Maria Jose Marin of Colombia has won the Augusta National Women's Amateur.

Bring on postseason hockey in Buffalo.

UConn coach Geno Auriemma has apologized for his actions during a heated exchange with Dawn Staley at the end of the Huskies’ loss to South Carolina in the women’s Final Four.

Justin Verlander’s long-awaited return to Comerica Park as a member of the Detroit Tigers has been put on hold.

The Milwaukee Brewers apparently have a quirky new mascot, a tortoise named Bobby Jr_ During a pregame interview Friday, manager Pat Murphy pulled out the tortoise as a joke instead of his usual “pocket pancakes.”.

Erling Haaland’s 18-minute hat trick has powered Manchester City to a 4-0 win over Liverpool and into the FA Cup semifinals for a record eighth straight season.

Dawn Staley and Geno Auriemma’s coaching rivalry reached a dramatic peak Friday night.

American sprinters Sha’Carri Richardson and Christian Coleman have won their heats and qualified for Monday’s semifinals of the Stawell Gift, an annual race contested over 120 meters on grass in a small Australian town near Melbourne.

Cooper Flagg scored 51 points to become the first teenager to reach the 50-point mark in an NBA game.

Dawn Staley and South Carolina are back in a familiar place, reaching the NCAA championship game for the fourth time in five years.

New York Mets slugger Juan Soto left Friday night’s 10-3 win over the San Francisco Giants in the first inning with right calf tightness.

Lauren Betts had 16 points and made a huge block late, and UCLA withstood a late charge by Texas for a 51-44 win to reach the women’s NCAA Tournament national championship game for the first time.

MacIntyre fired a bogey-free 8-under 64 in the second round to reach 14-under 130 for the tournament, taking the outright lead.

UConn’s Geno Auriemma was not a happy man.

Ta’Niya Latson scored 16 and Agot Makeer added 14 points and South Carolina played stifling defense to beat UConn 62-48 on Friday night, ending the Huskies’ 54-game winning streak and advancing to the women’s NCAA Tournament championship game.

The Southwest Legacy boys soccer team was sent off to the boys soccer state tournament Friday afternoon.

Candace Parker, Elena Delle Donne, Chamique Holdsclaw and the 1996 U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team will be enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame later this year.

Portland, which is welcoming a WNBA team back in the city after 24 years, selected veteran forward Bridget Carleton with the first pick in the league’s expansion draft on Friday.

Luka Doncic will miss the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers’ regular season with a Grade 2 strain of his left hamstring, the team says.

President Trump has signed an executive order aimed at fixing college sports that would give federal agencies authority to cut funding at schools that don’t comply with mandates covering transfers, eligibility and pay-for-play in the rapidly changing industry.

Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Konnor Griffin is eager to stop being a prospect and start being a big leaguer.

Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd says he’s remaining with the Wildcats after being mentioned as a potential candidate to fill the coaching vacancy at blueblood program North Carolina.

Duke freshman forward Cameron Boozer is The Associated Press men's college basketball national player of the year.

Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic is likely to win the NBA scoring title this season, but he might not make the All-NBA team.

De'Aaron Fox scored 22 points to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 118-99 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers.

Olympic gold medalist Lin Yu-ting has won her quarterfinal bout at the Asian boxing championships in her first event since World Boxing said she passed a gene test to confirm her gender.

Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic injured his left hamstring in a loss to Oklahoma City and coach JJ Redick said the league’s scoring leader will have an MRI on Friday.

Kansas City rookie catcher Carter Jensen was removed from the Royals’ starting lineup for Thursday game with the Minnesota Twins after he overslept.

Anthony Edwards is ineligible for NBA postseason awards because he can’t reach the 65-game minimum after the Minnesota Timberwolves ruled out him out against the Detroit Pistons.

This year’s Final Four at the women’s NCAA Tournament features a quartet of powerhouse programs, teams that have overwhelmed almost all of their opponents with superior talent and veteran coaching.

Big men and bigger lineups have been standout factors for the teams that have reached the Final Four.

Cheryl Miller’s impact on women’s basketball spans generations, from dominating on the court at Southern California in the 1980s to making her mark in the broadcast booth.

