A young Exeter team was no match for the Monache softball team on Tuesday as the Marauders rolled to a 21-0 win.
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The Porterville College softball team had a competitive doubleheader against West Hills Coalinga on Tuesday at home. The first game would narrowly go to the Falcons after a hard fought game 3-2. The second game had the Pirates win as they buckled down and hammered away to win the game 9-6.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jacob deGrom will make his debut for the Texas Rangers — and in the American League — against a familiar foe from his nine seasons with the New York Mets.
Penn State is hiring VCU's Mike Rhoades to be its new men's basketball coach, a person involved in the decision told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
NEW YORK (AP) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday he is hopeful that a new collective bargaining agreement between the league and its players can get done by the end of this week, though he stopped short of predicting that a deal would actually get struck.
March Madness has rounded toward the Final Four and No. 1 seeds are nowhere to be found. Instead, the Final Four will have no team seeded better than No. 4 for the first time since seeding began in 1979.
California is hiring a former Stanford star to revive its struggling basketball program. The Golden Bears have announced that Mark Madsen was signed to replace Mark Fox, who was fired following the worst season in school history. Madsen played at Stanford from 1996 to 2000 and helped the Cardinal reach the Final Four in 1998. Madsen had a 70-51 record the past four seasons as the head coach at Utah Valley State. He led the team to a 28-9 mark this season before losing in the NIT semifinals.
A congressional hearing targeting what one lawmaker called “NIL chaos” in college sports drifted into the consequences of college athletes being deemed employees. A subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce held the first hearing Wednesday related to college sports in the House or Senate in more than two years. The intended focus was name, image and likeness compensation for athletes. College sports leaders have been asking for a federal law to bring uniform regulation to the way athletes can earn money through sponsorship or endorsement deals.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona cruised into the last four of the Women’s Champions League for the fifth straight year by routing Roma 5-1 in the second leg of the quarterfinals on Wednesday.
Major League Baseball is introducing a slate of new rules for the 2023 season. Here is a breakdown:
PHOENIX (AP) — The NFL took another step at the owners meetings to increase diversity throughout the league while continuing to face criticism and a lawsuit for lack of representation among head coaches.
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ justice minister on Wednesday unveiled a host of measures to combat fan violence at sporting events, including pre-game drug and alcohol tests, increased body searches and tougher policing.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State sophomore guard Terquavion Smith says he's entering the NBA draft.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Brea Beal is not just South Carolina's X factor in one of the country's best defenses but also a four-year lesson in sacrifice and reinvention that may add a second straight NCAA title to her resume.
The defending champion United States will play Mexico in the semifinals of the CONCACAF Nations League on June 15. The winner advances to the final against Canada or Panama on June 18, also in Las Vegas. The semifinal match kicks off at 10 p.m. EDT, following the Canada-Panama match. No. 13 U.S. also plays 15th-ranked Mexico in an exhibition om April 19 at Glendale, Arizona. That match is not on a FIFA fixture date and neither team figures to have most of its Europe-based players.
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Duke freshman Dariq Whitehead is entering the NBA draft.
Jim Nantz, Joe Mihalich, Tim Cluess and Gail Marquis are this year's recipients of the Joe Lapchick Character Award.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The first thing that Kansas City Royals owner John Sherman thinks about when he wakes up each morning is how the club, stuck in what seems like an interminable rebuild, will play on that particular day.
Nashville Predators defenseman Ryan McDonagh and his teammates took the ice on Tuesday night in Boston while thinking about the tragedy back home. On Monday, a fatal grade school shooting in Nashville left six dead, including three children. McDonagh said the team was thinking about the victims as the Predators beat the NHL-leading Bruins 2-1. McDonagh didn't fly on the team charter Monday. He stayed with his three young daughters in Tennessee and instead traveled to Boston on Tuesday. The Predators and Bruins wore helmet stickers to show support for The Covenant School, where three 9-year-old students and three adult staffers were killed. The Bruins also held a moment of silence before the national anthem.
GENEVA (AP) — Indonesia was stripped of hosting the men's Under-20 World Cup on Wednesday only eight weeks before the start of the tournament amid political turmoil regarding Israel's participation.
Adidas is withdrawing its challenge to a Black Lives Matter trademark application featuring three parallel stripes, two days after it contested the image with the U.S. Trademark Office.
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Before every home game, UConn's hype man gets on his microphone and greets the crowd with, “Welcome to the basketball capital of the Wooooorrrrld!”
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — The coach of Sweden’s men’s soccer team has held clear-the-air talks with a TV commentator after they became engaged in an argument on air following a European Championship qualifier.
Here are the latest scores from today's men's college basketball tournaments:
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