Notre Dame to join ACC next season
Written by TOM COYNE,Associated Press
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame will join the Atlantic Coast Conference starting next season, a year earlier than expected, following the split among the Big East's football schools and seven Catholic schools that forming their own basketball-focused conference.
Verrazano moves in as AP's top Derby contender
Written by RICHARD ROSENBLATT,AP Sports Writer
Verrazano has replaced stablemate Shanghai Bobby at No. 1 in the AP's latest Run to the Roses' Top 10 list of Kentucky Derby contenders.
CBS' Clark Kellogg says OSU's NCAA ceiling a No. 4 seed
Written by John KampfJKampf@News-Herald.comTwitter : @JKBuckeyes,writer
Ohio State's men's basketball team has a chance to be as high as fourth seed in the NCAA Tournament, CBS basketball analyst Clark Kellogg said earlier this week on a visit to Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School.
NFL's Goodell hopes for lighter helmets, sensors
Written by HOWARD FENDRICH,AP Pro Football Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell imagines a day in the not-too-distant future when players could be checked to determine whether their genetic makeup leaves them more likely to develop brain disease.
Splitter helps Spurs beat Thunder 105-93
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs rebounded from their worst loss of the season with a balanced performance against one of the NBA's best teams.
Cavs' Irving out 3-4 weeks with shoulder sprain
Written by TOM WITHERS,AP Sports Writer
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving could miss the next month — and maybe the rest of this season — with a sprained left shoulder, the latest injury to sideline the All-Star guard.
Blue Jackets send D Cody Goloubef to AHL team
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Columbus Blue Jackets have reassigned defenseman Cody Goloubef to their American Hockey League affiliate in Springfield, Mass.
Woods rolling his way toward the Masters
Written by DOUG FERGUSON,AP Golf Writer
DORAL, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods had gone more than three years without a World Golf Championship. He had no trouble remembering the drill.