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Wimbledon: Ben Shelton needs 4 points and about a minute to wrap up a win

LONDON (AP) — Four points. Three aces. About a minute. That's all it took for Ben Shelton to wrap up a 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 victory over Rinky Hijikata on Friday in a second-round Wimbledon match suspended the night before because of darkness at 5-4 in the third set. "I wasn't really going for ...

F1 Review: Austria’s unrelenting pace

A quick scan of the headlines after the Formula 1 (F1) race in Austria on Sunday, June 29, summarize the race with Max Verstappen’s early exit and McLaren’s Lando Norris beating his teammate, Oscar Piastri. Those are certainly key points of the race, but they don’t tell the story of how ...

Missing Clark, Fever soar past Lynx 74-59 to win WNBA Commissioner’s Cup

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Caitlin Clark may have been missing, but Natasha Howard and her Indiana Fever teammates more than made up for her absence on both ends of the court. Howard had 16 points, 12 rebounds and four assists on Tuesday night as the Fever defeated the Minnesota Lynx 74-59 in the ...

Goalie market dries up as NHL teams scramble to secure netminders

It is not a good time to be an NHL team in need of a goaltender. Fewer than a dozen who played in the league last season were available as unrestricted free agents, Detroit acquired John Gibson from Anaheim over the weekend after years of trade rumors and that left a handful of veteran ...