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Los Angeles Times
08-04-2025
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- Los Angeles Times
The Sports Report: Suddenly struggling Dodgers running into issues
Howdy, I'm your host, Austin Knoblauch, filling in for Houston Mitchell. Let's get right to the news. From Jack Harris: Defensive miscues cost the Dodgers two runs on Monday. Stellar defense from the Washington Nationals prevented two, if not more. In the Dodgers' 6-4 loss at Nationals Park to open a three-game series, that proved to be the biggest difference. And, with the team having lost three of their last four games, it reinforced what is fast becoming a disconcerting early-season theme. As was the story in this past weekend's series defeat to the Philadelphia Phillies, when defensive breakdowns and baserunning blunders ended the team's 8-0 start to the season, the Dodgers continued to struggle with the fundamentals on Monday, digging an early hole from which they never fully recovered — even on a night Shohei Ohtani came up a double short of the cycle. With two on and one out in the top of the second, Mookie Betts let a hard-hit one-hopper blaze by him at shortstop, misjudging a low bounce on an error that allowed an unearned run to score. 'I missed it,' Betts said. 'Whether it hopped up or stayed down, doesn't matter.' With two outs, Miguel Rojas booted a more routine grounder at second base, resulting in yet another error and unearned run. 'Defensively today, we gave them a lot of chances for them to score some runs,' Rojas said. 'So we gotta clean that up.' The Nationals' defense, on the other hand, twice took away hits that doused potentially dangerous Dodgers rallies. Continue reading here ALSO: Dodgers celebrated at White House for 2024 World Series title by Trump Dodgers-Nationals box score MLB scores MLB standings From Sam Farmer: The yips — the sudden inability to make even short putts — have ended careers of professional golfers. For Bernhard Langer, they brought him to his knees. 'Those were the hardest times in my life, in my golfing life, I should say,' said Langer, 67, who this week will play in his 41st and final Masters. 'I've had the yips on four different occasions. It seems like every seven years for some reason, just not lately, thank goodness.' The depths for him came in 1989 at the Buick Invitational in Detroit, after his first of two Masters victories, when he missed the cut despite hitting 17 greens in regulation on Thursday and 16 on Friday. His putting was so shaky, though, that he was a forehead-slapping 11 over par. 'I went back to my hotel and literally got on my knees,' he said. 'I was already a believer at the time, and said a prayer like, 'God, if you want me done with this game, I'm ready to give it up. Just show me what you want me to do and I'll pack it up, no more golf.' A friend was praying with him and said, 'I don't think he's done with you yet.' Continue reading here ALSO: The Masters top golfers to watch, TV schedule, odds and weather From the Associated Press: Florida's Walter Clayton Jr. came up with the perfect going-away present for that spirit-crushing Houston defense that bullied, battered and bedeviled him all night. It was a defensive gem of his own. Right before the buzzer. For the win and the national title. The Gators and Clayton somehow overcame Houston's lock-down intensity Monday night to will out a 65-63 victory in an NCAA title-game thriller decided when the Florida senior's own defense stopped the Cougars from even taking a winning shot at the buzzer. Clayton finished with 11 points, all in the second half, but what he'll be remembered for most was getting Houston's Emanuel Sharp to stop in the middle of his motion as he tried to go up for a three-pointer in the final seconds. Clayton ran at him, Sharp dropped the ball and, unable to pick it up lest he get called for traveling, watched it bounce. Alex Condon dived on the ball, then flipped it to Clayton, who ran to the opposite free-throw line with the buzzer sounding and tugged his jersey out of his shorts. Next, the court was awash in Gator chomps and orange and blue confetti. 'Our motto is, we all can go,' Clayton said. 'We've got a team full of guys that can go. It ain't just about me. My team held me down until I was able to put the ball in the basket. Shout out to them boys.' Continue reading here From the Associated Press: Matty Beniers and Brandon Montour scored 54 seconds apart late in the first period and the Seattle Kraken held off the Kings 2-1 on Monday night. Beniers scored his 19th goal of the season when he went hard to the net to put home a rebound into an open net to tie it at 18:35. Montour scored with 30.6 seconds left in the period, beating Darcy Kuemper on the goaltender's glove side to set a career-high with 17 goals. Joey Daccord made 28 saves for Seattle. Continue reading here Kings-Kraken box score NHL scores NHL standings From the Associated Press: Cutter Gauthier scored two goals in the second period and Lukas Dostal made a season-high 47 saves in the Ducks' 3-2 victory over the shorthanded Edmonton Oilers on Monday night. Mason McTavish also scored for the Ducks, who took three of four from Edmonton this season. The Oilers played without stars Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl because of injury. Continue reading here Ducks-Oilers box score NBA scores NBA standings 1935 — Gene Sarazen gets a double eagle on the 15th hole to erase Craig Wood's three-stroke lead, then goes on to win the Masters. 1941 — In his 4th title defense in 9 weeks Joe Louis beats Tony Musto by TKO in the 9th round. 1943 — The Detroit Red Wings beat the Boston Bruins 2-0 to win the Stanley Cup with a four-game sweep. 1956 — Jack Burke, Jr. comes back from eight strokes behind to beat Ken Venturi by one and win the Masters. 1966 — American Football League votes in 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner after Joe Foss resigns. Appointment lasts 3 months when AFL merges with NFL. 1968 — Major League Baseball decides to postpone Opening Day because of the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. 1969 — MLB expansion teams Royals, Expos, Padres & Pilots win their 1st games 1971 — The first legal off-track betting (OTB) system in the United States opens in New York City. 1974 — In the home opener in Atlanta, Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth's career record by hitting his 715th home run, connecting off Al Downing of Los Angeles in the fourth inning. 1975 — Frank Robinson, the first black manager in the majors, debuts as player-manager for the Cleveland Indians. Robinson hits a home run in his first at-bat — as a designated hitter — to help beat the New York Yankees 5-3. 1989 — Alex English scores 26 points to become the first player in NBA history to score 2,000 points in eight straight seasons, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Utah Jazz 110-106. 1989 — 1-handed pitcher Jim Abbott makes MLB debut. 1990 — Nick Faldo becomes the second player to win consecutive Masters, beating Ray Floyd on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff. Faldo joins Jack Nicklaus as the only repeat winner. 