The Masters will not include Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods for the first time in 32 years.

Some college basketball fans are hoping for more than national titles at the NCAA Final Four.

Sarah Strong of UConn is The Associated Press women’s basketball Player of the Year.

Shea Ralph of Vanderbilt has been named The Associated Press women's basketball Coach of the Year.

A March Madness masterpiece might be on tap.

Michigan’s “Fab Five” will reunite during Saturday’s Final Four.

Former Cy Young winner Trevor Bauer has signed with the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League and is scheduled to pitch opening night on April 21 for the minor league team.

After crashing his SUV last week in Florida, Tiger Woods took out his phone and told a deputy, “I was just talking to the president."

Iowa State star Audi Crooks announced she is entering the transfer portal, making her the fourth starter and 10th Cyclones player overall to say they will move on after a disappointing second half of the season following a start that matched the best in program history.

Kirk Cousins has agreed to a deal with the Las Vegas Raiders.

The Pittsburgh Pirates are calling up 19-year-old shortstop Konnor Griffin, the top prospect in baseball, before the club's home opener against the Baltimore Orioles.

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen and actor and singer Hailee Steinfeld are proud parents of a baby girl.

Italy's soccer federation president has resigned amid political pressure after the national team failed to qualify for a third consecutive World Cup.

Barcelona has routed Real Madrid 6-0 to reach its eighth straight semifinal in the Women’s Champions League.

Victor Wembanyama scored 41 points for the second straight game, grabbed 18 rebounds and blocked three shots, and the San Antonio Spurs ran away from the injury-plagued Golden State Warriors for a 127-113 win.

Delta State became one of women’s basketball’s early powerhouses under coach Margaret Wade and star player Lusia Harris.

PGA Tour rookie Johnny Keefer will make his Valero Texas Open debut this week at TPC San Antonio, returning to the course he says he’s played “a million times.”

The Boston Celtics had a first quarter like none other in their storied history.

Pete Golding responded to Clemson's Dabo Swinney accusations of tampering from two months ago.

Tiger Woods has formally turned down the Ryder Cup captaincy as he steps away from golf activities.

Samuel Basallo made a little history when the Baltimore catcher became the first major leaguer to end a game with a successful challenge via the Automated Ball-Strike System.

Sandy Alcantara threw the first complete game of the MLB season in a 93-pitch shutout to lead the Miami Marlins over the Chicago White Sox 10-0.

The first game-ending call by a so-called robot umpire gave Albert Suárez his first major league save in nine years, ending the Baltimore Orioles’ 8-3 win over the Texas Rangers.

San Antonio Spurs home playoff tickets are set to go on sale this week for the first time this decade. As of Wednesday, some fans are able to get their seats as soon as they can.

FIFA raised its top ticket price for the World Cup final to $10,990 during the glitch-hampered reopening of sales after the 48-team field for this year’s tournament was finalized.

A Maryland judge has denied bail to a quadruple amputee professional cornhole player accused of fatally shooting a passenger in his Tesla last month.

Naomi Girma is going to play at home in Northern California with the U.S. team this month for the first time since a send-off game for the 2023 Women’s World Cup.

Italy won’t get a chance at redemption for Roberto Baggio’s miss in the 1994 World Cup final at the Rose Bowl.

Defending champion Arsenal has advanced to the Women’s Champions League semifinals despite a 1-0 loss to Chelsea in a London derby.

Spain star Lamine Yamal has condemned the anti-Muslim chants made by Spanish fans during a friendly soccer game in the latest incident to dent the nation’s sporting image.

The 48-team field for FIFA's biggest ever World Cup is complete after a qualifying process that spanned more than two and a half years.

Chang Ung, a former North Korean member of the International Olympic Committee who once led sports exchanges with rival South Korea including joint marches of their athletes at the Olympics, has died at 87.

After nearly two decades, and stretches of futility, the Detroit Pistons have won the Central Division again.

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As the World Cup nears, Christian Pulisic’s scoreless streak for the United States stretched to a career-high eight games.

The Missions hosted a meet-and-greet event for season ticket holders. The entire team, coaching staff and even the grounds crew were there.

