Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic is clear to play Monday night at Detroit after the NBA rescinded his 16th technical foul of the season.
Doncic and Magic center Goga Bitadze each received a technical foul with 1:19 left in the third quarter of Los Angeles' 105-104 win at Orlando on Saturday night. The players exchanged words while Doncic was at the free-throw line, and appeared to continue the conversation on the way down the court.
The NBA announced on Sunday that the technical on each player had been rescinded. A 16th technical foul triggers a one-game suspension.
The Lakers have won nine in a row going into the matchup with the Eastern Conference-leading Pistons. Doncic is averaging 40 points, 8.4 rebounds and 7.4 assists during the streak.
No perfect NCAA Tournament brackets remained among the millions of entries in the ESPN bracket challenge and in the contests tracked on the NCAA's official website.
The day started with two perfect brackets left in the ESPN contest and four on the NCAA's site, which tracks the ESPN challenge along with six contests run by other outlets. ESPN had 26.5 million entries, and 36 million were tracked by the NCAA.
The number of perfect brackets in the women's tournament dropped to 279 in the ESPN contest and less than 400 on the NCAA website after higher seeds won the first six games Sunday.
The odds of going 63-0 in a bracket contest are somewhere between one in 9.2 quintillion (for totally random guesses) or one in 120 billion (semi-educated ones).
MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Hyo Joo Kim held off Nelly Korda on Sunday at Sharon Heights to complete a wire-to-wire victory in the Fortinet Founders Cup.
Her opening five-stroke advantage gone after 10 holes, Kim regained the lead on the next hole and ended up with a one-shot margin after a closing bogey.
“I don’t think I was necessarily shaken up or my emotions were all over the place,” Kim said through a translator. “I was just trying to keep my focus on my shots and what I was doing.”
Kim shot a 1-over 73 for a 16-under 272 total. The 30-year-old South Korean player also won the 2015 event in Phoenix. She has eight LPGA Tour titles to go along with 14 KLPGA Tour victories.
Korda closed with a 69. The American won the season opener in Florida, then skipped the Asia swing.
“Obviously, something like 17 stings, so it is what it is,” Korda said. “It’s golf. It’s a quick turnaround. There is next week. So, just going to take all the positives.”
Korda matched Kim with a bogey on No. 2, then birdied six of the next eight to tie for the lead. Kim pulled back ahead with a birdie on the par-4 11th, traded bogeys with Korda on the par-4 12th and took a two-stroke lead with a birdie on the par-4 14th.
Kim gave back the stroke with a bogey on the par-4 16th, then hit a flop from deep rough to 2 1/2 feet to save par after hitting long on the par-3 17th. Korda three-putted for bogey on 17, missing a 3-footer, to send Kim to 18 with the two-shot advantage that she ended up needing.
“I think just in the back nine my two par saves were probably the things I’m proudest about today," Kim said. "Just because my shots weren’t playing as well.”
Kim won for the first time in a year since the Ford Championship in Phoenix, the event that begins Thursday at Whirlwind Golf Club.
She started fast at challenging Sharon Heights, holing out for eagle on the eighth hole Thursday in a 63 that gave her a two-shot lead. She pushed the advantage to four Friday with a 70.
“I enjoyed every single day, but this course was pretty tough,” Kim
Korda parred the final hole.
“I wish I could have hit that drive into the fairway and given myself a better opportunity to press a little bit more,” Korda said. “But that’s just golf. Those are sports. Sometimes it’s on your side and sometimes it’s not.”
Sei Young Kim (67) and Jin Hee Im (69) tied for third at 11 under.
Top-ranked Jeeno Thitikul tied for 14th at 8 under after a 73.
The tournament began as a tribute to the 13 founders of the LPGA. It began in Arizona in 2011 and last year was played in Florida.
SURPRISE, AZ - OCTOBER 24: A general view of Goodyear Ballpark during the game between the Peoria Javelinas and the Surprise Saguaros at Surprise Stadium on Thursday, October 24, 2024 in Surprise, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images) | MLB Photos via Getty Images
Roster moves
The Arizona Diamondbacks made the following roster moves and have 33 players in camp.
Optioned to Triple-A Reno:
LHP Philip Abner
Reassigned to Minor League camp:
C Aramis Garcia
INF Jacob Amaya
The first of these is a bit of a surprise. Only yesterday, I was noting how Abner seemed to have the inside track for left-handers job, after the recent meltdowns of Brandyn Garcia. Now, it seems either it’s Garcia’s job, or the Diamondbacks will be going without a left-handed option out of the pen.
