MLB – Major League Baseball
Yesterday
Detroit Tigers 4, Chicago White Sox 3
San Diego Padres 8, Chicago Cubs 7
Tigers 4, White Sox 3 – Torkelson’s 2-run double in the ninth inning gives Tigers 4-3 win over White Sox
Spencer Torkelson smacked a two-run double to cap Detroit’s three-run rally in the ninth inning and give the Tigers a 4-3 win over the Chicago White Sox. Torkelson’s one-out hit off Jordan Leasure followed a bases-loaded walk by Andy Ibáñez. John Brebbia got the win with one inning of scoreless relief. Javier Báez had three hits and drove in a run for the Tigers. Andrew Vaughn had an RBI single and Matt Thaiss and Jacob Amaya drove in runs with sacrifice flies for the White Sox, who have lost five straight. White Sox designated hitter Andrew Benintendi left in the fifth with left adductor tightness.
Padres 8, Cubs 7 – Turner’s error allows Tatis Jr. to score go-ahead run in Padres’ 8-7 win over Cubs
Luis Arraez had four hits, Fernando Tatis Jr. scored the go-ahead run in the ninth inning when first baseman Justin Turner couldn’t make the catch to finish a double play, and the San Diego Padres beat the Chicago Cubs 8-7. The Padres’ Gavin Sheets singled off Porter Hodge to tie it in the eighth. Jackson Merrill homered for the Padres, who had lost two straight after opening the season with seven consecutive victories for the best start in franchise history. Kyle Tucker homered and drove in three runs and Nico Hoerner added three hits for the Cubs.
Today
N.Y. Yankees (Rodón 1-1) at Detroit (Mize 1-0), 3:10 p.m. News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 2:45p
Texas (Eovaldi 1-0) at Chicago Cubs (Steele 2-1), 7:40 p.m.
White Sox are off
MLB – Manfred says torpedo bats are ‘good for baseball’: hopes to see robot umps by 2026
Torpedo bats are all the rage this season, and Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says he believes all that chatter is good for the game. In a Q&A published by The New York Times, Manfred also praised the testing of robot umpires during spring training. He said he’d like to see their use expanded to the regular season by 2026. Torpedo bats drew attention recently when the New York Yankees hit a team-record nine homers in one game. With several players using a strikingly different model in which wood is moved lower down the barrel toward the label, shaping the end a little like a bowling pin, the bat has become baseball’s latest fad.
NCAAMBB – Men’s College Basketball – National Championship
Tonight
2025 Men’s National Championship – Alamodome, San Antonio, TX
1 Florida vs. 1 Houston, 8:50 p.m.
NCAAMBB – Houston, Florida play for title to wrap March Madness
Florida has gone from being picked to finish sixth in the rugged Southeastern Conference to playing for national championship. Now the Gators face Big 12 champion Houston, which just pushes teams around with its suffocating defense. The title game Monday night in the Alamodome will wrap up only the second NCAA Tournament when all the No. 1 seeds made it to the Final Four. Still, this final matchup is quite a surprise. The 35-4 Cougars overcame a 14-point deficit in the final eight minutes for a 70-67 stunner over Duke and freshman sensation Cooper Flagg. Florida, also 35-4, beat SEC rival Auburn.
