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Kentucky’s John Calipari in talks to become the next basketball coach at Arkansas
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky’s John Calipari has been in talks with Arkansas to become the school’s next men’s basketball coach. The Lexington Herald-Leader was told Sunday that Arkansas reached out to Calipari regarding the position following last week’s departure of Eric Musselman, who left Fayetteville after five seasons to become...
Perfect ending: South Carolina's Dawn Staley wins 3rd national title as Gamecocks down Clark, Iowa 
CLEVELAND — With the championship secured, Dawn Staley released a year’s worth of pent-up frustration and pain. The tears flowed freely. The burden lifted. South Carolina got past Caitlin Clark this time. A year after their perfect season crashed with a semifinal loss to Clark in the Final Four, the...
Nelly Korda wins 4th straight LPGA Tour start, beating Maguire in T-Mobile Match Play 
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Nelly Korda is on a roll not seen on the LPGA Tour in 16 years. She won four of the first seven holes, largely making the rest of the final Sunday in the T-Mobile Match Play a formality in beating Leona Maguire 4 and 3...
UConn, Purdue set to collide in NCAA title game after dominating March Madness
GLENDALE, Ariz. — The NCAA Tournament has reached its finish line, down to one game pairing the two best teams that routinely win in romps and boasting a marquee post matchup that features a two-time national player of the year. Maybe that will make this version of March Madness something...
Minor league report: Penguins' winning streak reaches 5 
Defenseman Jack Rathbone had a goal and two assists for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 5-1 home win against the rival Lehigh Valley Phantoms at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre on Sunday. Forward Avery Hayes had a goal and an assist for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (36-22-8-1) which extended a season-best winning streak...
Bhatia loses 6-shot lead and wins Texas Open in a playoff. The next stop is the Masters 
SAN ANTONIO — Akshay Bhatia nearly celebrated too soon Sunday, hurting his left shoulder while pumping his arms on a 12-foot birdie to force a playoff. He recovered to make birdie on the first extra hole and win the Texas Open over hard-luck Denny McCarthy to earn a trip to...
Hempfield grad Sowers elevates herself among top Division II pitchers in nation
A breakthrough season called for an encore, but Callie Sowers didn’t rest on her laurels or her repertoire to greet the curtain call at Bloomsburg. No, the ace softball pitcher went back into the lab in the offseason. “Last season was a stepping stone for me and a platform to...
William Byron leads Hendrick to 1-2-3 Martinsville finish
William Byron took the lead with 73 laps to go and held onto it during a two-lap overtime finish Sunday to enhance Hendrick Motorsports’ celebration of its 40-year anniversary of its first victory in racing with a victory in the NASCAR Cup Series at Martinsville Speedway. Byron, the first of...
Augusta National's 8th hole has uphill climb, blind shot
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Bruce Devlin hit the best shot he never saw at the Masters. It was the first round in 1967, and the Australian was 240 yards away on the par-5 eighth hole at Augusta National. He took a lash with his 4-wood. The ball landed on the front...
South Carolina finishes off perfect season with NCAA championship, beating Clark and Iowa 87-75 
CLEVELAND — Kamilla Cardoso delivered again for Dawn Staley and South Carolina. A perfect finish. A dynasty. A team too big for Caitlin Clark and Iowa this time around. Cardoso had 15 points and a career-high 17 rebounds, and South Carolina completed its perfect season with an 87-75 victory over...
Pirates farm report for April 7, 2024: Anthony Solometo tosses 4 scoreless innings in Curve loss
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 5-4) dropped a 3-2 decision to Memphis (Cardinals). SS/2B Nick Gonzales (.405) was 3 for 4 with a double and walk. LF Canaan Smith-Njigba (.231) was 2 for 3. 2B/SS Liover Peguero (.371) and 1B/RF Matt Gorski (.227) each knocked in a run. LHP Cam Alldred (3.86) started...
Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg announces his retirement at 35
WASHINGTON — Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg announced his retirement Sunday, ending the 2019 World Series MVP’s injury-filled career. Since leading Washington to its only World Series title five years ago, the 35-year-old Strasburg pitched just 31 1/3 innings over eight starts. “I realized after repeated attempts to return to...
Pirates rally for walk-off win against Orioles on errant throw to win 3-game series
The Pittsburgh Pirates had the bases loaded but were trailing by a run when Edward Olivares hit a grounder up the middle in the bottom of the ninth inning. As he sprinted down the first-base line, Olivares saw Baltimore Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson make a diving stop. That only made...
