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GLF--PGA CHAMPIONSHIP-GRATEFUL PRO

DESCRIPTION: CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Rupe Taylor had 10 days to contemplate his most improbable path to the PGA Championship, and that wasn’t enough to prepare the golf professional when he arrived at Quail Hollow. It was 12 years ago when he was in a hospital after a drunk-driving arrest. That turned around his life, and now the 35-year-old Taylor is playing a major with the world’s best. By Golf Writer Doug Ferguson. Upcoming: 975 words, photos.

UPCOMING: By 05/14/2025 6:00 a.m. EDT, Photo, Text

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BKN--PACERS ADVANCE

DESCRIPTION: CLEVELAND -- Andrew Nembhard and the Indiana Pacers were just happy to make the Eastern Conference Finals last year. After two straight convincing series victories and with a wide-open chase to the NBA title, the Pacers are going to be more confident this time around. By Joe Reedy. Upcoming: 400 words, photos.

UPCOMING: By 05/14/2025 6:00 a.m. EDT, Photo, Text

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BKL--WNBA-MONEY MATTERS

DESCRIPTION: Salaries are the next hurdle facing WNBA players, who say they are willing to sit out next season if they don’t get what they’re seeking. There are more jobs for players with expansion beginning, the charter flight issue is behind them and a new television deal is ahead of them. By Alanis Thames. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos by 12 p.m. EST.

UPCOMING: By 05/14/2025 12:00 p.m. EDT, Text

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RAC--150TH PREAKNESS

DESCRIPTION: BALTIMORE — The wrecking ball is just about hovering over Pimlico Race Course, with a complete knockdown and rebuild of the grandstand and other facilities coming, but not before the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes. Without Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty in the field, the event this year is about the history of the middle jewel of the Triple Crown and the last at old Pimlico. Several winners of the race share their memories and what they’ll miss about the place nicknamed “Old Hilltop.” By Stephen Whyno. UPCOMING: 600 words, photos by 3 p.m. EDT, notebook on merit.

UPCOMING: By 05/14/2025 3:00 p.m. EDT, Text

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BBO--ON-BASEBALL-ROSE & JACKSON

DESCRIPTION: Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson received a posthumous reprieve from baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday, making both players eligible for the sport’s Hall of Fame after both of their careers were tarnished by gambling scandals. But make no mistake, baseball players gambling on baseball remains the sport’s cardinal sin. By Baseball Writer David Brandt. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos by 2 p.m. MST.

UPCOMING: By 05/14/2025 5:00 p.m. EDT, Text

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BBO--PETE ROSE NIGHT

DESCRIPTION: CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Reds pay tribute to Pete Rose at Great American Ball Park. Rose, a 17-time All-Star and baseball’s career leader with 4,256 hits, died on Sept. 30 at age 83. Members of Rose’s family are expected to deliver the game ball ahead of Cincinnati’s game against the Chicago White Sox. By Baseball Writer Jay Cohen. 700 words, photos. 7:15 p.m. ET game time. With BBO--White Sox-Reds.

UPCOMING: By 05/14/2025 6:00 p.m. EDT, Photo, Text

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CAR--INDY 500

DESCRIPTION: INDIANAPOLIS -- After rain washed out most of the first day of practice for the Indianapolis 500, Arrow McLaren team principal Tony Kanaan was scheduled for his refresher course on Wednesday in case he’s needed to substitute for NASCAR star Kyle Larson as Larson attempts both the Indy 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on the same day. By AP Auto Racing Writer Jenna Fryer. 700 words.

UPCOMING: By 05/14/2025 6:00 p.m. EDT, Text

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FBN--NFL SCHEDULE

DESCRIPTION: The NFL releases its full 2025 season schedule on Wednesday, including prime-time games and the holiday slate. By Pro Football Writer Rob Maaddi. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos.

UPCOMING: By 05/14/2025 8:00 p.m. EDT, Text

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HKN--OILERS-GOLDEN KNIGHTS

DESCRIPTION: LAS VEGAS — The Edmonton Oilers take a 3-1 lead into Game 5 of their second-round Western Conference series against the Vegas Golden Knights. By Mark Anderson. UPCOMING: 450 words, photos. Game begins at 9:30 p.m. EDT.

UPCOMING: By 05/14/2025 9:30 p.m. EDT, Photo, Text

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BBO--PIRATES-METS

DESCRIPTION: NEW YORK -- Mets right-hander Clay Holmes (5-1, 2.74 ERA) faces his original major league team when New York tries for a three-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Bailey Falter (2-3, 4.36) pitches for Pittsburgh. By Baseball Writer Mike Fitzpatrick.

