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Picking NCAA Tournament brackets are hard. Usually they end up in the trash can by the end of the first weekend. Iowa’s upset over Florida wiped out a large portion of the field. And Tennessee’s win over No. 3 Virginia in the second round claimed the final last perfect bracket of the more than 35 million submitted in the major …

The Golden State Warriors can’t catch a break this season when it comes to the injury bug. After receiving news that Stephen Curry has made “good progress,” the Warriors seemingly lose another player to injury. Advertisement Moses Moody went down with a gruesome, apparent knee injury during the Warriors’ 137-131 overtime win against the Dallas Mavericks. Moody got a clean …

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Kawhi Leonard scored 28 points in 25 minutes and the Los Angeles Clippers pummeled the Milwaukee Bucks 129-96 on Monday night. Brook Lopez added 19 points, Darius Garland had 15 points and six assists, and the Clippers won consecutive games following four straight losses. They made all 18 of their free throws and got back to …

DALLAS (AP) — Moses Moody scored 23 points before crumpling to the floor with an apparently serious left knee injury late in overtime as the Golden State Warriors beat Dallas 137-131 on Monday night, extending the Mavericks’ home losing streak to 12 games, their longest in 32 years. Moody had just stolen the ball from Mavericks rookie standout Cooper Flagg …

Golden State Warriors guard Moses Moody had to be stretchered off the floor on Monday night after he went down with a gruesome knee injury on what should have been an easy breakaway dunk. Moody, in overtime of the Warriors’ 137-131 win over the Dallas Mavericks at the American Airlines Center, stole the ball and had a simple dunk ahead …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — UCLA led all the way, repelling Oklahoma State’s lone run in the third quarter, and the top-seeded Bruins won 87-68 Monday night to reach the Sweet 16 of March Madness for the fourth consecutive year. Lauren Betts had a career-high 35 points on 15-of-19 shooting and nine rebounds for the Bruins (33-1), who led by 25 …

NEW YORK (AP) — James Reimer kept expecting the New York Rangers to put shots on net. They rarely did. And by the end of the game Monday night, the Ottawa Senators had allowed just nine shots on goal in a 2-1 victory at Madison Square Garden. It was the fewest shots against in franchise history, the Rangers’ lowest output …

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Sahith Theegala picked the right time to find a fairway, setting up a two-putt birdie on the final hole Monday night to flip the match and give Los Angeles a 6-5 victory over Jupiter Links and a 1-0 lead in the TGL finals. Match 2 is Tuesday night at the SoFi Center, followed immediately …

CHICAGO (AP) — Matas Buzelis’ layup in the final seconds put Chicago ahead to stay and Collin Sexton came off the bench to score 25 points as the Chicago Bulls beat the Houston Rockets 132-124 Monday night. Houston’s loss, combined with San Antonio’s 136-111 win over Miami, allowed the Spurs (54-18) to clinch the Southwest Division. Advertisement The Bulls (29-42) …

ATLANTA (AP) — Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 26 points and eight Atlanta players scored in double figures as the Hawks routed the Memphis Grizzlies 146-107 on Monday night. Atlanta outscored the Grizzlies in the first three quarters and had an insurmountable 41-point advantage at 116-75 after three periods. The Hawks led by 10 points (32-22) after one and 25 points (71-46) …

NEW YORK (AP) — Shane Pinto scored on the power play, Warren Foegele added his fifth goal in nine games since being traded and the Ottawa Senators made up more ground in their chase to make the playoffs by beating the New York Rangers 2-1 on Monday night. The Rangers had just nine shots on goal, matching a franchise worst …

DALLAS (AP) — Stephen Curry will be available for the play-in tournament if his ailing right knee allows as Golden State coach Steve Kerr dismissed the notion that the Warriors would sit their superstar without a guaranteed spot in the playoffs. Kerr said before Golden State’s game at Dallas on Monday night that Curry’s planned participation in practice a day …

