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AP Sports Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Becky Hammon has had to prove she belongs among the best in basketball throughout her career. She was a consensus All-American in 1999 at Colorado State but went undrafted that year. Though Hammon became a multiple WNBA All-Star, she was never part of the U.S. Olympic player pool.

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Stars are taking their local game broadcasts directly to consumers for free after years of fans having issues watching the team’s games on a regional sports network. The NHL team announced Monday that it has entered into a seven-year agreement with A Parent Media Co. Inc. to stream all

HOUSTON (AP) — Nearly 1 million customers without power in Texas as Hurricane Beryl lashes Houston with heavy rains, powerful winds.

MATAGORDA, Texas (AP) — Hurricane Beryl makes landfall on the Texas coast near Matagorda, the National Weather Service says.

Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — After Hurricane Beryl slammed into Texas early Monday, knocking out power to nearly 3 million homes and businesses, unleashing heavy rain and killing at least three people it moved east and later weakened to a tropical depression, the National Hurricane Center said Monday evening. The fast-moving tempest threatened to carve

MIAMI (AP) — Beryl has again strengthened into a hurricane as it bears down on southern Texas.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Willy Agada scored twice in the first half, Memo Rodríguez had an early assist and scored the winner late, and Sporting Kansas City survived an own goal by keeper Tim Melia in a 3-2 victory over FC Dallas on Sunday night. Agada gave Sporting KC (5-13-5) the lead in the

HOUSTON (AP) — Los Angeles FC’s match against the Houston Dynamo has been postponed because of continuous inclement weather surrounding Shell Energy Stadium on Sunday. The league moved the start time ahead two hours before deciding there wouldn’t be a long enough break in the weather to get the match in. No makeup date has

AP Baseball Writer Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes was picked for the All-Star Game on Sunday just eight weeks after his debut, and the major league-leading Philadelphia Phillies had a big league-high seven selections. Skenes, who turned 22 in May, was selected by the Pirates as the top pick in last year’s amateur draft, two

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A’ja Wilson scored 28 points and became the franchise’s all-time leading scorer Sunday as the Las Vegas Aces beat the Dallas Wings 104-85. Wilson also grabbed 10 rebounds for her 11th double-double of the season. She made 11 of 22 from the field, including 3 of 4 from 3-point range. The

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Wyatt Langford and Jonah Heim matched career highs with four hits, Corey Seager had a three-run homer and the Texas Rangers batted around twice in a 13-2 rout of the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday that finished a three-game sweep. Texas matched its season high with 19 hits, sending nine batters

Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Christian Vázquez led off the ninth inning with a home run to give the Minnesota Twins a 3-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday. Vázquez, who had two hits and drove in all three Twins runs, hit a full-count sinker from Josh Hader (3-5) high and deep to left

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas officials tell coastal residents to expect power outages, flooding as Beryl forecasted to become hurricane again.

Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court in New Orleans is taking another look at its own order requiring a Texas county to keep eight books on public library shelves that deal with subjects including sex, gender identity and racism. Llano County officials had removed 17 books from its shelves amid complaints

Associated Press The crew of a NASA mission to Mars emerged from their craft after a yearlong voyage that never left Earth. The four volunteer crew members spent more than 12 months inside NASA’s first simulated Mars environment at Johnson Space Center in Houston, coming out of the artificial alien enviroment Saturday around 5 p.m.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Gyasi Zardes scored two goals — the 32-year-old forward’s first multi-goal game in nearly-2 years — and Brad Stuver had four saves to help Austin FC beat New York City FC 2-1 Saturday night. Zardes has 105 career goals and moved past Dwayne De Rosario (104) into 10th on MLS’s all-time

Associated Press MATAGORDA, Texas (AP) — Beryl began lashing coastal Texas with rain and intensifying winds Sunday as residents boarded up windows, left beach towns under evacuation orders and prepared for the powerful storm that has already cut a deadly path through parts of Mexico and the Caribbean. Beryl remained a tropical storm late Sunday

AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Marcus Semien had no interest in talking about the struggles he has been going through at the plate. The Texas second baseman wanted to keep the focus on the latest game. “I had a swing to help us win the game, and that’s all you can ask for

Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jose Miranda matched a major league record with hits in 12 straight plate appearances and Byron Buxton and Brooks Lee homered, leading the Minnesota Twins to a 9-3 win over the Houston Astros on Saturday. Miranda, playing third base, entered the game with the team-record of hits in 10 straight

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Twins’ Jose Miranda gets a hit in 12th consecutive at-bat, tying MLB record.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jose Miranda of the Minnesota Twins singled in the fourth inning on Saturday for his 12th straight hit in an at-bat, tying the longest streak in MLB history. The fans at Target Field gave Miranda a standing ovation as the scoreboard and public address announcer informed them of the record. Miranda, a

Associated Press With its unprecedented tear through the ultrawarm waters of the southeast Caribbean, Beryl turned meteorologists’ worst fears of a souped-up hurricane season into grim reality. Now it’s Texas turn. Beryl hit Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula as a Category 2 hurricane on Friday, then weakened to a tropical storm. It’s expected to reach southern Texas

Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Texas officials urged coastal residents to brace for a looming hit by Beryl, which was a tropical storm on Saturday but was expected to regain hurricane strength as it moves across the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. A hurricane warning was declared for a stretch of the state’s

Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Alex Bregman had a three-run homer and the Houston Astros held off the Minnesota Twins 13-12 on Friday night after taking an eight-run lead into the bottom of the ninth. Jeremy Peña had three hits, scored three times and drove in three runs to help the Astros win for the

AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes does seemingly everything fast, whether it’s throwing a baseball or sprinting through the minor leagues. Establishing himself as a legitimate major league ace has been no different. It’s taken all of 10 starts for the Pittsburgh Pirates rookie with the 100 mph fastball and trademark mustache to

AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — There is a Lowe family reunion this weekend in Texas, where the mother of big league brothers Nathaniel and Josh is getting to watch her sons play against each other for the first time since being diagnosed with brain cancer last year. Wendy Lowe was unable to attend

AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Canada hasn’t scored much on the way to the semifinals of its first Copa America. Don’t look for apologies from American-born coach Jesse Marsch. Ismaël Koné scored in the sixth round of the shootout right after a third save by Maxime Crépeau and Canada moved on with a

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Twins designated hitter Jose Miranda set a team record Friday night with hits in 10 consecutive plate appearances. Miranda eclipsed the Twins record of nine hits in a row set by Tony Oliva in 1967 and matched by Mickey Hatcher in 1985 and Todd Walker in 1998. Oliva still spends time

AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Corey Seager extended his hitting streak to 10 games with a two-run double and Michael Lorenzen combined with four relievers on a three-hitter as the Texas Rangers blanked the Tampa Bay Rays 3-0 on Friday night. Seager went the opposite way with a double into the left-center field