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NEW YORK — Serena Williams was flustered when she got called for taking too much time between points, flung away her racket after letting a lead slip away and finished surprisingly meekly in a 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-1 loss to Maria Sakkari at the Western &a

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Rafael Devers hit a three-run triple to highlight Boston's six-run outburst in the sixth inning as the Red Sox rallied to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 9-7 on Tuesday night.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Canada's Jamal Murray scored 33 of his 42 points in a second half where he played every minute and the Denver Nuggets avoided elimination by beating the Utah Jazz 117-107 on Tuesday night in Game 5.

LAS VEGAS — Canadian lightweight Anthony (The Genius) Romero won a decision over (Money) Mike Breeden on Tuesday on Dana White's Contender Series but failed to leave with a UFC contract.

RIDGEDALE, Mo. — The hole Phil Mickelson considered the most important in the second round of his PGA Tour Champions career was not any of the eight he birdied but rather the only one on which he made bogey.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Giannis Antetokounmpo figured somebody was in trouble. Even though the Milwaukee Bucks had just defeated Orlando for a 3-1 lead in their playoff series, Mike Budenholzer wanted to talk to them in the locker room afterward.

TOKYO — Paralympic athletes took to the catwalk in Tokyo on Tuesday for the “Amputee Venus Show." The event marked the date when the Paralympic Games would have opened.

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have cleared some salary-cap space and acquired a first-round pick this year by sending winger Kasperi Kapanen to the Pittsburgh Penguins in a multi-player deal Tuesday.

Their raw emotion evident, their frustration palpable, Fred VanVleet and Norman Powell found themselves once again addressing the media in the aftermath of another shooting of a Black man by police.

TORONTO — Offensive lineman Dakoda Shepley was one of four Saskatchewan Roughriders to opt out of their CFL contracts Tuesday on Tuesday to pursue NFL opportunities.