By The Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Courtney Ramey made a 3-pointer with 16.7 seconds left to put Arizona in front and the eighth-ranked Wildcats beat No. 2 UCLA 61-59 on Saturday night in the Pac-12 Tournament championship game. The Wildcats (28-6) boosted their case for a No. 2 seed ...

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Jon Scheyer stood on the stage, wiping his brow as he scanned the bubbly crowd while his Duke players danced around the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championship trophy. That's when Kyle Filipowski walked up behind his ...

By The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 36 points with 22 of those in the fourth quarter and overtime, shining in his first home game back from a long injury absence and leading the Golden State Warriors past the NBA-best Milwaukee Bucks 125-116 on Saturday ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Zach Edey was surrounded inside, and freshmen Braden Smith and Fletcher Loyer were in the middle of a rough day. That's when Mason Gillis and David Jenkins Jr. stepped up for No. 5 Purdue. Gillis had 20 points on 7-for-8 shooting, and the Boilermakers held off Rutgers for a ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Bruce Thornton had 21 points and six assists, freshman Roddy Gayle Jr. scored seven of his season-high 15 points in the final five minutes and short-handed Ohio State beat fourth-seeded Michigan State 68-58 on Friday in the Big Ten Conference Tournament. Ohio State (16-18) ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers are on the clock. The Panthers have traded up to acquire the No. 1 overall pick in the draft from the Chicago Bears in exchange for Carolina's No. 9 and No. 61 overall picks in 2023, a first-round pick in 2024, a second-round pick in 2025 and star ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Michigan State coach Tom Izzo has been complaining about his team's defense for about three weeks. "So I guess my experience kind of gave the answer," Izzo said. A painful one, too. Michigan State dropped its Big Ten Tournament opener on Friday, losing 68-58 to a 13th-seeded ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Seth Lundy scored 16 points, Jalen Pickett had 15 points and nine rebounds and No. 10 seed Penn State beat second-seeded Northwestern 67-65 in overtime on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament. It was Penn State's second overtime win over Northwestern ...

The men's college basketball season is racing toward NCAA Tournament time. Conference tournaments this week will be capped by Selection Sunday on Sunday, March 12. Sweet 16 weekend will see games in New York City, Las Vegas, Kansas City, Missouri, and Louisville, Kentucky. The Final Four is in ...

NEW YORK (AP) — With the regular-season champs in danger of a quick knockout at the Big East Tournament, Tyler Kolek wouldn't let it happen. The conference player of the year scored all 19 of his points after halftime, including the tiebreaking free throws with 15.8 seconds left in overtime, ...

More March Madness chaos in the women's NCAA Tournament could be looming on the horizon if the past few months of upsets are any indication. Upsets haven't been a hallmark of the women's tournament. Since 2007, 11 women's teams seeded 10th or lower have reached the Sweet 16. That's less than ...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Emma Utterback scored 18 points and Vermont survived a wild finish to beat Albany 38-36 Friday night America East Conference championship game and advancing to its first NCAA Tournament since 2010. Vermont led 30-15 with a minute left in the third quarter but Albany, ...

The Patriots enter free agency in the market for more playmakers at receiver. Jakobi Meyers has been New England's leading producer at the position for three consecutive seasons. But he is an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his career and could command a high price on the open ...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Devin McCourty has only known one home during his NFL career since being selected by the New England Patriots as a first-round draft pick out of Rutgers in 2010. Three Super Bowl rings and 13 seasons later, he's walking away from the sport as one of the Patriots' ...

The San Francisco 49ers added a league-high seven compensatory picks in next month's NFL draft, giving them 11 total selections. The NFL awarded 37 compensatory picks to 16 teams on Thursday for the upcoming draft on April 27-29 in Kansas City, Missouri. Picks are awarded to teams in the ...

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins shut down NHL scoring leader Connor McDavid. They kept Leon Draisaitl off the scoresheet, too. It still wasn't enough to beat the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night. The Oilers escaped a scare when McDavid limped off the ice late in their 3-2 win over the ...

DALLAS (AP) — Two men who were in a Phoenix hotel lobby the night that Hall of Fame wide receiver Michael Irvin was accused of misconduct with a female employee said Wednesday they didn't see him do anything wrong and that his brief interaction with the woman appeared friendly. Phil Watkins ...

STUART, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods' girlfriend wants to nullify a nondisclosure agreement following a six-year relationship with the professional golfer. Attorneys for Erica Herman filed a complaint seeking declaratory judgment on Monday in Martin County, Florida, circuit court, according to ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The competitors stand rigidly upright with their hands behind their backs, waiting to absorb a brutal slap to the face. When the open-handed blow is delivered, there's a sharp report and the reaction can be dramatic. Some fighters barely move, while others stumble backward ...

PHOENIX (AP) — Kevin Durant's home debut with the Phoenix Suns will have to wait a little longer. The 13-time All-Star slipped on the floor during pregame warmups and was ruled out Wednesday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder because of left ankle soreness. The game was supposed to be ...