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If Denzel Irvin decides that his college football path will take him the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, he could certainly draw from past experience when it comes to trying to help put a budding football program on the map. That’s exactly...

Cornelius “C.J.” Jennings is just trying to take it all in right now. The Orlando Jones High athlete believes his talent will eventually carry him to the next level. He has college football in his sights and with each scholarship offer,...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Auto Racing--Formula One, Monaco Grand Prix qualifying, 7 a.m. (NBCSN); NASCAR Nationwide Series, History 300 pole qualifying, 10 a.m. (ESPN2); NASCAR Nationwide Series, History 300, 1:45 p.m. (ABC) College Softball--NCAA...

Eric Jackson picked up his first two college scholarship offers from Football Bowl Subdivision schools this week and it did not matter to the Apopka defensive lineman that the schools aren’t exactly on the map of who’s who in college football....

TV SPORTS| Auto Racing--Indy Racing League, Indianapolis 500, Carb Day Part I, 10 a.m. (NBCSN); Indy Racing League, Indy Lights Freedom 100, 11 a.m. (NBCSN); Indy Racing League, Indianapolis 500 Carb Day Part II, Noon (NBCSN) Major League Baseball--...

Jordan Luciano ran track for Holy Family Church in Easton as a seventh- and eighth-grader and some indoor track as a freshman at Easton High, but soccer was her spring sport. "It wasn't very organized," she said of the church track. "But I liked track....

Each May, ACC officials convene for the conference’s spring meetings. Substantive issues are debated, enduring decisions made. But the event is also an opportunity to exhale, enjoy a beverage of choice and bask in the accommodations of the Ritz-...

|TODAY| |COLLEGE TENNIS| Northern State at Sioux Falls, noon   |TV SPORTS| NHL Hockey—New York Rangers at Philadelphia Flyers, 6:30 p.m. (NBCSN); Los Angeles Kings at San Jose Sharks, 9:30 p.m. (NBCSN) Major League Baseball—Los...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, Southampton at Reading, 6:30 a.m. (ESPN2); MLS, Real Salt Lake at Colorado, 6:30 p.m. (NBCSN) High School Basketball--National Invitational girls’ championship, 10 a.m. (ESPN2), National...

|TV SPORTS| Major League Baseball--Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates, 11:30 a.m. (WGN); Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins, Noon (FXSP) Tennis--WTA Family Circle Cup, Noon (ESPN2) NBA Basketball--Chicago Bulls at Brooklyn Nets, 6 p.m. (TNT); San...

|TODAY| |COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL| |NCAA DII TOURNEY| |At San Antonio| |Quarterfinals| Augustana (27-6) vs. Clayton St. (32-0), noon Dowling (28-3) vs. Colorado Mesa (31-1), 2:30 p.m. Nova Southeastern (23-8) vs. Western Washington...

VCU enters the NCAA tournament with a 26-8 record, not quite as glossy as last season, when the Rams were 28-6. Yet VCU is a No. 5 seed, light years better than last year’s No. 12. Coach Shaka Smart knows why. “A lot of people don’...