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All together now, do you believe in mirac . . . Hold it. That’s already been taken. But it fits the night the mighty Connecticut women went down, their 111-game winning streak t-boned by a Mississippi State team that lost by 60 points the last time they met. Miracle, and nothing but. We’ve gasped about what happened Friday night in the women’s Final Four. We’ve picked…

GLENDALE, Ariz. — The questions kept streaming in. South Carolina’s Maik Kotsar sat inside the Gamecocks’ locker room here and answered them all, often with a smile. One topic in particular, though, seemed to make the freshman from Estonia glow brighter. MARCH MADNESS ON SOCIAL MEDIA JOIN THE TEAM. Follow @marchmadness A reporter wanted to know if Kotsar’s parents would be traveling…

Johanna Konta’s tense 6-4, 6-3 win over Caroline Wozniacki in the final of the Miami Open – much tougher than her quick dismissal of the former world No1 in the third round of the Australian Open in January – was an achievement that announced her arrival at the next level of her sport. Konta, who lost in the quarter‑finals to Victoria Azarenka on her tournament debut last year, joins Andy…

SATURDAY ON TV MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon ESPN2 — Basketball Hall of Fame Class Announcement, at Glendale, Ariz. 6:09 p.m. CBS-32 — NCAA Tournament, Final Four, first semifinal, South Carolina vs. Gonzaga, at Glendale, Ariz. 8:49 p.m. CBS-32 — NCAA Tournament, Final Four, second semifinal, Oregon vs. North Carolina, at Glendale, Ariz. MLB BASEBALL 1 p.m. MLB — Spring training, Pittsburgh vs. Toronto, at Montreal 2 p.m. ESPN — Spring…

Another journey has lasted 37 games. Gonzaga started the year 29-0, with wins over power-conference teams in Florida, Arizona and Iowa St. and two over their only worthy conference adversary – a St. Mary’s team that spent much of the year inside the top 25. Then, in the season finale, Gonzaga suffered a loss to a mediocre BYU team, ending the run at perfection. Being the final undefeated team in the country, as…

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Editor’s note: This article is running on April 1. RELATED: Old tweets show we should have seen this coming Landon Cassill, driver of the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford, has announced that he has decided to completely abandon his fitness-driven lifestyle. “After much discussion with my family and my team, we’ve decided that now is the time to just let myself go completely,” Cassill said on a Facebook Live…

PLYMOUTH, Mich. — The U.S. women’s hockey team, fueled and fired up by an opportunity to play in a tournament it was willing to sit out, started fast and strong against its rival in a highly charged and physical game. Brianna Decker broke a scoreless tie late in the second period and Nicole Hensley stopped 18 shots, lifting the U.S. over Canada 2-0 on Friday night in the International Ice…

BUY TICKETS: See the races at Martinsville | Full schedule for Martinsville MORE: Final practice results | Best 10-lap averages Clint Bowyer led Saturday’s final practice at Martinsville Speedway in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series ahead of Sunday’s STP 500 (2 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Bowyer turned a fast lap of 93.863 mph around the .526-mile track in his No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford. Defending race…

2:00 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment MARTINSVILLE, Va. — A crew chief can’t make a slew of changes to help a driver get around Martinsville Speedway once the race starts Sunday. A change here or there could help slightly. But the driver has to find the best rhythm to take care of tires and brakes. A crew chief, though, could become vital if a driver…

Hal Bock, an Associated Press sports writer from 1963-2004, served as chief baseball writer and columnist, and he covered 30 World Series. He is the author of ”Banned: Baseball’s Blacklist of All-Stars and Also-Rans,” published by Diversion Books. As opening day on April 2 approaches, this is an excerpt from Chapter 6, ”Stealing Cars Instead of Bases.” — Benny Kauff was a baseball dandy, a flamboyant character who marched around…

On Sunday afternoon, six teams will officially kick off the 2017 regular season, and the other 24 clubs will join them in action on the day that we’ve all been waiting for — Opening Day. Eventually every team will have the chance to play its home opener, but for the 13th straight year, one city in particular will have to observe the festivities from the sidelines, and that city is…

Let’s be honest, the most important part of fantasy baseball isn’t the draft—it’s your team’s name.  Even if you wind up in last place, you can at least save face by having a clever name. The hard part is coming up with a good one, which is why we’ve compiled a list of 101 names to choose from. Some of them are good; some of them are very bad….

Wouldn’t it be great if a bunch of new baseball books hit the shelves within minutes of the final out of the World Series? To keep us warm through the winter. Courtesy of PublicAffairs The Phenomenon April is new baseball book season, however. So in preparation for next year I suggest you stock up now, and squirrel away a few of those babies for November. Or to read a second time…

FILE – In this March 15, 2017, file photo, Philadelphia Phillies second baseman Chris Coghlan catches a pop fly in the fifth inning of a spring training baseball game in Tampa, Fla. Coghlan spent spring training with the Phillies using a wrist band to measure his sleep and recovery.(AP Photo/John Raoux)(Photo: The Associated Press) Baseball players are wired up. Yankees reliever Dellin Betances wears a sleeve around his elbow to…

All together now, do you believe in mirac . . . Hold it. That’s already been taken. But it fits the night the mighty Connecticut women went down, their 111-game winning streak t-boned by a Mississippi State team that lost by 60 points the last time they met. Miracle, and nothing but. We’ve gasped about what happened Friday night in the women’s Final Four. We’ve picked…

GLENDALE, Ariz. — The questions kept streaming in. South Carolina’s Maik Kotsar sat inside the Gamecocks’ locker room here and answered them all, often with a smile. One topic in particular, though, seemed to make the freshman from Estonia glow brighter. MARCH MADNESS ON SOCIAL MEDIA JOIN THE TEAM. Follow @marchmadness A reporter wanted to know if Kotsar’s parents would be traveling…

Ian O’Brien stood outside Anfield, the refurbished home of the Liverpool Football Club, rubbing his ruddy hands together in an unsuccessful effort to ward off an early morning chill when a stranger approached. “Where’s Goodison Park?” the man asked. “Don’t swear in here, mate!” O’Brien snapped before turning away. Goodison Park, you see, is the stadium used by Everton, Liverpool’s chief rival. If Anfield is a cathedral — and O’Brien,…

PLYMOUTH, Mich. — The U.S. women’s hockey team, fueled and fired up by an opportunity to play in a tournament it was willing to sit out, started fast and strong against its rival in a highly charged and physical game. Brianna Decker broke a scoreless tie late in the second period and Nicole Hensley stopped 18 shots, lifting the U.S. over Canada 2-0 on Friday night in the International Ice…

Hal Bock, an Associated Press sports writer from 1963-2004, served as chief baseball writer and columnist, and he covered 30 World Series. He is the author of “Banned: Baseball’s Blacklist of All-Stars and Also-Rans,” published by Diversion Books. As opening day on April 2 approaches, this is an excerpt from Chapter 6, “Stealing Cars Instead of Bases.” ___ Benny Kauff was a baseball dandy, a flamboyant character who marched around…