UPCOMING: By 05/14/2025 10:10 p.m. EDT, Text

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NEW AND DEVELOPING

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SOC--NWSL-ANGEL CITY-KING

Angel City’s Savy King has heart surgery following on-field collapse

SUMMARY: Angel City defender Savy King was recovering from heart surgery on Tuesday following her collapse on the field during a National Women’s Soccer League match on Friday night. King was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles following the medical event in the second half of Angel City’s match against the Utah Royals. Doctors who evaluated King discovered a heart abnormality, the team said in a statement on Tuesday night.

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BKN--NUGGETS-THUNDER

Gilgeous-Alexander scores 31 as Thunder beat Nuggets 112-105 and take 3-2 lead in West semifinals

SUMMARY: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder rallied from a double-digit deficit in the second half to beat the Denver Nuggets 112-105 and go up 3-2 in their Western Conference semifinal series. Oklahoma City overcame a 44-point, 15-rebound night from Denver’s Nikola Jokic. The Thunder can clinch the series on Thursday in Denver. Gilgeous-Alexander made 12 of 23 field goals and had seven assists. He led six Thunder players in double figures. Jokic made 17 of 25 field goals. Denver’s Jamal Murray scored 28 points, but he made just 10 of 27 shots.

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HKN--JETS-STARS-GRANLUND’S HAT TRICK

Another hat trick by a Finnish player Dallas got in a trade. This time, it’s Granlund

SUMMARY: Another playoff hat trick for a Finnish forward the Dallas Stars acquired in a trade during the regular season. This time, it was a first for Mikael Granlund. Not yet another three-goal game for Mikko Rantanaen. Granlund’s first career postseason hat trick accounted all of the goals for the Dallas Stars in their 3-1 win Tuesday night that put them up 3-1 in their second-round Western Conference series against the top-seeded Winnipeg Jets. Granlund scored in each period. The 33-year-old in his 13th NHL season and with his fifth team, had scored multiple goals only one time in his previous 69 playoff games. The Stars got Granlund from San Jose on Feb. 1. Rantanen was a deadline acquisition March 7 from Carolina.

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HKN--JETS-STARS

Mikael Granlund gets 1st career playoff hat trick as Stars beat top-seeded Jets for 3-1 series lead

SUMMARY: Mikael Granlund had his first career playoff hat trick, Jake Oettinger stopped 31 shots and the Dallas Stars beat Winnipeg 3-1 to take a 3-1 series series lead over the top seed in the second round of the Western Conference playoffs. Dallas’ first chance to advance to the West final for the third year in a row comes Thursday night in Winnipeg. Mikko Rantanen had the primary assist on Granlund’s tiebreaking goal. Granlund got the hat trick on an assist from Miro Heiskanen, playing his first game since Jan. 28.

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BKN--PACERS-CAVALIERS

Pacers eliminate top-seeded Cavaliers 114-105, advance to the Eastern Conference Finals

SUMMARY: Tyrese Haliburton scored 31 points, Pascal Siakam added 21 and the Indiana Pacers advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals with a 114-105 victory over Cleveland, eliminating the top-seeded Cavaliers in five games. Donovan Mitchell, who missed the second half of Sunday’s game due to a sprained left ankle, led Cleveland with 35 points. Evan Mobley added 24 points and 11 rebounds. The fourth-seeded Pacers will now await the winner of the matchup between the Boston Celtics and New York Knicks. New York has a 3-1 advantage in the series with Game 5 on Thursday night in Boston.

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US--STADIUMS-CHIEFS-ROYALS

Missouri House backs new stadium incentives to try to keep the Chiefs and Royals

SUMMARY: The Missouri House has endorsed a new package of financial incentives to try to keep the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals playing in the state. The legislation would authorize state bonds valued at up to half the costs of the stadium projects, plus tax credits. But the legislation doesn’t list a total overall cost or location for the stadiums, leaving those details to be negotiated later. The package has the backing of Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe. But the clock is ticking for the Senate to also embrace it before a Friday deadline to wrap up work. The plan is intended to counter a stadium financing plan from Kansas.

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BBO--DODGERS-KERSHAW

Clayton Kershaw to make season debut for the Dodgers on Saturday against the Angels

SUMMARY: Clayton Kershaw will make his season debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday against the Los Angeles Angels. The 37-year-old left-hander began his 18th season with the team on the injured list while recovering from toe and knee surgeries. His return comes at a critical time for the Dodgers, with starters Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow and rookie Roki Sasaki on the injured list. Kershaw will tie Zack Wheat and Bill Russell for most years with the Dodgers franchise when he starts this weekend. Kershaw is 32 strikeouts from reaching 3,000 to go with his 212 career wins.

