New York Giants defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence II (97) walks off the field after a game against the Dallas Cowboys on Jan. 4 in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Gannon wins

championship

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Pace Prosser totaled 28 points and 11 rebounds and Gannon beat Lander 84-61 on Sunday to win the Division II men’s basketball championship.

Prosser made 10 of 19 shots with four 3-pointers for the Golden Knights (34-3) in a battle between two teams aiming for a first national title. Prosser added five assists and five steals. Dylan Canoville totaled 14 points and 10 rebounds to pace the Bearcats (30-6), who saw a 15-game winning streak end.

Second-year coach Easton Bazzoli led the third-seeded Golden Knights of Erie, Pennsylvania, to the title three years after a three-win season.

Gannon defeated Michigan Tech in the Elite Eight, 75-49.

NY’s Lawrence

wants a trade

(AP) — Three-time Pro Bowl nose tackle Dexter Lawrence has requested a trade from the New York Giants and won’t attend their offseason workout program, three people familiar with the situation tells The Associated Press.

Lawrence played his first seven NFL seasons with the Giants since they selected him with the 17th pick in the 2019 draft.

Now 28, he still has two years left on his contract. Lawrence started all 17 games last season and finished with a career-low 31 tackles and a half-sack for a defense that ranked 30th out of 32 teams in the league.

Reese traded

to Atlanta

ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Dream have acquired two-time WNBA All-Star Angel Reese from the Chicago Sky in exchange for first-round draft picks in 2027 and 2028.

Atlanta also receives the right to swap second-round picks with Chicago in 2028. The 6-foot-3 Reese averaged 14.1 points and 12.9 rebounds in her two seasons with Chicago, earning All-Star honors each year while finishing as the runner-up for rookie of the year in 2024.

The 23-year-old Reese was the No. 7 overall pick by Chicago in the 2024 WNBA draft after leading LSU to the 2023 national championship.

Reed returns

to Masters

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Patrick Reed is back at the Masters, walking among the Georgia pines. Soon enough, he will be back on the PGA Tour.

Reed was one of the early stars who left for the lucrative, Saudi-backed LIV Golf circuit a few years ago. But he decided to return earlier this year, and he’ll be eligible to play in PGA Tour events again come fall. In the meantime, he’s been playing on the European tour, where he already has two wins sandwiched around a playoff loss in Bahrain.

His game is in good shape as he prepares to play Augusta National, where he won the green jacket in 2018.