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Villanova tops Creighton to win Big East titleVideo
NEW YORK — Collin Gillespie nailed consecutive 3-pointers late in the game that put No. 8 Villanova ahead for good, and the Wildcats beat Creighton, 54-48, to win the Big East Tournament championship Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. Gillespie missed this tournament and the NCAAs last season with a...
Canada beats U.S. in women’s hockey ‘Rivalry Rematch’
The competitiveness of the rematch befitted the rivalry, even if the ending was less than climactic. Marie-Philip Poulin was credited with the winning goal 2 minutes and 13 seconds into overtime to lift the Canadian women’s hockey team to a 4-3 victory against Team USA in an exhibition dubbed the...
LSU fires men’s basketball coach Will Wade, citing NCAA probeVideo
LSU fired men’s basketball coach Will Wade for cause amid “serious” allegations of NCAA violations, the university announced Saturday in a joint statement from its president and athletic director. The firing comes the day after LSU was bounced from the SEC Tournament by Arkansas, 79-67, in a quarterfinal game Friday...
Uncomfortably numb: Reddick deals with leg issues at PhoenixVideo
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Tyler Reddick is enjoying his status among NASCAR’s fastest drivers through the season’s first three races, adapting quickly to the sport’s Next Gen car that has provided solid racing and a new degree of difficulty for many drivers. The only issue is Reddick can’t seem to get...
Players Championship gets 4 hours of play and Monday finish
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The Players Championship delivered only four hours of golf Friday before rain saturated the TPC Sawgrass, assuring the PGA Tour’s premier event will not end until Monday. So much for Saturday being “moving day.” Based on the forecast of overnight rain and raging wind, the...
Georgia fires Tom Crean after worst season in program historyVideo
Georgia coach Tom Crean was fired in a much-anticipated announcement a day after the end of a 26-loss season. Georgia announced Thursday night Crean will not return for his fifth season. The quick decision comes less than 24 hours after the Bulldogs’ 86-51 loss to Vanderbilt in the first round...
Michigan’s Juwan Howard keeps cool after returning to sideline
INDIANAPOLIS — Juwan Howard was on his best behavior in Michigan’s Big Ten Tournament opener. Sure, he worked the officials. Yes, he spent most of Thursday’s game barking out instructions to his players. He even hugged Indiana’s players and coaches in the handshake line. But after serving a five-game, league-imposed...
Colgate beats Navy in Patriot League title game, returns to NCAA TournamentVideo
HAMILTON, N.Y. — Tournament MVP Jack Ferguson scored 17 points, Nelly Cummings added 15 and Colgate turned away a late Navy push to win the Patriot League championship game 74-58 on Wednesday and return to the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year. Tucker Richardson scored 12 points as did...
Kent State’s Carry, formerly of Duquesne, named Mid-American Player of YearVideo
CLEVELAND — Kent State’s strong season in the Mid-American Conference was rewarded with junior guard Sincere Carry being named the league’s top player and Rob Senderoff winning coach of the year honors. Forward Justyn Hamilton collected a third award for the Golden Flashes as the best sixth man. Carry averaged...
Saudi distraction behind, Johnson ready to get back on trackVideo
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Dustin Johnson’s commentary on his shots was more revealing than where they landed. He reached the 18th hole Wednesday on the TPC Sawgrass, water all the way down the left side of one of the more daunting closing holes in golf, and opted for a...
Syracuse star Buddy Boeheim suspended after punching Florida State playerVideo
NEW YORK — Syracuse star Buddy Boeheim was suspended for the Orange’s ACC Tournament game against Duke after he punched Florida State’s Wyatt Wilkes in the stomach Wednesday during a second-round victory. The ACC announced the one-game suspension for a “flagrant act” about four hours after ninth-seeded Syracuse beat Florida...
Wright State rallies past Northern Kentucky to win Horizon TournamentVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Trey Calvin made a jumper from just inside the free-throw line with 10.5 seconds left to complete a late comeback from 16 points down to earn Wright State a 72-71 win over Northern Kentucky on Tuesday night to claim both the Horizon League championship and an automatic berth...