The Milwaukee Bucks are already moving on from Cam Thomas. The Bucks officially waived Thomas on Monday night after he spent just 18 games with the franchise. Instead, the team opted to convert Pete Nance’s two-way contract into a standard one. Advertisement Draft your Yahoo Fantasy Baseball team for the 2026 MLB Season In total, Thomas spent about six weeks …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Mikayla Blakes scored 25 points as No. 2 seed Vanderbilt beat seventh-seeded Illinois 75-57 Monday night to advance to the Sweet 16 in the women’s NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2009. Vanderbilt (29-4) now is one off matching the 30-win seasons of the 1993 Final Four squad and the 2001-02 Commodores for most wins …

Markelle Fultz, the No. 1 pick in the 2017 NBA draft who has bounced around the league for eight years, has signed a 10-day contract with the Toronto Raptors, the team announced. Fultz played in six games this season for the Raptors G League team, the Raptors 905, and averaged 9.8 points and 5.3 assists per game. He scored in …

The NBA is projecting its salary cap for the 2026-27 season at $165 million, ESPN’s Shams Charania reports. The number comes in at $1M less than previous projections due to a reduction in local media revenue, according to the report. The number is roughly $10 million more than the $154.7 million salary cap this season. The NBA has not confirmed …

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Azzi Fudd scored 26 of her 34 points in the first half in her final game at Gampel Pavilion and UConn used a 31-0 run to roll to a 98-45 win over Syracuse on Monday night to advance to the women’s NCAA Tournament ‘s Sweet 16 for the 32nd season in a row. Fudd tied her …

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Teonni Key scored 19 points, Clara Strack had 18 points and 15 rebounds for her 16th double-double of the season and Kentucky nearly gave up a big lead and held on to beat West Virginia 74-73 Monday to advance to the NCAA women’s Sweet 16 for the first time in a decade. No. 5 seed Kentucky …

Michael Jordan didn’t seem too upset. Hours after Kevin Durant knocked him out of the top five on the NBA’s all-time scoring list , Jordan was all smiles as he walked to Victory Lane to greet Tyler Reddick after the driver’s win Sunday at Darlington Raceway. Advertisement Reddick — who drives for 23XI Racing, which is co-owned by Jordan and …

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Hannah Hidalgo put together another dominant performance with 26 points, 13 rebounds and eight steals as sixth-seeded Notre Dame advanced to the Sweet 16 for the 15th straight time with a 83-73 victory over third-seeded Ohio State on Monday in the second round of the women’s NCAA Tournament. It is the second time in the second-team …

A significant college basketball coaching shift is happening on the West Coast. Randy Bennett will be the new Arizona State coach, leaving Saint Mary’s after spending 25 seasons turning the Gaels into a respectable mid-major program. His final game was a 63-50 loss to No. 10 seed Texas A&M in the first round of the 2026 Men’s NCAA Tournament. Advertisement …

TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Raptors signed guard Markelle Fultz to a 10-day contract, the team announced Monday. Fultz, the No. 1 pick in the 2017 draft, last played in the NBA in 2024-25 for the Sacramento Kings. Advertisement The 27-year-old Fultz averaged 2.7 points, 1.0 rebounds, and 1.3 assists in 8.8 minutes per game in 21 appearances for the …

Houston coach Kelvin Sampson wanted his Cougars simply to stick to what they do best in defending with their typical toughness to open March Madness. Illinois coach Brad Underwood hoped his team would “just let it rip.” They got what they wanted in the opening weekend of the NCAA Tournament while posting the two most lopsided scoring margins of any …

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State is expected to lure Randy Bennett away from Saint Mary’s to become its next men’s basketball coach, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity on Monday because Bennett is meeting with his team at Saint Mary’s before an official announcement will be made. …

The Los Angeles Lakers are in the middle of a nine-game winning streak. LeBron James, during this stretch, is thriving as the second-fiddle for the first time in his life. Transitioning into a play-finishing wing next to another ball-dominant star might be the final evolution of LBJ’s career. But would he be better suited to do this in LA, or …