1991 — Major league umpires & baseball reach a 4-year agreement after strike. 1995 — Oliver McCall beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavyweight boxing title. 2001 — Tiger Woods claims the greatest feat in modern golf by winning the Masters, giving him a clean sweep of the four professional majors in a span of 294 days. Woods, with his winning score of 16-under 272, sweeps the majors with a combined score of 65-under. 2003 — 22nd NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Connecticut beats Tennessee, 73-68. 2007 — Zach Johnson hits three clutch birdies on the back nine of Augusta National, to close with a 69 for a two-shot victory over Tiger Woods at the Masters. 2008 — Candace Parker, playing with an injured left shoulder, scores 17 points and grabs nine rebounds to help Tennessee capture its eighth women's NCAA championship with a 64-48 victory over Stanford. 2012 — 76th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Bubba Watson wins on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff. 2013 — Luke Hancock makes all five of his 3-pointers and leads Louisville to its first NCAA men's basketball championship since 1986 with a 82-76 victory over Michigan. Coach Rick Pitino adds this title to the one he won at Kentucky in 1996 and became the first coach to win a championship at two schools. 2014 — 33rd NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Connecticut beats Notre Dame, 79-58. 2017 — Damian Lillard scores a franchise-record 59 points and matches his career high with nine 3-pointers to help the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Utah Jazz 101-86. 2018 — 82nd US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Patrick Reed wins his first major title. 2019 — 81st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Virginia beats Texas Tech, 85-77 OT. Compiled by the Associated Press
Los Angeles Times
07-04-2025
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
The Sports Report: Lakers prove they can beat NBA's elite
Howdy, I'm your host, Austin Knoblauch, filling in for Houston Mitchell. Let's get right to the news. From Dan Woike: The postseason road the Lakers want to take probably will roll through Oklahoma City at some point, the unquestioned best team in the Western Conference having played its way to the top with a level of all-around excellence rarely seen. And the Lakers, heading into the final week of the regular season, have either the good fortune or the curse of having to test themselves against the team with the NBA's best record. At the worst, the games against the Thunder could expose the Lakers' weaknesses. Oklahoma City is younger and hungrier with more size at the rim, capitalizing on advantages the Lakers will struggle to overcome. But when the Lakers are at their best — and whoa, they were certainly at their best Sunday — they can prove to everyone, especially themselves, that their combination of otherworldly individual offensive talent and versatile, scrambling defense can hold down even the most talented of teams. From early red-hot shooting to full-game focus, the Lakers stamped themselves as full-fledged contenders in the West by dominating the Thunder 126-99 in an all-caps, bold-lettered statement win. 'We know it's the final stretch into the full season, so we're just trying to rack up great habits,' LeBron James said. That, plus great players, is a proven combination. Luka Doncic, who knocked the Thunder out of the postseason last season on the way to the NBA Finals, went deep into his bag of skills, spinning around defenders, firing passes over his head and stepping back and splashing over the Thunder's league-best defense. Continue reading here Lakers-Thunder box score NBA scores NBA standings From Jack Harris: On a windy, wet and dreary afternoon at Citizens Bank Park on Sunday, the Dodgers twice watched a lead slip frustratingly from their grasp. It first happened in the third inning, when a steady drizzle, slippery ball and muddy mound caused Tyler Glasnow to come unglued in a six-run implosion. It happened again in the seventh, when the Dodgers stormed back in front with five unanswered runs only to let a sloppy inning of defense cost them their first series defeat of the season. Such were the lapses that decided the Philadelphia Phillies' 8-7 win in Sunday's series rubber match; reminding a Dodgers team that won eight straight games to start the season that they're also capable of beating themselves. Continue reading here Dodgers-Phillies box score MLB scores MLB standings ALSO: Dodgers place Blake Snell on injured list From Sam Farmer: For the Rams, a house isn't necessarily a home. There's the Sunday sanctuary of SoFi Stadium — also known as Rams House — but the franchise that returned to Los Angeles in 2016 has turned its attention to creating a permanent home in Woodland Hills, where it will spend the other six days of the week. Rams owner Stan Kroenke, who built the $5-billion stadium in Inglewood, has provided The Times a detailed and exclusive first look at the next major project for his NFL team: a state-of-the-art team headquarters, surrounded by a glistening new residential and retail community intended to be the long-awaited centerpiece of the San Fernando Valley. In bringing the NFL back to Los Angeles and constructing a state-of-the-art venue — a place where the Chargers also play — Kroenke provided a proof of concept. SoFi Stadium renderings were more than pretty pictures; they came to life. Continue reading here From Sam Farmer and Gary Klein: Pete Carroll's syllabus is as lively and star-studded as his sideline. The legendary football coach, a guest professor at USC, has brought in a parade of celebrities to speak to his 'The Game is Life' class of 56 students, chosen from a field of more than 300 applicants. One week it's Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr imparting his wisdom. Then, it's author and new-age guru Deepak Chopra. Actor Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso) has spoken to the class, as has Rainn Wilson (Dwight Schrute from 'The Office') and Olympic gold medalists Rai Benjamin and April Ross. In the auditorium in the Fertitta Hall basement, the biggest star of all is the eternally youthful, irrepressibly enthusiastic Carroll, 73, hired in January as new coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. His USC teams went 97-19 in his nine seasons with the Trojans, winning national championships in 2003 and '04 — before many of his students were born. There was no NFL team in Los Angeles at the time, and Carroll's sidelines were always a who's who of the entertainment industry. Continue reading here From Ben Bolch: Tino Sunseri would do whatever was needed in the equipment room. Folding towels, putting away laundry — the nature of the task didn't matter so long as it allowed the teenager to be near his father, Sal, the defensive line coach for the Carolina Panthers. One of the perks of hanging around an NFL locker room was meeting the players. Among those who took an immediate liking to the boy was DeShaun Foster, the new running back out of UCLA. 