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OSTRAVA, Czech Republic (AP) — Jiri Vesely teamed up with rookie Adam Pavlasek to win the doubles and reduce Australia's lead over the Czech Republic to 2-1 in the first round of the Davis Cup…

KRALJEVO, Serbia (AP) — Serbia reached the Davis Cup quarterfinals when Novak Djokovic and Nenad Zimonjic beat Croatian duo Marin Draganja and Franko Skugor 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 in Saturday's doubles…

ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) — Italy's Fabio Fognini and Simone Bolelli defeated the Kazakh duo of Andrei Golubev and Alexander Nedovesov in doubles on Saturday to give their team a 2-1 lead in the…

EAST LANSING, Mich. — You might be wondering how things could possibly get worse for the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team in this season of suffering.

Desperate times require desperate measures, but what if your adversary has a lot more to lose than you do?

SINGAPORE (AP) — Inbee Park shot a 4-under 68 to take a two-stroke lead after the third round of the HSBC Women's Champions on Saturday.

A look at the highlights of what's happening all around spring training today in Florida and Arizona:

DORAL, Fla. (AP) — If the water separating the eighth and 10th holes at Trump National Doral ever gets drained, there are sure to be hundreds of golf balls, and a 3-iron with a swoosh stamped …

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Top-ranked Kentucky is one game away from clinching its first unbeaten regular season.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Shane Walsh scored the winning goal 11:42 into the fifth overtime to lead UMass to a 4-3 victory over Notre Dame in the longest game in NCAA Division I ice hockey history.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Jim Boeheim has become used to the spotlight in his long career at Syracuse. It's awfully bright right now — for all the wrong reasons.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Curry had 22 points and seven assists, Klay Thompson scored 16 points and the Golden State Warriors beat the Dallas Mavericks 104-89 on Friday night.

CHICAGO (AP) — It didn't take long for the acquistion of Antoine Vermette to pay off for the Chicago Blackhawks.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Patric Hornqvist scored twice in the second period, and the Pittsburgh Penguins also got goals from Evgeni Malkin and Blake Comeau in a 5-2 victory over the league-leadi…

CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Jose Villarreal scored in the 65th minute, Robbie Keane added a late goal and the defending champion LA Galaxy opened the 20th MLS season Friday night with a 2-0 victory …

TAMPA, Fla. — A morning victory over Portland State provided early momentum against host South Florida at the USF Under Armour Showcase, but the University of Wisconsin softball team couldn’t …

OTTAWA (AP) — It would seem that as Andrew Hammond goes, so go the Ottawa Senators.

BOYS BASKETBALL

BLAIR — It looked like Blair-Taylor High School boys basketball coach Randy Storlie was going to have a little time to relax before the seconds ticked away on the 500th coaching victory of his career.

HOUSTON (AP) — James Harden has been so good this season that Houston Rockets coach Kevin McHale has come to expect performances like the one he had Friday night.