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LOS ANGELES (AP) ” Pitcher Noah Syndergaard and the Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to a $13 million, one-year deal, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.The person spoke on condition of anonymity Wednesday because the agreement had not been announced. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LOS ANGELES (AP) ” The Los Angeles Dodgers finished with their 111th victory to become the National League's winningest team in more than a century, and Clayton Kershaw tuned up for the postseason with nine strikeouts in beating the Colorado Rockies 6-1 Wednesday.Trea Turner hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the fifth inning for the NL West champions, who finished 111-51 to become the NL's winningest team since the 1906 Chicago Cubs went 116-36. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LOS ANGELES (AP) ” Rookie Miguel Vargas drove in the go-ahead run with an infield single in a five-run eighth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied past the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-5 Tuesday for their MLB-leading 44th comeback win in the first game of a doubleheader.œWe did everything we could to give them the game and they gave us extra outs, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MANCHESTER, England (AP) ” The Ukrainian flag Oleksandr Zinchenko used to wipe away the tears also inspired Manchester City™s Premier League title winner.As Zinchenko paraded around the field with the trophy, the yellow-and-blue colors of his homeland were wrapped around him. Then the weeping Ukraine international set the trophy down on the field and draped it in the flag ” sending out another powerful message in support of his nation as it fights back against the Russian invasion. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Bob Baffert can once again enter horses at New York™s major tracks.The Hall of Fame trainer™s one-year ban by the New York Racing Association ended Wednesday, allowing him to enter horses as soon as Thursday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LOS ANGELES (AP) ” Kawhi Leonard scored a season-high 31 points and the Los Angeles Clippers rallied in the fourth quarter to beat Washington 102-93 on Saturday, extending the Wizards™ skid to a season-worst nine games.Luke Kennard added a season-high 20 points off the bench, tying his season high with four 3-pointers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LOS ANGELES (AP) ” Terance Mann slipped the gold-chained championship belt proclaiming œBig Moment Fella Performance over his head.He clearly earned it, scoring a career-high 31 points in the Los Angeles Clippers' 121-100 win over the Houston Rockets on Sunday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Los Angeles Dodgers have declined their $16 million option on two-time All-Star Justin Turner.The team also said Thursday it extended qualifying offers to two All-Stars, shortstop Trea Turner and left-handed pitcher Tyler Anderson. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LOS ANGELES (AP) ” Trea Turner doubled in the go-ahead run and Max Muncy added a three-run homer in the eighth inning, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers rally past the San Francisco Giants 7-3 on Wednesday.The NL West leaders reduced their magic number to six games. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Manchester City players celebrate with trophy after winning the 2022 English Premier League title at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, Sunday, May 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson) Manchester City's head coach Pep Guardiola, right, smiles with trophy after winning the 2022 English Premier League title at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, Sunday, May 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, photo, broadcaster Vin Scully poses for a photo prior a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants in Los Angeles. The Hall of Fame broadcaster, whose dulcet tones provided the soundtrack of summer while entertaining and informing Dodgers fans in Brooklyn and Los Angeles for 67 years, died Tuesday night, Aug. 2, 2022. He was 94. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Lupe Guillen, from Lincoln Heights, leaves momentos as she visits a memorial for Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully at the entrance to Dodger Stadium on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, in Los Angeles. The Hall of Fame broadcaster, whose dulcet tones provided the soundtrack of summer while entertaining and informing Dodgers fans in Brooklyn and Los Angeles for 67 years, died Tuesday night. He was 94. (Dean Musgrove/The Orange County Register via AP) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LOS ANGELES (AP) ” The Los Angeles Dodgers finished with their 111th victory to become the National League's winningest team in more than a century, and Clayton Kershaw tuned up for the postseason with nine strikeouts in beating the Colorado Rockies 6-1 Wednesday.Trea Turner hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the fifth inning for the NL West champions, who finished 111-51 to become the NL's winningest team since the 1906 Chicago Cubs went 116-36. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LOS ANGELES (AP) ” Veteran closer Craig Kimbrel was left off the Los Angeles Dodgers™ roster for their National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres.Kimbrel was demoted from his closer™s role two weeks ago after struggling all season as the replacement for veteran Kenley Jansen, who signed with Atlanta in the offseason. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

