Sports News

7:29 PM on Saturday, March 21

Manager Craig Counsell says Seiya Suzuki will miss the Chicago Cubs’ season opener after suffering a minor ligament strain in his right knee during the World Baseball Classic

7:28 PM on Saturday, March 21

Rick Barnes will face the team that offered him a coaching job 36 years ago when he leads Tennessee against Virginia in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday

7:24 PM on Saturday, March 21

Vladimir Tarasenko scored 3:06 into overtime and the Minnesota Wild beat the Dallas Stars 2-1 on Saturday in what could be a first-round playoff preview

7:13 PM on Saturday, March 21

West Virginia easily handled Miami (Ohio) 82-54 in the first round of the women's NCAA Tournament

7:03 PM on Saturday, March 21

Stephen Curry will begin participating in full team practices in the coming days as he works back from a right knee injury that forced the Golden State Warriors star to miss his 21st straight game at Atlanta

7:02 PM on Saturday, March 21

Zach Benson had a goal and an assist and the Buffalo Sabres continued their white-hot play with a 4-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday

7:01 PM on Saturday, March 21

There hasn't been quite as much madness in March Madness in recent years

7:01 PM on Saturday, March 21

It's a clash of contrasting styles when high-scoring LSU and pressing Texas Tech meet in the second round of March Madness

7:01 PM on Saturday, March 21

Christian Dvorak scored a tiebreaking goal early in the third period and added an assist, Dan Vladar made 24 saves and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the San Jose Sharks 4-1 to complete a three-game West Coast sweep

6:56 PM on Saturday, March 21

6:51 PM on Saturday, March 21

Hugo Cuypers scored a goal for the fourth consecutive game, Jonathan Bamba also scored a goal, and the Chicago Fire beat the Philadelphia Union 2-1

6:45 PM on Saturday, March 21

Abby Newkirk, Susanna Tapani and Haley Winn all had a goal and an assist to back Aerin Frankel and lead the Boston Fleet to a 3-0 victory over the expansion Seattle Torrent

6:43 PM on Saturday, March 21

Ava Heiden scored a career-high 29 points, including 12 straight for Iowa in the fourth quarter, and the No. 2-seeded Hawkeyes survived an upset bid from 15th-seeded Fairleigh Dickinson with a 58-48 victory in an NCAA Tournament first-round game on Saturday

6:14 PM on Saturday, March 21

Freshman Jazzy Davidson scored 31 points in her women’s NCAA Tournament debut, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:03 left in overtime to lift ninth-seeded Southern California to a 71-67 victory over No. 8 seed Clemson

5:21 PM on Saturday, March 21

Michigan State has advanced to the Sweet 16 for the 17th time under coach Tom Izzo, beating Louisville 77-69 on in the second round of the NCAA Tournament

5:05 PM on Saturday, March 21

Armand Duplantis has won another pole vault world title after he was pushed all the way by Greece’s Emmanouil Karalis in Poland

4:54 PM on Saturday, March 21

Jessica Timmons scored 21 points and Essence Cody added 19 as Alabama beat Rhode Island 68-55 Saturday in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament

4:18 PM on Saturday, March 21

Hannah Hidalgo had a dominant performance with 23 points, nine rebounds, six assists and eight steals as sixth-seeded Notre Dame led the entire game en route to a 79-60 victory over 11th-seeded Fairfield on Saturday in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament

3:42 PM on Saturday, March 21

LeBron James might be running out of records to chase

3:40 PM on Saturday, March 21

Elche has left the relegation zone in La Liga by defeating Mallorca 2-1 for its first victory of the year