8:00 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Lucas Williamson helped Loyola Chicago take down No. 1 seed Illinois, the big-time basketball school in his home state. The Ramblers’ senior guard outplayed Ayo Dosunmu, the Illini All-American guard and his childhood friend and teammate. Loyola is back in the Sweet 16 of the 2021 NCAA tournament, three years
Month: March 2021
7:55 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Celtics guard Marcus Smart said that in the wake of the team’s loss to the Sacramento Kings on Friday night — Boston’s fourth in five games to open the second half of the regular season — the Celtics held a team meeting to try to right themselves and turn around
7:39 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Buddy Boeheim carried his father, Jim, to the Hall of Fame coach’s 20th Sweet 16 appearance, scoring 22 of his 25 points after halftime to lead 11th-seeded Syracuse past third-seeded West Virginia 75-72 in the NCAA Tournament on Sunday. Jim Boeheim’s Orange got the better of another legend,
7:26 PM ET Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. — Ryan Blaney became the sixth driver to win in six races to start NASCAR’s Cup season, surging to the front with nine laps to go after Kyle Larson‘s dominant performance at Atlanta Motor Speedway fell apart on a fading set of tires Sunday. Larson easily won the
6:36 PM ET Associated Press PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — When Matt Jones won his first PGA Tour title seven years ago, he needed a 45-foot birdie putt just to get into a playoff and then a 40-yard chip-in to take the victory. This win was far less dramatic, yet just as meaningful. It got
3:57 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent LEICESTER, England — Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has made no secret of desire to win competitions more important than the FA Cup, but Manchester United’s 3-1 defeat to Leicester at the quarterfinal stage will remind the Norwegian that, ultimately, he needs better players to get him where he wants to be.
3:11 PM ET ESPN News Services Salvador Pérez still remembers growing up in the coastal Venezuelan city of Valencia, where as a youngster he would take batting practice against his mother with a broomstick and later play organized ball with the likes of José Altuve. He never thought a day like Sunday could be possible.
5:30 PM ET Associated Press Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto returned to camp Sunday after sitting out with COVID-19, but when he might be able to play again is still uncertain. The 37-year-old Votto left camp after a positive test on March 10 and has been isolated since. After being cleared by Major League
5:32 PM ET ESPN News Services HOUSTON — The Houston Rockets extended their team-record losing streak to 20 games Sunday, falling to the Oklahoma City Thunder 114-112 when John Wall missed two shots in the final 10 seconds. The Rockets’ skid is tied for the ninth worst in NBA history and the longest since Philadelphia’s
3:43 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Daria Kasatkina won the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy on Sunday when wildcard Margarita Gasparyan retired from their all-Russian final with a lower back injury. The eighth-seeded Kasatkina was leading 6-3, 2-1 when Gasparyan’s back problems forced her to retire. Kasatkina became the first player to win
2:53 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Serena Williams is the latest Grand Slam champion to withdraw from the Miami Open. Williams pulled out Sunday, citing recent oral surgery. Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer announced earlier they would skip the tournament, which begins Tuesday. Williams, who lives in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, has
News The stand-in captain pointed out where in the contest did India lose the match India’s stand-in captain Smriti Mandhana said her team’s sloppy fielding made the hosts undeserving of a win in the second T20I against South Africa. On Sunday night, South Africa won off the final ball to take an unassailable 2-0 lead
3:20 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The Pirates are taking a flier on knuckleball pitcher Steven Wright. The Pirates signed Wright on Sunday and invited him to big league camp. The right-hander last pitched in the majors in 2019, when he was limited to six appearances with Boston after serving an 80-game suspension following
2:35 PM ET The NCAA men’s tournament’s first No. 1 seed has fallen. March Madness brackets were busted from coast to coast and in nations worldwide when the Illinois Fighting Illini lost to the Loyola Chicago Ramblers 71-58 on Sunday, removing the Big Ten tournament champions and a popular Final Four pick from the field.
3:27 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Arizona Diamondbacks relief pitcher Tyler Clippard has a sprained right shoulder and won’t throw for at least the next six weeks. Clippard said the injury was diagnosed as a “capsule sprain” and his shoulder will be reevaluated at the end of six weeks of rest. The right-hander
3:00 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The New York Jets added another key piece on their defense, agreeing Sunday to a two-year contract with former New Orleans Saints defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins, a league source confirmed. Rankins, a former first-round pick who turns 27 on April 2, can earn as much as $17 million
2:32 PM ET March Madness, heavy on the madness. The 2021 NCAA tournament has reached the Round of 32. That’s right, we’re only one round into the tournament and we’ve lost the reigning national champions (Virginia), a No. 2 seed (Ohio State), a No. 3 seeds (Texas) and two No. 4 seeds (Purdue, Virginia). The
2:20 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Loyola Chicago carried out 101-year-old superfan Sister Jean’s plans to a T on Sunday, moving to the Sweet 16 with a 71-58 win over Illinois, the first No. 1 seed bounced from this year’s NCAA tournament. Cameron Krutwig delivered a 19-point, 12-rebound masterpiece and the quick-handed, eighth-seeded Ramblers
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