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Alter girls basketball finishes runner-up in state championship

The Alter High School girls basketball team finished runner-up in the OHSAA) Division IV Championship.

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State basketball roundup: Willamette, Springfield girls; Thurston boys finish seasons

Three Eugene-area teams finished their seasons Saturday at their respective state tournaments. Here are the results

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Division V boys basketball: Shepaug Valley beats Old Lyme to finish perfect season

UNCASVILLE – The Shepaug Valley boys basketball team finished its season undefeated at 27-0 with a Division V state championship as the Spartans beat defending champion Old Lyme 58-46 in the Div. V ...

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Kansas basketball bracketology: Jayhawks projections for March Madness, NCAA tournament

As conference tournaments around the country finish this weekend, and the NCAA tournament awaits, here’s the latest on where Kansas basketball stands.

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'We deserved this': Box Elder boys take second straight Class C basketball title

The Bears finished their second straight season undefeated.

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Bracketology: What seed might Utah women’s basketball get in the NCAA tournament?

The Utes finished sixth in the Big 12 and are considered a lock for the NCAAs.

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Marcos Gonzales and Brother Rice react to 3A state runner-up finish. ‘We put in the work and this is the outcome.’

CHAMPAIGN — Senior guard Marcos Gonzales guided the most successful boys basketball team in Brother Rice history. And while it ended heartbreakingly short of the ultimate goal, Gonzales knows this ...

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Kobe Bryant's former players remember his words during their first year of college basketball

Five years after the death of Kobe Bryant in a helicopter crash, six members of his Mamba Basketball Academy team are finishing up their first season of college basketball

ABC News - 4d

Where Rhode Island basketball stands as March Madness is set to start

The Rams finished their season 18-13 overall, 7-11 in conference play and lost their first game in the Atlantic 10 Tournament.

Yahoo Sports - 19h

Etiwanda wins unprecedented third straight state Open Division girls' basketball title

Arynn Finley finished with 21 points as Etiwanda defeated Archbishop Mitty 75-59 to win its third consecutive state Open Division title in girls' basketball.

Yahoo Sports - 1d

Goodhue ends girls basketball season with win in third-place game

Mar. 15—ST. PAUL — Goodhue finished its sterling season on a winning note, beating Sleep Eye St. Mary's 68-61 in the state Class 1A girls basketball tournament third-place game at Gangelhoff ...

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Shiffrin finishes third to set WC podiums record

Mikaela Shiffrin set an all-time World Cup record Sunday with her 156th podium finish though she let victory slip away in a slalom.

ESPN - Mar. 9

Jackets NIT bound, will host Jacksonville State in first round Tuesday

After finishing season strong, Georgia Tech will play postseason basketball for first time since 2021

Yahoo Sports - 1h

Biggest shot in school history: Norwell boys basketball captures first-ever title

Coffey hit a clutch 3-pointer as the Clippers (25-0) finished a perfect season: “As soon as he released it, I just knew it was going in."

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Barret's Shot and Today's Semifinals at Boys State Basketball

How about that, me and Barret Boesiger joined by fate. OK, not so much the wrong gym, I had a mission, but while our boy Barret was burying that three-quarters court game-winning field goal I was ...

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Sage Hill's comeback falls short in state Division I title loss to Carondelet

Amalia Holguin finished with 21 points as Sage Hill rallied from an early deficit only to fall late in the state Division I girls' basketball final.

Yahoo Sports - 2d

Girls basketball tournament: Eastview’s rally falls short in 4A semifinal loss to Hopkins

Eastview played well for large segments of Thursday’s Class 4A semifinal at Williams Arena. But the beginning and end of the game? Well, those two segments belonged to the Royals. A scintillating ...

Yahoo Sports - 3d

A Painter Whose Work Is Never Finished

Janiva Ellis questions pat solutions with her fractured spaces and artworks that feel as if they are under construction, including some that actually are.

