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By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Caitlin Clark had 12 of her 22 points in the fourth quarter to lead seventh-ranked Iowa past Purdue 69-58 after a sluggish start in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament on Friday night. Clark, the preseason All-Big Ten Player of the Year and the nation’s

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Former NBA player Anthony Morrow is facing charges of assault on a female, assault by strangulation, communicating threats and second degree kidnapping in Charlotte. According to Mecklenburg County arrest records, Morrow was arrested on Feb. 10 and released two days later on a $15,000 bond. The 37-year-old Morrow is a Charlotte

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Jonathan Isaac’s comeback story has been sidelined again by another season-ending injury, this time a torn adductor muscle. Isaac had surgery on Friday to repair the muscle and will miss the remainder of the regular season, the Magic said. He felt discomfort on his left side Tuesday after practice,

By The Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Led by Jalyn McCreary’s 11 points, the Mercer Bears defeated the Citadel Bulldogs 66-41 in the Southern Conference  tournament opener

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Here’s something different — the Southeastern Conference quarterfinal between No. 4 LSU and Georgia was delayed by severe weather and a leaky roof at the arena. Players spotted water on the court after a timeout with 4:23 left in the first half and LSU ahead 42-32. Both coaches were alerted by

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jaime Jaquez Jr. is having the type of senior season at UCLA most players dream about. The 6-foot-7 guard/forward led his team in scoring and rebounding as the fourth-ranked Bruins captured their first outright regular-season Pac-12 title since 2013. What has made the year even

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Cornerback DJ Turner II posted an eye-popping 4.26-second 40-yard dash on the second day of workouts at the NFL’s annual scouting combine. It didn’t break the all-time record. John Ross still holds that with a 4.22 in 2017. But it was the fastest of the evening’s

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal jurors in New York are preparing to start deliberations on the fates of two former Fox executives accused of paying millions of dollars in bribes to gain broadcasting rights to soccer’s biggest matches, including the World Cup. From the start, U.S. prosecutors depicted the

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Skip Schumaker was a Cardinals player 13 years ago when a brawl broke out and Cincinnati Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto kicked St. Louis backup catcher Jason Larue on the head, causing a career-ending concussion. Now Schumaker is Miami’s first-year manager and Cueto is on his pitching staff. Cueto had been pinned

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) — Freshman Cotie McMahon had 28 points, 11 rebounds and four assists in her Big Ten Tournament debut, Taylor Thierry added 20 points and No. 14 Ohio State held off No. 17 Michigan 81-79. Ohio State defeated Michigan three times in a season for the first time in program history to advance

DETROIT (AP) — Former Michigan State University basketball star Keith Damon Appling has been sentenced in the death of a Detroit man. Prosecutors say Appling shot the man after an argument over a gun in May 2021. The Wayne County prosecutor’s office says a judge is sentencing the 31-year-old Appling to serve 18 to 40

By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Borussia Dortmund captain Marco Reus has scored again in a 2-1 win over Leipzig that lifted the team three points clear at the top of the Bundesliga and preserved its winning start to 2023. Reus opened the scoring with a penalty in the 21st minute and

PARIS (AP) — Nice has extended its unbeaten run to 10 matches in the French league after drawing at home with lowly Auxerre 1-1. Midfielder Gauthier Hein put the visitors ahead in the 36th minute and then striker Gaëtan Laborde missed a penalty for Nice three minutes later. Laborde made up for that miss with

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Real Sociedad’s hold on third place in the Spanish league is in danger after it slipped again in a scoreless draw with Cadiz at home. Atletico Madrid is only two points back and can leap head of Sociedad with a win over Sevilla on Saturday. Sociedad

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Sonia Citron had a season-high 28 points to help 10th-ranked Notre Dame beat three-time reigning champion North Carolina State 66-60 in Friday’s quarterfinals at the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament. Maddy Westbeld added 15 points and 10 rebounds for the top-seeded Fighting Irish. Notre Dame opened

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer Max Scherzer has theorized that baseball’s new pitch clock will allow pitchers to dictate the pace of games. In the eyes of one umpire, he raced too fast even for the pitch timer Friday. Scherzer tested the boundaries of baseball’s novel pace-of-play rules during his second spring training start,

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Georgia coach Kirby Smart says proposed changes to clock operating rules shouldn’t significantly impact games next season. He called them a good first step to reducing the number of plays and keeping games moving. The NCAA Football Rules Committee approved a proposal to keep the clock running when

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Kurt Kitayama has experience facing some of the best players in golf. He’ll get that experience again at Bay Hill in the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Kitayama had a 68 and built a two-shot lead going into the weekend. Right behind was Jordan Spieth. The three-time

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — A downhill race in Aspen, Colorado, was canceled Friday after 24 racers due to the deteriorating weather conditions and with Adrian Smiseth Sejersted of Norway in line for his first World Cup win. Sejersted set the tone on a day that started out sunny, grew breezy and saw a snow storm