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Top overall pick Macklin Celebrini debuts at Sharks development camp; his NHL decision ‘coming up’ 07/02/2024 05:37pm • SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Macklin Celebrini knows he has a big decision looming. The No. 1 overall pick in the NHL draft last week made his Sharks debut Tuesday morning at the team’s development camp. Whether he plays for San Jose this upcoming season or returns to Boston University for his sophom Bronny James says he can handle 'amplified' pressure of playing for Lakers with his famous father 07/02/2024 05:11pm • EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Bronny James says the opportunity to play professionally alongside his famous father played no role in his decision to enter the NBA draft. Now that the 19-year-old son of LeBron James has been selected by the Los Angeles Lakers anyway, Bronny says he can still handle all Justin Rose qualifies for the British Open as Sergio Garcia misses out again 07/02/2024 04:47pm • Justin Rose went to great lengths to secure a spot at Royal Troon and it paid off Tuesday when he posted rounds of 66-68 to be among 16 players who qualified at four links courses for the British Open. Sergio Garcia missed out for the second straight year as only two LIV Golf players qualified. The Mississippi erases some restrictions on absentee voting help for people with disabilities 07/02/2024 04:36pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is revising the restrictions it put in place last year on who can provide absentee voting assistance to people who have disabilities or cannot read or write — restrictions that were blocked by a federal judge before ultimately being altered by lawmakers. An upda Four-time All-Star guard Kemba Walker announces his retirement from basketball 07/02/2024 03:54pm • Four-time NBA All-Star guard Kemba Walker says he’s retiring. The 34-year-old Walker wasn’t in the NBA this past season, but did play in the EuroLeague with AS Monaco. He announced his decision Tuesday on social media. “This has all been a dream,” Walker said in a post on X, formerly Twitter Big 12 newcomer Utah tabbed as favorite to win the expanded 16-team football conference this fall 07/02/2024 03:48pm • IRVING, Texas (AP) — Big 12 newcomer Utah has been picked to finish first in the expanded 16-team football conference this fall in a preseason poll of media who cover the league. The Utes got 20 of 61 first-place votes in the poll released Tuesday, a week before the start of the league's football Oklahoma St RB Ollie Gordon II, who won Doak Walker Award last season, arrested for suspicion of DUI 07/02/2024 03:25pm • Oklahoma State running back and Doak Walker Award winner Ollie Gordon II was arrested Sunday morning for suspicion of driving under the influence, police said. A state trooper in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, reported seeing Gordon swerving in his black 2024 Cadillac. The vehicle was clocked at 82 mil Virginia Senate takes no action on move to repeal military tuition program restrictions 07/02/2024 03:11pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Senate has failed for a second time to eliminate new restrictions on a state program that offers free college tuition at state schools for families of veterans who were killed or seriously disabled while on active duty. The state House of Delegates voted unanim Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier denied parole for 1975 killings of 2 FBI agents serving warrants 07/02/2024 01:50pm • Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison since his conviction in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota, has been denied parole. The U.S. Parole Commission said in a statement Tuesday announcing the decision that he won't be eligible for another par Bucks banking on long-term potential of their two 19-year-old draft picks 07/02/2024 01:26pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) — If it wasn’t obvious enough already, the youth of the Milwaukee Bucks’ two draft choices became apparent when second-round pick Tyler Smith discussed the origins of his love for bowling. “I was in Vegas this year (and) there was really, like, nothing to do out there,” Smit Melting of Alaska's Juneau icefield accelerates, losing snow nearly 5 times faster than in the 1980s 07/02/2024 11:12am • The melting of Alaska's Juneau icefield, home to more than 1,000 glaciers, is accelerating. The snow covered area is now shrinking 4.6 times faster than it was in the 1980s, according to a new study. Researchers meticulously tracked snow levels in the nearly 1,500-square mile icy expanse going back Virginia task force recommends dedicated funding for campus threat assessment team training 07/02/2024 10:34am • A task force directed by the Virginia legislature has recommended creating a dedicated funding stream for threat assessment team training on college and university campuses and allowing teams to share confidential information about a person who’s the subject of an investigation with other public i Devout athletes find strength in their faith. But practicing it and elite sports can pose hurdles 07/02/2024 08:56am • It’s been 100 years since a Scottish runner famously refused to race on a Sunday at the Paris Olympics because of his Christian beliefs. Devout top athletes say elite sports performance still poses some hurdles for the faith practices that are central to their lives on and off the field. At this s Book Review: Pollster who wrote 'The Latino Century' says both political parties get Hispanics wrong 07/02/2024 08:04am • Mike Madrid, author of the new book “The Latino Century,” is better situated than most political consultants to comment on the U.S. Latino electorate because of his job experience and upbringing. Growing up in a Mexican American family in Southern California, Madrid says he became a Republican Dallas Wings had high expectations for 2024, but injuries have them at bottom of WNBA standings 07/02/2024 06:00am • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Wings were coming off their best season since moving to Texas eight years ago, with their most wins since the franchise's last WNBA title in 2008 when they were in Detroit. Six of the top seven scorers were returning, including All-Star players Satou Sabally and