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7:18 PM on Friday, March 20

Florida State’s Isa Torres has set an NCAA record by getting a hit in each of her last 14 at-bats

7:07 PM on Friday, March 20

Jalen Duren scored 23 points as the Detroit Pistons beat the Golden State Warriors 115-101 in a game missing two of the NBA’s biggest stars

7:00 PM on Friday, March 20

Alexander Nikishin scored 41 seconds into overtime to give the Eastern Conference-leading Carolina Hurricanes a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday night

6:56 PM on Friday, March 20

Logan Thompson made 30 saves, losing his shutout bid with just 43 seconds remaining, and the Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 2-1 on Friday night

6:54 PM on Friday, March 20

High Point’s bracket-busting NCAA Tournament upset has put the spotlight on the private school in North Carolina that offers some unusual perks for its student body

6:44 PM on Friday, March 20

Notre Dame senior Eszter Muhari won her third career individual national title in epee and the Fighting Irish fencing team won the inaugural women’s three-weapon national championship on Friday after edging Columbia 102-99

6:11 PM on Friday, March 20

Virginia junior Claire Curzan repeated as champion in the 100-yard backstroke and the Cavaliers remained in first place heading into the final day of the women’s swimming and diving championships

5:56 PM on Friday, March 20

Eileen Gu added another halfpipe title to her resume, taking the first Snow League season championship by winning gold in the circuit’s last contest

5:36 PM on Friday, March 20

Now that No. 12 seed High Point busted brackets with a first-round NCAA Tournament victory over fifth-seeded Wisconsin, the Panthers -- along with unlikely hero Chase Johnston -- will get a shot at an encore in the West Region

5:26 PM on Friday, March 20

Cal Baptist is back in the women’s NCAA Tournament and drew another tough matchup with top-seeded UCLA at Pauley Pavilion

5:23 PM on Friday, March 20

Minnesota survived a home-court scare by No. 13 seed Green Bay, getting 21 points from Amaya Battle and using a 30-point fourth quarter for a 75-58 victory in the first round of the NCAA Tournament

5:19 PM on Friday, March 20

Family matters at High Point, enough that coach Chelsea Banbury has no problem with assistant Katie Clayman missing the Panthers’ last practice before their NCAA Tournament opener

5:18 PM on Friday, March 20

lau’jae Johnson scored 20 points, Mikaylah Williams had 18 points and 10 assists, and No. 2 seed LSU easily surpassed it’s nation-leading scoring average with a 116-58 victory over 15th seed Jacksonville in the first round of the NCAA Tournament

5:09 PM on Friday, March 20

Purdue guard Braden Smith broke former Duke star Bobby Hurley’s Division I assist record with 12:11 to go in the first half of the Boilermakers’ NCAA Tournament game against Queens on Friday night

4:57 PM on Friday, March 20

The Louisville Cardinals are starting their March Madness run at home for the first time since 2022 when they start Saturday against Vermont

4:54 PM on Friday, March 20

Nyla Harris scored 17 points, Lanie Grant had 15 and North Carolina rolled past cold-shooting Western Illinois 82-51 on Friday night in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament

4:26 PM on Friday, March 20

Mila Holloway and Syla Swords each had seven points in a dominant opening quarter and combined to score 33 points, leading second-seeded Michigan to an 83-48 win over 15th-seeded Holy Cross in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament

3:51 PM on Friday, March 20

A transgender woman seeking to compete in women’s USGA events has filed a lawsuit claiming that a policy change adopted in 2024 unlawfully barred her from participating in a U.S. Women’s Open qualifier last year

3:48 PM on Friday, March 20

MJ Collins’ steal and emphatic one-handed slam dunk with 1:13 left gave him 20 points and the Utah State Aggies opened their fourth straight NCAA Tournament by beating Villanova 86-76

3:00 PM on Friday, March 20

Latasha Lattimore led a balanced offense with 15 points as Mississippi overpowered Gonzaga 81-66 on Friday