Yaxel Lendeborg finally finds the spotlight at Michigan in leading Wolverines to Sweet 16 berth
BUFFALO, N. Y. (AP) — Yaxel Lendeborg began to chuckle at the podium when Michigan center Aday Mara expressed dismay in not understanding the meaning of the word “mercenary. ”Rather than leave his Spanish-born teammate hanging, Lendeborg jumped in, answering the question that’s hovered over the Wolverines program — and many others — in the modern age of NILs, transfer portals, bidding wars and constant shuffling of rosters. “I think the transfer portal helps out a lot of kids, of...
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- Yaxel Lendeborg finally finds the spotlight at Michigan in leading Wolverines to Sweet 16 berth
- Sweet 16 mixes some surprise teams with chalk favorites. Here's 16 numbers to know about next round
- Bracket reset: NCAA Tournament down to a Sweet 16 of high-majors
- Well, it was fun while it lasted. No perfect men's March Madness brackets left after Tennessee win
Sun, 22 Mar 2026
- Defending champion Florida eliminated from March Madness by tougher, more physical Iowa team
- Iowa beats No. 1 seed and defending champ Florida in March Madness on Folgueiras' 3 in final seconds
- Kansas' Bill Self says he hasn't decided whether to continue his Hall of Fame coaching career
- Lakers star Luka Doncic clear to play at Detroit after the NBA rescinds his 16th technical foul
- Tennessee reaches its 4th straight Sweet 16, beating Virginia 79-72 in March Madness
- Booker's March Madness moment is career high 40 as No. 1 Texas rolls over Oregon 100-58 to Sweet 16
- Carlos Alcaraz loses to Sebastian Korda in the third round of the Miami Open
- Minnesota Wild reporter Jessi Pierce and her 3 children found dead in house fire, league says
- Dylan Darling hits driving layup at buzzer, St. John's beats Kansas 67-65 in March Madness thriller
- Battle's winner for Minnesota gives women's March Madness a shining moment in closest game yet
- Fitzpatrick goes from disappointment to winning at Valspar Championship
- Tyler Reddick wins at Darlington in 4th NASCAR win this season for Michael Jordan's team
- No. 2 seed Iowa State turns up the defense, shuts down No. 7 Kentucky in 82-63 NCAA tourney victory
- Battle's last-second jumper gives Minnesota a 65-63 win over Mississippi in women's NCAA Tournament
- Devynne Charlton matches her own world record of 7.65 in 60-meter hurdles at World Indoors
- Man City dominates Arsenal to win English League Cup and make statement in Premier League title race
- Jessie Diggins takes 12th after crash in final World Cup cross-country ski race of storied career
- Fletcher Loyer stars as Purdue advances to 3rd straight Sweet 16, beating Miami 79-69
- Randy Arozarena apologizes to Seattle teammate Cal Raleigh over comments after handshake snub at WBC
- Jordan Gumberg holds on to win Hainan Classic for the American's 2nd European tour title
- Bryson DeChambeau wins again by beating Jon Rahm in a LIV playoff in South Africa
- Phillies agree to 6-year contract with opening day starter Cristopher Snchez
- Goggia wins to lock up World Cup super-G title. Aicher further closes gap on overall leader Shiffrin
- Nearly the greatest buzzer-beater ever? Half-court heave from Vanderbilt's Tyler Tanner rims out
- March Madness shuts out mid-majors as none reach 2nd round of women's NCAA Tournament for 1st time
- Perfect brackets fall into the single digits after Texas upsets Gonzaga and Nebraska tops Vandy
- Kevin Durant passes Michael Jordan for No 5 on NBA scoring list in Rockets' win
Sat, 21 Mar 2026
- Durant passes Jordan, then Thompson tips in the winner in Rockets' 123-122 victory over Heat
- LeBron James breaks NBA mark for games played, Luke Kennard makes winning 3 in Lakers' win vs. Magic
- Texas goes from First Four to Sweet 16, beating Gonzaga 74-68 in March Madness
- Boozer, No. 1 overall seed Duke get rolling after halftime to beat TCU 81-58 and reach Sweet 16
- Clemson women's shining March moment wiped out because clock started late ahead of buzzer-beater
- Sungjae Im takes lead into Innisbrook finale, with Brandt Snedeker also in final group
- Is LeBron James running out of records to chase? How his list of accomplishments keeps growing
- Carr and Fears lead Michigan State to 17th Sweet 16 under Izzo with 77-69 win over Louisville
- Call it March Mildness. Dominant performances by top seeds are now the norm at the NCAA Tournament
- UNC is evaluating its basketball program after another early March Madness exit under Hubert Davis
- Liverpool and Chelsea slump to bruising Premier League defeats as Champions League concerns mount
