NCAAMBB – Men’s College Basketball
Last Night
(12) Michigan State 90, Penn State 85
MSU 90, PSU 85 – Michigan St beats Penn St 90-85 for 1st 10-game winning streak since 2019 Final Four season
Frankie Fidler had a season-high 18 points and Jaden Akins scored 16, leading No. 12 Michigan State to a 90-85 victory over Penn State. The Spartans have won 10 straight for the first time since the 2018-19 season, the most recent of their eight teams to reach the Final Four under Hall of Fame coach Tom Izzo. The Nittany Lions have lost four in a row, including three straight to AP Top 25 teams. Penn State’s Ace Baldwin Jr. had 20 points and nine assists after missing one game with a back injury.
Tonight
(20) Michigan at Minnesota, 7:00 p.m. News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 6:30
NCAAWBB – Women’s College Basketball
Last Night
(22) Michigan State 70, Rutgers 60
Michigan 82, Washington 69
Western Michigan 41, Toledo 38
Central Michigan 75, Akron 55
Buffalo 77, Eastern Michigan 55
Tonight
(17) Georgia Tech at (3) Notre Dame, 6:00 p.m. Sports Radio 96.1 WSBT 5:45
NCAAWBB – March Madness will pay women’s teams under a new plan approved by NCAA
Women’s basketball teams finally will be paid for playing games in the NCAA Tournament each March just like the men have for years under a plan approved Wednesday at the NCAA convention. The vote by NCAA membership was the final step toward a pay structure for women playing in March Madness after the Division I Board of Governors voted unanimously for the proposal in August. Now, so-called performance units that represent revenue will be given to women’s teams playing in the tournament. A team that reaches the Final Four could bring its conference roughly $1.26 million over the next three years. The lack of a performance units program for the women’s tournament has been a point of sharp criticism.
NBA – National Basketball Association
Last Night
Atlanta Hawks 110, Chicago Bulls 94
Hawks 110, Bulls 94 – Keaton Wallace scores career-high 27 points to help the Hawks beat the Bulls, 110-94
Keaton Wallace had a career-high 27 points and the short-handed Atlanta Hawks beat the Chicago Bulls 110-94 on Wednesday night. Wallace nearly doubled his previous high of 14. He made four 3-pointers and had six assists. Daeqwon Plowden scored 19 points in his NBA debut after being called up from the G League’s College Park Skyhawks. Dyson Daniels scored 18 points, and Onyeka Okongwu added 14 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists to help the Hawks win for the third time in four games even though Trae Young sat out due to a bruised right rib. The three-time All-Star was hurt against Phoenix on Tuesday night when he scored a season-high 43 points in a 122-117 win. Coby White scored 16 points for Chicago.
Tonight
Indiana Pacers at Detroit Pistons, 7:00 p.m.
NBA – Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin suspended for a game without pay by the NBA
Indiana Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin was suspended for one game without pay by the NBA on Wednesday night for inappropriate contact and verbal abuse of a game official. Mathurin was penalized for his actions with 3:58 left in the Pacers’ 127-117 home loss to Cleveland on Tuesday night. Mathurin will sit out Indiana’s game in Detroit on Thursday night. He’s averaging 16.5 points in 41 games this season.
NHL – National Hockey League
Tonight
Detroit Red Wings at Florida Panthers, 7:00 p.m.
Chicago Blackhawks at Nashville Predators, 8:00 p.m.
NFL – Bears interview Mike McCarthy, Arthur Smith for head coaching job
The Chicago Bears interviewed former Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy and Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith for their head coaching job. McCarthy met with the Bears Wednesday two days after a split with Dallas after five years in what Cowboys owner Jerry Jones described as a mutual agreement. McCarthy’s contract expired on Jan. 8 following a 7-10 season. Dallas was 12-5 each of the three years before that. McCarthy coached the Packers for 13 seasons and led them to a Super Bowl championship. Smith was hired by the Steelers a year ago after coaching Atlanta to a 21-30 record from 2021 to 2023.
NFL – Titans interview Chicago’s Ian Cunningham and KC’s Mike Borgonzi in GM search
The Tennessee Titans continued their second round of interviews Wednesday for a general manager, meeting with a pair of assistant general managers in Mike Borgonzi of Kansas City and Chicago’s Ian Cunningham. The Titans are replacing Ran Carthon, who was fired last week after the franchise went 9-25 in his two seasons as general manager. The first round featured three days of virtual interviews with 10 candidates. Two more candidates are expected to interview Thursday. Tennessee currently holds the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft.
NFL – Lions’ investments in running game paying off for top-seeded team
The Detroit Lions were built to run. Offensive tackle Taylor Decker and center Frank Ragnow were first-round picks in 2016 and 2018. In general manager Brad Holmes’ first draft with the Lions in 2021, he selected two-time All-Pro tackle Penei Sewell with the No. 7 overall pick. Detroit bolstered the backfield in 2023, signing free agent David Montgomery and drafting Jahmyr Gibbs in the first round. The sixth-seeded Washington Commanders are well aware of the challenge that will test one of their weaknesses Saturday night at Ford Field in Detroit against the NFC’s No. 1 seed.
NFL – Colts will play in the NFL’s first regular-season game in Berlin
The Indianapolis Colts will play in the first regular-season game in Berlin. The NFL announced Wednesday that the 2025 Berlin game will be played at Olympic Stadium. The Colts’ opponent and date of game will be announced later. The NFL played five American Bowl games at Olympic Stadium between 1990 and 1994, and it also was home to NFL Europe’s Berlin Thunder from 2003-07. The league announced Berlin as a host city in December. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Seattle Seahawks in Munich in 2022 in the NFL’s first regular-season game in Germany.
NCAAFB – Texas QB Quinn Ewers enters NFL draft as program ushers in Arch Manning era
Texas junior quarterback Quinn Ewers has declared for the NFL draft, ending a Longhorns career in which he led the program to a Big 12 championship and twice to the College Football Playoff but was not always embraced by a fan base eagerly waiting for Arch Manning to take over. Ewers passed for 9,128 yards and 68 touchdowns in a career that few Texas quarterbacks can match. His biggest legacy will be leading the program to the playoff semifinals in consecutive years, but Texas fell short of the championship game both times. Ewers’ departure sets the stage for Manning to take over in 2025. Manning passed for 939 yards and nine touchdowns and ran for four TDs this season but has seen only limited playing time since September.
NCAAFB – Urban Meyer joins Nick Saban in College Football HOF’s Class of 2025
Urban Meyer will join Nick Saban in the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame class. The National Football Foundation announced Saban’s selection last week and the rest of the 18-player, four-coach class on Wednesday. Michael Vick and Michael Strahan are among the former players who will be inducted. Saban retired last year as the NCAA’s active leader in wins with 292 and seven national championships. Meyer led Florida to national titles in 2006 and 2008 and Ohio State in 2014. The 2025 class will be inducted Dec. 9 during an awards dinner in Las Vegas. The Hall of Fame is in Atlanta.
Tennis – Coco Gauff is into the Australian Open’s 3rd round and still unbeaten in 2025
Coco Gauff has stretched her unbeaten start to 2025 to seven matches and 14 sets. The 2023 U.S. Open champion moved into the third round at the Australian Open with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over 173rd-ranked Jodie Burrage of Britain at Rod Laver Arena. Gauff was a semifinalist at Melbourne Park a year ago. Against Burrage, she went through a bit of a rough patch in the second set, struggling with double-faults and dropping four games in a row to go from a break up at 3-1 to a break down at 5-3. But when Burrage served for the second set, Gauff got back in control.
AHL – American Hockey League
Last Night
Grand Rapids Griffins 5, Chicago Wolves 2
NBAGL – NBA G-League
Last Night
Valley Suns 137, Motor City Cruise 124
Windy City Bulls 129, Birmingham Squadron 109
Tonight
Raptors 905 at Grand Rapids Gold, 7:00 p.m.
MCCAA – Michigan Community College Athletic Association
Last Night
Women’s Basketball
Grand Rapids Community College 78, Lake Michigan College 49
Southwestern Michigan College 91, Kellogg Community College 52
Men’s Basketball
Grand Rapids Community College 113, Lake Michigan College 105
Kellogg Community College 84, Southwestern Michigan College 66
MHSAA – Michigan High School Athletic Association
Last Night
Boys Basketball
Our Lady of the Lake 44, Countryside 29
Vicksburg 51, Niles 48
Paw Paw 57, Edwardsburg 52
Kalamazoo Phoenix 98, Covert 25
Girls Basketball
South Haven 31, Bridgman 30
Edwardsburg 58, Paw Paw 49
Vicksburg 65, Niles 21
Constantine 49, Colon 16
Wrestling
Lakeshore 42, St. Joseph 32
Coloma 62, Watervliet 17
Coloma 60, Fennville 18
Tonight
Boys Basketball
SAC
Coloma at Bridgman, 7:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball
SMAC
Kalamazoo Central at St. Joseph, 7:00 p.m.
Portage Central at Lakeshore, 7:00 p.m.
Mattawan at Portage Northern, 7:00 p.m.
Gull Lake at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 7:00 p.m.
BCS
Michigan Lutheran at Our Lady of the Lake, 7:00 p.m.
Lakeland
Buchanan at Benton Harbor, 6:00 p.m.
Southwest 10
Cassopolis at Centreville, 7:30 p.m.
Decatur at Comstock, 7:30 p.m.
Bloomingdale at Hartford, 7:30 p.m.
Lawrence at Marcellus, 7:30 p.m.
Bangor at White Pigeon, 7:30 p.m.
Boys Swimming and Diving
Mattawan at St. Joseph, 6:00 p.m.
Battle Creek Central at Bridgman/Lakeshore, 6:00 p.m.
Competitive Cheerleading
SAC at Coloma, 6:00 p.m.
