March Madness is here! Here is what to know, including the favorites and underdogs as well as key games and how to watch the NCAA Tournament. Oh, and how to fill out your brackets! TOP SEEDS The top four seeds in the tournament are Alabama, Houston, Kansas, and Purdue. Each is in a region, ...

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Kelsey Wood had her second double-double of the season, Ny'Ceara Pryor had 11 points, eight rebounds and a career-high 10 assists and Sacred Heart won its first NCAA Tournament game with a 57-47 victory over Southern on Wednesday night in the First Four. Sacred Heart ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Jessika Carter had 22 points, nine rebounds and four blocks, Anastasia Hayes added 11 points, seven rebounds and five assists and Mississippi State beat Illinois 70-56 on Wednesday night to begin the NCAA Tournament in a First Four game. Mississippi State (21-10) ...

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Gio Reyna has been elected by interim coach Anthony Hudson for the United States' CONCACAF Nations League matches against Grenada and El Salvador. Reyna's parents tried to oust U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter after the 20-year-old midfielder was ...

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer A person with knowledge of the decision says the Dallas Cowboys plan to release running back Ezekiel Elliott. The move ends a seven-season run for a two-time rushing champion whose dominance faded later in his Dallas career. The move will save Dallas ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana center Mackenzie Holmes spent a whole year working so she could take one more shot at an NCAA championship. She committed herself to recovering fully from the left knee injury that limited her mobility and productivity last March when the Hoosiers fell short ...

Aaron Rodgers said Wednesday he intends to play for the New York Jets in 2023 after 18 seasons in Green Bay and the four-time NFL MVP quarterback is waiting for the Packers to trade him. The 39-year-old Rodgers, speaking during an appearance on "The Pat McAfee Show" on YouTube and Sirius XM, ...

Penn State is favored to claim another team title and Cornell's Yianni Diakomihalis and Iowa's Spencer Lee will seek their fourth national titles at the NCAA Division I wrestling championships, which start Thursday in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Penn State has won nine national championship in the past ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A bill to legalize sports betting in Kentucky was advanced by a Senate committee on Wednesday, leaving its supporters still facing their biggest challenge as opponents mounted a last stand. The panel sent the measure to the full Senate, setting up a potentially dramatic ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Raven Saunders, the U.S. silver-medal shot putter who used her triumph at the Tokyo Olympics to bring attention to social injustice, has been suspended for 18 months for failing to show up for doping tests. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency announced the sanction ...

MIAMI (AP) — The NBA suspended Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant eight games without pay on Wednesday after determining that his displaying a firearm at a club in suburban Denver earlier this month was "conduct detrimental to the league." Morant will miss his sixth game when the Grizzlies ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — History is the light at the end of Iowa wrestler Spencer Lee's tunnel vision. The 125-pounder has a chance to win his fourth national title this weekend at the NCAA championships in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and join an exclusive club with names he can recite in just a few ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The number was supposed to be 96. The last time the NCAA seriously considered expanding the men's Division I basketball tournament a plan emerged to add 16 more games and 32 more participants to grow that symmetrically satisfying 64-team bracket. The backlash that followed ...

Purdue's Zach Edey and Indiana's Trayce Jackson-Davis have given the Big Ten Conference a third straight year with multiple first-team Associated Press All-America picks, while Kansas had a second straight first-teamer in Jalen Wilson. The 7-foot-4, 305-pound Edey appeared on all 58 ballots as ...

CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. men's soccer team will play Mexico in an exhibition on April 19 at Glendale, Arizona. The match announced Tuesday is not on a FIFA fixture date, meaning many if not all Europe-based players will not be available, a group that includes most starters from last year's ...

Setting up a competition at quarterback, the Atlanta Falcons have agreed to terms with Taylor Heinicke on a two-year contract worth up to $20 million, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — A verdict in the Olympic case of teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva could come this year, the World Anti-Doping Agency said Tuesday detailing "distrust" of how it was first handled in Russia. Valieva's positive test for a banned heart medication in December ...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The Las Vegas Raiders and wide receiver Jakobi Meyers have agreed on a $33 million, three-year deal, a person familiar with the contract told The Associated Press. The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal can't be announced until Wednesday, ...

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Tight end Darren Waller is being traded to the New York Giants, who will send the Las Vegas Raiders a 2023 third-round draft pick, two people familiar with the deal said Tuesday. They spoke to The AP on condition of anonymity because the trade has not been announced. ...

Diamond Sports Group, the largest owner of regional sports networks, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday. The move came after it missed a $140 million interest payment last month. Diamond owns 19 networks under the Bally Sports banner. Those networks have the rights to 42 ...