NCAAMBB – Men’s College Basketball
Yesterday
(2) Michigan State 68, Wisconsin 63
(2) Michigan State 68, Wisconsin 63 – No. 2 MSU beats Wisconsin, wraps up Big Ten
Cassius Winston scored 20 points and went 6 for 6 from the 3-point line, and No. 2 Michigan State held off Wisconsin 68-63 on Sunday to earn the outright regular-season Big Ten title. Winston hit two 3s during an 11-2 run in the second half, the second with a defender in his face from well beyond the arc, to lead the Spartans (28-3, 16-2). Brad Davison finished with 30 points for Wisconsin (14-17, 7-11), including a 3 with 4.7 seconds left that had hometown fans holding out hope for an upset. Miles Bridges wrapped up the Spartans’ 12th straight win with two foul shots, finishing with 16 points. Winston and Nick Ward, who had 14 points, picked up the scoring slack. Winston’s 3 with 4:45 left gave the Spartans a 58-51 lead, a huge cushion in what had been a tight game.
NCAAWBB – Women’s College Basketball
Yesterday
(5) Notre Dame 86, (21) NC State 67
(5) Notre Dame 86, (21) NC State 67 – Young sheds mask, scores 22 as No. 5 Irish beat NC State
Jackie Young led four players in double figures as No. 5 Notre Dame won its 12th straight, 86-67 over the 21st-ranked Wolfpack, to wrap up a share of the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title. Arike Ogunbowale and Marina Mabrey. Ogunbowale had 21 points with the help of four 3-pointers and Marina Mabrey had 17 points on 6-of-12 shooting for the Irish (27-2, 15-1.
NHL – National Hockey League
Yesterday
Detroit Red Wings 3, New York Rangers 2 – OT
Red Wings 3, Rangers 2 – OT – Daley scores on tip late in OT, Red Wings beat Rangers 3-2
Trevor Daley scored on a tip-in with 5.6 seconds showing on the clock in overtime to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-2 victory over the rebuilding New York Rangers on Sunday night. Andreas Athanasiou and Darren Helm also scored for the Red Wings, and Jimmy Howard stopped 36 shots. Detroit improved to 5-3-2 in its last 10 games and pulled into a tie with Florida five points behind Columbus for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. J.T. Miller and Jesper Fast scored for the Rangers, and Henrik Lundqvist made 31 saves. New York lost its seventh straight, hours after trading star forward Rick Nash to Boston for three players and two draft picks. It also was the Rangers’ first game since trading speedy forward Michael Grabner to New Jersey
on Friday night.
NBA – National Basketball Association
Last Night
Charlotte Hornets 114, Detroit Pistons 98
Hornets 114, Pistons 98 – Howard leads Hornets over Pistons 114-98 for 4th win in row
Dwight Howard had 17 points and 12 rebounds, Kemba Walker added 17 points and the Charlotte Hornets beat the Detroit Pistons 114-98 on Sunday for their season-best fourth straight win. Seven Charlotte players scored in double digits, and the Hornets’ bench outscored Detroit’s reserves 51-28. Blake Griffin led the Pistons with 20 points on 10-for-18 shooting, while Andre Drummond had 14 points and 14 rebounds. Detroit has lost five of six.
Tonight
Chicago Bulls at Brooklyn Nets, 7:30 p.m.
Detroit Pistons at Toronto Raptors, 7:30 p.m.
Indiana Pacers at Dallas Mavericks, 8:30 p.m.
MLB – Major League Baseball – Spring Training
Yesterday
Detroit Tigers 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 8 – TIE
Chicago White Sox 8, Cincinnati Reds 5
Chicago Cubs 12, San Francisco Giants 10
Today
Detroit Tigers at Baltimore Orioles, 1:05 p.m. Sarasota, FL
Seattle Mariners at Chicago Cubs, 3:05 p.m. Mesa, AZ
Oakland Athletics at Chicago White Sox, 3:05 p.m. Glendale, AZ
NASCAR – Harvick completes Georgia dominance
Kevin Harvick has capped a dominant weekend of racing by holding off Brad Keselowski in the rain-delayed NASCAR Monster Energy Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Harvick was comfortably ahead when Trevor Bayne’s engine blew with 28 laps to go. The restart gave contenders a chance to grab the lead, but Harvick beat Keselowski to remain in control. Harvick began the race in the second row after winning Saturday’s Xfinity event. He had the third-fastest time in Friday’s qualifier. Clint Bowyer (BOY’-ur) was third in Atlanta, followed by Denny Hamlin and Martin Truex Jr. Truex had to start from the back row after failing inspection following Friday’s qualifying.
Golf – PGA – Thomas wins PGA event in playoff
Justin Thomas nearly holed a wedge that got him into a playoff, and then hit 3-wood over the water and onto the green to beat Luke List in a sudden-death playoff Sunday in the Honda Classic. Thomas closed with a 2-under 68 and won for the second time this season. He also won in a playoff at the CJ Cup in South Korea last fall. List was going for his first PGA Tour victory. He put the pressure on Thomas by reaching the par-5 18th in two in regulation, two-putting for birdie and a 69. But he missed the fairway in the playoff and made par. Tiger Woods was briefly within three shots of the lead on the front nine. He closed with a 70 and finished 12th.
Golf – LPGA – Record-setting Korda wins LPGA Thailand
Florida’s Jessica Korda set a tournament record in winning the LPGA Thailand, her first title in three years. Korda held off Lexi Thompson and local hope Moriya Jutanugarn (juh-TAN’-uh-garn) for a four-stroke win after a final-round 67. Her 25-under total smashed the previous mark of 22 under set by Amy Yang of South Korea in 2017.
