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NEW YORK (AP) — Toronto Raptors guard Lou Williams has won the NBA's Sixth Man Award.

NEW YORK (AP) — Atlanta Braves reliever Andrew McKirahan was suspended for 80 games Monday following a positive test for a banned substance under Major League Baseball's drug program.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Todd McLellan is out after seven years as coach of the San Jose Sharks.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Marc Granollers of Spain eased past Marinko Matosevic of Bosnia 6-2, 6-3 on the opening day of the Barcelona Open on Monday.

LONDON (AP) — While rarely short on bravado or self-confidence these days, Brendan Rodgers did betray a sense of trepidation when taking the Liverpool job.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Tony Romo wants country fans to know that when he throws, his footballs are properly inflated.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Rafael Nadal is fully focused on progressing as far as possible in this week's Barcelona Open, which he refers to as his home tournament.

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — FIFA president Sepp Blatter says politicians who are unhappy with Russia hosting the 2018 World Cup should "stay at home" during the tournament.

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Sixth seed Viktor Troicki was knocked out of the Nastase Tiriac Trophy on Monday, losing to Spain's Daniel Gimeno-Traver on the first day of the tournament.

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Three-time British Open champion Nick Faldo will make his final appearance at the tournament at St. Andrews this year.

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The head of the association representing international sports federations launched a scathing attack on the IOC on Monday, accusing the Olympic body of running a system th…

BRINDISI, Italy (AP) — Seeing Serena Williams play three matches over two days in Fed Cup was a rare treat over the weekend.

SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) — The last time Fernando Alonso won a race was in front of his home fans at the Spanish Grand Prix two years ago.

In the 25-series scrimmage, UW recorded nine sacks, three interceptions and 13 three-and-outs.

The organization hasn’t made a genuine effort to solve the divisive issue.

CHICAGO (AP) — Scott Darling doesn't need reminding that all those other saves, the ones that win big playoff games, wouldn't have happened without the first one.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Blake Griffin accelerated through the paint and threw down a vicious dunk right on Aron Baynes' head in the third quarter. A few minutes later, Griffin did it again to the s…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby is shooting the puck. Even more importantly for the Pittsburgh Penguins, it's going in. Funny how success seems to follow when that happens.

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

Kris Bryant finally made his debut for the Chicago Cubs amid staggering expectations.