Lineup Update:
CF – Barrosa 2B – Vargas C – Moreno 1B – Smith LF – Waldschmidt DH – McLaughlin 3B – Soler RF – Ortiz SS – Clark SP – Curtiss
The finale of the Cactus League today, with the remaining games tomorrow and Tuesday being on the hallowed (artificial) turf of Chase Field. John Curtiss gets the start, to be followed by LHP Brandyn Garcia, RHP Juan Morillo, RHP Taylor Rashi, RHP Shawn Dubin and, uh, according to the D-backs team notes anyway, RHP John Curtiss again. I presume the Curtiss start is to avoid a divisional rival getting experience late in spring against a recognized starting pitcher. This game was originally going to be broadcast on Arizona Sports, but the team notes make no mention of this. The change in start time from an afternoon game may have screwed things up there.
Feb 26, 2026; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow against the Chicago White Sox during a spring training game at Camelback Ranch-Glendale. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images
Tyler Glasnow makes his final start before the regular season as the Dodgers visit the Angels.
NEW YORK — Florida Panthers forward A.J. Greer has been suspended three games for shoving Calgary Flames forward Connor Zary into the boards from behind.
The NHL announced the punishment on Sunday.
The play occurred 11:11 into the third period of Florida’s 4-1 loss at Calgary on Friday night. The 29-year-old Greer was assessed a major penalty for interference and a game misconduct.
Greer has a career-high 13 goals and 24 points in 68 games this season. He will miss games against Seattle, Minnesota and the New York Islanders, and he forfeits $13,281.24 in salary that goes to the Players’ Emergency Assistance Fund.
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 22: DeMar DeRozan #10 of the Sacramento Kings is guarded by Terance Mann #14 of the Brooklyn Nets in the second quarter at Golden 1 Center on March 22, 2026 in Sacramento, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images) | Getty Images
Today is one of the biggest days of the season for the Brooklyn Nets for the lamest of reasons. As the regular season inches closer to its conclusion, all moves made in the “tank race” fall under increased magnification. With Brooklyn facing the Sacramento Kings, who sat just a half game behind Brooklyn entering tonight’s contest, the benefits of a loss and drawbacks of a win loomed larger than anything.
A few hundred miles away in the backdrop, Darryn Peterson’s collegiate career also came to an end, which also helped set the odd, enigmatic stage. Kansas loss to St. John’s at the buzzer means that of the top four prospects, only Cam Boozer of Duke remains. In addition to Peterson, A.J. Dybantsa of BYU lost earlier in March Madness and Caleb Wilson of North Carolina has been declared out with an injury.
At the end of the night, Brooklyn is now one and a half games ahead of the Kings and only two games behind the overall No. 1 held at the moment by the Indiana Pacers. In second, the Washington Wizards a half game ahead of the Nets.
Brooklyn started this one with Nolan Traoré, Drake Powell, and Danny Wolf for a fourth straight game. It was their first one, however, where Nic Claxton didn’t join them out there, as he sat for rest. Michael Porter Jr. (left hamstring strain) and Noah Clowney (right wrist sprain) joined him on the bench.
The advantages and disadvantages of going small were clear early on. Sacramento built up an early lead attacking the paint and dominating the glass in the first period 14-6. They ended up winning there 51-25 for the game. Brooklyn kept stride, stretching the floor and shooting 6-10 from deep in the first. Wolf, who led early with seven points on 3-5 shooting, nailed one, as did Traore.
However, it was the LIRR that brought Brooklyn to its first advantage tonight. The team’s G-Leaguers continued their impressive play up on the professional stage on the road this evening. Tyson Etienne and Malachi Smith each went 2-2 from deep in the first period. They helped fuel the 10-0 run in the heart of the opening frame that put Brooklyn in front.
“Yeah, they’ve done a great job,” Fernández said. “And once again, a lot of these guys, were giving them a look because they haven’t played enough, all their guys. As you guys know, we have young guys here that we need to see what we have, and I really like the competitiveness and how we fought all all the way through, second game in a row.”
But while small ball continued to bring the Nets positive returns, Brooklyn shrank beyond control in the second. A few minutes into it, Danny Wolf rolled his ankle after a finish inside. The Nets ruled him out for the game with a left ankle sprain a few minutes after they walked him back to the locker room.
Danny Wolf is hurt and needed some help going back to the locker room. Twisted his ankle on this finish. pic.twitter.com/dDTtqXRWYk
And while Wolf’s health going forward was and surely remains Brooklyn’s primary concern, in the immediate, his injury left the team with little-to-no resistance against Maxime Raynaud and Precious Achiuwa anytime they rolled to the basket. Those two combined for 16 points in the period while shooting 7-11 from the field. Maxime finished the game with 22 points on 10-13 shooting while Achiuwa had a 14-point and 15-rebound game.
