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Nets beat Mavericks 113-109 to win consecutive games for the first time since the All-Star break
Keon Johnson scored 24 points and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Dallas Mavericks 113-109 on Monday night to win consecutive games for the first time since the All-Star break. D’Angelo Russell added ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Keon Johnson's 24 points powers Nets' comeback win over Mavericks, 113-109
Keon Johnson scored 24 points and the Brooklyn Nets rallied from 10 points down in the fourth to beat the Dallas Mavericks 113-109 on Monday to win consecutive games for the first time since the ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Dominguez ends eight-year run as New Mexico Highlands men's basketball coach
Mike Dominguez didn’t sound like a coach looking for another job. Except he is. Dominguez and the school agreed to part ways when his contract expired Monday, according to a news release. However, ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Paige Bueckers, Sarah Strong lead UConn women’s basketball back to Final Four with 78-64 win over USC
SPOKANE, Wash. — For the fourth time in five years, the UConn women’s basketball team advanced to the 2025 Final Four with a 78-64 victory over No. 1 seed USC in the Spokane 4 regional final Monday ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Paris and Trout help Angels beat Cardinals 5-4 in 10 innings
Kyren Paris hit a tying triple in the seventh inning, Nolan Schanuel gave Los Angeles its first lead with a grounder in the 10th and the Angels held off the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 on Monday ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Paige Bueckers carries UConn to record 24th Final Four, beating USC 78-64
Paige Bueckers carried UConn to its record 24th Final Four of the women's NCAA Tournament, scoring 31 points Monday night in a 78-64 victory over USC, which couldn’t overcome losing JuJu Watkins to ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Drew Rasmussen makes strong return to Rays rotation
TAMPA — Drew Rasmussen’s return to the Rays’ rotation as a traditional starter went well in Monday night’s 6-1 win over Pittsburgh. Rasmussen threw five shutout innings, allowing only two hits with ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Sharangovich scores lone goal in shootout, Flames rally from 2-goal deficit to beat Avalanche 3-2
Yegor Sharangovich scored the lone goal in a shootout and the Calgary Flames rallied from two goals down to beat Colorado 3-2 on Monday night, snapping a seven-game skid against the Avalanche. ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
UConn defeats USC to return to record 24th Final Four, sets matchup vs. top-seeded UCLA
SPOKANE, Wash. — No. 2 Uconn beat No. 1 USC 78-64 on Monday night in Spokane, Wash., propelling the Huskies to a record 24th Final Four and their 16th since 2008. The Trojans were without sophomore ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Cleveland Guardians score vs. Padres | San Diego uses 2 big innings to win series opener
Padres DH Gavin Sheets has a big game to offset two early Guardians home runs in San Diego win over Cleveland late Monday night.Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Mets Notes: Torpedo bats ‘nothing new,’ Francisco Lindor back with club after birth of son
The Mets scored a 10-4 win over the Miami Marlins, but Monday's win wasn't the only thing on Carlos Mendoza's mind as he spoke about torpedo bats, Francico Lindor's leadership, and some injury ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Lakers hold off Rockets 104-98 with 6 3-pointers apiece from Dorian Finney-Smith, Gabe Vincent
Luka Doncic had 20 points and nine assists, and Gabe Vincent added 20 points on six 3-pointers in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 104-98 victory over the Houston Rockets on Monday night. LeBron James ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Addison Wolf snaps out of tailspin at plate with big game for St. Charles East. How big? ‘My confidence back.’
This was more like it. Senior shortstop Addison Wolf had a reason to howl Monday morning for St. Charles East, right after breathing a sigh of relief at the Go Pro Sports Dome in Shorewood. “I’ve ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Glasnow pitches 5 scoreless innings and Dodgers beat winless Braves 6-1 to open 6-0
Tyler Glasnow tossed five shutout innings in his season debut, Teoscar Hernández hit a two-run homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the winless Atlanta Braves 6-1 on Monday night. Atlanta fell ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Greene homers as the Tigers use fast start to beat Mariners 9-6 for 1st win of the season
Riley Greene homered and Javier Báez hit a two-run double in Detroit's six-run first inning, helping the Tigers beat the Seattle Mariners 9-6 on Monday night for their first victory of the season. ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Kelly hits for cycle and Cubs power past Athletics 18-3 in 1st MLB game at Sutter Health Park
Carson Kelly hit for the cycle and drove in five runs, Michael Busch launched a two-run homer on the way to a career-high four RBIs, and the Chicago Cubs pounded the Athletics 18-3 on Monday night ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Kraken Fall 3-1 to Stars, Extending Dallas's Winning Streak to Six
Seattle, WA - The Stars shined in Seattle on Monday night as Dallas stretched its winning streak to six games with a 3-1 victory over the Kraken. It was the third and final meeting between the two ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
FCC chair threatens ABC's broadcast license over Disney DEI practices
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr suggested in an interview Monday that ABC’s broadcast license could be at risk as the federal regulatory agency probes Disney, ABC’s ...The Hill - 4d -
Texas finally aces Elite 8 test as familiar foe looms
No. 1 seed Texas wore down No. 2 TCU 58-47 in the Elite Eight on Monday night and now heads to the women's Final Four for the first time since 2003.ESPN - 4d -
