NFL – Hendrickson joins Ravens, Crosby still on Raiders and Jones re-signs with Colts
The Baltimore Ravens landed their star pass rusher in Trey Hendrickson, Maxx Crosby is back in Las Vegas for now and Daniel Jones is staying in Indianapolis as part of a busy start to the new league year. Wednesday’s biggest move came when the Ravens agreed to a four-year, $112 million contract with Hendrickson, a four-time Pro Bowl defensive end. On Tuesday night, Baltimore backed out of a deal with the Raiders for Crosby over a failed physical, a person with knowledge of that deal told The Associated Press.
NCAAMBB -Arizona State not renewing coach Bobby Hurley’s contract after 11 seasons
Bobby Hurley’s tenure as Arizona State’s coach is over after 11 up-and-down seasons. Arizona State athletic director Graham Rossini announced on Wednesday that Hurley’s contract will not be renewed, just hours after the Sun Devils’ blowout loss to No. 7 Iowa State in the Big 12 tournament. Hurley will be placed on paid administrative leave through the remainder of his contract, which ends in June. Hurley led the Sun Devils to the NCAA Tournament three times, including two straight in 2018-19, but needed to make another March Madness run if his contract was going to be extended. Arizona State fell well short, finishing 12th out of 16 teams in the Big 12 at 7-11 and 17-16 overall. Hurley finished 185-167 at Arizona State.
NCAAMBB – Men’s College Basketball
Yesterday
Big Ten Tournament – United Center, Chicago, IL – Second Round
9 Iowa 75, 17 Maryland 64
12 Washington 83, 13 USC 79 – OT
15 Northwestern 74, 10 Indiana 61
14 Rutgers 72, 11 Minnesota 67
Tonight
Big Ten Tournament – United Center, Chicago, IL – Third Round
8 Ohio State vs. 9 Iowa, 12:00 p.m. Winner will face 1 Michigan Friday at 12:00 p.m.
5 Wisconsin vs. 12 Washington, 2:30 p.m.
7 Purdue vs. 15 Northwestern, 6:30 p.m.
6 UCLA vs. 14 Rutgers, 9:00 p.m. Winner will face 3 Michigan State Friday at 9:00 p.m.
NCAAWBB – Women’s College Basketball
Yesterday
MAC Tournament, Rocket Arena, Cleveland, OH – Quarterfinals
5 Ohio 89, 4 Central Michigan 88
NBA – National Basketball Association
Tonight
Philadelphia 76ers at Detroit Pistons, 7:00 p.m.
Phoenix Suns at Indiana Pacers, 7:00 p.m.
Chicago Bulls at Los Angeles Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
WNBA – WNBA players’ union feels movement is being made in CBA negotiations
Nneka Ogwumike and the other members of the WNBA players’ union executive committee feel that movement is being made toward a new collective bargaining agreement. Ogwumike spoke after nine hours of negotiations Wednesday night. That followed a 12-hour session that began Tuesday and finished at 5 a.m. EDT Wednesday. In proposals over the last 24 hours, the league has increased its salary cap offer for the first year to $6.2 million — up from $5.75 million in previous negotiations. That’s according to a person familiar with the talks who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the discussions.
NHL – National Hockey League
Tonight
Detroit Red Wings at Tampa Bay Lightning, 7:00 p.m.
Chicago Blackhawks at Utah Mammoth, 9:00 p.m.
MLB – Spring Training
Yesterday
Minnesota Twins 2, Detroit Tigers 1
Chicago Cubs 8, Kansas City Royals 4
Los Angeles Angels 8 Chicago White Sox 4
Today
New York Yankees at Detroit Tigers, 1:05 p.m.
Seattle Mariners at Chicago Cubs 4:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at San Francisco Giants, 9:05 p.m.
WBC – World Baseball Classic
Yesterday
Canada 7, Cuba 2
Dominican Republic 7, Venezuela 5
Italy 9, Mexico 1
Friday
WBC Quarterfinals
South Korea vs. Dominican Republic, 6:30 p.m.
United States vs. Canada, 8:00 p.m.
WBC – US gets the help it needs from Italy and advances to the WBC quarterfinals
A day later than expected, the United States has punched its ticket to the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic. The Americans got the help they needed from Italy, which beat Mexico 9-1 on Wednesday night. Italy beat the U.S. 8-6 a night earlier, turning the Americans into spectators as they hoped to avoid elimination. The Italians won Group B with a 4-0 record. The U.S. was runner-up in the group at 3-1. Mexico was eliminated, having also lost to the U.S. The Americans will stay in Houston to meet Canada on Friday night. Italy will play Puerto Rico in the other quarterfinal at Daikin Park on Saturday.
MHSAA – Michigan High School Athletic Association
Last Night
Girls Basketball (Regional Finals)
Division 2 at Otsego
Grand Rapids South Christian 67, Otsego 38
Division 3 at Bangor
Brandywine 62, Kalamazoo Christian 50
-Brandywine (25-1) will face Hart (16-9) in the quarterfinals on Tuesday at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix at 7:00 p.m.