- Lendeborg scores 25, and Midwest's top-seeded Michigan rolls to a 95-72 win over Saint Louis
- NCAA asks court to stop DraftKings from using trademarked terms such as 'March Madness'
- Japan wins the Womens Asian Cup, beating Australia 1-0 on Hamanos early strike
- Wimbledon introduces video review on six courts for this year's tournament
- Number of perfect March Madness brackets dwindles into the hundreds after the first round
- Florida begins title defense with 59-point rout of Prairie View, 2nd-biggest margin in NCAA tourney
Fri, 20 Mar 2026
- Alabama's Tyler Fay pitches no-hitter against Florida for Tide's first in a complete game since 1942
- From a campus steakhouse to a mock airplane cabin for students, High Point is no ordinary Cinderella
- March Madness crosses paths with family time for High Point coaches with mom off to work
- Purdue's Braden Smith breaks Bobby Hurleys Division I career assist record in NCAA tourney opener
- A landmark 7-year WNBA labor deal moves forward with a signed term sheet
- After Santa Clara and Kentucky trade 3s in thrilling finish, 'a tough one to swallow' for Broncos
- Otega Oweh's buzzer-beater saves Kentucky in 89-84 overtime win over Santa Clara in March Madness
- Lawsuit claims negligence in death of former Yankees baseball player's son at Costa Rican resort
- MLB season preview: Robot umpires, Dodgers try for 3 in row, Rays return to Trop as lockout looms
- Guardians won't have to pay Clase, Ortiz while MLB continues gambling investigation and trial looms
- Hamstring injury keeps Ronaldo out of Portugal friendlies against US and Mexico
- Trump issues executive order requiring CFP to avoid broadcasting conflicts with Army-Navy game
- Chuck Norris, martial arts master and actor whose toughness became internet lore, dies at 86
- FIFA fines Israel, denies key Palestinian complaint and urges Iran to fulfill World Cup schedule
- Saint Louis pounds Georgia 102-77 in March Madness as Dion Brown dominates at the rim with 18 points
- Third-seeded Gonzaga holds off No. 14 seed Kennesaw State for a 73-64 March Madness win
- High Point's upset starts run of 4 wins by double-digit seeds, busting March Madness brackets
- No. 11 seed VCU erases 19-point deficit, stuns sixth-seeded North Carolina 82-78 in OT
- Vokietaitis has 23 as No. 11 seed Texas gets past Dybantsa and No. 6 BYU 79-71 in March Madness
- North Carolina blows a huge lead and makes another early March Madness exit under Hubert Davis
- Another record for LeBron: He ties Robert Parish by appearing in his 1,611th NBA regular-season game
- The Lakers say Luka Doncic should be in the MVP conversation. A 60-point game is the latest proof
Thu, 19 Mar 2026
- Wembanyama hits winner as Spurs beat Suns 101-100 to end 6-season postseason drought
- Iran womens soccer team greeted with a welcome ceremony in Tehran
- Siena played fearlessly against Duke. It was enough to flirt with an all-time March Madness upset
- WNBA players briefed on a transformational 7-year CBA with a $7M 2026 salary cap
- Chase Johnston hadn't made a 2-pointer all season. His layup gave High Point a March Madness win
- No. 1 overall seed Duke survives 16-seed Siena, rallies for 71-65 win in 1st round of March Madness
- Rhode Island high school hockey team rallies to championship after fatal ice rink shooting
- High Point stuns Wisconsin 83-82 in March Madness on Chase Johnston's first 2-point basket of season
- Nebraska gets its first NCAA Tournament win, beating Troy 76-47 behind Pryce Sandfort's 23 points
- MLB partners with Polymarket, makes integrity pact with federal commission on prediction markets
- Xavier Edmonds' layup with 4.3 seconds left lifts TCU to 66-64 March Madness win over Ohio State
- Pistons guard Cade Cunningham has collapsed lung, will be evaluated in 2 weeks
- The Warriors know they're headed back to the play-in tournament; other teams might think the same
- North Korea qualifies for the Womens World Cup for the first time since 2011
- Is soccer no longer Italy's best sport? The Azzurri face World Cup playoff amid others' success
- Top seeds are big favorites to start March Madness. It could be tricky for fans to spot an upstart
- A baseball title unleashes the happiness Venezuelans kept bottled up for years
- Miami (Ohio) makes a March Madness statement with an 89-79 win over SMU in the First Four
- Wyatt Johnston scores shootout winner as Stars beat Avs 2-1 to tighten race for top spot in league
- Doncic drops 40, James adds 30 as Lakers stretch their streak to 7 with 124-116 win over Rockets
Wed, 18 Mar 2026
