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What to know about the 16 women's teams left in March Madness

National Sports

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer This could be a familiar Final Four in the women's NCAA Tournament. UConn, South Carolina, UCLA and Texas reached the Final Four last year. They're the top four seeds this season. And they've all won convincingly through the first two rounds of this tournament. That creates the possibility of the first repeat Final Four since 1996, when Tennessee, UConn, Georgia and Stanford all made the national semifinals for a second straight year. UConn captured the title in 1995, while Tennessee won it all in 1996. While the results have been relatively ...

Vegas, Seattle a step closer to getting NBA teams

National Sports

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has finally decided to consider expanding past its current 30-team footprint, with the league's owners voting Wednesday to start exploring the process of adding franchises in Las Vegas and Seattle. It was not a surprise move; expansion has been a consideration for ...

Jacobson ends GFW career as complete player

Local News

GIBBON — Years before he was setting school records at Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop High School, Cole Jacobson was a whole different basketball player. Skill-wise and comfortability-wise. But the growth he’s had from his freshman year — and not just in height — has helped him take his ...

Jacobson, Guetter, Firchau lead 2025-26 All-Journal Boys Basketball

Local Sports

First Team Cole Jacobson, Sr., G, GFW Jacobson finishes his career at GFW as the school’s most prolific scorer, closing his time with the Firebirds with 2,102 career points. Jacobson added 684 career rebounds (second in school history), 286 assists (sixth in school history) and 226 steals (fourth in school history), making him a contender for the best boys basketball player in program history. This season, the 6-7 guard averaged 29.1 points, 10.2 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.3 steals per game on his way to his third All-Conference selection. Jacobson’s other school records include ...

Cernak scores on crazy carom late as Lightning beat Wild

MN State Sports

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Erik Cernak scored a tiebreaking goal with 2:53 left in the third period when Minnesota goaltender Filip Gustavsson misplayed a carom off the end boards and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Wild 6-3 on Tuesday night. Cernak scored his second of the season after Charle-EdouardD'Astous' pass traveled the length of the ice and bounced off the end boards toward Gustavsson, who failed to control the puck with his glove. The puck went between Gustavsson's legs into the crease and Cernak pounced, sending it into the open net. Tampa Bay rallied from a two-goal deficit, ...

New Ulm tennis leans on senior leaders

Local Sports

NEW ULM — New Ulm will look to its strong senior leadership to help them have a strong spring tennis season, with its top three singles players returning from last year. Charlie Weidman, Dan Brownfield and Isaac Dittmer manned the number one, two and three singles spots, respectively, and ...