By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Bill Self was downright curious to see what Kansas would look like in the Big 12 Tournament when injuries to Hunter Dickinson and fellow All-American candidate Kevin McCullar Jr. ruled them out for the games in Kansas City.
Turned ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer
March Madness this year comes at a time of great uncertainty in college sports.
In addition to eyeing potential 5-12 upsets and trying to figure out which sleeper to put in the Elite Eight, fans also have to consider more existential questions about college ...
By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer
Oregon pulled off a run of three wins in three days, capped by a championship that propelled the Ducks into the NCAA Tournament.
Standing on a makeshift stage next to the Pac-12 tournament trophy, the players danced and shouted as confetti fell in one ...
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — For most fans around the world, Shohei Ohtani's debut in Dodger blue is the story to watch as Major League Baseball opens its season this week with games between Los Angeles and the San Diego Pades in Seoul.
In South Korea, the ...
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — If you're a fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers' billion-dollar duo of Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, you might want to learn a couple of Japanese adjectives.
Try these as the Dodgers and Padres are in South Korea to open the ...
By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer
Reigning national champion Connecticut is back at No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 men's college basketball poll a day after being named the top overall seed for the NCAA Tournament.
The Huskies moved up from No. 2 in Monday's poll, trading spots with ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State removed the interim tag from men's basketball coach Jake Diebler's title on Sunday and announced he will receive a five-year contract.
Diebler, 37, was in his third year as associate head coach when he took over the team following Chris Holtmann's firing on ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Tyler Toffoli scored twice and added an assist, leading the Winnipeg Jets past the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-1 on Sunday night.
Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and an assist, and Kyle Connor, Logan Stanley and Vladislav Namestnikov also scored. Sean Monahan added two assists ...
HOUSTON (AP) — Jalen Green had 26 points and 11 rebounds, and the Houston Rockets beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 117-103 on Saturday for their fifth straight victory.
Jabari Smith Jr. added 20 points, Amen Thompson had 18 and Fred VanVleet finished with 13 points and 16 assists for the ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Alex Nylander scored twice and added an assist, Daniil Tarasov stopped 39 shots, and the Columbus Blue Jackets snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-2 win over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night.
Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and two assists, and Boone Jenner ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Seconds from a conference championship and an NCAA Tournament trip, Kent State's Julius Rollins made a mistake magnified by March.
Madness.
Greg Tribble made two free throws with 4.8 seconds left after he was inexplicably fouled by Rollins, giving Akron a 62-61 win over its ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tyrese Maxey shook off a bloody nose caused by Brandon Miller's flagrant foul to score 30 points, Kelly Oubre Jr. chipped in 22 and the Phladelphia 76ers withstood a fourth-quarter charge to beat the Charlotte Hornets 109-98 on Saturday night.
"I'm all right," Maxey said ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Cincinnati coach Wes Miller admitted he was up late preparing to face No. 16 Kansas in the second round of the Big 12 Tournament, and a big reason why was he didn't know how the Jayhawks would play without Hunter Dickinson and Kevin McCullar Jr.
The conference's two ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jamison Battle scored all 23 of his points in the second half and Ohio State never trailed in beating Iowa 90-78 in the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday.
The 10th-seeded Buckeyes (20-12) will play second-seeded and No. 13-ranked Illinois in the quarterfinals on Friday. ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Claude Giroux scored in regulation and the shootout, leading the Ottawa Senators to a 3-2, come-from-behind victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night.
Giroux beat goalie Elvis Merzlikins with a slap shot in the third round of the shootout as Ottawa ...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Cole Bajema scored a career-high 22 points, Deivon Smith was one assist shy of his fourth triple-double of the season and Utah rolled over Arizona State 90-57 on Wednesday night in the Pac-12 Tournament.
No. 6-seeded Utah will play No. 3 Colorado in a quarterfinal on ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kerwin Walton and the rest of Texas Tech's players heard BYU chirping about wanting to face them after the Big 12 newcomers advanced into a quarterfinal matchup with the Red Raiders in the conference tournament.
By halftime, the Cougars might have been second-guessing ...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Great Osobor had 29 points and 17 rebounds as No. 18 Utah State defeated Fresno State 87-75 in overtime in a quarterfinal round game of the Mountain West Conference tournament on Thursday.
Darius Brown had 17 points and 11 assists and Javon Jackson scored 16 points for the ...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — KJ Simpson scored 18 points and tied his career high with 10 rebounds, Eddie Lampkin added 17 points and 12 boards and No. 3 seed Colorado beat Utah 72-58 Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Tournament.
Colorado (23-9), which has won seven in a row since losing ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — John Ludvig and Rickard Rakell scored two minutes apart in the third period and the Pittsburgh Penguins pulled away from the San Jose Sharks for a 6-3 win on Thursday night.
Ludvig scored his second goal of the season on a shot from the left point at 2:38 of the third ...