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Noah Gragson once again has the NASCAR industry abuzz after a showdown with Daniel Hemric at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The Xfinity Series driver has made headlines on and off the track for his driving and his confrontational nature, but Gragson remains unapologetic. He believes if people are talking about him, then Gragson is doing his job. Many don't care for his attitude, but reigning in Gragson could rob the sport of a fiery personality at a time NASCAR needs colorful characters. 

Two-time reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo has a sprained left knee and won’t play in the Milwaukee Bucks’ game Monday night against the Indiana Pacers. The NBA’s injury report lists Antetokounmpo as out for the game due to the knee issue. Antetokounmpo played 34 minutes Saturday and had 26 points, 15 assists and eight rebounds in a 120-113 victory over the San Antonio Spurs. The 6-foot-11 forward has averaged 28.7 points, 11.7 rebounds and 9.8 assists during the Bucks’ current six-game winning streak.

Florida’s famed South Beach is desperately seeking a new image. Amid another out-of-control spring break, officials say it may be time to change the hip neighborhood’s vibe as a law-breaking, party-all-night oasis. On Saturday, officials enacted an 8 p.m. curfew after street parties devolved into fights, stampedes and destruction of property. Some city officials said they should have taken more stringent measures earlier instead of reacting in the middle of the chaos. Tourists, meanwhile, say the curfew has put a huge damper on the vacations they had been looking forward to and for which they paid good money. 

Jordan Lewis had a career-high 32 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists to help seventh-seeded Alabama beat No. 10 seed North Carolina 80-71 in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament. It was a triumphant return to the NCAAs for the Crimson Tide, who were playing their first game in the tournament since 1999. The Crimson Tide made eight straight trips to the NCAAs from 1992-99 that included a run to the Final Four in 1994. Stephanie Watts led the Tar Heels with a season-high 29 points, hitting seven 3-pointers.

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and the United States imposed sanctions Monday on a number of Myanmar officials accused of involvement in the country's military coup and the ensuing crackdown on protesters. The EU announced penalties on 11 officials,…

Angel Baker made the go-ahead 3-pointer with 29.1 seconds left and No. 13 Wright State stunned No. 4 Arkansas 66-62 in the biggest upset of the first round of the women's NCAA Tournament. Jada Roberson made two free throws with 8.1 seconds left to seal the victory Monday for the Horizon League tournament champions, who were playing in just their third NCAA Tournament. Baker scored 26 points and the Raiders are the first No. 13 seed to beat a No. 4 since 2012. Coming into the tournament, No. 13 seeds were 9-104 all time.

Authorities say charges are imminent against a man suspected of killing his ex-wife and three others in New Mexico in a series of slayings that included the beating death of a New Jersey resident he claimed sexually abused him as a child. Investigators over the weekend searched a house where Sean Lannon, his ex-wife and their children were believed to have lived in Grants, New Mexico. A police official wouldn't specify what investigators were looking for, only that the warrants were for anything of "evidentiary value.” Lannon is in custody in New Jersey. Authorities also are still looking into his claims that he killed 11 other people in New Mexico.

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s health minister says the country will resume the use of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday by extending it to adults under age 65. Authorities will consider giving it to older people after they analyze a…

Tom Brady is turning out to be at the center of the offseason, too. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers swore they wouldn't lose anyone after winning their first Super Bowl since 2003 and they've been true to their word. They franchised Chris Godwin and re-signed Lavonte David, Rob Gronkowski and Shaq Barrett. Brady's former team fell to 7-9 last season and Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft responded by going on a spending spree to remake their roster. Others making an early splash include the Broncos, Browns and Giants.

President Joe Biden’s administration has tried for weeks to keep the public from seeing images from the border like those released Monday. The new images show immigrant teenagers sleeping on mats in crowded conditions, separated in groups by plastic partitions. The administration steadfastly refuses to call the detention of more than 15,000 children in U.S. custody a crisis. But it has stymied most efforts by outsiders to decide for themselves. Officials have barred nonprofit lawyers who conduct oversight from entering a Border Patrol tent where thousands of children and teenagers are detained. And federal agencies have refused or ignored dozens of requests from the media for access to detention sites. 

The numbers attached to the new $113 billion deal to telecast NFL football games through 2033 are so large it's hard to get your head around them — until you realize that the very survival of television networks as we know them may depend upon it. For the biggest broadcast networks, the deal guarantees they will each have a piece of the programming that is more dependable than anything else they put on the air for the next 12 years. Some experts worry about whether the deal's allowance for streaming of all future NFL games may eventually make television networks less vital to viewers. But for the networks, there wasn't much choice.

Chris Duarte scored 23 points and Oregon showed no signs of rust in beating No. 2 seed Iowa 95-80 to reach the Sweet 16 after a long layoff. The seventh-seeded Ducks had advanced to the West Region’s second round without playing a game because first-round opponent Virginia Commonwealth had multiple positive COVID-19 tests. That left the Ducks with a nine-day break since losing in the Pac-12 Tournament title game. Oregon’s offense hummed like it was fresh off the line once the ball went up. It kicked off the NCAA Tournament’s first Monday of second-round games with a masterpiece. Two-time All-American Luka Garza capped his stellar college career by tying the Iowa NCAA Tournament record with 36 points.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will announce the names of this year’s rookie draft class within shouting distance of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The league announced some of its plans for this year’s three-day event in Cleveland, which will include some of the prospects being in person after last year’s draft was held virtually because of the pandemic. Some of Cleveland’s iconic downtown locations will be incorporated into the three-day festivities from April 29 to May 1.

A man considered a person of interest in the deaths of his ex-wife and three other people in New Mexico has been charged with a separate killing in New Jersey. Authorities in Gloucester County say they have charged 47-year-old Sean Lannon with murder, robbery and other offenses in the death of 66-year-old Michael Dabkowski in Dabkowski's East Greenwich home on Monday. Lannon was arrested in St. Louis on Wednesday morning. He is a person of interest in the deaths of his ex-wife and three men whose bodies were found last week in a vehicle at the Albuquerque International Sunport airport garage. It was not clear on Wednesday if Lannon had an attorney. 

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish currency plummeted against the U.S. dollar on Monday after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fired his third central bank head in less than two years, raising concerns about a possible return to the unconventional monetary…