“THE SCOREBOARD”
SUPER BOWL
PHILADELPHIA 40 KANSAS CITY 22
NFL DRAFT ORDER
TENNESSEE TITANS (3-14 RECORD IN 2024 SEASON)
CLEVELAND BROWNS (3-14)
NEW YORK GIANTS (3-14)
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (4-13)
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (4-13)
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (4-13)
NEW YORK JETS (5-12)
CAROLINA PANTHERS (5-12)
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (5-12)
CHICAGO BEARS (5-12)
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (6-11)
DALLAS COWBOYS (7-10)
MIAMI DOLPHINS (8-9)
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (8-9)
ATLANTA FALCONS (8-9)
ARIZONA CARDINALS (8-9)
CINCINNATI BENGALS (9-8)
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (10-7)
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (10-7, LOST IN WILD-CARD ROUND)
DENVER BRONCOS (10-7, LOST IN WILD-CARD ROUND)
PITTSBURGH STEELERS (10-7, LOST IN WILD-CARD ROUND)
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (11-6, LOST IN WILD-CARD ROUND)
GREEN BAY PACKERS (11-6, LOST IN WILD-CARD ROUND)
MINNESOTA VIKINGS (14-3, LOST IN WILD-CARD ROUND)
HOUSTON TEXANS (10-7, LOST IN DIVISIONAL ROUND)
LOS ANGELES RAMS (10-7, LOST IN DIVISIONAL ROUND)
BALTIMORE RAVENS (12-5, LOST IN DIVISIONAL ROUND)
DETROIT LIONS (15-2, LOST IN DIVISIONAL ROUND)
WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (12-5, LOST NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME)
BUFFALO BILLS (13-4, LOST AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME)
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (15-2, LOST SUPER BOWL)
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (14-3, WON SUPER BOWL).
INDIANA GIRLS BASKETBALL-REGIONAL PAIRINGS
CLASS 4A
LAPORTE
HAMMOND CENTRAL (20-3) VS. VALPARAISO (18-7), 2 P.M.
WARSAW (23-1) VS. SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON (24-1), 5 P.M.
MARION
MCCUTCHEON (23-3) VS. FORT WAYNE NORTHROP (16-7) OR FORT WAYNE SNIDER (12-11), 4 P.M.
HOMESTEAD (23-2) OR HUNTINGTON NORTH (14-9) VS. HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (25-0), 7 P.M.
DECATUR CENTRAL
LAWRENCE NORTH (15-8) VS. PENDLETON HEIGHTS (19-6), 1 P.M.
PIKE (18-6) VS. FRANKLIN CENTRAL (18-9), 4 P.M.
BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE
BLOOMINGTON SOUTH (22-2) VS. EAST CENTRAL (12-11), 7 P.M.
BOONVILLE
FLOYD CENTRAL (23-4) VS. GIBSON SOUTHERN (20-6)
CLASS 3A
JIMTOWN
COLUMBIA CITY (22-4) VS. LOWELL (16-9), 4 P.M.
WINAMAC COMMUNITY
CULVER ACADEMY (20-5) VS. HIGHLAND (14-10), 4 P.M.
BELLMONT
EAST NOBLE (16-9) VS. NORWELL (19-6), 7 P.M.
WES-DEL
MACONAQUAH (16-8) VS. DELTA (17-7), 7 P.M.
GREENCASTLE
CATHEDRAL (17-9) VS. NORTHVIEW (20-6), 4 P.M.
SOUTHMONT
RONCALLI (16-8) VS. DANVILLE (20-5), 4 P.M.
CHARLESTOWN
GREENSBURG (24-0) VS. WASHINGTON (23-2), 7 P.M.
BOONVILLE
CORYDON CENTRAL (20-5) VS. EVANSVILLE CENTRAL (22-4), 4 P.M.
CLASS 2A
JIMTOWN
EASTSIDE (25-1) VS. ANDREAN (15-11), 1 P.M.
CASTON
WHITKO (20-4) VS. BREMEN (24-2), 1 P.M.
RENSSELAER CENTRAL (23-2) VS. ALEXANDRIA (25-1), 4 P.M.
LAPEL
LEWIS CASS (19-6) VS. SHERIDAN (24-1), 7 P.M.
GREENCASTLE
MONROVIA (19-7) VS. PARKE HERITAGE (22-4), 1 P.M.
SOUTHWESTERN (SHELBYVILLE)
NORTHEASTERN (24-1) VS. HERITAGE CHRISTIAN (13-12), 4 P.M.
CHARLESTOWN
LANESVILLE (20-3) VS. SOUTH KNOX (24-2), 4 P.M.
WEST WASHINGTON
NORTH POSEY (19-6) VS. BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL (21-5), 4 P.M.
CLASS A
BELLMONT
ELKHART CHRISTIAN (20-5) VS. FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK (14-11) OR FREMONT (19-6), 4 P.M.
WINAMAC COMMUNITY
MARQUETTE CATHOLIC (21-4) VS. PIONEER (12-12) OR TRI-COUNTY (21-2), 1 P.M.
LAPEL
MONROE CENTRAL (20-6) VS. LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC (22-4), 4 P.M.
WES-DEL
CARROLL (FLORA) (18-7) VS. NORTH MIAMI (15-10), 4 P.M.
SOUTHMONT
GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN (7-17) VS. ANDERSON PREP (17-9), 1 P.M.
SOUTHWESTERN (SHELBYVILLE)
SOUTH DECATUR (15-11) VS. OLDENBURG ACADEMY (21-4), 1 P.M.
BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE
NORTHEAST DUBOIS (18-6) VS. NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG) (23-3), 4 P.M.
WEST WASHINGTON
VINCENNES RIVET (15-10) VS. BORDEN (19-5), 7 P.M.
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
TOP 25
#18 MARYLAND 90 RUTGERS 81
#17 MEMPHIS 90 TEMPLE 82
ELSEWHERE:
NEBRASKA 79 OHIO STATE 71
VILLANOVA 80 XAVIER 68
OKLAHOMA STATE 86 ARIZONA STATE 73
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
TOP 25
#5 CONNECTICUT 77 PROVIDENCE 40
#17 GEORGIA TECH 71 BOSTON COLLEGE 51
#14 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 97 #22 FLORIDA STATE 74
#23 ALABAMA 80 MISSISSIPPI STATE 60
#3 NOTRE DAME 91 #21 CALIFORNIA 52
MICHIGAN 71 #20 MICHIGAN STATE 61
#10 DUKE 90 MIAMI FLORIDA 49
#13 NORTH CAROLINA 53 CLEMSON 51
#4 TEXAS 66 #2 SOUTH CAROLINA 62
#1 UCLA 62 OREGON 52
#16 MARYLAND 81 WASHINGTON 73
#6 LSU 82 #19 TENNESSEE 77
ELSEWHERE:
VIRGINIA TECH 87 VIRGINIA 62
LOUISVILLE 74 STANFORD 65
GEORGIA 62 ARKANSAS 61
RUTGERS 78 PURDUE 69
INDIANA STATE 87 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 63
SYRACUSE 62 WAKE FOREST 60
NORTHWESTERN 69 PENN STATE 63
BUTLER 67 MARQUETTE 65
MURRAY STATE 77 VALPARAISO 57
DEPAUL 80 GEORGETOWN 76
PITTSBURGH 58 SMU 57
MINNESOTA 66 INDIANA 56
MISSOURI STATE 86 EVANSVILLE 57
MISSOURI 69 TEXAS A&M 59
ILLINOIS 74 WISCONSIN 51
NBA SCOREBOARD
DETROIT 112 CHARLOTTE 102
HOUSTON 94 TORONTO 87
MILWAUKEE 135 PHILADELPHIA 127
NHL SCOREBOARD
UTAH 5 WASHINGTON 4
TAMPA BAY 5 MONTRÉAL 3
TOP NATIONAL RELEASES/TOP HEADLINES
EAGLES DENY THE CHIEFS A SUPER BOWL THREE-PEAT WITH DOMINANT DEFENSE IN A 40-22 ROUT
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Yo Philly: Jalen Hurts and Nick Sirianni are world champions.
A ferocious Philadelphia Eagles defense tormented and frustrated Patrick Mahomes while Hurts made all the plays the offense needed.
So much for the Kansas City Chiefs’ quest for a Super Bowl three-peat.
It wasn’t even close.
Cooper DeJean got a pick-6 on his 22nd birthday, Josh Sweat pressured Mahomes all night and the Eagles routed the Chiefs 40-22 on Sunday to secure the franchise’s second Super Bowl championship.
Hurts threw for two touchdowns and ran for a score on a tush push to earn Super Bowl MVP honors, and Vic Fangio’s defense was so dominant that the Eagles didn’t need much from Saquon Barkley.
The game-changing running back finished with 57 yards, breaking Terrell Davis’ record for yards rushing in a season, playoffs included. Hurts threw for 221 yards.
“This is the ultimate team game. You can’t be great without the greatness of others. Great performance by everybody — offense, defense, special teams,” Sirianni said. “We didn’t really ever care what anyone thought about how we won, or their opinions. All we want to do is win.”
Hurts has been doubted since he started for Alabama in a national championship game and was benched for Tua Tagovailoa at halftime. Finishing second to Mahomes in MVP voting two years ago didn’t quite silence all the detractors. Now, he’s hoisted the Vince Lombardi trophy.
Sirianni, who mocked fans chanting “Fire Nick!” during a victory over Cleveland in October and was called a “clown” on national television, also quieted critics by adding a championship ring to a coaching resume that includes the fifth-best winning percentage in league history.
