By JIMMY ROBERTSON Associated Press BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” No Elizabeth Kitley, no problem for Virginia Tech. At least for one round. Matilda Ekh scored 21 points to lead No. 13 Virginia Tech to a 92-49 victory over Marshall in the first round of the women's NCAA Tournament on ...
By MARC LEVY Associated Press MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (AP) ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” Jody Mikhail was a sophomore at Pennsylvania's Cumberland Valley High School when a poster for a new girls' wrestling club caught her eye. So Mikhail, a senior now, tried the sport. "I fell in love with it the first time," she ...
By The Associated Press Women's basketball is having itself a moment as March Madness arrives. A year ago, 9.9 million people tuned in to see Angel Reese and LSU beat Caitlin Clark and Iowa in a national championship game made unforgettable by the two stars who backed up their talk with ...
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” Arizona State guard Jose Perez has left the men's basketball team to play overseas. Perez did not play in the Sun Devils' 59-47 loss to UCLA on Saturday night and will not be with the team at the Pac-12 Tournament this week in Las Vegas. Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” Jake Guentzel's arrival in the NHL seven years ago helped propel the Pittsburgh Penguins to the franchise's fifth Stanley Cup. The Carolina Hurricanes are wagering the gifted goal scorer can do the same a little further south. The ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) ÀÏ˾»úÖ±²¥” Tom Wilson made a trip home to Toronto last week to see his ailing grandfather, Jake Avery, one final time. The veteran Washington Capitals forward and the man he called Grampy were close, and after Avery died at 95 on Thursday afternoon, ...