National Sports
Oklahoma State women beat Princeton 82-68 in for coach Jacie Hoyt’s first March Madness win
By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2026
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oklahoma State survived blowing most of their leads of 18 and 14 points to beat Princeton 82-68 on Saturday, giving Jacie Hoyt her first March Madness win in her fourth season as coach. The eighth-seeded Cowgirls (24-9) were led by Achol Akot with 28 points and 10 rebounds. Jaydyn Wooten had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Texas goes from First Four to Sweet 16, beating Gonzaga 74-68 in March Madness
By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2026
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jordan Pope and Matas Vokieaitis each scored 17 points, Camden Heide hit a game-sealing 3-pointer and Texas became the first team in five years to go from the NCAA Tournament’s First Four to the Sweet 16, beating Gonzaga 74-68 on Saturday. First-year coach Sean Miller’s 11th-seeded Longhorns (21-14), who lost five ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kansas freshman Samis Calderon back with team after father’s death this week, Bill Self says
By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2026
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Kansas freshman forward Samis Calderon has rejoined the Jayhawks after the death of his father this week, coach Bill Self said Saturday. Calderon flew with the Jayhawks to San Diego for the NCAA Tournament on Wednesday, but immediately got back on a plane to go to El Paso, Texas, that night. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hyo Joo Kim has a 5-shot lead in the Founders Cup after a fast start in the 3rd round
By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2026
MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Hyo Joo Kim played the first six holes in 6 under before stalling Saturday at tree-lined Sharon Heights, leaving her with a five-stroke lead over Nelly Korda with a round left in the Fortinet Founders Cup. Kim, the 30-year-old South Korean player ranked eighth in the world, shot a 6-under ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stingers, Carabins to meet in U Sports women’s hockey championship final
By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2026
ELMIRA — Emilie Lussier scored at 5:42 of overtime to lift the Concordia Stingers to a 2-1 win over the Guelph Gryphons in Saturday’s first of two U Sports women’s hockey championship semifinal showdowns at the Woolwich Memorial Centre. Maeve Sutherland-Case gave the Gryphons a 1-0 lead late in the first period, then Courtney Rice ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Photo highlights from the World Indoor Athletics in Poland
By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2026
TORUN, Poland (AP) — Athletes from more than 100 federations gathered for the World Athletics Indoor Championships, a biennial track and field global competition lasting three days. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. Petr David Josek, Matthias Schrader And Beata Zawrzel, The Associated Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rick Pitino and Bill Self finally meet again when St. John’s faces Kansas in NCAA Tournament
By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2026
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rick Pitino and Bill Self have racked up a combined 1,769 victories with consistent excellence at every stop in their long college basketball coaching careers. They’re also two of only three active coaches to win multiple national titles. Yet during their decades on benches from Providence to Tulsa and far beyond, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blakes scores 30 as Vanderbilt women open March Madness routing High Point in NCAA Tournament
By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2026
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — All-American Mikayla Blakes scored 23 of her 30 points by halftime as the second-seeded Vanderbilt Commodores routed No. 15 seed High Point 102-61 on Saturday night to open the women’s NCAA Tournament. Vanderbilt (28-4) came in with the most victories in program history and remains undefeated at home this season. Now ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Huskies, Patriotes advance to U Sports University Cup men’s hockey final
By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2026
HALIFAX — The host Saint Mary’s Huskies scored three unanswered goals in the first period and then coasted to a 4-1 win over the Windsor Lancers in men’s semifinal action at the U Sports University Cup on Saturday. Player of the game Ben Boyd scored twice for the eighth-seeded Huskies, including an empty-netter at 18:35 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Virginia women win sixth straight NCAA swimming and diving championship
By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2026
ATLANTA (AP) — Virginia junior Claire Curzan finished off a sweep in the backstroke and then helped set an NCAA record in the 400 freestyle relay as the Cavaliers women polished off a sixth straight NCAA swimming and diving championship on Saturday at the McAuley Aquatic Center. Curzan won the 200-yard back in 1 minute, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sharp and Cenac lead No. 2 seed Houston into the Sweet 16 with a 88-57 blowout of Texas A&M
By Canadian Press on March 21st, 2026
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Emanuel Sharp scored 18 points, Chris Cenac Jr. had 17 points and nine rebounds, and seed Houston rolled past Texas A&M 88-57 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday to reach the Sweet 16 for the seventh consecutive year. Milos Uzan added 15 points for the Cougars (30-6), ... Read More »
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