Still, Brooklyn was able to protect its lead through halftime. After committing 15 turnovers agains the New York Knicks and 23 against the Oklahoma City Thunder, they had just one in the first half tonight. They finished with just seven for the game.
“Our 30 assists to only seven turnovers is very impressive,” Fernández said. “So, that’s definitely a step forward for us.”
E.J. Liddell started for Wolf to begin the third, and with him being just six-foot-six, the Kings wisely stuck with what had worked. They got more points inside if not on their first try, than their second, eventually finishing with a +18 advantage in second chance points.
Who they couldn’t hang with, however, was Ziaire Williams. He did it all for Brooklyn in a game where they looked for a lot of different things in inauspicious places, especially in the third. While battling on the glass, shooting, defending the perimeter, and even playmaking on a few occasions, he finished with 18 points, three assists, two rebounds, two steals, and a block.
The Nets maintained a slight edge for the majority of the third, which became a far slower period than either of its predecessors thanks to a handful of reviews and scuffling between Terance Mann and DeMar DeRozan. However, a handful of swing plays ended in Sacramento’s favor in the period’s final few seconds, which was enough to give them a three point advantage entering the fourth.
There, we got more fun, back-and-forth action anyone bargained had for in a game between lottery-bound teams. Sacramento’s defense, devoid of speed and physicality, looked to be tailor-made for a crafty guy with good footwork like Ben Saraf, who had an easy time probing inside. He finished with a career-high 22 points on 10-20 shooting, along with five assists and a steal.
“Probably one of his best games at finishing at the rim,” Fernández said of Saraf. “I like how aggressive he was, five assists to two turnovers.”
Doug McDermott also reminded you he’s still in the league, plays for the Sacramento Kings, and that a shooter’s touch never ages. He splashed two threes in the fourth’s first three minutes to help build a six point lead, their largest of the game. Patrick Baldwin Jr. also caught the defense napping twice with two threes made.
But while were often more inspired by the unsung heroes, infatuated by young prospects, and impressed by gritty G-League products, in the end, games are won by teams with the better players, and Sacramento had the two best in DeMar DeRozan and Malik Monk. They also made it clear when it mattered most.
Out of a timeout after the Nets had cut it to two with a little under three to go, DeRozan hit the same buttery mid-range fadeaway he’s been burying for years to re-extend the lead. The Next two times down, Monk added five points after a near-poster on Malachi Smith and his seventh three of the game.
Brooklyn answered, but it was a hair too little, too late. The Nets put together a 7-0 run in the final minute to make it a 120-121 game, capped off after Achiuwa committed a goal-tending violation on a Traoré drive. However, the Kings pressed all the right buttons to seal the deal. They moved the ball well, hit their free throws, and unlike Santa Clara, knew it wasn’t 2007 anymore, and that you should always foul when up three.
Final: Sacramento Kings 126, Brooklyn Nets 122
Injury Report
The Nets tagged Wolf with a left ankle sprain when ruling him out tonight. He tried to walk off the floor on his own power, then got some help from some teammates and trainers, then needed to stop for a bit even with the assistance before getting to the tunnel. Jordi Fernández was unable to provide an update postgame, so we’ll wait and watch.
Milestone Watch
Malachi Smith scored a career-high 18 points today against the Kings on 7-9 FG, 3-4 3PT and 1-1 FT with four assists and two steals. On a 10-day contract, he is the fifth Nets rookie to score at least 18 points in their fifth career game or sooner since Kenyon Martin in 2000.
Ben Saraf joines Danny Wolf, Jeremiah Martin (2020) and Terrence Williams (2010) as the only Nets rookies with 20+ PTS and 5+ AST off the bench since Kerry Kittles in 1997.
With his first points of the game against Sacramento, Danny Wolf (501 career points) joined Egor Dëmin (536) as the first Nets rookie duo to each score 500+ points in a season since Stephen Jackson and Kenyon Martin in 2000-01. They are the sixth Nets rookie tandem to ever do so.
Malachi Smith’s 10-day is expiring Monday. The Nets can extend him for another 10 days, let his contract simple expire or sign him to a standard deal. The deadline for signing two-ways was earlier this month so that option is not open.
Next Up
Brooklyn’s final road trip of the season continues on Monday with a trip to Rip City. The Trail Blazers beat the Nets handily less than a week ago. This will be the final part of Brooklyn’s last back-to-back sequence of the season. It tips off at 10:00 p.m. ET.