“Things come right on time. The last time around, it wasn’t our time, it wasn’t my time and sometimes you have to accept that you have to wait your turn,” said Hurts, who nearly led the Eagles to victory against the Chiefs two years ago in Arizona.
With Donald Trump becoming the first president in office to attend a Super Bowl, the Eagles outplayed Kansas City in every facet, delighting a raucous pro-Philly crowd that celebrated each score with a familiar rendition of “Fly! Eagles! Fly!”
Even Taylor Swift’s presence couldn’t help the Chiefs. They lost for the first time in 10 games this season with the pop superstar in a suite watching boyfriend Travis Kelce, who didn’t catch a pass until late in the third quarter.
Not in Kansas City’s worst nightmares could its fans have imagined such a lackluster performance. The Chiefs had won three of the previous five Super Bowls, losing 31-9 to Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers four years ago.
Mahomes was 8-0 against Fangio’s defenses before the longtime coordinator and former Broncos head coach outcoached Andy Reid, capping his first season with his hometown team. Reid fell to 3-3 in Super Bowls, including a loss with the Eagles.
The Eagles sacked Mahomes six times, the most of his career, including 2 1/2 by Sweat and two by Milton Williams. And they did it without Fangio calling a single blitz.
“Defense wins championships,” Hurts said. “We saw how they played today. We saw the difference they made in the game. They gave us opportunities, gave us short fields. And we’re able to do what we do.”
Barkley, the 2024 AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year, only had 31 yards rushing in the first half when Philly built a 24-0 lead.
The Chiefs were aiming to become the third team in NFL history to win three straight championships and the first to three-peat in the Super Bowl era. Two years ago, Mahomes led a comeback and Harrison Butker kicked the game-winning field goal in the final minute for a 38-35 victory over the Eagles. Mahomes rallied Kansas City to an overtime victory over San Francisco last year.
“That’s a great football team and we had to come out and play our best, and we did,” Sirianni said.
This time, a revamped Philly defense featuring eight new starters from the 2022 team made sure Mahomes had no chance to pull off his magic.
Sirianni was showered with Gatorade with nearly three minutes left in the game while backup QB Kenny Pickett took snaps in mop-up duty.
“Today was a rough day all around. Nothing went right. I didn’t coach well. Proud of our guys for fighting. We will learn from this,” Reid said. “Too many turnovers, too many penalties. Against a good football team, can’t do that.”
Barkley helped push Hurts into the end zone from the 1 to give Philadelphia a 7-0 lead in the first quarter.
Up 10-0 after Jake Elliott’s 48-yard field goal, Sweat and Jalyx Hunt sacked Mahomes on consecutive plays. Mahomes then rolled out and made an errant throw that was picked by DeJean, who returned it 38 yards for a 17-0 lead.
“When you have a great line up front … makes it easier on the back end, and when they take the run away, it allows us to get the pass rush going,” DeJean said.
It was Mahomes’ first pick-6 in 21 career playoff games and ended a streak of 297 straight passes without an interception.
“We didn’t start how we wanted to. The turnovers hurt. I take all the blame for that,” Mahomes said.
All-Pro linebacker Zack Baun picked Mahomes again late in the second quarter, and Hurts connected with A.J. Brown on a 12-yard TD pass for a 24-0 lead.
Hurts threw a perfect 46-yard TD pass to DeVonta Smith to make it 34-0 late in the third.
Mahomes fired a 24-yard TD pass to Xavier Worthy to avoid the shutout, but the 2-point conversion failed. He threw two late, mostly meaningless TD passes, one to DeAndre Hopkins and another to Worthy.
After two weeks of discussions about questionable calls that led to public perception that officials favor the Chiefs — a theory NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell called “ridiculous” — the first penalty of the game only fueled critics.
A 32-yard pass from Hurts to Brown to the Chiefs 18 on fourth-and-2 was negated by a penalty for offensive pass interference. Brady, now a Fox analyst, and officiating analyst Mike Pereira both disagreed with the call, although Brown shoved Trent McDuffie’s facemask.
On the next possession, the Eagles benefited from an unnecessary roughness penalty on McDuffie against Dallas Goedert following an incomplete pass on third-and-5.
Hurts then connected with Jahan Dotson on a 27-yard pass to the 1 and scored on the next play.
Hurts’ streak of 217 passes without a pick ended in the first half when he was intercepted deep in Kansas City territory, but the Chiefs didn’t capitalize.
The Green Bay Packers are the only NFL team to win three championships in a row, doing it from 1929-31 and 1965-67.
The NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers from 2000-02, led by Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neill, are the last team in the major American professional leagues to win three straight titles.
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
NO. 17 MEMPHIS TOPS TEMPLE, AVENGING LONE AAC LOSS
PJ Haggerty scored 20 points and dished out seven assists Sunday as No. 17 Memphis avenged its only American Athletic Conference loss with an 85-79 decision over visiting Temple.
The Tigers (20-4, 10-1) upped their AAC lead over UAB to 1 1/2 games despite the absence of second-leading scorer Tyrese Hunter, who sat out with a knee injury. Dante Harris started in his place and added 14 points.
Dain Dainja contributed 18 points and eight rebounds, while Nicholas Jourdain chipped in 11 points. Moussa Cisse tallied 10 points and six rebounds off the bench for Memphis, which shot 56.1 percent from the field (32 of 57) and 42.1 percent (8 of 19) from 3-point range.
Five players scored in double figures for the Owls (14-10, 6-5), led by Aiden Tobiason with 18 points, far above his 3.4 ppg average. Steve Settle scored 17, while Quante Berry added 16. Shane Dezonie netted 13 before fouling out and Elijah Gray got 10.
Temple played without leading scorer Jamal Mashburn Jr., who missed his second straight game with a foot injury. Despite canning 11-of-22 3-point attempts and 50 percent (27 of 54) from the field, the Owls fell to 2-7 on the road.
Dainja hit a layup with 15:41 left in the game to put Memphis ahead for good at 44-42. The Tigers used an 8-2 run to establish a 79-64 lead on Haggerty’s 3-pointer at the 4:33 mark and held on from there.
Temple handed Memphis an 88-81 loss last month in Philadelphia, its only AAC defeat. It hung with the Tigers in the rematch despite the absence of Mashburn’s 22.1 ppg, forging a 35-35 halftime tie on a Tobiason 3-pointer with 15 seconds remaining.
The teams combined for 21 first-half turnovers, including 11 by Memphis.
DERIK QUEEN (29 POINTS), NO. 18 MARYLAND HANDLE RUTGERS
Freshman Derik Queen bundled a career-high 29 points with 15 rebounds and five assists on Sunday to help No. 18 Maryland beat Rutgers 90-81 in College Park, Md.
Rodney Rice added 19 points and Selton Miguel scored 17 as the Terrapins (18-6, 8-5 Big Ten) won for the seventh time in nine games. Miguel hit five 3-pointers and Rice added three triples for Maryland, which connected on 10 of 27 tries from distance and held the Scarlet Knights to 3-of-16 shooting from deep.
Dylan Grant tallied a career-high 19 points for Rutgers (12-12, 5-8), who also got 20 points from Dylan Harper and 12 points and nine rebounds from Lathan Somerville. The Scarlet Knights played most of the second half without leading scorer Ace Bailey, who sat on the bench with a towel over his head. He finished with four points.
The Terrapins were up 54-40 early in the second half before Rutgers regained momentum behind Grant, who scored seven points during a surge that trimmed the deficit to 56-53 with 14:03 to play.
The Scarlet Knights kept within four until Rice reenergized the home crowd with a four-point play that bumped Maryland ahead 62-54. The Terrapins went up 77-66 on Queen’s jumper with 6:35 remaining, and Rutgers never drew closer than seven the rest of the way.
The visitors built an early seven-point edge as Maryland started 3 of 15 from the field. Two straight layups from Harper put the Scarlet Knights ahead 14-7 before the Terrapins found their stroke.
Miguel drilled three 3-pointers to help Maryland take a six-point lead, and Rutgers needed a timeout after Miguel’s no-look bounce pass set up Jordan Geronimo’s two-handed dunk to put the Terrapins up 32-22.
The Scarlet Knights struggled to chip away as their offense never established a rhythm amid the half’s quick pace. Rutgers committed seven first-half turnovers, the last of which led to a transition trey by Rice that stretched the lead to 46-31 with 1:28 left.
Miguel added his fourth 3-pointer of the half before Zach Martini (10 points) drilled a long 3 in the final seconds to close the Scarlet Knights within 49-38 at the break.
Geronimo exited the game with just over 14 minutes remaining after he lost a tooth while taking an elbow to the face from Rutgers’ Jordan Derkack. He finished with four points and five rebounds.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
WOMEN’S TOP 25 ROUNDUP: OKLAHOMA ST. KNOCKS OFF NO. 12 KANSAS ST.
Stailee Heard collected 21 points and 11 rebounds as No. 25 Oklahoma State rolled to an 85-55 upset of visiting No. 12 Kansas State on Saturday afternoon in Stillwater, Okla.
Heard also had four assists and was one of three players to score in double figures as the Cowgirls (19-4, 9-3 Big 12) beat an AP-ranked opponent for the third time this season. Anna Gret Asi scored 24 points for Oklahoma State, while Micah Gray added 19.
The Wildcats (22-3, 10-2) were paced by 13 points from Jaelyn Glenn and 11 points from Serena Sundell.
Oklahoma State never trailed after closing the first frame on a 26-3 run and went on to lead by as much as 44 points.
No. 18 West Virginia 79, Houston 51
JJ Quinerly scored 20 points as the Mountaineers beat the host Cougars.
