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1884 — Richard Sears beats Howard Taylor 6-0, 1-6, 6-0, 6-2 to win his fourth straight U.S. national tennis championship.

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Switzerland and Czechia have made winning starts at the women’s world ice hockey championship in Denmark against opponents backing up. The Swiss beat Japan 3-1 in Herning and Czechia routed Hungary 7-1 in Frederikshavn. Japan was flogged by the United States 10-0 on Thursday, the championship’s opening day, when Hungary came from behind to beat Germany. The Swiss and Czechs will realize the feeling of playing back-to-back on Saturday. The Swiss face title favorite Canada, and the Czechs meet host Denmark. Also on Saturday, the U.S. meets Finland, which will be without the suspended Petra Nieminen, and Sweden plays Germany.

Vincenzo Grifo was the only one to score in a game of many chances as Freiburg edged winless Bochum 1-0 in the Bundesliga. Gerrit Holtmann twice hit the goalframe for Bochum, which was looking for its first point of the season after three defeats a 7-0 hiding at home to Bayern Munich last weekend. Grifo scored at the third attempt in the 48th minute after seeing his penalty saved and the rebound before he got another chance. Freiburg has three wins from four games with an unfortunate defeat to Borussia Dortmund the exception.

BOSTON — The Rays have signed right-hander Tyler Glasnow to a contract extension that will keep him with the team through the 2024 season at a team-record $25 million salary.

SEATTLE — Since the day he signed as a 16-year-old out of the Dominican Republic, the Mariners have known they have something special in Julio Rodriguez.

The Jacksonville Jaguars have yet another new kicker, their second of the week and fifth since training camp opened a month ago. The Jaguars claimed Jake Verity off waivers from Indianapolis. He joins James McCourt in the team’s competition at kicker. Jacksonville claimed McCourt off waivers from the Los Angeles Chargers earlier this week. Verity and McCourt could both kick in the team’s preseason finale at Atlanta on Saturday. Jacksonville previously tried and cut undrafted rookie Andrew Mevis, journeyman Elliott Fry and Ryan Santoso.

Florida A&M will be without 20 ineligible players and down to only eight available offensive linemen when it plays at North Carolina on Saturday night. Athletic department spokesman Josh Padilla says a combination of players being academically ineligible and transfers having not yet been cleared to play have left the Rattlers short-handed, but the team was preparing to head to the airport for the flight from Tallahassee, Florida, to Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Florida A&M is set to receive a $450,000 payout for playing at North Carolina and would have forgone the payment if the team didn't play.

Thriston Lawrence and Alejandro Cañizares stayed in a share of the lead at 13 under on a weather-affected day at the European Masters. Neither could complete their second round on Friday. Lawrence and Cañizares were both shooting 5 under for the day after 14 and 13 holes, respectively, when play ended around 8 p.m. local time in darkness in the Swiss Alps. Neither had started their round when play was suspended soon after 1 p.m. for about three hours due to approaching electric storms. The second round was due to resume at 7:40 a.m. Saturday. Some players still had nine holes to complete.

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Matt Ryan expects to see his most extensive preseason action this weekend against a familiar foe. Tampa Bay quarterback Tom Brady is scheduled to make his preseason debut on a familiar field. The two guys who finished the 2016 season by starting in the Super Bowl are expected to square off again Saturday under far less consequential circumstances. Brady returned to practice this week after taking an 11-day break for personal reasons and coach Todd Bowles implied the seven-time Super Bowl champ would play in Indy. Colts coach Frank Reich says most of his starters will play about a half.

Robert Saleh is not ready to say goodbye to Denzel Mims. At least not yet. The third-year wide receiver requested Thursday through his agent to be traded by the New York Jets. Saleh said it remains “business as usual” with Mims despite that after the two spoke Friday morning. Saleh says it's not over between the Jets and Mims. The 2020 second-round pick out of Baylor has just 31 catches for 490 yards and no touchdowns in 20 games over two seasons. He was no better than sixth on the team’s wide receiver depth chart in camp.

A New York City-owned golf course managed by former President Donald Trump’s business is expected to host a Saudi Arabia-supported women’s tournament in October. The plan to host the Aramco Team Series at the Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point in the Bronx comes after New York City’s attempt to cancel Trump’s contract to run the course was thrown out by a judge in April. Former Mayor Bill de Blasio said shortly after Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, that he was canceling Trump’s contract to run the golf course. A judge later ruled that the city could not terminate the contracts.

