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Women’s hockey to reach national US TV audience

The Professional Women's Hockey League is coming to a TV set near you in the United States. The league announced that its neutral-site game at Detroit on March 28 between the New York Sirens and Montreal Victoire will be the first accessible to a national U.S. television audience. The PWHL ...

DeRosa owns ‘overly confident’ remark before US loss to Italy

HOUSTON (AP) — Manager Mark DeRosa says his premature comment about the United States having already punched its ticket to the World Baseball Classic quarterfinals before facing Italy was just an "overly confident statement" and reiterated Thursday he knew nothing was guaranteed at that ...

Big 12 abandons glass floor and goes back to hardwood

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Big 12 Conference is ditching its slippery new glass floor for a hardwood court for the final two days of the tournament. "After consultation with the coaches of our four semifinal teams, I have decided that in order to provide our student-athletes with the ...

Sports briefs

WADA to weigh barring Trump The World Anti-Doping Agency is considering rewriting its rules to try barring President Donald Trump and all U.S. government officials from attending the LA Olympics in 2028. It's a move that could also have implications for the World Cup being hosted by the ...

Italy stuns the US 8-6 in World Baseball Classic

(AP) — Kyle Teel, Sam Antonacci and Jac Caglianone homered as Italy built a big lead and held on to stun the United States 8-6 Tuesday night in the World Baseball Classic. The U.S. is done with pool play at Houston's Daikin Park and needed the Italians to beat Mexico Wednesday night to ...

Panthers, 49ers, Patriots early winners in free agency

Winning free agency doesn't guarantee success. It's still a good start. NFL teams have committed billions of dollars in free agency, hoping the players they've added can help them win a Super Bowl. Some of the more aggressive teams — the Raiders and Titans — would be happy if new ...