NHL reporter Jessi Pierce and her three children were killed Saturday in a weekend house fire in Minnesota, the league announced on its sports website Sunday. Pierce, 37, covered the Minnesota Wild as the correspondent for NHL.com for the past decade. Advertisement “The entire NHL.com team is devastated and heartbroken by the loss of Jessi and her children,” said Bill …

Tennessee vs Virginia box score: Full stats from 2026 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament game originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The No. 6 Tennessee Volunteers battle the third-seeded Virginia Cavaliers in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Tennessee recently took out Cinderella with a 78-56 win over Miami (Ohio) …

St. John’s vs. Kansas box score: Full stats from 2026 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament game originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The No. 5 St. John’s Red Storm will face the fourth-seeded Kansas Jayhawks in the second round of the NCAA Tournament East Region on Sunday. Advertisement Despite being …

He’s the hottest player in the NBA. Not even the NBA’s technical foul rule can slow Luka Doncic down. The NBA rescinded Doncic’s 16th technical foul, the league announced Sunday, allowing Doncic to avoid a mandatory one-game suspension that would have kept him out of Monday’s game against the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons. Advertisement Doncic and the Lakers appealed the …

For much of the first half, it looked like the Kentucky Wildcats had control of this game. They were making shots and playing tenaciously on defense. Then, Iowa State closed the first half on an 8-0 run in 89 seconds to turn a 30-23 deficit into a 31-30 lead. Kentucky never recovered. Advertisement Iowa State blitzed their way from there …

Kentucky men’s basketball’s confusing season came to an end on Sunday. The 7th-seeded Wildcats of the Midwest Region were handed a 19-point loss by 2-seed Iowa State on Sunday in St. Louis in overtime, giving Kentucky its first exit in the first weekend under Pope, who helped lead the program to a national championship under Rick Pitino as a player. …

No. 7 Kentucky saw its season come to an end Sunday in St. Louis, falling to No. 2 Iowa State, 82-63 in the Round of 32 with a trip to the Sweet 16 on the line. Kentucky came out firing, building an early 20-11 lead and controlling the pace of the game. However, Iowa State quickly responded with a 9-0 …

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – With just over a minute to go in Sunday’s NCAA Tournament second round action, North Carolina’s Nyla Brooks stepped into a 3-pointer and caught nothing but net, extending her team’s lead to six. It was the dagger in No. 5-seed Maryland women’s basketball’s 2025-26 season, which ended with a loss to No. 4-seed North Carolina, 74-66. …

Tennessee’s star freshman is playing in the NCAA Tournament banged up. Forward Nate Ament is pushing through the Big Dance with an injury that has been bothering him for nearly a month, and kept him out of the last week of the regular season. While he did play in the first round game against Miami (Ohio), he clearly wasn’t 100%. …

After advancing through the first round, St. John’s faces Kansas on Sunday in the 2026 NCAA Tournament with a trip to the Sweet 16 on the line. MORE: 5 bold March Madness predictions for 2026 NCAA Tournament How to Watch St. John’s vs Kansas Date: Sunday, March 22, 2026 Advertisement The NCAA Tournament continues on Sunday, as teams look to advance …

LeBron James has added another NBA record to his resume. With his appearance in the Los Angeles Lakers’ game against the Orlando Magic March 21, the 22-time NBA All-Star broke Robert Parrish’s all-time games played record. Now, LeBron stands alone with 1,612 games played in his career. Advertisement While James has numerous iconic moments under his belt, any NBA fan …

Follow all of Sunday’s NCAA Tournament second round games with USA TODAY Sports’ live updates. No. 1 seed Arizona made it look easy against No. 16 Long Island in the first round, even if Wildcats players said it wasn’t. Advertisement Arizona jumped out to a 27-point lead in the first half and got at least 14 points from three freshman …

NEW YORK (AP) — Lionel Messi scored the equalizer off a free kick in the second half before helping to set up Micael dos Santos’ winner and Inter Miami came from behind to beat New York City FC 3-2 at Yankee Stadium on Sunday. Inter Miami (3-1-1) pulls into a second-place tie in the Eastern Conference by handing NYCFC (3-1-1) …

For the third straight year, the No. 3 seed Purdue Boilermakers are through to the Sweet 16 with a 79-69 win over the No. 7 seed Miami Hurricanes in St. Louis on Saturday, advancing to face the No. 11 seed Texas Longhorns on Thursday at the SAP Center in San Jose. Tip time remains to be determined. Advertisement Purdue closed …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored his 1,000th career NHL goal combining the regular season and playoffs, but the league-leading Colorado Avalanche beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 in overtime on Sunday. Ovechkin’s goal, his 26th of the season, came from his traditional spot on the power play and tied the score with 5:43 left in regulation. He extended his career …

Syracuse expected to hire 23-win coach to save the program originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Syracuse Orange basketball program will soon have a new head coach. Advertisement Siena’s Gerry McNamara is expected to take over at his alma mater, according to multiple reports. The two-year head coach was …

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NEW YORK (AP) — Gabriel Vilardi tied his career high with his 27th goal of the season and won the game in a shootout, captain Adam Lowry ended his lengthy scoring drought and the Winnipeg Jets ended their three-game losing streak by beating the New York Rangers 3-2 on Sunday. Vilardi and Kyle Connor scored in the shootout to spoil …

After a pair of first-round matchups that went chalk in the Midwest Region, the No. 4 seed Alabama Crimson Tide will face the No. 5 Texas Tech Red Raiders in the second round of the 2026 NCAA Tournament in a late tipoff Sunday night in Tampa. Alabama (24-9), ranked No. 18 in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll and AP …

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Elina Aarnisalo had 21 points, Lanie Grant scored 20 and North Carolina used a strong fourth quarter to beat Maryland 74-66 on Sunday and reach the women’s Sweet 16 for the second year in a row. Nyla Harris had 14 points and eight rebounds and Indya Nivar added 11 points to help the fourth-seeded Tar …

C.J. Cox and the Purdue Boilermakers celebrate after beating the Miami Hurricanes during the second round of the 2026 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. (Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images) (Dilip Vishwanat via Getty Images) Purdue is back in the Sweet 16. The No. 2 Boilermakers advanced to the second week of the NCAA tournament for the third straight season with a 79-69 win …

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PHILADELPHIA, PA — Connecticut basketball looks to advance to the Sweet 16 for the third time in the last four years under Dan Hurley on Sunday with a win over UCLA. But the 2-seed Huskies may have to do it without point guard Silas Demary Jr., who was listed as “questionable” for the March 22 second-round game against the 10-seed …

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 20: The St. John's Red Storm mascot performs in the first half of the game against the Northern Iowa Panthers in the first round of the 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Viejas Arena at San Diego State University on March 20, 2026 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) | Getty …

Will Iowa State be without one of its key players in the second round of the NCAA Tournament? The No. 2 seed Cyclones will take on No. 7 Kentucky on Sunday, March 22, and all eyes are on whether star forward Joshua Jefferson will be available against the Wildcats after suffering an injury in the first round. Jefferson hurt his …