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Nneka Ogwumike scores 24 points against her former team to help the Sparks beat the Storm

SEATTLE (AP) — Nneka Ogwumike scored a season-high 24 points against her former team, Kelsey Plum added 19 points and 11 assists, and the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Seattle Storm 88-83 on Wednesday night. Ogwumike, who spent the past two seasons in Seattle, also grabbed nine rebounds to move into fourth on the WNBA career list, passing Rebekkah Brunson. Cameron Brink added 15 points off the bench and Dearica Hamby grabbed 10 rebounds for Los Angeles (6-6) in the Commissioner's Cup game. Natisha Hiedeman scored 16 points for Seattle (3-11), which has lost seven straight games. ...

LIV Golf’s CEO Scott O’Neil now racing the clock as he seeks new funding

LIV Golf has 46 days between the end of a tournament in Spain and the next one in England, and it could be the most important stretch of the season for CEO Scott O'Neil. The league is reeling from the decision by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund to stop paying for it at the end of year, ...

Wimbledon increases prize money by 20%, singles champions to get $4.8M each

LONDON — Amid players' calls for a bigger share of revenues, Wimbledon on Thursday announced 20% increases in total prize money and for the singles champions, who will earn 3.6 million pounds ($4.8 million) each at the grass-court Grand Slam next month. The total prize money including ...

F1 Review: Is Antonelli a generational talent?

MONACO — The entire weekend that Formula 1 (F1) cars hit the streets of the Principality of Monaco is filled with glitz and glamour, but seldom much exciting racing. This year, young phenom Andrea Kimi Antonelli drove his Mercedes to a win from pole position, leading every single lap along ...

Bolte hits 1st MLB homer and A’s go deep 5 more times in Las Vegas for 7-5 win over Brewers

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Henry Bolte hit his first career home run and the Athletics went deep five more times Tuesday night at Las Vegas Ballpark on the way to a 7-5 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Called up May 13 from the minors, Bolte connected on a 1-1 changeup from Robert Gasser and sent it 446 feet to right-center field to give the A's a 3-2 lead in the second inning. Tyler Soderstrom snapped a 3-all tie with a two-run homer in the fifth, and the A's also got solo shots from Nick Kurtz, Jonah Heim and Zack Gelof. Each member of that trio homered Monday night, too, as the A's ...