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Minnesota Wild reporter Jessi Pierce and her 3 children found dead in house fire, league says
By Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2026
NHL reporter Jessi Pierce and her three children were killed Saturday in a weekend house fire in Minnesota, the league announced on its sports website Sunday. Pierce, 37, covered the Minnesota Wild as the correspondent for NHL.com for the past decade. “The entire NHL.com team is devastated and heartbroken by the loss of Jessi and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Forsberg scores twice including in OT to lift Predators over Blackhawks for a 4th straight win
By Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2026
CHICAGO (AP) — Filip Forsberg scored his second goal of the game at 1:05 of overtime to lift the Nashville Predators to a 3-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday. Forsberg stole the puck from Andre Burakovsky behind the Chicago net, skated to the left side and fired a high shot past Spencer Knight ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inter’s Serie A lead is down to 6 points after 1-1 draw at Fiorentina
By Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2026
ROME (AP) — Inter Milan is limping into the international break on a four-match winless streak across all competitions that has seen its Serie A lead reduced to six points. Cher Ndour knocked in a rebound late in the second half for relegation-threatened Fiorentina in a 1-1 draw with visiting Inter on Sunday. Pio Esposito ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hurricanes score 3 time on the power play in a 5-1 win over the Penguins
By Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2026
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Seth Jarvis scored on a power play and assisted on two other man-advantage goals as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-1 on Sunday. Sebastian Aho and Nikolaj Ehlers also scored on power plays for the Hurricanes, who beat the league’s best penalty kill team for three goals. Aho, who scored ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Olivia Olson and Syla Swords shake off slow starts to lead Michigan into the women’s Sweet 16
By Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2026
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Olivia Olson and Syla Swords started slow against N.C State. Eventually, Michigan’s star sophomores bounced back with fantastic performances. Olson had all 27 of her points in the second half and Swords bounced back to score 26 and help the second-seeded Wolverines rout the short-handed Wolfpack 92-63 on Sunday and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tom Barlow, Kévin Denkey rally Cincinnati to 4-3 victory over Montreal
By Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2026
CINCINNATI (AP) — Tom Barlow scored short-handed for the equalizer in the 80th minute and Kévin Denkey followed with the winner in the fourth minute of stoppage time, rallying FC Cincinnati to a 4-3 victory over CF Montreal on Sunday. Barlow tied it 3-3 when he scored three minutes after subbing in to the match. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kentucky and West Virginia women aim for an elusive trip to March Madness Sweet 16
By Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2026
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Kentucky coach Kenny Brooks knows star center Clara Strack doesn’t have to focus on scoring because there’s plenty of talent surrounding her. Kentucky’s imposing length with three starters who are 6-foot-4 or taller, including Strack, will match up against West Virginia’s full-throttle defense Monday in the second round of the women’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!2 years after Syracuse threw a scare into UConn, the Orange get another shot at March Madness upset
By Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2026
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — On the eve of playing the reigning national champions, Syracuse coach Felisha Legette-Jack proclaimed that she is not a miracle worker. However, she has done some pretty impressive work at the home of UConn women’s basketball. In the last 25 years, only three of UConn’s NCAA Tournament wins at Gampel Pavilion ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Johnson and Williams help LSU outgun Texas Tech 101-47 in March Madness and set an NCAA record
By Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2026
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Flau’jae Johnson and Mikaylah Williams each scored 24 points and No. 2 seed LSU set an NCAA record for 100-point games in a season with a 101-47 victory over Texas Tech on Sunday in the second round of the women’s NCAA Tournament. Amiya Joyner added 11 points and 11 rebounds ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Germany forward Deniz Undav extends Bundesliga scoring streak to 6 games for Stuttgart
By Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2026
BERLIN (AP) — Deniz Undav celebrated his return to the Germany squad by scoring for the sixth consecutive Bundesliga game in Stuttgart’s 5-2 rout of Augsburg on Sunday. This time Undav scored twice to take his tally to 18 for the season and deliver Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann a timely reminder – if he needs ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lafrance scores in OT as UQTR beats Saint Mary’s 3-2 in U Sports men’s hockey final
By Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2026
HALIFAX — The University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières Patriotes are the new U Sports men’s hockey champions. Felix Lafrance scored 14:23 into overtime as UQTR beat the Saint Mary’s Huskies 3-2 on Sunday in the championship final. Jake Uberti’s first-period goal gave Saint Mary’s an early lead and Ben Allison added a goal near the ... Read More »
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