FILE - This March 4, 1946, file photo shows Jackie Robinson of the Montreal Royals baseball team, in Sanford, Fla. Already at the forefront on the 75th anniversary of breaking baseball™s color barrier, Jackie Robinson™s life, legacy and impact is honored as part of the 2022 baseball All-Star Game in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Bill Chaplis, File) FILE - From left, Brooklyn Dodgers third baseman John Jorgensen, shortstop Pee Wee Reese, second baseman Ed Stanky, and first baseman Jackie Robinson pose before a baseball game against the Boston Braves at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, N.Y., April 15, 1947. Already at the forefront on the 75th anniversary of breaking baseball™s color barrier, Jackie Robinson™s life, legacy and impact is honored as part of the 2022 baseball All-Star Game in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Harry Harris, File) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LOS ANGELES (AP) ” Nothing put a bigger smile on Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer's face than seeing a healthy Kawhi Leonard walking around the team's practice facility.Ballmer hopes to be feeling even better when the Clippers open training camp Tuesday in Las Vegas and Leonard is testing out his surgically repaired knee. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LOS ANGELES (AP) ” Rookie Miguel Vargas drove in the go-ahead run with an infield single in a five-run eighth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied past the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-5 Tuesday for their MLB-leading 44th comeback win in the first game of a doubleheader.The Dodgers, with the best record in the majors, won their fifth in a row. Los Angeles shortstop Trea Turner exited in the fifth after being hit in the side by a ball that ricocheted off a runner's helmet. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PARIS (AP) ” French authorities defended police on Monday for indiscriminately firing tear gas and pepper spray at Liverpool supporters at the Champions League final, while blaming industrial levels of fraud that saw 30,000 to 40,000 people try to enter the Stade de France with fake tickets or none at all.UEFA ordered an independent report that it said would œexamine decision making, responsibility and behaviors of all entities involved in the final and be made public. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LOS ANGELES (AP) ” Southern California coach Andy Enfield brought in one of the nation™s top recruiting classes to help the Trojans chase their third straight NCAA Tournament berth.There™s a big question surrounding freshman Vince Iwuchukwu, however. His playing status is up in the air after the 7-foot-1 center collapsed during an informal team workout in early July. He was signed as the latest in a line of big men who moved on to the NBA. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LOS ANGELES (AP) ” Jaylen Clark scored 24 points and No. 19 UCLA opened the second half with a 17-0 run on its way to an 87-64 rout of Denver on Saturday for the Bruins™ fifth straight victory.Jaime Jaquez Jr. added 18 points on 9-of-11 shooting for the Bruins (8-2), who last week opened Pac-12 play with a pair of wins. Clark's points were one off his career high. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LOS ANGELES (AP) ” Zion Williamson had 21 points and 12 rebounds in his return, and the New Orleans Pelicans pulled away in the second half to rout the Los Angeles Clippers 112-91 on Sunday.CJ McCollum added 22 points for the Pelicans, who™ve won four of their first six games. Williamson was out the last two games with a right hip and lower back contusion, one of three starters to have missed the last two games. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MANCHESTER, England (AP) ” Three goals in five minutes turned around Manchester City's season finale as Pep Guardiola's team clinched a sixth Premier League title in 11 seasons, rallying to beat Aston Villa 3-2 and hold off Liverpool's challenge on Sunday.After starting the day in first place, City was at risk of a historic choke when it conceded twice to trail 2-0 at home to Villa. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LOS ANGELES (AP) ” Terance Mann scored a career-high 31 points, Kawhi Leonard added 30, and the Los Angeles Clippers defeated Houston 121-100 on Sunday, extending the Rockets™ season-worst skid to 10 straight games.Both teams were shorthanded. Houston starters Jalen Green and Jae™Sean Tate served one-game suspensions for leaving the bench area during an on-court altercation in Friday's loss at Sacramento. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

John Veitch, who trained Alydar to narrow losses in all three Triple Crown races against rival Affirmed in 1978 during a Hall of Fame career, has died, his family said Thursday. He was 77.Veitch died Tuesday of natural causes at home in Lexington, Kentucky, said Michael Veitch, his second cousin who spoke to Veitch's daughter, Shannon. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Dustin Johnson of the United States prepares to play from the first tee during the first round of the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational at the Centurion Club in St. Albans, England, Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) Phil Mickelson of the United States plays off the 4th tee during the first round of the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational at the Centurion Club in St. Albans, England, Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CARDIFF, Wales (AP) ” Ukraine plans to resume competitive football in the country in August despite being under attack by Russia after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave approval.Andriy Pavelko, the president of Ukraine's football federation, revealed details to The Associated Press about his talks with Zelenskyy and the heads of FIFA and UEFA about finding a safe way of playing men's and women's matches on home soil. