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Browns defensive coach touches base with star

BEREA (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 after the Cleveland Browns concluded their fifth voluntary organized team activity practice. Garrett, a two-time AP Defensive Player of the Year, usually doesn't show up for any of the offseason workouts until the start of the mandatory minicamp. However, Garrett's absence has drawn more scrutiny, ...

Vrabel tries to move on from mess

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — After a controversial start to the offseason that saw Mike Vrabel the subject of headlines for things other than football, the Patriots coach says he's enjoying keeping his focus on the field. "We all have to deal with things outside of here. And my focus and, obviously, the excitement I have for coaching is what is most important right now," Vrabel said Wednesday in his first public comments to reporters since fulfilling his pledge to be away from the team on the final day of the NFL draft last month to begin counseling after photos were published of him ...

Pirates rout skidding Cubs, 12-1

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Esmerlyn Valdez hit a two-run home run to cap a five-run first inning on Tuesday night and the Pittsburgh Pirates routed the skidding Cubs 12-1 to extend Chicago's losing streak to 10 games. The rookie became the seventh player in Pirates' history to hit two home runs within the first four games of his major league career and the first since Austin Meadows in 2018. The Cubs are just the second team in major league history to have two 10-game winning streaks and one 10-game losing streak in the same season, joining the 2017 Los Angeles Dodgers, according to Elias ...

UFC cage appears on White House lawn

WASHINGTON (AP) — Yet another White House construction project is underway, though this one is meant to be only temporary. Crews are erecting an octagon-shaped cage on the South Lawn that will host next month's UFC bout, helping mark the nation's 250th anniversary — and President Donald ...

Malkin gets one more shot

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Evgeni Malkin is going to get a chance to finish what he started in Pittsburgh. The Penguins re-signed the franchise icon to a one-year deal worth $5.5 million on Tuesday, answering perhaps the club's biggest offseason question before the offseason truly starts. Malkin, who turns 40 in August, was set to become a free agent on July 1. The Russian had maintained for the past year-plus that he wanted to stay in Pittsburgh rather than hit the open market for the first time in his career. General manager Kyle Dubas spent months declining to offer any specifics on the ...

Heat wave bakes French Open players, fans

PARIS (AP) — Tennis players at the French Open say they haven't experienced conditions this hot at Roland Garros since the Paris Olympics. And the 2024 Olympics were held in July and August. Temperatures for the opening two days of the clay-court Grand Slam have soared to 33 degrees C (91 F) — far beyond normal for late May in the French capital. And it's forecast to stay that way for the entire first week. Besides making it uncomfortable for fans and players alike, the sultry conditions have also created faster conditions on court — changing the pace of the game. "It is ...