By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Brad Underwood smirked and almost imperceptibly shook his head when the question was asked: What would it mean for Illinois to finally make it back to the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in nearly two ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Carter Starocci of Penn State shut out longtime rival Mekhi Lewis of Virginia Tech to advance to the semifinals at the NCAA wrestling championships on Friday, putting the Nittany Lions star two wins away from his fourth national title.
Starocci is seeded ninth at 174 ...
By ALLAN KREDA Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Adam Fox scored 36 seconds into overtime and the New York Rangers became the first NHL team to clinch a playoff spot this season, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 6-5 following a wild third period Tuesday night.
Alexis Lafreniere had two ...
By The Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Seth Jarvis scored 1:28 into overtime to keep Carolina goalie Frederik Andersen unbeaten since returning to action in the Hurricanes' 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia on Thursday night.
Jarvis posted his 26th goal to give Carolina its fifth ...
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer
Oklahoma State wrestler Daton Fix is positioned to finally win an elusive national championship, and Penn State is poised to win the team title again with two potential four-time champions.
Fix has placed in the top four at the NCAA Division I Wrestling ...
By The Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) — Patrick Kane scored 48 seconds into overtime as the Detroit rallied to beat Columbus 4-3.
Kane scored from the left circle after Lucas Raymond tied the score with his second goal of the game with 12.6 seconds remaining in regulation.
Raymond has ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kyle Lowry hustled after a loose basketball and launched himself over the scorer's table and into the lap of the public address announcer.
Lowry turns 38 next week and joked that at his age, he has "no brakes." But his feet flying in the air is just the way the 76ers' ...
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer
Clemson sued the Atlantic Coast Conference in a South Carolina court on Tuesday, joining Florida State in challenging the league's right to charge schools hundreds of millions of dollars to leave.
The complaint filed in Pickens County says the ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tyrese Maxey shook off a bloody nose caused by Brandon Miller's flagrant foul to score 30 points, Kelly Oubre Jr. chipped in 22 and the Phladelphia 76ers withstood a fourth-quarter charge to beat the Charlotte Hornets 109-98 on Saturday night.
"I'm all right," Maxey said ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — John Ludvig and Rickard Rakell scored two minutes apart in the third period and the Pittsburgh Penguins pulled away from the San Jose Sharks for a 6-3 win on Thursday night.
Ludvig scored his second goal of the season on a shot from the left point at 2:38 of the third ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Auston Matthews hit the milestones he needed to help Toronto roll to a rout in Philadelphia.
Matthews became the first Toronto player to score at least 55 goals twice in his career and scored 40 even-strength goals for the second time as the Maple Leafs beat the Flyers ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Anthony Leal put back a missed jumper by Malik Reneau with seven seconds left to give short-handed and sixth-seeded Indiana to a 61-59 win over No. 11 seed Penn State in the second round of the Big Ten Conference Tournament on Thursday night.
Indiana was without guard Trey ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Kam Jones and Marquette thought they executed their play perfectly with 2.3 seconds left in regulation to beat the buzzer and Villanova in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament.
Not quite. The 10th-ranked Golden Eagles had to go to overtime to finish the job Thursday ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Carolina Panthers gave quarterback Bryce Young the No. 1 wide receiver he's been lacking, acquiring Diontae Johnson from the Pittsburgh Steelers on Tuesday for cornerback Donte Jackson.
The deal includes the teams swapping later-round picks in this year's draft. The ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Owen Tippett scored the go-ahead goal in the third period, Morgan Frost had a goal and an assist, and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the San Jose Sharks 3-2 on Tuesday night.
Joel Farabee also scored for Philadelphia, which was without suspended head coach John Tortorella. ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Josh Hart had 20 points, 19 rebounds and 10 assists in his fourth triple-double of the season, OG Anunoby scored 14 points in his return from an 18-game absence and the New York Knicks beat the Philadelphia 76ers 106-79 on Tuesday night.
Jalen Brunson added 20 points and nine ...
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Drake Batherson scored 3:13 into overtime, and the Ottawa Senators ended a seven-game winless streak with a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night.
Michael Bunting scored the tying goal with 23 seconds left in regulation, but the Penguins lost for ...
NEW YORK (AP) — When a miserable first quarter ended and they had just 15 points, the Philadelphia 76ers felt good about where they were.
The New York Knicks had been every been as bad.
The 76ers kept up the good defense and eventually played just a little better offensively, holding the ...
By MARC LEVY Associated Press
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Jody Mikhail was a sophomore at Pennsylvania's Cumberland Valley High School when a poster for a new girls' wrestling club caught her eye. So Mikhail, a senior now, tried the sport.
"I fell in love with it the first time," she ...
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer
Kirk Cousins is heading to the Falcons. Saquon Barkley is joining the Eagles. Brian Burns is going to the Giants.
The first day of the NFL's legal tampering period was a free-for-all frenzy with teams making one big move after another, highlighted by ...