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Venezuela emerges in WBC

MIAMI (AP) — Venezuela won the World Baseball Classic for the first time, rebounding from a blown eighth-inning lead to beat the United States 3-2 Tuesday night on Eugenio Suarez’s tiebreaking double in the ninth. Maikel Garcia’s third-inning sacrifice fly and Wilyer Abreu’s fifth-inning homer off rookie Nolan McLean built a 2-0 lead before a roaring pro-Latin America crowd. Meanwhile, left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez and lights-out relievers limited the Americans to two hits through the seventh. Bobby Witt Jr. walked with two outs in the eighth and Bryce Harper drove the second ...

Bowling results

High Nooners League at Walnut Lanes Team Standings: Smokin Guns 32/12, The Rangers 30 1/2-13 1/2, Mike’s Lawn Mower Shop 26-18, Guys & Dolls 25 1/2-18 1/2, The Warriors 25-19, Sun Shine 19-25, Cut Above 17-27. High Game: (men’s) Doug Blazer 206, Dave Naukam 192-186, Bill Ambrose 184, Bill Ambrose 184, Larry Olmstead 182; (women’s) Barb Chapko 187, Donna Vojnovich 160, Barb Price 152-134, Norma Ambrose 136. High Series: Doug Blazer 544, Larry Olmstead 527. Sportsman League at Walnut Lanes Team Standings: Ten in the Pit 23, Sanford Plumbing 19, Sparkle Market and ...

Howard notches first tourney win

DAYTON (AP) — Bryce Harris had 19 points and 14 rebounds, and he sank a turnaround jumper with 13 seconds remaining that sent Howard to its first NCAA Tournament victory in program history, 86-83 over UMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) in the First Four at the University of Dayton Arena on Tuesday night. Ose Okojie scored a career-high 23 points to lead the Bison (24-10), who entered with an 0-4 record in March Madness and had to hold off a late rally by the Retrievers (24-9). “We’ve done a lot of things in our program, but let’s check off the box of winning an ...

Texas survives late NC State rally

DAYTON (AP) — Tramon Mark hit a fadeaway jumper from just inside the 3-point line with 1.1 seconds left, and Texas survived a late rally to beat N.C. State 68-66 on Tuesday night in a First Four matchup of power-conference teams that limped into March Madness. Mark scored 17 points to lead the Longhorns (19-14), who had lost five of six entering the NCAA Tournament. Texas moved into the bracket as the No. 11 seed in the West region and will face sixth-seeded BYU on Thursday night in Portland, Oregon. Coach Sean Miller’s Longhorns led 62-53 on Chendall Weaver’s two free throws ...

Vitale, Barkley team up in Dayton

DAYTON (AP) — Dick Vitale previously declined a standing invitation from CBS and TNT Sports to call an NCAA Tournament game. An assist from Charles Barkley is finally making it happen this year. Vitale and Barkley will call tonight’s second First Four matchup in Dayton, Ohio, between Texas and N.C. State on truTV with Brian Anderson and Jenny Dell. It will be the second game this season that Vitale and Barkley have worked together, after the Indiana-Kentucky game in December. “This is happening because he (Barkley) worked a game on ESPN. Now I’m doing back the favor and ...

Michigan a good pick to win title

(AP) — There was a time when the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament was wildly unpredictable. Hard as it may seem to believe, there was one season where a No. 4 seed, two No. 5 seeds and a No. 9 seed all reached the Final Four. And a year later, a No. 11 seed got to the national semifinals as well. Ah, 2023 and 2024 feel so long ago. Last year’s tournament, for those who love upsets, was a complete and utter dud. Excluding the First Four games, teams seeded No. 11 through No. 16 went 3-24. The regional finals had three No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchups, and the other was No. 1 ...