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LA 2028 Olympic soccer kicks off 4 days early, spreading matches across 7 US cities 03/16/2026 11:38pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Men's and women's soccer at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will begin four days before the opening ceremony and be played in seven cities around the United States. The early start, approved by the IOC, allows teams two extra rest days during the tournament compared to previous Ol Iranian women soccer players granted asylum in Australia are pictured training in Brisbane 03/16/2026 11:37pm • BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Two players from the Iranian women’s soccer team have joined a practice session with a professional club in Brisbane in their first publicly-shared appearance since it emerged they had been granted asylum in Australia. Fatemeh Pasandideh and Atefeh Ramezanisadeh were p United Arab Emirates briefly closes airspace as Israel strikes Lebanon and Tehran 03/16/2026 11:20pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Explosions sounded over Dubai early Tuesday as the United Arab Emirates’ military worked to intercept incoming Iranian fire that caused the country to briefly close its airspace as Israel launched new strikes in war in the Middle East. The Israeli military said Bulls blow out the Grizzlies 132-107 as Josh Giddey gets his 4th triple-double in the last 5 games 03/16/2026 11:15pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Josh Giddey had 16 points, 15 rebounds and 13 assists for his fourth triple-double in five games, and the Chicago Bulls blew out Memphis 132-107 on Monday night to hand the depleted Grizzlies their eighth straight loss. Giddey is third in the NBA with 12 triple-doubles this season, Chile's new far-right president launches work on border barrier 03/16/2026 11:08pm • SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean President José Antonio Kast wasted no time. Less than a week after his inauguration, Chile’s arch-conservative president on Monday began overseeing preparations to build a border barrier — part of his flagship campaign promise to block immigrants from crossing i The Latest: Trump seeks help opening the Strait of Hormuz as Iran war chokes oil shipping 03/16/2026 11:05pm • U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he has demanded about seven countries send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open as fears of a global energy crisis persist. Iranian strikes on commercial ships in and around the strait, and even just the threat of attacks, have slowed shipping there to a Steve Kerr becomes the fourth-fastest coach to 600 wins, trailing only Jackson, Riley and Popovich 03/16/2026 11:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Steve Kerr could finally celebrate win No. 600. The Golden State coach is one of the fastest to reach the milestone, but after he made it to 599 the Warriors lost five in a row. They snapped that skid with a 125-117 win over Washington on Monday night. “Not a great basket Criticized for their cool, American players head into the WBC final appreciating opponents' flair 03/16/2026 10:59pm • MIAMI (AP) — Criticized for their cool, American players head into the World Baseball Classic championship also appreciating opponents' flamboyant flair. U.S. captain Aaron Judge's controlled composure has filtered through the clubhouse ahead of Tuesday night's final against Venezuela. That's not World Baseball Classic Glance 03/16/2026 10:58pm • All Times EDT GROUP A W L Pct. Canada 3 World Baseball Classic Glance 03/16/2026 10:58pm • All Times GMT GROUP A W L Pct. Canada 3 Mammoth beat Stars 6-3, ending Dallas' franchise-record point streak at 15 games 03/16/2026 10:49pm • DALLAS (AP) — Jack McBain’s tie-breaking shorthanded goal early in the third period began a four-goal outburst and led the Utah Mammoth to a 6-3 win over Dallas on Monday night, ending the Stars’ point streak at a franchise-record 15 games. Clayton Keller, Kailer Yamamoto, Michael Carcone, Law Zion Williamson scores 27 points to lead the Pelicans past the Mavericks 129-111 03/16/2026 10:46pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Zion Williamson scored 27 points and the New Orleans Pelicans defeated the injury-depleted Dallas Mavericks 129-111 on Monday night. Saddiq Bey had 23 points, while Jeremiah Fears and Trey Murphy III each added 17 to help the Pelicans win for the eighth time in 12 games. Naji M Falcons finalize contracts with veteran edge rushers Ebukam and Ojulari and defensive lineman Hand 03/16/2026 10:34pm • FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons finalized contracts with three veteran defensive players on Monday to boost their depth on that side of the ball, signing defensive ends Samson Ebukam and Azeez Ojulari and defensive lineman Da'Shawn Hand. Ebukam and Ojulari should give the Falcons so Jaylen Brown scores 18 of his 41 points in the fourth quarter to help Celtics beat Suns 120-112 03/16/2026 10:29pm • BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown had 18 of his 41 points in the fourth quarter and Jayson Tatum scored 21 in his fifth game back from an Achilles tendon injury to help the Boston Celtics beat the Phoenix Suns 120-112 on Monday night. Devin Booker scored 40 for the Suns, who have lost back-to-back games US Olympic hero Jack Hughes has 3 assists as the Devils beat the Bruins 4-3 in overtime 03/16/2026 10:21pm • NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Jack Hughes had three assists to extend his productive run since scoring the gold medal-winning goal for the U.S. at the Olympics, and the New Jersey Devils dented the Boston Bruins' playoff chances by beating them 4-3 in overtime Monday night. Hughes set up Connor Brown's goal