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BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — The first European Games opened Friday in Azerbaijan's capital Baku with an extravagant opening ceremony featuring Lady Gaga.

UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. (AP) — Tiger Woods and Masters champion Jordan Spieth will start the U.S. Open on prime-time TV.

S-HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands (AP) — Teenager Belinda Bencic of Switzerland will face veteran Jelena Jankovic of Serbia in the semifinals of the Topshelf Open after saving three match points in…

NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska kept up her serene progress at the Nottingham Open by beating Lauren Davis in straight sets to reach the semifinals of the Wimbledon w…

BRANDON, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper is unsure if injured goalie Ben Bishop will return for Saturday night's Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final against Chicago.

CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James called it a "slight" headache, though nothing involving the game's best player is ever minor.

UW will play Miami (Ohio) at 11 a.m. on Sept. 12 and Troy at 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 19.

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Top-seeded Rafael Nadal overcame stiff resistance from Bernard Tomic to reach the semifinals of the Mercedes Cup with a 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3 victory on Friday.

MIAMI (AP) — Major league home run and RBI leader Giancarlo Stanton believes he has been unlucky this season, and he might be right.

LE MANS, France (AP) — Brace for a tough fight between Porsche and Audi at the 24 Hours Le Mans this weekend.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — Former FIFA Vice President Jack Warner is vowing to fight a U.S. bid to extradite him from Trinidad to face charges in the FIFA corruption case.

ATZENBRUGG, Austria (AP) — Russian golfer Andrey Pavlov needed 17 strokes on a single hole in excellent weather conditions at the Lyoness Open on Friday, tying for the second worse score on th…

LYON, France (AP) — Interpol has suspended its 10-year, 20 million euro ($22.4 million) partnership with FIFA while soccer's governing body is implicated in bribery allegations.

EUGENE, Oregon — Only one huge throw kept University of Wisconsin junior Kelsey Card from winning the women’s shot put Thursday at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Golden State Warriors looked like the NBA's best team. The Cleveland Cavaliers looked like a tired one.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Earlier this season, the grounds crew that watches over the lush green playing field where the San Francisco Giants play tried something new: They cut back on overnight watering.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — With the U.S. Open looming next week, Brooks Koepka wanted a final chance to tune up his game and added the St. Jude Classic to his schedule at the last minute.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jung Ho Kang chose the gray T-shirt because he thought it looked cool. That's it. The fact "The Trillest" — a mashup of "true" and "real" that serves as slang for someone con…

Playing on the road in the Northwoods League can be a grind.

CLEVELAND (AP) — No panic, no playing around. Just California cool.