National Sports
No. 13 Duke women complete improbable turnaround after 3-6 start to win ACC Tournament title
By Canadian Press on March 8th, 2026
DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — Three months after getting off to its worst start since 1983-84, Duke is the women’s Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament champion. Even as confetti fell on the 13th-ranked Blue Devils following their 70-65 overtime thriller over No. 12 Louisville on Sunday, coach Kara Lawson remembered the down times. “It’s very special for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Herro scores 25, Adebayo hits milestone and Heat top Pistons 121-110, Detroit’s 4th straight loss
By Canadian Press on March 8th, 2026
MIAMI (AP) — Tyler Herro scored 25 points, Bam Adebayo had 24 to go over the 10,000-point mark for his career, and the Miami Heat beat Detroit 121-110 on Sunday night to extend the Pistons’ season-worst losing streak to four games. Jaime Jaquez Jr. had 19 points and seven assists for Miami (36-29), which has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RJ Barrett’s season-high 31 points leads Raptors past Mavericks 122-92
By Canadian Press on March 8th, 2026
TORONTO — RJ Barrett of Mississauga, Ont., had a season-high 31 points to lead the Toronto Raptors in a 122-92 rout of the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday. Barrett add six rebounds and three assists as Toronto (36-27) won for the first time in three games. Jakob Poeltl had a double-double with 16 points and 10 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!High Point women top Radford 71-67 to win second straight Big South Conference Championship
By Canadian Press on March 8th, 2026
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) — Aaliyah Collins had 21 points, Anna Hager scored 18 and High Point held on for a 71-67 victory over Radford on Sunday night to win the Big South Conference Championship and earn an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament for a second straight season. Collins and Hager took over for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Huskies defend national U Sports women’s basketball title with 77-68 win over UNB
By Canadian Press on March 8th, 2026
QUÉBEC — The Saskatchewan Huskies defended their U Sports national women’s basketball title on Sunday with a 77-68 victory over the University of New Brunswick Reds. The turning point of the game came with 3:11 left in the fourth quarter, when Logan Reider made a key three-pointer as the shot clock was expiring to give ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tommy Novak scores in OT to lift the Penguins past the Bruins, 5-4
By Canadian Press on March 8th, 2026
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tommy Novak scored 17 seconds into overtime to complete a wild comeback in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 5-4 victory over the Boston Bruins on Sunday. Anthony Mantha scored two third-period goals to help Pittsburgh — playing without franchise cornerstones Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin — snap a three-game losing streak. Second in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Akshay Bhatia has a charge that would make Arnie proud. He rallies from 5 down to win Bay Hill
By Canadian Press on March 8th, 2026
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Akshay Bhatia missed a 30-inch par putt to fall five shots behind Sunday in the Arnold Palmer Invitational, angry enough to want to do something about it. What followed was a charge on the back nine at Bay Hill that would have made the King proud. “You must play boldly to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No. 3 Michigan tops No. 8 Michigan State 90-80 for 15th straight Big Ten win
By Canadian Press on March 8th, 2026
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Yaxel Lendeborg scored 19 of his 27 points in the first half and Morez Johnson Jr. finished with 18 points, leading No. 3 Michigan in a 90-80 win over No. 8 Michigan State on Sunday to give the Big Ten champions a 15th straight conference win. The Wolverines (29-2, 19-1 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cale Jacobsen scores 15 and No. 9 Nebraska beats Iowa 84-75 in overtime after blowing late lead
By Canadian Press on March 8th, 2026
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Cale Jacobsen came off the bench to score 13 of his 15 points after halftime and hit the tiebreaking 3-pointer in overtime, and ninth-ranked Nebraska matched its program record for wins in a season with an 84-75 victory over Iowa on Sunday. Sam Hoiberg, who scored 15 points and had five ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blaney ends Reddick’s streak to give Team Penske a Phoenix weekend sweep
By Canadian Press on March 8th, 2026
AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Ryan Blaney completed a Team Penske sweep at Phoenix Raceway by winning the Cup Series race Sunday — a victory that denied Tyler Reddick a fourth consecutive win to start the NASCAR season. Blaney was the race favorite after winning last November’s season-finale on the mile oval but he had to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No. 2 UCLA women take second straight Big Ten title in 96-45 win over ninth-ranked Iowa
By Canadian Press on March 8th, 2026
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gianna Kneepkens scored 19 points and Kiki Rice added 15 points and eight assists Sunday as No. 2 UCLA rolled past No. 9 Iowa 96-45 to win its second straight Big Ten Tournament crown. Rice was named the tourney’s Most Outstanding Player. It’s the first time the Bruins (31-1) have captured back-to-back ... Read More »
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