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NHL mourns the death of reporter Jessi Pierce and her 3 children from a house fire

The NHL is grieving the death of reporter Jessi Pierce and her three children from a house fire in Minnesota. Pierce, 37, covered the Wild as a correspondent for NHL.com for the past decade and was a prominent podcaster among several other roles she held in sports media in the Twin Cities area. Having learned of the news before their game on Saturday against the Dallas Stars, the Wild returned to the ice for practice on Monday with their hearts and minds still heavy from the tragedy. "We're just at a loss for words. She was a special person who brought a lot of light to this ...

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Virginia advances IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Kymora Johnson scored 28 points as 10th-seeded Virginia became the first First Four to reach the regional semifinals after an 83-75 double-overtime win over No. 2 seed Iowa on Monday in a women's NCAA Tournament second-round game. The Cavaliers (22-11) won three games in five days, defeating Arizona State 57-55 in Thursday's First Four game, following that with an 82-73 overtime win over Georgia in Saturday's first-round game, and then the Hawkeyes (27-7), who were playing in front of a sellout home crowd of 14,332. Johnson scored 14 of ...

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Reddick wins at Darlington DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Overcoming a malfunctioning alternator and cool suit, Tyler Reddick chased down Brad Keselowski and led the final 28 laps at Darlington Raceway for his fourth NASCAR Cup Series victory this season. Reddick, who drives for the 23XI ...

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Trump issues CFP order WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has issued an executive order barring College Football Playoff and other postseason games from airing during the annual Army-Navy matchup in December. Trump directed the commerce secretary and the FCC chairman to coordinate with the playoff committee, the NCAA and media rights partners to ensure an exclusive broadcasting window for the storied rivalry traditionally played the second Saturday each December. T rump's order makes reference to potential expansion of the CFP that likely would require an earlier start ...

Number of perfect March Madness brackets dwindles

The odds of a picking perfect NCAA Tournament bracket are astronomical for a reason. The number of unblemished entries in ESPN's bracket challenge dropped to fewer than 1,500 by Friday evening, thanks in part to ninth-seeded Utah State's win over eighth-seeded Villanova. Translation: ...

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LeBron ties Robert Parish MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James started for the Los Angeles Lakers against the Miami Heat, making it the 1,611th regular-season game of his career and tying Robert Parish's all-time NBA mark. Parish held the record for nearly 30 years. He has now been caught by James, someone who now has yet another record on what seems like an endless resume of accomplishment within the game. James is also the NBA leader in, among many categories, points, seasons played, All-NBA nods and All-Star selections. Duke gets by Siena GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Duke ...