BUENOS AIRES (AP) — La historia de Javier Mascherano con la Argentina fue la de un amor no correspondido… hasta el Preolímpico de Venezuela. Como jugador, escolta del astro Lionel Messi con más presencias, perdió cinco finales con la Albiceleste, una de ellas la del Mundial 2014, y como entrenador de combinados juveniles de su país parecía seguir el mismo …

WHITEFISH POINT, Mich. (AP) — Shipwreck hunters have discovered a merchant ship that sank in Lake Superior in 1940, taking its captain with it, during a storm off Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society and shipwreck researcher Dan Fountain announced Monday the discovery of the 244-foot (74-meter) bulk carrier Arlington in about 650 feet (200 meters) of …

SALERNO, Italy (AP) — Struggling Serie A club Salernitana is hoping for another “sporting miracle” after firing coach Filippo Inzaghi and replacing him with Fabio Liverani in the hopes of staving off relegation again. It is the third coaching change of a troubled season for Salernitana, which is bottom of Serie A and five points from safety. Even Salernitana general …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — This was supposed to be the year when the Kansas City Chiefs were vulnerable. Their wide receivers were dropping passes, their offense was committing penalties, Travis Kelce was supposedly getting old and there was no way that Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes could possibly overcome all of that. Yet they did, and wiped away any doubt …

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The weekend shooting at Joel Osteen’s megachurch in Houston is not the first time gunfire has caused panic and tragedy at a Texas house of worship. It also underscored the ease of bringing weapons into sanctuaries in a state with few limits on gun possession, as well as a growing effort by some churches to provide …

Columbus Blue Jackets (16-25-10, eighth in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Ottawa Senators (21-25-2, eighth in the Atlantic Division) Ottawa, Ontario; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Columbus Blue Jackets visit the Ottawa Senators after Boone Jenner scored two goals in the Blue Jackets’ 4-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. Ottawa is 14-12-2 at home and 21-25-2 overall. The …

Richard Roper, whose debut novel “Something to Live For” (2020) featured a character seeking the aspiration of the title, is back with “This Disaster Loves You,” about another man whose story is not quite what it seems. Brian owns a pub on the English coast, purchased with his wife more than a decade ago. He worked at a London insurance …

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian voters on Wednesday were making their choice of who will succeed popular President Joko Widodo, who is serving his second and final term. It is a three-way race for the presidency among current Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto and two former provincial governors, Anies Baswedan and Ganjar Pranowo. Subianto, who is widely seen as the front-runner, …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Associated Press high school boys basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and total points: Team Record Pts Prv Class AAAA 1. Spring Mills (10) 18-0 100 1 2. Morgantown 18-1 90 2 3. Martinsburg 12-4 80 4 4. George Washington 12-5 69 3 5. Bridgeport 15-2 56 6 6. Wheeling Park 12-5 50 5 …

LEIPZIG, Alemania (AP) — Carlo Ancelotti considera que el Real Madrid ha demostrado que puede sobrevivir sin el lesionado Jude Bellingham, quien se perderá el partido contra Leipzig el martes por los octavos de final de la Liga de Campeones. El Madrid afrontará la ida en Alemania con un mediocampo menguado por la baja del internacional inglés tras sufrir un …