The Pittsburgh Steelers are hoping their offensive line bounces back in their preseason finale against Detroit. The starting unit struggled in a victory over Jacksonville, forcing quarterbacks Mitch Trubisky and Kenny Pickett to try and make plays with their legs as well as their respective right arms. Coach Mike Tomlin took the group to task for their play, and the starters could play into the second half against the Lions. The line could be helped by the 2022 debut of running back Najee Harris, who could make a cameo after watching the first two preseason games from the sideline.

Auburn athletic director Allen Greene is stepping down with five months left on his initial five-year deal. Greene was Auburn's first Black athletic director. Auburn announced that Greene had informed President Christopher Roberts of his decision this week, citing professional reasons. Greene’s initial five-year deal was worth $625,000 annually and was set to expire Jan. 31, 2023. His biggest hire was luring football coach Bryan Harsin away from Boise State. The Tigers lost the last five games of Harsin’s debut season, followed by a school investigation into the program after an exodus of players and assistant coaches.

Mississippi’s Big Three of football coaches are anything but boring. Deion Sanders, Lane Kiffin and Mike Leach are big-name coaches who aren’t shy to voice their opinions. And all three have logged double-digit wins at least once. It’s interesting times for fans of all three programs these days. Sanders is threatening to take over the Southwestern Athletic Conference while nabbing recruits away from Power 5 programs and making national headlines. Kiffin’s Rebels are coming off the program’s first 10-win regular season. Leach’s offense is putting up some of the most prolific passing numbers in Southeastern Conference history.

Cleveland Browns defensive end Jadeveon Clowney will have his college jersey retired at South Carolina's season opener with Georgia State on Sept. 3. The school announced the retirement Friday of Clowney's No. 7, which he wore for three seasons from 2011 to 2013. Clowney was the nation's No. 1 recruit when he selected his home-state Gamecocks. Clowney did not disappoint, twice being named an AP All-American. Clowney's most memorable moment came in the Outback Bowl after the 2012 season when he hit Michigan tailback Vincent Hill in the backfield, popped off his helmet and recovered the fumble he forced.

Udinese has earned its first victory of the fledgling season by coming from behind to win at Monza 2-1 and leave Silvio Berlusconi’s club still seeking its first points in Serie A. Andrea Colpani gave Monza the lead in the first half but Beto leveled four minutes later and Destiny Udogie scored the winner with 13 minutes remaining. Monza was bought by former Italian premier and ex-AC Milan owner Berlusconi in 2017. It reached the top-flight for the first time in its 110-year history by winning the Serie B playoff last season.

FIFA has lifted a suspension of India’s soccer federation. It ensures the country can host the Under-17 Women’s World Cup in October. The move was expected this week after India’s Supreme Court handed back control of the national soccer federation to its administration. That restored management of the body to soccer officials as FIFA wanted. FIFA suspended the federation from international soccer last week “due to undue influence from third parties.” The tactic is sometimes used by FIFA to protect its member federations by exerting leverage over government or legal authorities

Golf’s season of discontent reaches its official stopping point this weekend at the Tour Championship. Predicting where the sport goes from here is sort of like trying to hole a shot from the fairway. AP Sports Columnist Paul Newberry writes that the PGA Tour was woefully slow in reacting to the challenge from Saudi-backed LIV Golf. When it finally mustered a defense at East Lake Golf Club, it seemed nothing more than a bunch of warmed-over ideas pulled straight from rebel tour’s playbook. The top PGA Tour players will commit to playing in a series of events. They’ll be cashing some enormous paychecks for their trouble.

Hawaii and Tennessee are set for a rematch Saturday to decide which team will represent the United States in the championship of the Little League World Series. Hawaii is unbeaten and has defeated its opponents by a combined score of 42-1. Tennessee lost 13-0 to Hawaii this week but fought its way back into the title game. The winner plays Sunday in the tournament championship against the international champ.

