Sports Summary: Stan Wawrinka defeat Dan Evans; Goaltender Dubnyk made 25 saves and more


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Sports Summary: Stan Wawrinka defeat Dan Evans; Goaltender Dubnyk made 25 saves and more
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The Pittsburgh Steelers might be ready to trade wide receiver Antonio Brown to the Buffalo Bills. Or maybe not. Wawrinka comes from behind to advance at Indian Wells

Stan Wawrinka battled back to defeat British qualifier Dan Evans 6-7(4) 6-3 6-3 at the BNP Paribas Open on Friday as the Swiss continued his slow climb back up the world rankings after a disappointing 2018. The world number 40's powerful serve was the difference on a sunny and windy day in Indian Wells as he won 83 percent of his first service points and fired down seven aces to beat Briton Evans, losing finalist at Delray Beach last month. Sports writing legend Dan Jenkins, author of 'Semi-Tough,' dies at 89

Dan Jenkins, who specialized in covering golf and football on the pages of Sports Illustrated and in making readers laugh with satirical sports novels such as "Semi-Tough" and "Dead Solid Perfect," has died at the age of 89. Jenkins' literary agent, Esther Newberg, told Reuters in an email on Friday that Jenkins' death on Thursday was a result of him falling and breaking his hip last week at his home in Fort Worth, Texas. NHL roundup: Wild snap Lightning's home win streak

Minnesota goaltender Devan Dubnyk made 25 saves and Jason Zucker scored a hat trick as the visiting Wild cooled off Tampa Bay in a 3-0 win on Thursday, breaking the Lightning's eight-game home winning streak. Dubnyk recorded his second shutout this season and the 31st of his career and improved to 6-0-1 in his last seven starts for the Wild. The Lightning's Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 27 shots and saw his 10-game winning streak end. Maradona to legally recognize three children he has in Cuba: Argentine lawyer

Argentina's 1986 World Cup soccer winning captain Diego Maradona has three children in Cuba and will travel to the country to legally recognize them, his lawyer told Argentine media. Maradona, 58, now a technical director at Mexican club Dorados de Sinaloa, has five children from other relationships with different women. Spring training roundup: Athletics rally to defeat Padres

Greg Deichmann hit a two-run home run to cap a four-run bottom of the eighth inning as the Oakland Athletics rallied for a 6-5 victory over the San Diego Padres on Friday at Mesa, Ariz. Chad Pinder delivered a run-scoring double and Austin Beck plated another run on an infield single before Deichmann swatted a 2-0 pitch from Padres right-hander Luis Perdomo over the wall in right field. NHL: Mobile games company Playtika becomes partner of Canadiens

Leading mobile games company Playtika has become a partner of the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens, the company announced. Playtika also is the main sponsor of the Spanish soccer club Sevilla FC. NFL notebook: WR Brown not coming here, Bills say

Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane will not bring wide receiver Antonio Brown to Western New York. "We inquired about Antonio Brown on Tuesday, and kept talks open with the Steelers," Beane said Friday in an announcement meant to put to rest reports of an imminent deal between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Bills. World champion U.S. women's soccer players sue federation for gender discrimination

The U.S. women's national soccer team sued the U.S. Soccer Federation on Friday with allegations of gender discrimination just three months before they open their World Cup title defense in France. All 28 members of the United States squad were named as plaintiffs in federal court in Los Angeles on International Women's Day and the lawsuit includes complaints about wages and nearly every other aspect of their working conditions. NBA: Former Air Force Lieutenant flying high as head of NBA referees

Retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Michelle Johnson has reached the upper echelons of two very different but equally male-dominated fields and credits her decorated military career with helping her serve as the NBA's head of referee operations. Johnson, who was the first woman to lead the U.S. Air Force Academy and one of the top women’s basketball players in school history, had no previous NBA experience when the league named her senior vice president and head of referee operations in 2017

(With inputs from agencies.)

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