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SAO PAULO (AP) — IndyCar says it does not plan to return to Brazil this year after local organizers surprisingly canceled the series' season opener citing financial difficulties.

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Seventh-seeded Dusan Lajovic of Serbia has reached the second round of the Ecuador Open, defeating Luca Vanni of Italy 7-6 (3), 6-4 on Tuesday.

BOSTON (AP) — Patriots quarterback Tom Brady says he "would love to" give the truck he got for winning his third Super Bowl MVP to defensive back Malcolm Butler.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Nearly an hour after the Cavaliers shook off the feisty Philadelphia 76ers for their 11th straight win, forward Kevin Love was still on the floor of an empty, sedate Quicken L…

JEREZ, Spain (AP) — The pre-season signs are encouraging so far for a Ferrari team reeling from a terrible year in 2014, when poor results went hand-in-hand with internal disputes.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Larry Bird hopes Paul George can return to the game this season after breaking his leg in a gruesome accident last summer — perhaps as soon as next month.

NEW YORK (AP) — Bill Raftery and Grant Hill will call the Final Four this season, a popular veteran and a rookie taking the place of the suspended Greg Anthony.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — A son of Fidel Castro and a prominent Washington, D.C.-based attorney will help campaign for the return of baseball and softball in the Olympics.

MIAMI (AP) — A decade after Jack Nicklaus began a foundation aimed at children's health, a Miami children's health system is changing the name of its main hospital to the Nicklaus Children's Hospital.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Germany is looking for a new Davis Cup captain after the departure of Carsten Arriens, one month before a World Group match against France.

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Former champion Mikhail Youzhny of Russia came back from a break down in the deciding set to defeat Blaz Kavcic of Slovenia in the first round of the Zagreb Indoors on Tuesday.

LONDON (AP) — The BBC is losing one of its most prized sports events, golf's British Open, to rival Sky.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's tourism minister says he's not worried that a recent spike in violence in Rio de Janeiro may deter visitors from attending next year's Olympic Games in the city.

DUBLIN (AP) — Rory McIlroy has arrived in court for the start of his multi-million dollar case against his former management company.

Keep in mind that recruiting analysts pegged J.J. Watt as a two-star talent and that Jared Abbrederis wasn't even ranked.

Allowing Big Ten foes to shoot 46.6 percent is “unacceptable,” Josh Gasser says.

Seymour defensive tackle Gunnar Roberge and Kimberly safety Bret Verstegen tweeted their commitments Monday night, two days before National Signing Day. Somerset’s Max Praschak, a 6-foot-3, 20…

The game, which will be Paul Chryst’s debut as coach, will help fund efforts in the UW Office of Undergraduate Advising.

The Milwaukee Bucks' 2011 draft pick is the Grizzlies’ “stretch” power forward off the bench whose perimeter game and outside shooting touch — occasionally from three-point range — spaces the …

The Badgers return to action Tuesday night vs. Indiana at the Kohl Center.