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Chattanooga earn spot in NIT title game with win over Loyola Chicago
Trey Bonham scored a game-high 23 points and Honor Huff made the game-sealing 3-pointer to push Chattanooga past Loyola Chicago 80-73 on Tuesday night in Indianapolis, clinching a spot in the NIT championship game.,Huff's 12 points came on four 3-pointers, none bigger than the tough stepback shot he...

Kirill Marchenko notches hat trick as Jackets pound Predators
Kirill Marchenko's third career hat trick and career-best four points sparked a big night for the Columbus Blue Jackets, who skated away with an 8-4 win over the visiting Nashville Predators on Tuesday.,The three-goal, one-assist night also allowed the Russian forward, 24, to post his first 30-goal ...

Blue Jays break late tie to beat Nationals
Bo Bichette bounced a two-run single into right field with two out in the eighth inning, and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Washington Nationals 5-3 on Tuesday night.,Toronto has won three straight games, including the first two of the three-game series with Washington.,Toronto scored t...

Shane Baz silences Pirates as Rays roll
Shane Baz continued the trend of strong Tampa Bay starting pitching, Brandon Lowe homered and drove in three, and the host Rays spoiled the major league debut of Pittsburgh prospect Thomas Harrington in a 7-0 thumping of the Pirates on Tuesday night.,A 2017 first-round draft pick by the Pirates, Baz...

Surging Sabres complete season sweep of Senators
Rasmus Dahlin and Alex Tuch each had a goal and an assist for the visiting Buffalo Sabres in a 5-2 win against the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday.,Mattias Samuelsson had two assists, and James Reimer made 33 saves for the Sabres (32-36-6, 70 points), who won all four meetings against Ottawa this season ...

Akshay Bhatia defending at Texas Open with Masters on his mind
When then-22-year-old Akshay Bhatia beat Denny McCarthy in a playoff to win the Valero Texas Open last year at TPC San Antonio, he got to do one of the most enjoyable things in the world of golf.,He got to board a flight to Augusta, Ga.,Bhatia's victory earned him the final spot available in the fie...

JuJu Watkins, Paige Bueckers top Wooden Award finalists
Southern California sophomore guard JuJu Watkins and UConn senior guard Paige Bueckers head the list of finalists for the 2025 John Wooden Award that goes to women's college basketball's most outstanding player, the Los Angeles Athletic Club announced Tuesday night.,UCLA junior center Lauren Betts, ...

UCF beats Oregon State by a free throw in Crown first round
Moustapha Thiam hit the go-ahead free throw for UCF with 55 seconds left as the Knights picked up a 76-75 win against Oregon State in the opening round of the College Basketball Crown in Las Vegas.,Darius Johnson, Tyler Hendricks and Nils Machowski led UCF with 15 points apiece. Hendricks also had 1...

After record-setting road trip, Celtics head home to face red-hot Heat
The Boston Celtics are one of the few NBA teams with a better record on the road than at home this season, but they have a chance to narrow that gap Wednesday when they host the red-hot Miami Heat.,Boston (56-19) is coming off a 6-0 road trip that raised the team's road record to 32-7. It marked the...

Dillon Mitchell helps Cincinnati rout DePaul in Crown
Dillon Mitchell had 10 of his 15 points in the first half and Cincinnati used a 14-2 second half spurt to pull away and beat DePaul 83-61 on Tuesday in a first-round game of The Crown Tournament at Las Vegas.,Mitchell had seven rebounds and three assists while the backcourt duo of Day Day Thomas and...

NCAA Tournament's Sunday Elite Eight flops with TV viewers
The Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament was not a big hit with March Madness viewers.,The regional finals on Saturday and Sunday saw all four No. 1 seeds advance to the Final Four and they averaged just 9 million viewers on CBS, TBS and truTV, a 10 percent drop from last year's tournament.,According ...

Butler tries to slow down Boise State, Tyson Degenhart
It wasn't clear how many teams would be motivated to compete at the inaugural College Basketball Crown, and a few programs even turned down invitations.,Butler and Boise State didn't want their seasons to end Monday, staying alive with their respective first-round victories -- one that went down to ...

Pirates call up RHP Thomas Harrington for MLB debut vs. Rays
The Pittsburgh Pirates called up right-handed prospect Thomas Harrington to make his major league debut on Tuesday against the host Tampa Bay Rays.,Harrington, who will get the start versus the Rays, rated No. 73 among Baseball America's top 100 prospects (No. 78 by MLB Pipeline).,He recorded a 7-3 ...

Bill Parcells selected to Patriots Hall of Fame
Former New England head coach Bill Parcells will be inducted into the Patriots Hall of Fame as a contributor.,Franchise owner Robert Kraft made the announcement Tuesday in a news release.,Parcellls guided the Patriots to a 32-32 regular-season record from 1993-96. While the .500 mark pales by compar...

Blue Jays' Jose Berrios bids to execute pitches vs. Nationals
Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Jose Berrios has a chance to make amends for his Opening Day loss when he faces the visiting Washington Nationals on Tuesday night.,Berrios allowed three homers and six runs in a 12-2 setback to the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday, when the Blue Jays opened the season at...

Jake Mangum, Rays hope for repeat performance vs. Pirates
The roots of the legend of Jake Mangum, the Tampa Bay Rays' early-season star, firmly were planted in right field at the spring training home of the New York Yankees on Monday night. ,Following a career night, the 29-year-old rookie likely will be back in the lineup Tuesday night when the Rays host ...

Jackets, up against Predators, glad to turn page on March
The Columbus Blue Jackets' quest to end their four-season playoff drought continues Tuesday when they host the slumping Nashville Predators.,The Blue Jackets (33-30-9, 75 points) sit two points behind the Montreal Canadiens for the final Eastern Conference wild-card spot. Columbus has one more game ...

Malik Mack scores 37 as Georgetown edges past Washington State
Malik Mack scored a career-high 37 points and undermanned Georgetown held on to beat Washington State 85-82 in the first round of the College Basketball Crown on Monday night in Las Vegas.,Jordan Burks recorded his second double-double of the season with 16 points and 13 rebounds as Georgetown (18-1...

Brice Williams scores 30, lifts Nebraska over Arizona State
Brice Williams scored a game-high 30 points and Connor Essegian posted all 17 of his points in the final 11 minutes as Nebraska rallied to earn an 86-78 victory over Arizona State during College Basketball Crown first-round play Monday night in Las Vegas., ,Juwan Gary added 18 points for Nebraska (1...

Bowden Francis pitches Blue Jays to victory over Nats
Bowden Francis did not allow a hit until the sixth inning, Andres Gimenez homered and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Washington Nationals 5-2 on Monday night.,Gimenez was on base four times in the opener of a three-game series, adding a walk, a hit by pitch and a double.,Francis (1-0) f...