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Creighton narrowly escapes upset bid from plucky UC Santa Barbara Yahoo Sports College reporter Pete Thamel takes you through Creighton's last minute win over UC Santa Barbara, and how the Gauchos came painfully close to winning their first NCAA Tournament game since 1990.
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Faceoff violation penalty helps Blues beat Sharks 5-2 Ryan O'Reilly breaks the tie which would lead to a 5-2 Blues' win over the Sharks. ByAP.
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Miles Killebrew signing with the Steelers Killebrew was a 2016 fifth-round pick of the Lions and spent the last five seasons in Detroit. Teryl Austin was the Lions' defensive coordinator for the first two of those seasons and is now on the Steelers staff as the secondary coach and a senior defensive ...
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Panthers visit the Lightning after shutout win Florida Panthers (20-6-4, second in the Central Division) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (22-6-2, first in the Central Division). Tampa, Florida; Sunday, 4 p.m. EDT. BOTTOM LINE: Florida visits Tampa Bay after the Panthers shut out Nashville 2-0. Chris Driedger ...
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Knicks, 76ers hoping to get key players back for clash It was their seventh win in the last eight games, and they have a one-game lead over the Brooklyn Nets in the race for the top seed in the Eastern Conference. Beating the Kings at less than full strength inspires thoughts of what the Sixers can do when they're ...
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What the Seahawks gave up by refusing the Bears' offer for Russell Wilson At face value, three first round picks sounds like a massive offer. But any team with Russell Wilson at quarterback would instantly become a playoff contender, and teams playing in January don't typically end up with high first rounders in April. So how valuable ...
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Sabres assign Fogarty, Houser to taxi squad The Buffalo Sabres have reassigned forward Steven Fogarty from the Rochester Americans to the taxi squad, the team announced Sunday. Goaltender Michael Houser has also been loaned to the taxi squad. Fogarty has appeared in one game with the ...
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Rangers, Celtic reject taking a knee ahead of Old Firm derby Rangers and Celtic did not take a knee ahead of the Old Firm derby on Sunday, opting to stand together following allegations that Rangers midfielder Glen Kamara was the subject of racist remarks during Thursday's Europa League defeat against Slavia ...
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Rangers' Wes Benjamin: Hits first bump Benjamin allowed five runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out two over 3.1 innings in Saturday's spring game against the Mariners. Benjamin has been one of the Rangers' best pitchers this spring but hit his first bump Saturday. The pitcher believes ...
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Trade deadline the first step in Sabres GM Kevyn Adams' plan to evaluate roster "I mean, I can see why the decision was made (to fire Ralph Krueger)," said Ristolainen, a 26-year-old defenseman in his eighth season in Buffalo. "It's business. I've been here.
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Kyle Busch cruises to another NASCAR Trucks win in Atlanta HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Kyle Busch raced to his 60th NASCAR Trucks Series victory with a dominating performance Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway. and finished more than 4 seconds ahead of the field. "It's always cool to get back to victory lane," he said.
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Tara VanDerveer on Inequality in College Sports: 'I Feel Betrayed by the NCAA' Stanford women's basketball coach Tara VanDerveer came out swinging on Saturday night and called out the NCAA for "blatant sexism" and gender inequality in a statement. She isn't satisfied with apologies or weight room upgrades.
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What's Yankees' Aaron Boone's biggest priority before spring training ends? TAMPA — With just eight days remaining in spring training, not everything in Yankees camp has been decided. What's the biggest thing on manager Aaron Boone's radar? Roster moves. There's the bench battle between Mike Tauchman, Jay Bruce and ...
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Abilene Christian plays underdog to UCLA Cinderella is alive and well and will continue to be when 14th-seeded Abilene Christian squares off against suddenly surging UCLA on Monday in an NCAA Tournament East Region second-round game in Indianapolis. Abilene Christian advanced to play the ...
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NCAA tournament: Picks against the spread for Sunday's second-round games Peterson: Texas Tech is allowing opponents to shoot 42.2% from three-point range in road and neutral court games, and though they do a solid job of generating turnovers, ranking seventh in the country in turnovers forced on a per possession basis, Arkansas ...
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Red Sox vs. Pirates lineups: Can Nick Pivetta's hot March continue? The Red Sox and Pirates—a new opponent!—face off at 1:05 p.m. afternoon in Fort Myers as Nick Pivetta looks to continue his torrid spring. Pivetta's line so far March looks like a nice complete-game: 9 IP, 3 R8 K, 1 BB. Most recently he went four strong ...
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Thomas Tuchel explains Chelsea team selection to face Sheffield United Tuchel has made several changes to his side that beat Atletico Madrid in west London on Wednesday night. Chelsea XI to face Sheffield United: Kepa; Christensen, Zouma, Emerson; Hudson-Odoi ...