Quinerly scored 13 of those points in a game-opening 20-0 run for West Virginia (19-4, 9-3 Big 12). Jordan Harrison added 14 points and four assists, Sydney Shaw tallied 13 points, and Kyah Watson notched 12 points, eight boards and five assists in the third straight win for the Mountaineers.
Gigi Cooke had 16 points for Houston (5-19, 1-12), while Laila Blair chipped in 10 points and Kierra Merchant provided nine points and 10 assists. It was the seventh straight loss for the Cougars.
West Virginia forced Houston into 26 turnovers and scored 39 points off those mistakes by the Cougars.
NBA NEWS
NBA ROUNDUP: DAMIAN LILLARD’S 43 POWERS BUCKS PAST SIXERS
Damian Lillard scored a season-high 43 points to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 135-127 victory over the visiting Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday afternoon.
Lillard added seven rebounds and eight assists for Milwaukee, which played without All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo (strained left calf). Six other Bucks scored in double figures, led by 23 from reserve Gary Trent Jr., who shot 7-of-15 from 3-point range.
Lillard went 8-of-15 from distance as Milwaukee made a season-high 24 3-pointers on 55 attempts (43.6 percent).
Tyrese Maxey led Philadelphia with 39 points and Joel Embiid bundled 27 points with 12 rebounds and six assists. Guerschon Yabusele added 18 points, while Paul George contributed 12 points, six assists and three steals.
Pistons 112, Hornets 102
Cade Cunningham recorded a triple-double with 19 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds and Detroit never trailed while earning a victory over visiting Charlotte.
Tobias Harris had 20 points and Malik Beasley supplied 17 as the Pistons won their second straight game after two consecutive losses. Jalen Duren racked up 16 points, 12 rebounds and six assists.
Miles Bridges led the Hornets with 30 points and nine rebounds. Seth Curry supplied 26 points, and Isaiah Wong tossed in 17. Charlotte was without LaMelo Ball (ankle).
Rockets 94, Raptors 87
Dillon Brooks scored a team-high 19 points, Jalen Green added 18 and short-handed Houston rode a strong performance from its reserves to a victory over visiting Toronto, snapping a six-game skid.
Already down four rotation players — Fred VanVleet, Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason and Steven Adams — the Rockets lost All-Star center Alperen Sengun to back spasms at the 8:44 mark of the first quarter. But the Rockets posted a 43-31 edge in bench points with reserves Jeff Green (season-high 14 points), Jock Landale (11 points, 10 rebounds) and Cam Whitmore (11 points) all contributing to the cause.
Immanuel Quickley paired a game-high 20 points with eight rebounds while Scottie Barnes tallied 15 points, nine rebounds and seven assists for the Raptors. Rookie Jamal Shead added 14 points off the bench.
NHL NEWS
LIGHTNING POWER PAST CANADIENS FOR FOURTH STRAIGHT WIN
Victor Hedman and Anthony Cirelli each registered a goal and an assist as the Tampa Bay Lightning held on to win 5-3 over the host Montreal Canadiens Sunday afternoon in the final NHL game before the 4 Nations Face-Off.
Nick Paul, Brayden Point and Zemgus Girgensons also scored for Tampa Bay in its fourth straight win. Girgensons’ goal, which proved to be the game-winner, was his first since April 2 of last season when he was with Buffalo. Jake Guentzel and Brandon Hagel each had two assists.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 32 shots to win his second straight start. The Lightning played without top scorer Nikita Kucherov (82 points), who was a late scratch due to a reported upper-body injury.
Brendan Gallagher tallied on the power play and at even strength, while Christian Dvorak scored career goal No. 99 as Montreal fell to 1-7-1 over its last nine games.
Jakub Dobes got the start for the Canadiens, but the rookie departed after surrendering three goals in 21:05 and lost his fourth straight (0-3-1). Sam Montembeault denied 11 of 12 shots in relief.
Tampa Bay opened the scoring about seven minutes into the game after Montreal’s Juraj Slafkovsky turned over the puck in the defensive end. Hagel then found Paul, who beat Dobes in front of the crease at 6:56.
Hedman increased the lead to 2-0 when he finished a three-on-one rush at 10:28 of the first, but Gallagher cut the lead in half late in the period after converting a drop-pass from Alex Newhook on Montreal’s third power play.
Point tied Guentzel for the league lead by scoring for the 13th time on the power play, making it 3-1 and chasing Dobes from the match 65 seconds into the second period.
The Lightning’s fourth line made it 4-1 at 6:43 of the second on Girgensons’ tally. Dvorak answered for the Canadiens six minutes later.
In the third, Gallagher cut the deficit to 4-3 at 9:19, but Montreal failed to find the equalizer with Montembeault pulled, and Cirelli sealed the win on an empty-netter with 16 seconds left.
KAREL VEJMELKA BACKSTOPS UTAH TO SHOOTOUT WIN VS. CAPS
Karel Vejmelka made 30 saves, including all three shots he faced in the shootout, for Utah Hockey Club in a 5-4 shootout win against the host Washington Capitals on Sunday.
Vejmelka, who played Saturday in a 7-3 loss at the Carolina Hurricanes, came on in relief in the first period after starter Connor Ingram (two goals allowed on 11 shots) left the game with an injury.
Josh Doan, Dylan Guenther and Jack McBain each had a goal and an assist for Utah, which enters the two-week 4 Nations Face-Off break having won three of its last four. Nick Schmaltz scored the only goal in the shootout.
Tom Wilson had two goals and an assist, Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and an assist and Alex Ovechkin had three assists for the Capitals, who enter the break 3-0-3 in their last six games. Logan Thompson made 23 saves.
Trailing by two in the third period, Dylan Strome pulled Washington within one when he slipped the puck past Vejmelka’s right skate at 4:49.
With Thompson pulled for the extra attacker, Wilson redirected an Ovechkin feed from in front to tie it 4-4 at 18:29.
Doan gave Utah a 1-0 lead at 1:10 of the first period on the first shot on goal. He carried the puck up the left side before cutting to the middle high in the Washington zone and wiring a wrist shot that beat Thompson through the pads.
Michael Carcone doubled it 32 seconds later on Utah’s second shot. Guenther, in the right circle, spotted Carcone on the back door for the redirect into the open side of the net at 1:42.
Wilson cut it to 2-1 on the power play at 3:47 off a one-timer from just inside the circle that beat Ingram stick side.
McBain put a feed from Michael Kesselring under Thompson’s right arm to push the lead to 3-1 at 7:07.
Dubois corralled the puck at the side of the net and tucked it inside the right post on the power play to narrow it to 3-2 at 12:38.
Ingram was tended to by a trainer after the goal before exiting the game.
On a power play, Guenther’s one-timer from the left circle beat Thompson in the far top corner to extend it to 4-2 at 2:47 of the second period.
YEALIMI NOH PICKS UP MAIDEN LPGA WIN AT FOUNDERS CUP
Yealimi Noh carded a steady 3-under-par 68, and that was enough to pull away from the pack and win the Founders Cup by four shots on Sunday at Bradenton (Fla.) Country Club.
Noh entered the day with a one-stroke edge on South Korea’s Jin Young Ko after she rolled in eight birdies in her final 11 holes on Saturday.
The fourth round was more about staying afloat, as she holed three birdies without a bogey while Ko briefly grabbed the lead and then combusted with three bogeys on the back nine. Ko finished at 17 under after a 71.
Noh, 23, earned her first victory on tour with a 21-under 263
“This means so much to me,” the Northern California native said. “I worked really hard the past few years and went through a lot of struggles. This means so much to me.
“I told myself 2025 is going to be my year, so this is the best way to start it.”
Ko took the lead at 20 under par when she made her third birdie of the day at the par-5 eighth. It stayed that way until the par-4 13th and 14th holes, where Ko compounded mistakes with back-to-back bogeys.
Noh, meanwhile, played the holes to perfection and birdied each one, her uphill left-to-right putt at No. 14 putting her at 21 under.
Noh stayed the course and went on to defeat the former World No. 1 player.
“Being paired with Jin Young for the last two days, it was my first time playing with her (Saturday) and it was awesome to watch,” Noh said. “I knew she wasn’t going to make any mistakes and be really solid. When I saw my opportunity and I kept it together, I was really proud of myself. It was awesome to watch her play and learn from her, too.”
Ko didn’t go home upset with herself.
“I did my best, I think, and I had great week,” she said. “So much fans out there and Koreans out there so they are supporting me.
“Was great course, like sneaky from the tee. Greens are a little like narrow and small, so was hard to play. Overall, I’m just happiest person in the world.”
Megan Khang shot a 68 to place third at 16 under. Miyu Yamashita (69) of Japan, Hannah Green (70) of Australia and Jin Hee Im (71) of South Korea tied for fourth at 13 under.
World No. 1 Nelly Korda settled for a final-round 71 and a tie for seventh at 12 under with France’s Celine Boutier (67) and Japan’s Minami Katsu (70).
TOP INDIANA RELEASES/TOP HEADLINES
INDIANA WRESTLING
NO. 22 INDIANA TAKES FOUR OF SIX BOUTS IN LOSS TO NO. 4 OHIO STATE
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. ––– No. 22 Indiana battled with No. 4 Ohio State in a close, back-and-forth dual before the Buckeyes pulled away late with two bonus-point victories to finish the match on Sunday afternoon at Wilkinson Hall.
Ohio State ultimately won the dual, 27-13. Indiana trailed just 16-13 through eight matches in but Ohio State picked up a tech fall and pin to end the match.
With the loss, Indiana’s record drops to 7-4 and 3-4 in the Big Ten.
