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SAN DIEGO (AP) — As Major League Baseball prepares for talks about the 2020 Olympics, Commissioner Rob Manfred said "from a calendar prospective, the dates of the Tokyo Games are not ideal."

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Most Olympics have only one official poster. The Rio de Janeiro Games will have 13, a collection meant to showcase the diversity of Latin America's largest country.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The firing of Fredi Gonzalez by the Atlanta Braves in May has left Major League Baseball sensitive to the lack of Latino managers.

Falcon, a former All-American singles player at LSU, was previously an assistant coach at Gonzaga for the 2015-16 season.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Penn State coach Joe Paterno was told by a teen boy in 1976 that assistant coach Jerry Sandusky had molested him in the shower but responded that he didn't want to hear about it and had "a…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Major League Baseball doesn't think minor leaguers should be entitled to overtime.

BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — The final of the European Championship averaged a total of nearly 5.9 million television viewers in the U.S., up slightly from the almost 5.76 million for the 2012 final.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Clippers have signed free agent Marreese Speights, who played on Golden State's NBA championship team a year ago.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The National Federation of State High School Associations has told its members to adopt a rule regulating the number of pitches a high school pitcher can throw in a game.

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — An NHL official with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press that Arizona Coyotes captain Shane Doan has agreed to a one-year contract with a base salary of $2.5 million.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — With home runs up to a level not seen since the height of the Steroids Era, baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says he is not worried performance-enhancing drugs are a reason for the increase.

Gregg Popovich bade an emotional farewell to Tim Duncan's playing career Tuesday, the longtime San Antonio coach saying the now-retired Spurs star was the best teammate anyone could have known.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 32-year-old St. Louis man has pleaded guilty to charges resulting from the shooting a St. Louis Cardinals fan after a game last year.

MIAMI (AP) — There were 376 players that started a game in the NBA last season, including 14 who made at least one start with the Miami Heat.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's interim government is beefing up funding for the military to help it meet security needs for the Olympics that open next month in Rio de Janeiro.

JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) -- Sam Gaviglio allowed just three hits over seven innings, leading the Jackson Generals over the Montgomery Biscuits in a 4-3 win on Tuesday.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Maya Moore had 24 points, seven rebounds and seven assists, Lindsay Whalen added 22 points, and the Minnesota Lynx beat the San Antonio Stars 81-57 on Tuesday.

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic has announced its smallest team for an Olympics since the split of Czechoslovakia in 1993.

According to Pro Football Focus, Biegel enters the 2016 season as the top returning outside linebacker in the country, rated No. 1 both as a pass rusher and against the run.

Outside hitter Jordan Larson and setter Courtney Thompson have been named to the U.S. women's volleyball roster for the upcoming Rio Olympics by coach Karch Kiraly.