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Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, dies at 88
North Carolina crushes Saint Peter's; Duke next in Final Four
PHILADELPHIA — America’s favorite underdog, Saint Peter’s, shouldn’t feel all that bad. North Carolina has crushed lots of dreams over the decades. The Tar Heels ended all hope of a March Madness miracle in the early going Sunday, getting 20 points and 22 rebounds from Armando Bacot in a wire-to-wire...
Hook em! Scottie Scheffler wins Match Play and goes to No. 1 
AUSTIN, Texas — Scottie Scheffler is the hottest player in golf and now has the ranking to prove it. Six weeks after his first PGA Tour victory, Scheffler won the Dell Technologies Match Play for his third title in his last five starts, this one enough to move him to...
Villanova's Justin Moore has torn Achilles tendon
VILLANOVA — Villanova guard and second-leading scorer Justin Moore will undergo surgery this week for a torn Achilles tendon, a brutal blow for the Wildcats ahead of their Final Four game with Kansas. Moore was a second-team All-Big East selection this season. The 6-foot-4 guard averaged 34.4 minutes, 14.8 points...
Kansas blows past Miami in 2nd half, reaches 16th Final Four
CHICAGO — Ochai Agbaji was all over the court. David McCormack dominated inside, and Christian Braun connected from deep. With one dazzling finish, Kansas roared into the Final Four. Agbaji, McCormack and Braun led the top-seeded Jayhawks to a brilliant second half in a 76-50 victory over Miami on Sunday,...
Max Verstappen overtakes Charles Leclerc late on to win Saudi Arabian GP 
JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Red Bull driver Max Verstappen overtook Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari three laps from the end of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix for the defending champion’s first win of the Formula One season and 21st of his career on Sunday. The race under floodlights was held two days...
Coach K makes record 13th Final Four, Duke beats Arkansas
SAN FRANCISCO — Coach Mike Krzyzewski’s farewell tour is headed to his record-setting 13th Final Four after Duke overwhelmed Arkansas, 78-69, on Saturday night in the Blue Devils’ most complete performance of this NCAA Tournament run. A.J. Griffin scored 18 points, Paolo Banchero added 16 and and second-seeded Duke (32-6)...
Villanova to 7th Final Four, beats Houston in South Region
SAN ANTONIO — Jermaine Samuels had 16 points and 10 rebounds as Villanova advanced to its third NCAA Final Four in the last six NCAA Tournaments with a grind-it-out 50-44 victory over Houston in the South Region final Saturday. Caleb Daniels added 14 points for the Wildcats (30-7), and fifth-year...
Miami's Jim Larranaga, Kansas' Bill Self set for Elite Eight matchup
CHICAGO — Jordan Miller played for George Mason for three seasons before transferring to Miami. So Miller was well aware of Hurricanes coach Jim Larranaga long before he switched schools. “Being at George Mason, it’s hard not to hear about his success there,” Miller said Saturday. “Coach L, actually, when...
Kevin Kisner, Scottie Scheffler make Sunday a habit in Match Play
AUSTIN, Texas — One match required a comeback the likes off which Austin Country Club has never seen. The other was easy enough to feel like a warm walk along Lake Austin. Either way, Kevin Kisner just seems to win in the Dell Technologies Match Play. Three down on the...
Hubert Davis navigates bumps to lead North Carolina to Elite Eight 
PHILADELPHIA — Hubert Davis read North Carolina a Bible verse to keep a team one win from the Final Four on the path of the righteous. He chose Proverbs 4:25, which says, “Let your eyes look directly ahead. And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you.” It’s...
A miracle or a trend? Saint Peter's a sign of parity in NCAA Tournament 
PHILADELPHIA — America loves March Madness because America loves an underdog. One twist: While the run to the cusp of the Final Four by tiny Saint Peter’s has been riveting, it’s also the latest example of how something that once felt like a miracle at the NCAA Tournament might be...
Brad Keselowski confident he can recover from huge NASCAR penalty 
AUSTIN, Texas — Brad Keselowski was optimistic he can overcome a knee-buckling penalty that potentially ended any championship chances a mere five races into his first season as a Cup team owner. NASCAR this week said an inspection at its North Carolina facility uncovered an illegal modification to the No....
