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NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees postponed Thursday’s series finale against the Los Angeles Angels because of a forecast of rain.

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Back on Centre Court, Coco Gauff beat an opponent twice her age to reach the third round at Wimbledon.

China remains the dominant force in the sport, having won seven of eight gold medals in 2016. The Chinese followed up by taking 12 of 13 events at worlds in 2019.

CHATEAUROUX, France (AP) — Mark Cavendish claimed the sixth stage of the Tour de France in a mass sprint on Thursday, taking his impressive career tally to 32 stage wins at cycling’s biggest race.

BATON ROUGE – A matchup of SEC versus ACC is set for the LSU Tigers as the promoters of the Holiday Hoopsgiving College Edition that LSU will meet Georgia Tech in one of the games Dec. 11, 2021, at State Farm Arena in Atlanta.

NEW YORK (AP) — Fired New York Mets general manager Jared Porter was suspended by Major League Baseball through at least the end of the 2022 regular season following an investigation that began after a report that he sent sexually explicit text messages and images to a female reporter in 2016 while he was working for the Chicago Cubs.

HOUSTON (AP) — Cedric Mullins homered among his four hits, Austin Hays and Maikel Franco had three RBIs each, and the Baltimore Orioles broke open the game late and cruised to a 13-3 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night.

NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani was making Yankees manager Aaron Boone nervous — until the Angels’ twoway star batted in the seventh inning Tuesday night.

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Forward Darius Days is returning to LSU for his senior season after initially exploring his opportunity to turn pro.