What looked like a normal occurrence — Maliq Brown deflecting the ball away from an opponent — instead has thrown a wrench into Duke basketball’s final stretch of what’s been a sterling regular season. A key to Duke’s solid defense, the 6-9 Brown dislocated his left shoulder on an otherwise innocuous play where he didn’t make contact with any other players. With a grim look on his face and his left arm in a black sling, Brown left Duke’s lockerroom following an 80-62 win over Virginia at John Paul Jones...

The 24th-ranked UC Irvine baseball team scored five runs in the fourth inning and opened its season with a 10-5 victory over Nebraska in the MLB Desert Invitational on Friday afternoon at Salt River Fields in Scottsdale, Arizona. Jacob McCombs had an RBI double in the first inning, then the Anteaters erupted with a pair of two-out, two-run singles from Will Bermudez and Chase Call in the fourth to open a 6-0 lead. Nebraska answered with two runs in the bottom of the fourth, but UCI scored four more runs...

Yes, two of the Big 12’s newest brands are the two best teams with less than a month left in the regular season. For UH, it’s no surprise, after the Cougars waltzed through the Big 12 and won the regular-season title in their first year. Now, Arizona, one of four former Pac-12 teams to join last summer, is trying to replicate the Cougars’ Year 1 success. “The Big 12 is not as deep as we expected because some teams that are normally in the top 10 in the country are...

Utah players gather around women's basketball head coach Gavin Petersen during the Utes' 77-60 win over Colorado at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. With just over two weeks remaining in the regular season, the Utah women’s basketball team is on a six-game win streak and trending positively with the postseason fast approaching. The Utes are currently tied for fourth in the Big 12 standings and, barring an unlikely complete collapse, will receive a first-round bye in the conference tournament next month in Kansas...

USC women's basketball's JuJu Watkins continued her strong sophomore season with another highly productive performance in USC's 71-60 win over No. 1 UCLA on Thursday night. Watkins, who entered the game averaging 23.9 points and 6.9 rebounds with 3.5 assists per game this season, nearly singlehandedly carried the Trojans to a win over the No. 1 team in the country Thursday night. Watkins logged 38 points, and USC finished with just one other player with double digits in the contest (Kiki Iriafen, 11 points). In addition, Watkins completed a double-double...

Ohio State women take on Minnesota in college basketball: See photos Ohio State Buckeyes guard Chance Gray (21) defeneds Minnesota Golden Gophers guard Tori McKinney (14) with sideline help from mascot Brutus during the first half of the NCAA women's basketball game at Value City Arena in Columbus on Feb. 13, 2025. Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch Ohio State Buckeyes forward Cotie McMahon (32) cuts between Minnesota Golden Gophers guard Tori McKinney (14) and guard Grace Grocholski (25) during the first half of the NCAA women's basketball game at Value City Arena...

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