General Sports 24-Hour Briefing
×College Basketball
UConn avenged a February loss by handing St. John's its largest defeat under Rick Pitino, a 72-40 blowout Wednesday night. The Red Storm missed their final 24 field goal attempts in what became Pitino's biggest loss at the program.
Legal & Off-Field Issues
Cincinnati is suing former quarterback Brendan Sorsby, alleging he breached his NIL contract by refusing to pay a $1 million exit fee after transferring to Texas Tech. Meanwhile, prosecutors rested their case against former Miami football player Rashaun Jones, accused of second-degree murder in the 2006 slaying of teammate Bryan Pata.
Women's Sports & Politics
American gold medalist Hilary Knight called President Trump's comment about the women's team "distasteful" but said she chooses to celebrate the women's accomplishments despite the remark.
Auto Racing
NASCAR scrapped the "Promoter's Caution" for this season's All-Star Race at Dover Motor Speedway. The event will now run as a three-segment, 350-lap competition.
Boxing
Daniel Dubois says his fight against Fabio Wardley will be the biggest of his career so far. The world title fight between two of Britain's biggest punchers takes place at Manchester's Co-op Live Arena. However, Dubois refused Wardley's fist bump at a lively news conference in London promoting their May bout.
Snooker
Two-time champions Mark Williams and Neil Robertson both earned 4-1 wins to progress into the third round of the Welsh Open in Llandudno.
Cricket
Co-hosts Sri Lanka crashed out of the T20 World Cup after collapsing to a 61-run defeat by New Zealand in Colombo. Matt Henry got New Zealand off to a blistering start as Pathum Nissanka was dismissed with the first delivery of Sri Lanka's innings in their Super 8s match.
Darts
Beau Greaves made history with the perfect leg in her Players Championship 6 clash against Mensur Suljovic in Leicester, becoming the first woman to hit a nine-darter on the PDC Pro Tour.
Rugby
England's first-choice scrum-half Alex Mitchell is ruled out of the remainder of their Six Nations campaign with a hamstring injury. Wales are not giving up hope of fly-half Sam Costelow playing again in the Six Nations, but flanker Taine Plumtree is ruled out of the tournament.
NBA
Rookie Kon Knueppel became the fastest player to reach 200 three-pointers in NBA history as the Charlotte Hornets defeated the Chicago Bulls 131-99.
Soccer
Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner insists he isn't thinking about leaving the role, even if his side lose their Europa Conference League second leg play-off tie against Zrinjski Mostar.
NFL International
The Jacksonville Jaguars will play two games in the UK in 2026 while the Washington Commanders will also play in London and the Detroit Lions will visit Munich.
Wrestling
If history predicts the future, here is what you should know about all of this year's Elimination Chamber participants.
Golf
The next stop on the PGA Tour brings us to West Palm Beach, Florida, in a tournament that rewards those who can avoid the big numbers.
Other Sports
Northern Ireland's Josh Rock says he didn't expect his first Premier League appearance to be as soon as it has been ahead of playing his first night in Belfast on Thursday. Arvid Lindblad tells BBC Sport about being shaped by his Indian and Swedish heritage and how he was fixated on reaching F1 from aged five.