MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Phoenix Suns got by LeBron James in the first round and Nikola Jokic (nih-KOH’-lah YOH’-kihch) in the second, so they know how to beat an NBA MVP. Now they need to do it against Giannis Antetokounmpo (YAH’-nihs an-teh-toh-KOON’-poh). The Milwaukee star is coming off two straight 40-point performances as the Bucks head into Game 4 of the finals tonight at home. The Suns won the first two games in Phoenix and the Bucks won Game 3 in Milwaukee.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Teddy Blueger (BLOO’-gur) is sticking with the Pittsburgh Penguins. The team signed the 26-year-old forward to a two-year contract with an average salary of $2.2 million. Blueger, who worked on Pittsburgh’s fourth line, tied a career-high with 22 points —seven goals and 15 assists —in 43 games for the Metropolitan Division champions.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Big 12 coaches say they like the proposal to expand the College Football Playoff to 12 teams. They feel the conference would never be left out of the playoff again. Oklahoma and Iowa State missed the four-team playoff last season. But under a 12-team format, the Sooners would have made it for the sixth year in a row. The Cyclones would have become the first league team other than the Sooners to make it. Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley says the proposed expansion plan is a great start. Any playoff changes are still at least a couple of years away.

NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Tennis Hall of Famer Shirley Fry Irvin has died at 94. Fry won three consecutive major titles in the 1950s to complete a career Grand Slam. Her death Tuesday was confirmed by the International Tennis Hall of Fame, where she was a 1970 inductee. She came out of retirement in 1956 when she was invited to represent the United States in the Wightman Cup. She then won three consecutive major titles — Wimbledon and the U.S. Championships that year, and the Australian Championships in 1957 before retiring for good.

NEW YORK (AP) — Candace Parker grew up playing video games and now she’ll be the first female basketball player on the cover of one. The Chicago Sky star will appear on the NBA 2K22 cover for the WNBA 25th Anniversary special edition when it’s released on Sept. 10. Parker joins Luka Doncic (DAHN’-chihch), who was named cover athlete for the game’s regular edition, and Kevin Durant, Dirk Nowitzki and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who were recognized as cover athletes for the NBA 75th Anniversary Edition.

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