KEY MOMENTS
• Indiana opened the match with a come-from-behind win for No. 21 Gabe Sollars. Sollars (197) was taken down in the opening seconds by No. 18 Seth Shumate, escaped and then used a takedown and four-point nearfall to propel him to a 10-6 decision.
• Ohio State would pick up a 4-2 decision at heavyweight with No. 9 Nick Feldman defeating No. 18 Jacob Bullock to tie the score at 3-3.
• After that, Indiana racked up two consecutive wins to go up 9-3. No. 18 Jacob Moran (125) used a late third period takedown to top No. 16 Brendan McCrone in a 3-2 decision.
• No. 31 Angelo Rini (133) was tied at 3-3 with No. 10 Nic Bouzakis with 30 seconds left in the third period. Rini found his way behind Bouzakis and wrapped him to the ground for a takedown and a 6-3 decision.
• Ohio State would pick up a tech fall at 141 to make it a 9-8 Indiana edge going into intermission.
• No. 18 Tyler Lillard (165) would use four takedowns to defeat Brock Herman in a major decision, 15-2, to pull Indiana in striking distance, only trailing 16-13.
• The Buckeyes would pick off the last two bouts to pull away with a tech fall and pin.
NOTABLES
• Indiana won four of the ten bouts in the dual.
• Three of Indiana’s four wins were ranked victories.
• Rini’s win over No. 10 Bouzakis was his third ranked win of the season and first top-10 win.
• Lillard’s win was his fourth by major decision this year.
• Brothers Roman and Ryder Rogotzke each competed in the dual.
MATCH RESULTS
197: No. 21 Gabe Sollars (IU) def. No. 18 Seth Shumate (OSU) |Dec. 10-6 | Score: IU up 3-0
285: No. 9 Nick Feldman (OSU) def. No. 18 Jacob Bullock (IU) |Dec. 4-2 | Score: Tied 3-3
125: No. 18 Jacob Moran (IU) def. No. 16 Brendan McCrone (OSU) |Dec. 3-2 | Score: IU up 6-3
133: No. 31 Angelo Rini (IU) def. No. 10 Nic Bouzakis (OSU) |Dec. 6-3 | Score: IU up 9-3
141: No. 1 Jesse Mendez (OSU) def. Lucas Peters (IU) |TF, 19-3 (3:42) | Score: IU up 9-8
149: No. 8 Dylan D’Emilio (OSU) def. Joey Buttler (IU) |Dec. 5-3 | Score: OSU up 11-9
157: Brandon Cannon (OSU) def. Ryan Garvick (IU) |TF, 18-3 (6:00) Score: OSU up 16-9
165: No. 18 Tyler Lillard (IU) def. Brock Herman (OSU) |MD, 15-2 | Score: OSU up 16-13
174: No. 5 Carson Kharchla (OSU) def. Roman Rogotzke (IU) |TF, 19-4 (2:50) | Score: OSU up 21-13
184: No. 19 Ryder Rogotzke (OSU) def. No. 26 DJ Washington (IU) |Fall (0:50) | Score: OSU up 27-13
UP NEXT
• Indiana will return to the mat next Sunday (Feb. 16) when the team wrestles against Nebraska at 1:30 p.m. in the Devaney Center.
INDIANA SOFTBALL
INDIANA CLOSES OUT OPENING WEEKEND WITH WIN OVER IOWA STATE
MIAMI, Fla. ––– With Indiana tied with Iowa State at 5-5 in the bottom of the sixth inning, the Hoosiers got a heroic at bat from senior Taylor Minnick. She would break the tie when she hit a two-RBI triple to right field to give Indiana the 7-5 win on Sunday morning.
The win made for a 4-1 season record and opening weekend at the Felsberg Invitational.
INDIANA 7, IOWA STATE 5
KEY MOMENTS
• Iowa State opened the scoring with a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Avery Parker singled through the left side to bring Melina Wilkison home and tie the score in the bottom of the first.
• The Cyclones took the lead back in the top of the second with a steal home and a double to left center for two RBI to give Iowa State a 4-1 lead.
• It didn’t take long for the Hoosiers to respond as Madalyn Strader tripled to center to bring Aly VanBrandt home and make it 4-2 in the bottom of the second.
• Just two at bats later, Melina Wilkison homered down the left field line to tie the game at 4-4.
• Sarah Stone would put the Hoosiers in front with a single to right field to bring Peyton Drummond home to make it a 5-4 game in the bottom of the third inning.
• Iowa State evened the score at 5-5 in the top of the fourth inning when Trice doubled down the left field line.
• Minnick’s triple to right field in the bottom of the sixth proved to be the difference maker as it scored Brianna Copeland Strader to put the Hoosiers on top for good at 7-5.
NOTABLES
• Indiana hit two triples with Minnick and Strader each recording one.
• The Hoosiers have won four games in a row after dropping the season opener.
• Wilkison’s home run was her first as a Hoosier.
• Jenae Berry picked up her second win in as many days.
• Minnick and Wilkison each recorded two RBI.
UP NEXT
Indiana will be back in action next week in Puerta Vallarta, Mexico as the Hoosiers open play in the Puerta Vallarta Challenge on Feb. 13 against North Dakota State.
INDIANA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
HOOSIERS HANDED ROAD LOSS AT MINNESOTA
MINNEAPOLIS – Shooting woes plagued Indiana as it dropped a 66-56 decision to Minnesota at Williams Arena on Sunday afternoon.
KEY MOMENTS
Senior forward Karoline Striplin paced Indiana (15-8, 7-5 B1G) early with seven points in the first quarter as it took advantage of a Minnesota drought to take a 13-9 lead. It would be a four-point lead after one for the Hoosiers, 17-13, who stretched its lead to five to start the second on a 3-pointer by sophomore guard Julianna LaMendola.
Minnesota took advantage of a scoring drought by Indiana, who went three-and-a-half minutes without a field goal. Junior guard Shay Ciezki swung momentum back in IU’s favor with five-straight points and the lead 27-25. But the Gophers closed out the half with two scores to lead 29-27.
Indiana couldn’t gain traction in the second half, as Minnesota (19-6, 7-6 B1G) turned in a 68.7 percent clip from the floor in the third quarter. The deficit grew to as many as 15 to start the fourth quarter as Indiana’s comeback attempt in the fourth was too late.
Junior guard Lexus Bargesser connected on a baseline trip and Moore-McNeil finished at the rim
NOTABLE
Ciezki recorded her 1,000th career point as a collegiate player with a team-high 12 points.
Striplin also added 12 points in the effort.
Moore-McNeil also added double figures with 11 points, five rebounds and four assists.
Parrish led IU on the glass with six rebounds.
UP NEXT
The Hoosiers travel to Ann Arbor to take on Michigan at Crisler Center at 7 p.m. ET on B1G+.
PURDUE WRESTLING
PURDUE DOWNED AT #7 MINNESOTA
MINNEAPOLIS – Purdue Wrestling closed its regular season road schedule with a 35-6 loss at No. 7 Minnesota on Sunday afternoon in Maturi Pavilion.
No. 26 Ben Vanadia (197 pounds) and Dustin Norris (133) earned decision victories in the team loss.
On the tail end of the final double dual weekend, the Boilermakers (9-5, 2-4 B1G) were without three of their five ranked stars, including No. 1 Matt Ramos (125), No. 7 Joey Blaze (157) and No. 28 Greyson Clark (141).
All three will look to be back in the lineup at home on Friday night against Maryland.
After the Golden Gophers (10-1, 6-1 B1G) took the first three matches, Vanadia got the Boilers on the board with a 7-1 decision over Gabe Nagel.
The redshirt-junior scored two takedowns and an escape point en route to his 14th win of the year and third in Big Ten Conference duals.
Norris led the team in scoring with his 14-7 decision over Brandon Morvari. He racked up 2:22 of riding time along with three takedowns and a plethora of stall calls for penalty points.
Wrestling in his first collegiate dual in place of Ramos, true freshman Isaiah Quintero put forth a scrappy effort in a 5-2 decision loss to No. 9 Cooper Flynn.
The young Boilermaker was not taken down easily, surrendering only one in the second period. He forced two stall calls on the ninth-ranked star, earning a penalty point and an escape.
UP NEXT
Purdue returns home for the final two duals of the regular season, first taking on Maryland on Friday, Feb. 14.
The Valentine’s Day bout with the Terps is set for 7 p.m. ET inside Holloway Gymnasium.
One lucky fan at the “Date Night Dual” will win a special gift basket that includes a $100 gift card to the Purdue University Bookstore and two tickets to the men’s basketball game vs. UCLA on Friday, Feb. 28.
RESULTS
165 | #11 Andrew Sparks (MIN) over Stoney Buell (PUR) – TF 20-4 (6:32) | MIN 5-0
174 | #22 Clayton Whiting (MIN) over #27 Brody Baumann (PUR) – D 4-1 (SV-1) | MIN 8-0
184 | #4 Max McEnelly (MIN) over Orlando Cruz (PUR) – TF 20-4 (5:39) | MIN 13-0
197 | #26 Ben Vanadia (PUR) over Gabe Nagel (MIN) – D 7-1 | MIN 13-3
285 | #1 Gable Steveson (MIN) over Hayden Filipovich (PUR) – TF 18-3 (2:35) | MIN 18-3
125 | #9 Cooper Flynn (MIN) over Isaiah Quintero (PUR) – D 5-2 | MIN 21-3
133 | Dustin Norris (PUR) over Brandon Morvari (MIN) – D 14-7 | MIN 21-6
141 | #8 Vance VomBaur (MIN) over Cole Solomey (PUR) – TF 22-6 (6:12) | MIN 26-6
149 | #29 Drew Roberts (MIN) over Isaac Ruble (PUR) – MD 13-3 | MIN 30-6
157 | #8 Tommy Askey (MIN) over Wyatt Krejsa (PUR) – TF 21-2 (4:56) | Final: MIN 35-6
PURDUE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
PURDUE FALLS AT RUTGERS
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women’s basketball team saw its second half rally come up short on the road at Rutgers, falling 78-69 on Sunday afternoon at Jersey Mike’s Arena.