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Phillies have agreed to a new six-year contract with opening day starter Cristopher Sánchez.
The deal announced Sunday for last season’s NL Cy Young Award runner-up begins in 2027 and will run through 2032 with a club option for 2033.
Terms were not immediately available.
Sánchez had been pitching under a $22.5 million, four-year contract that was through 2028.
He went 13-5 with a 2.50 ERA in 32 starts last season and struck out a career-high 212 batters. He’s 30-21 overall in four full big league seasons.
Originally signed by the Tampa Bay Rays as an amateur free agent in 2013, Sánchez was acquired in a trade by the Phillies on Nov. 20, 2019, for infielder Curtis Mead.
Mead played in just 41 games for the Chicago White Sox last season while Sánchez has blossomed into one of the best pitchers in baseball and helped key the Phillies’ run to consecutive NL East titles in 2024 and 2025.
The Phillies want to keep their postseason run going — four straight appearances headed into 2026 — and have locked up all veteran members of their staff to long-term deals.
Jesús Luzardo earlier this month finalized a $135 million, five-year contract that starts in 2027. Zack Wheeler has a $126 million deal through the 2027 and Aaron Nola a $172 million, seven-year agreement through 2030. Rookie Andrew Painter is under team control through 2031 and earned the fifth starter spot in the rotation.
NEW YORK (AP) — Florida Panthers forward A.J. Greer has been suspended three games for shoving Calgary Flames forward Connor Zary into the boards from behind.
The NHL announced the punishment on Sunday.
The play occurred 11:11 into the third period of Florida's 4-1 loss at Calgary on Friday night. The 29-year-old Greer was assessed a major penalty for interference and a game misconduct.
Greer has a career-high 13 goals and 24 points in 68 games this season. He will miss games against Seattle, Minnesota and the New York Islanders, and he forfeits $13,281.24 in salary that goes to the Players’ Emergency Assistance Fund.
With 27 seconds left, and the Volunteers leading 73-71, Virginia missed a short shot, and in the scrum for the rebound the ball was spiked by Tennessee's Nate Ament and bounced off some bodies before going out of bounds.
The officials gave the ball to Tennessee, which drew a coach's challenge from UVA coach Ryan Odom after replays seemed to suggest the ball was spiked off Vols guard Bishop Boswell's head and then out of bounds without a Virginia player touching it. UVA's Dallin Hall was close to the ball, but pulled his hands away and didn't seem to make contact with the ball, as it didn't change directions.
However, the refs stuck with the original call and gave Tennessee the ball. UT's Ja'Kobi Gillespie would add free throws, and down two possessions, the arithmetic changed and the game was ultimately affected.
Did the refs make right call in Tennessee-Virginia game? Take a look and decide for yourself:
Shortly after a referee blew the whistle, signaling a held ball and the end of the play, Condon continued to pull at the ball and dragged Folgueiras to the court.
After the play, Iowa and Florida players rushed to the scene, with the two sides eventually separated. A replay on the TBS broadcast showed Folgueiras balling up his fist and throwing it in Condon’s direction, though it appeared that it was Folgueiras’ forearm, not his fist, that made contact with Condon’s chest, with the motion of his arm going in the direction of the tie ball.
— CBS Sports College Basketball 🏀 (@CBSSportsCBB) March 22, 2026
The TBS announcers working the game initially speculated that Folgueiras, a Robert Morris transfer in his first season at Iowa, might receive a flagrant-2 foul and an automatic ejection, but upon video review, referees determined that it was a double technical foul.
Florida coach Todd Golden was incensed at the call, arguing with the officials after it was made. Following the altercation between Folgueiras and Condon, Golden was also seen shouting in the direction of the Iowa bench and first-year Hawkeyes coach Ben McCollum.
Florida head coach Todd Golden just unleashed on the Iowa bench and Ben McCollum was not having it pic.twitter.com/UymMOz6mds
"I don't know, they were just going for the ball, and then everybody got all sensitive," McCollum said to TBS in a sideline interview at the next timeout. "Their people got sensitive. It's like, you're trying to play ball. It's whatever. We'll compete. We'll fight. We'll see what happens."
PEORIA, ARIZONA - MARCH 11: Bryan Woo #22 of the Seattle Mariners looks on in the dugout during a Spring Training game against the Colorado Rockies at Peoria Stadium on March 11, 2026 in Peoria, Arizona. (Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images) | Getty Images
It’s the penultimate night in Peoria, er, Glendale.
