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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — IOC inspectors have begun a three-day visit to Rio de Janeiro to check on preparations for the Olympics, which are just 18 months away.

GUINGAMP, France (AP) — En Avant de Guingamp (the name means "Forward, Guingamp") competes with one of the smallest budgets in France's top division, just 25 million euros (US$28.5 million). H…

GUINGAMP, France (AP) — The coaches went to their club president with a modest request: could he buy them a hut, locker or something to store their footballs and equipment?

But the senior guard hasn't been cleared to practice and whether he plays on Senior Day remains to be seen.

Storybook endings are hard to come by for the University of Wisconsin women’s basketball team.

With a month left before the NCAA women's tournament, it's already been a great season for some mid-major programs. Now they hope to carry that success into March.

Goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens stopped 10 shots to record a shutout, and the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team ended the regular season on a high note with a 5-0 Western Collegiate Ho…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Hahn had reason to feel like a nobody at Riviera.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The questions were similar, and Dorial Green-Beckham had virtually the same response for each one.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Joey Logano had a shot to win the NASCAR championship last year. A flawed late pit stop cost him the chance, and he went into the offseason determined to get back in…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild have been on quite a run the past month, but they'd never had a period like the final one Sunday night.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Zach Parise scored twice and the Minnesota Wild set a team record with six goals in the third period of a 6-2 victory over the Dallas Stars on Sunday night.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The title of Best Driver to Never Win a Daytona 500 will remain the same. Tony Stewart gets to lug it around for another year.

DALLAS (AP) — Monta Ellis scored 15 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter and Amare Stoudemire had 14 points in 11 minutes in his Dallas debut in the Mavericks' 92-81 victory over the Charlot…

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Darion Atkins knew it was time for him to take control when No. 2 Virginia needed a leader.

Sophomore Ryan Taylor collected one of his biggest victories of the season, but four Iowa State athletes recorded pins to lead the Cyclones to a 30-16 victory over the University of Wisconsin …

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Russell Westbrook had 21 points and a career-high 17 assists, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Denver Nuggets 119-94 on Sunday night without Kevin Durant.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Rookie forward Filip Forsberg scored the decisive goal in the fourth round of a shootout, leading the Nashville Predators to a 2-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday night.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Rodney Stuckey scored 30 points to help the Indiana Pacers beat the NBA-leading Golden State Warriors 104-98 on Sunday night.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Rodney Stuckey scored 30 points to help the Indiana Pacers beat the NBA-leading Golden State Warriors 104-98 on Sunday night.