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Power play humming for Golden Knights

LAS VEGAS — When Mark Stone returned to the Golden Knights’ lineup for Sunday night’s Game 3 of the Western Conference Final against Colorado, that also meant the return of Vegas’ five-forward power play. With Stone down low, Mitch Marner shifted to the top in the quarterback role, sending defenseman Shea Theodore to the second unit. No matter which player is at the top, the Golden Knights’ power play is humming. Stone’s goal with the man advantage 19 seconds into the second period cut the Avalanche’s lead to 3-1 and sparked a two-period dominance for a 5-3 ...

CEO for NIL enforcement: We just enforce the rules that you make

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. — While frustration mounts across college sports and talk of breakaway conferences hits the hallways at conference’s spring meetings, the leader of the agency formed to police name, image and likeness payments has a simple reminder: These are the rules you wrote. In an interview with The Associated Press this week at the Big Ten meetings, Bryan Seeley, the CEO of the 11-month-old College Sports Commission, said he has actually heard more good feedback than bad as he’s started making the rounds at league meetings. The problem is that the bad stuff ...

Guardiola leaving Manchester City

MANCHESTER, England — Pep Guardiola is leaving Manchester City at the end of the season. It will bring to a close a trophy-laden, 10-year spell in which he established City as a forces in Europe while changing the face of English soccer. Guardiola has one year left on his City contract but he will take charge of his final game on Sunday against Aston Villa in the Premier League. City said Guardiola will become a global ambassador and it is naming its newly developed stand at Etihad Stadium after him. Since joining City in the summer of 2016 Guardiola has led the Abu Dhabi-owned team ...

Sinner to open vs. wild card

PARIS — Jannik Sinner won’t have the crowd on his side when he starts his quest for a career Grand Slam at the French Open. Sinner was on Thursday drawn a French opponent in the first round — Clement Tabur, ranked a career-high 165th. Tabur received the wild card vacated by former champion Stan Wawrinka, who gained a late automatic entry. With two-time reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz out injured, Sinner is the overwhelming men’s favorite when play starts on Sunday. He is unbeaten in three months. He’s won 29 straight matches and dropped just three sets. The French Open is ...

A final dance for retiring Stan Wawrinka, Gael Monfils

PARIS — Their legs don’t move as fast on the red clay. They recover more slowly. But the French public still loves them just as much. Stan Wawrinka and Gael Monfils have been involved in some of the most memorable matches in recent Roland Garros history. The two veterans are back at the French Open for a final dance at the Grand Slam tournament after announcing they will retire at the end of the season. Both players have slipped down the rankings. A three-time Grand Slam champion, the 41-year-old Wawrinka won the title in 2015 and is now ranked No. 119. Aged 39, Monfils reached the ...

Kyle Busch short of breath before death

CONCORD, N.C. — NASCAR driver Kyle Busch experienced shortness of breath, felt he was overheating and was coughing up blood the day before his death, according to a 911 call obtained Friday by The Associated Press. Busch died Thursday at age 41. No cause of death has been given, though his ...