Bryan Woo will get the ball in the Mariners’ next to last game of Spring Training. The next time we see him, it’ll count for real. Catching Woo today is newly appointed backup catcher Mitch Garver. The rest of the Mariners lineup is not quite what they’ll send out on Opening Day lineup, but still a group of players who will feature throughout the season.
Also expected to pitch today: Andrés Muñoz, Jhonathan Díaz, Jose Ferrer, Casey Legumina, and Cooper Criswell.
Sean Burke takes his last spring start, for the last home game at Camelback Ranch. | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images
Four, that’s right, four days to go until the games start meaning to mean! Until then, we’ll have to sate ourselves with whatever kind of scrap of news this is.
The Chicago White Sox have agreed to terms with catcher Reese McGuire on a one-year, $1.2-million contract.
Uh, alright? Nothing wrong with a little catching depth, I suppose? Korey Lee doesn’t have any options remaining and has had a productive spring, so he’s been a lock to make the roster the moment Kyle Teel pulled up limping in the World Baseball Classic. The whole “$1.2 million” thing there, though, indicates that McGuire has a real possibility of making the roster, if it’s not already foregone. This, to me, is strange, because while I’m interested to see whether Lee’s offseason hitting work has paid off, he doesn’t need to be in the lineup almost every day like both Teel and Edgar Quero do. That would make a third catcher on the roster redundant, so I’m curious to see what it all means.
Anyhow, not a ton interesting about the lineup the Sox are running out against Seattle tonight, but the battle between Tristan Peters, Everson Pereira, and Derek Hill rages on for what may now be two open outfield spots, with Brooks Baldwin out of the picture for the opener on Thursday. It’ll also be the last time Camelback Ranch sees White Sox game action until 2027, as they’ll be on the road for their final outing of the spring season tomorrow.
Sean Burke takes the ball for one final tune-up start before they really start to count, hoping to end with a flourish to offset what to this point has been a somewhat wobbly spring. He did look solid his last time out, nearly making it through five innings against Texas last Monday while surrendering just a single run. He’s on pace to get the nod for game two of the regular season against Milwaukee, on Saturday.
Opposite Burke, Sox hitters will get a look at Seattle’s burgeoning ace in Bryan Woo, who surely wants to come into the regular season hot after injuries kept him out of the 2025 postseason rotation despite a Cy Young-caliber campaign. Outside of Woo, most of Seattle’s big names are getting the night off, as Cal Raleigh dons the tools of ignorance by his lonesome without any of Julio Rodríguez, Randy Arozarena or Josh Naylor buffering him in the lineup.
This one is scheduled to tip off at 8:05 p.m. CT, and for the first time this year, I’ll actually be able to watch a game I’m recapping, as the CHSN TV crew will be on the call like usual. Hallelujah!
The Winnipeg Jets snapped their three-game losing skid Sunday night, defeating the New York Rangers 3-2 in a shootout to keep their playoff hopes alive.
It was a standout performance from Gabe Vilardi, who recorded a multi-point night and continued his strong season. Vilardi scored his 27th goal of the year on the power play, tying his previous career high, and added an assist on Winnipeg’s opening goal. His offensive contributions proved critical in a tightly contested game.
Jets captain Adam Lowry also delivered a bounce-back performance, opening the scoring in the first period with his fifth goal of the season to give Winnipeg a 1-0 lead.
The Rangers responded later in the game, with depth forward Tye Kartye scoring his sixth goal of the season off an assist from New York captain J.T. Miller.
Vilardi restored Winnipeg’s lead early in the second period with his power-play goal, making it 2-1. New York answered again before the end of the period, capitalizing on a power-play opportunity to tie the game 2-2 heading into the third.
Both teams leaned on strong goaltending from unexpected sources as Winnipeg backup Eric Comrie made 27 saves, while Rangers netminder Dylan Garand impressed in his first career NHL start. Garand made 35 saves and allowed just one goal at even strength, helping keep New York in the game.
After a scoreless overtime, the game went to a shootout, where Kyle Connor scored the winner to secure the victory for Winnipeg.
The win comes at a crucial time for the Jets with 12 games remaining, they sit five points out of a playoff spot and must surpass four teams in the standings. The Colorado Avalanche are currently the only team to have clinched a postseason berth, leaving the rest of the race wide open.
Winnipeg returns to action Tuesday at home against the Vegas Golden Knights and will need to stay hot to keep their playoff chances alive.
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PEORIA, ARIZONA - MARCH 5: Ramón Laureano #5 of the San Diego Padres swings and hits the ball during a Spring Training game against the Seattle Mariners at Peoria Stadium on March 5, 2026 in Peoria, Arizona. (Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images) | Getty Images
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