Sports

Transgender woman posts top time in 500 prelims at NCAAs

ATLANTA (AP) — Lia Thomas moved one step closer to becoming the first known transgender woman to win a NCAA swimming championship by posting the top time in the 500-yard freestyle preliminaries on Thursday.

Anthony Rizzo, Yankees finalize $32 million, two-year contract

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Anthony Rizzo and the New York Yankees finalized a $32 million, two-year contract on Thursday,

Saints, safety Marcus Maye, agree on 3-year free-agent deal

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Saints and former New York Jets safety Marcus Maye agreed on a three-year, free-agent contract, addressing a void created when Marcus Williams chose to leave New Orleans for Baltimore.

Buck, Aikman going from Fox to ESPN’s ‘Monday Night’ booth

(AP) — On the first day of the new league year, one of the NFL’s top broadcasting teams is moving from Fox to ESPN.

Kaepernick reaches out to Seahawks, Carroll about NFL chance

(AP) — Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said Wednesday he recently spoke with Colin Kaepernick, who expressed an interest in another chance to be a quarterback in the NFL.

Broussard, Dogs upset 5A Southside

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The Jennings Bulldogs rebounded nicely from a pair of losses by knocking off 5A power Southside High School at Danny Reed Field on Saturday by a final of 2-1. It was Clay Broussard at it again on the mound for the Bulldogs, and after tossing a nohitter in his last start, he fired a complete game that saw the Sharks only plate a single run. Both teams pounded out seven hits each, but the Dogs scored the eventual winner in the bottom of the fifth to claim the big win.

Big Ten lands three players on AP All-America first team

(AP) — Keegan Murray has given Iowa a firstteam Assocaited Press All-American for the third straight year, and Kofi Cockburn has made it two in a row for Illinois — not bad for a couple programs that haven’t had a whole lot of them.

Hounds roll through Beau Chene, 12-2

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The Welsh Greyhounds left little doubt in their contest with the Beau Chene Gators Saturday morning on a frigid day at Danny Reed Field. The cold weather did nothing to deter the Welsh bats, as the pounded their way to a 12-2, mercy-rule win over the Gators in five innings. Freshman Cohen Cormier was magnificent on the mound for the Hounds by tossing 5 frames, allowing only four hits, two runs (one unearned) and walked 3 and struck out 3. The freshman right needed only 75 pitches to complete his mound time. Despite temperatures being in the mid-30’s, the Welsh bats warmed up to collect 10 hits of Gator pitching to secure their 12 runs. Caleb Miller, Grant Daigle and Casey Cormier all collected two knocks for the Hounds at the dish.

AP source: Jaguars open free agency with six splashy moves

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — No one should be calling Jacksonville Jaguars general manager Trent Baalke a clown right now.

No. 21 LSU set for midweek tilt vs. Southeastern La.

BATON ROUGE – No. 21 LSU (19-7) will have a quick turnaround as they host its first midweek of the 2022 season by welcoming Southeastern Louisiana (14-7) to Tiger Park at 6 p.m. CT Tuesday, March 15. Tuesday’s game will be streamed on SECN+.