Team USA righty Daniel Bard’s 96 mph fastball hit Jose Altuve in the bottom of the fifth inning, leading the Team Venezuela star to immediately exit the World Baseball Classic quarterfinal game.
Arkansas upsets No. 1 Kansas in tourney thriller
Arkansas is into the Sweet 16 after dethroning defending champion Kansas with a 72-71 victory on Saturday.
Tide AD refutes story placing walk-on at shooting
Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne released a lengthy statement Thursday saying a New York Times report placing walk-on Kai Spears at the scene of a January shooting showed “an unfortunate disregard of the facts.”
‘We’re unbreakable now’: After topsy-turvy regular season, UConn is in March mode
Injury. Illness. Grief. Geno Auriemma and UConn have overcome it all this season. Now the Huskies are on the other side, eyeing a 15th straight Final Four.
Sources: 3rd surgery could cost Ball next season
Bulls guard Lonzo Ball will undergo another procedure on his troublesome left knee, which could cost him most — if not all — of the 2023-24 season, sources said.
Source: Colts agree to deal with QB Minshew
The Colts are signing quarterback Gardner Minshew, a source confirmed to ESPN on Thursday.
No. 15 Princeton’s late flurry KO’s No. 2 Arizona
No. 15-seed Princeton scored the final nine points and held Arizona scoreless over the final 4 minutes, 21 seconds Thursday to earn the school’s first NCAA tournament win in 25 years.
Sources: TE Tonyan, RB Foreman joining Bears
The Bears are signing tight end Robert Tonyan and running back D’Onta Foreman to one-year deals, sources told ESPN.
Miller held scoreless in Bama’s first-round win
Brandon Miller, who has been dealing with a groin injury, was held scoreless for the first time this season in Alabama’s first-round victory over Texas A&M Corpus Christi on Thursday.