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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — LeBron James had 20 points and 13 rebounds, and Kyrie Irving made a pair of big 3-pointers down the stretch to help the Cleveland Cavaliers move within a game of a first-round sweep with a…

BOSTON (AP) — On the heels of slow starts and lackluster offensive efforts in their first two playoff games, the Celtics knew they would need to play like a desperate bunch in their Game 3 matchup with the Hawks.

Milwaukee loses to Philadelphia for the first time in eight meetings

HOUSTON (AP) — The NBA said Friday that Houston's James Harden should have been given an offensive foul for pushing Golden State's Andre Iguodala before his winning shot Thursday night in Game 3 of the first-round playoff series.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Standing in the same crease that Steve Mason allowed a goal from 101 feet out, Philadelphia Flyers goalie Michal Neuvirth saw shots from every angle and didn't crack. Not even once.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jayson Werth hit a home run and robbed one in left field, Gio Gonzalez pitched six-plus innings, and the Washington Nationals defeated the Minnesota Twins 8-4 on Friday night.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jayson Werth said he's starting to feel more comfortable as the Washington Nationals left fielder.

With NHL playoff viewership down nearly two-thirds across Canada, the television executive who committed Toronto-based Sportsnet to a 12-year, multibillion-dollar broadcasting rights agreement joked how glad he was to have a third-floor office.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Barry Bonds strolled into the indoor batting cage to join his hitters at work and immediately shut the door.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Brendan Steele completed an 8-under 64 in the morning and shot a 70 in the second round Friday to take a three-stroke lead in the Texas Open.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — LeBron James had 20 points and 13 rebounds, and Kyrie Irving made a pair of big 3-pointers down the stretch to help the Cleveland Cavaliers move within a game of a first-round sweep with a…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Josh Norman posed for photos with a pen and his new contract and smiled ear-to-ear alongside Washington Redskins general manager Scot McCloughan and family members decked out in fresh team gear.

Contracts for women's hockey coach Mark Johnson, wrestling coach Barry Davis and men's and women's swimming and diving coach Whitney Hite were extended on Friday.

Doyle, the player of the year in Illinois last season, has narrowed her list to UW, Iowa, Indiana, Marquette, Vanderbilt and Nebraska.

LONDON (AP) — World tennis' anti-corruption unit says it received alerts of unusual or suspicious betting on 48 matches between January and March, including one at the Australian Open.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Eight-time winner Rafael Nadal beat 12th-seeded Fabio Fognini 6-2, 7-6 (1) to advance to the semifinals of the Barcelona Open on Friday, avenging a loss to the Italian at the tournament last year.

DALLAS (AP) — Kevin Durant says he's happy new Washington coach Scott Brooks is back in the NBA a year after being let go by Oklahoma City.

So, you have a quarterback who played in the spread and never took a snap at the line of scrimmage. And receivers who don't understand route trees.

The Packers are favored in 15 of their 16 regular-season games in 2016.

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Defending champion Angelique Kerber will face Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic in the Porsche Grand Prix semifinals.