NJCAA – Junior College Basketball
Tonight
Women’s Basketball
Muskegon at Lake Michigan College, 5:30 p.m.
Men’s Basketball
Muskegon at Lake Michigan College, 7:30 p.m.
AHL – American Hockey League
Yesterday
Grand Rapids Griffins 3, Iowa Wild 2 – Shootout
Chicago Wolves 5, Manitoba Moose 2
ECHL – East Coast Hockey League
Last Night
Toledo Walleye 5, Greenville Swamp Rabbits 2
Winter Olympics – PyeongChang 2018
- The day after: Pyeongchang breathes, bids Olympics farewell
From volunteers to support staff to the joint Korea women’s hockey team, people from many cultures bid farewell to each other and to the 2018 Winter Olympics on Monday. That allowed a swath of the eastern Korean Peninsula readied itself for something novel: relative normalcy. Seven years after a successful Olympic bid that changed its people and its landscape forever, Pyeongchang exhaled. Volunteers shouted farewell and the Korean word for “thank you” to departing buses in Gangneung (GONG-nung), the coastal city near Pyeongchang where many events were held. Workers yanked down paper signs by the hundreds and busloads of Olympians, journalists and support workers rolled toward train stations and highways. It was all the aftermath of a Winter Games that was as political as it was athletic.
- US Medal count well short of expectations
The U.S. Olympic team leaves Pyeongchang with its lowest medal haul in 20 years despite a series of new, American-friendly events that have been added since 1998. The U.S. Olympic Committee’s chief of sport performance says there was plenty of room for improvement and promised to break down what went wrong when he returns home.
- Russian Anthem sung by hockey team
The International Olympic Committee says Russia’s imminent return from a doping suspension won’t be derailed because its hockey players sang their national anthem. The Russian men’s team defied IOC rules by singing the Russian anthem at their medal ceremony following Sunday’s 4-3 overtime win against Germany in the gold-medal game. The IOC says “we understand that this was over excitement by the athletes who had just won a gold medal in extraordinary circumstances.” The IOC suspended Russia’s membership in December over a doping scheme at the 2014 Olympics, but allowed 168 Russians to enter the Pyeongchang Olympics as “Olympic Athletes from Russia” in neutral uniforms. They had to sign a document agreeing not to display any national symbols or protest the restrictions. The Olympic anthem played when Russians won gold.
- Denver weighs Olympics over 40 years after saying no thanks
Over 40 years after becoming the first city to walk away from an Olympic bid, Denver is considering whether to try to again to host the Winter Games. Questions about the environmental impact, huge costs and logistics killed Denver’s plans to host the 1976 Olympics. But the leader of the committee exploring a possible bid says only three venues would have to be built, all of them temporary. Chairman Rob Cohen says an Olympics could produce a multimillion-dollar surplus that could be used to help Colorado, such as improving the highway to the mountains that is usually packed with cars on weekends. Denver faces stiff competition from Salt Lake City, the first U.S. city to announce plans to bid on the 2030 Olympics. Reno, Nevada, is also considering a bid. The IOC will decide on the location for the 2016 Winter Games in September of 2019.
MHSAA – High School Sports
Yesterday
Ice Hockey – South Bend City Championship
Lakeshore/St. Joseph 2, South Bend St. Joseph 1 – 2 OT (at Compton Family Ice Arena, Notre Dame)
Lakeshore/St. Joseph wins South Bend City Championship
Tonight
Boys Basketball – Regular Season
Kalamazoo Central at St. Joseph, 7:00 p.m.
Sturgis at Battle Creek Harper Creek, 7:00 p.m.
Girls Basketball – Districts
Class A at Mattawan
Portage Central vs. Kalamazoo Central, 5:30 p.m.
St. Joseph vs. Portage Northern, 7:00 p.m. 95.7 & 1400 WSJM Sports
Class A at Battle Creek Lakeview (1st round at local sites)
Coldwater at Sturgis, 7:00 p.m.
Gull Lake vs. Harper Creek, 5:30 p.m. (at Lakeview)
Battle Creek Central at Battle Creek Lakeview, 7:00 p.m.
Class B at Niles
Benton Harbor vs. Berrien Springs, 5:30 p.m.
Buchanan vs. Niles, 7:00 p.m.
Class B at Paw Paw
Three Rivers vs. Vicksburg, 6:00 p.m.
Class B at Wayland
Plainwell vs. Otsego, 6:00 p.m.
Class B at Fennville
Allendale vs. Hamilton, 6:00 p.m.
Class C at Brandywine (1st round at local sites)
Eau Claire at Brandywine, 7:00 p.m.
New Buffalo at Watervliet, 7:00 p.m.
Bridgman at Cassopolis, 7:00 p.m.
Class C at Marcellus
White Pigeon vs. Constantine, 6:00 p.m.
Marcellus vs. Decatur, 7:30 p.m.
Class C at Kalamazoo Hackett
Galesburg-Augusta vs. Kalamazoo Christian, 6:00 p.m.
Gobles vs. Kalamazoo Hackett, 7:15 p.m.
Class D at Lawrence
Lake Michigan Catholic vs Grace Christian, 6:00 p.m. 95.7 & 1400 WSJM Sports
Michigan Lutheran vs. Lawrence, 7:30 p.m. 95.7 & 1400 WSJM Sports
