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Texas Tech coach Chris Beard, left, talks about Jarrett Culver, right, who declared to enter the NBA basketball draft during a news conference, Thursday, April 18, 2019, in Lubbock, Texas. (Brad Tollefson/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via AP)

Sports briefs: Bellafina favorite for Kentucky Oaks

by The Associated Press The Associated PressApril 29, 2019

Boston Bruins right wing David Pastrnak (88) celebrates with goaltender Tuukka Rask (40) and center Noel Acciari (55) after defeating the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 6 of an NHL hockey first-round playoff series Sunday, April 21, 2019, in Toronto. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

Marchand, Bruins beat Maple Leafs to force Game 7

by The Associated Press April 21, 2019

The motorcade for Attorney General William Barr arrives at the Department of Justice, Sunday, March 24, 2019, in Washington. Barr was expected to release his first summary of Mueller's findings on Sunday, people familiar with the process said, on what lawmakers anticipated could be a day of reckoning in the two-year probe into President Donald Trump and Russian efforts to elect him. Since receiving the report Friday, Barr has been deciding how much of it Congress and the public will see. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Text of letter summarizing special counsel’s report

by The Associated Press By The Associated PressMarch 24, 2019

United States' Mikaela Shiffrin holds the women's World Cup overall trophy at the alpine ski, World Cup finals in Soldeu, Andorra, Sunday, March 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

Shiffrin wins giant slalom race to seal World Cup title

by The Associated Press March 17, 2019

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 18, 1999 photo, Julia Ruth Stevens, the daughter of baseball legend Babe Ruth, prepares to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the start of Game 5 of the American League Championship Series at Fenway Park in Boston. Julia Ruth Stevens, the last surviving daughter of Hall of Fame baseball slugger Babe Ruth and a champion of his legacy, has died. She was 102. Stevens' family says she died Saturday, March 9, 2019 at an assisted living facility in Henderson, Nevada, after a short illness. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Babe Ruth’s last surviving daughter dies in Nevada at 102

by The Associated Press March 10, 2019

ADDS INFORMATION ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHER- FILE - In this Aug. 14, 1945 file photo provided by the U.S. Navy, a sailor and a woman kiss in New York's Times Square, as people celebrate the end of World War II. The ecstatic sailor shown kissing a woman in Times Square celebrating the end of World War II has died. George Mendonsa was 95. This image was taken by U.S. Navy photographer Victor Jorgensen. The photo is of the same moment that photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt captured and first published in Life magazine. (Victor Jorgensen/U.S. Navy, File)

Sailor in iconic V-J Day Times Square kiss photo dies at 95

by The Associated Press February 18, 2019

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2018, file photo, New England Patriots linebackers coach Brian Flores watches his team warm up before an NFL football game against the Houston Texans in Foxborough, Mass. The Miami Dolphins have called a news conference for Monday, Feb. 4, 2019, and are expected to introduce Brian Flores as their coach less than 24 hours after he helped the New England Patriots win the Super Bowl. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Dolphins hire Flores as head coach

by The Associated Press February 4, 2019

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2018, file photo, New York Knicks forward Kristaps Porzingis, of Latvia, reacts after fouling out during the second half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Denver Nuggets on Thursday,, in Denver. The Knicks agree to trade injured star Kristaps Porzingis to Dallas Mavericks on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Knicks, Mavs swing blockbuster trade

by The Associated Press January 31, 2019

FILE - In this June 1, 2014, file photo, New York Mets relief pitcher Jenrry Mejia (58) throws against the Philadelphia Phillies in the 11th inning of a baseball game in Philadelphia. Mejia, allowed back into baseball after a lifetime ban caused by three positive drug tests, has agreed to a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox. (AP Photo/H. Rumph Jr., File)

Red Sox Add Reliever, Allowed Back After Lifetime Ban

by The Associated Press January 29, 2019

File-This Oct. 24, 2018, file photo shows Miami's Dewan Hernandez speaking to the media during a news conference at the Atlantic Coast Conference NCAA college basketball media day in Charlotte, N.C. For Miami Hurricanes junior Hernandez, the season that never started is over. The 6-foot-11 forward must sit out the remainder of this season and 40 percent of next season because of his dealings with an agent, the NCAA said Monday, Jan. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

Sports Briefs: NCAA Rules Miami’s Hernandez Ineligible Until Middle of Next Season

by The Associated Press January 28, 2019