The Boilermakers (8-15, 1-11) trailed by as many as 16 early in the third, but Purdue trimmed the gap all the way down to one with 7:46 to play. Rutgers responded with an 11-0 run that proved too much for Purdue to overcome.
Four Boilermakers finished in double figures, led by Sophie Swanson’s 17 points. Rashunda Jones tallied 13 points, seven rebounds and five assists while playing a career-high 39 minutes. Kendall Puryear added 12 points and five boards.
Reagan Bass finished two rebounds shy of a double-double with 10 points and eight boards. The 10 points gave the senior from Strongsville, Ohio, 1,500 points for her career.
Purdue shot 41.8% from the field and went 4-of-21. The Boilermakers tallied 22 points off 19 Rutgers (10-14, 2-11) turnovers.
The Boilermakers were 9-of-13 at the line, while the Scarlet Knights went 20-28 at the charity stripe.
KEY MOMENTS
• The Boilermakers picked up four early points on jumpers from Swanson and Bass.
• Rutgers went on a 10-3 run to open up an eight-point advantage before Jones ended the run on a layup through contact.
• Jones scored four in the first quarter, while Lana McCarthy grabbed five rebounds, as Rutgers took a 17-10 lead after the opening 10 minutes.
• The Boilermakers trimmed the gap down to three early in the second with a pair of traditional 3-point plays from Bass and Jones.
• The Scarlet Knights rolled off nine straight points to open a 30-18 lead before a Swanson layup ended the run.
• Purdue shot 31% in the first half and went 0-of-6 from behind the arc, while Rutgers posted a 46% clip from the field with six triples. Purdue trailed 39-25 at the break.
• Swanson and McCarthy combined on a 9-0 run early in the fourth that cut the gap to seven with 5:49 to play in the third.
• Puryear scored six straight for the Boilermakers after Rutgers opened the lead back to double digits.
• The Boilermakers shot 9-of-18 from the field in the third to trail 53-47 going to the fourth.
• Ella Collier hit back-to-back 3-pointers to pull Purdue within one with 7:46 to play in the fourth.
• The Boilermakers did not make a field goal for the next 4:29, until Jones crashed the basket.
• Jones’ layup started a 9-2 run that saw Purdue get back within five points at 69-64 with 1:28 to play, but the gap was too much to erase.
• Purdue went 4-of-6 at the line in the second half to Rutgers 17-of-21.
NOTES
• Rutgers knotted the all-time series at 9-9.
• Lana McCarthy finished with nine points and seven rebounds.
• The two sides tied on the glass 39-39.
• The Boilermakers picked up 13 points on 14 offensive rebounds.
• Purdue tallied its sixth double-digit steal game of the season.
UP NEXT
The Boilermakers will return to Mackey Arena on Wednesday night for a 7 p.m. tip against Northwestern.
PURDUE SOFTBALL
SOFTBALL DROPS FINAL PAIR AT AGGIE CLASSIC
COLLEGE STATION, Texas. – The Boilermakers (2-4) lost a pair of games on the final day of the Aggie Classic in College Station. Purdue lost an eight-inning thriller in game one, falling to Utah State (3-2) 4-3 in eight innings, before taking an 11-0 loss to Texas A&M (5-0).
Freshman, Kadyn Camper made her first collegiate start, taking the mound against Utah State this morning. Another rookie, Jensen Krantz, earned her first-collegiate hit, as the only hit in the game for Purdue against Texas A&M.
BOILER BITS (vs. Utah State)
Offensive Highlights:
Moriah Polar: 3-for-4, 1 RBI, 3 R, 3 SB
Sage Scarmardo: 2-for-4
Kylie Franks: 2-for-3
Pitching Breakdown:
Kadyn Camper: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 K, 9 BF
Kendall Klochack: 4.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 K, 13 BF
Julia Gossett (L, 0-1): 1.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 8 BF
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Aggies got on the board first, scoring two in the first inning, after a double and a triple. Camper then worked a fly out before Kendall Klochack took the mound for the Boilers.
In the top of the third inning, Delaney Reefe reached on an error before back-to-back bunt singles from Kylie Franks and Ashlynn Campbell. The bases were then loaded for Khloe Banks, who knocked in a run on a fielder’s choice. With some smart base running, Banks stole second while pinch runner Maura Condon scored to tie the game at two. Moriah Polar then singled to right field, scoring Banks from second.
Klochack continued to shine for Purdue, tossing 4.2 scoreless innings, retiring all 13 batters she faced. In the bottom of the seventh, Julia Gossett came to the mound for the Boilers, but after a double and a triple, Utah State tied the game up at three apiece.
In the top of the eighth, the Boilers went down in order. In the bottom of the inning, Utah State loaded the bases and walked it off with an eventual single.
BOILER BITS (at Texas A&M)
Offensive Highlights:
Jensen Krantz: 1-for-1
Pitching Breakdown:
Julia Gossett (L, 0-2): 2.0 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 K, 18 BF
Madi Elish: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 6 R, 13 BF
HOW IT HAPPENED
In the bottom of the first, the Aggies loaded the bases after a single, an error, and a walk, but Julia Gossett worked a strikeout to leave them stranded, ending the inning and the threat.
In the second inning, the Aggies loaded the bases again, but this time they cashed in the runs with a grand slam to put them ahead 4-0. In the third, after consecutive singles, Madi Elish took over on the mound for Gossett, working three ground balls, but Texas A&M added on one more run.
In the fourth, the Aggies added on six runs to take an 11-0 lead heading into the final half inning. Freshman, Krantz, earned her first collegiate hit, but Purdue was unable to overcome the deficit.
UP NEXT
The Boilers head back on the road to Florida Atlantic University for the Joan Joyce Classic from Feb. 14-16. The first game is slated for Friday, Feb. 14 at 3:45 p.m. ET against Dartmouth.
NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
BACKCOURT SHINES AS NO. 3 IRISH ROUT NO. 21 CAL, 91-52
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — That’s 16 straight victories for the Irish.
On Sunday, No. 3 Notre Dame (21-2, 12-0) set the tone early and didn’t let up to down No. 21 California (19-6, 7-5), 91-52. For the first time since 2019, the Irish have won consecutive conference games by at least 35 points, and the group has won its last two contests by a combined 88 points, the largest combined point differential over a span of two conference games since January 2012 while in the Big East. Finally, the 39-point win is Notre Dame’s largest over a ranked conference foe since at least 1999.
Additionally, Notre Dame shot better than 55 percent for the third consecutive game, and the “Big Three” of Sonia Citron (16), Hannah Hidalgo (24) and Olivia Miles (16) combined for 56 points and seven triples. All three players also had at least 5 assists. Liatu King had 13 rebounds.
“I learned the resilience of this group,” Karen and Kevin Keyes Family Head Coach Niele Ivey said of what she has learned since Notre Dame’s last lost, which came in November. “We obviously had to recenter everything that we were focusing on. Defensively, our mindset our preparation. We start games a lot better [now].
“Everything shifted for us.”
In true Notre Dame fashion, the first eight buckets were scored by eight different players, including 3-pointers from Hidalgo and Maddy Westbeld to start the game. Notre Dame put together an 8-0 run toward the end of the quarter but surrendered a 3-pointer on Cal’s last possession of Q1. The Irish took a 22-15 run into the second frame.
The home team put together multiple mini runs in the second quarter to build up a sizable lead that stretched as high as 23 with 1:09 to go. Multiple buckets came as second chance baskets, as the Irish outscored the Golden Bears 15-0 in that category in the first half. Notre Dame also had its way in the paint; 24 of the first 40 points were scored in the lane.
Golden Bears forward Marta Suarez picked up her second foul at the 5:19 mark and did not return before the half. Cal struggled to get anything going in the second half of the second quarter, going 1-10 on their final 10 attempts and turning the ball over four times.
The Irish had a 44-23 lead at the half. Four players had at least three baskets, and Westbeld led all players with 9 points.
It was more of the same for the Irish in the third quarter, as Notre Dame outscored Cal 28-12. The “Hannah and Olivia Show” really got going, as they assisted each other on back-to-back buckets with around 6 minutes to go. Miles had 10 points in the quarter with two treys, and Hidalgo had 7. The Irish went on an 18-2 run to close Q3.
Notre Dame was able to get its reserves in in the final minutes of the fourth. Graduate student and fan favorite Sarah Cernugel hit a jumper, her first basket in ACC play. Citron had 4 assists in the fourth quarter alone, and Notre Dame finished with 20 in the game.
Of note, Hidalgo recorded her 45th career 20-point game, tying Skylar Diggins for fourth in program history. She also recorded her 83rd steal of the year in the game, tying Coquese Washington for most ever by a sophomore.
Notre Dame now heads back on the road for a midweek road tilt at Pittsburgh. The ACC Network game tips off on Thursday at 8 p.m.
NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S LAX
IRISH TAKE DOWN CENTRAL MICHIGAN IN HOME OPENER
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Notre Dame Fighting Irish opened up at home with a big win to get their three-game homestand started. The Irish won in dominating fashion as they defeated Central Michigan 20-7 on Sunday afternoon.
