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A screen showing a Chicago Cubs spring training baseball game is reflected with other screens on a countertop at the Westgate Superbook sports book, Friday, March 31, 2017, in Las Vegas. Oddsmakers in Las Vegas predict the Chicago Cubs will successfully defend their World Series title in 2017. The city’s sports books like the team to win it all, with the biggest ones making them a 7-2 favorite to win it all again.(AP Photo/John Locher) NVJL105

June 10, 2021 at 1:04 pm

WA panel approves sports betting; sends to governor

The commission approved amendments to gambling compacts for 15 Native American tribes that are a major step to allowing those tribes to offer sports betting...

June 7, 2021 at 9:01 am

Keyshawn Davis to fight at Tokyo Olympics despite going pro

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Keyshawn Davis' quest for Olympic gold is back on. Davis and two fellow American boxers were awarded places in the...

June 5, 2021 at 12:13 pm

Circus ring: Mayweather returns to fight YouTube sensation VIEW

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The rebranding of Floyd Mayweather Jr. takes another unconventional turn Sunday night. Mayweather is a retired five-division world champion and...

Russian Yana Sizikova poses for a photo during the Winter Moscow Open 2021 tennis tournament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. The Paris prosecutor’s office says a tennis player suspected of match-fixing last year has been arrested during the French Open. French newspaper Le Parisien reports that the player is 765th-ranked Yana Sizikova of Russia. The prosecutor’s office tells The Associated Press that a “women’s international player” was in custody but it did not identify her. The prosecutor’s office says the player was arrested Thursday, June 3, 2021 on charges of “sports bribery and organized fraud for acts likely to have been committed in September 2020.” (AP Photo/Alexander Bondarev) XAZ121 XAZ121

June 4, 2021 at 3:57 am

Tennis player released from custody in match-fixing case

The Russian tennis player arrested Thursday on suspicion of match-fixing at last year's French Open was released from French police custody on Friday, officials told...

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June 3, 2021 at 1:34 pm

Coming to Twitter: Sponsored videos from college athletes

A company that has partnered with dozens of college athletic departments on name, image and likeness programming announced a deal with Twitter on Thursday that...

May 31, 2021 at 5:29 pm

Gonzaga will open NCAA baseball tournament against LSU

Gonzaga will open the NCAA baseball tournament against Louisiana State on Friday at 7 p.m. in the Eugene Regional. Gonzaga (33-17) is the No. 2...

May 29, 2021 at 11:27 am

All three UW women’s crews advance to grand finals

The Huskies will look to defend the title they won in 2019, the last year of a national regatta, Sunday morning.

May 29, 2021 at 12:15 am

Indy fans, start your party! 500 is on, and crowds are back

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Joe Wagle held a Jack and Coke — “I already had a couple of beers" — close to his bare chest, just...

May 27, 2021 at 8:31 am

Democrats push bill allowing college athletes to organize

College athletes would have the right to organize and collectively bargain with schools and conferences under a bill introduced Thursday by Democrats in the House...

May 26, 2021 at 3:08 pm

Osaka says she won’t do news conferences at French Open

PARIS (AP) — Tennis star Naomi Osaka says she is not going to speak to the media during the upcoming French Open. The world's highest-earning...