AP Sports SummaryBrief at 12:53 p.m. EDT

Familiar foes: Las Vegas Aces and New York Liberty set for WNBA Finals rematch in playoff semifinals NEW YORK (AP) The stage is set for Aja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces to take on Breanna Stewart and the New York Liberty in a star-studded rematch of last years WNBA Finals.

This time its a round sooner.

The Liberty and Aces swept their first-round opponents and will meet Sunday in a semifinal showdown.

New York has been on a mission all season to get back to the Finals and capture the franchises first WNBA championship.

To accomplish that goal theyll have to beat the two-time defending champion Aces.

Theyll meet in the semifinals best-of-five series that begins in New York on Sunday.

UNLV QB to sit out season after agent says a promised $100,000 for transfer has not been paid UNLV quarterback Matthew Sluka has decided to sit out the rest of the undefeated teams season because of a dispute over a $100,000 NIL payment that was promised but never paid after he agreed to transfer to the Rebels last winter, Slukas agent told The Associated Press.

Slukas announcement came in a social media post Tuesday night.

The Rebels are 3-0 led by the Holy Cross transfer, who can preserve his last year of college eligibility by not playing in any more games.

Man City confirms Rodri injury as Guardiola bemoans loss of 'irreplaceable' star Manchester City says midfielder Rodri has ligament damage in his right knee but hasn't given a time frame for his potential absence.

The Spain international is among the favorites to win this years Ballon dOr award for the best player in the world.

He limped off after 20 minutes of the 2-2 draw against Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday.

City confirmed in a statement that the 28-year-old Rodri suffered a ligament injury, having traveled to Spain to seek specialist consultation on the problem.

As an era ends, the city that was home to the Oakland A's comes to grips with their departure OAKLAND, Calif.

(AP) The Athletics already have carved out Jekyll-and-Hyde legacy as one of Major League Baseballs most successful and sad-sack franchises with nine World Series titles and 19 seasons of futility punctuated by 100 or more losses.

Now, legions of As fans view the team as the sports most treacherous under the ownership of billionaire John Fisher, an heir of the family that founded The Gap in 1969 one year after the As moved to Oakland, California, from Kansas City, Missouri.

As the A's close out 57 seasons in Oakland before moving to Sacramento and then Las Vegas, it's heralding the end of an era that's crushing a community's soul.

Flyers turn to Russian teen sensation Matvei Michkov to lift them into the playoffs VOORHEES, N.J.

(AP) Russian prospect and 2023 NHL first-round draft pick Matvei Michkov could be the rookie star who helps lead the Philadelphia Flyers into the playoffs.

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Petersburg let Michkov out of his contract over the summer, paving the way for the playmaking forward to arrive in Philadelphia ahead of schedule.

The Flyers selected Michkov with the seventh pick in the 2023 draft knowing he had three years left on his KHL contract.

The Flyers believe the 19-year-old Russian has the potential to help change the fortunes of a franchise that has missed the playoffs each of the past four seasons.

Rossi lands seat with Ed Carpenter Racing as team owner Carpenter scales back to Indy 500 only Alexander Rossi has been signed as the newest driver at Ed Carpenter Racing, which will be the third team in four years for the former Indianapolis 500 winner.

Rossi won the 100th running of the Indy 500 as a rookie in 2016.

The California native will join Christian Rasmussen in the two-car lineup.

Carpenter had already scaled back to racing just ovals and will only run the Indy 500 next year in a third ECR entry.

Rasmussen and Rossi were both given multi-year contracts that were announced on Rossi's 33rd birthday.

Rahm returns to Europe in pursuit of record 4th Spanish Open trophy and Ryder Cup eligibility MADRID (AP) Jon Rahm is back in Europe to try to win a record fourth Spanish Open trophy as well as boost his bid for Ryder Cup eligibility.

It's the former top-ranked golfers first European tour start since he joined LIV Golf last December.

The Spanish Open starts Thursday and will be Rahms first of three tournaments in Europe in September and October, which would see him reach the minimum four European tour starts required to be considered for the Ryder Cup next year.

Rahm has entered the Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland and the Andalucia Masters in Spain, both in October.

That would give him four starts because the Paris Olympics also counts toward the minimum.

Italy's Luna Rossa showed two skippers are better than one on the America's Cup yachts BARCELONA, Spain (AP) Italy's Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli surprised its rivals at the last America's Cup by showing up with two helmsmen to steer its foiling yachts.

The unorthodox setup proved to be genius.

The team reached the finals where it gave defender New Zealand a battle.

Now all the teams at the 37th America's Cup in Barcelona have copied the two-helmsmen scheme.

Luna Rossa is back in the challengers' final against INEOS Britannia.

The winner will face New Zealand for sailing's biggest prize.

Luna Rossa believes they have an edge given the experience that Jimmy Spithill and Francesco Bruni have sharing the helm.

Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre says he has Parkinson's disease WASHINGTON (AP) Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre told a congressional committee Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with Parkinsons disease.

Favre made the announcement as part of his testimony about a welfare misspending scandal in Mississippi.

Favre does not face criminal charges, but he has repaid just over $1 million in speaking fees funded by a welfare program in the state.

He was also an investor a biotech company with ties to the case that said it was developing concussion drugs.

It is unclear if Favres disease is connected to his football career or head injuries.

Tennessee football's 10% talent fee opens discussion of how many schools and sports will follow LOUISVILLE, Ky.

(AP) Tennessees announcement of a 10% talent fee on 2025 football season tickets to help pay players could have been considered inevitable in the still-evolving era of name, image and likeness compensation.

Especially with revenue going directly to players likely in the fall of 2025.

It nonetheless sent shock waves throughout the sport and could spur other Power Four conference programs to follow suit.

The question is whether even diehard fans are willing to absorb another surcharge, though this one could directly impact on-field talent..

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