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DETROIT (AP) — Penn State moved closer to its ninth NCAA wrestling championship in 11 years Friday night, widening its lead in the team race as five of its six semifinalists advanced. The Nittany Lions had 108 points after the semis. Michigan, trying for its first title 45 minutes away from its Ann Arbor campus, was second with 84.5 and two finalists set to compete Saturday night. Arizona State had 63.5 points and Iowa 62, and each has one finalist.

MERIBEL, France (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin already got the overall World Cup title. Petra Vlhová had the Olympic and World Cup titles in slalom. Maybe that left space for a surprise Saturday. Andreja Slokar stepped up with a career-best result to win the slalom at the World Cup Finals meeting in the sunny French Alps. The 24-year-old Slovenian skier finished 0.48 seconds ahead of Lena Dürr, who let another first-run lead slip as she did at the Beijing Olympics last month.

MERIBEL, France (AP) — The pressure off after securing the overall World Cup title, Mikaela Shiffrin was fifth-fastest in the first run of the season’s last slalom Saturday. Shiffrin was 0.66 seconds behind leader Lena Dürr, and Olympic slalom champion Petra Vlhová was fourth with 0.48 to make up in the second leg in the afternoon at sunny Méribel.

FORT MYERS, Fla, (AP) — Left-hander Jake Diekman is guaranteed $8 million in his two-year contract with the Boston Red Sox. Diekman gets $3.5 million in each of the next two seasons under the deal announced Wednesday. Boston has a $4 million option for 2024 with a $1 million buyout. The 35-year-old reliever was 3-3 with a 3.86 ERA with a career-high seven saves in 67 relief appearances for Oakland last season, striking out 83 in 60 2/3 innings. He has a 2.96 ERA over the past two seasons.

Far away from her mystifying struggles at the Olympics, Mikaela Shiffrin soared back to the summit of Alpine skiing Thursday. A season that risked being defined by zero medals from six events in China instead ended in triumph in the French Alps.