All things sporty (3)

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NCAA Central​

 

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Dan Jenkins, the sportswriting great and best-selling author in a career that lasted from Ben Hogan to Tiger Woods and the manual typewriter to Twitter, has died. He was 89.

 

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Three months before kickoff for the Women's World Cup, players for the U.S. women's national team filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation.

 

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USWNT suing U.S. Soccer for discrimination
Three months before kickoff for the Women's World Cup, players for the U.S. women's national team filed a gender discrimination lawsuit Friday against the U.S. Soccer Federation.

 

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Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim was cleared of any wrongdoing in a fatal accident last month
Boeheim's GMC Acadia struck and killed 51-year-old Jorge Jimenez on Feb. 20 .

The disabled car, driven by Alberto Brinones, was cited for having unsafe tires as a contributing factor in the accident, according to the report. The car also had inoperable rear marker lights.

 

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Santa Anita reopened its training track Friday while testing continues on its main dirt track to try to find out why 21 horses have died in the past two months.

 

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A play-by-play announcer who was pulled from the TV broadcast of the Minnesota boys' state hockey tournament after he encouraged one team's fans to "get out the lynching ropes" is apologizing. Fox Sports North announcer Doug McLeod made the comment on KSTC-TV during a quarterfinal game Thursday at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. McLeod was soon pulled off the air, and the station's studio host apologized to viewers.

McLeod apologized in a statement Friday, saying he was "mortified." He said he was trying for a movie reference that came out "totally inappropriate." McLeod says he is "capable of bad humor but never bad intent." Officials with the Minnesota State High School League say they were unaware of the situation. Station management did not return a call for comment.

Lifted HS announcer sorry for lynching comment

 

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Former two-division world titleholder Paulie Malignaggi is making a ring return of sorts more than two years after he retired from boxing after a 16-year career. Malignaggi, 38, has signed a two-year contract to fight in the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, with his first bout to take place in June, likely in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Malignaggi (36-8, 7 KOs), of Brooklyn, New York, won junior welterweight and welterweight world titles and faced several significant opponents, including Miguel Cotto, Ricky Hatton, Zab Judah, Amir Khan, Adrien Broner and Danny Garcia. But after an eight-round knockout loss to Sam Eggington in March 2017, he retired.

 

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Men's Wooden Award Finalists
RJ Barrett,Duke Brandon Clarke,Gonzaga, Jarrett Culver,Texas Tech Mike Daum, S. Dakota St. Carsen Edwards, Purdue Rui Hachimura,Gonzaga Ethan Happ,Wisconsin Markus Howard,Marquette De'Andre Hunter,Virginia Dedric Lawson,Kansas Ja Morant,Murray State PJ Washington,Kentucky Grant Williams,Tennessee Zion Williamson,Duke Cassius Winston,Michigan State


Women's Wooden Finalists
Kristine Anigwe,California Kalani Brown,Baylor Bridget Carleton,Iowa State Chennedy Carter,Texas A&M Kaila Charles,Maryland Napheesa Collier,UConn Sophie Cunningham,Missouri Asia Durr,Louisville Megan Gustafson,Iowa Sabrina Ionescu,Oregon Teaira McCowan,Mississippi St. Arike Ogunbowale,Notre Dame Katie Lou Samuelson,UConn Jessica Shepard,Notre Dame Alanna Smith,Stanford

 

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Morant, Murray State win first bid to NCAA tournament.
Ja Morant scored 22 of his 36 points after the break. The Racers (27-4) earned the league's automatic into the NCAAM Tournament.

 

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*PLANET FUTBOL*

Attack on Jack Grealish reflects an ugly, fast-becoming reality in Britain

 

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Former Wisconsin QB Alex Hornibrook announces transfer to Florida State
Hornibrook will be expected to start at Florida State as a fifth-year senior transfer.

 

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*NCAAW*

Baylor stay as AP No.1 reaches seventh weeks
The Lady Bears have won 23 straight games, the longest winning streak in the country.


*NCAAM*

Gonzaga stay No.1 as top 10 shuffles pre-tourneys
The Zags sit on top for third straight week.

 

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Freeda Foreman, daughter of former two-time heavyweight champion George Foreman dies at 42
Freeda retired with a 5-1 record with 3 knockouts.

 

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The 345 NCAAM teams who will not win the national championship


2019 NCAAM Champ Week

2019 NCAAW Champ Week

 

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Rugby Leagues and Competition​

 

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Saint Mary's (22-11) stuns No.1 Gonzaga (30-3) for WCC title 60-47
Saint Mary's ended the nation's longest winning streak and Gonzaga's six-year reign as West Coast Conference tournament champions.

 

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Junior lightweight Eduardo "Rocky" Hernandez, 21, (27-0, 24 KOs) has signed with Golden Boy Promotions
Hernandez turned pro at age 16 in February 2014.

 

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Clemson lands commitment from junior OL Mitchell Mayes ranked No.18 overall in the class
Mayes, at 6-foot-4, 315 pound from Raleigh, NC had offers from Auburn, Georiga, North Carolina, Penn State and Tennessee among others.

 

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Women's College Basketball All-American 2019