Gunter Schroeder | Special to USA TODAY Sunday’s Elite 8 slate features Michigan St. vs. Auburn, Tennessee vs. Houston Mackenzie Salmon breaks down Sunday’s Elite Eight matchups. Sports Seriously ATLANTA — For Michigan State’s Nick Sanders, earning praise from men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo for his piano skills may be as impressive as earning praise … Read more
Michael Kay explains that the Yankees made new bats “where they moved a lot of the wood into the label so the harder part of the bat is going to strike the ball.” Seems relevant today… pic.twitter.com/cpldzigdrT — Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) March 29, 2025 The New York Yankees set a franchise record for home runs … Read more
CHANDLER, Ariz. — One year ago this week, Nelly Korda reclaimed her perch atop the Rolex Rankings. She doesn’t appear to be in a hurry to give it up anytime soon. Korda, 26, is the top-ranked player in women’s golf for a fifth time in her career. She joined the tour in 2017. She first … Read more
Florida basketball guard Will Richard talks Elite Eight matchup vs Texas Tech Florida basketball senior guard Will Richard talks about facing Texas Tech in the Elite Eight on Saturday Florida basketball is one win away from clinching its spot in the Final Four of the men’s NCAA Tournament. Standing in the way of that is … Read more
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Brayden Point scored twice and Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Islanders 5-3 on Saturday. Nick Perbix and Jake Guentzel also scored for the Lightning. Jonas Johansson made 35 stops. Advertisement Marc Gatcomb, Anthony DeAngelo and Ryan Pulock scored for … Read more
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Lars Nootbaar had two hits and two RBIs, helping Erick Fedde and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Minnesota Twins 5-1 on Saturday. Nolan Arenado, Iván Herrera and Victor Scott II also had two hits apiece for St. Louis, which beat Minnesota 5-3 on Thursday on opening day. Advertisement Fedde (1-0) … Read more
Welcome to H-Town, E.J. Speed! Play nice with C.J. Stroud Breaking: The #Texans are signing former #Colts LB E.J. Speed to a 1-year $5M deal, sources tell @NFLonFOX. Speed spent six seasons in Indy and is coming off a career-best year with 142 tackles in 15 games, including 7 TFLs and 5 PBUs. pic.twitter.com/XVsSj9hUTj — … Read more
TORONTO (AP) — Three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer left his debut start with the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday because of soreness in his right lat muscle. Facing Baltimore, Scherzer allowed two runs and three hits, including two solo home runs. He threw 45 pitches in three innings, 28 for strikes. Scherzer struck … Read more
West Virginia head coach Rich Rodriguez, tight ends Michael Nysewander, and punter Oliver Straw spoke to the media about spring practice. ———- • Talk about it with West Virginia fans on The Blue Lot. • SUBSCRIBE today to stay up on the latest on Mountaineer sports and recruiting. • Get all of our WVU videos … Read more
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Matvei Michkov had his second straight two-goal game and Samuel Ersson made 17 saves as the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Buffalo Sabres 7-4 on Saturday. Noah Cates, Owen Tippett, Tyson Foerster, Ryan Poehling and Jakob Pelletier also scored for the Flyers, who won their second straight game after coach John Tortorella was … Read more