The New York Times - Mar. 8

McLaren dominates first F1 qualifying of the season at Australian GP as Lewis Hamilton finishes eighth in Ferrari debut

McLaren finished with an impressive one-two in the first Formula 1 qualifying event of the 2025 season at the Australian Grand Prix on Saturday.

Yahoo Sports - 1d

The Players Championship has gone to a Monday finish eight times, five at TPC Sawgrass

The Players Championship started in 1974 and through 50 stagings of the event, there has only been a Monday finish eight times.

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Austin Reaves' 37-point effort not enough as Lakers fall to Denver in wild finish

Austin Reaves finishes with 37 points and Dalton Knecht scores 32 points, but the Lakers falter in the final seconds and suffer their fourth consecutive loss.

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With LeBron James looking on, Sierra Canyon captures Division I state title

Maximo Adams helped spur a late rally, and Gavin Hightower finished with 15 points to lead Sierra Canyon past Stockton Lincoln for the state Division I boys' basketball title.

Yahoo Sports - 1d

Kernel girls end season on winning note, earning fifth place in Class AA

Mar. 15—RAPID CITY — For the first time in Mitchell High School girls basketball coach Dave Brooks' tenure, the Kernels finished a state tournament on a winning note. Sixth-seeded Mitchell used a ...

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PJ Haggerty finishes strong for No. 16 Memphis in 78-77 win over Tulane in AAC tourney semis

Haggerty, the AAC player of the year, put the Tigers (28-5) ahead to stay with two free throws that made it 72-71 with 40 seconds left. He finished with 18 points.

Yahoo Sports - 1d

NHL playoff watch: Where will the Devils finish?

New Jersey currently holds the No. 3 seed in the Metro, but could drop to a wild-card spot -- or worse.

ESPN - 3d

Darnold to apply lessons from disastrous '24 finish

New Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold is hoping to apply the lessons he learned from the disappointing end to his 2024 season, when he unraveled in two straight losses.

ESPN - 2d

Caledonia ends season with impressive win in fifth-place game

Mar. 14—ST. PAUL — No. 6 seed Caledonia finished its season with an impressive 69-63 win Friday over No. 4 seed Sauk Centre in the Class 2A girls basketball tournament fifth-place game at ...

Yahoo Sports - 2d

'England need to finish the fight standing among Roman wreckage'

England need to find the tries to stave off another cliff-hanger conclusion against Italy in the Six Nations on Sunday.

BBC News - Mar. 8

What is wrong with Arsenal finishing second? Maybe the answer is: nothing | Barney Ronay

No new striker, too many injuries, too intense – the supposed fatal flaws in Mikel Arteta’s team ignore their consistent success. One of the problems with sport, imported from heartwarming mid-90s ...

The Guardian - Mar. 8

Barça women finish off Madrid to reach Copa final

Barcelona exerted their dominance over Real Madrid once again on Wednesday with a 3-1 Clásico win at the Johan Cruyff Stadium as they booked their place in the final of the Copa de la Reina.

ESPN - 4d

Ellie Krueger finishes Blue Jay career as an all-stater

Mar. 15—JAMESTOWN — Ellie Krueger got some exciting news in the middle of her workout last week. "I found out I was all-state when I was lifting in the weight room after school," said Krueger, a ...

Yahoo Sports - 1d

Long balls, pitching dominance help FSU finish sweep of BC in doubleheader

FSU dominated with a run-rule blowout and then a pitching gem to close out a sweep of Boston College Saturday.

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Jordan Stolz finishes speed skating worlds with two silvers, one bronze

Jordan Stolz made it nine medals in nine career World Single Distances Championships races.

Yahoo Sports - 12h

Rory McIlroy in the lead at The Players as rain threatens a Monday finish

The Players Championship turned into a race against time on Sunday when thunderstorms halted play right after Rory McIlroy surged into a one-shot lead on the back nine. McIlroy, already a winner ...

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