1:36 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — USC defeated No. 3 seed Kansas 85-51 on Monday night to reach the Sweet 16 of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament — and in doing so handed the Jayhawks the third-worst loss in program history. Prior to Monday’s game, Kansas had suffered only eight 30-point losses in program history, the
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10:39 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Rasmus Asplund, Dylan Cozens and Jeff Skinner scored for Buffalo, on a rare night where the Sabres showed some offensive skill, but it wasn’t enough in a 5-3 loss to the New York Rangers Monday. The defeat dropped Buffalo to a miserable 0-12-2 in their last
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12:47 AM ET His mask could barely contain Houston Rockets coach Stephen Silas’ smile Monday night following a 117-99 win over the Toronto Raptors that brought a franchise-record 20-game losing streak to a merciful end. A day earlier, Silas was visibly distraught after the Rockets’ 114-112 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Silas’ postgame news
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11:55 PM ET Colorado men’s basketball coach Tad Boyle opened his postgame news conference Monday night by addressing the mass shooting that happened just a few miles from the school’s campus in Boulder, saying the tragedy left “an emptiness” in his stomach win or lose. “First of all, before we talk about this basketball game,
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11:01 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays say right-hander Kirby Yates will miss several weeks because of a strained muscle in his forearm. Yates was expected to be Toronto’s closer after signing a $5.5 million, one-year deal with the team in the offseason. Yates last pitched Saturday against Philadelphia, striking out
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10:14 PM ET The Sacramento Kings acquired LA Clippers forward Mfiondu Kabengele and cash for a heavily protected future second-round pick, sources told ESPN. With the deal, the Clippers created an open roster spot ahead of Thursday’s NBA trade deadline and the eventual free-agent buyout market, dropping $2.6 million below the hard cap. Under the
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10:16 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors star guard Stephen Curry will miss Tuesday night’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers because of a tailbone bruise — the third straight game he will sit out after suffering the injury in Wednesday’s win over the Houston Rockets. “He’s not going to play [Tuesday],” Warriors coach
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9:34 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Creighton has been itching to reach its first Sweet 16 since last year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament was canceled because of COVID-19. Monday’s 72-58 win over Ohio was worth the wait. “It’s a phenomenal feeling,” junior guard Marcus Zegarowski said, “We worked — this is a two-year kind of thing
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8:15 PM ET Two weeks before the Masters, Rory McIlroy is making a formal coaching addition, tapping longtime instructor Pete Cowen to help with his game. McIlroy has sought help from Cowen in recent weeks at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Players Championship and now will have the Englishman on board in a more
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