NBA – National Basketball Association
Last Night
Detroit Pistons 122, San Antonio Spurs 96
Pistons 122, Spurs 96 – Pistons win again without Cunningham, beat Spurs 122-96 behind Sasser’s 27 points
Marcus Sasser scored a career-high 27 points in 26 minutes off the bench and the Detroit Pistons routed the San Antonio Spurs 122-96 for their second consecutive victory without injured star Cade Cunningham. Tobias Harris added 15 points and eight rebounds for the Pistons, who pulled within a percentage point of Milwaukee for fifth place in the Eastern Conference. Cunningham, averaging 25.7 points and 9.2 assists, missed his second straight game with a bruised left calf. Sasser has filled the scoring void, also providing 20 points in 26 minutes Sunday during a 136-130 win over New Orleans. Devin Vassell had 26 points for the Spurs, and rookie Stephon Castle scored 19.
Tonight
Los Angeles Lakers at Indiana Pacers, 7:30 p.m.
NHL – National Hockey League
Last Night
Colorado Avalanche 5, Detroit Red Wings 2
Avalanche 5, Red Wings 2 – Nathan MacKinnon has goal and assist as the Avalanche beat Red Wings 5-2
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist, Jonathan Drouin and Martin Necas had two assists apiece, and the Colorado Avalanche rolled past the Detroit Red Wings 5-2 on Tuesday night. Devon Toews had a goal and two assists, and Cale Makar, Valeri Nichushkin and Logan O’Connor also scored for the Avalanche. J.T. Compher, who played for Colorado from 2016-23, and Austin Watson scored for the Red Wings. Mackenzie Blackwood saved 21 of Detroit’s 23 shots on goal.
Tonight
New Jersey Devils at Chicago Blackhawks, 7:30 p.m.
NHL – Ovechkin scores 889th career goal; 6 away from breaking Gretzky’s NHL record
Alex Ovechkin is now six goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record after scoring the 889th of his career in the Washington Capitals’ game Tuesday night at the Winnipeg Jets. Ovechkin beat two-time Vezina Trophy winner and current favorite Connor Hellebuyck to tie the score at 2 with 4 minutes left in regulation. The Capitals lost 3-2 in overtime. The 39-year-old is on pace to pass Gretzky’s mark of 894 on April 15 at the New York Islanders.
NCAAMBB – Dusty May saves Michigan program and returns Wolverines to prominence
Basketball fans around the country are learning what those in Michigan and Florida already know. Dusty May is a good basketball coach. A year ago, the Wolverines fired Juwan Howard after going 8-24 in what was the worst season in school history. They finished last in the Big Ten at 3-17. Not only were they 14 games behind conference-champion Purdue, they were four games behind 12th place Maryland and Rutgers. This season, they won a Big Ten Tournament title and improved in the conference to 14-6. The fifth-seeded Wolverines play No. 1 overall seed Auburn on Friday night in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.
NCAAWBB – Women’s Tournament not ready for expansion, competitively or financially
The women’s NCAA Tournament features 68 teams and there’s really no room for anymore to join. But if the men’s field was expanded as has been suggested, it is almost a foregone conclusion that the women would follow suit. While it’s questionable whether the men’s tournament is ready for expansion, it seems clear that women’s March Madness is definitely not. The tournament isn’t ready from a competitive or a financial standpoint. There have only been two first-round upsets on the men’s side and only one top-seeded women’s team has ever lost to a 16 seed. In this year’s women’s tourney, there was a near record number of first-round blowouts and noncompetitive games. Six teams scored over 100 points in the opening two days and there were a handful of 50-point games.
MLB – Major League Baseball – Spring Training
Yesterday
Chicago Cubs 4, Atlanta Braves 2
San Francisco Giants 4, Detroit Tigers 3
End Spring Training
MLB – No easy answers for slowing down rising level of pitching injuries in baseball
Figuring out a cause for the skyrocketing number of arm injuries among pitchers is easy. Finding a solution could prove much more challenging. Major League Baseball issued a 62-page report in December that showed how the focus on throwing with increased velocity and using maximum effort on every pitch was a likely cause for the skyrocketing number of arm injuries. The study provided numerical data backing a thesis already supported by conventional wisdom.
