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Padres blank Tigers 3-0 SAN DIEGO (AP) — Randy Vásquez and two relievers combined for a two-hitter, and Fernando Tatis Jr. hit an RBI single and his stolen base led to another run as the San Diego Padres beat the Detroit Tigers 3-0 Saturday night to avoid a three-game sweep. Vásquez ...

MSU’s Izzo not about to talk retirement

WASHINGTON (AP) — It was well past midnight on Saturday morning after Tom Izzo's Michigan State Spartans came up short in the Sweet 16, when the 71-year-old coach was asked where he sees himself in five years. "Trying to win a national championship — plain and simple," he said. Izzo has ...

Top-seeded Michigan beats Alabama 90-77

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Yaxel Lendeborg had 23 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists in a dazzling all-around performance, and Michigan beat Alabama 90-77 on Friday night to advance to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in five years. Trey ...

Washington welcomes a stellar March Madness quartet

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jon Scheyer is the coach at Duke, the NCAA Tournament's No. 1 overall seed and arguably the top brand in college basketball. Among his peers in the East Region, however, he's also the neophyte. His opponent in the Sweet 16 — Rick Pitino — coached in his first ...

McGonigle has 4 hits in electric debut for Tigers

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Kevin McGonigle got four hits and drove in two runs in his auspicious major league debut during the Detroit Tigers' 8-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Thursday. The 21-year-old McGonigle hit a two-run double with the bases loaded on the first big league pitch he ...

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 ...