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SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres have traded pitcher James Shields and cash to the Chicago White Sox for pitcher Erik Johnson and shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr.

MIAMI (AP) — Miami Marlins president David Samson says the family of Muhammad Ali isn't unhappy about the team's premature tribute to the late heavyweight champion.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez has returned to the lineup after missing six games with a bruised left thigh.

MIAMI (AP) — New York Mets left fielder Yoenis Cespedes has been scratched from Saturday's lineup against the Miami Marlins because of a sore right hip.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis says a $750 million public contribution toward a stadium is "the bottom line" on whether the team makes Las Vegas its new home.

BALTIMORE (AP) — New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a knee injury.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Rahaman Ali stood in a little house on Grand Avenue and dabbed his eyes as he shook hand after hand.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Muhammad Ali rumbled in the African jungle, put on a thriller in Manila, charmed them in London and taunted them in Tokyo.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Kings have re-signed defenseman Brayden McNabb to a two-year contract.

PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — A six-month jail term for a former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman is being decried as a slap on the wrist.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The San Jose Sharks will be without top-line forward Tomas Hertl for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final.

LONG POND, Pa. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. tweeted this week that he had become a fan of the cult series "The Walking Dead."

He was fast of fist and foot — lip, too — a heavyweight champion who promised to shock the world and did. He floated. He stung. Mostly he thrilled, even after the punches had taken their toll and his voice…

PARIS (AP) — The day before the French Open final, Serena Williams' coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, was discussing whether his player would need to lift her level to beat Garbine Muguruza and collect a record-equaling 22nd Grand Slam title.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates shuffled their bullpen Saturday as they recalled left-hander Cory Luebke from Triple-A Indianapolis and selected the contract of right-hander Curtis Partch from the same club.

STUART, Fla. (AP) — President Barack Obama, who keeps a pair of boxing gloves worn by Muhammad Ali in his private study off the Oval Office, said Saturday that Ali "shook up the world and the world is better for…

CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds called up outfielder Kyle Waldrop from Triple-A Louisville on Saturday, adding another option off the bench for the second game of their series against the Washington Nationals.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A leading Brazilian biologist who has fought for the cleanup of Rio de Janeiro's polluted waterways called Saturday on interim President Michael Temer to release emergency funds to pay for the dredging of toxic lagoons…

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The San Jose Sharks can take at least one positive out of losing the first two games of the Stanley Cup Final in Pittsburgh.

It was 1980 and Muhammad Ali had no business being in the ring against a younger and stronger Larry Holmes, no matter how much his entourage kept telling him how good he looked in training.