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TORONTO (AP) — Walker Zimmerman scored a goal in the 83rd minute, José Cifuentes added a goal, and Toronto FC beat the Columbus Crew 2-1 on Saturday. Luka Gavran stopped two shots for Toronto (2-2-1). Djordje Mihailovic played a corner kick into the center of the area where Zimmerman went up high and slammed a header inside the back post …

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Joyce Edwards had 27 points and eight rebounds and No. 1 seed South Carolina won its 17th straight home women’s NCAA Tournament game with a 103-34 defeat of 16th-seeded Southern on Saturday. Edwards and the Gamecocks (32-3) opened with a 15-0 burst and never let up against the Jaguars (20-14), the Southwestern Athletic Conference champions. Advertisement …

BUFFALO, NY — No. 1 Michigan’s defense stepped up and delivered a 95-72 win against No. 9 Saint Louis to send the Wolverines back into the Sweet 16. The Wolverines have now reached the second weekend in each of the program’s past seven tournament appearances dating to 2017. Saint Louis was looking for its first trip to the Sweet 16 …

The Denver Nuggets are reportedly poised to get a boost on Sunday when they host the Portland Trail Blazers. Peyton Watson is expected to return after missing more than six weeks with a hamstring strain, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. Watson’s breakout season was interrupted by injury in early February, and that setback sidelined him the past 19 games. Advertisement …

PARIS (AP) — Substitute Emersonn scored a late solo goal to give Toulouse a 1-0 home win against Lorient in Ligue 1 on Saturday. The Brazilian forward cut inside the penalty area, beat two defenders and fired in off the underside of the crossbar. The win moved Toulouse up to ninth place. Advertisement Toulouse goalkeeper Guillaume Restes needed brief treatment …

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Jaloni Cambridge scored 21 points and third-seeded Ohio State rolled to a 75-54 victory over 14th-seeded Howard on Saturday in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament. Kennedy Cambridge, Chance Gray and Ava Watson had 11 points apiece for the Buckeyes (27-7), who will face sixth-seeded Notre Dame or 11th-seeded Fairfield on Monday for a …

Follow all of Saturday’s NCAA Tournament second round games with USA TODAY Sports’ live updates. Tom Izzo is “Mr. March.” The Michigan State basketball coach has led the Spartans to 28 straight NCAA tournament appearances, with an overall record of 60-26 in March Madness games. Advertisement On Saturday, he’ll have a chance at his 17th Sweet 16. Upset alert! Ranking …

BERLIN (AP) — Harry Kane scored again and Bayern Munich stepped closer toward its 13th Bundesliga title in 14 years after beating Union Berlin 4-0 on Saturday. Kane scored after the break for his 31st league goal. He has seven more rounds to try and match Robert Lewandowski’s season record of 41. Advertisement Serge Gnabry scored twice and Michael Olise …

SAN REMO, Italy (AP) — Bloodied, bruised and battered Tadej Pogacar finally won the Milan-San Remo race. Pogacar recovered from a crash about 30 kilometers (18 miles) from the finish to edge out Tom Pidcock on the line and win the race known as La Classicissima for the first time on Sarurday. Advertisement Milan-San Remo is one the longest one-day …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The Phoenix Suns have dropped four straight games, but they’ll look to get back on track when they host the banged-up Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday. Advertisement Devin Booker has been scoring at an elite rate, and my Bucks vs. Suns predictions expect a …

Follow all of Saturday’s NCAA Tournament second round games with USA TODAY Sports’ live updates. Day 1 of the 2026 Men’s NCAA Tournament provided college basketball fans with upsets. Day 2 was all chalk. Advertisement Now that the second round of March Madness has arrived, what will fans get on Saturday, March 21 and Sunday, March 22? We saw a …

Trae Young has missed the past two games, and the Washington Wizards announced Saturday that the four-time All-Star point guard is recovering from with quad and back injuries that won’t require surgery but are being “treated conservatively.” Young re-injured his right quad, sustaining a contusion during the third quarter of Washington’s loss to the Golden State Warriors on Monday, according …

