Ohio St beats James Madison 80-66 in March Madness 1st round

CHICAGO — Former Chicago Cubs pitcher Steve Trachsel chimed in Monday night on Twitter after watching Japan’s epic comeback win over Mexico in a World Baseball Classic semifinal.

LOS ANGELES — The Lakers arrived Tuesday at their practice facility and took a team photo.

National Basketball Players Association Vice President Jaylen Brown called the nature of the eight-game suspension the Nets handed Kyrie Irving in November “unjust,” and said it violated the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement.”

Analysis of San Diego State's Sweet 16 tangle-in-waiting with No. 1 overall seed Alabama on Friday in Louisville, Ky., hints at a different sort of crimson against the Crimson Tide.

Authorities say suspended Alabama freshman defensive back Tony Mitchell drove over 141 mph while trying to evade deputies before his arrest on drug charges in the Florida Panhandle last week. The Holmes County Sheriff's Office says Mitchell and his passenger were arrested Wednesday and charged with possession of marijuana with the intent to sell or deliver. The other man with Mitchell also was charged with carrying a concealed gun without a permit. During the traffic stop, deputies reported smelling marijuana and noted that Mitchell appeared confused. During a search of the car, deputies say they recovered 8 ounces of marijuana, $7,040 in cash, a set of scales and a loaded 9mm handgun.

MIAMI — It was a picture-perfect Tuesday at the Miami Open. The sun was shining. The women’s main draw got underway. Fans sampled international cuisine and took selfies with some of their favorite players on the practice courts.

CLEARWATER, Fla. — For most of the offseason, the Phillies have acted as if their 2023 lineup will need to be judged in two distinct halves, the first of which will not have a two-time MVP hitting in the middle of it.

DURHAM, N.C. — Long and lanky, Dereck Lively stretched out in a chair in front of his locker inside Orlando's Amway Center Saturday night staring ahead, lost in thought.

Mark Campbell has been named the new women’s basketball coach at TCU. The move comes after the former Oregon assistant took Sacramento State to its first NCAA Tournament in an impressive and quick turnaround. Sacramento State was coming off a 3-22 season when Campbell was hired two years ago. The Hornets won 14 games in Campbell’s first season, and then made another 11-win improvement this season while finishing 25-8 with Big Sky regular-season and tournament championships. He was on Oregon's staff the seven seasons before that. Campbell replaces Raegan Pebley, who stepped down after nine seasons as TCU’s coach with a 141-138 record.

FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys continued to smartly and methodically check off boxes of needs in free agency on Tuesday with the signings of running back Ronald Jones and offensive lineman Chuma Edoga to one-year deals.

Camila Giorgi has pulled out a three-tiebreaker victory over Kaia Kanepi in the first round of the Miami Open. Giorgi managed to hold on for the 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4) victory despite hitting 14 double-faults, blowing a 5-0 lead in the final set and needing four match points to close it out. The match lasted 3 hours, 32 minutes, tying for the longest on the WTA Tour this season. The players combined for 30 aces, 19 by Kanepi. All seeded players at the hard-court tournament received first-round byes.

NEW YORK — “Here comes Willis Reed.”

MINNEAPOLIS — Another turn of the wheel in the Timberwolves' recent injury drama came Tuesday as fans were teased with the prospect that Karl-Anthony Towns and Anthony Edwards might both play in Wednesday night's home game against the Hawks — only for coach Chris Finch to throw water on that…

ATHENS, Ga. — Before each of the last two seasons, at least a few Georgia players opted to return for their senior seasons to make another run at glory. If the Bulldogs find themselves back in the championship hunt, most think the return of Sedrick Van Pran will be a big reason.

The Tennessee Titans announced Tuesday that Mike Vrabel completed his coaching staff by hiring Tom Quinn and Anthony Levine as special teams assistants and Matt Jones as an offensive line assistant. Quinn spent the past 16 seasons with the New York Giants coaching special teams under four different coaches with two Super Bowl titles. Levine played in college at Tennessee State. He spent 10 years in the NFL with Baltimore as a special teams player before retiring after the 2021 season. Jones moves to the NFL after spending the past four seasons at Tennessee Martin as run game coordinator and tight end/offensive tackle coach.

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The Atlanta Falcons have signed wide receiver Mack Hollins to a $2.5 million, one-year deal, giving the team another big option. The 6-foot-4, 221-pound Hollins could open the season as the No. 2 wide receiver, joining 6-foot-5 Drake London as big playmakers for quarterback Desmond Ridder. Olamide Zaccheaus and KhaDarel Hodge, who ranked among Atlanta’s top options in 2022, are unrestricted free agents. Hollins set career highs with 57 catches for 690 yards for Las Vegas last season. The Falcons also announced that defensive tackle Eddie Goldman, who retired after signing a one-year deal with the team last summer, has been reinstated.