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McDonald’s Tayala breaks Kent record

KENT

Matthias Tayala twice broke the 40-year-old Kent indoor weight throw record Friday during the Golden Flash Gala.

On his second weight throw of the night Tayala broke the record of 71-feet, 10.75 inches set in 1973 by Olympic athlete Jacques Accambray. He then topped that with his final throw of the night with a 72-2.5.

AP source: Mariners, Cano reach agreement

SEATTLE

Robinson Cano is trading pinstripes for the Pacific Northwest. The free agent second baseman and the Seattle Mariners have reached agreement on a deal, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Friday. ESPN reported earlier Friday that the contract was worth $240 million for 10 years. The person told the AP that the deal was pending a physical that had not yet been scheduled. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because there was no official announcement.

NBA: Cavs fall to Hawks, Waiters has 30

Dion Waiters scored a season-high 30 points for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Andrew Bynum tied his season high with 20 points and grabbed a season-best 13 rebounds, and Jarrett Jack added 13 points, but the rest of the Cavs combined to shoot 12 for 50 and starters Kyrie Irving and Alonzo Gee went scoreless as Cleveland fell at Atlanta, 108-89 on Friday. Paul Millsap had 16 points and 14 rebounds for the Hawks.

In other games, Milwaukee outlasted Washington in overtime, 109-105, behind 19 points and 17 rebounds from John Henson; Jeff Taylor, Gerald Henderson and Kemba Walker each scored in double figures to lead Charlotte past Philadelphia, 105-88; Boston took care of Denver, 106-98, as Jordan Crawford scored 22 points and had 8 assists; the struggling New York Knicks won their second in a row, 121-83, over Orlando on the strength of Carmelo Anthony’s 20 points and 11 rebounds; Houston downed Golden State, 105-83, as James Harden scored 34 points; Kevin Durant’s 29 points led Oklahoma City to a 109-95 win over New Orleans.

Golf: Woods ties mark, leads by three strokes

Tiger Woods had a birdie putt on every hole and made 10 of them Friday to tie his own course record at Sherwood and take a three-shot lead in the World Challenge at Thousand Oaks, Calif. Woods had a 10-under 62, matching the score he shot in the second round at Sherwood six years ago. That gave him a two-shot lead over Zach Johnson, who birdied the last hole for a 68.

US soccer faces Ghana, Portugal, Germany

The U.S. drew a daunting task for next year’s World Cup: difficult opponents, tropical venues and a 9,000-mile zigzag journey across Brazil. The Americans wound up with the potentially punishing group they feared and will play Ghana, Portugal and Germany in June as they try to achieve a U.S. first: reaching the knockout phase twice in a row.

The U.S. opens its seventh straight World Cup appearance against Ghana on June 16 at Natal. The U.S. meets Portugal and 2008 FIFA Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo six days later in the Amazon rain forest city Manaus. The Americans have just three off days to recover before closing Group G on June 26 in Recife against three-time champion Germany.

NHL: Blue Jackets win second straight

Cam Atkinson, Nick Foligno, Boone Jenner and R.J. Umberger scored and Curtis McElhinney posted his first shutout since 2011 in leading Columbus over Minnesota 4-0 Friday at Columbus. It was the Blue Jackets’ second win in a row, the first time they’ve won back-to-back games since Oct. 25.

In other games, Nick Bonino and Kyle Palmieri scored in the shootout to help the Anaheim Ducks beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2; Elias Lindholm had a goal and two assists to lift Carolina over San Jose 5-3; Johan Franzen and Tomas Tatar scored third-period goals and Detroit beat New Jersey, 5-3.

Staff reports/Associated Press