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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The San Francisco Giants were an out away from a perfect game and a strike away from a no-hitter before they were broken up by the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday in a spring training game. Giants reliever Gregory Santos walked Cooper Pratt with two outs in the ninth. The next batter, Blake Burke, delivered a run-scoring …

DENVER (AP) — Grace Zumwinkle scored two goals, Taylor Heise and Britta Curl-Salemme added a goal apiece, and the Minnesota Frost beat the New York Sirens 4-3 on Sunday at Ball Arena as part of the PWHL’s Takeover Tour. The Frost (9-3-3-4) have won three straight after being shut out, 4-0, at Montreal in their first game back from the …

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 31 points and pulled down 14 rebounds, and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Indiana Pacers 134-123 on Sunday. Antetokounmpo also had eight assists while Bobby Portis scored 29 points and added 10 rebounds. Ryan Rollins shot 8 for 12, including 3 for 5 from beyond the 3-point line, to finish with 20 points, seven …

TORONTO (AP) — Raygan Kirk stopped 33 shots for her first PWHL shutout as the Toronto Sceptres beat the Seattle Torrent 2-0 on Sunday. Blayre Turnbull scored four minutes in on a 2-on-1 rush and Sara Hjalmarsson added an empty-net goal with 7.8 seconds remaining. Advertisement Kirk was at her best in the second half of the second period when …

LAVAL, Quebec (AP) — Ella Huber scored 1:33 into overtime to give the Boston Fleet a 4-3 come-from-behind victory over the Montreal Victoire in a matchup of top teams on Sunday. With the overtime win, Boston (9-5-2-3) remained in first place in the PWHL three points ahead of Montreal (9-4-1-5). The Fleet trailed by three goals at the start of …

NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA and its players’ union are meeting for a sixth straight day on Sunday in hopes of getting a collective bargaining agreement finished in a timely fashion to avoid any potential delays to the upcoming season. It’s been a marathon week of discussions with the two sides getting together for more than 60 hours since …

UConn, UCLA, Texas and South Carolina are projected No. 1 seeds in the women’s NCAA Tournament when the bracket is announced Sunday night. The Huskies head into March Madness undefeated and need six more wins to complete the seventh undefeated season in school history. If they win, UConn will be the first repeat champion since the team won four in …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Darius Acuff Jr. scored 30 points and handed out 11 assists, leading No. 17 Arkansas to its first Southeastern Conference Tournament championship and first automatic NCAA Tournament berth since 2000, beating 22nd-ranked Vanderbilt 86-75 Sunday. With the win, John Calipari became the first coach in SEC history to win tournament titles at two different programs. Advertisement …

CLEVELAND, OHIO – FEBRUARY 27: Max Strus #1 of the Cleveland Cavaliers shoots a half-court shot over Luka Doncic #77 of the Dallas Mavericks to defeat the Mavericks in the last second of the fourth quarter at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on February 27, 2024, in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cavaliers defeated the Mavericks 121-119. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and …

ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — TJ Power scored an Ivy Madness-record 44 points and Cam Thrower hit five clutch points in overtime, lifting Pennsylvania to an 88-84 victory over Yale to win the Ivy Legue championship on Sunday. Thrower’s 3-pointer with two minutes left in overtime gave the Quakers an 82-78 lead. After Yale answered with a 3, Thrower rebounded his …

MIAMI (AP) — Michael Lorenzen will start for Italy and Keider Montero for Venezuela when the teams meet Monday night in a World Baseball Classic semifinal. A 34-year-old right-hander, Lorenzen pitched 4 2/3 scoreless innings in the group stage 8-6 upset of the United States on Tuesday. Advertisement “I faced him many times,” said Italy manager Francisco Cervelli, a former …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. With the Detroit Pistons closing in on the No. 1 seed in the East and the Toronto Raptors flirting with the Play-In, it’s not out of the question we’ll be watching a first-round series preview today at Scotiabank Arena. Advertisement Detroit has had …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. A matchup that once looked pretty has turned ugly as we approach tip-off, with the New York Knicks seemingly miles ahead of the Golden State Warriors. Advertisement Our NBA player prop projections for Warriors vs. Knicks help you make your NBA picks for …

Selection Sunday is the closing of one book and the opening of another on the college basketball season. For some teams, their hopes of making it in as an at-large potential Cinderella to March Madness are extinguished, while for others, hope springs eternal as they look to become the latest dancing darlings. Some things are all but set in stone. …

There are few things more embarrassing that missing a dunk in a basketball game. If you’re even attempting a dunk, that means you have a mostly clear look at the basket, hoping to flex your athleticism and make your teammates go crazy. Then, whatever ill-begotten fate awaits you, be it a slip, mishandling the ball, or a weird takeoff happens …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The Golden State Warriors will be without a majority of their key players in today’s matchup at Madison Square Garden as the New York Knicks look for a third straight win. Advertisement With no size or depth in Golden State’s frontcourt, my Warriors …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. With all eyes on Selection Sunday, the NBA offers a tasty seven-game slate with several NBA player prop betting opportunities on the board. Advertisement My three selections begin in Cleveland, head to Madison Square Garden, and hopefully end with another vintage Russell Westbrook …

The Spurs have been active this past week on Instagram. Between Jaylen Brown’s ejection, losing to the Nuggets, the team photo shoot, and then knotting up the series with the Charlotte Hornets, the Silver & Black have also been posting a lot from their player interview series. This installment asks the guys what day they with to relive if they …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The Indiana Pacers are trying to shake a 12-game losing streak when they visit Fiserv Forum and the Milwaukee Bucks in an NBA Central Division battle. Advertisement With both groups playing fast and loose, my Pacers vs. Bucks predictions and NBA picks expect …

Here’s where the Wizards are at this point: losing by 11 to the Boston Celtics feels almost like an achievement. Most of the relative narrowness of that margin was due to Boston bricking open and wide-open threes they normally make, some working out of kinks related to Jayson Tatum’s return to the lineup, and probably a little Boston slacking off, …

Saturday night marked Jayson Tatum’s fourth game back since returning from a ruptured right Achilles tendon. His transition from five-on-five team scrimmages to rejoining the Boston Celtics’ starting lineup was swift, and coach Joe Mazzulla hopes that doesn’t get taken for granted. Coming back from a nearly 10-month recovery isn’t something that produces immediate results like those Tatum provided before …

March Madness will be officially underway in just a few hours when the full 68-team NCAA Tournament bracket is released. There are a handful of teams that are considered “locks” for the 68-team field that will get underway on Tuesday, March 17 with the first set of First Four games in Dayton. There are also a handful of teams that …

It’s a proverbial Christmas Day for fans of college basketball. The presents aren’t opened in the morning. They’re opened in the evening of Selection Sunday with the reveal of the men’s NCAA Tournament bracket of the 68-team field for March Madness. So who will be the top seeds and who will see their bubble burst. The final version of the USA …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Bobby McMann had two goals and an assist in his Kraken debut and Seattle beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 on Saturday night to end a four-game losing streak and move within a point of the final wild card in the West. McMann went from Toronto to Seattle at the trade deadline, but was delayed because …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Pavel Dorofeyev recorded two goals and an assist for the second straight game and Adin Hill had his first shutout in a year as the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 4-0 on Saturday night. The victory put the Golden Knights back into first place in the Pacific Division with 76 points, one ahead of …