Sports News

6:45 PM on Friday, March 6

Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin has been suspended for five games for slashing Buffalo defenseman Rasmus Dahlin

6:40 PM on Friday, March 6

Lanie Grant scored a career-high 21 points on 8-of-12 shooting, Nyla Harris had 19 points and 10 rebounds, and third-seeded and No. 16 North Carolina beat No. 6 seed Virginia Tech 85-68 in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament

6:34 PM on Friday, March 6

Jaylen Brown had 24 points, seven rebounds and seven assists and the Boston Celtics beat the Dallas Mavericks 120-100 on Friday night in Jayson Tatum’s first game in almost 10 months after rupturing his right Achilles tendon

6:21 PM on Friday, March 6

Vanderbilt coach Shea Ralph has defended her decision to argue a call with an official, leading to her ejection in the fourth quarter of her team’s 89-78 loss to No. 24 Mississippi in the Southeastern Conference Tournament

5:45 PM on Friday, March 6

Sydney Shaw hit five 3-pointers and finished with 19 points, Gia Cooke scored 16, and second-seeded West Virginia beat No. 10 seed Arizona State 67-54 in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament

5:40 PM on Friday, March 6

President Donald Trump says questions about the war in Iran are “easy” compared to efforts to better regulate college sports

5:04 PM on Friday, March 6

Women’s boxing will get a home on ESPN and a spot at Madison Square Garden under a deal announced Friday by Most Valuable Promotions

4:57 PM on Friday, March 6

Chandler Blanchet finally made his first cut on the PGA Tour and got a whole lot more in the Puerto Rico Open

4:54 PM on Friday, March 6

One of the biggest takeaways from the NHL trade deadline is that the chase for the Stanley Cup is wide open

4:17 PM on Friday, March 6

Minnesota Vikings center Ryan Kelly has retired after a concussion-marred final season in his 10-year NFL career

4:15 PM on Friday, March 6

Tajianna Roberts scored 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting, Mackenly Randolph had 12 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 12 Louisville beat Syracuse 87-61 in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament

4:14 PM on Friday, March 6

The Minnesota Wild have united the Foligno brothers after a busy week of tweaking their lineup ahead of the trade deadline

4:12 PM on Friday, March 6

President Donald Trump has predicted the destruction not just of college sports but the entire U.S. collegiate system unless the industry is fixed quickly

4:11 PM on Friday, March 6

The Las Vegas Raiders began the makeover of their offensive line Friday by releasing eight-year veteran guard Alex Cappa

4:09 PM on Friday, March 6

Daniel Berger grabs control of the Arnold Palmer Invitational by thriving on Bay Hill’s brutal, U.S. Open-like greens

3:47 PM on Friday, March 6

A Spanish soccer team is asking Madonna for help in finding the club shirt she wore on stage during a concert in 1990

11:56 AM on Friday, March 6

North Carolina says star freshman Caleb Wilson broke his right thumb in practice and will miss the remainder of the season

11:48 AM on Friday, March 6

Former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore has pleaded no contest to two misdemeanors in a criminal case that arose immediately after he was fired for having an inappropriate relationship with his executive assistant

10:34 AM on Friday, March 6

Venezuelan fans are turning the World Baseball Classic in Miami into a celebration

2:31 AM on Friday, March 6

The Milan Cortina Winter Paralympics has officially opened amid the tensions of intensifying war in the Middle East and with some countries boycotting the opening ceremony because of the return of the Russian flag to the global sports stage