'He would come up to you as a young kid that looked up to all these NFL players, that was having all the success, and would take the time to be able to talk to you, spend time with you and was really, really genuine,' Sunseri said Saturday, more than two decades after first crossing paths with Foster during the 2002 season. 'So when it came to him and our relationship, he was somebody that I knew whenever I walked in the building I felt like I had a friendship with.' Continue reading here From Bill Plaschke: He has made 17 baskets. He has played in the equivalent of less than three full games. Seventeen Lakers have spent more time on the court. Sixteen Lakers have scored more points. He has been but a speck of lint on the Lakers' lapel, a bit of dust at the end of the Lakers' bench, a small and irrelevant bystander in the Lakers' long and arduous journey. Yet, admit it, Bronny James has been huge. The nepo baby whose arrival last summer was ripped across the NBA landscape has quietly risen above the criticism and gradually drowned out the noise. Continue reading here From the Associated Press: Logan O'Hoppe homered in his fourth consecutive game, and Jorge Soler hit a tiebreaking shot in the sixth inning of the Angels' 6-2 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Sunday. Kyren Paris also homered for the Angels, who have won six of eight after taking two of three from Cleveland in their only home series during the first three weeks of the season. The Angels play 15 of their first 18 games away from home. O'Hoppe became the first catcher in Angels history to homer in four straight games when he connected leading off the second inning. He went deep at St. Louis last Wednesday before homering in all three games against Cleveland. Continue reading here Angels-Guardians box score From the Associated Press: During the final sweet moments of Connecticut's 12th national title, Geno Auriemma and Paige Bueckers embraced after the star guard departed her final game with the Huskies. It was the moment they wanted all along. 'They've all been gratifying, don't get me wrong,' Auriemma said. 'But this one here, because of the way it came about and what's been involved, it's been a long time since I've been that emotional when a player has walked off the court.' Bueckers, Azzi Fudd and Sarah Strong led the way as UConn returned to the top of women's college basketball by rolling to an 82-59 victory over defending champion South Carolina on Sunday. Continue reading here From the Associated Press: Alex Ovechkin fired just about the perfect version of his signature one-timer that has defined his remarkable career. When the puck hit the net, it made him the top goal scorer in NHL history, breaking Kings great Wayne Gretzky's record. Ovechkin scored his 895th career goal on Sunday in the Washington Capitals' game against the New York Islanders, beating fellow Russian Ilya Sorokin on a power play with 12:34 left in the second period. He took a perfect pass from longtime teammate Tom Wilson and fired an absolute laser past Sorokin with defenseman Jakob Chychrun screening. Ovechkin had never scored on Sorokin before, making his countryman the 183rd different goaltender he has beaten. He dived onto the ice to celebrate as so many Capitals fans in attendance chanted 'Ovi! Ovi!' from the stands. Continue reading here NHL scores NHL standings 1940 — Jimmy Demaret wins the Masters by four strokes over Lloyd Mangrum. Mangrum opens with a 64, a course record by two strokes that stands for 46 years. 1946 — Herman Keiser edges Ben Hogan by one stroke to win the Masters. 1951 — Ben Hogan takes the Masters by two strokes over Robert Riegel. 1956 — Joe Graboski scores 29 points and Paul Arizin 26 as the Philadelphia Warriors beat the Fort Wayne Pistons 99-88 to win the NBA championship in five games. 1963 — Jack Nicklaus becomes the youngest Masters winner at 23, beating Tony Lema by a stroke. 1969 — Ted Williams begins managing the Washington Senators. 1985 — New Jersey's Herschel Walker rushes for a USFL-record 233 yards in leading the Generals to a 31-25 victory over the Houston Gamblers. Walker breaks his own USFL record for the longest run from scrimmage by going 89 yards on his second carry. 1995 — Baseball exhibition season begins late due to strike. 1996 — Dave Andreychuk scores a goal for his 1,000th career point, and the New Jersey Devils top the New York Rangers 4-2. 1998 — Al MacInnis has a goal and an assist in St. Louis' 5-3 loss at Detroit to become the sixth NHL defenseman to reach 1,000 points. 2000 — 1st regular season MLB game at Enron Field (now Minute Maid Park) in Houston. 2003 — Syracuse wins the NCAA title with an 81-78 victory over Kansas. 2007 — Michigan State beats Boston College 3-1 for its first NCAA hockey title in 21 years. 2008 — Mario Chalmers hits a 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds left in regulation to force overtime, and Kansas goes on to defeat Memphis 75-68 for the NCAA title. 2009 — Tina Charles scores 25 points and grabs 19 rebounds and Connecticut routs Louisville 76-54 to capture its sixth women's basketball title. UConn (39-0) wins every one of its 39 games by double digits, a first in college basketball. 2010 — Don Nelson sets the NBA career record for victories by a coach in the Golden State Warriors' 116-107 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Nelson's 1,333 wins surpass Lenny Wilkens' total. 2014 — Shabazz Napier scores 22 points and Connecticut wins its second NCAA men's title in four years, beating the freshmen-led Kentucky 60-54 in the championship game. 2015 — UConn's women down Notre Dame 63-53 for their 10th NCAA championship. Coach Geno Auriemma ties UCLA's John Wooden for the most titles in college basketball. 2016 — Ernie Els, winner of four major titles, opens with a 10 on the par-4 first hole at the Masters. After his first two shots, Els seven-putts from 2 feet. His sextuple bogey is the worst score on the first hole at the Masters, beating the old mark by two strokes. 2016 — The Golden State Warriors become the second team to win 70 games in a season by beating the San Antonio Spurs 112-101. 2018 — Vegas Golden Knights end regular season with most victories of any expansion team. 2019 — 38th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Baylor beats Notre Dame, 82-81. 2019 — Dwyane Wade and Dirk Nowitzki play final NBA games. 2019 — Magic Johnson quits as President of Basketball Operations of the LA Lakers. Compiled by the Associated Press
Los Angeles Times
31-03-2025
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
The Sports Report: UCLA gets revenge and advances to Final Four
Howdy, I'm your host, Austin Knoblauch, filling in for Houston Mitchell. Let's get right to the news. From Ben Bolch: This time, everything came together when it mattered most. Lauren Betts made sure of it, following one powerful move with another. This time, the last seconds were full of joyous anticipation. Kiki Rice made the most of them, sinking two late free throws inside Spokane Arena. This time, there was reason to celebrate the meaning of it all. Gabriela Jaquez made sure to marinate in this moment, bouncing gleefully toward half-court while her teammates formed a joyous mob. A year after Louisiana State ended UCLA's season in the NCAA women's basketball tournament, the Bruins returned the favor. Making the critical plays it needed in the final minutes, top-seeded UCLA pulled away for a 72-65 victory over the third-seeded Tigers on Sunday in a Spokane Regional final, propelling the Bruins to their first Final Four in this tournament in school history. Hello, Tampa! UCLA (34-2) will face either top-seeded USC or second-seeded Connecticut in a national semifinal on Friday at Amalie Arena. Continue reading here NCAA women's basketball bracket From Ryan Kartje: Kennedy Smith could feel her body dragging. It was late December, and she'd just returned from a month-long injury absence. She was still getting her legs back, still trying to find her footing in her first season at USC. But there was no time for that here, not with Paige Bueckers and Connecticut pushing the pace, testing every inch of the Trojans' defense. However fatigued she might have felt, no one could tell that day. The freshman had played just four games at USC to that point, but even then played an essential role in lifting the Trojans past the Huskies, all while on a minutes restriction. To Beth Burns, the architect of USC's defense, it was classic Kennedy. 'What she does, she works four times as hard as some other people on the floor because of what we're asking her to do,' Burns said. 'She takes it on and then some.' Four months later, as a rematch with No. 2 seed Connecticut awaits in the Elite Eight, Smith must shoulder more than ever in the wake of JuJu Watkins' season-ending injury. In USC's Sweet 16 win over Kansas State, she was the Trojans' catalyst on offense, scoring 11 of their first 13 points and leading the team with 19. But it's her defense that will need to make a difference Monday, as a possible head-to-head matchup with Bueckers beckons with a Final Four bid on the line. Continue reading here From Dan Woike: On this patch of land in Pacific Palisades, JJ Redick found heaven. When his family would finish dinner, as the sun set over the Pacific Ocean, he and his wife, Chelsea, and their sons, Knox and Kai, would leave the house they were renting on Earlham Street and walk toward the spot he loved so dearly. From these bluffs he could gaze at the ocean and the Santa Monica Mountains. He'd come back to Los Angeles looking for something exactly like this, the intersection of nature and community, a place where he could soak in the splendor while his young family could take root and become a part of the community's fabric. 'Everybody has, whether you believe in God or not, everybody has things that make you feel like you're closer to God, if that makes sense — where you can feel the presence of God or whatever spirit you believe in,' Redick said. The spot reminded him of his childhood and the Blue Ridge Mountains where he grew up, and vacations at Holden Beach on the shores in North Carolina. 'Being where I can see mountains and the ocean is I'm like in heaven,' he said. Continue reading here From Dylan Hernández: When their moment came to show the world what they were about, they were served a fastball over the middle of the plate. And the Dodgers whiffed. Stupid me, thinking they'd overcome their penchant for choking when they won the World Series last season. The Dodgers have accepted an invitation from President Trump to visit the White House on April 7, the franchise of Jackie Robinson bending the knee to hateful forces similar to the ones they challenged when breaking their sport's color barrier. How pathetic. How spineless. More than anything, how hypocritical. Continue reading here From Ben Bolch: Remember those sayings about college football coaches in their first few seasons? You know, how people would justify their struggles? It's still early. Give him time. He just has to get his guys in. Well, those excuses are gone. Less than a week after his first season ended, DeShaun Foster essentially said so himself. 'We're going to be able to reload,' the UCLA coach said in December when asked about holes he needed to fill on a roster that had just completed a 5-7 season. 'That's the nature of the business. You guys have seen plenty of teams go from three wins or whatever they did to conference championships, you know? Prime [Colorado coach Deion Sanders] has done the same thing — he lost a lot of guys in the portal and he was able to reload.' In other words, Foster just put himself on a loudly ticking clock. Continue reading here From the Associated Press: Kyren Paris homered on the first pitch he saw after a lengthy rain delay and the Angels rallied to beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2 on Sunday. Paris — a second-round pick in 2019 — hit his first home run this year after hitting one last season in 51 at-bats. Closer Kenley Jansen gave up a leadoff double to Andrew Vaughn and a walk to Matt Thaiss to begin the bottom of the ninth. He got Miguel Vargas to pop out before inducing a double-play grounder from Brooks Baldwin. Mike Trout collected his first hit of the season when he singled to load the bases in the top of the first inning. Jorge Soler followed with a sacrifice fly and Yoán Moncada had an RBI groundout for a 2-0 lead. Continue reading here Angels-White Sox box score MLB scores MLB standings From the Associated Press: Jarrett Allen scored 25 points, Donovan Mitchell added 24 and the Cleveland Cavaliers held off the Clippers 127-122 on Sunday afternoon. Evan Mobley had 22 points as Cleveland reached 60 wins for the third time in franchise history, and the first since the 2009-10 season. The Cavaliers (60-15) moved 4½ games ahead of Boston for the top spot in the Eastern Conference. Allen and Mitchell also had 12 rebounds, while Mitchell was three assists shy of a triple-double. Continue reading here Clippers-Cavaliers box score NBA scores NBA standings From the Associated Press: Adrian Kempe and Warren Foegele scored twice and Andrei Kuzmenko had a goal and two assists as the Kings set a team record for home victories in a season, beating the San José Sharks 8-1 on Sunday night. Phillip Danault, Trevor Moore and Trevor Lewis also scored, and the Kings picked up their 27th home victory. They previously had 26 victories on home ice four times, with the most recent instance coming in 2022-23. David Rittich made 22 saves. The Kings moved two points ahead of Edmonton for second place in the Pacific Division as they jockey for home-ice advantage ahead of a probable fourth straight meeting in the first round of the playoffs. Continue reading here Kings-Sharks box score NHL scores NHL standings From the Associated Press: Steven Lorentz scored the tiebreaking goal on a deflection with 8:25 to play, and the Toronto Maple Leafs lost a two-goal lead before prevailing 3-2 victory over the Ducks on Sunday night. Leo Carlsson scored his 20th goal and Sam Colangelo tied it on a power play early in the third period for Anaheim, which will soon wrap up its seventh consecutive non-playoff season. Lukas Dostal stopped 20 shots. Carlsson put a shot through traffic for his fourth goal in three games. He has the first 20-goal season by any Ducks player under 21. The 20-year-old former No. 2 overall pick finished the best month of his two-year NHL career with 17 points in 15 games in March. Continue reading here Ducks-Maple Leafs box score From the Associated Press: Rookie Riley Tiernan scored her first professional goal in the second half and Angel City defeated the visiting Seattle Reign 2-1 on Sunday night at BMO Stadium. Tiernan's goal came on a header in the 63th minute. She's the third rookie to score in the league this year. 