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LOS ANGELES (AP) ” The International Olympic Committee™s coordination commission made its first in-person visit to Los Angeles this week to inspect proposed venues for the 2028 Games.After being kept away because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the group met with local organizing officials over three days. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LOS ANGELES (AP) ” Jaylen Clark scored 24 points and No. 19 UCLA opened the second half with a 17-0 run on its way to an 87-64 rout of Denver on Saturday for the Bruins™ fifth straight victory.Jaime Jaquez Jr. added 18 points on 9-of-11 shooting for the Bruins (8-2), who last week opened Pac-12 play with a pair of wins. Clark's points were one off his career high. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Charles Schwartzel of South Africa kisses the trophy as he poses for the media after he won the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational at the Centurion Club in St Albans, England, Saturday, June 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) Charles Schwartzel of South Africa plays a shot on the 16th hole during the final round of the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational at the Centurion Club in St Albans, England, Saturday, June 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MADRID (AP) ” Gareth Bale bid farewell to Real Madrid and earned another honor on Wednesday ” this time from Queen Elizabeth II.The five-time Champions League winner, whose Madrid contract expires this month after nine years, was named a Member of the Order of the British Empire, or MBE, in the Queen™s Birthday Honors List. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LONDON (AP) ” Energized at Wembley by Lionel Messi's assists, Argentina's players threw their superstar teammate in the air after he inspired them to a second title in a year.National team success is finally coming for the seven-time Ballon d™Or winner, late in his trophy-filled club career. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LOS ANGELES (AP) ” Clayton Kershaw needed only a few days to make up his mind to return to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2023.After the Dodgers had an MLB-leading 111 victories during the regular season only to get ousted by the San Diego Padres in the NL Division Series, Kershaw returned to his offseason home outside Dallas. He and his wife, Ellen, talked things over and the Dodgers won out again. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Bob Baffert can once again enter horses at New York™s major tracks.The Hall of Fame trainer™s one-year ban by the New York Racing Association ended Wednesday, allowing him to enter horses as soon as Thursday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LOS ANGELES (AP) ” Zion Williamson had 21 points and 12 rebounds in his return, and the New Orleans Pelicans pulled away in the second half to rout the Los Angeles Clippers 112-91 on Sunday.CJ McCollum added 22 points for the Pelicans, who™ve won four of their first six games. Williamson was out the last two games with a right hip and lower back contusion, one of three starters to have missed last two games. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Manchester City players celebrate with trophy after winning the 2022 English Premier League title at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, Sunday, May 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson) Manchester City fans invade the pitch after their side won the English Premier League following a 3-2 victory over Aston Villa at The Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England, Sunday, May 22, 2022. (Martin Rickett/PA via AP) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ST. ALBANS, England (AP) ” Two-time major winner Dustin Johnson has resigned his PGA Tour membership to participate in the new golf series backed by Saudi Arabia™s sovereign wealth fund.The first LIV Golf Invitational, which offers $25 million in prize money, is taking place outside London starting Thursday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Charles Schwartzel of South Africa kisses the trophy as he poses for the media after he won the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational at the Centurion Club in St Albans, England, Saturday, June 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) Charles Schwartzel of South Africa plays a shot on the 16th hole during the final round of the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational at the Centurion Club in St Albans, England, Saturday, June 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LOS ANGELES (AP) ” Los Angeles Dodgers closer Craig Kimbrel is taking the mound to the song œLet It Go, known to millions as the big hit from the movie œFrozen.The 2013 animated Disney movie beloved by kids tells the story of a princess who journeys to find her estranged sister accompanied by an iceman, his reindeer and a snowman. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ST. ALBANS, England (AP) ” Former U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau became the latest big name to sign on with the Saudi-funded breakaway series LIV Golf, and Charl Schwartzel remained on course Friday to win the maximum prize of $4.75 million at its inaugural event outside London. That kind of big money has already convinced a long line of leading golfers ” although none from the top 10 so far ” to accept offers from the series bankrolled by the Saudi sovereign wealth fund. DeChambeau is yet to explain why he made an about-turn to join that list, having previously said he would continue playing on the PGA Tour. That may not be possible now, as the PGA Tour announced Thursday that players who defect to the renegade series will face banishment from future tour events. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

