By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Yaxel Lendeborg yelled and pumped his right arm in celebration before he was mobbed by the rest of his Michigan teammates. The 6-foot-9 forward turned a halftime message from coach Dusty May into one of his best moments in a huge ...
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — This time last week observers were questioning what was wrong with Joe Gibbs Racing as the team stumbled out of NASCAR's opening gate and parked in the back end of the garage as a team struggling in the Cup Series rankings. Then ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Quentin Grimes scored a season-high 28 points and the Philadelphia 76ers held on for a 104-97 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday in a game they led by as many as 28. Grimes shot 10 for 22 and had eight rebounds for the short-handed 76ers, who were missing Joel ...
Anticipated No. 1 seeds UConn, UCLA, South Carolina and Texas were chosen as hosts for the first two rounds of the NCAA Women's Tournament on Saturday. For the first time, the NCAA revealed the 16 teams that will be hosting on opening weekend a day before the bracket is revealed. The list of ...
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer Oklahoma coach Porter Moser's team has gotten him off the bubble. The team itself is still on the bubble to make the NCAA Tournament, but its late run helped new athletic director Roger Denny decide to keep Moser for another year. Oklahoma lost nine games ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer The teams on the bubble are suddenly big fans of Darius Acuff Jr. The Arkansas guard scored 37 points Friday night to help the Razorbacks hold off Oklahoma 82-79 in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals. The Sooners had won six straight to pull themselves into ...
By KENNINGTON SMITH III Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama receiver Ryan Williams has a new name and a new number for 2026. One of the team's most notable players made two notable changes during the offseason. He added Coleman to his now-hyphenated last name to honor his ...
By JOHN O'CONNOR Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A turf war over a football team is developing between two Midwestern states with a sometimes-discordant history. The storied Chicago Bears want to leave historic Soldier Field, where they've played for half a century. Indiana ...
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — The United States is heading to the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic after a "different level of focus" helped this All-Star-studded team rebound from a shocking loss. The U.S. beat Canada 5-3 on Friday night for a spot in the ...
By JIM DIAMOND Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — AJ Storr scored 17 points, Ilias Kamardine added 16 and 15th-seeded Mississippi upset No. 15 and second-seeded Alabama 80-79 on Friday night in the Southeastern Conference Tournament quarterfinals. Mississippi (15-19) won for the ...
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Anthony Edwards scored 42 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves held off the injury-plagued Golden State Warriors 127-117 on Friday night. Edwards shot 13 for 22, made all 12 of his free throws and also had eight rebounds and five ...
By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Darius Acuff Jr. scored 37 points and No. 17 Arkansas held off Oklahoma 82-79 on Friday night to reach the Southeastern Conference Tournament semifinals. The third-seeded Razorbacks (24-8) won their third straight overall and ...
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Aaron Judge doubled and Pete Crow-Armstrong and Brice Turang each had two hits as the United States beat Canada 5-3 on Friday night to reach the World Baseball Classic semifinals. The U.S. squad rebounded after an 8-6 loss to Italy in ...
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Cameron Boozer had 24 points, 14 rebounds and five assists and No. 1 Duke ran out to a 19-point halftime lead and held on to beat Clemson 73-61 on Friday night to advance to the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championship ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kingston Flemings scored 21 points, fellow freshman Chris Cenac Jr. had 17 points and 14 rebounds, and fifth-ranked Houston rolled past poor-shooting and lackluster No. 14 Kansas 69-47 in the semifinals of the Big 12 Tournament ...
By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Donovan Dent had 23 points and 12 assists, Trent Perry added 22 points and UCLA held off No. 8 Michigan State 88-84 in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals on Friday night despite losing star Tyler Bilodeau to a leg injury. Bilodeau had ...
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Ugonna Onyenso scored 17 points on 8-for-9 shooting, Thijs De Ridder and Sam Lewis each scored 16 points and No. 10 Virginia beat Miami 84-62 on Friday to advance to the ACC Tournament championship game for the first time since ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Arizona's Jaden Bradley answered a tying 3-pointer by Iowa State guard Tamin Lipsey with a fall-away jumper at the buzzer, sending the second-ranked Wildcats to an 82-80 victory over the No. 7 Cyclones in the Big 12 Tournament ...
By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Fletcher Loyer scored 19 points, Braden Smith collected 10 more assists and No. 18 Purdue beat No. 11 Nebraska 74-58 on Friday night in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals. C.J. Cox and Oscar Cluff each had 12 points for the Boilermakers, ...
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Mid-American Conference commissioner Dr. Jon A. Steinbrecher is hoping the success of Miami (Ohio) this season pays off on Sunday and in the future. Steinbrecher is confident his conference would get two teams into the NCAA Tournament for ...