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BKL--CONNECTICUT SUN-SALE EXPLORATION

Connecticut Sun exploring all options, including sale of franchise according to team president

SUMMARY: The Connecticut Sun are looking at all options for the franchise’s future, including a potential sale, team president Jen Rizzotti said Tuesday. The team is owned by the Mohegan Tribe, which runs the casino where the team has played since 2003. The Tribe bought the franchise for $10 million and relocated it from Orlando that year. The Connecticut franchise was the first in the league to be run by a non-NBA owner and also became the first to turn a profit.

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BBO--ROSE-JACKSON REINSTATED

MLB reinstates Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson, making them Hall of Fame eligible

SUMMARY: Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson were reinstated by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday, making both eligible for the sport’s Hall of Fame after their careers were tarnished by gambling scandals. Rose’s permanent ban was lifted eight months after his death and comes a day before the Cincinnati Reds will honor baseball’s career hits leader with Pete Rose Night. Manfred announced Tuesday that he was changing the league’s policy on permanent ineligibility, saying bans would expire after death. Under the Hall of Fame’s current rules, it appears the earliest Rose or Jackson could be inducted would be in 2028.

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BKN--NBA PLAYOFFS-INJURIES

Injuries are becoming the story of the NBA playoffs. And not even the game’s stars are safe

SUMMARY: These are the NBA playoffs of survival, where not even the stars are safe. The latest huge blow to this postseason: Jayson Tatum was wheeled off Monday night, his season over and now his 2025-26 season with the Boston Celtics in doubt because of a torn Achilles. Golden State’s Stephen Curry may run out of time before his injured hamstring allows him to play again. Cleveland’s Donovan Mitchell is dealing with an ankle issue. If the Los Angeles Lakers’ season had gone any deeper, LeBron James would have been sidelined with a knee sprain. And Milwaukee’s Damian Lillard tore his Achilles.

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US--OBIT-DAN SEAVEY

Dan Seavey, patriarch of Alaska mushing family who raced in the first Iditarod, dies

SUMMARY: Dan Seavey, who helped organize the first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and whose son and grandson have each won the famous Alaska race multiple times, has died. He was 87. Seavey’s son, Mitch, says Seavey died last Thursday at home in Seward. The Iditarod race organization called Dan Seavey a pioneer in the race’s 53-year history and said he was instrumental in the establishment of the Iditarod Trail as a National Historic Trail in 1978. Seavey, a Minnesota native, moved to Alaska in the 1960s to teach. He raced in the Iditarod five times. Mitch Seavey is a three-time Iditarod champion. Mitch’s son, Dallas, has won the race six times.

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BKN--CELTICS-TATUM

Tatum to miss remainder of playoffs after Achilles tendon surgery, imperiling Celtics’ repeat hopes

SUMMARY: The Boston Celtics say star Jayson Tatum had surgery to repair a ruptured right Achilles tendon that will sideline him for the remainder of the playoffs. The Celtics announced the extent of Tatum’s injury and the surgery on Tuesday. They did not give a timetable for his return but said a full recovery was expected. The injury, which the 27-year-old, six-time All-Star suffered late in the Celtics’ 121-113 Game 4 loss to the New York Knicks on Monday, puts both the hopes of the defending champions repeating and Tatum’s playing status for next season in doubt.

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BKN--DRAFT LOTTERY-WELTS

Rick Welts was at the 1st NBA lottery. And he was there when Mavs won a chance to draft Cooper Flagg

SUMMARY: Rick Welts was there, 40 years to the date earlier, when the NBA draft lottery got started. He worked for the league then and was in the room when that first one took place. And it seems he’s spent much of the four decades since debunking the rumors that the 1985 lottery was rigged so the New York Knicks would get Patrick Ewing. Given all the extraordinary measures including witnesses, accountants, videotaping of the event that goes into running such a thing, it’s reasonable to conclude that the 2025 lottery wasn’t fixed, either. But it might fix the Dallas Mavericks.

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FBN--ACCELERATOR PROGRAM

NFL pauses accelerator program aimed at increasing diverse hirings

SUMMARY: The NFL will not hold its accelerator program aimed at increasing diversity among coaches at the upcoming spring meetings as the league plans to make changes to the program before bringing it back next year. The latest event in the program that began in 2022 was scheduled to have coaching candidates of diverse backgrounds meet with team owners at league meetings next week in Minnesota. NFL chief administrative officer Dasha Smith said the program will come back next May.

