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Iowa State forces 20 turnovers, thumps Kentucky despite Joshua Jefferson absence
ST. LOUIS -- Short-handed Iowa State was without versatile star forward Joshua Jefferson for its second-round NCAA Tournament Midwest Region matchup with Kentucky on Sunday.,But the Cyclones had their feral defense, and that was more than enough to tame the Wildcats, which coughed up 20 turnovers th...
Joshua Jefferson (ankle) out for Iowa State against Kentucky
Iowa State will be without its top player in Sunday's NCAA Tournament second-round game against Kentucky in St. Louis.,Senior forward Joshua Jefferson, a consensus second-team All-American, has been listed as out on the NCAA's official injury report.,Jefferson sprained his left ankle just 2:37 into ...
Marlins All-Star OF Kyle Stowers (hamstring) out 3-4 weeks
The Miami Marlins will be without All-Star outfielder Kyle Stowers for the first 3-4 weeks of the regular season due to a hamstring injury.,The team announced on Sunday that Stowers will be placed on the injured list. He appeared in just six games during spring training as the Marlins limited his wo...
Marlins All-Star OF Kyle Stowers (hamstring) headed to IL
The Miami Marlins will be without All-Star outfielder Kyle Stowers for the first 3-4 weeks of the regular season due to a hamstring injury.,The team announced on Sunday that Stowers will be placed on the injured list with a hamstring injury. He appeared in just six games during spring training as th...
Fresh off historic blowout, No. 1 Florida takes aim at No. 9 Iowa
Florida began pursuit of a second straight national championship by trouncing Prairie View A&M by a whopping 59 points, the second-largest winning margin in NCAA Tournament history.,That margin of victory couldn't have been comforting for Iowa.,The ninth-seeded Hawkeyes take aim at a major upset whe...
No. 2 Iowa State likely without Jefferson, leans into depth vs. Kentucky
ST. LOUIS -- Iowa State insists it has enough to claim a ticket to the Sweet 16, but No. 7 seed Kentucky already delivered a dose of March magic. ,The Cyclones (28-7) scored 108 points and won their first-round matchup with Tennessee State despite losing All-American forward Joseph Jefferson to a le...
No. 3 Ohio State cruises past No. 14 Howard in first-round win
Jaloni Cambridge scored 21 points and sister Kennedy Cambridge added 11 points with seven rebounds as No. 3 seed Ohio State rolled to a 75-54 first-round victory over No. 14 Howard in a Fort Worth Region 1 game at Columbus, Ohio.,Chance Gray and Ava Watson also scored 11 points each and Elsa Lemmila...
Falcons acquire S Sydney Brown from Eagles
The Atlanta Falcons acquired safety Sydney Brown from the Philadelphia Eagles in an exchange of draft picks, both teams announced Saturday.,The teams swapped fourth- and sixth-round picks in next month's draft. The Eagles get picks Nos. 114 and 197 and the Falcons receive Nos. 122 and 215.,Brown, wh...
Tom Brady’s Flag Football Showcase Is Already Outshining NFL Pro Bowl
Tom Brady’s star-studded flag football game could be a preview of the 2028 Olympics—and expose flaws in the Pro Bowl....
Balanced attack pushes St. John’s over Northern Iowa
Zuby Ejiofor racked up 14 points and 11 rebounds but was just a cog in the balanced St. John's machine as the fifth-seed Red Storm defeated No. 12 Northern Iowa on Friday in an NCAA Tournament East Regional first-round contest in San Diego.,St. John's advances to play the winner of Friday's late gam...
NCAA tournament roundup: Otega Oweh saves Kentucky with buzzer-beating bank shot
Otega Oweh rescued Kentucky with a buzzer-beating 35-footer off the glass to force overtime, then the seventh-seeded Wildcats owned the extra session to escape with an 89-84 win over No. 10 Santa Clara in Midwest Region first-round action on Friday afternoon in St. Louis.,Santa Clara forward Allen G...
Iowa rides rebounding edge to wire-to-wire win over Clemson
Bennett Stirtz scored 16 points and Kael Combs added 15 as ninth-seeded Iowa notched a 67-61 victory over eighth-seeded Clemson on Friday night in first-round NCAA Tournament South Region play at Tampa.,Alvaro Folgueiras had 14 points and Cam Manyawu collected 10 rebounds for Iowa (22-12), which nev...
Iowa State stomps Tennessee State, 108-74
ST. LOUIS -- Tennessee State likes a track meet, but there was no keeping pace with the Cyclones on Friday in a first-round matchup with No. 2 seed Iowa State. ,The Cyclones dominated the final 39 minutes of action in a 108-74 victory, advancing to play No. 7 Kentucky in a second-round Midwest Regio...
Iowa State All-American Joshua Jefferson hurt, returns in walking boot
ST. LOUIS -- Iowa State All-American forward Joshua Jefferson is out for the rest of the first-round NCAA Tournament game against Tennessee State with a left lower leg injury.,Jefferson returned to the Cyclones' bench as the second half was set to begin with crutches and wearing a walking boot on hi...
No. 1 Michigan outshoots Howard in high-scoring win
Morez Johnson Jr. scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and No. 1 seed Michigan pulled away for a 101-80 win over No. 16 Howard in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday night in Buffalo, N.Y.,Aday Mara added 19 points on 8-for-10 shooting for Michigan (32-3), which advanced to the s...
No. 15 seed Tennessee State ready to run with No. 2 Iowa State
ST. LOUIS -- Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger took in the Ohio Valley Conference evidence to fully understand what the No. 2 seed Cyclones are facing in Tennessee State, the No. 15 seed and first-round NCAA Tournament opponent for the Cyclones on Friday afternoon. ,It only took a few seconds to get...
Bennett Stirtz chasing March magic as Iowa, Clemson open NCAA Tournament
Bennett Stirtz made a big splash in the NCAA Tournament last season when he led Drake to a first-round upset of Missouri.,Now at Iowa, Stirtz tries to steer the No. 9 seed Hawkeyes on a surprise run, beginning with Friday night's first-round South region matchup against No. 8 Clemson at Tampa, Fla.,...
Southern Guards take team lead after emotional round at LIV South Africa
Ordinarily, it's the individual competition that grabs the headlines at a LIV Golf event. But Thursday at LIV Golf South Africa, it was all about the teams in the debut tournament on the continent.,Southern Guards GC, a team of four South Africans, fed off the home crowd to take the first-round lead...
Browns ask NFL to allow draft-pick trades up to 5 years out
The Cleveland Browns, who have won one playoff game in 27 years since re-entering the NFL, are lobbying for more wiggle room when making trades with an eye toward the future.,A proposal submitted by the Browns asks the league to permit the trading of draft picks up to five years in the future. The c...
College Hall of Famer Tom Brown, a Minnesota great, dies at 89
Tom Brown, the Minnesota two-way standout whose 1960 season remains one of the defining years for a lineman in college football history, died March 12 at age 89.,Brown played guard and on defense for the Golden Gophers from 1958-60 and became the rare interior lineman who didn't just anchor a champi...