SPORTS

The Black Bears will play Cornell in the Springfield, Massachusetts regional on Thursday night. ORONO, Maine — After one of the best regular seasons in recent history, the University of Maine’s men’s hockey team will play in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 2011-12 season. After a selection show event on Sunday, … Read more

Seventh-seeded Duke rallied from 16 points down to defeat the Buckeyes 75-63, causing 1,283 perfect brackets to drop to 154. LAS VEGAS — Perfect brackets on the ESPN Tournament Challenge site fell hard after second-seeded Ohio State’s exit Sunday in the second round action of the women’s NCAA Tournament. Seventh-seeded Duke rallied from 16 points … Read more

Higher seeds were 31-1, with No. 6 Louisville’s 71-69 loss to No. 11 Middle Tennessee on Friday the one exception. LAS VEGAS — There will be 1,283 perfect brackets remaining on the ESPN Tournament Challenge for the second round of women’s NCAA Tournament, which begins Sunday. Just .05% were perfect on CBS’ site by Saturday … Read more

The University of Idaho stepped in and made the trip to Spokane, where Yale pulled off the upset of Auburn. SPOKANE, Wash. — For this weekend, the University of Idaho marching band has adopted a new name. It’s not the Vandal Marching Band. It’s the “Van-Dogs Marching Band” after becoming the adopted band for the … Read more

Running at the Rice University track, Atascocita won with a time of 38.92, while Duncanville finished in 39.65. HOUSTON — Records are meant to be broken. This one just took a while, and then it fell twice in the same race. Fort Worth Wyatt’s longtime national record in the 4 x 100 boys relay was … Read more