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Survive & advance. It’s March Madness second weekend for both the men’s and women’s tournaments. After this weekend, we’ll be down to the Final Four. WJPA-AM (1450) is your home for the NCAA Men’s & Women’s Basketball Championships, right through the finals Sunday/Monday, April 5/6. Our Sweet 16 broadcast schedule is below.

Thursday, March 26
Men’s Sweet 16
#2 Purdue 79, #11 Texas 77
#9 Iowa 77, #4 Nebraska 71
#1 Arizona 109, #4 Arkansas 88
#3 Illinois 65, #2 Houston 55

Friday, March 27
Women’s Sweet 16
2:00 pm #2 Vanderbilt vs. #6 Notre Dame
4:15 pm #1 UConn vs. #4 North Carolina

Men’s Sweet 16
7:00 pm #1 Duke vs. #5 St. John’s
7:25 pm #1 Michigan vs. #4 Alabama
9:35 pm #2 UConn vs. #3 Michigan State
10:00 pm #2 Iowa State vs. #6 Tennessee

Saturday, March 28
Women’s Sweet 16
12:30 pm #2 Michigan vs. #3 Louisville
3:00 pm #1 Texas vs. #5 Kentucky

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Ben Kindel scored the shootout winner to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night. Rickard Rakell scored twice and had an assist, and Erik Karlsson also scored for the Penguins, who moved into second in the Metropolitan Division. Drake Batherson scored twice and Nick Cousins also scored for the Senators. Tim Stutzle added two assists. Both Linus Ullmark and Stuart Skinner made huge saves in overtime to force the shootout.  Sidney Crosby left the game early in the second period with an undisclosed injury barely a week after he returned from a lower-body injury sustained at the Olympics with Team Canada. Crosby took a 38-second opening shift in the second period before heading through the tunnel toward the locker room. The Penguins later announced he would not return to the game. Coach Dan Muse said afterward he had no update on Crosby’s condition.

NEW YORK (AP) — Brett Baty laced a bases-loaded triple and the New York Mets chased Paul Skenes in the first inning of his worst major league start, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-7 in their season opener at Citi Field. Carson Benge homered in his first career game, going back-to-back with Francisco Alvarez at the bottom of a new-look lineup, and Freddy Peralta won his Mets debut as New York improved to 42-23 on opening day. That’s the best record of any big league team — even though the Mets lost their first eight openers from 1962-69. Brandon Lowe homered twice and fellow Pirates newcomer Ryan O’Hearn also went deep, but Pittsburgh’s pitching and defense were dreadful in a disappointing start.

Tom Brady says he has thought about returning to the NFL, but the league isn’t a fan of the idea. In an interview released on Thursday, Brady told CNBC he has asked about the eligibility rules for a minority owner. He says the NFL wasn’t too receptive and he’s also very happily retired. Brady owns a minority stake in the Las Vegas Raiders. Brady first retired in the 2022 offseason, then returned after 40 days. He retired again in February 2023. He recently turned heads in a Fanatics flag football event.