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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Helio Castroneves feels like the good old days are coming back to Indianapolis.

Tom Brady: Unbelievable.

CLEVELAND (AP) — King James placed his crown back on for Game 2.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR's final appeals officer has upheld penalties levied against Richard Childress Racing for intentionally manipulating Ryan Newman's tires in March.

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cavaliers canceled a plan to give away 20,000 arm slings to fans to show support for injured starting forward Kevin Love, who is out for the rest of the NBA playoffs.

MADRID (AP) — Top-seeded Roger Federer made an early exit from the Madrid Open on Wednesday after a second round defeat to Nick Kyrgios of Australia.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Lionel Messi had two goals and set up Neymar for another as Barcelona scored three late goals on to overwhelm Bayern Munich and former coach Pep Guardiola 3-0 Wednesday…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bryce Harper hit three home runs in a game for the first time and had five RBIs in his finest day with the Nationals, and Washington beat the Miami Marlins 7-5 Wednesday for …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Fans of Dale Earnhardt Jr. have spent the last four years believing that Jimmie Johnson owed his teammate a favor for pushing Johnson to the win at Talladega Superspeedw…

An NFL investigation released Wednesday concluded New England Patriots employees likely deflated footballs used in the AFC Championship and that quarterback Tom Brady was "at least generally a…

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Rory McIlroy remembers a 19-year-old Texan who had secured a spot on the PGA Tour and seemed very polished for his age. That was the first time he played with Jo…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bryan Harper hit three home runs in his first three at-bats for the Washington Nationals against Miami, then grounded out in what was likely his final trip to the plate..

SAO PAULO (AP) — Indianapolis Motor Speedway will feel more special than usual to Helio Castroneves this weekend.

GRANOLLERS, Spain (AP) — Lewis Hamilton will be looking for his fourth win of the season at this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix, and it will be hard to stop the defending world champion if he ge…

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — 7:20 p.m.

MADRID (AP) — Rafael Nadal broke Steve Johnson's serve three times and advanced to the third round of the Madrid Open by defeating the American 6-4, 6-3 on Wednesday.

MADRID (AP) — Rafael Nadal broke Steve Johnson's serve three times and advanced to the third round of the Madrid Open by defeating the American 6-4, 6-3 on Wednesday.

NEW YORK (AP) — An NFL investigation has found that New England Patriots employees likely deflated footballs and that quarterback Tom Brady was "at least generally aware" of the rules violations.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Bob Cousy, Magic Johnson and Isiah Thomas set the standard for championship point guards, winning mostly by setting up their teammates even though they were capable scorers.

PRAGUE (AP) — Defending champion Russia bounced back from a loss to the United States with a 5-2 victory over Denmark at the ice hockey world championship Wednesday.