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The behemoth known as the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament gets underway on Wednesday, the first of the major conferences to begin the process of crowning a champion.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Marcin Gortat scored 20 points and the Washington Wizards rolled to a 95-69 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Monday night.

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis led four UConn players in double figures with 23 points and the top-ranked Huskies beat South Florida 84-70 to win their second straight America…

ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Ka-Deidre Simmons scored 20 points, 14 in the second half, as No. 24 and top-seeded Seton Hall women beat No. 4 seed St. John's 72-60 on Monday night to advance to its fi…

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose says he thinks he will be back this season after last month's knee surgery.

With seven consecutive wins, Big Ten runner-up Maryland is the hottest team heading into this week's conference tournament in Chicago. Not bad considering the Terrapins endured a tumultuous of…

MESQUITE, Texas (AP) — A top high school football recruit has de-committed from the University of Oklahoma after several members of a campus fraternity participated in a racist video.

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BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel remains in a rehab facility for an undisclosed condition.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Two races is just too early to form a definitive opinion about NASCAR's new rules package, which was tweaked as part of a concerted effort to improve the racing.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Danny Welbeck scored a tiebreaking goal against his old club in the 61st minute, helping defending champion Arsenal beat Manchester United 2-1 Monday night and advan…

MIAMI (AP) — Chris Bosh of the Miami Heat will be evaluated by team doctors later this month and is on schedule to resume "full basketball activities" in September.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Perhaps the best indication of just how wide open the Big 12 tournament is this year is the fact that Texas, sitting squarely on the NCAA tournament bubble, will play W…

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Gerrit Cole was happy to talk about his hitting.

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Slowly, the Detroit Tigers are starting to get healthy again. They got some good news before Monday's 6-4 win over the split-squad Toronto Blue Jays and, after a tough fi…

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Safety Devin McCourty says he's returning to the New England Patriots for five more years.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Two races is just too early to form a definitive opinion about NASCAR's new rules package, which was tweaked as part of a concerted effort to improve the racing.

VIERA, Fla. (AP) — Gio Gonzalez needed only 19 pitches to get through his two innings Monday, so the Washington lefty went to the bullpen and threw 15 more.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ryan Arcidiacono pulled his Big East regular season champions T-shirt over his jersey and Darrun Hilliard raised the championship trophy high over his head.

With seven straight wins, Big Ten runner-up Maryland is the hottest team heading into this week's conference tournament in Chicago. Not bad considering the Terrapins endured a tumultuous offse…