- For 10, it's 900: Inter Miami star Lionel Messi scores milestone 900th goal, joining Ronaldo in club
- New womens pro baseball league turns long-held dreams into reality at Red Sox spring home
- Prairie View AM defeats Lehigh 67-55 in the First Four for its first March Madness win
- It's a High Point family affair for the Claymans in the NCAA Tournament
- Shohei Ohtani throws 4 1/3 scoreless innings in spring debut on mound for the Los Angeles Dodgers
- Champions League: Barcelona scores 7, Liverpool revives, Bayern cruises and Atletico survives
- From Alabama to Denver, Waddle and Surtain reunite with training camp battles looming
- A landmark WNBA labor deal nears reality, paving the way for the first million dollar players
- The WBC is thriving. Rob Manfred says MLB might consider moving it to midseason
- Gerrit Cole pitches scoreless inning in first spring training appearance since Tommy John surgery
- Rory McIlroy's menu for the Masters taps into Northern Ireland, New York and the Augusta wine cellar
- WNBA and players union have reached an agreement in principle on a transformational new CBA
- UConn teammates Sarah Strong and Azzi Fudd headline AP All-America first team
- North Carolina's Wilson, Texas Tech's Toppin among the missing stars in the NCAA Tournament
- 'Mother Bruin' brings support as the UCLA women open March Madness
- Former reality TV star Jessie Holmes repeats as champion of the grueling Iditarod sled dog race
- MLB teams pressure WBC managers to be careful with pitchers. Venezuela pushed back
- No. 1 seed South Carolina resets for March Madness run after SEC title game stumble
- African soccer confederation strips Senegal of Africa Cup title and declares Morocco the champion
- Venezuela beats US 3-2 on Surezs 9th-inning double to win first World Baseball Classic title
- In Miami for the WBC final, Venezuelan fans had plenty to celebrate as their team won the title
- U.S. falls short again in WBC final as Venezuela stuns star-studded roster
- Tramon Mark's late jumper gives Texas a 68-66 win over NC State in the First Four
- Wisconsin lawmakers take a shot at joining the ranks of states allowing online sports betting
Tue, 17 Mar 2026
- Howard gets its first March Madness win, holding off UMBC 86-83 in the First Four
- Aden Holloway, Alabama's No. 2 scorer, had 2.1 pounds of marijuana when arrested, authorities say
- Arizona hits Kalshi with criminal charges, escalating fight between states and prediction markets
- Shohei Ohtani will return to mound for Dodgers in spring training game Wednesday against Giants
- WADA delays decision over potential ban of Trump from major sporting events until after World Cup
- Champions League: Real Madrid and PSG advance to quarterfinals. Bod/Glimt fairytale run is over
- Hockey Hall of Fame has Olympic artifacts. Jack Hughes wants his golden goal puck
- Another marathon WNBA CBA negotiation drags past 3:30 a.m. with no deal done
- Oilers' Leon Draisaitl out for the rest of the regular season because of injury
- Iran wants to move its World Cup matches from US to Mexico. FIFA is sticking to its schedule
- Broncos get star wide receiver Jaylen Waddle from Dolphins in a blockbuster trade, AP sources say
- Freshman stars Cameron Boozer, AJ Dybantsa and Darius Acuff Jr. picked for AP All-America first team
- WADA is weighing a rule to bar Trump and US officials from major events. Can it really do that?
- NBA owners will work on expansion again next week with Vegas and Seattle the targets, AP sources say
- The Southeast got hot, with Hawks, Magic, Heat and Hornets all surging as playoff chase intensifies
- Italys improbable World Baseball Classic run ends, but Azzurri leave lasting impact at home
Mon, 16 Mar 2026
- Iranian women soccer players granted asylum in Australia are pictured training in Brisbane
- Venezuela rallies past Italy 4-2 with 3-run 7th and will face US for World Baseball Classic title
- March Madness tips off with First Four in Dayton, with Miami (Ohio) in the field and close to home
- Alabama's Aden Holloway, the Tide's No. 2 scorer, is arrested on a felony drug charge
- Criticized for their cool, American players head into the WBC final appreciating opponents' flair
- Warriors coach Steve Kerr part of Oscar documentary short win with 'All the Empty Rooms'
- MLB Free Agency: 2-time Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal could set more contract records next offseason
- Nate Diaz is returning to MMA for a bout with Mike Perry on the Rousey-Carano undercard
- Jets agree to trade quarterback Justin Fields to Chiefs to serve as Mahomes' backup, AP source says
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