With March Madness starting, Nets fans are going to be watching a lot of basketball on split screen. One eye on the Nets, and the other on the NCAA Tournament. One on their team tanking for lottery odds, the other on the potential franchise-changer(s) they hope all this losing buys them. Advertisement Nets fans will be paying special attention to …

Welcome to Inside the Suns, your weekly deep-down analysis of the current Phoenix Suns team. Each week the Fantable — a round table of Bright Siders — give their takes on the Suns’ latest issues and news. Fantable Questions of the Week Q1: Do you believe the Suns are essentially locked into the 7th seed in the Western Conference standings? …

Prairie View A&M men’s basketball player Hassane Diallo looked like he was in genuine shock. No, not because his team was handed the second-largest defeat in NCAA Tournament history at the hands of No. 1 Florida on Friday, March 20. Rather, it was a moment near the end of the game that made Diallo’s reaction go viral. Advertisement REQUIRED READING: …

The Spurs recently announced the addition of Native American Heritage Night to their promotional events calendar. The San Antonio Spurs announced plans for their Native American Heritage Night game, in collaboration with American Indians in Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions (AIT-SCM), the Lindy Waters III Foundation and Nike N7 on Monday, April 6 when the Spurs host the Philadelphia 76ers. The night will include special in-game …

Saint Louis basketball was one of the best stories of the first two days of the 2026 Men’s NCAA Tournament. After earning a No. 9 seed in March Madness, the Billikens not only won their first tournament game since 2014, but also did it in style. Saint Louis led No. 8 Georgia wire-to-wire in a 102-77 drubbing, leading by as …

BUFFALO, NY — The connection between Michigan and Saint Louis starts with coaches Dusty May and Josh Schertz, who once met up in Boca Raton, Florida, with plans to quickly watch film but ended up spending 10 hours talking shop inside May’s former office at Florida Atlantic. “He’s an absolute basketball junkie,” May said. “He’s a savant. I’ve learned so much …

The NCAA Tournament brings jubilation for some. For others, it results in devastation. While High Point fans are enjoying the ride after the Panthers upset No. 5 seed Wisconsin in the first round to earn the first NCAA Tournament win in program history, others like North Carolina are left searching for answers after blowing a 19-point lead to No. 11 …

After weeks of anticipation, the most exciting two days in American sports have drawn to a close. The first round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament is a beautiful symphony of chaos, with 32 games crammed into a 36-hour window. Those highlight reels of buzzer-beaters, massive upsets and emotionally charged moments that air throughout March and into early April? A …

The Cleveland Cavaliers will look to finish off this three-game road trip with three-straight wins. Like the other two teams the Cavs have already faced, their opponent on Saturday — the New Orleans Pelicans — isn’t exactly playing their best basketball. The Pelicans aren’t tanking. They don’t have their 2026 first after trading it away on draft night so that …

PORTLAND, OR – Everyone knows the sacrifices the spouse of a coach goes through, but what if both people in a marriage are coaches? Even crazier, what if they’re both in the NCAA Tournament at the same time? Advertisement It’s made for a March Madness family affair unlike any other at High Point. Men’s basketball coach Flynn Clayman and women’s …

Portland Trail Blazers (35-36, eighth in the Western Conference) vs. Denver Nuggets (43-28, fifth in the Western Conference) Denver; Sunday, 5 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Denver will try to keep its three-game home win streak intact when the Nuggets play Portland. Advertisement The Nuggets have gone 25-16 against Western Conference opponents. Denver averages 120.7 points while outscoring opponents by 4.2 …

While No. 1 Duke, No. 1 Michigan and No. 2 Connecticut faced unexpected tests in the first round of the Men’s NCAA Tournament, the upsets on Thursday and Friday happened down the bracket, with teams from the ACC, Big Ten and Big 12 being upended by double-digit seeds. In one of the most dramatic moments of the opening round, No. …

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tarris Reed Jr. had 31 points and 27 rebounds in a dominant NCAA Tournament performance, leading second-seeded UConn to an 82-71 victory over Furman team on Friday night in the first round. Alex Karaban added 22 points for UConn (30-5), which advanced to play UCLA in the second round of the East Region on Sunday. Advertisement For …