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Ohio, Nevada, Japan, Curaco advance at LL World Series

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Ohio’s Walker Osborne and Japan’s Shinnosuke Ijima tossed complete games in the Little League Baseball World Series quarterfinals on Thursday to lift their teams into Saturday’s United States and international championships, respectively. Osborne, who hadn’t pitched more than 1 1/3 innings in either of his first two appearances, threw 86 pitches and allowed just one run on four hits in Ohio’s 7-1 win over Iowa on Thursday to set up Saturday’s U.S. Championship against Nevada. “Walker’s a GOAT,” Ohio manager Timothy Nichting said. ...

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Aces lose NaLyssa Smith LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas Aces forward NaLyssa Smith is out for the season with a left leg injury, dealing a huge blow to the defending WNBA champion's repeat hopes. Smith suffered the non-contact injury at the 3:15 mark of the third quarter in this past ...

Rasmus breaks record for hits by a girl at LL World Series

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Kinley Rasmus is on a record-setting roll at the Little League World Series. The 12-year-old pitcher and shortstop for the Phenix City, Alabama, team representing the Southeast at the tournament had a pair of hits during a comeback win over a team from Tacoma, ...

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NFL ends Pro Bowl ATLANTA (AP) — The Pro Bowl is no more. The NFL announced the move Wednesday, bringing an end to an exhibition of the league's top players that was held in some form almost every year since 1951. The game wasn't played in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that ...

WNBA playoff race tightens as World Cup approaches

NEW YORK (AP) — As the WNBA heads into its final week before the FIBA World Cup break, the postseason picture is becoming clearer. Seven teams have already clinched spots in the playoffs with Minnesota, Golden State and Las Vegas leading the way. Atlanta, Indiana, New York and Washington ...

Prediction: Oregon tips Texas in CFP final

The playoff that everyone wanted — make that, demanded — is now a fixture in college football. The latest set of tweaks were made to favor Notre Dame and maybe some mid-level champion of a big-name conference (think, Duke and the ACC last year), while the losers in that calculation ...