PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Wells Fargo Securities has agreed to pay an $800,000 civil penalty to settle a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit over Rhode Island's failed $75 million deal with former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company.
Boston Bruins (43-20-9, second in the Atlantic Division) vs. New York Islanders (42-23-7, first in the Metropolitan Division)
NEW YORK (AP) — Geno Auriemma was sitting in his office after practice Monday when UConn's video coordinator came in and said he had the entire NCAA Tournament women's bracket.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Zach Cooks scored a career-high 34 points and NJIT beat Quinnipiac 92-81 on Monday night in the opening game of the CIT.
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — UFC is set to make ESPN-plus the exclusive distributor of its pay-per-view events.
Quinnipiac (16-14) vs. NJIT (21-12)
Denver Nuggets (46-22, second in the Western Conference) vs. Boston Celtics (43-27, fifth in the Eastern Conference)
TORONTO (AP) — Jozy Altidore came off the bench to score the winner in the 80th minute and Toronto FC beat the New England Revolution 3-2 on Sunday night in its home opener.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Two thoughts kept running through Alex Copeland's mind as his Yale team prepared to take on Harvard for the Ivy League championship and an NCAA berth.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Bella Alarie provided an offensive spark and Princeton locked down defensively in the fourth quarter to win the Ivy League Tournament for the second straight year.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — For states looking to profit off the new world of legal sports betting, there's an app for that. The question for state lawmakers: Should they allow it?
Harvard (18-10, 11-4) vs. Yale (21-7, 11-4)
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Women's basketball fans were treated to quite a show this week in Las Vegas with four conference tournaments played there. Could an NCAA regional be in the cards down the road — or even a Super Regional?
BOSTON (AP) — Conor McGregor fired up the Bruins with a pregame speech. Brad Marchand paid him tribute by doing a rendition of the MMA fighter's walk after he scored his winner.
NEW YORK (AP) — Kyle Lofton scored 23 points to lead St. Bonaventure to a 68-51 rout of Rhode Island in the Atlantic 10 Tournament semifinals Saturday.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Miye Oni had 23 points as Yale topped Princeton 83-77 in the semifinals of the Ivy League Conference tourney on Saturday.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The NCAA men's Division I Basketball Tournament is coming back to Hartford for the first time in 21 years.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Bryce Aiken had 19 points as Harvard beat Penn 66-58 in the Ivy League tournament semifinals on Saturday.
Columbus Blue Jackets (40-28-3, fifth in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Boston Bruins (42-20-9, second in the Atlantic Division)
Atlanta Hawks (24-45, 12th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Boston Celtics (42-27, fifth in the Eastern Conference)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Houston wasn't satisfied with its 14-point halftime lead against UConn. The 11th-ranked Cougars' goal is not to let up for 40 minutes, and it showed against the overmatched Huskies.
NEW YORK (AP) — Jeff Dowtin scored 22 points to help eighth-seeded Rhode Island upset top-seed VCU 75-70 in the Atlantic 10 Tournament quarterfinals Friday.
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — No. 2 UConn is expected to get a No. 1 seed Monday in the NCAA Tournament for a 13th consecutive year, but this one feels a little different.
Connecticut (16-16, 7-12) vs. No. 1 seed Houston (29-2, 16-2)
Rhode Island (17-14, 10-9) vs. No. 1 seed VCU (25-6, 16-2)
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Mark Scheifele likes how Patrik Laine continues to fit in on the Winnipeg Jets' top line.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on a college admissions bribery scandal that has led to charges against coaches and celebrities (all times local):
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Coach Gordie Ernst's Georgetown University tennis teams didn't win any Big East championships. At Wake Forest, Bill Ferguson's volleyball teams struggled near the bottom of their conference.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Phil Mickelson says he might be "more shocked than anyone" to learn that a college consulting company he has used the last three years has been accused of orchestrating a massive bribery scheme.