Deuce Vaughn is perhaps the most important player for a Kansas State team many have pegged as a dark-horse contender for the Big 12 championship. He was third in the league in rushing last season behind two players who are now in the NFL. The Texas native is a preseason All-American as an all-purpose player. He won’t have to wait long to begin making a national impression this season. After the Wildcats open with South Dakota on Sept. 3, they face Missouri. Then, after a game against Tulane, they visit ninth-ranked Oklahoma for an early conference showdown.

Eastern Kentucky defensive back Marquae Kirkendoll has been charged with robbing a postal carrier in New Mexico and suspended from the team. According to documents filed in federal court in New Mexico this week, the 21-year-old Kirkendoll was also charged with stealing a key from the carrier used to open mail bags and lock boxes, as well as brandishing a gun, aiding and abetting, and conspiracy. Kirkendoll transferred from New Mexico to Eastern Kentucky in January. His lawyer, Adele Burt Brown, did not immediately return a message seeking comment.. Also charged in the Jan. 18 robbery was another former New Mexico player, Rayshawn Boyce.

The Sun Belt Conference is has been on major player on the constantly shifting college football landscape. The league has had several teams among the Top 25 the past two years, led by Louisiana and Coastal Carolina, and expanded from 10 to 14 teams heading into the season. Commissioner Keith Gill believes league leaders have positioned the Group of Five conference well in the changing landscape of college football. Coastal Carolina quarterback Grayson McCall looks to continue his stellar play of the past two seasons. The two-time Sun Belt player of the year has thrown for 53 TDs and just six interceptions.

Jesús Herrada placed his head on his bicycle’s handlebar and began crying profusely after winning the latest stage in the Spanish Vuelta. He was hugged by a team member then sat by his bike and put both of his hands in front of his face. He was still wiping away tears when other riders arrived to congratulate him. It took the Spaniard a few minutes to fully compose himself after the victory in the Vuelta’s seventh stage. Remco Evenepoel stayed safely in the peloton to hold on to the overall lead ahead of Rudy Molard, Enric Mas and three-time defending champion Primoz Roglic.

Wisconsin outside linebacker Nick Herbig’s teammates noticed something different about him as soon as he arrived on campus two years ago. The audacity that enabled him to pick a school over 4,000 miles away from his Hawaii home helped make Herbig an immediate weapon for a defense that annually ranks among the nation’s best. Herbig is ready to lead a Wisconsin defense that must replace eight of its top 10 tacklers from last season. Herbig had 14 ½ tackles for loss and a team-high nine sacks last year. The 18th-ranked Badgers open the season Sept. 3 by hosting Illinois State.

A former Rhode Island high school basketball coach who authorities say for years asked male student-athletes to remove their clothes while alone with him so he could check their body fat has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges. Aaron Thomas, the former boys’ coach at North Kingstown High School, was released on $10,000 personal recognizance after pleading not guilty Friday to second-degree sexual assault and second-degree child molestation. Although Thomas is alleged to have performed the tests on multiple students over many years, the charges relate to just two. His lawyer outside of court said his client denies the charges.

An Italian tennis umpire has been banned for seven years and six months after admitting to charges of match-fixing. Lorenzo Chiurazzi is a national-level chair umpire and line judge. He was also fined $50,000 with $33,500 of that suspended in a case investigated by the International Tennis Integrity Agency. The offenses relate to matches at a tournament in Perugia, Italy, in 2021. They include Chiurazzi delaying inputting scores into the scoring device, inputting scores which did not reflect the actual scores on court, failing to co-operate with the corruption investigation and failing to report corrupt approaches.

The first soccer team from Kosovo to qualify for the group stage of a European competition found out its opponents on Friday. It first had to be diverted away from the only Serbian team in the draw. Kosovo’s champion Ballkani was among the last teams picked in the Europa Conference League draw when the next vacant space was in a group that included Partizan of Belgrade. UEFA does not pair teams from Kosovo and Serbia, which does not recognize the independence of its former province. Ballkani was moved to Group G and will play Slavia Prague, Cluj and Sivasspor starting Sept. 8.

Brad Keselowski likes his chances at Daytona International Speedway. It seems somewhat strange considering his recent results at the famed track. Keselowski has crashed eight times in his last 11 starts at the superspeedway and finished worse than 30th six times. He’s hardly the only unlucky one at Daytona, where unusual winners and odd top-10s are as common as three-wide racing and multicar wrecks. So maybe Keselowski should be confident heading into Saturday night’s regular-season finale. The 2012 Cup Series champion and 14 others are vying for the final two playoff spots. Ryan Blaney or Martin Truex Jr. is guaranteed one of the remaining berths.

