HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones had 20 points in top-seeded UC San Diego’s 69-51 win over fifth-seeded UC Santa Barbara on Friday in the Big West Conference Tournament semifinals. The Tritons will face the winner of the semifinal between No. 2 UC Irvine and seventh-seeded Cal Poly in Saturday’s championship game. Tait-Jones also contributed … Read more
ALBUQUERQUE — Greg Slover was in the present Friday night. The past, however, kept creeping back into the moment. Coach, talk about climb. Two years ago, losing in the first round and then last year, losing in the semifinals, and now, here you are with the blue trophy. Coach, you got a measure of revenge … Read more
Coming off a horrific three-game losing skid to end the regular season, Michigan ignited a complete turnaround at the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis. The Wolverines played as inspired basketball as they have in weeks, knocking off No. 6 seed Purdue, 86-68 in the Big Ten quarterfinals. Purdue jumped out to a fast start, scoring … Read more
undefined Months after publicly introducing itself to the NWSL, BOS Nation FC is officially getting a rebrand. The NWSL expansion club in Boston confirmed Friday that it will be renaming the team in the near future, after a failed brand rollout in October led to backlash from fans. The franchise announced that it would be … Read more
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Christian Ings scored 19 points and top-seeded Norfolk State held off No. 5 Morgan State 58-55 Friday night to earn a spot in Saturday’s Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament championship game. The Spartans will face second-seeded South Carolina State, which beat sixth-seeded North Carolina Central, in Saturday’s championship contest. Ings shot 6 … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Leon Draisaitl scored his second goal of the night on a breakaway 3:52 into overtime, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the New York Islanders 2-1 on Friday night. Calvin Pickard finished with 24 saves to help the Oilers win for the fourth time in seven games. Bo Horvat scored for the … Read more
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jack Roslovic had a goal and an assist and the Carolina Hurricanes won their sixth game in a row, 4-2 over the Detroit Red Wings 4-2 on Friday night. Taylor Hall and Jalen Chatfield also scored for Carolina before Eric Robinson’s empty-net goal with 1:11 remaining. Jesperi Kotkaniemi had two assists … Read more
Kon Knueppel scored 17 points and No. 1 Duke held off a furious second half rally by rival North Carolina to beat its rival for the third time this season, 74-71 on Friday night to reach the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championship game. According to the Associated Press, Khaman Maluach added 13 points and nine … Read more
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Russian teen star Mirra Andreeva advanced to the BNP Paribas Open final, beating defending champion Iga Swiatek 7-6 (1), 1-6, 6-3 in chilly conditions Friday night to become the tournament’s youngest finalist since 2001. The 17-year-old Andreeva, seeded ninth, will face the winner of the late semifinal between top-seeded Aryna … Read more
Brendan Schaub thinks Alex Pereira losing his title is a problem for the UFC. Pereira (12-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) lost his light heavyweight title to Magomed Ankalaev (21-1-1 MMA, 12-1-1 UFC) by unanimous decision in this past Saturday’s UFC 313 main event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Schaub scored Rounds 1, 3, and 5 for Pereira, but … Read more