FILE - Former Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills is shown before Game 2 of baseball's NL Division Series between the Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals in Los Angeles, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014. Maury Wills, who helped the Los Angeles Dodgers win three World Series titles with his base-stealing prowess, has died. The team says Wills died Monday night, Sept. 19, 2022, in Sedona, Ariz. He was 89. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) FILE - Los Angeles Dodgers' Maury Wills slides safely home past under American League catcher John Romano of the Cleveland Indians, to score in this eighth inning of the baseball All-Star game in Washington, July 10, 1962. Maury Wills, who helped the Los Angeles Dodgers win three World Series titles with his base-stealing prowess, has died. The team says Wills died Monday night, Sept. 19, 2022, in Sedona, Ariz. He was 89. (AP Photo/File) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LOS ANGELES (AP) ” A pair of five-star recruits are sure to turn heads at UCLA this season. In an era when freshmen burn brightest, however, it™s two seniors who could prove invaluable to the eighth-ranked Bruins™ NCAA title hopes.Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Tyger Campbell are back for their fourth seasons in Westwood, a couple of battle-tested veterans who arrived at the same time as coach Mick Cronin to rebuild a program that owns a record 11 national championships. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CARDIFF, Wales (AP) ” Far from battlefields and Russian invaders, the Ukrainian footballers exempted from military service are trying to complete the mission to lead their country to the World Cup.When they prepare to face Wales on Sunday in a playoff final, they will have a little extra inspiration in their Cardiff locker room from a yellow and blue flag sent by soldiers on the frontlines in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, signed with messages. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Dustin Johnson of the United States prepares to play from the first tee during the first round of the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational at the Centurion Club in St. Albans, England, Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) Phil Mickelson of the United States plays off the 4th tee during the first round of the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational at the Centurion Club in St. Albans, England, Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ST. ALBANS, England (AP) ” Former U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau became the latest big name to sign on with the Saudi-funded breakaway series LIV Golf, and Charl Schwartzel remained on course Friday to win the maximum prize of $4.75 million at its inaugural event outside London. That kind of big money has already convinced a long line of leading golfers ” although none from the top 10 so far ” to accept offers from the series bankrolled by the Saudi sovereign wealth fund. DeChambeau is yet to explain why he made an about-turn to join that list, having previously said he would continue playing on the PGA Tour. That may not be possible now, as the PGA Tour announced Thursday that players who defect to the renegade series will face banishment from future tour events. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

All of Ryan Lochte's Olympic silver and bronze medals are up for auction, with the proceeds going to a charity benefitting children.The 37-year-old swimmer earned 12 medals over four Olympics, including six gold that he plans to keep for now. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

John Veitch, who trained Alydar to narrow losses in all three Triple Crown races against rival Affirmed in 1978 during a Hall of Fame career, has died, his family said Thursday. He was 77.Veitch died Tuesday of natural causes at home in Lexington, Kentucky, said Michael Veitch, his second cousin who spoke to Veitch's daughter, Shannon. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Undefeated Flightline and Rich Strike, upset winner of the Kentucky Derby, head a field of nine for the Breeders' Cup Classic, with trainer Todd Pletcher pre-entering two horses for the $6 million race that also includes a horse from the barn of embattled trainer Bob Baffert.Trained by John Sadler, Flightline is 5-0 in his career, winning his starts by a combined margin of 62 3/4 lengths. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Members of the Los Angeles Dodgers look on from the dugout during the ninth inning in Game 4 of a baseball NL Division Series against the San Diego Padres, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) Los Angeles Dodgers' Cody Bellinger jogs back to the dugout after flying out during the eighth inning in Game 4 of a baseball NL Division Series against the San Diego Padres, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CARDIFF, Wales (AP) ” Ukraine's players wept in the rain while applauding their dejected supporters after missing out on qualifying for the World Cup by losing 1-0 to Wales in Europe's last playoff for the FIFA soccer showpiece on Sunday.The agonizing moment in a tight game came in the 34th minute when Andriy Yarmolenko inadvertently headed the ball into his own net while trying to clear Wales captain Gareth Bale™s free kick. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LOS ANGELES (AP) ” Not all of Burt Bacharach's hits were on the charts. The Oscar-winning songwriter and pianist found success at the racetrack, too.He first got into horse racing in 1968, the year in which he co-wrote hits œDo You Know the Way to San Jose by Dionne Warwick and œThis Guy's in Love with You by Herb Alpert. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LOS ANGELES (AP) ” Former Los Angeles Lakers player Slava Medvedenko is selling his two NBA championship rings to raise money for his native Ukraine.Medvedenko was a power forward on the Lakers™ championship teams in 2001 and ™02, playing alongside Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O™Neal. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]