By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — When Philip Martelli Jr. and Jimmy Martelli told their father they wanted to go into coaching, Phil Sr. gave his blessing, albeit with one very important caveat. "I wasn't going to pick up the phone," said the elder Martelli, who won ...
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer MIAMI (AP) — On a night when All-Stars and future Hall of Famers thrilled fans and each other until the final out, Aaron Judge proclaimed the World Baseball Classic had grown into the sport's biggest event. "The World Series I was in, the crowd here, ...
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer What college sports could use is a chance to press "Ctrl-Alt-Del." A chance for a reset of sorts, maybe delivered through a thrilling, tear-stained college basketball smorgasboard that reminds us why all the boardroom deals and million-dollar paydays that ...
By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer Cruz Davis' only previous taste of March Madness came three years and two transfers ago. The Hofstra guard can't wait to get back on college basketball's biggest stage in more of a starring role. Davis leads Hofstra into the NCAA Tournament as the ...
By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer UConn spent the last month of the season in contention for a No. 1 seed in March Madness while St. John's lost only once after early January. The reward for those Big East powers? Being jammed into the same East Region bracket, along with Duke as the ...
By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer All five of T.J. Otzelberger's Iowa State teams have reached the NCAA Tournament and this one could be his best so far. No. 2 in the Midwest Region, the Cyclones are a top-three seed for a third straight year. After a Big 12 semifinals loss to Arizona at the ...
MIAMI (AP) — Gunnar Henderson started at third base for the United States over Alex Bregman Sunday night in the World Baseball Classic semifinals, then homered in the fourth inning against the Dominican Republic. Henderson, a star shortstop for the Baltimore Orioles, drove a 3-2 sweeper from ...
By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) — Team USA's celebration after beating the Dominican Republic on Sunday night in the World Baseball Classic semifinals was electric and brief. NL Cy Young award winner Paul Skenes roared "Let's go!" after the final out. Closer Mason Miller ...
By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — DeMar DeRozan scored a season-high 41 points and had 11 assists to help the Sacramento Kings hold off the Utah Jazz 116-111 on Sunday night. DeRozan, who passed Hall of Famer Tim Duncan last week for 18th place on the NBA's ...
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Connor McDavid had three assists, linemate Leon Draisaitl scored, but was injured soon after and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Nashville Predators 3-1 on Sunday to end a two-game losing streak. Draisaitl took a hard early hit from Ozzy Wiesblatt. The Edmonton star ...
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer MIAMI (AP) — A work stoppage that leads to canceled games during the 2027 Major League Baseball season could disrupt plans under discussion to have big league players participate in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The Major League Baseball Players ...
By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson had 30 points and nine assists, and the New York Knicks rallied from a 21-point deficit against a patchwork Golden State lineup to beat the Warriors 110-107 on Sunday night. Karl-Anthony Towns had 17 points and 12 ...
By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer Perhaps the biggest surprise in this year's 68-team March Madness field is how few there were. Most of the 37 at-large teams expected to make the field did so and most of the bubble teams were left out as expected. No, it didn't make those hopeful of ...
By PATRICK DONNELLY Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Bo Groulx scored twice and the Toronto Maple Leafs held on for a 4-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday night. Morgan Rielly also scored and Matthew Knies added an empty-net goal for Toronto as Minnesota pushed to rally ...
By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Duke's Jon Scheyer rode a perimeter-driven lineup to last year's Final Four. He was willing to adjust when this year's team was hunting for its best form at midseason. Yet the Blue Devils are back in March Madness with a No. 1 seed in the East Region ...
By ANDREW DESTIN AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Bobby McMann had a power-play goal and added an assist in his second game for Seattle, and the Kraken beat the Florida Panthers 6-2 on Sunday night to move into the second wild-card spot in the West. McMann had two goals and an assist in ...
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer UConn edged UCLA as the No. 1 overall seed in women's NCAA Tournament when the bracket was announced Sunday night, Having the top spot in March Madness didn't really matter to Huskies coach Geno Auriemma as he looks to lead the team to another ...
By The Associated Press Let the madness begin! March Madness arrived Sunday evening when the NCAA released its 68-team tournament bracket, sending hundreds of thousands of fans scrambling to study college basketball before filling out their brackets before first-round games begin ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Quentin Grimes scored 14 of his season-high 31 points in the fourth quarter as the short-handed Philadelphia 76ers beat the Portland Trail Blazers 109-103 Sunday night. The Sixers were playing without Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and Kelly Oubre Jr. due to injuries. Justin ...
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer The team that went undefeated in the regular season, racked up more victories than anyone but Duke and Arizona — and fewer losses than any team at all — is anything but your run-of-the-mill basketball behemoth. In fact, Miami (Ohio), despite that 31-1 ...