The Irish scoring was spread across eight different players with big career moments for several.
Madison Rassas not only scored her first career goal but led all players with five goals today. The standout freshman had a hat trick by the end of the first quarter. She finished the day with an impressive stat line of 5 goals, 3 assists, 8 points, 3 draw controls, 2 caused turnovers, and a ground ball.
After scoring her first career goal against Northwestern on Friday, Emma Murphy recorded her first career hat trick today while also dishing out one assist and winning a draw control.
Angie Conley had herself a career day as well, recording her first ever hat trick. She also finished with a pair of caused turnovers and a pair of ground balls.
Kristen Shanahan played a great game on both sides of the ball as she sent home two goals and won 10 draw controls.
Kathryn Morrissey, Kate Timarky, and Fran Frieri each finished with two goals a piece.
Ellie McClelland got in on the scoring action too as the freshman midfielder recorded her first career goal in an Irish uniform.
Malie Follet and Isabel Pithie were in goal for the Irish, each recording two saves a piece. Pithie would take home the win, giving up just four goals across 45:00 in goal.
BUTLER WOMEN’S LAX
FOUR BULLDOGS NET PAIR OF GOALS BUT BUTLER FALLS JUST SHORT TO STETSON
EUGENE, ORE. — The Butler women’s lacrosse team completed their trip out west in Oregon with a game against Stetson Sunday afternoon. The Hatters would take the game 9-18.
The Bulldogs came out firing in the first quarter scoring five goals. Elise Latham got Butler on the board followed by a goal from Katie Smyka to bring the score to 2-3.
The Hatters would add to their lead at 2-6, but Butler would respond with three straight goals in the last three minutes to bring the deficit back within one at 5-6. Each Bulldog goal was scored by a newcomer, including Makenna Evans, Emma Palmer, and Maggie Lewis.
Stetson took back the momentum in the second half going on a 9-1 run to extend their lead to 7-17. Lewis and Lathan would add goals in the fourth quarter, but the Hatters would ultimately take the game 9-18.
Notable Stats:
Maggie Lewis continued her breakout debut this weekend by netting two goals on seven shots . She also added a team-high seven draw controls
Elise Latham and Katie Smyka each notched two goals
Emma Palmer scored her first goals of the season netting two in the game
Goalie Alyssa Lentz accounted 13 saves and three ground balls
The Bulldogs will have an extended break before resuming competitions at the end of the month at Youngstown State on Friday, Feb. 28.
BUTLER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
BUTLER EARNS 67-65 WIN OVER MARQUETTE
Senior Sydney Jaynes scored the go-ahead bucket for the Bulldogs with 12 seconds to go in regulation and Butler would get a defensive stop to come up with a 67-65 win over Marquette on Super Bowl Sunday. Kilyn McGuff led all players with 21 points and the Bulldogs would put three scorers into double figures to record their 13th win of the season.
McGuff was sensational throughout the afternoon scoring her game-high 21 points on 7-of-9 shooting. She went 5-for-6 from 3-point land and added five rebounds, four assists and a team-high two steals.
Lily Zeinstra and Jaynes joined her in double figures with 15 and 10 respectively. Zeinstra hit a huge 3-pointer in front of the BU bench to tie the game and Jaynes would win it with her fourth made field goal of the afternoon.
The first three minutes of the game could not have started any better for the Bulldogs as BU jumped out to an 8-0 lead. McGuff had five of the eight and the Golden Eagles would call a timeout to stop the momentum.
Marquette found their groove and used a 7-0 run to pull within three of Butler at 16-13, but the Bulldogs would own a 21-13 lead after the opening quarter. McGuff was perfect from the field (4-4) and 3-for-3 from 3-point range to lead the offense.
Butler’s 21-point quarter was matched by the opposition in the second frame. The Golden Eagles went on a 14-2 run to take their first lead of the game at 25-23. Lily Zeinstra hit her second 3-pointer of the afternoon to knot the score at 31-31, but Marquette would lead at the half 35-34.
McGuff and Zeinstra provided BU with 24 of their 34 points and the trio of Lee Volker, Halle Vice and Skylar Forbes were responsible for 26 of Marquette’s 35.
Butler used an 8-0 scoring run to win the third quarter 18-14. Their scoring spree gave them a three-point lead at 45-42 and that three-point advantage would hold until the start of the fourth quarter 52-49.
Marquette regained the lead at 62-61 with a driving layup near the three minute mark of the final quarter. The Golden Eagles went inside again with under two minutes to play and Forbes would move their lead to three.
The three-point deficit would be erased by Lily Zeinstra’s third triple of the game. This time Zeinstra broke free in front of the BU bench to tie the ballgame at 64-64.
Each side would add a free throw to make the game 65-65 with 37 seconds left and Jaynes would score in the paint to give BU the lead. The final Marquette possession went back inside to Forbes, but the sophomore would miss and Lily Stoddard would collect the rebound to seal the victory.
Inside the Box Score
– Kilyn McGuff had 21 points, five rebounds, four assists and two steals in 38 minutes
– Lily Zeinstra went 3-for-5 from distance to score 15 points. She added four assists
– Lily Carmody had five rebounds, four assists and zero turnovers for BU
– Jocelyn land came off the bench to score eight points
– Jaynes ended the game with 10 points, six boards and Butler’s only block of the game
– BU outrebounded Marquette for the second time this season (26-23)
– Neither team missed a free throw in the first half (14-14)
– Butler used a new starting five today with Makalusky starting for Norman
– It was Alumni Day at Butler for the women’s basketball program
– Today’s win was Butler’s 10th all-time against Marquette
– Butler defeated Marquette today for the first time since Jan. 17, 2020
– The victory snapped a six-game skid and 10-straight by the Golden Eagles
Up Next
Butler will play at Georgetown on Wednesday. The contest will feature an 11 a.m. tip as part of the Hoyas’ annual Kids Day Game.
BUTLER SOFTBALL
BUTLER SOFTBALL FALLS TO WIU IN FIRST LOSS OF SEASON
ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Butler softball team saw its opening-season win streak come to an end on Sunday at the hands of Western Illinois. The Leathernecks (2-1, 0-0 Ohio Valley) won on a walk-off, two-run, home run after the Bulldogs (4-1, 0-0 BIG EAST) had taken a 4-3 lead in the sixth inning. Butler won four of five games at the season-opening Rosemont Dome Tournament near Chicago.
Game 5: Western Illinois 5, Butler 4 (7 innings)
Butler loaded the bases in the top of the first inning, with only one out, but could not get anyone across.
Western Illinois struck first, scoring three runs in the bottom of the fourth.
In the top of the fifth, Cate Lehner singled and then scored on a Hailey Conger triple. Ella White followed with a home run that also brought Conger across. The game was tied, 3-3.
In the top of the sixth, Butler again loaded the bases with one out. A wild pitch allowed Olivia Roberts to score, giving the Dawgs their first lead of the day.
In the bottom of the seventh, the Leathernecks hit a two-run home run to end the game.
Gwen Baker (3.1 IP, 3R, 2ER, 6H, 2BB, 2K) started in the circle for Butler and lasted into the fourth. Rylyn Dyer (2-1) provided relief and took the loss. In 3.0 innings she allowed two runs on four hits.
Bulldog Bits
Ella White’s home run was her second of the season and the 24th of her career.
With five RBI this weekend, White has moved into a tie for the third spot on Butler’s All-Time list for RBI with a career-total of 109.
Hailey Conger’s triple was her first this season and the second of her career.
Makena Alexander had 12 RBI over the weekend. She had 15 over the entire 2024 season.
Up Next
Butler heads to Evansville, Indiana, for the Aces Tournament from February 14-16. Scheduled opponents are Green Bay, Southern Indiana, and the host, Evansville.
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“SPORTS EXTRA”
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
Feb. 10
1908 — Tommy Burns knocks out Jack Palmer in the fourth round to defend his world heavyweight title in London.
1949 — Joe Fulks of Philadelphia scores 63 points in a 108-87 win over Indianapolis to set an NBA scoring record which would last for nearly a decade.
1952 — The Baltimore Bullets play the 48-minute game without making a single substitution and beat the Fort Wayne Pistons 82-77.
1962 — Jim Beatty becomes the first American to break the 4-minute mile indoors with a 3:58.9 in Los Angeles.
1968 — Peggy Fleming wins the women’s Olympic figure skating gold medal in Grenoble, France.
1969 — LSU’s Pete Maravich scores 66 points in a 110-94 loss to Tulane.
1971 — Former first baseman Bill White becomes the first black announcer in major baseball league history, signing to join the New York Yankees WPIX broadcast team.
1972 — Guy Lafleur becomes the first rookie in the NHL’s modern era to have three hat tricks in a season. Lafleur scores three goals and adds an assist in the Canadiens’ 7-1 win against the Chicago Black Hawks.
1989 — K.C. Jones of the Boston Celtics and Lenny Wilkens of the Cleveland Cavaliers are elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. Also elected is William “Pop” Gates, who played during the game’s barnstorming years in the 1930s and 1940s.
1991 — Charles Barkley of the Philadelphia 76ers, playing with a stress fracture in his left foot, becomes the NBA All-Star MVP with 17 points and 22 rebounds after leading the East to a 116-114 victory.
1992 — Bonnie Blair becomes the first woman to successfully defend an Olympic gold medal in 500-meter speed skating and the first American woman in any sport to win gold medals in consecutive Olympics.
