SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Once Boston’s balanced roster of NBA Finals first-timers found a groove from long range, the determined Celtics delivered a memorable comeback and rallied past Stephen Curry and the Golden State old guard.
Fifty-two student-athletes and six athletic teams at Seminole State College have been recognized for their outstanding academic achievements this year by the National Junior College Athletic Association. The NJCAA Academic All-American Student Athlete Awards are divided into the three groups based on grade point average – First Team requires a 4.0 GPA, Second Team requires a GPA between 3.80 and 3.99, and Third Team requires a GPA between 3.60 and 3.79.
Oklahoma Baptist football defensive line coach Cedric Leonard and cornerbacks coach Justin Gordon have been named to FootballScoop’s 125 Minority Rising Stars Watch List. With input from double-digit NFL coaches and scouts, more than 100 college coaches and staffers, and a myriad of other figures in football, FootballScoop selected 125 rising stars from a group of well over 400 submissions.
IRVING, Texas (AP) — There are representatives from the Big 12’s four future members attending the conference’s spring meetings, along with the lingering presence of Texas and Oklahoma, the league’s only football national champions who still are three years away from their scheduled departures to the SEC.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Over the last three seasons, six franchises have reached the NBA Finals. The league has seen five Eastern Conference champions in the last five seasons. This will be the fourth consecutive year that the team which hoists the trophy won’t be the same as the one who did the year before.
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona Cardinals coaches and teammates welcomed Kyler Murray’s return to the practice field on Wednesday, saying it was fun to watch their star quarterback do his usual magic throwing a football.
The American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Rawlings NCAA Division II All-Region Teams were announced Wednesday morning and Oklahoma Baptist players Dan Pruitt and Kade Self were among the honorees from the Central Region.
DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference’s slogan, “It just means more,” could soon refer to the number of football games the league schedules.
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Marion Barber III, the former Dallas Cowboys running back who scored plenty of touchdowns without recording a 1,000-yard season, has died, the team said Wednesday. He was 38.
NEW YORK (AP) — Filip Chytil scored twice in the second period and the New York Rangers routed the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning 6-2 on Wednesday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.