'Probably the highlight of my life, to be honest,' Tiernan said with a smile after the game. Alyssa Thompson scored for Angel City in the eighth minute with a hard strike from the top of the box. She yelled in celebration before she was embraced by her sister, Gisele Thompson, a defender on the team. Continue reading here NWSL scores NWSL standings 1923 — The Ottawa Senators of the NHL completes a two-game sweep of the WCHL's Edmonton Eskimos with a 1-0 victory to win the Stanley Cup for the third time in four years. Harry 'Punch' Broadbent scores the goal. 1931 — Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne and seven others die in a plane crash in a wheat field near Bazaar, Kansas. During his 13 years at Notre Dame, the 43-year-old coach, led the 'Fighting Irish' to 105 victories, 12 losses, five ties and three national championships. 1968 — The American League's new franchise in Seattle chooses Pilots as its nickname. 1973 — The Philadelphia Flyers tie an NHL record for most goals in one period, scoring eight goals in the second period of a 10-2 win over the New York Islanders. 1973 — Ken Norton scores a stunning upset by winning a 12-round split decision over Muhammad Ali to win the NABF heavyweight title. Norton, a 5-1 underdog, breaks Ali's jaw in the first round. 1975 — UCLA beats Kentucky 92-85 for its 10th NCAA basketball title under head coach John Wooden. Wooden finishes with a 620-147 career record after announcing his retirement two days earlier. 1976 — Cleveland Cavaliers beat Jazz to clinch club's first ever NBA playoff berth. 1980 — Larry Holmes scores a TKO in the eighth round over Leroy Jones to retain his WBC heavyweight title in Las Vegas. 1980 — Mike Weaver knocks out John Tate in the 15th round to win the WBA heavyweight title in Knoxville, Tenn. 1982 — NBA and NBAPA reach 4-year agreement on return for minimum & maximum payrolls, the first of its kind in team sports. 1984 — Mike Bossy becomes first player in NHL history to record 7 straight 50 goal seasons. 1985 — Old Dominion beats Georgia in the 4th NCAAW National Championship. 1986 — Freshman center Pervis Ellison hits two free throws with 27 seconds left to seal Louisville's 72-69 victory over Duke in the NCAA basketball championship. 1990 — 20-year old C Joe Sakic becomes the youngest player in NHL history to score 100 points in a season 1991 — Tennessee edges Virginia 70-67 in overtime for its third NCAA women's basketball title. It's the first overtime in the NCAA's 10-year history. 1991 — Amy Alcott wins the Dinah Shore golf tournament with a record eight-shot victory over Dottie Mochrie. 1994 — Chicago White Sox assigns former NBA superstar Michael Jordan to the Birmingham Barons of Class AA Southern League. 1995 — Major league baseball players end their strike. 1997 — Martina Hingis becomes the youngest No. 1 player in tennis history. The 16-year-old Swiss sensation, who claimed her fifth title of 1997 at the Lipton Championships on March 29, supplants Steffi Graf in the WTA Tour rankings. 1998 — Expansion clubs, Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Arizona Diamondbacks both suffer losses in their MLB debuts. 2002 — UConn women's basketball team beat Oklahoma, 82-70; Huskies conclude perfect season (39-0). 2002 — Andre Agassi wins his 700th career match and captures his second straight Key Biscayne Title. 2005 — Tarence Kinsey hits a 3-pointer with 1.3 seconds left to lift South Carolina to a 60-57 victory over Saint Joseph's for the NIT championship. 2012 — Ray Whitney passes 1,000 career points with a goal and assist in Phoenix's 4-0 victory over Anaheim. 2013 — In one of the biggest upsets in the history of the NCAA women's tournament, sixth-seeded Louisville stuns defending national champion Baylor in the regional semifinals, 82-81. It's the end of a remarkable college career for Baylor's Brittney Griner, a record-setting 6-foot-8 post player who ended up as the second-highest scoring player in NCAA history. 2013 — Pete Weber ties Earl Anthony by winning his 10th major Professional Bowlers Association title with a 224-179 win over Australian Jason Belmonte in the Tournament of Champions. 2017 — UConn's record 111-game winning streak comes to a startling end when Mississippi State pulls off perhaps the biggest upset in women's basketball history, shocking the Huskies 66-64 on Morgan William's overtime buzzer beater in the national semifinals. 2018 — Anthony Joshua beats Joseph Parker by unanimous decision to become a three-belt world heavyweight boxing champion. Joshua adds Parker's WBO belt to his WBA and IBF titles, and moves within one belt of becoming the first undisputed champion since Lennox Lewis in 2000. Compiled by the Associated Press
Los Angeles Times
18-03-2025
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
The Sports Report: Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves a true dynamic duo for Lakers
Howdy, I'm your host, Austin Knoblauch, filling in for Houston Mitchell. Let's get right to the news. From Dan Woike: If you have been studying the Lakers' offense microscopically since the team acquired Luka Doncic, if you have looked at the spacing, the movement, the efficiency and the organization rates, there's only one question you could possibly have after the Lakers' 125-109 win Monday night against the Spurs. Is it 'butt naked' or 'buck naked'? Nearly a month ago, Dorian Finney-Smith introduced the phrasing into the Lakers' lexicon after a rare practice, saying either 'butt' or 'buck' when describing the nudity level Doncic's new teammates would need to be comfortable with. No one plays near you when Doncic is on the court, Finney-Smith said, the opposing defense leaving you alone, exposed and uncontested in ways that just don't happen in the NBA. 'I'm back getting wide-open shots where I feel like I gotta rush when I really don't have to, I got plenty of time,' he said. 'The last couple of years, I ain't been playing with guys like Luka, so I've been getting hard closeouts, but now I got that time. You (???)-naked wide-open.' That was clear — just the descriptor wasn't. 'Excuse my language,' he said with a grin. 