1998 — Picabo Street, Alpine skiing’s comeback kid, overcomes a mistake about midway through her run and charges to an Olympic gold by one-hundredth of a second in the women’s super-G — the games’ first Alpine medal after three days of snow-related postponements.
2003 — Detroit’s Brett Hull becomes the sixth NHL player to score 700 regular-season goals. Hull beats San Jose’s Evgeni Nabokov with a wrist shot in a 5-4 win over the Sharks.
2007 — Jaromir Jagr has three assists in the New York Rangers’ 5-2 win over Washington and becomes the 12th player in NHL history to score 1,500 points.
2017 — Golden State’s Draymond Green becomes the first player in NBA history to record a triple-double with fewer than 10 points scored. Green had 12 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 steals and 4 points in a 122-107 win over Memphis. Green also had five blocks, which made him the first player to record 10 steals and five blocks in a game since steals and blocks were first tracked in 1973-74.
2018 — Sweden’s Charlotte Kalla wins the first gold medal of the Pyeongchang Games and Norwegian cross-country skier Marit Bjoergen takes silver in the women’s 15-kilometer skiathlon to become the most decorated female Winter Olympian ever. Bjoergen captures her 11th career medal, breaking a three-way tie with Russian Raisa Smetanina and Italian Stefania Belmondo.
Feb. 11
1878 — The Boston Bicycle Club, the first bicycle club in the United States, is formed.
1949 — Willie Pep becomes the first boxer in the history of the 126-pound class to regain a lost championship with a 15-round unanimous decision over Sandy Saddler at Madison Square Garden.
1950 — Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings scores three goals for his first NHL hat trick. Howe also has two assists in the 9-4 victory over the Boston Bruins.
1952 — Philadelphia’s Paul Arizin scores 26 points to win MVP honors and lead the East team to a 108-91 win over the West in the second NBA All-Star game. George Mikan of the Minneapolis Lakers leads the way for the West with 26 points and 15 rebounds.
1970 — The Atlanta Hawks score 97 points, the most ever scored in the second half of an NBA game, en route to a 155-131 win at San Diego.
1971 — Montreal’s Jean Beliveau scores his 500th goal in the Canadiens’ 6-2 victory over the Minnesota North Stars.
1982 — Houston Rockets center Moses Malone grabs an NBA-record 21 offensive rebounds in a 117-100 win over Seattle.
1982 — For the first time in NHL history, referee Kerry Fraser awards penalty shots in the same period. Vancouver’s Thomas Gradin and Ivan Hlinka each score against Red Wings goalie Gilles Gilbert in the third period of a 4-4 tie at Detroit’s Joe Louis Arena.
1988 — Wayne Gretzky gets his NHL-record ninth 100-point season. Gretzky scores a goal and has two assists in the Edmonton Oilers’ 7-2 victory at Vancouver to give him 101 points, He passes Marcel Dionne, who had eight seasons.
1990 — Mike Tyson loses for the first time when James “Buster” Douglas knocks him out in the 10th round and captures the heavyweight championship in one of the biggest upsets in boxing history.
1992 — Anfissa Reztsova wins the women’s 7.5-kilometer biathlon event to become the first woman to get gold medals in two different Winter Olympic sports. She skied the final 5-kilometer leg on the Soviet Union’s winning 20K cross-country relay team in the 1988 Olympics.
1995 — For the first time an NBA team to has two of its players sweep the All-Star Saturday competition. Harold Miner wins the Slam Dunk and Glen Rice captures the Long Distance Shootout for the Miami Heat.
2000 — Boston’s Ray Bourque becomes the second defenseman, and ninth player, in NHL history to reach 1,500 points. Bourque he scores a goal for the Bruins in a 5-2 loss to the New York Rangers.
2007 — Anja Paerson captures the downhill, becoming the first skier to win gold medals in all five disciplines at the world championships. Paerson, who also won the super-G and combined titles earlier in the week, won gold medals in the giant slalom at the last two worlds and one in the slalom in 2001.
2017 — Ajee’ Wilson breaks the American record in the women’s indoor 800 meters to win the event for the fourth straight year in the NYRR Millrose Games. Wilson finishes in 1:58.27 at The Armory to break the mark of 1:58.71 set by Nicole Teter in 2002.
2017 — Henrik Lundqvist makes 32 saves for his 400th career win and the New York Rangers beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-2.
2018 — In Pyeongchang, South Korea, David Gleirscher is a surprise winner giving Austria its first gold in men’s luge in 50 years. Chris Mazdzer, who’s season hit rock-bottom less than a month ago, makes history for the U.S., giving the Americans their first men’s singles medal by finishing second in 3:10.728.
2018 – Dutchman Sven Kramer becomes only male speed skater to win same Olympic event 3 times, claiming gold in the 5,000m at Pyongchang; first man to win total 8 Olympic medals in the sport.
2024 — The Kansas City Chiefs win back to back titles defeating the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 OT in Super Bowl LVIII. Patrick Mahomes named MVP. Super Bowl LVIII is the most-watched TV program in US history, averaging 123.4 million viewers across television and streaming platforms.
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Feb. 12
1937 — Cleveland is granted an NFL franchise. The Rams play in Cleveland for nine years before moving to Los Angeles. After the 1994 season, the Rams move to St. Louis.
1947 — Boston’s Bill Cowley becomes the NHL all-time scoring leader when he scores a goal and an assist for the Bruins in a 10-1 win over the New York Rangers. Cowley’s 529 points is one more than Syd Howe, who retired one year earlier.
1958 — Boston’s Bill Russell scores 18 points and grabs 41 rebounds to lead the Celtics to a 119-101 victory over the Syracuse Nationals.
1968 — Jean-Claude Killy of France wins the men’s giant slalom in the Winter Olympics at Grenoble, his second gold medal en route to the Alpine triple crown.
1972 — The Soviet Union ice hockey team wins the gold medal with a 5-2 victory over Czechoslovakia at the Winter Olympics. The United States is awarded the silver because it had beaten and tied Czechoslovakia.
1982 — Wayne Gretzky scores 153rd point of season, breaking NHL record.
1985 — Pittsburgh’s Mario Lemieux becomes the first rookie to be named most valuable player at the NHL All-Star game. The 19-year-old center scores two goals, including the game-winner, and has an assist to lead the Wales Conference to a 6-4 win over the Campbell Conference.
1989 — The largest crowd (44,735) in NBA All-Star Game history turns out at the Houston Astrodome to watch the West beat the East 143-134. Utah’s Karl Malone win MVP honors after scoring a team-high 28 points.
1993 — The San Jose Sharks tie an NHL record by losing 17 straight games, the latest a 6-0 defeat by the Edmonton Oilers.
1994 — Loy Allen Jr. becomes the first Winston Cup rookie to win a pole in the Daytona 500. Allen is .031 seconds quicker than six-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt.
1995 — Sacramento’s Mitch Richmond scores a game-high 22 points and wins MVP honors in leading the West to a 139-112 triumph over the East in the NBA All-Star Game at America West Arena in Phoenix.
1997 — Morocco’s Hicham el Guerrouj breaks indoor track’s oldest record, winning the mile in 3 minutes, 48.45 at the Flanders meet held in Ghent, Belgium. Ireland’s Eamonn Coghlan ran 3:49.78 in 1983 in New York.
2005 — Allen Iverson scores 60 points, a career high, to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 112-99 victory over the Orlando Magic.
2007 — Duke, saddled by its first four-game losing skid in 11 years, falls out of The Associated Press men’s poll for the first time since the end of the 1995-96 season. The Blue Devils had been in the media poll for 200 straight weeks — the second longest streak behind UCLA’s record 221 weeks.
2014 — Tina Maze of Slovenia and Dominique Gisin of Switzerland tie for gold in the Olympic women’s downhill. Both speed down the Rosa Khutor course in 1:41.57 seconds for the first gold-medal tie in Olympic alpine skiing history.
2018 — Virginia is ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press men’s basketball poll for first time since 1982, when Terry Holland was the coach and Ralph Sampson was the Cavaliers’ star player.
2018 – Dutch speed skater Ireen Wüst becomes first Winter Olympian to win an individual gold medal in 4 straight Games with victory in the 1,500m at Pyeongchang; first speed skater to win 10 Olympic medals.
2023 — Super Bowl LVII, State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Arizona: Kansas City Chiefs beat Philadelphia Eagles, 38-35; MVP: Patrick Mahomes, KC, QB.
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Feb. 13
1923 — The New York Renaissance, the first all-black pro basketball team, is organized. Rens become one of the dominant basketball team of the 1920s and 1930s.
1937 — Maribel Vinson wins her ninth and final U.S. figure skating singles championship. Robin Lee wins his third straight men’s title.
1937 — The NFL Redskins move from Boston to Washington.
1948 — Dick Button, the Olympic gold medalist, beats Hans Gerschwiler again to win the men’s World Figure Skating championship in Davos, Switzerland.
1954 — Furman’s Frank Selvey scores 100 points in a 149-95 victory over Newberry. Selvey breaks the record of 73 points, set by Temple’s Bill Mlkvy in 1951, with 41 field goals and 18 free throws.
1973 — Frank Mahovlich of the Montreal Canadiens scores his 1,000th career point with an assist in a 7-6 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers.
1975 — Boston’s Bobby Orr gets an assist in the Boston Bruins in a 3-1 loss to the Buffalo Sabres to become the first player in NHL history to reach 100 points in six consecutive seasons. It’s the final 100-point season of his career.
1977 — Julius Erving, playing in his first NBA All-Star Game, is voted MVP, despite his East team losing 125-124. Erving scores 30 points and grabs 12 rebounds.