Caleb Love lifts North Carolina past UCLA in battle of power programs
PHILADELPHIA — Caleb Love hit game-tying and go-ahead 3-pointers 37 seconds apart and North Carolina moved within a victory of its 21st Final Four, beating UCLA 73-66 on Friday night in a March Madness matchup of power programs. Love, a sophomore, finished with a career-high 30 points, including six 3s...
Kameron McGusty, Miami blow past Iowa State in Sweet 16
CHICAGO — Kameron McGusty scored 27 points and Miami advanced to the Elite Eight for the first time, using its swarming defense to beat Iowa State, 70-56, in the NCAA Tournament on Friday night. Jordan Miller added 16 points on 6-of-6 shooting as No. 10 seed Miami more than held...
Kansas beats Providence, remains lone No. 1 seed left in NCAA Tournament 
CHICAGO — Remy Martin scored a season-high 23 points, and Kansas did its part as the only No. 1 seed left in the NCAA Tournament, holding Providence to 17 first-half points and hanging on for a 66-61 victory on Friday night to reach the Elite Eight. The Jayhawks (31-6) made...
Saint Peter's upends Purdue, continues strut through NCAA Tournament 
PHILADELPHIA — Daryl Banks III scored the tying and go-ahead baskets that pushed 15th-seeded Saint Peter’s to the brink of the Final Four, the tiny Peacocks thriving off a home-court edge to beat third-seeded Purdue, 67-64, on Friday night. The Peacocks (22-11) became the first 15 seed to reach the...
WWE star Triple H retires from wrestling, says heart condition will prevent him from working in-ring again 
“The Game” is over inside the squared circle, but he still goes on and it sounds like that is a blessing considering how things could have ended. That’s because WWE personality Triple H, whose real name is Paul Michael Levesque, told Stephen A. Smith during a “First Take” interview Friday...
Rahm, Morikawa lead the group of 16 into Match Play weekend 
AUSTIN, Texas — Jon Rahm lost his match and still made it to the weekend. Scottie Scheffler needed only 14 holes to win his match against Matt Fitzpatrick and then six more to beat him in a playoff. The third full day of endless action in the Dell Technologies Match...
Coach K grateful as freshman Paolo Banchero elevates game, carries Duke 
SAN FRANCISCO — When Duke’s season and Mike Krzyzewski’s coaching career were on the line in the closing minutes of the Sweet 16, it was a talented freshman who made sure it wouldn’t end. Paolo Banchero delivered the key plays down the stretch of the victory over Texas Tech that...
Villanova expects to be 'in for it' against Houston in NCAA South Region final 
SAN ANTONIO — Taze Moore was a player Houston coach Kelvin Sampson didn’t even know. Jamal Shead was too young and inexperienced to be expected to make such an impact. Now they are part of a completely revamped starting lineup that is trying to get the Cougars (32-5) into consecutive...
Elliott searches for 1st win of season in return to Austin 
AUSTIN, Texas — Perhaps it is at last Chase Elliott’s turn to take a Hendrick Motorsports car to victory lane, where his three teammates have visited over the last month. The blazing start for the Hendrick stable has stretched three wins over four races — Kyle Larson won at Fontana,...
Yemen rebels strike oil depot in Saudi city hosting F1 race
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Yemen’s Houthi rebels attacked an oil depot on Friday in the Saudi city of Jiddah ahead of a Formula One race in the kingdom — their highest-profile assault yet that threatened to disrupt the upcoming grand prix. The attack targeted the same fuel depot that...
Jamal Shead scores 21 points, Houston knocks out 1-seed Arizona
SAN ANTONIO — Houston coach Kelvin Sampson gritted his teeth and raised his arms before emphatically pounding his right fist into his left hand 11 times while celebrating with ecstatic Cougars fans who were not too far from home. Another No. 1 seed is out, and Houston is one win...
Duke beats Texas Tech to send Coach K to Elite 8
SAN FRANCISCO — Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski moved within one win of his record-setting 13th trip to the Final Four in his farewell season thanks to two late baskets by Jeremy Roach that helped seal the Blue Devils’ 78-73 win over Texas Tech on Thursday night. Roach’s two shots were...
Jermaine Samuels powers Villanova over Michigan in Sweet 16
SAN ANTONIO — Jermaine Samuels scored 22 points, and Villanova controlled Michigan and center Hunter Dickinson to earn a 63-55 Sweet 16 victory over the Wolverines on Thursday night in the NCAA Tournament. Samuels’ 8-of-13 shooting performance, much of it coming on tough drives through Michigan defenders and around Dickinson,...


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