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Wildcats baseball fourth in preseason poll
ELLENSBURG — The Central Washington Wildcats baseball squad was ranked fourth in the Greater Northwest Conference …
Kentucky point guard Ashton Hagans will enter NBA draft
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky point guard Ashton Hagans will enter the NBA draft and forego his final two seasons of eligibility.
Column: Virus will make the timeline for sports, too
The unthinkable, at least for sports fans, already has happened.
Top title games: UConn's '99 win vs. Duke a program changer
Khalid El-Amin remembers Connecticut’s resolve to win a program-changing national championship.
Oklahoma State's Gundy targets May 1 return to football
Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said Tuesday he hopes to have his team return to its facilities on May 1, a proposed timetable that would defy federal social-distancing guidelines and was quickly disputed by the un…
Dayton's Obi Toppin wins Wooden Award as top hoops player
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Obi Toppin of Dayton won the John R. Wooden Award as the nation’s outstanding college basketball player.
Mississippi State AD 'disappointed' in Leach's noose tweet
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi State coach Mike Leach is expected to participate in “listening sessions” with student and community groups and tour the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum after he tweeted an imag…
Army coach Monken says players adapting to virus disruption
Army football coach Jeff Monken sees a teaching point in all the disruption caused by the novel coronavirus.
Microsoft engineer adapts fan-tracking app for COVID-19 use
A Microsoft engineer who designed an app to track North Dakota State University football fans on their annual trek to Texas for the national championship has taken that concept and applied it to contact tracing for…
Iconic sports cities turn eerie during coronavirus shutdown
They are cities defined by iconic sporting events.
Bey, Garza, Powell, Pritchard, Toppin win hoops awards
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Saddiq Bey of Villanova, Luka Garza of Iowa, Myles Powell of Seton Hall, Peyton Pritchard of Oregon and Obi Toppin of Dayton have earned positional awards from the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Omaha hires Ohio St. aide Banks as women's basketball coach
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Ohio State assistant Carrie Banks has been hired as the new women's basketball coach at Omaha, athletic director Trev Alberts announced Tuesday.
Woman, dad hit with bat after social distancing warning
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — A woman and her 61-year-old father were hit in the head with a baseball bat Saturday after warning a group of about 20 college-aged people gathered on a Florida Keys beach about social distanc…
NC State signee Hall to test NBA draft waters
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State instate signee Josh Hall says he’ll go through the NBA draft process while maintaining his college eligibility.
The Latest: Grandmother of Baylor star Ursin dies from virus
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:
Florida guard Scottie Lewis returning for sophomore season
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida guard Scottie Lewis, one of the Southeastern Conference's top defenders, is returning for his sophomore season.