UConn earns ninth straight Final Four bid
The Connecticut Huskies, 36-0, defeated Texas 86-65 in Bridgeport to reach the Final Four and will face Oregon State in Indianapolis. Morgan Tuck led with 22 points, Breanna Stewart 21 points and 13 rebounds, while Texas top scorers Atkins and Higgs each had 19. Oregon State beat Baylor 60-57 to advance, with Sydney Wiese scoring 18 and MVP Weisner 16.
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Breanna Stewart
Baylor
Sydney Wiese
Beavers
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Dallas
Jamie Weisner
Ruth Hamblin
Washington
Alexis Jones
Kalani Brown
Nina Davis
Packers Sign Jared Cook and Husain Abdullah Retires
The Green Bay Packers signed veteran tight end Jared Cook to a one year deal after three seasons with the St. Louis Rams where he tallied 142 receptions 1786 yards and eight touchdowns. Husain Abdullah announced retirement at age 30 citing multiple concussions and health concerns.
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Husain Abdullah
Abdullah
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Terrence Magee
Carolina Panthers
Brandon Boykin
Chicago Bears
Chris ?Rosinski
Williams bid for Miami title ends in shock setback
Serena Williams, world No 1, was upset in the Miami Open by 15th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-7(3) 6-1 6-2 on Monday, ending her pursuit of a ninth Miami Open crown.
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Bears, LB Acho agree to 1-year deal
The Chicago Bears and linebacker Sam Acho have agreed to a one year contract. Acho started seven games last season for the Bears and recorded 60 tackles.
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Sportsday schedule roundup for area events
Lists upcoming high school and college events across track golf baseball softball and basketball plus hockey soccer and NBA games with times and networks. Includes girls and boys events at Regina Linn‑Mar Prairie Xavier City high and Tipton with college games Northern Illinois at Iowa and Strom.
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Linn-Mar
Prairie
Xavier
City High
Regina
Tipton
Mid-Prairie
Kalona
Northern Illinois
Iowa
Black Hawk
Kirkwood
Cornell
Coe
Augustana
Upper Iowa
Luther
St. Mary’s
Basketball scores and Wednesday schedule
Miami 11 Brooklyn Oklahoma City 119 Toronto 100 Atlanta 102 Chicago 100 San Antonio 101 Memphis 87 Minnesota 121 Phoenix 116 New Orleans 99 New York 91 Dallas 97 Denver 88 Utah 123 L A Lakers 75 Sacramento Portland Brooklyn Orlando Chicago Indiana 6 p m Charlotte Philadelphia 6 p m Oklahoma City Detroit 6 30 Houston Cleveland 7 Washington Golden State 9 30 Wednesday Atlanta Toronto 6 30 Denver Memphis 7 Phoenix Milwaukee 7 L A Clippers Minnesota 7 New York Dallas 7 30 New Orleans San Antonio 7 30 Golden State Utah 8 Washington Sacramento 9 Miami L A Lakers 9 30
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L.A. Lakers
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Portland
Boston
L.A. Clippers
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Philadelphia
Detroit
Houston
Cleveland
Washington
Golden State
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Major League Baseball Spring Training Scores
Spring results show Philadelphia 3 Winnipeg 2 and Washington 4 Columbus 1. Detroit 3 Buffalo 2 and Tampa Bay 3 Toronto 0. Anaheim at Edmonton Calgary at Arizona Los Angeles at San Jose listed as late games. Evening schedule includes Boston New Jersey and many NHL matchups with multiple 6 to 9 p.m. start times.
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Colorado
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NY Rangers
Hockey National Hockey League
Arizona Coyotes
Alex Srant
Springfield
Calgary Flames
Garnet Hathaway
Freddie Hamilton
Stockton
Derek Grant
Emile Poirier
Hunter Shinkaruk
Brett Kulak
Colorado Avalanche
Mikko Rantanen
San Antonio
NEW Jersey Devils
Cory Schneider
Albany
NEW York Rangers
Christoval Nieves
Pittsburgh Penguins
Oskar Sundavist
Wilkes Barre/Scranton
ST. Louis Blues
Justin Selman
Toronto Maple Leafs
Kasimir Kaskisuo
Washington Capitals
Adam Carlson
Hole in one shocks local boys tennis match
Ellis Gc Bruce Jacobs of Cedar Rapids carded a hole in one on the 133 yard No. 11 hole using a 5 iron during the boys tennis event, marking a rare feat in a junior match.
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Tonight USHL Hockey Schedules for Several Matchups
Waterloo visits Des Moines and Sioux City plays Tri City at 7 05 p m. Muskegon at Team USA 6 p m Thursday Cedar Rapids at Dubuque and Omaha at Youngstown Friday sees Sioux Falls at Des Moines Team USA at Green Bay Waterloo at Lincoln Muskegon at Madison Bloomington at Chicago and Fargo at Tri City all at 7 05 to 7 30 p m local times.
