Texas Tech entered the 2025 Big 12 softball tournament in Oklahoma City as the favorite to win the event. The Red Raiders left as the champion. Texas Tech followed up its Big 12 regular-season title with a conference tournament championship, knocking off Arizona 4-0 Saturday at OGE Energy Field at Devon Park. The Big 12 championship is the first in ...
“For the draft picks, the undrafted free agents and tryout guys, for them I look at it (as) this is a day and a weekend of evaluations. Really just mining for gold, diamonds and gems,” Harbaugh said. “Like those rare gems, they don’t just hop out of the ground and into your pocket. You got to dig. You got to ...
If you can put yourself into the mind space of President Trump, it’s pretty easy to understand why he wants to insert himself into the cauldron of college sports. With his approval rating taking on water, wars across the globe expanding rather than concluding and a year that portends economic uncertainty heading into the 2026 midterms, being able to say, ...
Michael Lynn Davis was found guilty of capital murder in the 2023 shooting death of Jamea Harris. The prosecution argued Davis ambushed Harris and her boyfriend, while the defense claimed self-defense. Former University of Alabama basketball player Darius Miles, whose gun was used in the shooting, awaits trial. Michael Lynn Davis was found guilty of capital murder Friday in the ...
Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets took a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference semifinals with a 113-104 overtime victory Friday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Nuggets managed to overwhelm the Thunder in overtime, outscoring OKC 11-2. Jokic overcame a slow start to finish with 20 points and 16 rebounds in the victory. He struggled from long range ...
INDIANAPOLIS — Donovan Mitchell scored 43 points for a second consecutive 40-point outing, but this time it didn’t come in defeat as the Cavaliers beat the Pacers 126-104 in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The Cavs trimmed the Pacers’ series lead to 2-1, avoiding the 3-0 deficit from which no NBA team has ever come ...
The defending champion Florida Panthers are back in their second-round series after downing the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 in overtime Friday. Trade deadline acquisition Brad Marchand, a thorn in the Maple Leafs’ side during his Boston Bruins days, added a new chapter with his winning goal at 15:27 of overtime. It has his fourth career playoff overtime goal and also ...
Connor Hellebuyck made 21 saves to help the Winnipeg Jets even their Western Conference semifinal series against the Dallas Stars with a 4-0 win in Game 2 on Friday night. Hellebuyck, the front-runner to win a third Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s top goalie and also also finalist for the Hart Trophy, has 49 shutouts in his career, including four ...
PHOENIX — Clay Holmes was initially stunned, then numb and eventually, well, rather intrigued. Here he was, a two-time All-Star closer with 307 career appearances in the bullpen, never pitching more than 70 innings in any of his eight seasons, and suddenly he’s being asked to make a dramatic career change. He had one, then two, then three teams calling ...
The 2025 NBA playoffs continued Friday with Game 3 between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Indiana Pacers. Donovan Mitchell’s 43-point performance guided the Cavaliers to a 126-104 rout over the Pacers and their first victory in the series. Indiana still holds a 2-1 lead with the road team winning each game in the series. While Mitchell had a busy night, it ...