By AARON BRACY Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bailey Falter allowed one run over five innings to beat his former team, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates over Philadelphia 5-2 on Friday night as Phillies star Bryce Harper broke out of an 0-for-18 slide with two hits.
David Bednar ...
By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer
Tennessee athletic director Danny White has moved quickly and gone outside the historic Lady Vols' program in hiring Marshall coach Kim Caldwell as only its fourth head coach in the NCAA era.
White announced the hiring Sunday, within a couple of hours of ...
By JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Oneil Cruz singled home the winning run in the 11th inning to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 5-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday.
Cruz drove in automatic runner Henry Davis from second base. Orioles center fielder Cedric ...
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Caitlin Clark circled her home court one final time, making a heart-shaped symbol with her hands as the sellout crowd cheered.
Iowa's superstar guard scored 32 points to help the No. 1 seed survive one of its worst offensive performances of the season to beat No. 8 ...
By DAN SCIFO Associated Press
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists and the Penguins scored two goals on five shots in the second period, spoiling Jake Guentzel's return to Pittsburgh with a 4-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night.
Bryan Rust ...
By JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer
Marshall basketball coach Dan D'Antoni — the oldest coach in Division I at 76 — is out after 10 seasons. He will be replaced by assistant coach Cornelius Jackson, the school said Monday night.
Marshall did not release the terms of Jackson's agreement and ...
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — JJ Quinerly scored 29 points as West Virginia defeated Princeton 63-53 in a women's NCAA Tournament first-round game on Saturday.
Quinerly, who was 10 of 19 from the field, scored West Virginia's first 12 points of the fourth quarter as the eighth-seeded Mountaineers ...
West Virginia tapped Drake basketball coach Darian DeVries on Sunday to move the Mountaineers past one of the ugliest years in school history.
DeVries signed a five-year contract, athletic director Wren Baker said. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. DeVries' hiring came three days after ...
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — West Virginia coach Mark Kellogg is entertained watching superstar Caitlin Clark and Iowa's offense, up to the point when he realizes his team is going to have to defend the Hawkeyes.
The eighth-seeded Mountaineers get that chance ...
By MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press
DENVER (AP) — Jonathan Drouin scored his second goal of the game 54 seconds into overtime, and the Colorado Avalanche rallied from a four-goal deficit to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4 on Sunday for their ninth straight win.
Nathan MacKinnon extended ...
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — JJ Quinerly scored 29 points as West Virginia defeated Princeton 63-53 in a women's NCAA Tournament first-round game on Saturday.
Quinerly, who was 10 of 19 from the field, scored West Virginia's first 12 points of the fourth ...
By JIMMY ROBERTSON Associated Press
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — No Elizabeth Kitley, no problem for Virginia Tech.
At least for one round.
Matilda Ekh scored 21 points to lead No. 13 Virginia Tech to a 92-49 victory over Marshall in the first round of the women's NCAA Tournament on ...
By MARC LEVY Associated Press
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Jody Mikhail was a sophomore at Pennsylvania's Cumberland Valley High School when a poster for a new girls' wrestling club caught her eye. So Mikhail, a senior now, tried the sport.
"I fell in love with it the first time," she ...
By The Associated Press
Women's basketball is having itself a moment as March Madness arrives.
A year ago, 9.9 million people tuned in to see Angel Reese and LSU beat Caitlin Clark and Iowa in a national championship game made unforgettable by the two stars who backed up their talk with ...
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State guard Jose Perez has left the men's basketball team to play overseas.
Perez did not play in the Sun Devils' 59-47 loss to UCLA on Saturday night and will not be with the team at the Pac-12 Tournament this week in Las Vegas. Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jake Guentzel's arrival in the NHL seven years ago helped propel the Pittsburgh Penguins to the franchise's fifth Stanley Cup.
The Carolina Hurricanes are wagering the gifted goal scorer can do the same a little further south.
The ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tom Wilson made a trip home to Toronto last week to see his ailing grandfather, Jake Avery, one final time.
The veteran Washington Capitals forward and the man he called Grampy were close, and after Avery died at 95 on Thursday afternoon, ...
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Tylor Perry scored 29 points and made six 3-pointers, Cam Carter added 19 points and Kansas State let a 25-point lead slip away before beating West Virginia 94-90 in overtime on Monday night.
Kansas State (17-11, 7-8 Big 12 Conference) set an NCAA single-season record ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Baylor surged ahead early with a strong inside presence, then buried West Virginia with long baskets to win in a tough road venue and keep pace in the tight Big 12 race.
Freshman Ja'Kobe Walter scored 23 points to lead six Baylor players in double figures and the ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Baylor surged ahead early with a strong inside presence, then buried West Virginia with long baskets to win in a tough road venue and keep pace in the tight Big 12 race.
Freshman Ja'Kobe Walter scored 23 points to lead six Baylor players in double figures and the ...