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Sioux Falls
Team USA
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Lincoln
Muskegon
Madison
Bloomington
Chicago
Fargo
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Clarke defeats Briar Cliff and Northwestern in Iowa college game
Clarke tops Briar Cliff 8 to 3 and Northwestern 8 to 4 in a pair of Iowa college matches. Coe improves to 9 5 while Simpson slips to 5 7 amid the day’s results.
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College Basketball Semifinals Set With NIT and NCAA Matchups
NCAA semifinal schedule features Villanova and Oklahoma at Houston with North Carolina facing Syracuse. NIT semifinals include BYU against Valparaiso and George Washington versus San Diego State. Regional finals list Connecticut, Texas, Oregon State and Baylor, with additional NABC weekly honors and Big Ten baseball notes.
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Oklahoma
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Syracuse
Benton Co-Ed Track Scores Lead with State Reach
Benton Community tops team standings with 136 points at the Benton Co-Ed Invite. Grinnell follows with 125 and Center Point-Urbana 96, while individual winners include Bubba Rutledge high jump and Bryce Timmerman discus and shot put titles.
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Springville
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Alburnett
Bubba Rutledge
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Lathan Cooper
Thomas Clower
Kevin Ockenfels
Tristan Miller
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Clarke Wins Lacrosse Clash at Iowa Colleges
Clarke defeats Northwestern Minnesota 11 to 10 in a tight women's lacrosse matchup. Bowling highs included Mike Olsen's 300 game at Cedar Rapids Bowling Center as part of Monday Nite Outlaws leagues.
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Carolee Bruner
Dannette McQuiston
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Dana Vig
Chalet Brown
Doug Stein
Meslissa Collins
Dennis Giesler
Steve Rippel
South Tama dominates Van Horne girls track meet titles
South Tama wins team title at Van Horne with 148 points ahead of Mount Vernon 121.5 and Grinnell 104. Individual winners include Tieranny Keahna in shot put and discus, Stacey Slaven high jump, Sienna Durr long jump, Callie Neighbor in 3 000, and Tyynismaa leading sprints and relays for ST. Mount Vernon and Benton Community also claim multiple event wins.
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Allison Yuska
Blake
March
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Yuska
Iowa City area 2016 race schedule highlights
A list of running events across Iowa including dates, locations and contact or website details. Notable entries include Red Shoe Half Marathon in Iowa City, Dam to Downtown 10K in Iowa City, Linn-Mar Growl Prowl 8K/5K in Marion, and Sturgis Falls half marathon in Cedar Falls. Note instructs submit running information to sports thegazette.com.
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Baseball and Basketball Roster Moves Across MLB NBA
Multiple teams announced player moves across baseball and basketball including injuries, optioned players to minor leagues, assignments to farm teams, signings, and retirements. Notable actions involve the Orioles Red Sox White Sox Indians Tigers Astros Royals Twins Yankees Athletics Mariners Rangers Jays Braves Cubs Reds Dodgers Phillies Padres Cardinals Nationals Hawks Pistons Clippers and more.
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Kyle Crockett
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Willy Paredes
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Bobby Parnell
Casey McGehee
Houston Astros
Trent Woodward
Reymin Guduan
Albert Minnis
Jonathan Singleton
Michael Feliz
Fresno
Kansas City Royals
Clint Barmes
Brian Duensing
Peter Moylan
Minnesota Twins
Trey Vavra
Claire Rodriguez
Loek van Mil
Luke Bard
NEW York Yankees
Carlos Vidal
Oakland Athletics
Jake Sanchez
Lou Trivino
Jake Smolinski
Nashville Sounds
Seattle Mariners
Brock Hebert
James Paxton
Chris Taylor
Steven Romero
Tacoma
Texas Rangers
Jeremy Guthrie
Toronto Blue Jays
Jesus Montero
A.J. Jimenez
Drew Hutchison
Buffalo
LOS Angeles Dodgers
Jamey Wright
Garrett Hope
Milwaukee Brewers
Joanigel Segovia
Franklin Morales
Philadelphia Phillies
Adam Morgan
Elvis Araujo
Luis Garcia
Darnell Sweeney
Lehigh Valley
Will Venable
SAN Diego Padres
Daniel Straily
Erik Kratz
Luis Tejada
Mike Olt
Josh Magee
Ramon Benjamin
ST. Louis Cardinals
John Church
Corey Baker
Washington Nationals
Trea Turner
Rafael Martin
Syracuse
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