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Celtics deal Brown to 76ers for George, draft picks

(AP) — Jaylen Brown's time in Boston has come to a surprising end, with the Celtics deciding to trade him to one of their most storied rivals. Brown — the 2024 NBA Finals MVP, a five-time All-Star and the league's fourth-leading scorer this past season — is getting traded by the ...

Ovechkin re-signs with Capitals for 22nd season

(AP) — Alex Ovechkin is not ready to skate away from the NHL, not yet, and now he gets a chance to make his career goal-scoring record even more difficult to break. Ovechkin signed an incentive-laden deal Thursday to return for a 22nd season while also giving the Washington Capitals a ...

Anisimova beats Kenin, avoids Wimbledon upset

LONDON (AP) — Amanda Anisimova served three of her 20 aces in the deciding tiebreaker to hold off Sofia Kenin 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (3) and reach the third round at Wimbledon on Thursday as Kate, the Princess of Wales, visited the All England Club. Anisimova, who was consoled by Kate a year ago ...

Johnson seeking revival of Ice Bucket Challenge in fight against ALS

(AP) — Former NFL star Chris Johnson is bringing back the Ice Bucket Challenge to raise awareness of ALS as he fights the fatal nervous system disease. The Ice Bucket Challenge gained popularity in the summer of 2014 as a way to raise ALS awareness. People took a video or photo as they got a bucket of ice water dumped on them, and they'd challenge friends or relatives to do the same. According to the ALS Therapy Development Institute, the drive helped raise an estimated $135 million in the United States and $220 million worldwide in the fight against ALS. Johnson attempted to ...

Belgium rallies from down two, beats Senegal

SEATTLE (AP) — Belgium overturned a two-goal deficit and scored from the penalty spot deep into extra time to beat Senegal 3-2 on Wednesday in the biggest comeback of the World Cup so far. Senegal held a 2-0 lead with just 5 minutes of regulation time remaining but late goals by Romelu ...

NBA Summer League games will use ‘1 free throw’ rule

(AP) — Summer League games might end a few minutes earlier than usual this year. The NBA announced Thursday that the "one free throw rule" will be used at the summer leagues happening this month in Salt Lake City, Northern California and Las Vegas. The rule — designed to speed up play ...