friday night. Detroit’s A.J. Hinch is out because he isn’t feeling well but tested negative for COVID-19. Bench coach George Lombard will manage the team. Terry Francona will miss the game for Cleveland because… Continue Reading

By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds activated Canadian slugger Joey Votto off the injured list before Friday’s game in Toronto against the Blue Jays. Votto grew up in Toronto but has played only nine games at Rogers Centre. Also Friday, the Reds put left-hander Ross Detwiler on the bereavement list… Continue Reading

TURIN, Italy (AP) — Tammy Abraham scored twice to help Roma win at Torino 3-0 and seal a spot in Europe for next season ahead of the Europa Conference League final next week. Both Abraham goals came in the first half of Roma’s final Serie A match as the England international took his tally to… Continue Reading

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The Mountain West Conference will eliminate its two-division format in football for the 2023 season. The conference has announced that the two teams with the highest winning percentage will compete in the league championship game. The decision came two days after the NCAA threw out requirements dictating how conferences can… Continue Reading

TAMPERE, Finland (AP) — Finland got back to winning ways at the world ice hockey championship when it beat Britain 6-0. Montreal Canadiens forward Joel Armia was among six different players to score for host Finland. Jussi Olkinuora faced 10 shots for the shutout as the Finns rained 42 shots on the British net. The… Continue Reading

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Justin Thomas is playing his best golf in the strongest wind. Thomas has set a daunting target in the PGA Championship. He shot another 67 at Southern Hills. That put him one shot ahead of Rory McIlroy, who plays in the afternoon. Conditions were strong… Continue Reading

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer The St. Louis Blues made all the right moves against Colorado to tie the second-round series at a game apiece. The Blues shuffled their lines to generate more offense and clogged up the middle to frustrate Colorado’s fast flyers. It’s now Colorado’s move as the series shifts to St.… Continue Reading

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Deshaun Watson’s week included meeting with NFL investigators and golf in the Bahamas with his new Browns teammates. Next week he’ll be back on the field, and under more public scrutiny. Some of the women who have accused Cleveland’s quarterback of sexual misconduct during massage therapy… Continue Reading

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer Bayern Munich midfielder Malik Tillman is switching affiliation from Germany to the United States and is among 27 players invited to the Americans’ next-to-last training camp ahead of the World Cup. Haji Wright, a 24-year-old forward from Los Angeles who is on a scoring run in the Turkish league,… Continue Reading

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Pac-12 Conference suffered a 36% decrease in revenue for the 2020-21 fiscal year due in large part to pandemic-related cancellations in football and basketball. The conference announced it had total revenues of $344 million and distributions to member schools of $238 million. The $19.8 million payouts per school represented a… Continue Reading

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni included striker Paulo Dybala in his squad on Friday for his team’s friendly against Italy on June 1st, but left recovering Leandro Paredes out. The match will take place at Wembley Stadium in London. Dybala was a doubt among Argentina’s strikers as he leaves Juventus at… Continue Reading