Sports News

9:00 PM on Saturday, March 21

Rick Pitino and Bill Self have racked up a combined 1,769 victories with consistent excellence at every stop in their college basketball coaching careers

8:49 PM on Saturday, March 21

Tom Brady started out like the GOAT of flag football before Team USA dominated the day

8:47 PM on Saturday, March 21

Virginia junior Claire Curzan finished off a sweep in the backstroke and then helped set an NCAA record in the 400 freestyle relay as the Cavaliers women polished off a sixth straight NCAA swimming and diving championship at the McAuley Aquatic Center

8:45 PM on Saturday, March 21

Sam Surridge scored three goals — his third multi-goal game this season — to help Nashville SC beat Orlando City 5-0

8:24 PM on Saturday, March 21

A clock issue cost Clemson an apparent buzzer-beater in the women's NCAA Tournament

8:14 PM on Saturday, March 21

Emerging Market galloped around the outside of four horses during the final three furlongs to win the $1 million Louisiana Derby by a head over Pavlovian on Saturday, earning the Chad Brown-trained horse enough Kentucky Derby qualifying points to enter the opening race of the Triple Crown

8:04 PM on Saturday, March 21

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 40 points and the Oklahoma Thunder pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the Washington Wizards 132-111 for their 11th straight win, a game during which four players were ejected following a scuffle in the first half

7:50 PM on Saturday, March 21

Sungjae Im was in position for a wire-to-wire victory in the Valspar Championship at Innisbrook after a slow start in his return from a wrist injury

7:49 PM on Saturday, March 21

Columbus scored three times in the first period and beat the Seattle Kraken 5-2, extending the Blue Jackets’ point streak to 12 games

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

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

5:26 PM on Saturday, March 21

Sarah Strong scored 18 points and Ashlynn Shade added 14 to help No. 1 seed UConn rout UTSA 90-52 in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament on Saturday

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

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

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

3:18 PM on Saturday, March 21

Paul Mainieri is out as South Carolina’s baseball coach midway through his second season after he couldn’t approach the level of success he had produced at LSU