General Sports 8-Hour Briefing
×NASCAR & College Basketball
Ryan Blaney completed a Team Penske sweep at Phoenix Raceway by winning the Cup Series race Sunday. No. 15 West Virginia avenged losses to No. 10 TCU by beating the reigning Big 12 tournament champion 62-53 in the conference title game.
Golf & Basketball Incidents
Akshay Bhatia beat fellow American Daniel Berger on the first sudden death play-off hole to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in Orlando. Michigan State point guard Jeremy Fears Jr. received another technical foul for a kick toward a player's groin area.
Hockey & Tennis
Ireland clinched a place in the Hockey World Cup finals with a dramatic shootout win over Japan to finish third at the qualification tournament in Santiago. Britain's Emma Raducanu was overpowered by sixth seed Amanda Anisimova at Indian Wells, losing 6-1 6-1 in a third-round encounter lasting just 52 minutes.
NCAA Tournament Action
Chris Ashby made 10 3-pointers and scored 34 points to lead Queens University to an NCAA berth in its first year of eligibility with a 98-93 win over Central Arkansas in the Atlantic Sun tournament.
Women's Basketball Championships
Madison Booker scored 18 points as No. 4 Texas sprinted to a 14-0 lead against No. 3 South Carolina en route to the Longhorns' first women's SEC tournament title. No. 2 UCLA rolled past Iowa 96-45 to win its second straight Big Ten tournament crown behind Gianna Kneepkens' 19 points and Kiki Rice's 15 points with eight assists.
ACC Tournament
No. 13 Duke rallied past Louisville to win its second straight women's Atlantic Coast Conference tournament title, beating No. 12 Louisville 70-65 in overtime Sunday.
Rugby & Cricket Analysis
England's Ben Earl defended Steve Borthwick's record as head coach following their defeat by Italy and claimed that "large parts of the performance were brilliant." India's dominant T20 World Cup title win - their third white-ball trophy in a row - shows the other nations need to catch up, writes Matthew Henry.