Tag: Sports

Reloaded With Rookies, Dodgers Look Down D-backs Again

The Los Angeles Dodgers are the team with National League West titles in nine of the past 10 seasons, while the Arizona Diamondbacks have not won the division since 2011. Thus, the team with more rookies in the Opening Day lineup came as somewhat of a surprise. The Dodgers had two rookies who started in…


Marquette’s Shaka Smart Voted Men’s AP Coach of the Year

Shaka Smart has packed an entire career’s worth of experiences into 14 years as a college head coach. He led VCU to an improbable Final Four as a 30-something wunderkind in 2011, guided mighty Texas to a Big 12 Tournament title during six otherwise tepid years in Austin, and now has turned Marquette into a…


Pickleball Slam: Roddick, Agassi, McEnroe, Chang Take Swings

When Andy Roddick agreed to join John McEnroe, Andre Agassi and Michael Chang at the Pickleball Slam, the 2003 U.S. Open champion figured he had two distinct advantages against the three other International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees participating in the made-for-TV exhibition in Hollywood, Florida. At age 40, Roddick is the junior member of…


Shohei Ohtani Strikes out 10 in Angels’ Opening Loss to A’s

OAKLAND, Calif.—Shohei Ohtani struck out 10 over six scoreless innings in his season debut coming off the World Baseball Classic title before Oakland capitalized once he exited with Aledmys Díaz rallying the Athletics on a tie-breaking single in the eighth for a 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday night, March 30. Esteury…


Oilers Blank Kings, Move Into 2nd in Division

Stuart Skinner made 43 saves to lead the Edmonton Oilers to a 2–0 win against the visiting Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night, March 30. It’s Skinner’s second shutout in his 57th NHL start. Los Angeles Kings’ Quinton Byfield (55) is stopped by Edmonton Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner (74) during the third period of an…


Mi Hyang Lee Sits on Top After First Round of LA Open

South Korea’s Mi Hyang Lee, a Monday qualifier veteran whose last LPGA victory came more than five years ago, holds a one-shot lead after the first round of the DIO Implant LA Open on Thursday, March 30, in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. Lee shot a 6-under-par 65 at Palos Verdes Golf Club, putting her in…


Veterans Harrington, Kuchar Share Early Lead at Texas Open

SAN ANTONIO—Veterans Padraig Harrington and Matt Kuchar each shot a 4–under 68 on Thursday to share the early lead with MJ Daffue and Roberto Diaz in the weather-delayed first round of the Valero Texas Open. Daffue eagled the par-5 18th hole at TPC San Antonio and Diaz made birdie on 18 to join the 51-year-old…


Congressional Hearing Targets ‘NIL Chaos’ in College Sports

A congressional hearing Wednesday targeting “NIL chaos” in college sports drifted into the ramifications of athletes being deemed employees of their schools and mostly highlighted those who support congressional intervention to protect the collegiate model. A subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce held the first hearing related to college sports on Capitol…


Final Four a Chance for SDSU to Double Its Championships

SAN DIEGO—The number of San Diego State teams that have won an NCAA Division I championship can be counted on one finger. Many Aztecs fans and alumni have no idea because it happened 50 years ago and the school dropped men’s volleyball in 2000. Brian Dutcher, who has been on campus for 24 years, does…


Iowa’s Caitlin Clark Wins AP Player of the Year

DALLAS—Caitlin Clark has put together one of the greatest individual seasons in NCAA history with eye-popping offensive numbers. Iowa’s junior guard, though, saved her best performance for the game’s biggest stage, recording the first 40-point triple-double in NCAA history to get Iowa to the Final Four for the first time in 30 years. Clark was…