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(March Madness)..NCAA Championship Game
Houston-vs-Florida….Matchup of great guards, Walter Clayton-vs-LG Cryer…Showdown of Cougars ‘Push You Around Defense’ vs Gators ‘Push it up the Floor Offense’.
Houston-W-Duke (70-67)-Semifinals…Blue Devils lost 14P lead in 2nd half…Cougars scoring runs of 9-0 and 10-0 in win…G-LG Cryer (26P) for Houston..Defense held Devils to 1-basket in 10-and-half minutes in 2nd half.
Florida-W-Auburn (79-73)-Semifinals..Walter Clayton (34P) in Gators comeback win…Auburn lost 9-point lead…Tigers Johni Broome held without a basket for 13-minutes in loss
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(NCAA Women’s Championship Game)
South Carolina-L-U Conn..(82-59)..Sarah Strong-Azziz Fudd combined (48P) in blowout win…Lady Huskies hold South Carolina (34%) shooting..UConn finishes (37-3)
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(College Notes)
Wooden Award…Cooper Flagg-Duke wins voting
AP-Players of Year..Cooper Flagg-Duke
AP-Coach of the Year..Bruce Pearl-Auburn
Texas AM..Hite Bucky McMillan-Samford as coach
New Mexico..Lands hi school recruit G-Jake Hall-decommit from UCSD
Maryland..C-Derek Queen files for NBA draft
Arkansas..G-Boogie Fland files for NBA draft
Virginia..F-Elijah Saunders re-enters transfer portal
Michigan..Lands C-Yax Landeborg-transfer UAB
Syracuse..Lands G-Nathan George-transfer Syracuse
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(NBA)
Lakers-W-Oklahoma City (126-99)……Sunday…LA (49-30)
..Lakers exploded for 78P in opening half
..Luka Doncic (30P) in win
Clippers-W-Dallas (135-104)-Saturday…Kawhi Leonard-James Harden-Ivica Zubac combined (83P)…Clippers have won 11-of-13 games..now (46-32)
Memphis..NBA-Fines G-Ja Morant (75,000) for Gun Finger Gestures in game-a day after he was warned not to do it again…3rd time this year-discipline…Morant went on tirade…’Make me the villain’
Warriors..Golden State (21-4) since trade for G-Jimmy Butler.
Pistons..Detroit goes from 14-wins to qualifying for playoff spot
Hall of Fame..Carmelo Anthony..Dwight Howard..WNBA-star Sue Bird..named for enshrinement.
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…(Baseball)…
Padres-Cubs…Sunday…Friars (8-2)
..Friars come back from 7-3 deficit..win on 9th inning error
..Jackson Merrill 2R-HR
..Gavin Sheets RBI single
..Luis Arraez 4-hits
..Kyle Hart (0.2inn-4R-4W-2H-2 balks) knocked out in 5R-first
Padres-L-Cubs (7-1)-Saturday…Friars pitchers walk 8-batters
..Nick Pivetta (3inn-9 baserunners-76 pitches)
..Carson Kelly 3R-HR
..Cubs won 7th in a row
Padres-at-Athletics..Monday..Michael King-vs-Luis Severino
Padres..P-Joe Musgrove to throw 20-soft toss pitches on Monday in Sacramento
Padres..Callup P-Logan Gillaspie from AAA]
Padres..DFA-P-Tom Cosgrove..had (9.00-ERA) in AAA
Padres..Potential starter Stephen Kolek-roughed up 2nd start in El Paso..(4inn-6R-10H)
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Dodgers-L-Phillies (8-7)..Bullpen falters late in game….Sunday…LA (9-2)
..Nick Castellanos Grand Slam HR-Phillies
..Dodgers waste Teoscar Hernandez 5RBI-2 HR-day
Dodgers-W-Phillies (3-1)-Saturday…Roki Sasaki (4inn-1R-4K)..Kike Hernandez-Michael Conforto HRs in win
Dodgers-at-Washington..Monday game..Dustin May-vs-Trevor Williams
Dodgers..P-Shohei Ohtani throws 26-pitches..fastball-splitters in bullpen…Will begin twice a week bullpen sessions..light session on Thursday…full bullpen on Saturdays.
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Angels-W-Cleveland (6-2)…Sunday..Halos (6-3)
..Jorge Soler-Logan O’Hoppe HRs
Angels-W-Cleveland (10-4)-Saturday..Mike Trout-Logan O’Hoppe HRs..Halos explode 7R-in 5th inning.