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McFarling: Cavaliers' loss caps disastrous 1st round for ACC Say hello to the Absolutely Crushed Conference. Seven ACC men's basketball teams headed to Indianapolis. After the first round, only two remained in the NCAA Tournament. The latest to be bounced was fourth-seeded Virginia, which suffered an ...
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Oklahoma slips past former Big 12 rival Missouri in NCAAs Harkless fouled Missouri's Drew Buggs as he dribbled, putting him at the line with 2.1 seconds remaining – which wasn't enough – and the Sooners slipped by the ninth-seeded Tigers to win 72-68 on Saturday night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
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Collins shines as Hawks extend streak to eight with win over Lakers For the Atlanta Hawks, a major test had presumably arrived in the form of an eight-game road trip to the west coast that began on Saturday. After winning seven consecutive games — against a mostly unimpressive set of opponents — since making a coaching ...
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Illinois-Loyola Chicago live stream (3/21): How to watch NCAA tournament online, time, TV The top-seeded Fighting Illini, in the tournament for the first time since 2013, will face eighth-seeded Loyola Chicago, which busted countless brackets by reaching the Final Four in 2018.
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Phillies' JT Realmuto: Set for spring debut Realmuto (thumb) will make his spring debut Sunday against the Tigers, batting second and serving as the designated hitter, Todd Zolecki of MLB.com reports. Realmuto is getting a very late start to Grapefruit League action after fracturing his thumb shortly ...
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West Ham vs. Arsenal: Live stream, start time, TV channel, how to watch EPL 2021 (Sun., Mar. 21) More English soccer coverage via the Associated Press: With 46 appearances for his club and his country in less than six months, Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford is pushing ...
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Purdue product Cuonzo Martin has Missouri on the right track despite NCAA Tournament loss The only Indiana native in the game, Dru Smith hit one 3-pointer with 57 seconds left, then another 10 seconds later, a step-back that cut Oklahoma's lead to three and gave Missouri hope for some classic March Madness.
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Key points regarding the NFL's new broadcast rights deals Disney-owned ESPN and ABC pay the highest annual rate in the deals at $2.8 billion, but I thought they made out especially well in terms of added benefits and content. Not surprisingly, so did Jimmy Pitaro, chairman of ESPN and sports content.
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UCLA goes from First Four to second round of men's NCAA Tournament after upset against BYU INDIANAPOLIS -- Since the UCLA Bruins are at the men's NCAA Tournament, they might as well stick around for a while. After skidding into the First Four on a four-game losing streak, UCLA is in the second round after a 73-62 upset of sixth-seeded BYU on ...
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Georgia women's swimming and diving finishes 8th at NCAA championship Georgia women's swimming and diving took eighth place with 181 points in the NCAA championships Saturday night at the Greensboro Aquatic Center. Georgia earned its first top-10 national finish since 2017 and recorded the second-highest SEC finish, ...
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NASCAR returns to its roots with 1st of 2 visits to Atlanta That includes Atlanta Motor Speedway, which on Sunday is hosting the first of two Cup races. NASCAR will return to the track in July — the first time since 2010 that ...
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Bills get younger along the defensive line in News' second mock draft of 2021 One of Brandon Beane's stated goals is to go into the NFL Draft with no obvious needs on his roster. The Buffalo Bills' general manager hasn't always been able to do that. In 2018, it was obvious Beane needed a quarterback. In 2019, the retirement of Kyle ...
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Report: Texans restructure Laremy Tunsil's contract to free up $10.11 million His original $16.15 million base salary was converted into a $15.16 million signing bonus, per Wilson, and Tunsil now has a $990,000 fully guaranteed base salary for 2021 and a salary cap figure of $9.29 million.
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Alpine skiing: NZ teenager Robinson wins season-ending giant slalom (Reuters) - New Zealand's Alice Robinson won the season-ending women's World Cup giant slalom in Lenzerheide with a storming second run on Sunday to deny Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin a 70th career victory. Shiffrin had led after the first leg in the ...
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Houston Texans Restructure Laremy Tunsil's Contract Back in the August of 2019, a week before the NFL season kicked off, the Texans realized they didn't have a left tackle, so they turned two first round picks and a second round pick into Laremy Tunsil. After blowing a 24 point lead in the 2019 NFL Divisional ...
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Sweep shows Wild the catch-up work it has to do in the West With one of the best lines in hockey, an active defense and steady goaltending, Colorado didn't present any glaring holes in its game. The Wild, especially, had a tough time with the Gabriel Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen trio, which ...
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Reports: Blake Griffin probable to make Brooklyn Nets debut vs. Wizards on Sunday That statement was true even before they signed power forward Blake Griffin to a veteran-minimum contract back in early March. A six-time All-Star, Griffin will add even more oomph to a Brooklyn frontcourt that already has a few of the most dominant big men in ...
