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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Sixth-seeded Guido Pella of Argentina defeated wild card Adrian Ungur of Romania 7-5, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the the Nastase Tiriac Trophy on Monday.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Iowa State basketball star Nikki Moody has sued coach Bill Fennelly, the university and the state for racial discrimination and retaliation, saying she was repeatedly called a "thug" and labeled a selfish player despite…

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A former Syracuse University football player has pleaded not guilty to stabbing two current Orange players with a pocket knife.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Fresh from winning his ninth Monte Carlo Masters title, Rafael Nadal arrived in Spain ready to win his ninth at the Barcelona Open.

NEW YORK (AP) — Kawhi Leonard has won his second straight NBA Defensive Player of the Year award after helping the San Antonio Spurs have the league's best defense.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Evgeny Donskoy of Russia defeated Facundo Bagnis of Argentina 7-5, 7-6 (5) to advance to the second round of the Barcelona Open on Monday.

MOSCOW (AP) — Some male athletes who have taken meldonium use it to improve sexual performance, the Latvian scientist who developed the recently banned drug said Monday.

UW's hope is that the duo's performance can lessen the load on Corey Clement and Dare Ogunbowale.

The University of Wisconsin finally joined in when Nigel Hayes, Charlie Thomas and Khalil Iverson posted their version in the UW locker room on Instagram on Sunday.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Blake Griffin is back to his old ferocious self just in time for the playoffs.

Sunday was a truly rare day in NBA history.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The playoffs started the way much of this season has gone for the San Jose Sharks: a successful road trip where structured defense, strong goaltending and solid all-around play led to two straight wins in…

The Dallas Stars have had a clear edge over the depleted Minnesota Wild during most of the first two games of their Western Conference quarterfinal series.

Golden State's Stephen Curry and the Toronto Raptors have provided a little early NBA playoff drama for teams returning to the court Monday night.

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

Vince Velasquez needed just two starts with the Phillies to put himself in elite company.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Nashville Predators crowded around Pekka Rinne at the final horn and basked in the relative silence at Honda Center.

NEW YORK (AP) — Thomas Hickey saw an opening in overtime, went to the net and gave the New York Islanders a big win in their Brooklyn postseason debut.

On a picture-perfect day for baseball at Copeland Park, the UW-La Crosse baseball team provided enough offense to make sure its conference record stayed perfect as well.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joc Pederson got off to an extremely hot start last season, hitting 20 home runs with 40 RBIs in his first 77 games and making the All-Star team in his first full big league campaign.