'You wide-open.' Playing for the fourth time in five days and playing, again, without key starters in Rui Hachimura and LeBron James, the Lakers' offense operated with the kind of ease that just doesn't happen in most games, the team creating the kinds of naked opportunities that would make anyone blush. Continue reading here Lakers-Spurs box score NBA scores NBA standings From Dylan Hernández: Other than the concrete skeletal remains of a three-story office supply store, there was nothing on the expansive field. Just acres and acres of dried grass. As he was about to drive by the abandoned building, Masahiro Osada pointed to the area on the other side of the two-lane road. 'My restaurant was there,' he said in Japanese. With his right index finger, Osada drew an imaginary line across his windshield. 'There was a road here,' he said. 'Roki's house was 30 or 40 meters down.' On a day that came to be known as 3.11 — March 11, 2011 — more than 80% of the homes in this remote seaside community were destroyed by a tsunami, including that house. The nine-year-old boy who lived there, Roki Sasaki, survived. His father, Kota, didn't. Continue reading here Dodgers vs. Chicago Cubs in season opener Dodgers-Cubs box score From Ben Bolch: Skyy Clark's phone kept ringing in class. It was his second day of summer school at UCLA, so he didn't answer. When one of his brothers sent him a message on Snapchat, he finally relented and looked to see what was going on. Dad's in the hospital. He had a stroke. Bolting from his seat, Clark called his father. At first, Kenny Clark seemed fine, his wry sense of humor intact even from a hospital bed. 'He was joking around and sending us selfie videos,' Skyy said, 'and was like, 'They're about to discharge me' and everything, and then something crazy happened.' At the time, Skyy and his father were on the verge of a mutual homecoming. After a lifetime's worth of detours that included four high schools and three colleges, Skyy was going to play for the hometown Bruins and his family was planning to move nearby. Continue reading here From Bill Shaikin: For the first time this season, Dodgers fans can stream SportsNet LA without needing to buy something else they might not want. Spectrum is offering a streaming-only subscription to the Dodgers' television channel for $29.99 per month or $199.99 per year, the company announced Monday. The service will be in place when the Dodgers open their season Tuesday in Japan (3 a.m. PDT). The streaming service will be called SNLA+ and will be offered in partnership with Major League Baseball, which will provide the technology and carry the service on and the MLB app. SNLA+ subscriptions are only available in the Dodgers' local television market. Continue reading here From the Associated Press: Mats Zuccarello scored the tiebreaking power-play goal with 4:38 left and the Minnesota Wild beat the Kings 3-1 on Monday night to end L.A.'s five-game winning streak. Adrian Kempe scored for the Kings, and Darcy Kuemper — fresh off shutouts in his last two starts — had 19 saves and had his shutout streak end at 176:06. L.A. took its first regulation loss since March 3. Ryan Hartman had a goal and an assist, Marcus Johansson also scored, and Jared Spurgeon had two assists for Minnesota. Filip Gustavsson finished with 28 saves, including a stellar save to snare Drew Doughty's one-timer from center point through traffic 2:05 into the third period to keep the score tied 1-1. Continue reading here Kings-Wild box score NHL scores NHL standings From Steve Henson: Boxing fans can thank Uzbekistan. After a long period of uncertainty, boxing is on track to be included in the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics. Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, said Monday the executive board he chairs approved including the sport in the 2028 program. The full IOC Session of about 100 members must vote on the decision later this week at a meeting in Costa Navarino, Greece, but that is typically a formality. The session, which ends Friday, also will include the election of a successor to Bach, whose 12-year tenure comes to an end in June. Ensuring boxing remains an Olympic sport was the topic Monday, however. Continue reading here 1945 — Maurice Richard of the Montreal Canadiens becomes the first NHL player to score 50 goals in a season during a 4-2 triumph over the Boston Bruins in the final game of the season. 1950 — CCNY beats Bradley 69-61 for the NIT championship. 1953 — Don Schlundt scores 30 points to lead Indiana to a 69-68 victory over Kansas for the NCAA basketball championship. 1990 — Jeff Fryer's 41 points leads Loyola Marymount to a 149-115 victory over defending national champion Michigan in the highest-scoring game in NCAA tournament history. 1993 — Santa Clara beats Arizona 64-61 to become the second 15th-seeded team to win a first-round game in the NCAA tournament. 1995 — Michael Jordan announces he is ending his 17 month NBA retirement. 2001 — Indiana's Reggie Miller becomes the first player in NBA history to accumulate 2,000 3-pointers after hitting four in a 101-95 win over Sacramento. 2008 — The Houston Rockets' 22-game winning streak comes to an end. Kevin Garnett scores 22 points and Paul Pierce adds 20 as the Celtics beat the Rockets 94-74, stopping Houston's remarkable run. 2009 — New Jersey's Martin Brodeur breaks Patrick Roy's NHL record for career wins by a goaltender. Brodeur records his 552nd win in a 3-2 decision over the Chicago Blackhawks. 2013 — LeBron James and the Miami Heat escape Boston with their 23rd win in a row, the second longest win streak in NBA history. James scores 37 points and makes the go-ahead basket with 10.5 seconds left in Miami's 105-103 victory. 2015 — Lindsey Vonn wins the World Cup downhill title for the seventh time, winning the last race in the discipline at the World Cup finals in Meribel, France. 2016 — Middle Tennessee State sends a big shock through the men's NCAA Tournament, topping second-seeded Michigan State 90-81 in the first round. Middle Tennessee never trails the Spartans (29-6) in one of the biggest upsets since the tournament began seeding teams in 1985. 2016 — Thomas Walkup scores 33 points and 14th-seeded Stephen F. Austin takes down West Virginia's full-court pressure with some of its own in-your-face defense, pulling off a 70-56 first-round upset of the third-seeded Mountaineers in the NCAA Tournament. 2017 — Kalani Brown scores 21 points and top-seeded Baylor overwhelms much smaller Texas Southern 119-30, the most lopsided women's NCAA Tournament game. The 89-point margin breaks the previous record 74-point win by Tennessee over North Carolina A&T (111-37) in 1994. Baylor's 119 points are the most scored in regulation of a women's NCAA Tournament game, surpassing the previous record 116. 2017 — Texas A&M pulls off the biggest comeback in women's NCAA Tournament history, rallying from a 21-point deficit for a 63-61 victory over Penn to close out the first round of the NCAAs. The fifth-seeded Aggies finish the game on a 25-1 run to beat the 12th-seeded Quakers. 2018 — Tennessee loses for the first time at home in women's NCAA Tournament history. Marie Gulich has 14 points and 12 rebounds to lead sixth-seed Oregon State to a 66-59 win. The third-seeded Lady Vols had been 57-0 at home, with most of those victories coming under late Hall of Fame coach Pat Summitt. 2019 — 40-year old Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki overtakes Wilt Chamberlain to go 6th with 31,424 points on the NBA scorers' list; Mavs suffer 129-125 OT loss to New Orleans Pelicans. Compiled by the Associated Press