UConn guard Braylon Mullins might be this week’s new, shiny college basketball star.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says he has no plans to end the league’s Rooney Rule despite recent objections from Florida’s attorney general, who wrote that the league’s minority hiring guidelines violate Florida state law.

In a new lawsuit, one of the first three women to officiate an NFL game describes her three years at the pinnacle of her profession as a descent into the grip of a sexist institution unable to treat a woman as an equal.

Fernando Mendoza won’t start right away for the Las Vegas Raiders if coach Klint Kubiak has his way.

Top prospect Colt Emerson and the Seattle Mariners have agreed to a $95 million, eight-year contract, the largest amount for a minor league prospect yet to make his major league debut.

NHL general managers of teams in the playoffs soon will have to deal with a new rule that has not been used in the league's history: Their game lineups must fit under the salary cap.

Roberto De Zerbi has been hired as Tottenham’s third coach of the season in a last-ditch bid by one of England’s top clubs to avoid costly relegation from the Premier League.

Iran players and officials have posed with pictures of children allegedly killed by U.S. and Israeli airstrikes before their World Cup warmup against Costa Rica in Turkey.

Tiger Woods says he’ll step away and seek treatment after his SUV crash in Florida.

One of soccer’s historic powers has reached a once-unfathomable low.

The NFL’s last foray into replacement officials ended in embarrassment for the league when a botched call and comic confusion in a prime-time game led to the end of a lockout that marred the first three weeks of the 2012 season.

Joyce Edwards scored 24 points and Agot Makeer added 18 to help South Carolina beat TCU 78-52 to advance to the Final Four.

In a story published March 30, 2026, about an NBA game between the Bulls and Spurs, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Victor Wembanyama recorded the fastest double-double in league history.

Madison Booker had 19 points and seven rebounds, fifth-year senior guard Rori Harmon has 13 assists and Texas is going to the women’s Final Four for the second year in a row.

The Chicago Bulls waived guard Jaden Ivey on Monday in the wake of anti-LGBTQ+ comments and remarks about religion he made in a series of videos on his Instagram account.

This year’s Webby Award nominations highlight the internet’s wildest hits, from celebrity campaigns to strange viral products.

A Portland soccer tournament brought girls from immigrant and refugee families together to push back against fear tied to federal immigration enforcement.

Ahead of the World Cup, Chris Richards has a new take on what makes America unique.

The Trump administration has carried out on a threat to sue the state of Minnesota and its school athletics governing body for allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls sports.

Salvador Perez and the Kansas City Royals have been baseball’s best at utilizing their robot challenges through the first weekend of the Automated Ball-Strike System.

Every moment of any major sporting event can be dissected in high-definition these days, meaning officials and umpires sometimes seem to be staring at a TV screen to review close calls as much as they’re watching the game.

The NBA's regular season is getting close to the final week.

The Connecticut Sun say they will move to Houston in 2027 after reaching an agreement to sell the team to Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta in a deal worth a record $300 million, according to a person familiar with the sale.

The NFL is moving forward with plans to begin hiring and training replacement officials in the next several weeks because negotiations with the referees’ union have been unsuccessful, two people with knowledge of the discussions told The Associated Press.

St. John’s says Hall of Fame basketball coach Rick Pitino has signed a new agreement that will keep him under contract with the school through the end of this decade.

Jannik Sinner rolled to a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Jiri Lehecka to capture the Miami Open title and complete the “Sunshine Double’’ a day after Aryna Sabalenka accomplished the same feat in a win over Coco Gauff.

The Final Four is set.

Braylon Mullins sank a desperation 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left to give UConn an astonishing 73-72 victory over top-seeded Duke, earning the Huskies a spot in the Final Four after they rallied from a 19-point first-half deficit.

Chase Elliott has outdueled Denny Hamlin at Martinsville Speedway to earn his first NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season.

Gary Woodland is a winner again just 30 months after brain surgery.

Lauren Betts had 23 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks to help UCLA rally from a rare halftime deficit and beat Duke 70-58, advancing to the women’s Final Four for the second straight season.

Yaxel Lendeborg scored 27 points, Elliot Cadeau had 10 assists and Michigan rolled into the Final Four by overwhelming Tennessee for a 95-62 victory in the NCAA Tournament.