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A person with direct knowledge of the decision says George McPhee has been hired as general manager of the NHL's expansion Las Vegas franchise.

DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Tigers have demoted outfielder Anthony Gose to Double-A Erie after he was in an altercation with Triple-A manager Lloyd McClendon during a game over the weekend.

The Allstate AFCA Good Works Team honors college football players for their commitment to community service and “enriching the lives of others.”

NEW YORK (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys are the first sports franchise worth $4 billion, according to Forbes.

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — NFL senior executive Joe Browne, who recently retired after 50 years in the league office, will receive the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Ralph Hay Pioneer Award during the induction ceremony Aug. 6.

The Green Bay Packers announced the signing of running back Brandon Ross on Wednesday.

LONDON (AP) — IOC President Thomas Bach says the absence of many of the top men from the Olympic golf tournament in Rio de Janeiro will be taken into account in evaluating the sport's future in the games.

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland Browns running back Isaiah Crowell says he will donate about $35,000 to a fallen officers' fund in Dallas as part of his apology for posting a drawing on Instagram last week showing a police officer…

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The scandal that has come to be known as "Deflategate" began with a simple tweet citing a league investigation into the footballs in the 2015 AFC Championship. It is now stretching into its third season, with…

LONDON (AP) — International Olympic officials will try to find "the right balance between collective responsibility and individual justice" in dealing with Russian doping allegations ahead of the games in Rio de Janeiro, IOC President Thomas Bach said Wednesday.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Browns starting defensive end Desmond Bryant will miss the upcoming season with a chest injury.

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court has rejected Tom Brady's attempt to get a new hearing on his "Deflategate" suspension.

NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York baseball stars Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden are forever linked in the public's mind, but not necessarily their own.

TROON, Scotland (AP) — The Latest on the British Open (all times local):

SAN DIEGO (AP) — No matter the names, the AL dominates the All-Star Game in the 21st Century and starts the World Series at home.

TROON, Scotland (AP) — Francesco Molinari of Italy has pulled out of the Olympics because of family reasons.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Kris Bryant probably won't get another first-pitch fastball from White Sox ace Chris Sale when the Chicago Cubs slugger bats against the left-hander during the City Series in a couple of weeks.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The San Francisco Giants, the NBA and Los Angeles Clippers All-Star guard Chris Paul were among the winners at the Sports Humanitarian of the Year awards Tuesday night.

A report on Russian doping due out this week is expected to include details about the country's sports ministry telling its drug-testing officials which positive tests to report and which to conceal. If those details do, indeed, show up in…

Beach volleyball star Kerri Walsh Jennings is the subject of a new documentary, and to get any closer to what's going on inside the three-time Olympic gold medalist you would need an X-ray.