Giannis, Lopez return for Bucks and beat Bulls 126-98 –

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NBA – National Basketball Association
Last Night
Milwaukee Bucks 126, Chicago Bulls 98

Bucks 126, Bulls 98 – Antetokounmpo returns, Bucks roll to 126-98 win over Bulls
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 25 points and 17 rebounds in his return to action and the Milwaukee Bucks rolled to a 126-98 victory over the Chicago Bulls. Antetokounmpo missed the Bucks’ 138-119 loss at Minnesota on Saturday due to a sore right knee. Milwaukee played without All-Star forward Khris Middleton because of a sore left wrist. Jrue Holiday had 27 points. Brook Lopez made his first start for Milwaukee since the season opener. The 7-footer had come off the bench for the Bucks’ last three games after missing 67 due to a back injury.

Tonight
Atlanta Hawks at Detroit Pistons, 7:00 p.m.
Sacramento Kings at Indiana Pacers, 7:00 p.m.

NHL – National Hockey League
Last Night
Detroit Red Wings 6, Philadelphia Flyers 3

Red Wings 6, Flyers 3 – Vrana scores twice, leads Red Wings to 6-3 win over Flyers
Jakub Vrana scored twice and the Detroit Red Wings won for the second time in nine games, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 6-3. Tyler Bertuzzi had a goal and two assists and Oskar Sundqvist, acquired from St. Louis on Monday, contributed an empty-netter and an assist in his Detroit debut. Rookie Lucas Raymond scored his 20th goal and Joe Veleno also scored. Dylan Larkin, Pius Suter and Filip Hronek each had two assists. Alex Nedeljkovic made 30 saves for Detroit, which had a 1-6-1 record over its previous eight games. Joel Farabee, Oskar Lindblom and James van Riemsdyk scored for the Flyers.

Tonight
Chicago Blackhawks at Anaheim Ducks, 10:00 p.m.

NCAAMBKB – Michigan on a run at right time in tournament, ‘Nova next
Michigan went into the NCAA Tournament with a troubling trend, alternating between winning and losing for 10 straight games. In a one-and-done tournament, that’s not going to work. Hunter Dickinson had an idea. The sophomore center suggested a fixed scrimmage against the team’s student managers as part of the morning walkthrough prior to beating third-seeded Tennessee in the second round. Likely without a pick-up game to warm up, the 11th-seeded Wolverines will face second-seeded Villanova in the Sweet 16 on Thursday night in San Antonio.

MLB – Major League Baseball – Spring Training
Yesterday
Philadelphia Phillies 7, Detroit Tigers 2
Chicago White Sox 4, Milwaukee Brewers 3
Chicago Cubs 5, Seattle Mariners 5 – TIE

Today
Pittsburgh Pirates at Detroit Tigers, 1:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Texas Rangers, 4:05 p.m.
Oakland A’s at Chicago Cubs, 4:05 p.m.

MLB – AP source: MLB, players agree to keep zombie runner for ’22
Automatic runners in extra innings are sticking around for a third straight season. Despite an easing of pandemic restrictions, Major League Baseball and the players’ association reached a tentative agreement to keep the controversial rule starting each team with a runner on second base during extra innings for the 2022. The deal is subject to approval by baseball owners, which likely will take place next week, a person familiar with the agreement said Tuesday, speaking on condition of anonymity because no announcement was authorized.

NFL – Lions re-sign backup quarterbacks Tim Boyle and David Blough
The Detroit Lions have re-signed reserve quarterbacks Tim Boyle and David Blough, retaining the players who backed up Jared Goff last season. Boyle was 0-3 as a starter last season and was a backup in two games, throwing for three touchdowns and six interceptions. He played in 11 games as Aaron Rodgers’ backup in Green Bay during the 2019 and 2020 seasons. Blough played in only one game as a reserve for a second straight season. He was 0-5 as a rookie in 2019 with four touchdowns and six interceptions.

Tennis – Ash Barty retires from tennis at age 25; won 3 Grand Slams
Top-ranked Ash Barty has announced her retirement from tennis at the age of 25. Barty revealed the news in an emotional video posted on social media. The announcement comes less than two months after Barty won her home Australian Open to claim her third Grand Slam singles title. Barty left tennis to pursue a professional cricket career in 2014 but returned to the racket sport two years later. She won her major singles titles on three different surfaces — the French Open on clay in 2019, Wimbledon on grass last year and the Australian Open on hard courts in January.

Russia/Ukraine – After Russia’s ban, world figure skating medals up for grabs
The top two women from the Beijing Olympics, Anna Shcherbakova and Alexandra Trusova, won’t be at the world figure skating championships this week in Montpellier, France. Neither will Kamila Valieva, the fourth-place finisher whose positive doping result casted a shadow over the entire Winter Games. That’s because all Russian skaters have been banned from competing by the International Skating Union, which followed the precedent set by other sports governing bodies following the country’s invasion of Ukraine. Figure skaters from Belarus also are barred from competition because of its alliance with Russia. The competition begins Wednesday.

MHSAA – High School Sports
Last Night
Boys Basketball – Quarterfinals
Division 1 at Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg
Grand Rapids Northview 54, Kalamazoo Central 52

Division 2 at Calvin University
Grand Rapids Catholic Central 86, Benton Harbor 60                   

  • Benton Harbor’s season came to an end last night with an 86-60 loss to Grand Rapids Catholic Central in the Division 2 State Quarterfinals at Calvin University.  The Cougars got a game high 23 points from Kaden Brown as they now move on to face Ferndale in the State Semifinals Friday at the Breslin Center at Michigan State.  The Tigers were led by senior JuJaun Walker had 14 points, senior Trucel Singleton had 13 points, and Junior Grant Gondrezick had 10 points.  The Tigers finish the season with a record of 22-3.

Division 3 at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix
Schoolcraft 60, Pewamo-Westphalia 57

Today
Girls Soccer
Kalamazoo Christian at St. Joseph, 6:30 p.m.
Saugatuck at South Haven, 5:00 p.m.
Paw Paw at Mattawan, 6:30 p.m.
Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central, 6:30 p.m.
Allegan at Hopkins, 4:30 p.m.
Harper Creek at Otsego, 6:00 p.m.

Baseball
Kalamazoo Hackett at Allegan, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Edwardsburg at Galesburg-Augusta, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Paw Paw at Mattawan, 4:30 p.m.
Marshall at Sturgis, 4:00 p.m.
Lawrence at Marcellus, 4:30 p.m. (DH)
Comstock at Kalamazoo Christian, 4:00 p.m. (DH)
Fennville at Delton-Kellogg, 4:00 p.m. (DH)

Softball
Marshall at Sturgis, 4:00 p.m.
Lawrence at Marcellus, 4:30 p.m. (DH)