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Butler, Sears help A’s cool off Red Sox with 5-2 win

BOSTON (AP) — Lawrence Butler hit a two-run double to back a solid outing from JP Sears as the Oakland Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox 5-2 on Wednesday night. Oakland improved to 1-4 this season against the Red Sox, who had won seven of eight overall. Butler finished with two hits and a ...

Celtics’ White added to Olympic team after Leonard bows out

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Derrick White of the NBA champion Boston Celtics has replaced the Los Angeles Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard on the U.S. team for the Paris Olympics, USA Basketball said Wednesday in the first shakeup to a roster that was announced in the spring. Leonard missed 12 of the Los ...

NBA agrees to reported record 11-year TV/streaming deal

The NBA has agreed to terms on its new media deals, a record 11-year agreement worth $76 billion that would assure player salaries will continue rising for the foreseeable future and one that will surely change how some viewers access the game for years to come. A person familiar with the ...

Clifford’s grand slam lets Ponies gallop past Fisher Cats

MANCHESTER — The New Hampshire Fisher Cats (3-9, 33-47) dropped Wednesday’s contest to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies (7-6, 42-38) at Delta Dental Stadium. The Rumble Ponies’ Ryan Clifford hit a grand slam in the top of the seventh which put the visitors in front for good. Right-hander ...

Berhalter fired during second stint as U.S. soccer coach

NEW YORK (AP) — Gregg Berhalter was fired 10 months into his second stint as U.S. men’s soccer coach, leaving the Americans searching for a leader less than two years before they host the World Cup. Berhalter was dismissed Wednesday, nine days after his team’s first-round exit from the ...