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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Kevin Harvick opened last season determined to immediately show the strength and speed of his new race team.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tony Stewart opened Speedweeks with a weighty — and heated — issue.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Kevin Harvick opened last season determined to immediately show the strength and speed of his new race team.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Hockey might be the streakiest of all the major professional sports, a mystery exemplified no better than by the Minnesota Wild this season.

Rhonda Glenn, the first female anchor on ESPN who became a USGA historian and tireless promoter of women's golf, died after a long illness. She was 68.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama fire officials say a blaze that gutted an NFL player's Tuscaloosa County home has been ruled arson.

NEW YORK (AP) — A person familiar with the decision says Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James has been elected as a vice president of the NBA Players Association.

CHICAGO (AP) — Ernie Banks, the beloved Chicago Cubs great who once said he wanted to have his ashes scattered at Wrigley Field, is at the center of a battle over his remains as his estranged …

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Enjoying the best weather Pebble Beach has to offer is one thing. Brandt Snedeker knew he had to take advantage of it with his golf clubs, too.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Hockey might be the streakiest of all the major professional sports, a mystery exemplified no better than by the Minnesota Wild this season.

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA's All-Star show has arrived on Brrr-oadway.

Alex Morgan scored in the 25th minute in her second start since returning from an ankle injury, and the U.S. women defeated England 1-0 on Friday night in an exhibition game.

MIAMI (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says the National League and American League will bat last in alternating years in the All-Star Game, regardless of where it's played.

NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Colin Montgomerie had five birdies in an eight-hole stretch on the back nine Friday, shooting a 6-under 66 for a one-shot lead after one round of the Champions Tour's ACE G…

SAO PAULO (AP) — Qualifier Luca Vanni of Italy defeated Dusan Lajovic of Serbia 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4) to advance to the semifinals of the Brazil Open on Friday.

ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — Fifth-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain and eighth-seeded Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic set up a semifinal meeting by winning their matches at the Diamond …

MIAMI (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred made it official Friday — the Miami Marlins will host the 2017 All-Star Game.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Ex-Ravens player Ray Rice has posted a statement apologizing to fans for a "horrible mistake" and asking for forgiveness.

KARLSTAD, Sweden (AP) — Norway's Andreas Mikkelsen was in the lead ahead of Thierry Neuville of Belgium after Friday's opening stages of Rally Sweden, the second round of the World Rally Championship.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — RIO DE JANEIRO — Rafael Nadal says he's free of "physical problems" as his clay-court season starts next week in the Rio de Janeiro Open.