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NASCAR’s playoffs begin with no clear favorite, Larson as top seed

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Nobody cheered Ryan Blaney louder to win NASCAR's regular-season finale than Alex Bowman, who vowed to buy Blaney 7 million beers for the Daytona victory that saved Bowman's spot in the playoffs. Bowman had wrecked out at Daytona very early Saturday night and had to ...

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Taiwan blanks Nevada 7-0 SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Lin Chin-Tse retired the first 13 batters he faced and allowed just one hit in five innings as Taiwan beat Nevada 7-0 in the Little League World Series championship Sunday, ending a 29-year title drought for the Taiwanese. Taiwan ...

Bueckers scores 44 points, sets WNBA rookie record

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paige Bueckers put together not just one of the best shooting performances by a WNBA rookie, but one of the best performances ever by any player. The top pick in this year's draft scored 44 points in the Dallas Wings' 81-80 loss to the Los Angeles Sparks on Wednesday ...

WNBA breaks single-season attendance record that had stood since 2002

NEW YORK (AP) — With 2 1/2 weeks left in the WNBA's regular season, the league has already broken its single-season attendance record. League officials announced Thursday that the league's 13 teams have drawn a total of 2,501,609 fans over 226 games this season, surpassing the previous mark ...

Fever overcomes Clark’s absence to stay in WNBA playoff hunt

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White returned to her home state to win a championship. She knew that meant navigating a series of obstacles and, of course, a daunting schedule of top teams and great players. She figured with the Fever dubbed a preseason title contender, ...

Jaylen Brown’s father arrested in Las Vegas in parking lot stabbing incident

BOSTON (AP) — The father of Boston Celtics All-Star Jaylen Brown was arrested in Las Vegas and charged with attempted murder after reportedly stabbing another man in a parking lot. According to TMZ, Quenton Marselles Brown admitted dinging the victim's car with his door when he got out of ...