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BKL--WNBA-ACES-REMEMBER A’JA

WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson is fueled by the Aces falling short last season

SUMMARY: A’ja Wilson went into last season trying to prove she was indeed the WNBA’s best player even if MVP voters thought otherwise in 2023. She then went out and put together one of the best performances in league history. The problem is her teammates didn’t all come along. The two-time defending champion Aces never quite found their game and eventually were eliminated by eventual winner New York in the semifinals. As satisfying as last season was individually for Wilson, failing to meet Las Vegas’ high team standards sticks with her. And that same drive that fueled her last season remains.

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US--AP POLL-WOMEN’S SPORTS

About 3 in 10 US adults follow women’s sports, a new AP-NORC poll finds

SUMMARY: A new poll finds about 3 in 10 U.S. adults follow women’s sports at least “somewhat” closely, lower than the share who follow men’s sports. Those who follow women’s pro sports are more casual, tending to say they attend or watch games occasionally rather than frequently. People who follow men’s sports, by contrast, are more likely to identify attachments to teams as opposed to players. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll comes ahead of the start of the 2025 WNBA season, an expansion year for the league. University of Iowa phenom-turned-WNBA star Caitlin Clark has helped bring wider attention to women’s basketball.

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BKN--TRAIL BLAZERS-SALE

The NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers are going up for sale

SUMMARY: Paul Allen’s estate announced that it has begun the process of selling the Portland Trail Blazers. Allen bought the Trail Blazers in 1988, telling the The Associated Press at the time that “for a true fan of the game, this is a dream come true.” The Trail Blazers said in a statement that the sale is consistent with Allen’s directive to eventually sell his sports holdings and direct all estate proceeds to philanthropy. The billionaire co-founder of Microsoft died in 2018 at age 65 from complications of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

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FBN--BENGALS-HENDRICKSON

All-Pro pass rusher Trey Hendrickson shows up at Bengals’ practice frustrated over contract

SUMMARY: A text from head coach Zac Taylor led Bengals All-Pro defensive end Trey Hendrickson to head to Cincinnati, attend Tuesday’s optional team practice as a spectator and speak to reporters. On Monday, Taylor texted Hendrickson that he’d be fined if he didn’t report to mandatory minicamp next month. That message frustrated Hendrickson, who held court with local reporters for 20 minutes during Tuesday’s practice. Hendrickson led the NFL with 17 1/2 sacks last season and was selected as an All-Pro. He said that as the defensive end market escalates, he’s looking for a new contract that matches what top pass rushers are getting paid. Hendrickson is scheduled to earn $15.8 million in base salary and has a cap number of $18.7 million.

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FBN--NFL SCHEDULE

NFL’s record seven international games features back-to-back games for Vikings in Dublin and London

SUMMARY: The NFL revealed its record seven international games Tuesday and the Minnesota Vikings will play games in consecutive weeks in Ireland and Britain. The Vikings will face the Steelers in Dublin on Sept. 28 and then travel to London to face the Browns on Oct. 5. The Chargers will host the first international game of the season in Sao Paulo on Sept. 5. But the NFL didn’t reveal their opponent. That will be announced Wednesday night along with the remaining of the league’s schedule. The Vikings are 8-0 in international games, including 4-0 in the regular season.

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US--MEDIA-ESPN-STREAMING

ESPN says its direct-to-consumer streaming service will debut in September at $29.99 a month

SUMMARY: ESPN says its new streaming service will debut in September, allowing consumers to buy access to all of its various networks directly for $29.99 a month. After kicking around ideas on what to name it, executives decided to stick with the familiar, calling the service simply ESPN. The network is also revamping its online offerings at the same time, including using artificial intelligence to create personalized “SportsCenter” highlights packages for fans based on their favorite teams or sports. While the ESPN networks will still be available through cable and satellite systems, the announcement is another landmark in the accelerating shift from television to streaming.

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CAR--INDYCAR-INDY 500

Rain delays opening day for Indianapolis 500 as Kanaan awaits approval to be Larson’s replacement

SUMMARY: The first day of practice for the 109th Indianapolis 500 has been delayed by rain, causing a disruption to Tuesday’s schedule at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The day was supposed to begin with a two-hour window for Arrow McLaren team principal Tony Kanaan to run a veteran refresher course in case he’s needed to substitute for NASCAR star Kyle Larson, who is attempting to run both the Indy 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on May 25. The rain in Indianapolis delayed all on-track activity, so IndyCar is expected to go to full field practice if weather permits. Kanaan will have to complete the refresher course at a later time.

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AP Sports Extra: PGA Championship A paginated preview of the PGA Championship, which starts Thursday, is available in AP Newsroom by searching for “Sports Extra” or “SE” under the Graphics tab. The pages takes a quick look at what’s at stake in the only golf major restricted to only professionals. Please contact Barry Bedlan at bbedlan@ap.org with any questions.