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GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani is sharing the identity of his new wife with a photo of the couple on his social media. The Los Angeles Dodgers star is next to Mamiko Tanaka in a photo showing him with teammate Yoshinobu Yamamoto standing in front of an airplane. The photo was posted on Ohtani’s Instagram account. The Dodgers posted a photo of the newlyweds on the team’s X account next to one of Mookie Betts and his wife. The couple also appear in a video of the team and their families boar

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Hosts Gayle King and Charles Barkley express their displeasure over Sandy Hook conspiracy claims reportedly made in private conversations by NFL star Aaron Rodgers. While Rodgers did not deny the content of those conversations, he said in a social media post that he has “never been of the opinion that the events did not take place.”

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Rory McIlroy began The Players Championship with a 65 on his scorecard, two tee shots that went into the water and one lengthy dispute about where to take a penalty drop on Thursday. McIlroy ended the day with 10 birdies for his lowest start ever at the TPC Sawgrass, leaving him tied with Xander Schauffele and U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark. It was the drop on No. 7 that caused so much conversation with Jordan Spieth and Viktor Hovland, and some confusion on where he should drop.

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Former Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines was among more than a dozen college athletes who filed a lawsuit against the NCAA on Thursday, accusing it of violating their Title IX rights by allowing transgender woman Lia Thomas to compete at the national championships in 2022. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Atlanta, details the shock Gaines and other swimmers felt when they learned they would have to share a locker room with Thomas at the championships in Atlanta. It documents a number of races they swam in with Thomas, including the 200-yard final in which Thomas and Gaines tied for fifth but Thomas, not Gaines, was handed the fifth-place trophy.

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The NHL and NHL Players' Association have reached an undisclosed settlement to resolve Corey Perry's situation with the Chicago Blackhawks when they terminated his contract, two people with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Thursday. The people spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the settlement is not being made public. A grievance was threatened but never filed, and the league and union agreed to extend the window to consider it beyond the 60-day deadline spec

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DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Harry Kane is closing in on a Bundesliga scoring record that was meant to stand for decades. It probably won't make any difference to Bayern Munich's season. Kane has 30 goals in 25 German league games for Bayern, including a hat trick last week, and Saturday's game against last-placed Darmstadt offers the England captain a chance to score plenty more. Another 12 goals in Bayern's final nine games would take Kane past the record of 41 set by then-Bayern striker Robert

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Whatever confidence Jadon Sancho had when at Manchester United was "killed by the manager that he had", according to Spanish football writer Guillem Balague. The winger returned to Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund on loan in January following his public dispute with United manager Erik ten Hag that saw him exiled from the squad as he refused to apologise for a social media post. Sancho had struggled for consistent form with the Red Devils since his £73m move in the summer of 2021 and it was reported on Thursday that Dortmund are keen on keeping the 23-year-old at the club next season.

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On Football analyzes the biggest topics in the NFL from week to week. For more On Football analysis, head here. ___ NFL teams have spent hundreds of millions of dollars this week to add new players, re-sign their own and try to improve their chances of winning. From Kirk Cousins and Saquon Barkley changing teams soon after the league’s tampering window opened to Chris Jones and Mike Evans staying put before hitting the open market, it’s been a wild spending spree. The grades are in: ARIZONA CARD