Delaware wins CAA tourney, gets first NCAA berth since 2014Video
WASHINGTON — Jyare Davis scored 18 points, Andrew Carr had 17 points and 12 rebounds for his second career double-double and fifth-seeded Delaware beat No. 2 seed UNC Wilmington, 59-55, on Tuesday night to claim the Colonial Athletic Association tournament championship. Delaware (22-12) won its sixth conference tournament title, along...
Bellarmine wins Atlantic Sun tourney, giving NCAA bid to Jacksonville StateVideo
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — CJ Fleming scored a career-high 27 points, Dylan Penn added 22 and Division I newcomer Bellarmine defeated Jacksonville, 77-72, in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament on Tuesday, handing the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament to regular-season champion Jacksonville State. The Knights, in the second of a...
Return of Michigan’s Juwan Howard among Big Ten Tournament’s top storylinesVideo
Michigan coach Juwan Howard’s return and Wisconsin guard Johnny Davis’ injury are the major plotlines heading into the Big Ten Tournament that starts Wednesday in Indianapolis. Howard is returning from a five-game suspension as the Wolverines attempt to play their way off the bubble and into the 68-team NCAA Tournament...
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh says door closed on return to NFLVideo
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh said Tuesday that the door is closed on his potential return to the NFL. Harbaugh said he took a look at possibly coaching the Minnesota Vikings — interviewing with them last month on signing day — to find out if he wanted...
Kansas considered team to beat in wide open Big 12 TournamentVideo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Big 12 Tournament was the place where Kansas validated its regular-season conference championship each year, and usually confirmed its status as one of the top seeds and heavy favorites for the NCAA Tournament. That’s changed a bit over the years. Five different schools have played...
Hall of Famer, Jackson State coach Deion Sanders has 2 toes amputated after medical setbackVideo
Deion Sanders had two toes on his left foot amputated because of blood clots stemming from a previous surgery. The Jackson State coach and NFL Hall of Famer revealed the severity of his foot injury in an episode of his “Coach Prime” documentary series that will air Tuesday night on...
Column: On course and in Hall of Fame, Tiger overshadows allVideo
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Tiger Woods is going into the World Golf Hall of Fame with three others who no doubt will be overshadowed in the presence of a player who transcended the sport like no other. Perhaps that’s only fitting. It was like that every time Woods teed...
Monahan ready to move, waiting on Mickelson to call himVideo
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Emboldened by support from golf’s biggest stars, commissioner Jay Monahan said Tuesday the PGA Tour was ready to move on from the threat of a Saudi-funded rival league, and his phone will be on whenever Phil Mickelson is ready to call. In his annual news...
FIFA postpones Ukraine playoff, gives Poland bye vs. RussiaVideo
GENEVA — Amid a shutdown of domestic soccer during the invasion by Russia, FIFA agreed Tuesday to Ukraine’s request to postpone the national team’s World Cup qualifying playoff in Scotland in two weeks. FIFA also awarded Poland a bye through its playoff semifinal against Russia that was also scheduled March...
Alexander Zverev put on 1-year probation for outburst in AcapulcoVideo
Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Alexander Zverev was put on probation for one year by the ATP on Monday for violently hitting the chair umpire’s stand repeatedly with his racket following a loss in doubles at the Mexico Open. If Zverev receives a code violation that results in a fine for...
So far, NASCAR’s new Next Gen car delivers on race trackVideo
LAS VEGAS — NASCAR’s underdogs will have a fighting chance in the Next Gen car, according to the development plan for the ballyhooed new model, and the racing would be much better. New car configurations would force drivers to muscle the cars like never before. Well, four races into the...
Brittney Griner’s wife thanks fans for support after arrest
Brittney Griner’s wife, Cherelle, has thanked everyone for their support of the WNBA star, who was arrested last month in Russia. Brittney Griner was detained at a Moscow airport when Russian authorities said a search of her luggage revealed vape cartridges. They were identified as containing oil derived from cannabis,...
Russian gymnast facing ban for pro-invasion symbol on podiumVideo
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Russian gymnast Ivan Kuliak is expected to be investigated after displaying a symbol on his uniform supporting the invasion of Ukraine. Kuliak taped the “Z” symbol — seen on Russian tanks and military vehicles in Ukraine and embraced by supporters of the war — to his vest...
