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Defending champion Florida the No. 1 seed, 11th seed Stetson hosting for the first time, and 2016 champion Coastal Carolina again in the hunt as the 15th seed By Arnie Leshin  Lately, defending champion Florida hasn’t looked that good, losing twice in the NCAA SEC Division I tournament to Mississippi …

Cavaliers to play winner of tonight’s West game seven when defending champion Golden State plays in Houston By Arnie Leshin  He doesn’t leap over tall buildings. He doesn’t fly. He doesn’t carry lighting in a bottle. All he does is prove he’s the greatest basketball player ever. No bragging, he …

James has been through all of this before and again tries to give his team a big lift against the green and its fans By Arnie Leshin  It’s fair to wonder whether LeBron James will play his final game in Cleveland Cavalier colors when he tries to work his magic tonight …

It’s truly the Elite Eight, with Oregon top seed and Oklahoma the back-to-back national champion By Arnie Leshin  After a weekend of tight nervous games, some coming on home field advantage final at–bats, some in extra innings, some on dazzling defense and others on quality pitching, the Women’s Division I Softball …

If it goes to seven games, it will be played in Houston By Arnie Leshin  The media is giving Chris Paul plenty of play, but the injured backcourt all-star is not going to play when the Houston Rockets try to wrap up the NBA’s Western Conference championship at Golden State …

Second seed Florida squeaks past visiting Texas A & M, 5-4, by scoring three times in the seventh inning, and 3rdseed UCLA disposes of visiting 11th seed Arizona, 7-1 By Arnie Leshin  When 16th seeded Kentucky had no trouble scoring runs in the Lexington Region that it hosted, outscoring three …

Top seed Oregon leads off tonight against visiting Kentucky in Eugene, Florida and Texas A & M in an SEC clash in Gainesville, and in a Pac-12 match-up, Arizona and UCLA meet up in Los Angeles By Arnie Leshin  The Southeastern Conference, with 15 of its schools with softball programs, …

Team with best record in NBA takes care of business on the road to stun the defending champion Warriors By Arnie Leshin  The No.1 seeded Houston Rockets looked at it two ways. Still stunned from the 41-point embarrassment in game three, having to return Tuesday night to Golden State’s hostel, …

Nine of the 13 selected SEC schools are still playing, as is five from the Pac 12, with the best-of-3 format played at eight different sites, with Oklahoma City the final stop By Arnie Leshin One more step for the 16 schools that landed in the Super Regional of the …

Host Arizona State and Arizona both had tough goes before disposing of New Mexico State and St. Francis By Arnie Leshin  It was an interesting first day as the annual Women’s NCAA Softball Tournament threw its first pitch Friday. That is when the 64-school field played nationwide, although No. 1 …