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SAN ANTONIO — When Corey Conners won the Valero Texas Open in 2019 he got a pair of cowboy boots instead of a trophy. Sometimes, especially during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, he would wear them around his Florida home.

SAN ANTONIO — Canada's Corey Conners has won the Valero Texas Open for a second time. Conners, from Listowel, Ont., saved par on the par-5 18th hole to secure the one-stroke win on Sunday.

It wasn't long ago that Manchester United was being talked up, somewhat optimistically, as a potential outsider for the Premier League title.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Pascal Siakam scored 36 points, Fred VanVleet added 20 points and a career-high 20 assists and the Toronto Raptors beat the undermanned Charlotte Hornets 128-108 on Sunday to secure a spot in the NBA play-in tournament. O.G.

The Toronto Raptors have clinched a spot in the NBA's play-in round. Toronto's 128-108 win over the Charlotte Hornets earlier Sunday, coupled with the Brooklyn Nets' 111-110 victory over the Utah Jazz, locked up the Raptors' post-season spot.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Daniil Medvedev won his fourth ATP title of the year Sunday, beating Jannik Sinner 7-5, 6-3 in the Miami Open to move to 6-0 in their career matchup.

Blue Jays radio listeners were thrown a curveball over the weekend when an alarm-type beeping sound interrupted a remote broadcast of Toronto's road game against the St. Louis Cardinals.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nolan Gorman hit a pair of two-run homers — including a first-inning blast that capped off a three-homer inning — and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 9-4 on Sunday.

LONDON (AP) — Chelsea has fired manager Graham Potter with the club languishing in the middle of the Premier League standings despite spending around $630 million on players in the last two transfer windows.

HONG KONG — New Zealand continued its domination of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series on Sunday with both the men and women lifting the cup at the Hong Kong Sevens.