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Final Four set with one question left

It’s not easy to bury a team as good as USC, let alone in a half, no matter how easy Gonzaga made it look. Somehow, coach Mark Few called it in advance. While everyone was fixatin...

DATE: Mar 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Murray, Porter lead Nuggets past slow-starting 76ers

DENVER – Jamal Murray scored 30 points, Michael Porter Jr. added 27 and the Denver Nuggets raced out to a 25-point lead on their way to a 104-95 win over the slow-starting Philadelphia 76ers...

DATE: Mar 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Bayfield High School cheer team places second at state championship

Squad ranks high despite shortened season

DATE: Mar 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Juzang sends No. 11 seed UCLA past Michigan to Final Four

INDIANAPOLIS – Johnny Juzang poured in 28 points while playing most of the second half on a hurt ankle, and UCLA survived a series of nail-biting misses by top-seeded Michigan in the closing...

DATE: Mar 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Quite a show: Zags stay undefeated with 85-66 win over USC

INDIANAPOLIS – Can anybody stop these guys? For the 30th straight time this season, Gonzaga answered that question with a resounding “No.” The Bulldogs got on a roll an...

DATE: Mar 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: College Sports

NCAA President to meet with protesting basketball players

NCAA President Mark Emmert is planning to meet this week with a group of basketball players who used a social media campaign at the start of March Madness to protest rules banning college at...

DATE: Mar 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Gordon scores 13 in Denver debut, a 126-102 win over Hawks

DENVER – Aaron Gordon scored 13 points in his debut with Denver, and the Nuggets beat the Atlanta Hawks 126-102 on Sunday night. Denver acquired Gordon from Orlando at the trade d...

DATE: Mar 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Grubauer gets 100th win as Avalanche beat Ducks 5-2

DENVER – Philipp Grubauer got his 100th career win with a 13-save night to lead the Colorado Avalanche past the Anaheim Ducks 5-2 on Monday night. Grubauer has 57 wins since joini...

DATE: Mar 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Wulbrun hired as basketball coach at University of Denver

DENVER – The University of Denver has hired Jeff Wulbrun as its men’s basketball coach. It will be Wilbrun’s first head coaching job in the college ranks. The Stanford ...

DATE: Mar 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Logano takes the checkered flag in a haze of Bristol dirt

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Somewhere under the thick red haze floating over Bristol Motor Speedway, Joey Logano took the checkered flag for NASCAR’s first Cup Series race at a dirt track in 50 ye...

DATE: Mar 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports