By StephanieLee Elliott Lopes enter their 3rd NCAA tourney with hopes of upsetting Saint Mary’s on Friday   Friday, March 22  |  7:05 p.m.  |  NCAA West Region first round  |  Spokane Arena  |  Spokane, Wash. (12) GRAND CANYON LOPES (29-4, 16-3 WAC) vs. (5) SAINT MARY’S […]

By Lydia Jane Allison Horned Frogs begin play in the NCAA Tournament on Friday   GAME NOTES https://gofrogs.com/documents/2024/3/19/34__NCAA_Tournament_Rd._1.pdf   FORT WORTH – No. 9 seed TCU (21-12) will appear in its third-straight NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history when the Horned Frogs face […]

By Mariana Smithfield   No. 12 James Madison (31-3) vs. No. 5 Wisconsin (22-13) NCAA South Region First Round Friday, March 22, 2024 – 9:40 p.m. Brooklyn, N.Y. | Barclays Center HARRISONBURG, Va. – JMU makes its return to the big dance as the No. 12 seed in […]

By Bert Leeson LONGWOOD GAME NOTES https://longwoodlancers.com/documents/2024/3/21/32224MBBNotes_LWUvsUH.pdf   HOUSTON GAME NOTES https://uhcougars.com/documents/2024/3/20/mbkb_2324Notes_Longwood_03222024.pdf   *Longwood will match up against the University of Houston Cougars in the first round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament on Friday, March 22. *The Lancers hit their stride late in the year, […]

By Dan Hock   Twenty All-Star Hurlers to Take the Mound on Opening Day; Four Opening Day Starters to Make Debut with New Team; MLB Network’s New “Baseball Eve” to Feature Nine Different Studio Shows Previewing Opening Day 2024 on Wednesday, March 27th   Major […]

By Dan Hock 3 22 2024   Surprise, Ariz. — The Texas Rangers today announced that the club has signed free agent right-handed pitcher Michael Lorenzen (#23) to a one-year contract covering the 2024 season. To make room for Lorenzen on the 40-man roster, the club […]

By Dan Hock 3 22 2024   “Major League Baseball has been gathering information since we learned about the allegations involving Shohei Ohtani and Ippei Mizuhara from the news media. Earlier today, our Department of Investigations (DOI) began their formal process investigating the matter.” THE […]

By Chris Garvin GAME NOTES   https://cofcsports.com/documents/2024/3/20/23-24_CofC_MBB_Game_Notes_Alabama.pdf   SPOKANE, Wash. – The No. 13 College of Charleston men’s basketball team will face off against No. 4 Alabama in the first round of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship on Friday, March 22 at 7:35 p.m. […]

By Linda Loons Grambling in their First Four win over Montana State. INSIDE THE NUMBERS Grambling State went 33-of-66 from the floor (50.0 percent), 4-of-10 (40.0 percent) from three-point range and 18-for-23 (78.3 percent) from the free throw line. Montana State shot 51.7 percent (30-of-58) […]

By Reggie Gatlin-Holt MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK Thirteenth-seeded Vermont (28-6, 15-1 AE) clashes with fourth-seeded Duke (24-8,15-5 ACC) in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday night (Mar. 22) in Brooklyn, N.Y. Tip-off is set for 7:10 p.m. ET at the Barclays Center. BROADCAST […]

By Sasha Colcheck GAME NOTES https://12thman.com/documents/2024/3/20/2024.03.22_NCAAT_vs._NU_notes_statpack.pdf     INDIANAPOLIS – Texas A&M is headed to March Madness as the No. 9 seed in the South Region of the NCAA Tournament as the selection committee revealed the field of 68 for the 2024 Division I Men’s Basketball […]

By Sanderson “Snuffy” Smith COLORADO GAME NOTES https://cubuffs.com/documents/2024/3/21/CU_Game_Notes_Florida_NCAA.pdf   *The 10th-seeded Buffs (25-10), winners of nine of their last 10 games — including Wednesday night’s 60-53 win over Boise State in the NCAA First Four — face No. 7 Florida (24-11) in a 2:30 p.m. […]

By Stretch Jenkinson March 13, 2024 * Connor Bedard became the fifth 18-year-old in NHL history to record five points in a game and did so while he was mic’d up by NBC Sports Chicago. * The “Comeback Cats” rallied from a multi-goal third-period deficit to defeat the Stars, […]

By Vickie Sellers Yale making its seventh NCAA Appearance and fourth under head coach James Jones   No. 13 YALE vs. No. 4 AUBURN Fri., Mar. 22 – 4:15 p.m. EDT Spokane Arena Spokane, Wash. TV: TNT MarchMadness Live Video | Live Stats | Game Notes SPOKANE, Wash. – The […]

By Stretch Jenkinson     March 14, 2024 * Zach Hyman became the first Oilers skater to score four hat tricks in a season since Wayne Gretzky did so nearly 40 years ago and added $5,000 more to AstraZeneca’s donation to the Hockey Fights Cancer Fund of the V Foundation.   * Nathan […]

By Lady Houston ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The New Mexico men’s basketball team is headed to Memphis for the opening weekend of the 2024 NCAA Tournament. The Lobos, who earned the Mountain West’s automatic berth as conference champion, are the No. 11 seed in the West Region […]

By Stretch Jenkinson * Offensive performances from Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov – with six- and five-point outings, respectively – allowed Point to match a franchise record and Kucherov to move within three points of League-leader Nathan MacKinnon in the Art Ross Trophy race. * The Eastern Conference Wild Card race intensified further […]

By Marie Reader The Stetson Men’s Basketball team won their first ASUN Championship and earned their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Hatters are going to the dance, after a 94-91 victory over Austin Peay. Jalen Blackmon set an ASUN record for most points in the […]

By Stretch Jenkinson March 16, 2024   * In the span of 10 days, the Eastern Conference playoff race has morphed from one team being within five points of the bracket to a five-team mix entering a pivotal afternoon of play that includes contests on ABC, ESPN+, Hulu, Sportsnet […]

By Uncle Tom George WESTERN KENTUCKY GAME NOTES https://wkusports.com/documents/2024/3/20/MBB_Game_Notes_2024_NCAA_First_Round_vs_Marquette.pdf   BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – For the first time since 2013, WKU Men’s Basketball (22-11, 11-8) is back in the NCAA Tournament and will take on 2-seed Marquette Friday in Indianapolis. Tipoff at Gainbridge Fieldhouse is set for […]