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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Yasiel Puig's agent says the Los Angeles Dodgers slugger expects to be sent to the minors after the club was unable to trade him at the deadline.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — IOC President Thomas Bach issued another defense of his handling of the Russian doping scandal Monday, saying the decision not to exclude the entire Russian team from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics was based on…

HOUSTON (AP) — Kyrie Irving and Paul George are expected to sit out the U.S. Olympic basketball team's exhibition game against Nigeria on Monday night to rest injuries.

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox stayed quiet at Monday's non-waiver trade deadline and held onto All-Star pitchers Chris Sale and Jose Quintana.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — The moment Saints safety Kenny Vaccaro saw a gap opening along the offensive line, he raced through it at full speed, slamming into the first offensive player who tried to block him.

CHICAGO (AP) — The NL Central-leading Chicago Cubs identified the bullpen as the biggest weakness in their quest to win their first World Series since 1908.

Jonathan Lucroy got a deal he liked, Carlos Beltran joined him in Texas and Jay Bruce and Rich Hill also moved Monday during an 18-swap frenzy at the trade deadline.

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — The back injury that kept Minnesota Vikings center John Sullivan from playing last season prompted two surgeries.

The family of Bill McCartney says the former Colorado football coaching great was recently diagnosed with late-onset dementia and Alzheimer's.

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Racing downfield after cruising past the cornerback, Terrelle Pryor dove forward and grasped the ball with his fingertips as he fell to the turf.

TROY, N.Y. (AP) -- Chuckie Robinson had a walk-off double with one out in the eighth inning, as the Tri-City ValleyCats beat the Lowell Spinners 2-1 in the first game of a doubleheader on Monday.

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Orioles have reacquired infielder-outfielder Steve Pearce from Tampa Bay, sending the Rays minor league catcher Jonah Heim.

ARLINGTON, Texas — The AL West-leading Texas Rangers have acquired two-time All-Star catcher Jonathan Lucroy and closer Jeremy Jeffress from the Milwaukee Brewers in a trade for two former first-round picks.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays bolstered their starting rotation at the trade deadline, acquiring Francisco Liriano and two minor league prospects from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday for pitcher Drew Hutchinson.

Gwen Jorgensen, the first American to win back-to-back world triathlon titles, could have been an accountant.

Rugby is returning to the Olympics for the first time in 92 years, bringing the ruck, the maul and the hooker back into the lexicon of the Summer Games.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Peyton Manning called it Von Miller's "world celebrity tour," a five-month jet-setting junket of television and dance studios, A-list parties and B-roll appearances.

Sand, sun and samba.

While a labor dispute simmers at home, the U.S. women's national soccer team is set to travel across Brazil as the favorite to win its fourth straight Olympic gold medal.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Andrew Miller isn't concerned about his role in the Cleveland Indians' bullpen. The dominating left-hander only wants to help his new team make a run at the postseason.