NCAA:
The Connecticut Huskies are NCAA women's basketball champions for the 10th time, all under head coach Geno Auriemma. Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis and Moriah Jefferson each scored 15 points as the Huskies earned a 63-53 triumph over Notre Dame. Auriemma tied UCLA's John Wooden for the most NCAA basketball championships.
NBA:
In the NBA, Miami topped Charlotte 105-100, Atlanta bested Phoenix 96-69, New Orleans won against Golden State 103-100, San Antonio bested Oklahoma City 113-88, Sacramento topped Minnesota 116-111, and it was the Clippers over the Lakers 105-100.
NHL:
Over on the ice, the New York Rangers have wrapped up the NHL's President's Trophy for the third time since 1992 by beating New Jersey 4-2, Philadelphia edged the Islanders 5-4, Ottawa skated past Pittsburgh in overtime 4-3, Detroit trumped Carolina 3-2, Winnipeg blanked St. Louis 1-0, Minnesota skated by Chicago 2-1, Calgary won against Arizona 3-2, Colorado beat Nashville 3-2, and it was Edmonton over Los Angeles 4-2.
MLB:
In the American League, Baltimore beat Tampa Bay 6-5, Texas edged Oakland 3-1, and it was the Angels over Seattle 2-0.
In the National League, Atlanta crushed Miami 12-2, Colorado won against Milwaukee 5-2, Arizona bested San Francisco 7-6, and it was San Diego over the Dodgers 7-3.
The St. Louis at Cubs game was postponed due to rain.
PGA:
The Master’s Tournament starts tomorrow.
NFL:
Jurors have begun deliberating in the murder trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez.
His lawyer today acknowledged for the first time that his client was at the scene of the killing, saying in closing arguments that Hernandez saw it happen but described him as a kid who simply did not know what to do. Attorney James Sultan pinned the killing on Hernandez's co-defendants, his friends Ernest Wallace and Carlos Ortiz.
New England Patriots running back LeGarrette Blount has been suspended without pay for the first game next season for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy. Blount was arrested last August for possession of marijuana while with Pittsburgh. Steelers running back Le'Veon (LAY'-vee-ohn) Bell was arrested for marijuana possession and DUI in the same traffic stop.
Former NFL kicker Lawrence Tynes has filed a lawsuit against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers over a MRSA infection he contracted in a toe on his kicking foot, prematurely ending his career.
Attorney Stephen F. Rosenthal said Tuesday that Tynes got the infection in 2013 at the Bucs' training facility. The lawsuit filed in Broward County Circuit Court accuses the team of negligence for failing to properly sanitize the facility to prevent spread of the contagious, drug-resistant infection.
Rosenthal says the infection cost Tynes at least $20 million in potential earnings. Tynes, 36, won two Super Bowls with the New York Giants and also played for the Kansas City Chiefs. He made 81 percent of his field goals.
A Buccaneers spokesman declined comment on a pending legal matter.
Dick Wood, the first starting quarterback for the Miami Dolphins, has died at the age of 79.
The team said Wood died Saturday in Atlanta.
He played for the expansion Dolphins in 1966, his final season in the AFL, and threw four touchdown passes and 14 interceptions. When with the Jets, he became the first player to throw a touchdown pass at Shea Stadium.
He also played for the Raiders, Chargers and Broncos, with 33 career starts, after a college career at Auburn.
The Alabama native also had a long career as an assistant coach in the NFL and college, including five seasons with the Atlanta Falcons, before retiring in 1997.
NCAAF:
A prosecutor says no federal civil rights charges will be brought in the 2010 shooting death of a college football player by a suburban New York police officer who says he shot him in his moving car when he failed to stop.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said Tuesday that evidence in the shooting of Danroy Henry Jr. in Thornwood failed to establish the "exacting standard of criminal intent" required for criminal charges.
The prosecutor said the conclusion was reached after an exhaustive examination of all evidence, including consultation with experts.
The Pleasantville officer who shot the Pace University football player was earlier cleared by a grand jury. Henry was shot in his car as he drove through a parking lot away from a disturbance that spilled out of a bar on Homecoming Day.
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