BOSTON (AP) — In a story March 13 about a college admissions bribery scandal, The Associated Press erroneously described a defendant's employer. The company where Manuel Henriquez worked is a venture capital firm, not a hedge fund.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a story March 13 about a college admissions bribery scandal, The Associated Press erroneously described a defendant's employer. The company where Manuel Henriquez worked is a venture capital firm, not a hedge fund.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — UConn's success in March continued in the opening round of the American Athletic Conference tournament thanks to accurate first-half shooting that spread into the early stages of the second.
NEW YORK (AP) — With its chances of a third straight Big East Conference Tournament title on the line, the players who carried No. 25 Villanova most of the season stepped up and took control.
No. 3 seed Princeton (16-11, 8-6) vs. No. 2 seed Yale (20-7, 10-4)
NEW YORK (AP) — Cyril Langevine scored 17 of his game-high 25 points in the first half to lead eighth-seeded Rhode Island to a 76-57 win over ninth-seeded LaSalle in the second round of the Atlantic 10 tournament on Thursday.
The mastermind of a wide-ranging college admissions scandal set up a charity that wove a deep web of deception and fraud to mask bribes and payoffs, funneling millions of dollars through the tax-exempt organization under the nose of U.S. officials, according to prosecutors and tax documents …
BOSTON — The college admissions scandal began with a tip from an executive who was under investigation in a securities fraud probe, a law enforcement official said Thursday.
No. 8 seed Providence (18-14, 8-11) vs. No. 1 seed Villanova (22-9, 13-5)
Boston Bruins (42-19-9, second in the Atlantic Division) vs. Winnipeg Jets (40-25-4, first in the Central Division)
Sacramento Kings (33-33, ninth in the Western Conference) vs. Boston Celtics (41-27, fifth in the Eastern Conference)
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — The University of Rhode Island men's basketball team saw its season sitting on a precipice as February ended. Conference losses had begun to pile up — five straight and nine overall — and it was up to the team's core leaders to do something about it.
NEW YORK (AP) — Providence kept its NCAA Tournament hopes alive and found yet another way to beat Butler.
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — For 25 years, William "Rick" Singer was in the business of helping high school students get into some of the country's top colleges, gaining a reputation as a master salesman who got results, but also someone who came across as devious and way too slick, say some…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The families ensnared in the college bribery scandal embody wealth and privilege in America: CEOs, Hollywood stars, Wall Street millionaires. A California vineyard owner. A prominent Manhattan lawyer.
BOSTON (AP) — Aaron Hernandez's murder conviction was reinstated Wednesday in a sweeping ruling from Massachusetts' highest court that does away with the legal principle that made the former NFL star innocent in the eyes of the law after he killed himself in prison.
BOSTON (AP) — The Latest on the reinstatement of Aaron Hernandez's murder conviction (all times local):
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Boone Jenner got off his sick bed and rung up his first career hat trick.
BALTIMORE (AP) — KJ Jackson had 21 points as Maryland-Baltimore County held on to beat Hartford 90-85 in double overtime in the America East Conference Tourney semifinals on Tuesday night.
BOSTON (AP) — The Latest on a college admissions bribery scandal that has led to charges against coaches and celebrities (all times local):
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The latest scandal to taint college athletics hit sports far from the spotlight and exposed a seamy side door into some of the nation's elite universities: coaches taking bribes to recruit non-athletes and help them ease past tough admissions policies.
Fifty people were charged Tuesday in a scheme in which wealthy parents allegedly bribed college coaches and other insiders to get their children into some of the nation's most elite universities.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — VCU coach Mike Rhoades has never had to look far this season for a way to motivate the Rams.
No. 9 seed Connecticut (15-16, 6-12) vs. No. 8 seed South Florida (19-12, 8-10)
NEW YORK (AP) — Parity came to the Big East Conference this season, and that is expected to make defending national champion Villanova's bid to win a third straight league tournament a lot more difficult.
BOSTON (AP) — Fifty people, including Hollywood stars Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, were charged Tuesday in a scheme in which wealthy parents allegedly bribed college coaches and other insiders to get their children into some of the nation's most elite schools.
No. 9 seed La Salle (10-20, 8-10) vs. No. 8 seed Rhode Island (16-14, 9-9)
BOSTON (AP) — College coaches, others indicted in federal court in sweeping admissions bribery case.