Tennessee hires Marshall's Kim Caldwell as the Lady Vols' 4th coach in NCAA era
Tennessee athletic director Danny White has moved quickly and gone outside the historic Lady Vols’ program in hiring Marshall coach Kim Caldwell as only its fourth head coach in the NCAA era. White announced the hiring Sunday, within a couple of hours of the women’s national championship game. It’s a...
Mark Madden: Sidney Crosby's energy, effort have fueled overachieving Penguins
Sidney Crosby has had better seasons. More productive. Higher numbers. He’s previously won the best of the NHL’s awards. This year, he’s being discussed for mere Miss Congeniality-level hardware. He has three Stanley Cup rings. The Pittsburgh Penguins won’t come close this year. But if Crosby drags the decidedly meh...
Pirates GM Ben Cherington discusses fastballs, catching situation
Ben Cherington spent most of his weekly radio show talking fastballs — while also mentioning an opposing sweeper — and how he has dealt with a catching situation riddled with injuries. The Pittsburgh Pirates general manager focused his show Sunday on flagship 93.7 FM on the one-hit outing by left-hander...
Pirates place LHP Ryan Borucki on 15-day IL, recall lefty reliever Jose Hernandez to bullpen
Ryan Borucki has become a dependable left-handed reliever for the Pittsburgh Pirates but his left triceps was bothering him to the point that he addressed it with manager Derek Shelton and the team’s trainers. “I wasn’t bouncing back the way I wanted to since the first series in Miami,” Borucki...
First an earthquake, now an eclipse. Yankees to play ball on same day as another natural phenomenon
NEW YORK — A 4.8 magnitude earthquake shook New York City on Friday as the Yankees went through batting practice before their home opener. Three days later, the Yankees will play after another natural phenomenon. At least this one will be expected. A solar eclipse is forecast to occur Monday...
Gateway grad Emma Kennedy hits strong stretch for Slippery Rock softball
Gateway graduate Emma Kennedy hopes a recent hitting streak for the Slippery Rock softball team is the genesis of good things for the junior starting catcher. She collected at least one hit in each of four games — five total out of 11 at-bats — as The Rock went 3-1...
As the Penguins surge, defenseman P.O Joseph enjoys a bigger role 
It was a pretty simple play. Get the puck out of danger, and let the forwards take care of the rest. In this case, forward Drew O’Connor was in charge of “the rest” and connected on what proved to be the winning goal early in the third period of a...
Defending champ UConn gets past Alabama to return to title game
GLENDALE, Ariz. — UConn kept its bid to repeat as national champion intact by surviving its first true test of the NCAA Tournament, getting 21 points from freshman Stephon Castle while clamping down defensively in the second half of an 86-72 win over Alabama in the Final Four on Saturday...
Pirates farm report for April 6, 2024: Lonnie White Jr., Hudson Head homer in dramatic Greensboro win
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 5-3) swept a doubleheader from Memphis (Cardinals ). In the first game, a 5-4 Indy win, RHP Quinn Priester (2.79) started and went four innings, allowing two runs on four hits and four walks in four innings. He fanned three. RHP Wily Peralta (1-0, 15.75) gave up two...
Still struggling to score, Riverhounds tie Tampa Bay for 1st point in standings
After Saturday’s scoreless draw with the Tampa Bay Rowdies at Highmark Stadium, Pittsburgh Riverhounds coach Bob Lilley and his players had a mostly positive outlook. That’s not only because they secured their first point and first clean sheet, but it was how they did it. The Hounds were the aggressor...
Minor league report: Penguins win 4th consecutive game 
A hat trick by forward Austin Rueschhoff led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 6-3 road win against the Bridgeport Islanders at Total Mortgage Arena in Bridgeport, Conn. on Saturday. Defenseman Ty Smith recorded four assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (35-22-8-1), which extended a winning streak to four games while forward Vinnie Hinostroza...
Zach Edey, Purdue power way into NCAA title game past N.C. State
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Purdue kept its March Madness dream alive while snuffing out North Carolina State’s, getting 20 points and 12 rebounds from Zach Edey in a 63-50 victory Saturday that placed the Boilermakers a win from their first NCAA title. N.C. State poked and jabbed at the 7-foot-4 Edey...


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