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It’s a High Point family affair for the Claymans in the NCAA Tournament
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
High Point coach Flynn Clayman is navigating the NCAA Tournament with his wife Katie Clayman, an assistant with the Panthers women, who are also tournament bound. They’re also juggling parenting duties for 19-month old son, Quinn. The No. 12 seed High Point men (30-4) play fifth-seeded Wisconsin (24-10) in a West Region opening round game ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NFL will consider a rule change allowing draft pick trades up to 5 years in the future
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
The Cleveland Browns are proposing a rule change that would allow NFL teams to trade draft picks five years into the future instead of three. The league announced on Wednesday that only two teams submitted proposals that will be considered by owners at the league meetings later this month with the other coming from the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gonzaga is back in the NCAA Tournament, still searching for that elusive championship
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — In a season of highs and a few lows, Gonzaga is back in the NCAA Tournament and still looking for that elusive title game breakthrough. The Bulldogs (30-3) are riding 27 straight tournament appearances. They’ve twice made it to the national championship game — in 2017 and 2021 — but lost ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Premier League teams dominated the first phase of the Champions League. Now only 2 are standing
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
Eight goals let in by Newcastle. Eight more by Chelsea. Tottenham gave up seven, and Manchester City allowed five. So much for English dominance in the Champions League this season. The goals rained in against Premier League clubs, which went from setting the standard in the league phase to largely being blown away in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Air Force hires Penn State assistant Joe Crispin as men’s basketball coach
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — Air Force hired Penn State assistant Joe Crispin on Wednesday as the men’s head basketball coach. Crispin inherits the program from Joe Scott, who mutually parted ways with the Falcons last month after he was suspended pending an investigation into his treatment of cadets in January. The 46-year-old Crispin ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rhode Island high school hockey team rallies to championship after fatal ice rink shooting
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — As Colin Dorgan stood before a deafening crowd exploding in pride for his high school hockey team’s championship win, secured by a goal in an exhausting yet exhilarating quadruple overtime, three seats were noticeably empty in the Rhode Island arena. The high school senior’s mother, brother and grandfather should have been ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No. 1 overall seed Duke enters NCAA Tournament motivated by last year’s Final Four loss
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Duke enters the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 overall seed and looking to avenge last season’s missed opportunity. The Blue Devils (32-2) were bounced in the Final Four by Houston despite a team that included five future NBA players, including three lottery picks and two players now battling neck-and-neck for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Houston fights the urge to look ahead to possible Florida rematch, focuses on 1st round vs. Idaho
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Houston could eventually go back home for a rematch of last season’s national championship game it lost to Florida. The South regional final would be played at the Toyota Center in Houston, just a few miles from the Fertitta Center where the Cougars play their home games. Though Florida is the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bayern goalkeeper Urbig returns amid injury crisis to see his team past Atalanta in Champions League
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
MUNICH (AP) — A week after sustaining a concussion, Jonas Urbig was back in goal to guide Bayern Munich past Atalanta and into the Champions League quarterfinals Wednesday. Urbig returned amid an injury crisis that nearly meant a chance for 16-year-old goalkeeper Leonard Prescott in the Champions League round-of-16 second-leg game. Urbig faced eight shots ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shohei Ohtani throws 4 1/3 scoreless innings in spring debut on mound for the Los Angeles Dodgers
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Shohei Ohtani reached back for the heater and found it, blazing a 99-mph fastball past Willy Adames for his first strikeout of the afternoon on Wednesday. For a guy who hasn’t spent much time on the mound over the past 2 1/2 years, he doesn’t seem remotely ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bayern Munich’s Filip Pavic, 16, becomes club’s youngest-ever Champions League player
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich defender Filip Pavic became the club’s youngest-ever Champions League player and the third-youngest in the competition’s history when he came off the bench against Atalanta on Wednesday. Aged 16 years and 58 days, Pavic came on for right-back Josip Stanisic in the 72nd minute with Bayern leading 4-0 on the ... Read More »
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