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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Richard Petty Motorsports has hired Kevin "Bono" Manion to crew chief Sam Hornish Jr. beginning this weekend at Kansas Speedway.

TURIN, Italy (AP) — Alvaro Morata scored against his old team in the ninth minute, helping Juventus beat defending champion Real Madrid 2-1 Tuesday night in the first leg of their Champions Le…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A.J. Foyt has hired Alex Tagliani as his third driver for this year's Indianapolis 500.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Football Association says that Palestinians football officials are "injecting politics into sports" by calling on FIFA to suspend the Jewish state from world football.

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — LeBron James says he may have to change his mindset and be more aggressive in Game 2 against the Chicago Bulls.

TURIN, Italy (AP) — 7:10 p.m.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods felt rusty and tired Tuesday at The Players Championship — rust because he has played one tournament in three months, fatigue because of his personal life.

Madison Square Garden chairman James Dolan has rehired Isiah Thomas — this time to run the WNBA's New York Liberty.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — La'el Collins' agent says his client is not meeting with NFL teams about his pro football future at this time.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Rico Abreu, the reigning USAC national champion and winner of this year's Chili Bowl, is among the 12 drivers named to NASCAR's latest "Next" class.

MADRID (AP) — Maria Sharapova advanced to the third round of the Madrid Open by beating Mariana Duque-Marino of Colombia 6-1, 6-2 on Tuesday.

The general manager is in the final year of his contract and he assembled the aging and struggling team.

Facing ace Clayton Kershaw, Milwaukee rallied for three runs in the eighth inning to beat the Dodgers 4-3 on Monday night.

Now, they’re hoping to salvage the year under newly-hired manager Craig Counsell.

Counsell joins Marlins manager Mike Redmond and Walt Weiss of the Rockies as former Marlins players currently managing in the major leagues. 

With the Texas Rangers again at the bottom of the AL standings, general manager Jon Daniels is ready for a more critical look at the team.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Relaxing with a cup of coffee in the Minnesota Twins' clubhouse one day last year at spring training, Eddie Guardado looked around.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Nelson Cruz and Felix Hernandez are both off to a scintillating start, and that combination was too much for the Los Angeles Angels to overcome.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Madison Bumgarner refuses to talk about the notion of getting on a roll. It's not the way he operates, and his way has worked out pretty well so far.