New Mexico tabs UC San Diego’s Eric Olen to replace Richard Pitino

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New Mexico hired UC San Diego’s Eric Olen on Sunday as its next basketball coach. Olen will replace Richard Pitino, who left to become Xavier’s coach on Tuesday. “Eric is a proven winner with an incredible track record,” New Mexico athletic director Fernando Lovo said in a statement.

Torpedo-shaped bats draw attention after Yankees hit team-record 9 homers in rout of Brewers

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New torpedo bats drew attention when the New York Yankees hit a team-record nine homers that traveled a combined 3,695 feet on Saturday. Using a strikingly different model in which wood is moved lower down the barrel after the label and shapes the end a little like a bowling pin, Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger, Austin Wells, Anthony Volpe and Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered in New York’s 20-9 rout of the Milwaukee Brewers. “That’s just trying to be the best we can be,” manager Aaron Boone said Sunday.

A day after allowing 5 homers, Brewers’ Nestor Cortes addresses rough return to Yankee Stadium

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Brewers pitcher Nestor Cortes had a return to Yankee Stadium to forget on Saturday. A day later, Cortes reflected on allowing five of the Yankees’ team-record nine homers and lasting two-plus innings in a 20-9 loss. “It’s not a good feeling,” Cortes said.

Touré scores twice against his old club as relegation battler Le Havre beats Nantes

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PARIS (AP) — Abdoulaye Touré scored two penalties against his former club as Le Havre beat Nantes 3-2 in the French league to claim a vital win in its relegation fight on Sunday.

The 31-year-old Touré was born in Nantes and came through the club’s youth academy before playing nearly 150 league games for the club from 2013-21. He scored his penalties either side of a goal for Nantes from Saïdou Sow.

Moses Simon made it 2-2 shortly after the break, but defender Timothée Pembélé grabbed Le Havre’s winner in the 88th minute.

The victory moved Le Havre into 16th place in the 18-team league, with seven rounds left.

Later Sunday, Lille needs a home win against northern rival Lens to move level on points with fourth-placed Nice in the race for a Champions League spot next season.

Brest holds on

Brittany-based Brest withstood a comeback before winning 4-2 at Toulouse.

Goals from Justin Bourgault, Mathias Pereira Lage and Kamory Doumbia put Brest 3-0 ahead, but Toulouse hit back through goals from midfielder Vincent Sierro and striker Joshua King.

Brest wrapped it up when Mahdi Camara turned in Pereira Lage’s 90th-minute cross.

Other matches

Forward Arnaud Kalimuendo scored twice to reach 13 league goals as Rennes won 3-0 at lowly Angers to move closer to midtable security.

Florian Ayé’s late goal gave Auxerre a 1-0 win against rock-bottom Montpellier, which edged closed toward relegation after a seventh straight defeat.

PSG one point from title

Unbeaten Paris Saint-Germain moved within touching distance of a record-extending 13th Ligue 1 title after overwhelming Saint-Etienne 6-1 on Saturday.

PSG only needs a draw at home to Angers next Saturday to clinch the title. ___

AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer