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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Azzi Fudd banked in a 3-pointer from the top of the key in the first half of the Final Four. When the shot from UConn’s standout senior guard went in, coach Geno Auriemma lifted his arms above him — a small celebration of what was shaping up to be Fudd’s best offensive half of the women’s NCAA Tournament.
It didn’t take Fudd long to assert herself Friday against UCLA in her first national semifinal since 2022 in her freshman season, as injuries had forced her to watch the Huskies’ last Final Four run from the bench.

SUZUKA, Japan (AP) — Seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton is not used to aiming lower. But he may need to as he adjusts to his first season with Ferrari.
He’s won a record of 105 Formula 1 races, but it’s anyone’s guess when he’ll make it 106. He’s won only twice in the last three seasons, and is winless in the first two races in main event in 2025 going into Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix.
“There was obviously a huge amount of hype at the beginning of the year,” he said ahead of Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix.

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Raven Johnson’s stats don’t jump off the page, but her impact for South Carolina hasn’t gone unnoticed by Diana Taurasi.
TAMPA, Fla. — Raven Johnson’s eyes grew wide and her jaw dropped.
“She said that? Is that real?”
She called her teammate Sania Feagin over and pointed to the tweet shown on a reporter’s phone: “Look at this!”
While Johnson was playing a team-high 27 minutes to lead her South Carolina Gamecocks to a Final Four victory over Texas, perhaps the greatest WNBA player of all-time was heaping praise on her.

Apr. 4—JAMESTOWN — The Jamestown High School softball team is perfect so far this spring.
Head coach Mike Soulis helped to direct his team to a 2-0 record on Friday. The Blue Jays defeated Hillsboro/Central Valley 4-2 and West Fargo Sheyenne 15-5. Final stats were not available to The Jamestown Sun.
Jamestown’s conference schedule is slated to begin on April 8 with a doubleheader against Mandan. First pitch is set for 4:30 p.m. at Jamestown’s Trapper Field.

Alex Ovechkin has tied Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record by scoring the 894th of his career, setting off a wild celebration on the ice with his teammates and chants of “Ovi! Ovi!” in the crowd that included the “Great One” himself.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Maikel Garcia and Vinnie Pasquantino each had three RBIs to help the Kansas City Royals beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-2 on a rainy Friday night.
The Royals broke it open in eighth inning, sending nine batters to the plate and scoring five times.
Garcia ripped a double down the left-field line to score Mark Canha and give Kansas City a 4-2 lead. Kyle Isbel followed with a bunt to first baseman Ryan Mountcastle, who underhanded it to the plate, but Garcia beat the throw to make it 5-2.
Pasquantino gave the Royals a six-run lead on a bloop single that cleared the bases.

Samford’s Bucky McMillan is set to take over for Buzz Williams as Texas A&M’s men’s basketball coach, with the two sides finalizing a five-year deal, sources told ESPN.

Dwight Howard, an 8-time NBA All-Star and 3-time Defensive Player of the Year, has been elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, sources told ESPN.

After overwhelming Texas 74-57 Friday in the Final Four of the women’s NCAA tournament, South Carolina is just a win away from repeating as national champions for the first time in school history.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The best start in Dodgers history stays with Brooklyn.
The World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers ran themselves out of a shot at keeping their undefeated season alive in a 3-2 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night that stuck them at 8-1 on the season.
The Brooklyn Dodgers got off to a 10-0 start in 1955.
This year’s Dodgers can blame their first loss on sloppy and silly baserunning.
“When you give a good team outs and shorten the game,” manager Dave Roberts said, “then it’s hard to win. It’s hard to beat a good team.