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WILLIAMS GUIDES GUARDIANS CLEVELAND (AP) — Gavin Williams settled down after a choppy start and pitched seven solid innings as the Cleveland Guardians beat the Washington Nationals 3-2 on Wednesday to salvage the finale of a three-game series. Williams (8-3) allowed one run and only three hits — all in the first three innings. The right-hander needed 24 pitches to get out of the first and then threw just 19 combined from the fourth through the sixth. He retired his final 13 batters. Tim Herrin worked the eighth and Cade Smith gave up a run in the ninth before striking out two ...

Penguins re-sign Malkin

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Evgeni Malkin is going to get a chance to finish what he started in Pittsburgh. The Penguins re-signed the franchise icon to a one-year deal worth $5.5 million on Tuesday, answering perhaps the club's biggest offseason question before the offseason truly starts. Malkin, who turns 40 in August, was set to become a free agent on July 1. The Russian had maintained for the past year-plus that he wanted to stay in Pittsburgh rather than hit the open market for the first time in his career. General manager Kyle Dubas spent months declining to offer any specifics on the ...

US Soccer unveils World Cup roster

NEW YORK (AP) — Midfielders Gio Reyna and Sebastian Berhalter were included on U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino's 26-man World Cup roster Tuesday along with winger Alejandro Zendejas, while midfielders Diego Luna and Tanner Tessmann were left off. Defender Sergiño Dest, midfielder Tyler Adams and forward Haji Wright were added after missing March friendlies because of injuries. Zendejas was bypassed for the March roster after a knee injury last fall. Players were announced in order of uniform number during a made-for-TV event on the roof of the South Street Seaport's Pier 17, with ...

UFC fighting cage rises on White House lawn

WASHINGTON (AP) — Yet another White House construction project is underway, though this one is meant to be only temporary. Crews are erecting an octagon-shaped cage on the South Lawn that will host next month's UFC bout, helping mark the nation's 250th anniversary — and President Donald ...

French Open basks in unusual heat pattern

PARIS (AP) — Tennis players at the French Open say they haven't experienced conditions this hot at Roland Garros since the Paris Olympics. And the 2024 Olympics were held in July and August. Temperatures for the opening two days of the clay-court Grand Slam have soared to 33 degrees C (91 ...

Rosengvist savors the spoils

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Felix Rosenqvist's long-awaited Indianapolis 500 victory lap started sinking in quickly. After gulping the traditional swig of milk and dumping the rest over his head Sunday, the winner of the closest race in Indy 500 history started making the winner's rounds. He spent ...