MLB – Plenty of talent potentially available in ’25-26 class, likely none for $700M
There almost certainly won’t be a $700 million deal for any player in the baseball’s next free agency class, nothing like the record contracts for two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani and four-time All-Star slugger Juan Soto the past two winters. Still, plenty of talented players are going into their final seasons before potentially becoming free agents for the first time. Vladimir Guerrero Jr., five-tool player Kyle Tucker and starting pitchers Dylan Cease, Framber Valdez and Zac Gallen could all become available to other teams after this season. Three-time batting champion Luis Arráez could also be a first-time free agent.
NFL – Russell Wilson is heading to the New York Giants
Russell Wilson has agreed on a one-year contract with the New York Giants, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press. The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the signing hasn’t been finalized, said Wilson’s deal is worth up to $21 million with $10.5 million guaranteed. The Giants signed veteran Jameis Winston to a two-year contract last week and have the third pick in next month’s NFL draft. The 36-year-old Wilson joins his fourth team in five years.
World Athletics to require chromosome testing of athletes in women’s track and field
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe says the track and field’s governing body has approved the introduction of cheek swabs and dry blood-spot tests for female athletes in order to maintain “the integrity of competition.” The planned changes include reinstating a version of chromosome testing that was discontinued in the 1990s, requiring athletes who compete in the female category to submit to a cheek swab or dry blood-spot test for the presence of a gene that indicates whether the athlete has a “Y” chromosome present in males. Coe says athletes will have to take the test just once during their career. No timeline for the introduction of pre-clearance testing has been officially announced.
AHL – American Hockey League
Tonight
Texas Stars at Grand Rapids Griffins, 7:00 p.m.
ECHL – ECHL Hockey League
Tonight
Cincinnati Cyclones at Kalamazoo Wings, 7:00 p.m.
NBAGL – NBA “G” League
Tonight
Motor City Cruise at Osceola Magic, 7:00 p.m.
MHSAA – Michigan High School Athletic Association
Last Night
Baseball
Plainwell 6, Edwardsburg 5 – Game 1
Plainwell 4, Edwardsburg 2 – Game 2
Marcellus 3, Kalamazoo Hackett 1 – Game 1
Kalamazoo Hackett 11, Marcellus 0 – Game 2
Softball
Edwardsburg 20, Plainwell 0 – Game 1
Edwardsburg 20, Plainwell 0 – Game 2
Girls Soccer
Our Lady of the Lake 10, Coloma 0
Schoolcraft 8, Watervliet 0
Portage Northern 2, Vicksburg 2 – TIE
Marshall 5, Edwardsburg 0
Paw Paw 9, Haartford 1
Marcellus 3, Eau Claire 1
Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 8, Lake Odessa Lakewood 0
Tonight
Baseball
St. Joseph at Bridgman, 4:15 p.m.
Watervliet at Dowagiac, 4:30 p.m.
Fennville at Bloomingdale, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Constantine at Brandywine, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Hamilton at Saugatuck, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Parchment at Kalamazoo Central, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Kalamazoo Loy Norrix at Rockford, 4:30 p.m.
Softball
St. Joseph at Dowagiac, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Kalamazoo Loy Norrix at Harper Creek, 4:30 p.m.
Parchment at Kalamazoo Central, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Vicksburg at Portage Central, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Schoolcraft at Portage Northern, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Kalamazoo Hackett at Allegan, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Fennville at Bloomingdale, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Saugatuck at Bridgman, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Coloma at Buchanan, 4:15 p.m.
Constantine at Brandywine, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Berrien Springs at South Haven, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Marcellus at Burr Oak, 4:30 p.m.
Girls Soccer
St. Joseph at Edwardsburg, 5:30 p.m.
Mattawan at Paw Paw, 5:00 p.m.
Buchanan at Niles, 5:00 p.m.
Berrien Springs at New Buffalo, 5:30 p.m.
Three Rivers at Olivet, 6:00 p.m.
Kalamazoo Hackett at Otsego, 6:00 p.m.
Dowagiac at Sturgis, 6:30 p.m.
GR Covenant Christian at Allegan, 6:30 p.m.
Fennville at Lawton, 5:00 p.m.
Bridgman at Brandywine, 5:00 p.m.
Battle Creek Pennfield at Bloomingdale, 5:00 p.m.
Track and Field
South Haven at Allegan, 4:30 p.m.
