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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.

Briann January is happy to be playing again, even if it's in short spurts.

Muhammad Ali would almost seem unbelievable if he was created as a work of fiction for a movie script.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Briann January is happy to be playing again, even if it's in short spurts.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — As soon as the first inning ended, Colorado Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado came into the dugout and began yelling in frustration.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A night after their biggest collapse ever, the San Diego Padres got back to just playing baseball.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The ball came out of Julio Teheran's hand seeming as big as a pizza pie, and Corey Seager was hungry.

He coaches track and field for a high school that has an enrollment of 32 students.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Taijuan Walker is still working on honing his craft as a pitcher, and the 23-year-old is doing it in the major leagues.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — More than half of Trevor Rosenthal's games have come in non-save situations. The St. Louis Cardinals closer is finding it hard staying sharp when he doesn't get enough work.

ROCKFORD, Ill. — It was when my left foot was stuck ankle-deep in a mud hill that I had a sudden and gripping realization — I was in over my head.

You might think as many times as Don “Thunder” Turner has turned left, he might even lean that way when he exits his stock car.

For the second night in a row, the La Crosse Loggers used the long ball to bail their pitcher out of an early hole.