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The Sports Report: UCLA women make history on Selection Sunday
Howdy, I'm your host, Austin Knoblauch, filling in for Houston Mitchell. Let's get right to the news. From Thuc Nhi Nguyen: Gabriela Jaquez leapt out of her chair and whipped her fist through the air. Kiki Rice joined in, jumping up and down with her arms wrapped around Jaquez's shoulders, wide smiles splitting their faces as they held phones in the air to record a moment that was equal parts joyful and historic. UCLA earned its highest NCAA tournament position in school history Sunday, securing the tournament's No. 1 overall seed. Coming off their first conference tournament title since 2006, a comeback win over USC in the Big Ten tournament final, the Bruins (30-2) lead Spokane regional 1. They will host the winner of No. 16 seed UC San Diego (20-15) versus No. 16 seed Southern (20-14) in the first round at Pauley Pavilion at 7 p.m. Friday. The game will air on ESPN. If UCLA wins, it will face the winner of No. 8 Richmond (27-6) versus No. 9 Georgia Tech (22-10). 'We've focused all year long on 'earn what you want,'' UCLA coach Cori Close said. 'Bottom line is your work will speak for itself and just focus on what you're earning and being present that day and I think that's what led us to getting the seed that we have.' The Bruins have won 13 consecutive NCAA tournament games at Pauley Pavilion, including 10 straight as a top-four seed hosting first- and second-round games. The home court advantage has helped the Bruins reach the Sweet 16 six times in their last seven NCAA tournament appearances. But with a talented junior class led by center Lauren Betts and Rice, who were, respectively, the No. 1 and No. 2 prospects in their recruiting class, UCLA has grander expectations than two NCAA tournament wins. Continue reading here Men's and women's NCAA brackets From Ryan Kartje: They sat in a line of folding chairs on the Galen Center court, watching the television in front of them intently, waiting as one region after another was announced without them. There was no doubt in anyone's mind that the Trojans deserved a No. 1 seed — that box had already been checked through a 29-win regular season and Big Ten regular season title run. But as one top seed was declared, then another, then another, a different feeling crept over the group than the joy that filled the room this time last year. USC once again earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament, this time in Regional Two that runs through Spokane in the Sweet 16 round. The Trojans will host No. 16 seed UNC Greensboro at Galen Center in the first round of the NCAA tournament at noon on Saturday. The game will air on Ch. 7. None of that came as a surprise to anyone on Sunday. A crowd filled with family, friends and season-ticket holders still burst into pandemonium when the Trojans heard their name called, gleefully celebrating the second time since 1986 that USC had earned a top tournament seed. The band played. The cheerleaders danced. But in the front row of the Trojans' watch party, where the starters sat, word of a second straight top seed was met with a much more muted reaction than you might expect. JuJu Watkins, the star sophomore, stared blankly ahead, offering only a slow, deliberate clap. Rayah Marshall sat stone-faced. Kiki Iriafen posed for the cameras, wearing only a thin smile. Meanwhile, their coach sat a few rows behind fuming, wondering how exactly the committee could place her team where it ultimately ended up. Continue reading here From Ben Bolch: No matter how UCLA was seeded, where it was sent or who it would face in its NCAA tournament opener, perhaps the biggest factor in its postseason fate wouldn't change. The Bruins will likely go only as far as their guards take them. That might make for a short stay in Lexington, Ky., unless they get a lot more out of this group. March is all about guard play. They are the ones who run the offense, dictate the defense, manage late leads and spark comebacks. Collectively, Dylan Andrews, Skyy Clark, Kobe Johnson, Sebastian Mack, Trent Perry and Lazar Stefanovic must significantly raise their level of play if the Bruins have any hope of making it to the tournament's second weekend. Their production could compensate for an off night by one of the team's leading scorers, forwards Tyler Bilodeau and Eric Dailey Jr., or offset limited minutes for center Aday Mara because of conditioning issues, matchup concerns or coach Mick Cronin's reluctance to play him alongside Bilodeau and Dailey. 'When we get good guard play, we can beat anybody,' Cronin said last week after his guards played one of their most complete games in leading the Bruins to a 27-point rout of USC. Continue reading here From Dan Woike: Dorian Finney-Smith hobbled around, the ankle problems that kept him off the court in the Lakers' losses to Brooklyn and Denver, obvious. Still, he fought with Kevin Durant and helped push the Phoenix star into missing eight of his first nine shots. In the second half, Finney-Smith would hit two big threes and have a key offensive rebound. Jordan Goodwin hadn't started consecutive games this season, nevertheless consecutive games for a team with NBA title hopes, and here he was Sunday, harassing Devin Booker. He opened the game with a tip-in and finished it by extending a possession with another hustle play. 'Never judge a player by his box score,' JJ Redick said of Goodwin, who had just two points and four fouls. And Jaxson Hayes, a former lottery pick given up on by the team that drafted him and by most of the league, feasted at the rim and ran in and out of defensive switches, the Lakers quickly reestablishing their defensive intensity after a four-game road trip where they never totally made it off the plane. 'We knew we had to be better,' Luka Doncic said. Continue reading here Lakers box score NBA scores NBA standings From Jack Harris: Mookie Betts' return to shortstop will have to wait until the Dodgers return home from Japan. Betts will miss both of the Dodgers' season-opening games at the Tokyo Dome this week against the Chicago Cubs, manager Dave Roberts said Monday, as he continues to recover from a stomach virus that has kept him out of action since last weekend. Betts is expected to be ready for the Dodgers' domestic home opener on March 27 against the Detroit Tigers. But in the meantime, Roberts said the Dodgers are 'contemplating' sending him back home to Los Angeles early, before the team departs following Wednesday's second game against the Cubs. 'He's still trying to find his way [physically],' Roberts said. 