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BasketballBig East roundup: Xavier gets by Marquette late in tourney opener
Jovan Milicevic scored 21 points and hit the tiebreaking layup with 1:14 remaining as 10th-seeded Xavier outlasted seventh-seeded Marquette for an 89-87
Bill Blatt·
BasketballSEC tournament roundup: Ole Miss dents Texas’ NCAA tourney hopes
Malik Dia scored 23 points and Ole Miss never trailed in its 76-66 victory over Texas in Wednesday’s first-round game of the
Bill Blatt·
BaseballSpring training roundup: Tatsuya Imai, Astros shut down Marlins
Tatsuya Imai threw three perfect innings, Jose Altuve hit his first home run of spring training and the Houston Astros defeated the
Sal Lombardi·
HockeyNHL roundup: Jack Quinn’s hat trick propels Sabres to 8th straight win
Jack Quinn recorded a hat trick and an assist, Jason Zucker added a goal and an assist and Ramus Dahlin had three
Al Grant·
BasketballBig 12 tournament roundup: BYU rolls behind AJ Dybantsa’s 40
AJ Dybantsa exploded for 40 points, Kennard Davis Jr. heated up in the second half with 15 points, and BYU pulled away
Bill Blatt·
BasketballNBA roundup: Bam Adebayo’s 83-point effort ranks 2nd all time
Bam Adebayo produced the second-highest single-game scoring total in NBA history, putting up 83 points as the host Miami Heat beat the
Bill Blatt·
BasketballConference finals roundup: Wright St., Hofstra win in dramatic fashion
TJ Burch scored 16 of his 19 points in the second half and top-seeded Wright State had to rally from down 12
Bill Blatt·
BaseballSpring training roundup: Jorge Polanco, Francisco Alvarez go deep for Mets
Jorge Polanco and Francisco Alvarez cracked their first homers of the spring to spark the New York Mets to a 6-1 victory
Sal Lombardi·
BasketballNBA roundup: James Harden scores 29,000th point in Cavs’ win over 76ers
James Harden scored 21 points and fellow trade-deadline acquisition Keon Ellis added 19, lifting the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 115-101 victory over
Bill Blatt·
HockeyNHL roundup: Sizzling Sabres edge Lightning as teams total 15 goals
Josh Doan’s second power-play goal capped a manic third period as the Buffalo Sabres rallied from a pair of two-goal deficits to
Al Grant·
BasketballTop 25 roundup: No. 3 Michigan tops No. 8 Michigan St. for 19-1 Big Ten mark
Yaxel Lendeborg poured in a game-high 27 points as No. 3 Michigan swept the season series against No. 8 Michigan State with
Bill Blatt·
BaseballWBC roundup: Cuba starts strong in defeat of Colombia
Ariel Martinez and Erisbel Arruebarrena each homered as Cuba got off to a hot start and coasted to a 7-4 win over
Sal Lombardi·