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Women's NCAA Spokane 4 roundup: No. 4 Kentucky, No.5 K-State prevail
Georgia Amoore scored 34 points and dished eight assists as No. 4 seed Kentucky escaped with a 79-78 win over No. 13 seed Liberty in the first round of the Women's NCAA Tournament on Friday afternoon in Lexington, Ky.,Dazia Lawrence added 16 points for Kentucky (23-7), which will face No. 5 seed Kan...
Women's NCAA Roundup: No. 2 TCU, No. 3 Notre Dame advance
Madison Conner scored 23 points as TCU, the second seed in the Birmingham 3 regional of the NCAA Women's Championship, shrugged off a slow start to beat No. 15 Fairleigh Dickinson 73-51 on Friday afternoon in a first-round clash in Fort Worth, Texas.,The Horned Frogs (32-3), who reached the second r...
Women's NCAA Roundup: Top seed South Carolina crushes Tennessee Tech
No. 1 seed South Carolina began its pursuit of a third national championship in four seasons on Friday afternoon with a 108-48 rout of No. 16-seeded Tennessee Tech in Columbia, S.C.,The Gamecocks (31-3) allowed the game's first two points, then proceeded to outscore the Ohio Valley Conference champi...
Women's NCAA Roundup: No. 4 Kentucky escapes, No.5 Kansas State dominates
Georgia Amoore scored 34 points and dished eight assists as No. 4 seed Kentucky escaped with a 79-78 win over No. 13 seed Liberty in the first round of the Women's NCAA Tournament on Friday afternoon in Lexington, Ky.,Dazia Lawrence added 16 points for Kentucky (23-7), which will face No. 5 seed Kan...
Women's NCAA Roundup: No. 3 Notre Dame, No. 6 Michigan advance
Hannah Hidalgo and Sonia Citron scored 24 points apiece as Notre Dame, the third seed in the Birmingham 3 bracket of the NCAA Women's Championship, easily dispatched No. 14 Stephen F. Austin 106-54 on Friday afternoon in South Bend, Indiana.,The Fighting Irish (27-5) advance to face No. 6 Michigan i...
Josh Berry looking to start another streak at Miami
So apparently Christopher Bell will not win nearly every NASCAR Cup Series race after all.,First-year Wood Brothers Racing driver Josh Berry powered the iconic No. 21 Ford around Las Vegas Motor Speedway to break Bell's three-race stranglehold on the sport and give an enormous boost to NASCAR's olde...
NHL roundup: Jets outlast Oilers in OT
Kyle Connor got the winner 1:13 into overtime as the Winnipeg Jets outlasted the host Edmonton Oilers 4-3 on Thursday.,Josh Morrissey had a goal and an assist for the Jets, who won for the fourth time in five games, and Cole Perfetti and Brandon Tanev also scored. Connor Hellebuyck made 21 saves for...
NBA roundup: Bulls storm back from 19 down to beat Kings
Coby White scored 31 of his 35 points after halftime as the Chicago Bulls overturned a 19-point deficit to defeat the host Sacramento Kings 128-116 on Thursday night.,White knocked down 13 of 14 free throws, while Kevin Huerter added 25 points -- including 5 of 9 3-pointers -- seven assists and four...
NCAA Tournament roundup: McNeese knocks out Clemson in Midwest
Brandon Murray came off the bench to score a team-high 21 points, and 12th-seeded McNeese pulled off the first major upset of the NCAA Tournament, eliminating fifth-seeded Clemson 69-67 in a first-round Midwest Region matchup Thursday in Providence, R.I.,Quadir Copeland added 16 points, seven reboun...
First Four: Columbia, William & Mary earn first NCAA wins
Riley Weiss scored 24 points and Kitty Henderson tallied 11 points, seven rebounds and seven assists as Columbia held off Washington 63-60 in the First Four of the Women's NCAA Tournament on Thursday in Chapel Hill, N.C.,Columbia (24-6), playing in the First Four for the second straight season, won ...
Spring training roundup: Braves pitchers overwhelm Phillies
Five Atlanta pitchers scattered four hits and designated hitter Marcell Ozuna provided power with a two-run home run as the host Braves shut out the Philadelphia Phillies 7-0 on Thursday in spring training action in North Port, Fla.,Raisel Iglesias (1-0) earned the win with a perfect fourth inning, ...
Commanders sign WR Michael Gallup
The Washington Commanders signed wide receiver Michael Gallup to a contract on Thursday.,Terms of the deal were not disclosed for Gallup, who returns to the NFL after he retired last offseason.,Gallup, 29, was released from the Las Vegas Raiders' reserve/retired list earlier this month. He signed a ...
Angela Stanford to lead Team USA at 2026 Solheim Cup
Angela Stanford is moving up to the captain's chair for the U.S. team in the 2026 Solheim Cup, which takes on Europe in the Netherlands next year.,Stanford, 47, competed in the Solheim Cup on six occasions as a player and vice captain in each of the past three.,"I'm extremely grateful to be named th...
NBA roundup: Luka Doncic, Lakers handle Nuggets
Luka Doncic scored 21 of his 31 points in the first quarter, Austin Reaves added 22 total and the Los Angeles Lakers turned a fast start into a 120-108 home victory over the short-handed Denver Nuggets on Wednesday.,The victory allowed the Lakers to tie the Nuggets for third place in the Western Con...
Spring training roundup: Red Sox rally to top Tigers
Jarren Duran hit a leadoff home run and scored a run in the seventh inning to help the Boston Red Sox to a 6-4 win over the visiting Detroit Tigers on Wednesday at Fort Myers, Fla.,Boston right-hander Richard Fitts gave up three runs on six hits in four innings, while left-hander Justin Wilson (1-1)...
NFL transactions roundup: Jaguars to sign OT Fred Johnson
The Jacksonville Jaguars will sign offensive tackle Fred Johnson to a one-year contract, his agent told ESPN on Wednesday.,Financial terms were not disclosed for the 6-foot-7, 326-pound Johnson, who played in all 17 games (six starts) last season with the Philadelphia Eagles., ,The reported move wil...
NBA roundup: No Stephen Curry, but Warriors stop Bucks
Jimmy Butler III scored a game-high 24 points, Brandin Podziemski returned from an injury to hit two key late 3-pointers and the host Golden State Warriors, playing without Stephen Curry, held off the Milwaukee Bucks 104-93 on Tuesday night.,With Curry resting his 36-year-old back and knees, Golden ...
NHL roundup: Canadiens score 5 in 3rd to halt Sens' win streak
Nick Suzuki's tiebreaker with 4:37 remaining in regulation highlighted a five-goal third period for the Montreal Canadiens, who cooled off the visiting Ottawa Senators with a 6-3 victory on Tuesday night.,Lane Hutson and Josh Anderson scored tying goals in the third, before Suzuki was in the right s...
Spring training roundup: Pirates charge past Phillies
Javier Rivas hit a walk-off solo home run to complete a three-run uprising and hand the Pittsburgh Pirates a 3-2 win over the visiting Philadelphia Phillies in spring-training action on Tuesday in Bradenton, Fla.,Scoreless through eight, the Pirates got on the board with a pair of RBI sacrifice flie...
NBA roundup: Aaron Gordon leads short-handed Nuggets past Warriors
Aaron Gordon scored a season-high 38 points, Russell Westbrook recorded a triple-double and the Denver Nuggets, playing without Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, stunned the Golden State Warriors 114-105 in San Francisco on Monday.,With Jokic nursing a sore elbow and ankle and Murray dealing with a spr...