'I think the question is, what's best to get him ready for opening day? We're still talking. That's on the table.' Continue reading here From Broderick Turner: The Clippers are trending in the right direction, and on top of it, they are becoming whole with leading scorer Norman Powell back and James Harden sustaining his high level of play. They've won six of their last seven games, with the Clippers' 123-88 blowout win over the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday at the Intuit Dome pushing their winning streak to three. 'This was a good professional win,' Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said. For Lue, the shift began with the Clippers playing defense at a higher level while not forcing the action. Continue reading here Clippers-Hornets box score From Kevin Baxter: There is widespread agreement in Angel City's front office that this year, the club's fourth in the NWSL, is going to be a significant upgrade from its first three. The difference comes over how to describe that. President Julie Uhrman prefers 'a new chapter' while sporting director Mark Parsons likes 'Angel City 2.0.' 'My words are 2.0,' Parsons said. 'I'm just telling you. It's version two.' They were both right. Because while the operating system still needs a few updates, the opening chapter had a better ending than the two that preceded it with Angel City rallying for a 1-1 tie Sunday with the San Diego Wave at BMO Stadium. Continue reading here Angel City-San Diego box score NWSL scores NWSL standings From the Associated Press: Christian Ramírez scored late in the second half and the defending champion Galaxy earned their first point of the season in a 1-1 draw with the Portland Timbers on Sunday afternoon. Ramírez scored his first goal in his first season with the Galaxy (0-3-1) in the 81st minute. He has 52 career goals with five different clubs. Defender Mathias 'Zanka' Jørgensen notched his first assist in his second career start and third appearance in the league. Felipe Mora scored his first goal of the season to give Portland (1-2-1) the lead in the 49th minute. It was Mora's 40th career goal for the Timbers. Rookie midfielder David Da Costa earned his first career assist in his third start and fourth appearance. Continue reading here Galaxy-Timbers box score MLS scores MLS standings From the Associated Press: Brayden Schenn and Pavel Buchnevich each scored in the first 90 seconds, and the St. Louis Blues beat the Ducks 7-2 on Sunday night. Cutter Gauthier had a goal and an assist, Nikita Nesterenko also scored and Mason McTavish had two assists for the Ducks, who lost for the fifth time in seven games. Lukas Dostal gave up five goals on 14 shots over the first two periods, and Ville Husso stopped 10 of the 12 shots he faced in the third. Anaheim lost for the eighth time in 12 games (4-7-1) to fall eight points out of the second wild card in the Western Conference. Continue reading here Ducks-Blues box score NHL scores NHL standings From Jack Flemming: Matt Richtman won the 2025 L.A. Marathon on Sunday, marking the first time an American has won the race in 31 years. The former Montana State University star finished with a time of 2:07:56 — nearly three minutes faster than runner-up Athanas Kioko and more than five minutes faster than third-place finisher Moses Kiptoo Kurgat. A native of Elburn, Ill., Richtman is the first American to win the event since Paul Pilkington in 1994. Kenyans have dominated the men's race in the decades since, winning 21 times since 1999, according to NBC Los Angeles. 'It's definitely a surprise,' Richtman said moments after crossing the finish line. 'You know, I came in feeling really good. It's really hard to judge where you stack up against competition, but it was a really good group out there today, and I was really happy to run with those guys and then ultimately win it.' Richtman said he drew inspiration from the atmosphere in Los Angeles. Continue reading here From Gary Klein: The Rams' running back corps will have a familiar look going into offseason workouts next month. Starter Kyren Williams is entering the final year of his rookie contract, backup Blake Corum will try to build off his rookie performance, and the Rams announced Sunday that they agreed to a one-year deal with reserve Ronnie Rivers, a restricted free agent who has also been a key special teams player. Cody Schrader, who played in one game last season, also is on the roster. Continue reading here 1897 — Bob Fitzsimmons knocks out Jim Corbett in the 14th round to win the world heavyweight title in Carson City, Nev. It's the first boxing match photographed by a motion picture camera. 1908 — Tommy Burns knocks out Jene Roche in 80 seconds at the Royal Theatre in Dublin, Ireland, to retain the world heavyweight title. 1939 — Villanova wins first game of the men's NCAA basketball tournament, defeating Brown 42-30 in Philadelphia. Ohio State beats Wake Forest 64-52 in the second game of the doubleheader. 1940 — For the first time in NHL history, one line — The Kraut Line of Milt Schmidt, Woody Dumart and Bobby Bauer — finish 1-2-3 in NHL scoring when the Boston Bruins score five goals in the third period to defeat the Montreal Canadiens 7-2. 1955 — Canadien fans riot in the streets of Montreal protesting NHL President Clarence Campbell's suspension of Maurice 'Rocket' Richard the previous day. The Canadiens forfeit the game to the Detroit after a smoke bomb goes off in the Forum and crowds spill into the streets, setting fires, smashing windows and looting. 1961 — Manhattan District Attorney Frank S. Hogan arrests two professional gamblers, Aaron Wagman and Joseph Hacken, and implicates Hank Gunter and Art Hicks of Seton Hall in a collegiate point shaving scandal. 1993 — Dallas snaps a 19-game losing streak with a 102-96 win over visiting Orlando. The Mavericks were one game away from tying the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers for the longest single-season losing streak in NBA history. 2001 — Connecticut cruises to a 101-29 win over Long Island University in the first round of the East Regional, the best defensive effort in the history of the women's NCAA tournament. Connecticut's 72-point victory also ties the second-biggest margin in tournament history. 2006 — Jermaine Wallace hits a fadeaway 3-pointer with a split-second left, and little Northwestern State pulls off a shocker with a furious rally, beating No. 3 seed Iowa 64-63 in the first round of the men's NCAA tournament. 2012 — Lindsey Vonn sets a women's record for the most World Cup points in a season after finishing eighth in a slalom won by Austria's Michaela Kirchgasser at Schladming, Austria. Vonn reaches 1,980 points to beat the mark of 1,970 set by Janica Kostelic of Croatia in 2006. 2016 — Little Rock advances with an out-of-nowhere comeback that leads to an 85-83 double-overtime victory over Purdue in the first round of the NCAA tournament. 2018 — The UConn Huskies open their NCAA Women's Tournament with a record-setting 140-52 rout of Saint Francis (Pa.). The tournament's top seed sets a record for points in a tournament game and all-time NCAA records for points in a period (55 in the first) and a half (94 in the first). 2020 — French Open becomes first Grand Slam tennis tournament to be postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic. Compiled by the Associated Press.
