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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Lakers guard Steve Nash announced his retirement Saturday after a 19-year NBA career that included two MVP awards.

PHOENIX (AP) — Kim Kaufman birdied the par-4 18th for a 5-under 67 and a one-stroke lead Saturday morning after the delayed second round of the JTBC Founders Cup.

MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Chicago Cubs starter Jon Lester missed his start Saturday against the Seattle Mariners because of a tired arm, but manager Joe Maddon expects the left-hander to make his nex…

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — With President Barack Obama supporting his niece and the rest of Princeton's basketball team a few rows from courtside, the Tigers managed to stay unbeaten.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Daniel Berger holed out with a 4-iron from 237 yards on the par-5 sixth hole for the first albatross in Bay Hill history.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's official IRNA news agency says authorities have banned Iran soccer coach Carlos Queiroz from leaving the country over unpaid taxes.

SANTO ANTONIO DA SERRA, Portugal (AP) — Bad weather has forced organizers to reduce the Madeira Islands Open to 36 holes for a second straight year.

CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James didn't let a nasty head cold stop him from two appointments — seeing his son perform at school and getting the Cavaliers into the playoffs.

CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James scored 29 points — 13 in the fourth quarter— and the Cleveland Cavaliers edged the Indiana Pacers 95-92 on Friday night for their 15th straight win at home.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Chuck Bednarik, a Pro Football Hall of Famer and one of the last great two-way NFL players, died early Saturday the Eagles said. He was 89.

A similar effort against Oregon in the next round could prove disastrous.

OMAHA, Neb. — It would have been tempting for the members of the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team to peek ahead months ago, especially when a significant portion of their fan base…

Simultaneous Showalters

Although depth charts are often fluid this time of year, the University of Wisconsin football team’s first-team units are beginning to take shape after the third spring practice.

MINNEAPOLIS — Compliments rarely ease the agony of defeat, but it was about all members of the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team had to cling to Friday night.

The worst season in University of Wisconsin men’s hockey history won’t cost coach Mike Eaves his job.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The game was 70 miles from Dayton's campus, but it might as well have been across the street.

Filling the sneakers of famous fathers is fast becoming a theme at this year's NCAA Tournament.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Developers brag that the athletes' village for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics will rival a five-star resort.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Harris English knew what he was facing before he hit his opening tee shot of the second round. He already was nine shots behind Morgan Hoffmann, who played earlier and pos…