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MILWAUKEE (AP) — It took a few frustrating innings for the Milwaukee Brewers to get to Philadelphia Phillies starter Jerad Eickhoff.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Carl Edwards had been grinding for 30 laps, doing everything he could to catch Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch in a two-way breakaway from the pack at Richmond International Raceway.

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has fined Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant for violations in Game 4 of their Western Conference playoff series.

DALY CITY, Calif. (AP) — Michelle Wie withdrew from the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic on Sunday because of neck spasms after playing the first 15 holes in 11 over.

HOUSTON (AP) — Golden State's Stephen Curry sprained his right knee on the final play of the first half Sunday and won't return in Game 4 against the Houston Rockets.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs have swept their way into the Western Conference semifinals after an almost perfunctory, yet very physical test from the most injury-depleted team ever in the NBA playoffs.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Rafael Nadal beat defending champion Kei Nishikori 6-4, 7-5 to win the Barcelona Open for the ninth time on Sunday, equaling Guillermo Vilas' record of 49 career clay-court titles.

NEW YORK (AP) — Steven Souza Jr. homered twice on his 27th birthday and the Tampa Bay Rays went deep five times in all, finally giving Drew Smyly some run support Sunday in an 8-1 victory over the New York…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Early in the third period, a Flyers fan held up a sign directed at Washington that read, "You'll choke."

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Don Drysdale's 1963 World Series championship ring with the Los Angeles Dodgers sold for $110,111 in an auction of the late Hall of Fame pitcher's memorabilia.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — NASCAR driver and car owner Tony Stewart says he's not going to keep quiet when he has safety concerns.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — There was no stuffed animal to hug. Constant hunger pains. Hope a mom would show up and rescue her.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Daniel Lucius "Doc" Adams may never be a household name like baseball's imagined inventor Abner Doubleday or basketball's actual inventor James Naismith. But a newly verified set of documents, titled "Laws of Base Ball," sold at…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Documents that baseball historians have called the Magna Carta of the game have sold at auction for nearly $3.3 million.

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Angelique Kerber defended her Porsche Grand Prix title with a comprehensive 6-4, 6-0 win over qualifier Laura Siegemund in Sunday's final.

Public concerns about runoff harming wetlands around Lake Waubesa prompted monitoring in addition to usual computer modeling.

A look at what's happening all around the majors today:

New York Islanders coach Jack Capuano knows he doesn't need to say a lot to motivate his players.

This guy’s a fast-moving onion, really, as every time you think you can predict what lies beneath the next layer something totally unexpected greets you.

When a new coach changes a system, there’s always a reason.