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Former University of Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon, along with five other NFL Draft hopefuls, will be featured on ESPN’s Draft Academy beginning Tuesday night.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Chaos has erupted as Brazilian police dislodged squatters from a building slated for use as a luxury hotel for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

ROME (AP) — Serena Williams has been virtually unbeatable this year.

CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James switched back from No. 6 to No. 23 this season.

Former University of Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon will attend the NFL Draft in Chicago, according to his agent, Fletcher Smith.

BRINDISI, Italy (AP) — Venus Williams has withdrawn from the United States team for this weekend's Fed Cup playoff in Italy because of a personal matter.

BRINDISI, Italy (AP) — Venus Williams has withdrawn from the United States team for this weekend's Fed Cup playoff in Italy because of a personal matter.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Steelers cornerback Ike Taylor is retiring, ending a 12-year career in which he helped lead the team to two Super Bowl victories.

Bowl games paid more than a half billion dollars to college football conferences and schools last season, an increase of almost $200 million from the final season of the Bowl Championship Seri…

The obvious is not lost on Abby Wambach: She's getting older.

BRINDISI, Italy (AP) — Venus Williams has withdrawn from the United States team for this weekend's Fed Cup playoff in Italy because of a personal matter.

MONACO (AP) — Gael Monfils overcame a shaky start to rally past Russian qualifier Andrey Kuznetsov 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday.

MONACO (AP) — Gael Monfils overcame a shaky start to rally past Russian qualifier Andrey Kuznetsov 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday.

MONACO (AP) — Gael Monfils overcame a shaky start to rally past Russian qualifier Andrey Kuznetsov 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday.

First impressions, second thoughts and the third degree:

Just one season after graduating from UW, Budmayr is back with the Badgers — this time to help the quarterbacks learn the system he mastered but rarely put into practice as a player.

TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo Olympic organizers have signed up two major Japanese financial institutions as domestic sponsors of the 2020 Games.

The 6-foot-1 Indiana native will have three years of eligibility remaining with the Badgers.

PARIS (AP) — Prize money at the French Open will rise to 28 million euros ($29.5 million) this year, an increase of 3 million euros from last year.

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