Angels..Off day-Monday…play Tampa Bay on Tuesday
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(Sunday Scoreboard)
Tigers-W-White Sox..Spencer Torkelson 2R-double
Red Sox-W-Cardinals..Raf Devers HR-Boston
Mets-W-Blue Jays..Peter Alonso RBI single
A’s-L-Rockies..Brandon Doyle 4RBIs-Colorado
Yankees-L-Pirates..Tommy Pham 2RBIs-Bucs
Giants-W-Mariners..Mike Yastremzki 3R-HR-SF
Washington-W-Arizona..Kei Ruiz RBI single-Wash
Braves-Marlins..Rained out
Orioles-L-Royals..Baltimore falls to (4-6) start
Texas-W-Tampa Bay..Corey Seager HR-Rangers
Brewers-W-Reds..Jackson Chourio solo HR-3R-HR
Astros-W-Twins..Jose Altuve RBI-single in 10th
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(MLB Notes)
Reds…Tie record dating to 1960…lost 3-straight 1-0 games..went 34-innings without a run
Pirates..Ugly atmosphere in home opening loss to Yankees..fans chanted ‘Sell the Team’
Rob Manfred..Commissioner tells NY Times…’Torpedo Bats are legal and good for the game’
Rockies..Criticized for not calling up #1 pick..Zac Veen (5-5) in AAA..hitting (.444)
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(Injuries)
Washington..DL-P-Mike Soroka-bicep
Rockies..P-Austin Gomber-shutdown rehab start-shoulder
Arizona..DL-2B-Ketel Marte-hamstring
Tigers..Cortisone shot OF-Wencell Perez-hamstring
Braves..P-Spencer Strider-minor league rehab start-Thursday
Tigers..P-Alex Cobb-throws batting practice
Red Sox..P-Lucas Giolito (2.1inn-0R) first rehab start
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(Roster Moves)
Yankees..DFA-P-Adam Ottavino
Mariners..Callup P-Jesse Hahn from AAA
Rockies..Callup P-Chase Hollander-#1 draft pick
Royals..Sign FA-2B-Nick Gordon-ex Orioles
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…(Football)……
Chargers..Sign FA-QB-Trey Lance (1Y-6M)..ex-49ers-Cowboys…has (2-3) record as starter..(5TD-4Int) in his starts
Miami..Pro Bowl LT-Terron Armstead..retires
Raiders..Sign QB-Geno Smith to (2Y-75M) extension
Chiefs..Sign FA-DE-Janarius Robinsone-ex Raiders
CFL..Fines BC Lions (643,000)..Strips club of #1-2 draft picks for violations of CFL-salary cap last year
Dallas..Workout RBs-Quinshon Judkins-TreVeyon Henderson-both Ohio State
Dallas..Owner Jerry Jones believes ’18G’ schedule will be adopted…to go into place in 2027…Early start to season in September…Cutback to 2-preseason games..elimination of OTA workouts…Longer Preseason camp…2-Bye Weeks in schedule.
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(College Football)
Colorado..QB-Shedeur Sanders cancels private workout Tennessee Titans…’You have 4-years of tape to look at’….CB-Travis Hunter decides not to workout at Buffs Pro Day.
Pitt..Hires former Bills exec Doug Whaley as GM of Panthers football program
Tulane..QB-TJ Finley says he purchased SUV in Atlanta..had no knowledge it was stolen..was arrested this past week in New Orleans.
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…(Hockey)…
Gulls-L-Iowa Wild (5-1)…Wild score 3-goals in a row…AHL-action-Sunday…Gulls (27-31-8)
Gulls-L-Iowa (4-2)-Friday..Wild scores 3-goals in (2:01span) early in game
Kings-W-Oilers (3-0)-Saturday..Andre Kuzmenko goal…LA (44-23-9)…Kings (29-4-4) at home…Kings on (13-2-1) hot streak
Ducks-L-Vancouver (6-2)..Thatcher Demko (32) saves in Canucks win..Ducks fall to (33-35-8)
Ducks..Callup G-Damien Clara(6’6-G) from Karpat-Finland..assigned to Gulls
Montreal..Signs top G-Jacob Fowler-Boston College (59-13-3)
Vancouver..Sign Harvard G-Aku Koskinas-Harvard star
Colorado..RW-Gabe Landeskog goes thru full scrimmage..has been out 2-years with knee surgery rehab
Oilers..RW-Leon Draisaitl injures groin
Nashville..Coach Andrew Brunette takes leave from team (27-41-8)
Washington…Alex Ovechkin broke the NHL all time goal scoring record…used blistering wrist shot from top of circle on power play for his 895th goal…breaking Wayne Gretzky (894) career goals…Game was stopped for ceremony involving Gretzky-Gary Bettman
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…(General)…
(Soccer)
SDFC-W-Seattle (3-0)-Saturday..Chucky Lozano G-2A in win..SD now (4-1-2) to start season in MLS.
USA-W-Brazil (2-0)..Trinity Rodman goal in Friendly victory
English Premier League-Scoreboard:
..Manchester City-Tie-Manchester United…0-0 listless outing
..Hotspur-W-Southampton..Southhampton relegated (2-25-4)
..Liverpool-L-Fulham..Give up goals 32-37′ in loss
..Chelsea-Tie-Brentford..0-0
..Nottingham Forest-L-Aston Villa..AV scores in 13-15′
..West Ham-Tie-Bournemouth
..Wolverhampton-W-Ipswich..Wolves score 72-84′
..Crystal Palace-W-Brighton..Game marred by 3-red cards
..Arsental-Tie-Everton..Everton ties on penalty shot
..Newcastle-vs-Leicester..Monday
Kevin DeBruyne..announces he will leave Manchester City at end of the season
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(Auto Racing)
Formula 1..Japanese Grand Prix
..Max Verstappen wins from pole..built (:02) lead and holds off Landon Norris…Lewis Hamilton finished 7th..Rookie Yuki Tsunoda was 12th in first start.
NASCAR..Darlington 400…Denny Hamlin-strong run end of race chases down William Byron-Tyler Reddick…Hamlin wins 2nd straight short track race in 2-weeks.
Indy Car..Weekend off
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(Golf)
Valero Open…Bryan Harman 3-stroke win despite wind blown 72-on Sunday
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