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Playoff chase in NHL East ‘a fight for your life’

NEW YORK (AP) — Connor McDavid called the Pacific Division path to the playoffs "a bit of a pillow fight right now." The same race down the stretch in the NHL's Eastern Conference is anything but. No team has clinched a berth, and only three — Carolina, Tampa Bay and Buffalo — are ...

Tops seeds, other than Florida, sail into Sweet 16

Florida isn't around to defend its title anymore, but all the other top seeds in this year's NCAA Tournament are still around. And many of them are winning convincingly. In the first week of the NCAA Tournament, games were decided by an average of 15.3 points. According to Sportradar, ...

NFL proposes contingencies for replacement refs

The NFL is preparing for the possibility of replacement officials in the 2026 season, proposing a rule change for one season that would allow the replay center in New York to correct any "clear and obvious" mistakes by on-field officials in case of a work stoppage. The competition ...

Niagara’s Bartels named first team all-conference

Niagara senior Brayden Bartels earned a spot on the M&O Conference boys basketball first team as Crivitz senior Kade Thoma was selected as the conference's Most Outstanding Player. Joining Bartels and Thoma on the first team were Coleman junior Kolton Peters, Suring senior Parker Haak and ...

Huskies look to advance at Elite Eight in Pittsburgh

HOUGHTON — They have already gone further than any Michigan Tech Huskies men’s basketball team has ever gone, which is an accomplishment in itself, yet, the Black and Gold would love nothing more than to keep their season alive beyond today. The Huskies won the Division 2 Midwest Region ...

Sweet 16 filled with veteran teams that held together

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Purdue was struggling to put away Miami in the second half of their second-round NCAA Tournament game on Sunday when Braden Smith, Fletcher Loyer and Trey Kauffman-Renn combined to score the Boilermakers' next 22 points, helping them to turn a three-point lead into a 79-69 ...