Athletics bat boy Stewart Thalblum takes down drone in left field
When a drone suddenly appeared near the left-field wall at Sutter Health Park on Monday night, veteran Athletics bat boy Stewart Thalblum decided to help thwart it. The drone tried to lift him off ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Davidson out of USWNT squad with knee injury
Defender Tierna Davidson will miss the United States women's national team's upcoming pair of games against Brazil due to a knee injury, U.S. Soccer announced on Monday.ESPN - 4d -
Freddie Freeman slips in the shower, misses first game vs Braves
Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman was out of the lineup Monday night against the Atlanta Braves after slipping in the shower and hurting his surgically repaired right ankle.Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Andy Reid: The healthier we are around Travis Kelce, the more productive he'll be
Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is coming back for the 2025 season and head coach Andy Reid told reporters on Monday that Kelce is "training like crazy" ahead of his 13th NFL season.Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Marseille have ‘small hope’ of Leonardo Balerdi returning before end of season
Withdrawn through injury during the first half of Saturday’s 3-0 defeat to Stade de Reims, Leonardo Balerdi (26) underwent tests on Monday, which confirmed that he will miss several weeks. The Olym...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Chicago Cubs help Athletics open their new-to-them ballpark in West Sacramento: ‘It’s a new baseball experience’
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — For Chicago Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner, an Oakland native, Monday was a bittersweet day. The Cubs are part of the first major-league series played at Sutter Heath ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Carson Kelly becomes the 1st Chicago Cubs player to hit for cycle since Mark Grace in 1993
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Carson Kelly had found himself in this situation before and bluntly assessed his reality when he stepped to the plate in the eighth inning Monday night at Sutter Health ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Kelly 1st to hit for March cycle, ends Cubs' drought
In a convincing 18-3 victory over the Athletics on Monday, catcher Carson Kelly became the first Cubs player in 32 years to hit for the cycle, ending the longest drought by any team in the National ...ESPN - 4d -
Yale professor leaving US: Trump launching 'brutal attack' on freedom
A professor at Yale University said Monday he would be leaving his post and the country over the Trump administration’s “brutal attack” on free speech. “The message is that they’re going to do a ...The Hill - 4d -
Harvard says it will work with federal antisemitism task force amid threat of funding loss
Harvard President Alan Garber says his university will work with the federal antisemitism task force after it launched a review of the school. On Monday, the task force announced it will be ...The Hill - 4d -
Brett Gardner's son may have died of carbon monoxide poisoning, officials say
Costa Rican officials said Monday night that the 14-year-old son of former New York Yankees player Brett Gardner may have died from carbon monoxide poisoning.NBC News - 4d -
Matt Zimmer: Is this rock bottom for the Twins? For the fans, it might be
Apr. 1—CHICAGO — Was Monday's 9-0 loss to the lowly Chicago White Sox the lowest point in the history of Twins baseball? No, probably not. But at the moment it does kinda feel like it, and that's ...Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Mizzou softball goes 1-2 over weekend
The Missouri Tigers went to Oxford, Miss., and came away with their second SEC win of the season by beating the No. 19 Rebels in Monday’s finale of a three-game series that began with a ...Yahoo Sports - 3d -
Cougars rack up runs, sweep Beavers in doubleheader
Apr. 1—SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The Beavers didn't have an answer for Sioux Falls' batters. The Bemidji State softball team gave up a combined 22 runs in its road doubleheader against the Cougars on ...Yahoo Sports - 3d -
Democrats sue over Trump election overhaul order
The Democratic National Committee (DNC), aligned groups and party leaders filed a lawsuit on Monday over President Trump's March executive order, which would overhaul elections. Trump's order would ...The Hill - 3d -
EPA chief closing environmental museum
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin said Monday that he is shutting down a museum in the EPA's headquarters in an effort to cut costs. “EPA will be saving American ...The Hill - 3d -
With torpedo bat, De La Cruz has 7 RBIs for Reds
Using a torpedo bat, Elly De La Cruz had a single, double and two home runs with seven RBIs, as the Cincinnati Reds routed the Texas Rangers 14-3 on Monday night, and after the win, manager Terry ...ESPN - 3d -
Trump administration admits it wrongly deported man to prison in El Salvador
The Trump administration acknowledged late Monday that it had mistakenly deported a Salvadoran man protected from removal, sending him to a facility in El Salvador where they argue they are unable ...The Hill - 3d -
UConn women’s basketball seniors come full-circle with shining moments in Elite Eight win over USC
SPOKANE, Wash. — When Kaitlyn Chen committed to the UConn women’s basketball team out of the transfer portal after graduating from Princeton in 2024, it was for moments like Monday night. In the ...Yahoo Sports - 3d -
Georgia Legislature approves transgender athlete ban
Georgia lawmakers on Monday sent legislation to bar transgender student-athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports to Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, who is expected to sign the measure ...The Hill - 3d -
Booker staffer arrested with pistol at Capitol before marathon speech, police say
One of Sen. Cory Booker’s (D-N.J.) staffers was arrested on Monday for possession of a pistol, shortly before the senator began a marathon speech that was still going as of 1 p.m. Tuesday, with ...The Hill - 3d
