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Giants veteran tight end Darren Waller retires at age 31
New York Giants tight end Darren Waller announced his retirement from playing football Sunday, saying he “found a lot of joy” in the sport, but “the passion has slowly been fading.” In a nearly 18-minute video posted on his YouTube channel, the 31-year-old Waller confirmed he’s stepping away from the...
McDavid, Draisaitl and the Oilers hope to avoid Stanley Cup Final frustration
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Leon Draisaitl is nothing if not self-aware. Before the Stanley Cup Final, the versatile Edmonton Oilers forward acknowledged he’s a good hockey player and has a special skillset that makes him that way. The day after he and Connor McDavid lost their first foray into the...
Kyle Larson celebrates NASCAR playoff waiver with another win
SONOMA, Calif. — Kyle Larson celebrated NASCAR approving his participation in the playoffs with his third Cup victory of the season — a Sunday win at his home track. The victory for Larson, who grew up 80 miles away from Sonoma Raceway in Elk Grove, was his second on the...
Panthers say they have to be better in Game 2 after beating Oilers in Game 1
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Up 1-0 in Round 1 against Tampa Bay, the Florida Panthers said they had to get better. Down 1-0 in Round 2 against Boston, they said it again. Up 1-0 in the Eastern Conference Final against the New York Rangers, same thing. And now, leading the...
Scottie Scheffler holds on to win Memorial for 5th PGA Tour title
DUBLIN, Ohio — Scottie Scheffler had more stress than he wanted Sunday at the Memorial and got the victory everyone has come to expect. On a Muirfield Village course so demanding only six players broke par, Scheffler had his highest final round in nearly two years at 2-over-par 74, and...
Rodeo bull hops fence at Oregon arena, injures 3 before being captured
SISTERS, Ore. — A rodeo bull hopped a fence surrounding an Oregon arena and ran through a concession area into a parking lot, injuring at least three people before wranglers caught up with it, officials said. The crowd at the 84th Sisters Rodeo in the city of Sisters was singing...
Trump to undergo probation interview Monday, a required step before his New York sentencing
Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to be interviewed by New York probation officials Monday, a required step before his July sentencing in his criminal hush money case, according to three people familiar with the plan. Trump will do the interview via a computer video conference from his residence at...
Coroner: Human remains found in former home of Johnstown man convicted in slaying of wife
JOHNSTOWN — Human remains have been found in the former residence of a man convicted last week of murder in the death of his wife, authorities said. The (Johnstown) Tribune-Democrat reports that 48-year-old Brian Giles lived with Nancy Giles in an apartment in the Johnstown house before she went missing...
Princeton’s Sarah Fillier is preparing for upcoming PWHL draft, where Canadian projected to go 1st
Sarah Fillier has a degree from Princeton, but she’s opting for a pro hockey career by entering the PWHL draft on Monday. The projected No. 1 pick from Canada took a moment to cherish her past six years in college. On the ice, Fillier capped a four-year college career —...
Carlos Alcaraz tops Alexander Zverev at the French Open for his 3rd Grand Slam title at age 21
PARIS — As Carlos Alcaraz began constructing his comeback in Sunday’s French Open final, a 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 victory over Alexander Zverev for a first championship at Roland Garros and third Grand Slam title in all, there arrived the sort of magical shot the kid is making a...
Mets rally in ninth to beat Phillies, 6-5, and split London Series, getting game-ending double play
LONDON — Catcher Luis Torrens turned Nick Castellanos’ bases-loaded slow roller in front of the plate into a game-ending double play, and the New York Mets hung on to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5 on Sunday for a split of their two-game London Series. New York rallied from a 4-3...
Trump complains about his teleprompters at a scorching Las Vegas rally
LAS VEGAS — Former President Donald Trump rallied voters in the scorching heat of Las Vegas, at points telling his supporters to ask for help if needed and appearing irritable with the teleprompters that he said were not working. The presumptive GOP nominee’s campaign hired extra medics, loading up on...
Biden honors U.S. war dead with a cemetery visit ending a French trip that served as a rebuke to Trump
BELLEAU, France — President Joe Biden closed out his trip to France by paying his respects at an American military cemetery that Donald Trump notably skipped when he was president, hoping his final stop Sunday helped draw the stakes of the November election in stark relief. Before returning to the...
‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ boosts Will Smith’s comeback and the box office with $56 million opening
NEW YORK — “Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” the fourth installment in the Will Smith-Martin Lawrence action comedy series, opened with an estimated $56 million in theaters over the weekend, handing Hollywood a much-needed summer hit and Smith his biggest success since he slapped Chris Rock at the Academy Awards....
Howard University cuts ties with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs after video of attack on Cassie
Howard University is cutting ties to Sean “Diddy” Combs, rescinding an honorary degree that was awarded to him and disbanding a scholarship program in his name, after a recently released 2016 video that appeared to show him attacking the R&B singer Cassie. “Mr. Combs’ behavior as captured in a recently...
From women pastors to sexual abuse to Trump, Southern Baptists have a busy few days ahead of them
Thousands will gather in Indianapolis June 11-12 for the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. The meeting comes at a fraught time in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. Messengers — as voting delegates are known — will vote on whether to establish a constitutional ban on churches with women...
Gaza’s Health Ministry says 274 Palestinians were killed in Israeli raid that rescued 4 hostages
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — At least 274 Palestinians were killed and hundreds more were wounded in the Israeli raid that rescued four hostages held by Hamas, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Sunday. The military said its forces came under heavy fire during the complex daytime operation deep inside the territory....
Coco Gauff wins her first Grand Slam doubles title at the French Open
PARIS — Coco Gauff won her first Grand Slam doubles title by teaming with Katerina Siniakova for the French Open trophy on Sunday. Gauff, a 20-year-old American who won the U.S. Open singles title last year, and Siniakova, who is from the Czech Republic, defeated Italians Jasmine Paolini and Sara...
Vance Honeycutt delivers again as North Carolina sweeps West Virginia to grab spot in College World Series
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Vance Honeycutt hit a home run on the game’s first pitch after ending the opener of the best-of-three series with a walk-off two-run shot, and North Carolina held off West Virginia, 2-1, on Saturday night, sweeping the best-of-three Chapel Hill Super Regional and grabbing a berth...
Florida’s Sergei Bobrovsky shuts out Edmonton in Stanley Cup Final opener
SUNRISE, Fla. — Sergei Bobrovsky put on a masterclass against Connor McDavid and every other player who dared shoot the puck at him, his teammates pounced when given the chance, and the Florida Panthers are off and rolling in the Stanley Cup Final. Bobrovsky was unbeatable in stopping all 32...
Haiti’s new prime minister hospitalized days after being selected to lead country, official says
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s newly selected prime minister, Garry Conille, was hospitalized late Saturday in the capital of Port-au-Prince just days after arriving in the country, an official told The Associated Press. It wasn’t immediately known why Conille was hospitalized. Louis Gérald Gilles, a member of the transitional presidential council...
Cargo ship hit by missile in Gulf of Aden in suspected attack by Yemen Houthi rebels. No one hurt
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A missile struck an Antigua and Barbuda-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden on Sunday in a suspected attack by Houthi rebels in Yemen, authorities said. The missile hit the ship’s forward station, starting a fire that those on board later put out, the...
Montreal, Boston to host hockey’s 4 Nations Face-Off tournament
SUNRISE, Fla. — Montreal and Boston will be the host cities for the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament in February, the NHL announced Saturday along with releasing the schedule for the event. In Montreal, Canada plays Sweden on Feb. 12, the U.S. plays Finland on Feb. 13, then a doubleheader —...
Ex-LSU player Josh Maravich, son of Hall of Fame player Pete Maravich, dead at age 42Video
COVINGTON, La. — Former LSU basketball player Josh Maravich, son of late Hall of Fame basketball player and Aliquippa native Pete Maravich, has died at age 42, the university announced Saturday night. He died at home Friday, the LSU statement said. No cause of death has been released. Josh Maravich...
Kyle Larson relieved to be granted NASCAR playoff waiver
Kyle Larson finally was granted the waiver this week he needed from NASCAR to remain eligible to race for a second Cup championship. Now that the ordeal is over, Larson would prefer if the topic just went away. “I think there’s definitely relief on my end,” Larson said Saturday at...
