BEREA, Ohio (AP) — For the first time since 1999, the Cleveland Browns will have a new kicker this season.
Shayne Graham and Brandon Bogotay continued their competition for Phil Dawson's old job on the second day of Cleveland's minicamp.
Graham is a 13-year NFL veteran. Bogotay is an undrafted rookie from Georgia. Dawson signed with San Francisco as a free agent after spending 14 seasons with the Browns.
Browns owner Jimmy Haslam...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos are mourning the deaths of running backs coach Eric Studesville's parents in an auto accident in Texas.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Al and Jan Studesville, who were in their late 60s, were killed Tuesday when a truck towing a grain trailer crossed into the westbound lane on U.S. Highway 54 and struck the couple's motorcycle head-on.
The Broncos canceled their media availability...
NEW YORK (AP) — Bernard Hopkins will defend his IBF light heavyweight championship against Karo Murat next month.
The fight, scheduled for July 13 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn and announced Wednesday in Manhattan, will be Hopkins' first since winning the title from Tavoris Cloud in March.
It will also mark the first time Murat, 29, will fight in North America. He has fought primarily in Germany, although he has had fights in Austria, Switzerland,...
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Essence Carson scored 21 points and Alex Montgomery added six of her 13 points in overtime to help the New York Liberty beat the Indiana Fever 75-68 in a matinee game Wednesday.
New York earned its second straight overtime victory after beating Tulsa in its home opener Friday.
New York (2-1) rallied from an 11-point, third quarter deficit. The Liberty overcame a nearly 7½ minute drought without a basket to force the extra period...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Oriol Servia is next in what could be a growing line of drivers for Panther Racing the rest of this IndyCar season.
Panther announced Wednesday that Servia will drive the No. 4 car in Saturday's race at Texas, and then two weeks later in Iowa.
Servia was available since Dreyer & Reinbold Racing closed its program after the Indianapolis 500. Panther had a technical alliance with Dreyer & Reinbold.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Lindsey Vonn took an unexpected detour during her evening at an awards show — off the red carpet and into the women's bathroom for drug testing.
Vonn was at the Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards at Lincoln Center on Monday when testers from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency escorted her to the restroom for a urine test. The test was sent to a lab and results weren't immediately available.
USADA and Vonn's agent confirmed Monday...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has welcomed the Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens to the White House, congratulating the team on its unlikely Super Bowl run.
Obama praised the team not only for the goal line stand that sealed its second Super Bowl trophy but its charitable work in blue-collar Baltimore.
Quarterback Joe Flacco was singled out for being the most valuable player, safety Ed Reed for the game's only interception and legendary...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger underwent what coach Mike Tomlin called "minor" surgery on Wednesday to deal with lingering discomfort in his right knee.
The 31-year-old Roethlisberger, who will miss next week's minicamp, is expected to return when Pittsburgh opens training camp in July.
"This surgery will have no long-term effects on his health," Tomlin said.
The surgery is the second one on...
PARIS (AP) — Turning in his finest performance yet at this year's French Open, seven-time champion Rafael Nadal reached the semifinals with a 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 victory over ninth-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka on Wednesday.
After dropping the first set in each of the first two rounds, Nadal has won 12 sets in a row, looking better and better at Roland Garros, where he now is 57-1.
Not that this result was all that surprising: Nadal improved to 10-0 against...
ATLANTA (AP) — Pittsburgh's Wandy Rodriguez has left his start against the Atlanta Braves with tightness in his left forearm after recording only one out.
The left-hander pointed to his forearm when visited by manager Clint Hurdle and a Pirates trainer in the first inning Wednesday. After a brief discussion on the mound, Rodriguez was removed from the game.
Rodriguez gave up two hits and a run and hit Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman with his...
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