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DORTMUND, Germany — Borussia Dortmund fired Thomas Tuchel as coach on Tuesday, three days after he led the club to its first title in five years.

TORONTO — It started as a routine rugby league tackle. But bad things can happen when some 900 pounds of beef collides at speed with no padding.

Frank Deford, the award-winning sports writer and commentator whose elegant reportage was a staple for years at Sports Illustrated and National Public Radio, has died. He was 78. He died Sunday in Key West, Florida, his family said Monday.

REGINA — A player who was cut from the Saskatchewan Roughriders football team over an alleged incident of domestic violence has been found not guilty of assault causing bodily harm. And Justin Cox, 24, says he hopes he can resume his career now.

Monday's Games NHL Stanley Cup final Pittsburgh 5 Nashville 3 (Penguins lead series 1-0) --- MLB American League Baltimore 3 N.Y.

Monday's Games NHL Stanley Cup final Pittsburgh 5 Nashville 3 (Penguins lead series 1-0) --- MLB American League Baltimore 3 N.Y.

PITTSBURGH — They could chuckle about it afterward because, however ugly, the Pittsburgh Penguins managed to come away with a win.

TORONTO — Credit Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price for having a sense of humour after his team was on the receiving end of a 17-2 pasting from the Toronto Blue Jays. "It could have been worse," Price said.

Tiger Woods attributed an "unexpected reaction" to prescription medicine for his arrest on a DUI charge that landed him in a Florida jail Monday for nearly four hours.

PARIS — If Novak Djokovic was hoping to take a little pressure and attention off himself after some rough results, he might very well have found the perfect way to do that by adding Andre Agassi as a coaching consultant of sorts for the French Open.