By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Dallas Wings basically control the WNBA draft on Thursday night with the top two picks and four first-round choices. It’s the first time…
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US women soccer players appeal decision against equal pay
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Players on the U.S. women’s national soccer team have asked a federal appeals court to overturn a lower court decision throwing out their lawsuit seeking equal pay to the men̵…
Russia’s flag banned but national colors on Olympic uniforms
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian flag is barred from the Olympics in a doping dispute. You wouldn’t know it to look at the Russian uniforms. The International Olympic Committee told The Associated Pres…
100 Days: Tokyo Olympics marked by footnotes and asterisks
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo pitched itself as “a safe pair of hands” when it was awarded the Olympics 7 1/2 years ago. “The certainty was a crucial factor,” Craig R…
Rapinoe, Morgan score, US women beat France 2-0
LE HAVRE, France (AP) — Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan scored and the U.S. women’s national team beat France 2-0 in an exhibition on Tuesday. The United States extended its unbeaten streak to 39 …
Twins, Wolves, Wild postpone games following police shooting
By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In the raw aftermath of another killing of a Black man by police in Minnesota, there was no place for pro sports in the Twin Cities on Monday. The …
Federal judge approves partial deal between women, US Soccer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge approved a partial deal between players on the women’s national team and the U.S. Soccer Federation over unequal working conditions. U.S. District Judge R. Gar…
Report: Hotel will house Olympic athletes with COVID-19
TOKYO (AP) — Athletes at the Tokyo Olympics who come down with minor symptoms of COVID-19 could be isolated in a hotel lined up by local organizers of the games. The Japanese news agency Kyodo on Sund…
Matsuyama becomes first Japanese in Masters green jacket
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Hideki Matsuyama delivered golf-mad Japan the grandest and greenest prize of all. Ten years after Matsuyama made a sterling debut as the best amateu…
Ex-NFL player’s brain to be probed for trauma-related harm
By MEG KINNARD and MICHELLE LIU Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The brain of Phillip Adams — the former NFL player who killed a South Carolina physician, three family members and a repairman be…