March 22, 2026 1:00 am
The Sweet 16 is set in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. WJPA-AM (1450) is your home for the NCAA Men’s & Women’s Basketball Championships.
Second Round, Sunday, March 22
2-Purdue > 7-Miami (FL), 79-69
2-Iowa State > 7-Kentucky, 82-63
5-St. John’s > 4-Kansas, 67-65
6-Tennessee > 3-Virginia, 79-72
9-Iowa > 1-Florida, 73-72
1-Arizone > 9-Utah State, 78-66
2-UConn > 7-UCLA, 73-57
4-Alabama 90 > 5-Texas Tech, 90-65
March 23, 2026 4:25 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Seth Jarvis scored on a power play and assisted on two other man-advantage goals as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-1. Sebastian Aho and Nikolaj Ehlers also scored on power plays for the Hurricanes, who beat the league’s best penalty kill team for three goals. Jalen Chatfield and Mark Jankowski also scored for the Hurricanes. Frederik Andersen made 18 saves for his fifth straight win. Egor Chinakhov scored his 16th goal for the Penguins, tying a career high. Stuart Skinner stopped 21 shots for Pittsburgh.
March 23, 2026 4:27 am
PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — One week after his disappointment from a runner-up finish at Sawgrass, Matt Fitzpatrick has put it behind him with a win at the Valspar Championship. The 2022 U.S. Open champion played bogey-free on a tough Copperhead course at Innisbrook. He made a birdie putt from just inside 15 feet on the final hole for a 68 and a one-shot victory over David Lipsky. Sungjae Im had a three-shot lead at the start of the day but shot 40 on the front nine. Brandt Snedeker was tied for the lead at the turn and shot 40 on the back nine.
March 23, 2026 4:28 am
DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Overcoming a malfunctioning alternator and cool suit, Tyler Reddick chased down Brad Keselowski and led the final 28 laps at Darlington Raceway for his fourth NASCAR Cup Series victory this season. Reddick, who drives for the 23XI Racing team co-owned by Denny Hamlin and NBA great Michael Jordan, started from the pole position and led 77 laps in his No. 45 Toyota to win by 5.847 seconds over Keselowski. Ryan Blaney finished third, followed by Carson Hocevar and Austin Cindric.
March 21, 2026 7:00 am
It March Madness Day Three! What started with 68 teams on Selection Sunday has been trimmed to 32 squads remaining. And after the weekend, we’ll be down to the Sweet 16. WJPA-AM (1450) is your home for the NCAA Men’s & Women’s Basketball Championships. Our coverage starts with Tournament Today at 11 am and continues until the final buzzer of the High Point/Arkansas game sounds sometime around midnight.
Second Round, Saturday, March 21
1-Michigan > 9-Saint Louis, 95-72
3-Michigan State > 6-Louisville, 77-69
1-Duke > 9-TCU, 81-58
2-Houston > 10-Texas A&M, 88-57
11-Texas > 3-Gonzaga, 74-68
3-Illinois > 11-VCU, 76-55
4-Nebraska > 5-Vanderbilt, 74-72
4-Arkansas > 12-High Point, 94-88
March 22, 2026 8:04 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby and Rickard Rakell scored in a shootout and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-4. Pittsburgh, which is jockeying for playoff positioning, earned an extra point in the shootout for the second time this season. The Penguins have points in seven of their last eight games and 21 of their last 25. Arturs Silovs, who made 21 saves, stopped Jonathan Toews and Gustav Nyquist in the shootout. Connor Hellebuyck, making his 11th start in 12 games, had 26 saves for the Jets, who have lost three straight and five of their last seven games.
March 22, 2026 8:17 am
PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — Sungjae Im was in position for a wire-to-wire victory in the Valspar Championship at Innisbrook after a slow start in his return from a wrist injury. Brandt Snedeker was right beside him in the final pairing — with a hot new putter in the bag. Im holed a sweeping 13-foot birdie putt on the par-4 18th hole Saturday for a 2-under 69 and a two-stroke lead over Snedeker, the 45-year-old U.S. Presidents Cup captain playing on a sponsor exemption, and David Lipsky. Snedeker birdied three of the first four holes in a 67, and Lipsky had a 70. After missing two straight cuts in his return, Im led by a stroke after each of the first two days. He has an 11-under 202 total.
March 21, 2026 4:38 am
NEW YORK (AP) — The Cleveland Guardians won’t have to pay indicted pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz while Major League Baseball’s investigation continues into allegations of pitch-rigging for gamblers. Ortiz was placed on paid leave last July 3 and Clase on July 28, and they received their salaries while they didn’t pitch for the remainder of the season. They were indicted on federal charges on Nov. 9 and a trial is scheduled for May 4 but could be delayed. Clase has a $6 million salary in 2026, the final guaranteed season of a $20 million, five-year contract. Ortiz does not have enough service time for arbitration and makes around the minimum salary of $780,000.
March 21, 2026 4:36 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has issued an executive order barring College Football Playoff and other postseason games from airing during the annual Army-Navy matchup in December. Trump directed the commerce secretary and the FCC chairman to coordinate with the playoff committee, the NCAA and media rights partners to ensure an exclusive broadcasting window for the storied rivalry traditionally played the second Saturday each December. Trump’s order makes reference to potential expansion of the CFP that likely would require an earlier start for the playoff. In the first two years of the 12-team format, the first-round games were the weekend after Army-Navy.
March 20, 2026 11:00 am
It March Madness Day Two. Twenty of the original 68 teams have been eliminated, 16 more run out of time today. WJPA-AM (1450) is your home for the NCAA Men’s & Women’s Basketball Championships. Our coverage starts with Tournament Today at 11 am and continues until the final buzzer of the Missouri/Miami game sounds sometime after midnight.
First Round, Friday, March 20
7-Kentucky > 10-Santa Clara, 89-84 OT
5-Texas Tech > 12-Akron, 91-71
1-Arizona > 16-LIU, 92-58
3-Virginia > 14-Wright State, 82-73
2-Iowa State > 15-Tennessee State, 108-74
4-Alabama > 13-Hofstra, 90-70
9-Utah State > 8-Villonova, 86-76
6-Tennessee > 11 Miami (OH), 78-56
9-Iowa > 8-Clemson, 67-61
5-St. John’s > 12-UNI, 79-53
7-UCLA > 10-UCF, 75-71
2-Purdue > 15-Queens (NC), 104-71
1-Florida > 16-Prairie View, 114-55
4-Kansas > 13-Cal Baptist, 68-60
2-UConn > 15-Furman, 82-71
7-Miami (FL) > 10-Missouri, 80-66