NCAAWBB – Women’s College Basketball – Final Four
Yesterday
2025 Women’s National Championship – Amalie Arena, Tampa, FL
1 UConn 82, 1 South Carolina 59
UConn 82, S. Carolina 59 – UConn dominates South Carolina 82-59 to capture its 12th title
UConn is back on top of women’s basketball, winning its 12th national championship by routing defending champion South Carolina 82-59 behind Azzi Fudd’s 24 points. Sarah Strong added 24 points and 15 rebounds while Paige Bueckers had 17 points in her final game at UConn. She capped her stellar career with the Huskies’ first championship since 2016, ending a nine-year title drought for the team. That was longest for coach Geno Auriemma and his Huskies since the team won its first championship in 1995. Dawn Staley’s South Carolina team was trying for a third title in four years and fourth overall
NHL – Alex Ovechkin breaks Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record by scoring his 895th
Alex Ovechkin has broken Wayne Gretzky’s record for the most goals in NHL history by scoring the 895th of his career. Ovechkin made hockey history on Sunday in a game against the New York Islanders. He scored on countryman Ilya Sorokin for the first time, doing it a power play with 12:34 left in the second period. The 39-year-old Russian superstar did it even after missing 16 games in November and December because of a broken leg. Sorokin became the record-extending 183rd different goaltender Ovechkin has beaten during his two-decade career in the league.
NHL – National Hockey League
Yesterday
Detroit Red Wings 2, Florida Panthers 1
Chicago Blackhawks 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 1
Red Wings 2, Panthers 1 – Red Wings beat slumping Panthers 2-1, keeping fading hopes alive
Alex DeBrincat and J.T. Compher scored in the second period and Cam Talbot finished with 32 saves to help Detroit keep its fading playoff hopes alive with a 2-1 win over the Florida Panthers on Sunday night. The Panthers put their goaltender on the bench to add an extra skater and Anton Lundell scored with 39.9 seconds to pull them within a goal. Detroit has six games remaining in the regular season to rally into a wild card to end a nine-year postseason drought. The defending champion and short-handed Panthers have lost five straight for the first time since 2017.
Blackhawks 3, Penguins 1 – Mikheyev, Nazar and Knight lead the Blackhawks to a 3-1 win over the Penguins
Ilya Mikheyev scored twice, Frank Nazar added a goal and Spencer Knight stopped 28 shots as the Chicago Blackhawks snapped a five-game skid with a 3-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins. Rickard Rakell scored and Alex Nedeljkovic made 28 saves for the Penguins, who have lost five of their last seven games.
NBA – National Basketball Association
Yesterday
Chicago Bulls 131, Charlotte Hornets 117
Indiana Pacers 126, Denver Nuggets 120
Bulls 131, Hornets 117 – Coby White scores 37, Josh Giddey adds 23 as Bulls beat Hornets 131-117
Coby White scored 37 points, shooting 6 of 8 from 3-point range, Josh Giddey added 23 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists and the Chicago Bulls defeated the Charlotte Hornets 131-117 for their third straight win. Nikola Vucevic contributed 16 points and 11 rebounds for the Bulls, who entered one game behind the Atlanta Hawks for the eighth spot in the Eastern Conference. Mark Williams had 22 points and nine rebounds for the Hornets, who have lost 10 of 12 games. White has averaged 30.5 points per game in his last four games at the Spectrum Center.
Pacers 126, Nuggets 120 – Obi Toppin scores 22 points and Pacers defeat reeling Nuggets 125-120 without Siakam
The reeling Denver Nuggets lost their fourth straight game, 125-120 to the Indiana Pacers despite getting 41 points from Nikola Jokic. Obi Toppin scored 22 points in his second start of the season for Indiana, which was without star Pascal Siakam, who was out with an elbow injury. The Nuggets began the day in fourth place in the Western Conference but were just one game ahead of eighth-place Memphis. Denver’s Jamal Murray missed his fifth consecutive game due to a pulled right hamstring.
Tonight
Sacramento Kings at Detroit Pistons, 7:00 p.m.
MCCAA – Michigan Community College Athletic Association
Yesterday
Baseball
Lake Michigan College 16, Marian Ancilla 6 – Game 1
Lake Michigan College 7, Marian Ancilla 1 – Game 2
MHSAA – Michigan High School Athletic Association
Today
Baseball
Battle Creek Lakeview at Okemos, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Howardsville Christian at Athens, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Girls Soccer
South Haven at Niles, 6:30 p.m.
Dowagiac at Michigan Lutheran, 5:00 p.m.