1990 — Bryan Trottier of the New York Islanders becomes the 15th player in NHL history to reach the 500-goal mark, scoring in the second period of a 4-2 loss to the Calgary Flames.
1994 — Tommy Moe wins the men’s downhill over local hero Kjetil Andre Aamodt at the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Moe won by .04 seconds, the closest Alpine race in Olympic history. Norwegian speed skater Johann Olav Koss has a world record-setting gold medal performance in the 5,000 meters in 6 minutes, 34.96 seconds.
1995 — Connecticut is voted No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 and joins the school’s women’s team at the top. It is the first time teams from one school were ranked No. 1 in the men’s and women’s college basketball polls.
1999 — Steve Jaros rolls the 13th televised 300 game in PBA history en route to winning the Chattanooga Open.
2003 — Teresa Phillips becomes the first woman to coach a men’s Division I team, but her presence couldn’t stop Tennessee State from losing for the 17th straight time, 71-56 at Austin Peay.
2015 — Ted Ligety wins the giant slalom at world championships held at Beaver Creek, Colo. Ligety defeats Austrian rival Marcel Hirscher by 0.45 seconds, to attain his third straight world giant slalom title.
2018 — Chloe Kim saves the best for last in winning women’s halfpipe snowboarding event at the Pyeongchang Games. The 17-year-old from Torrance, California, puts up a leading score of 93.75 on the first of her three finals runs, and then betters it with a near-perfect 98.75 on her final run. Kim, with the gold already well in hand, becomes the first woman to land back-to-back 1080s, confirming her dominance in the sport.
2022 – Super Bowl LVI, SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, CA: Los Angeles Rams beat Cincinnati Bengals, 23-20; MVP: Cooper Kupp, LA Rams, WR.
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
1910 Ground is broken in Chicago for a modern concrete-and-steel stadium, replacing the 30-year-old South Side Park. The Pale Hose will play their first game at Comiskey Park, originally known as White Sox Park, on July 1, losing to the Browns in their new home, 2-0.
1916 After being waived by the Giants, the Robins and Braves owners, Charles Ebbets and Percy D. Haughton, each claim catcher Chief Meyers. A coin toss held by the National League determines the 35-year-old backstop will play for Brooklyn, where he will hit .235 in limited action over the next two seasons.
1920 The American and National League Joint Rules Committee outlaw the spitball, the shineball, and the emeryball. Including Burleigh Grimes, who will be the last player to throw a doctored pitch legally, seventeen pitchers are allowed to keep throwing the banned pitches until they retire.
1924 The Washington Post reports Senator owner Clark Griffith has selected his scrappy second baseman Bucky Harris to become the fourth-place club’s player-manager. The 27-year-old ‘Boy Wonder,’ the youngest skipper in major-league history, will lead his team to a World Championship in his first year at the helm when the club beats the Giants in seven games.
1971 The Yankees announce Bill White will join Phil Rizzuto and Frank Messer on the WPIX broadcast team, becoming the first black to do play-by-play regularly for a major-league baseball team. The former All-Star first baseman will stay in the booth for 18 seasons, leaving in 1989 to serve as president of the National League.
1982 The Mets agree to a $10 million, five-year deal with George Foster, completing the trade with the Reds, which sent Jim Kern, Greg Harris, and Alex Trevino to Cincinnati. During his four-and-half-year tenure with the team, the All-Star outfielder proves to be a major disappointment and will be released outright during the 1986 season after accusing the club of racism for benching him in favor of Kevin Mitchell, a fellow African-American.
1984 After five months of discussion, the Mets and Keith Hernandez, eligible for free agency at the end of the season, come to terms on a five-year, $8 million contract. The deal makes the first baseman the second-highest-paid player in franchise history, earning slightly less than George Foster’s five-year, $10 million pact signed precisely two years ago.
2000 After Ken Griffey, Jr. accepts a ‘hometown’ discount, the Reds trade pitchers Brett Tomko and Jake Meyer, center fielder Mike Cameron, and infielder Antonio Perez to the Mariners in exchange for the services of the 30-year-old superstar outfielder. The nine-year deal worth $116.5 million, the richest package in baseball history, is considered quite a bargain in the current market.
2005 Red Sox right-hander Curt Schilling donates the blood-stained sock he wore in Game 2 of the World Series to the Hall of Fame. The hose is part of a memorabilia tour, along with Derek Lowe’s Game 4 jersey, Manny Ramirez’s bat, and the ball used to make the final out of the Fall Classic that’s on loan from former first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz, who kept the historical horsehide as a personal keepsake.
2005 In his first public appearance since his involvement with PEDs became public, Bronx Bombers’ first baseman Jason Giambi apologizes to his teammates, Yankee fans, and baseball fans everywhere for letting them down last season. The All-Star slugger never utters the word steroids when he accepts full responsibility for the controversy.
2005 Avoiding arbitration, Roy Oswalt (20-10, 3.49) and the Astros agree to a two-year, $16.9 million deal. The 27-year-old right-hander has posted an incredible 63-27 (.700) record during his four seasons with Houston.
2006 Although recently acquired Alfonso Soriano (.268, 36, 104) of the Nationals loses his salary arbitration case, the former Texas Rangers’ infielder sets a record for the highest salary ever awarded by the process. The All-Star second baseman, being asked to play the outfield in Washington, will receive $10 million (he asked for $12 million), surpassing the $8.2 million awarded to Andruw Jones in his successful 2001 arbitration hearing with the Braves.
2009 The Rangers announce the signing of Andruw Jones, who is trying to restore his reputation after two horrendous seasons with the Dodgers, to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training. The Gold Glove center fielder joins the crowded Texas outfield, which includes David Murphy in left, Josh Hamilton in center, Nelson Cruz in right, and Marlon Byrd, slotted to get substantial playing time in all three positions.
2011 Avoiding arbitration, Josh Hamilton agrees to a $24 million, two-year contract with the Rangers. The American League MVP hit a major league-best .359, along with 32 homers and 100 RBIs, despite missing the last month of the regular season due to broken ribs.
2015 “There was an honest and frank discussion on all of the issues. As far as the Yankees are concerned, the next step is to play baseball in spring training” – text from a joint statement released by the Yankees and Alex Rodriguez.
In a joint statement released by the team and the player, Alex Rodriguez, the much-maligned Yankee slugger apologizes to the team’s front office for the turbulence that has swirled around the organization during the last few years. At the meeting initiated by A-Rod, the attendees, including managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner, club president Randy Levine, and general manager Brian Cashman, have an ‘honest and frank discussion’ of the issues.
2020 A memorial service occurs at Angel Stadium for veteran Orange Coast College baseball coach John Altobelli, his wife Keri, and their 14-year-old daughter Alyssa, victims who perished in the helicopter crash along with Kobe Bryant last month. ‘Alto,’ who led his Pirates to four state championships en route to compiling a 705–478–4 collegiate record, worked as head coach from 2012-14 for the Cape Cod League’s Brewster Whitecaps, mentoring future major leaguers Aaron Judge (Yankees), Jeff McNeil (Mets), and Ryon Healy (Brewers).
TV SPORTS MONDAY
| NBA REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| San Antonio Spurs vs Washington Wizards | 7:00pm | FanDuel Sports SW MNMT |
| Minnesota Timberwolves vs Cleveland Cavaliers | 7:00pm | FanDuel Sports North FanDuel Sports Ohio |
| Atlanta Hawks vs Orlando Magic | 7:00pm | FanDuel Sports FL FanDuel Sports ATL |
| Boston Celtics vs Miami Heat | 7:30pm | NBCS-BOS FanDuel Sports SUN |
| Charlotte Hornets vs Brooklyn Nets | 7:30pm | YES FanDuel Sports CHA |
| New Orleans Pelicans vs Oklahoma City Thunder | 8:00pm | GCSN FanDuel Sports OK |
| Golden State Warriors vs Milwaukee Bucks | 8:00pm | NBATV NBCS-BAY FanDuel Sports WI |
| Sacramento Kings vs Dallas Mavericks | 8:30pm | NBCS-CA KFAA |
| Portland Trail Blazers vs Denver Nuggets | 9:00pm | Rip City ALT |
| Utah Jazz vs Los Angeles Lakers | 10:30pm | KJZZ Spectrum |
| MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL | TIME ET | TV |
| Lafayette at American | 6:00pm | CBSSN |
| North Carolina at Clemson | 7:00pm | ESPN |
| Mississippi Valley State at Alcorn State | 7:00pm | YouTube |
| East Texas A&M at McNeese | 7:00pm | ESPN+ |
| New Orleans at UIW | 7:30pm | ESPN+ |
| Northwestern State at Nicholls | 7:30pm | ESPN+ |
| UTRGV at Stephen F. Austin | 7:30pm | ESPN+ |
| North Carolina A&T at Campbell | 8:00pm | CBSSN |
| Howard at Maryland Eastern Shore | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Bethune-Cookman at Texas Southern | 8:00pm | YouTube |
| Southeastern Louisiana at Houston Christian | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| A&M-Corpus Christi at Lamar | 8:00pm | ESPN+ |
| Florida A&M at Prairie View A&M | 8:30pm | YouTube |
| Baylor at Houston | 9:00pm | ESPN |
| Charlotte at Florida Atlantic | 9:00pm | ESPN2 |
| Fresno State at Nevada | 11:00pm | FS1 |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| Serie A: Internazionale vs Fiorentina | 2:45pm | Paramount+ |
| FA Cup: Doncaster Rovers vs Crystal Palace | 2:45pm | ESPN+ |
| LA Liga: Mallorca vs Osasuna | 3:00pm | ESPN+ fuboTV |