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Browns invest heavily in secondary

BEREA (AP) — Even though the quarterback competition between Deshaun Watson and Shedeur Sanders will generate most of the focus during the Cleveland Browns training camp, it was two veteran defensive backs who got the headlines Wednesday. Cornerback Denzel Ward signed his two-year extension making him the NFL's highest-paid defensive back at $31.1 million per year and $52.3 million guaranteed. As the Browns began their afternoon practice, safety Grant Delpit agreed to a three-year extension worth $48 million, including $35 million guaranteed. A person familiar with Delpit's deal ...

D-backs blank Buccos

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Eduardo Rodríguez pitched eight shutout innings, Gabriel Moreno hit a two-run homer and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0 on Wednesday, clinching the three-game series. Arizona (57-52) now sits two games up on the Pirates (55-54) for the final NL wild card. Rodríguez (10-3) struck out two while giving up five hits on 105 pitches before Brandyn Garcia closed out a hitless ninth inning for his second save of the year. The loss marked the fifth straight against a left-handed opener for Pittsburgh, while Diamondbacks starters gave up zero ...

Another league of their own

CHICAGO (AP) — The nation's first women's professional baseball league in nearly 30 years is about to embark on its inaugural season in what marks a major milestone in the scattered history of the sport in the United States. The Women's Pro Baseball League is also part of a timeline that goes back to the very beginning of the sport. "Women have always been part of this game," said Kat Williams, the chief executive officer of the International Women's Baseball Center. "We've always played, we've always umpired, we've always coached. And in some of the earliest references in the 17th ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

POTTERS WIN OPENING MATCH EAST LIVERPOOL — East Liverpool's boys golf team scored a 195-212 win over Edison on Wednesday in the season opener at East Liverpool Country Club. Kam Engle led the Potters with a 43. Cooper Klein and Donovan Shallcross had 49s while Carstin Suznevich added a 54. Xander Haught had a 47 for the Wildcats. East Liverpool is at the Brookfield Invitational on Aug. 5. MEET THE PENGUINS YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State University football fans are invited to "Meet the Penguins" from 1-2:30 p.m. at the Watson & Tressel Training Site (WATTS). Fans can get ...

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Fauci repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a contentious Senate committee hearing WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer dozens of questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling of ...