A years-long transfer dispute after the death in an airplane crash of soccer player Emiliano Sala has been decided in favor of his former club Nantes against Cardiff. The Court of Arbitration for Sport says it dismissed Cardiff’s appeal against a FIFA order to pay a first instalment of $6 million for Sala. The full value of the transfer was $17 million. The 28-year-old forward from Argentina died before playing for the Welsh club which later disputed the transfer deal was finalized. The sports court says its judges ruled the transfer from Nantes to Cardiff had been completed.

After nearly three decades in the public eye, few can match Serena Williams' array of accomplishments, medals and awards. Through it all, the 23-time Grand Slam title winner hasn’t let the public forget that she’s a Black American woman who embraces her responsibility as a beacon for her people. Now Williams has indicated she is getting ready to hang up her tennis racket for good, perhaps even right after the U.S. Open. That tournament starts Monday. But no matter how her swan song plays out, Williams’ icon status on and off the court, as well as her impact as a role model in the Black community, are indelible.

Today in Sports History, Aug. 27: Bolt wins 4th straight 200m title

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UConn has added another point guard to its roster after losing star Paige Bueckers for the season to a knee injury earlier this month. The school says Inês Bettencourt, a 5-foot-9 guard from the Azores in Portugal, will join the team as a freshman. She will provide depth for the Huskies behind junior Nika Mühl, who is expected to start at the point as Bueckers rehabs the torn ACL in her left knee. Bettencourt becomes the fifth international player on the Huskies, joining Mühl, Canadian Aaliyah Edwards, Lou Lopez Sénéchal of France and Dorka Juhász of Hungary.

Newcastle has made its most eye-catching move in the transfer market since coming under Saudi ownership by setting a club record to sign Sweden striker Alexander Isak from Real Sociedad for a reported 70 million euros ($70 million). It takes the spending of the richest club owners in world soccer to more than $130 million in the summer transfer window though Newcastle still isn’t targeting the game’s top players despite its wealth. The 22-year-old Isak burst into global consciousness through some impressive displays for Sweden at the European Championship last year. He is widely regarded as a potential star of the future thanks to his pace and dribbling ability.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says Bernardo Silva will be staying at Manchester City. It seemingly brings to an end a summer of uncertainty over the Portugal midfielder’s future. Silva has been heavily linked with a move to Barcelona and was reportedly the subject of a bid from Paris Saint-Germain this week. With less than a week left in the summer window transfer Guardiola says Silva will not be leaving. He says “we don’t have any phone call from any club regarding Bernardo Silva so that’s why he’ll stay."

Draw made Friday for the group stage of the Europa League.

Charles Leclerc really needed the Formula One break to clear his mind. After the season had started so promisingly he saw his big lead over title rival Max Verstappen mushroom into a huge deficit. Leclerc won two of the first three races for Ferrari as Verstappen’s Red Bull had reliability woes. But a staggering 126-point swing in the next 10 races gave Verstappen an impregnable-looking 80-point lead heading into Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix where the season resumes. The mental strain steadily built up for Leclerc as he was confronted with confusing team calls while also getting furious at some of his own driving errors.

Manchester United will start another season in the Europa League in a group with Real Sociedad, Sheriff and Omonoia. The 32-team draw was made Friday in Istanbul. The draw brings Man United face-to-face again with long-time Manchester City favorite David Silva, who is now with Real Sociedad. Arsenal’s fifth Europa League campaign in six seasons will be in a group with PSV Eindhoven, Bodø/Glimt and Zürich. Dynamo Kyiv will play its home games in neighboring Poland because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine when it face Rennes, Fenerbahçe and AEK Larnaca.

Nikola Jokic prevailed over Giannis Antetokounmpo in a battle of two back-to-back NBA MVPs. Jokic’s Serbia had to fight hard for a a 100-94 overtime victory against Antetokounmpo’s Greece in a World Cup qualifier on Thursday night. When Jokic last year refused to play for the Serbian team he quickly turned from a national hero to a villain. This match marked his return to popularity. The two NBA superstars had a long chat on court during the pre-game warmup. Novak Djokovic was among the spectators.

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