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Lakers' Markieff Morris: Increased minutes against the Hawks Morris once again received the start and saw his minutes return to his normal total for the first time since he began dealing with a knee bruise. Morris could be tasked with a larger role on the team after the Lakers lost LeBron James (ankle) for the immediate ...
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Pencil to paper: Sketching out an offensive two-deep for the Huskers ahead of spring ball Nebraska quarterback Adrian Martinez throws under pressure from Iowa's Joe Evans (13) in the second quarter Nov. 27, 2020, at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa. FRANCIS ...
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Soccer Defeats Texas Tech 1-0 Dallas, TX. – The LSU soccer team finished the road weekend with a 1-0 win over the Texas Tech Red Raiders on Saturday afternoon at the Pioneer Soccer Park. The lone goal of the match came in the 29th minute, when junior Shannon Cooke put the Tigers ...
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Serretti, Love Carry No. 14 UNC Baseball to Series-Opening Win Over No. 21 Boston College Serretti hit a three-run homer in the top of the first inning to immediately give the Tar Heels (11-5, 7-3 ACC) a lead they would hold onto the rest of the game.
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Hensley: The madness that ensues from trying to pick NCAA winners It's Friday as I write, and the Texas Tech tip-off is mere hours away. Like just about any sports fan with a pulse, I'm ecstatic that we have an NCAA Tournament to watch after last year's event was appropriately shut down in the early stages of the pandemic.
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New York faces Philadelphia, aims for 5th straight home win TOP PERFORMERS: Randle leads the Knicks with 6.0 assists and scores 22.9 points per game. RJ Barrett is averaging 20.4 points and 5.4 rebounds while shooting 54.4% over the last 10 games for New York.
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Baylor men to face Wisconsin at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse Baylor head coach Scott Drew waves to fans as he leaves the court after a win over Hartford Friday. The Bears will play Sunday's game against Wisconsin at Hinkle Fieldhouse at Butler, where Drew graduated. Mark Humphrey — Associated Press.
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NBA roundup: Hawks win 8th straight as LeBron James injured The Atlanta Hawks earned their eighth win in a row, a 99-94 road victory over the Los Angeles Lakers, snapping L.A.'s four-game winning streak and keeping the longest winning streak currently in the NBA alive in the process. However, the story of the day ...
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Clemson men's basketball senior defends Brad Brownell after NCAA Tournament loss CLEMSON — If Clemson fans knew the real Brad Bronwell, Clyde Trapp believes, they might have a different perspective on the veteran Clemson coach. That's not possible, of course; major college sports programs build walls between themselves and the ...
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Brayland Skinner's three RBIs lead No. 3 Mississippi State to win over No. 19 LSU BATON ROUGE, La. — Brayland Skinner glared down the line with menacing intent. As Skinner began a slow trot toward first base, the normally raucous crowd at Alex Box Stadium fell to a hush. The only noise outside of the Mississippi State dugout came ...
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Geno Auriemma weighs in on controversy over men's, women's NCAA facilities CONNECTICUT, USA — As March madness heats up so does some controversy in the NCAA. A post has gone viral on social media from a Stanford sport's performance coach. In the tweet, Ali Kershner calls out the lack of amenities at the women's basketball ...
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4 things to know about new Jets safety Lamarcus Joyner The expectation is that Joyner will play a role similar to the one Jimmie Ward took on in Robert Saleh's defensive scheme with the 49ers, placing Joyner next to Marcus Maye as New York's strong safety and also utilizing him in the box on occasion.
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OSU men's basketball notebook: Beavers take advantage of chance to get outside Tennessee guard Jaden Springer, left, drives on Oregon State guard Zach Reichle during the Beavers' win in the NCAA first round. Reichle's brother Gabe is also in the tournament with University of Oregon.
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Time for every Big Ten fan to quit mocking and start rooting for Rutgers; the Knights are repping in NCAAs | Jones Then in 1989, I crossed the Laurel Highlands and settled in this foreign land just four months before Penn State was invited to the league. And I've spent the second half of my life in the expansion zone.
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Kenny Golladay, a Chicago Bears target, reportedly agrees to 4-year, $72 million deal with the New York Giants The Chicago Bears made a push this week to sign Golladay, but the former Detroit Lions receiver picked the Giants after two days of meeting with the team.
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MLBTR Polls: Padres Versus Blue Jays Bullpen Showdown The Toronto Blue Jays uncharacteristically spent much of the offseason in the spotlight, exhausting their Rolodex to add talent in free agency. As a result, their lineup, to borrow a phrase, is in the best shape of its life. Yet, doubts about their status as ...
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