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Kavan’s 4-hit shutout keeps defending champ Texas alive at WCWS with 4-0 win over Mississippi State

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Teagan Kavan pitched a complete-game four-hitter, Kaiah Altmeyer and Kayden Henry each belted a home run, and defending-champion Texas defeated Mississippi State 4-0 on Friday to stay alive at the Women's College World Series. Kavan (26-6), who was the losing pitcher in the Longhorns' 6-3 loss to Tennessee on Thursday, returned to the form that led Texas to the WCWS title in 2025. On Friday, she threw only 78 pitches with two strikeouts and no walks. Second-seeded Texas (48-12) advances to another elimination game on Sunday against the loser between Alabama and ...

Browns defense getting up to speed with new scheme despite absences

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Myles Garrett hasn't met his new head coach, but he has at least talked to his new defensive coordinator. "I knew that would be a question. I'm going to leave a lot of that interaction between me and Myles. There has been some. Yes," Mike Rutenberg said on Wednesday ...

Kyle Busch had pneumonia for ‘days to weeks,’ according to his death certificate

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Busch died last week from hemorrhagic shock and disseminated intravascular coagulation after complications from bacterial pneumonia led to sepsis, according to the former NASCAR star's death certificate. Busch had been experiencing symptoms of bacterial pneumonia for "days to weeks" before sepsis set in, according to the certificate obtained by The Associated Press in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The manner of death was listed as "natural." The death certificate also said Busch, who was 41, was cremated in Mooresville, North Carolina, following ...

Claude Lemieux, four-time Stanley Cup champion for Avalanche, dies at 60

Claude Lemieux, a four-time Stanley Cup champion whose ferocious, hard-hitting style of play angered opponents and sometimes overshadowed his prodigious skills and ability to deliver in the biggest games, has died after taking his own life, according to authorities. He was 60. The Palm Beach County Sherriff's Office said Thursday that deputies responded just after 3 a.m. to the scene of an apparent suicide at the family's furniture store in Lake Park, Florida. The office said the victim was believed to be Lemieux, who was found in a rear warehouse by one of his sons. The NHL Alumni ...

Big 12 coaches unanimously agree on their preference for a 24-team playoff

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Big 12 coaches unanimously agreed Thursday on their preference for a 24-team College Football Playoff, a scenario in which the conference would have had five playoff teams last season instead of only league champion Texas Tech like it did in the current 12-team playoff format. When the 16 coaches were informally polled about doubling the size of the playoff field during one of their sessions at the Big 12 spring meetings, all of them raised their hands. "They should ask coaches for more opinions on what's best for college football," West Virginia coach Rich ...