They chanted his name from the cheap seats: “DiVincenzo, DiVincenzo.” By the time Donte DiVincenzo was done doing his damage, Villanova had another title and college basketball had its newest star. The redhead kid with the nickname
Francisco Liriano pitched into the seventh inning in his Detroit debut and Victor Martinez drove in three runs to give the Tigers a 6-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on a chilly Monday. Ron Gardenhire won his
Russell Martin hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh inning, Josh Donaldson and Aledmys Diaz each had a solo shot and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Chicago White Sox 4-2 on Monday night for their
Four days into the season, the Reds finally got their opening-day parade — and a win, too. Rookie Tyler Mahle pitched one-hit ball for six innings, Raisel Iglesias fanned Anthony Rizzo with the bases loaded to end
MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Pittsburgh Pirates 1, Detroit Tigers 0 – Game 1 Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Detroit Tigers 6 – Game 2 Miami Marlins 6, Chicago Cubs 0 Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals,
Miami Marlins ace Jose Urena threw the first pitch of the 2018 major league season. Ian Happ promptly crushed it over the fence before the Chicago Cubs hit two more homers in an 8-4 win over the
White Sox designated hitter Matt Davidson became the fourth player in major league history to homer three times on opening day, while Tim Anderson had to settle for just two of Chicago’s six home runs, and the
Andre Drummond scored 24 points and pulled down 23 rebounds, and the Pistons beat the Washington Wizards 103-92 on Thursday night for their fifth win in six games. The Pistons remained five games behind the Bucks for
Miami held Chicago to 37 percent shooting on the way to beating the Bulls 103-92 on Thursday night, pushing its home winning streak to a season-best eight games, and cutting the magic number for clinching a playoff
Victor Oladipo got the Pacers off to a quick start, then picked up the pace again in the fourth quarter after Indiana’s offense went into a brief funk. With that, Nate McMillan’s team picked up another win
Dylan Larkin and rookie first-round pick Evgeny Svechnikov had a goal and assist each. Darren Helm had a short-handed goal, and Andreas Athanasiou also scored for Detroit as the Red Wings won on the road for the
Scott Foster thought it was going to be just another night. Then the 36-year-old accountant put on his goaltender gear and waited in Chicago’s locker room. Then Foster was pressed into action when Chicago lost Anton Forsberg
MLB – Major League Baseball – Opening Day Yesterday Chicago Cubs 8, Miami Marlins 4 Chicago White Sox 14, Kansas City Royals 7 Pittsburgh Pirates at Detroit Tigers, PPD, Rain Cubs 8, Marlins 4 – Happ HR
MLB – Major League Baseball – Opening Day Today Chicago Cubs (Lester 0-0) at Miami (Urena 0-0), 12:40 p.m. Pittsburgh (Nova 0-0) at Detroit (Zimmermann 0-0), 1:10 p.m. WSJM Sports/Cosy-FM 12:45 Chicago White Sox (Shields 0-0) at
NBA – National Basketball Association Last Night Houston Rockets 118, Chicago Bulls 86 Indiana Pacers 92, Golden State Warriors 81 Rockets 118, Bulls 86 – Rockets extend streak to 10 games with 118-86 win over Bulls Eric
Reggie Jackson scored 20 points, Reggie Bullock had 16 and the Detroit Pistons beat the Los Angeles Lakers 112-106 on Monday night. Detroit (34-40) won for the fourth time in five games, but trails idle Miami by
A Detroit Pistons developmental player who collapsed on the court during a NBA G League game in Michigan has died. The Grand Rapids Drive says 26-year-old Zeke Upshaw died at a hospital Monday. No cause was disclosed.
Brendan Gallagher scored twice, including his 30th goal of the season, and Carey Price snapped a seven-game losing streak as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the skidding Detroit Red Wings 4-2 on Monday night. Paul Byron and Alex
Kevin Labanc scored the deciding goal in the fourth round of a shootout and the San Jose Sharks beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Monday night for their eighth straight victory. Labanc almost pulled to a stop
Kathryn Westbeld scored 20 points, Jessica Shepard added 18 and Notre Dame reached the Final Four for the eighth time in school history by defeating Oregon 84-74 on Monday night. Westbeld came up with the biggest game
NCAAWBB – 2018 Women’s NCAA Tournament – Elite 8 Yesterday Spokane Region 1 Notre Dame 84, 2 Oregon 74 Albany Region 1 UConn 94, 2 South Carolina 65 Notre Dame 84, Oregon 74 – Irish dancing back
This one was easy. After reaching the NCAA Tournament’s round of 16 with an improbable buzzer-beater, Michigan shot 62 percent from the floor and routed Texas A&M 99-72 in the West Region semifinals on Thursday night to reach
Ferris State’s men’s basketball team advanced to the NCAA Division II Championship game for the first time in school history after defeating West Texas A&M 85-79 in the first semifinal at the Stanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls
James Harden scored 21 points, including 10 of Houston’s 12 points in overtime, to shake off a tough four quarters and lift the Rockets to a 100-96 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Thursday night. Blake Griffin, who
Philipp Grubauer made 39 saves for his third shutout of the season, and Brett Connolly scored the game’s only goal on a third-period breakaway to lift the Washington Capitals to a 1-0 victory over the Detroit Red
Alexander Edler scored twice, Jacob Markstrom made 39 saves and the Vancouver Canucks stopped a seven-game slide by defeating the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 on Thursday night. Henrik Sedin and Bo Horvat each had a goal and an
NCAAMBB – 2018 Men’s NCAA Tournament – Sweet 16 Tonight South Region – Phillips Arena, Atlanta, GA 11 Loyola-Chicago vs. 7 Nevada, 7:07 p.m. 9 Kansas State vs. 5 Kentucky, 9:37 p.m. West Region – Staples Center,
Nikola Jokic had 21 points, seven rebounds and five assists on “Serbian Heritage Night,” and the Denver Nuggets routed the Chicago Bulls 135-102 on Wednesday night. Denver shot 61.4 percent (51 for 83) from the field and
Frans Nielsen scored his NHL-record 22nd shootout winner and the Detroit Red Wings edged the Philadelphia Flyers 5-4 on Tuesday night to end their 10-game losing streak. Dylan Larkin scored twice and added an assist, Luke Glendending
Nathan MacKinnon had two assists, extending his point streak to a career high-tying 13 games, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-1 on Tuesday night. Alexander Kerfoot scored twice and Semyon Varlamov made 44 saves
