March 16, 2026 4:39 am
Duke is the top overall seed in the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament, with Arizona, Michigan, and Florida also landing on the No. 1 line. Miami (Ohio), which opened the season 31-0 before a loss early its conference tournament, got in as an 11 seed despite a weak schedule. They play a First Four game on Wednesday against SMU. The tournament begins Tuesday with other play-in games, including Texas versus North Carolina State.
March 16, 2026 4:40 am
UConn is the No. 1 overall seed in the women’s NCAA Tournament and enters March Madness needing six more victories to complete the seventh undefeated season in school history. The Huskies (34-0) are looking for their 13th national title and becoming the first team to repeat as champions since the Huskies won four in a row from 2013-16. They are joined by UCLA, Texas and South Carolina as the other No. 1 seeds.
March 16, 2026 4:42 am
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Cameron Young finally has a big title to go with his major talent. In a thriller at The Players Championship he made a 10-foot birdie on the island green at the TPC Sawgrass to tie Matt Fitzpatrick. Young crushed a drive that set up an easy par and won when Fitzpatrick failed to make an 8-foot par putt to force a playoff. Young shot 68 and won $4.5 million. Ludvig Aberg had control of the tournament until hitting into the water on consecutive holes on the back nine. He shot a 40 on the back nine for a 76.
March 15, 2026 7:00 am
Peters Township girls trailed by 7 early in the third, rallied to take a 6-point advantage early in the fourth, then out-scored York Suburban 9-5 in overtime to return to the state semifinals for the second straight year. Taylor McCullough led the Indians with 20 points. Maddyn Mehl added 14 for the winners. Peters Township lost forward Jordyn Welsh early in the game to a knee injury. She did not return. Sophomore Caitlyn Malloy scored 7 points off the bench in relief. Peters Township will take on WPIAL champion South Fayette in the state semifinals Tuesday. We’ll have the game on WJPA-FM (95.3) and online. Watch/Listen Here PIAA Brackets
Canon-McMillan girls struggled all night from the floor and hit the end of the road in the PIAA quarterfinals. The Big Macs scored first but Dallastown rolled up a 12-1 run to take control. C-M never got closer than 7 points the rest of the way. The best season in Canon-McMillan girls basketball history includes a first-ever WPIAL championship and two state tournaments victories, taking the Big Macs deeper in the tournament than they had ever gone.
PIAA Quarterfinals
Friday, Mar. 13 (PIAA District – finish)
6A Girls 3-2 Dallastown > 7-1 Canon-McMillan, 54-39 Watch/Listen Here
Saturday, Mar. 14 (PIAA District – finish)
5A Girls 7-4 Peters Township > 3-1 York Suburban, 52-48 OT Watch/Listen Here
Tuesday, Mar. 15 (PIAA District – finish)
5A Girls 7-4 Peters Township vs. 7-1 South Fayette, 6:45 pm at Bethel Park, WJPA-FM (95.3) Watch/Listen Here
March 15, 2026 8:52 am
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Noel Acciari scored the go-ahead goal at the 8:03 mark of the third period to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins past the Utah Mammoth 4-3 on Saturday night. Acciari won a battle for the puck with Nick Schmaltz and scored on a close-range snap shot to help the Penguins complete a rally from an early two-goal deficit. Stuart Skinner had 26 saves for Pittsburgh. Bryan Rust, Anthony Mantha and Thomas Novak also scored goals for the Penguins. Dylan Guenther scored two unassisted goals in a 91-second span during the first period for Utah. Guenther, who leads the Mammoth with 33 goals, became only the second NHL player since the 2018-19 season to score two unassisted goals in less than two minutes. Ian Cole completed the scoring for Utah. Karel Vejmelka made 19 stops for the Mammoth. Guenther threaded the puck around Skinner’s skate at the 5:06 mark of the first to get Utah on the board. Then he tapped the puck over the line amid traffic, scoring on a power play at the 6:37 mark of the first to put the Mammoth up 2-0.
March 14, 2026 9:26 am
The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Detroit Tigers Friday, 7-5. Jhostynxon Garcia hit a two-run home run for the Pirates in the third inning. He has hit in eight straight games, going 10-18 in that stretch with a double, two home runs and four RBI. Jake Mangum reached base safely three times in four plate appearances. Mangum is 9-24 in his last nine games. Catcher Endy Rodriguez went 2-4 with an RBI. Mike Clevinger allowed two runs on one hit in 4.1 innings for the Bucs. The Pirates take on the Baltimore Orioles at 1:05 Saturday afternoon. Carmen Mlodzinski is expected to start for the Pirates.
March 14, 2026 5:06 am
HOUSTON (AP) — The United States is heading to the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic after a “different level of focus” helped this All-Star-studded team rebound from a shocking loss. The Americans beat Canada 5-3 on Friday night for a spot in the semifinals Sunday against the Dominican Republic. The big win came after an 8-6 loss to Italy in pool play left them needing help to advance to Friday’s game. Said Yankees star Aaron Judge: “Guys really locked in. We saw a different level of focus at our workout the other day and then even pregame today. It felt like the boys were locked and ready to go.”
March 14, 2026 5:03 am
(AP) — The 2026 College Basketball Invitational has been canceled, leaving the College Basketball Crown as the only men’s postseason tournament besides the NCAA and NIT. The CBI announced in a social media post that the event would not be held this year due to circumstances beyond its control. Messages seeking comment were left with CBI organizers. The CollegeInsider.com Tournament folded last year. Teams participating in the CBI and CollegeInsider.com tournaments were required to pay an entry fee or a guarantee for home games. The CBI was designed for 16 teams but only 11 accepted invitations last year.
March 13, 2026 4:34 am
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Pavel Dorofeyev had two goals and an assist and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-2 on Thursday night. Vegas, which had lost six of seven, snapped a three-game losing streak that dropped them to third place in the Pacific Division. With Edmonton losing 7-2 in Dallas earlier in the night, the Golden Knights moved into sole possession of second place. The Penguins remained tied with the New York Islanders in the Metropolitan Division. Clinging to a 3-2 lead after the first two periods, the Golden Knights scored twice on their first four shots of the third on goals from Dorofeyev and Jack Eichel to pull away. Dorofeyev has a career-high 54 points, two more than last season.
March 13, 2026 4:36 am
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have signed Kyler Murray. They focused their latest quarterback search on the first overall pick from the 2019 NFL draft who was just released by the Arizona Cardinals. Murray visited Vikings headquarters before agreeing to join them just one day after being cut by the Cardinals. Arizona owes him $36.8 million in guaranteed salary this season. The Vikings have been seeking a challenger or replacement for J.J. McCarthy. Murray has an AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award, two Pro Bowl selections and a 67% career completion percentage.
