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Carolina’s the only one celebrating

(AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes are atop the NHL and their Stanley Cup celebration is just getting started. The rest of the league is about to be hard at work trying to catch up. The offseason is under way, with the next few weeks expected to bring a flurry of player movement via trades and signings. The salary cap is increasing to $104 million and several big-market teams with money to spend and holes to fill are eager to get better. Here is what to know: BUYOUT WINDOW Starting late Tuesday night and through June 30, clubs can buy out player contracts. There are not a ton of ...

Cape Verde surprises in World Cup

ATLANTA (AP) — So much for a supersized World Cup diluting the quality of soccer's biggest tournament. Tiny Cape Verde, making its debut at the World Cup, pulled off a stunner, holding heavily favored Spain scoreless in a 0-0 draw on Monday. "This means everything for our country," Cape ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

CAUGHT ON FILM OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Troy's first appearance in the College World Series has produced lots of Kodak moments for the Alabama school. Only Troy's photographers are having to use borrowed equipment to capture them after thieves stole cameras and lenses valued at $35,000 from the team bus. The theft was discovered after Troy arrived at Charles Schwab Field for its game against Mississippi on Sunday. According to a police report, a Troy official reported the theft shortly before noon. The bus had been parked near the team hotel since about 4:30 p.m. Saturday. Omaha Police ...

Mountaineers like their chances

OMAHA, Neb. – There is the unfortunate feeling of being one game away from elimination now for West Virginia in the College World Series. It is not exactly an uncomfortable feeling for a group that was in the exact same position just two weeks ago in Morgantown, when the Mountaineers bounced back after a loss against Kentucky to beat Wake Forest, before beating the Wildcats in two straight games. “I really do think we’re one of the toughest teams in the country,” was how WVU reliever Reese Bassinger explained it. “It wouldn’t be a Mountaineer weekend if we didn’t bounce ...

Sorsby won’s play for Texas Tech

(AP) — Transfer quarterback Brendan Sorsby will not play for Texas Tech this fall and will enter the NFL supplemental draft instead, ending an unprecedented legal fight over the college eligibility for a player who had acknowledged betting on college and pro sports, including some on his own team while at Indiana four years ago. Cody Campbell, the billionaire booster who is chairman of the school regents, wrote in an open letter Monday night that Sorsby will not be part of the team. "This decision was made with Brendan and his family and is purely an output of practical analysis of ...

Guardians will miss Ramirez

CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Guardians All-Star third baseman José Ramírez was placed on the injured list on Sunday for only the second time in his major league career because of a broken bone in his left hand. Ramírez fractured the left hamate bone during the fifth inning of Saturday's ...