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3:14 PM on Thursday, March 19

Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews had surgery Thursday in New York to repair the torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee

3:03 PM on Thursday, March 19

Minnesota was confident in this women’s basketball resurgence

3:00 PM on Thursday, March 19

North Carolina looked like a bit of a long shot to serve as a host in the NCAA Tournament when the regular season wound down

2:53 PM on Thursday, March 19

Justice Carlton has provided some critical scoring bursts in some of the biggest games for Texas this season

2:42 PM on Thursday, March 19

Michael Porter Jr. will miss at least two weeks with a strained left hamstring, perhaps leaving the Brooklyn Nets without their leading scorer for the rest of the season

2:41 PM on Thursday, March 19

The Duke and Baylor basketball teams might be headed in opposite directions, but they are approaching the women's NCAA Tournament with a similar view

2:30 PM on Thursday, March 19

Pryce Sandfort and his brother, Payton, achieved two basketball firsts in a whirlwind 24-hour window

2:28 PM on Thursday, March 19

San Francisco Giants pitcher Hayden Birdsong will undergo Tommy John surgery and miss the entire season

2:10 PM on Thursday, March 19

Miami of Ohio's run to the NCAA Tournament has been supported by some exuberant fans who gather behind the basket wearing nothing but Speedos, goggles and swim caps

1:51 PM on Thursday, March 19

1:47 PM on Thursday, March 19

Michigan is hosting the women’s NCAA Tournament for the second time, and is hoping home court is an advantage again

1:24 PM on Thursday, March 19

Venus Williams watched the forehand sail into the net, the final shot of her straight-set loss to Francesca Jones of Britain at the Miami Open

12:53 PM on Thursday, March 19

All eyes are on new San Francisco Giants manager Tony Vitello as he makes the big jump from coaching the University of Tennessee to major league manager despite no previous professional experience as a player or coach

12:41 PM on Thursday, March 19

Dave Roberts spent much of spring training thinking about how to manage the health of his two-time defending World Series champion Dodgers so they can play for the long haul once again

12:27 PM on Thursday, March 19

Alex Bregman is hoping to lead the Chicago Cubs to their first NL Central title since 2020 after signing a $175 million, five-year contract with the North Siders in free agency

12:22 PM on Thursday, March 19

The AL East hasn’t produced a World Series champion since 2018

11:58 AM on Thursday, March 19

Pryce Sandfort scored 23 points and Nebraska rolled to its long-awaited first NCAA Tournament victory, beating Troy 76-47

8:01 AM on Thursday, March 19

Duke assistant coach Evan Bradds has been named Belmont’s coach, providing a homecoming for the program’s all-time Division I era scoring leader

1:37 PM on Wednesday, March 18

Colin Dorgan has helped lead his high school hockey team to a Rhode Island state championship after losing his mother, brother, and grandfather last month in a shooting at an ice rink

10:40 AM on Wednesday, March 18

Given his strong ties to Syracuse and his recent success in transforming Siena into an NCAA Tournament team in just two seasons as head coach, Gerry McNamara is an obvious candidate to replace Adrian Autry