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Vitality, MongolZ, Spirit post sweeps at BLAST Open Spring
Team Vitality, The MongolZ and Team Spirit finished off sweeps in their respective upper-bracket quarterfinals to open Group B play of the BLAST Open Spring on Thursday in Copenhagen, Denmark.,PARAVISION also won its opening match to remain in the winner's bracket. 9z Team, MOUZ, Team Liquid and Nin...

Top-seeded Arizona starts Final Four quest with matchup vs. Long Island
SAN DIEGO -- West Region No. 1 seed Arizona will begin its pursuit of the program's first Final Four appearance since 2001 on Friday when the Wildcats face 16th-seeded Long Island in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. ,Arizona (32-2) heads into its fifth consecutive NCAA field on a nine-game wi...

FURIA, Team Falcons open BLAST Open Spring with sweeps
FURIA and Team Falcons finished off sweeps in their respective upper-bracket quarterfinals to open Group A play of the BLAST Open Spring on Wednesday in Copenhagen, Denmark.,Aurora Gaming and Natus Vincere also won their opening matches to remain in the winner's bracket. TYLOO, FaZe Clan, B8 and NRG...

Chris Bell scores 31 as Cal opens NIT with win vs. UIC
Chris Bell's career night helped second-seeded Cal extinguish Illinois-Chicago 91-73 in the first round of the NIT's Albuquerque region Wednesday night in Berkeley, Calif.,Bell's career-best 31 points on 10-of-12 shooting from the field, including 7 of 8 from behind the arc, was more than enough for...

Wild, Blackhawks run it back after overtime thriller
After a day off, the Minnesota Wild and Chicago Blackhawks will face each other in a rematch.,The Wild escaped with a 4-3 overtime victory Tuesday night in Chicago. Both teams headed north after the game, and they will face off again Thursday night in Saint Paul, Minn., to finish their home-and-home...

Report: Hall of Fame won't give golden-goal puck to Jack Hughes
The Hockey Hall of Fame intends to keep the puck Jack Hughes slapped to score the gold-medal winning goal for the United States in the Milan Cortina Olympics, despite Hughes wanting to gift it to his father.,Philip Pritchard, the vice president of the resource center and curator for the Hockey Hall ...

Duke's Patrick Ngongba II 'unlikely' to play in tournament opener
Patrick Ngongba II, the starting center for Duke, is not expected to play Thursday when the No. 1 Blue Devils meet No. 16 Siena in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.,"I think it's very unlikely that he plays [Thursday]," Duke coach Jon Scheyer told reporters Wednesday. "We're going to keep ta...

Reports: Bears add depth by signing DL James Lynch
The Chicago Bears are signing free-agent defensive tackle James Lynch to a one-year contract, according to multiple reports on Wednesday.,Lynch, 27, played in all 34 games (one start) the last two seasons while with the Tennessee Titans, totaling 45 tackles, 1.5 sacks, three tackles for loss, five q...

WNBA, players' union reach agreement on new CBA terms
The WNBA and Women's National Basketball Players Association reached a verbal agreement on the terms for a new collective bargaining agreement early Wednesday morning.,WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert stood side-by-side with WNBPA president Nneka Ogwumike and board members, including star player Br...

Wild deju vu: Minnesota again beats Blackhawks 4-3 beyond regulation
Mats Zuccarello scored at 3:09 of overtime and Marcus Johansson had a goal and two assists as the visiting Minnesota Wild defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Tuesday to stop a three-game losing streak.,Brock Faber earned three assists for the Wild, who ended an 0-2-1 run. Minnesota's Ryan Hartman...

White Sox RHP Mike Vasil to have Tommy John surgery
Chicago White Sox right-hander Mike Vasil will have Tommy John surgery in the coming weeks, the team announced Tuesday.,Vasil, who turns 26 on Thursday, will miss the entire 2026 season.,He departed Saturday's preseason game with right elbow soreness after throwing 3 2/3 scoreless innings against th...

Sporting Kansas City acquire Brazilian D Diego Borges
Sporting Kansas City acquired Brazilian defender Diego Borges from Hungary's Zalaegerszeg TE on Tuesday.,The 21-year-old center back is under contract through 2029-30 with an option for 2030-31. He will occupy U22 Initiative and international roster slots.,"Diego is a young and exciting prospect at ...

Dai Dai Ames, Justin Pippen pace Cal into NIT clash vs. UIC
While Cal and Illinois-Chicago were unsuccessful in their bids to squeak into the NCAA Tournament, postseason action will be welcomed by two programs that seldom play at this time of year. ,The No. 2-seeded Bears (21-11) will host the Flames (19-15) as part of the Albuquerque Region in the NIT on We...

Neymar left off Brazil's friendly squad as World Cup hopes fade
Neymar's World Cup prospects dwindled Monday when Brazil coach Carlo Ancelotti excluded him from the squad for a pair of friendlies in the United States.,Brazil faces France in Boston on March 26 and Croatia in Orlando on March 31 in the team's final matches before World Cup rosters are announced.,"...

Padres RHP Joe Musgrove expected to open season on IL
San Diego Padres right-hander Joe Musgrove is expected to open the season on the injured list after he was slow to recover from his return start March 4 start at spring training.,Musgrove missed all of last season following Tommy John surgery and made his return to the mound in an exhibition game ag...

WNBA commish: 'We're going to keep making progress'
Another marathon negotiating session between the WNBA and union leaders ended early Monday morning after making progress toward a "historic" deal, commissioner Cathy Engelbert said.,"We are going to keep going. We're going to get this deal done," Engelbert said. "And, you know, it's going to be hist...

Angel City pour it on in 4-0 win over Stars
Angel City FC poured it on in the second half to produce a 4-0 win over the Chicago Stars in both teams' NWSL season opener on Sunday in Los Angeles.,Kennedy Fuller opened the scoring in the 33rd minute before Evelyn Shores, Ary Borges and Maiara Niehues added goals after halftime for Angel City (1-...

Duke takes lessons from ACC tourney to Big Dance with No. 1 overall seed
Among the goals for top-ranked Duke was to learn as much as possible from a restructured lineup during the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.,Then the Blue Devils learned Sunday that they'll have a challenging route to negotiate through the NCAA Tournament.,Duke is the overall No. 1 seed and occu...

Nongshim RedForce run away with Valorant Masters Santiago title
Nongshim RedForce completed a dominant run through the playoffs by blanking Paper Rex 3-0 in the grand final of the $1 million Valorant Masters Santiago 2026 on Sunday in Santiago, Chile.,The squad from South Korea takes home $350,000 for the triumph, while Paper Rex settles for $200,000 as runners-...

Bulls home after 2-3 Western swing, face sputtering Grizzlies
Recent acquisitions Rob Dillingham and Leonard Miller helped the Chicago Bulls tread water during the team's five-game Western road trip.,As Chicago returns home to face the slumping Memphis Grizzlies on Monday, Bulls coach Billy Donovan hopes the "good minutes from those guys" keep coming.,"I'm rea...