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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw needs more dental work after getting hit in the face by a line drive, but still is set to start on opening day.

Notes and tidbits from around the NCAA Tournament on Friday:

Two down, four to go for the Kentucky Wildcats as they try to become the first unbeaten national champion since Indiana in 1976. UCLA came up with a second win in the tournament, not bad for a…

PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — Mark Trumbo went 3 for 3 with a double and drove in two runs, leading Archie Bradley and the Arizona Diamondbacks over the San Diego Padres 7-5 Saturday.

FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — Kevin Harvick apparently isn't satisfied with dominating just one NASCAR race series this year.

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Jered Weaver and Tim Lincecum both turned in their most impressive outings this spring as the Los Angeles Angels beat the San Francisco Giants 3-2 Saturday.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Andre Ethier hit his first home run this spring, connecting against Colorado starter Jhoulys Chacin as the Los Angeles Dodgers lost to the Rockies 6-4 in a split-squad…

ST. PAUL — The way the Western Conference was stacked up this weekend, the St. Louis Blues would face the Minnesota Wild in the first round of the playoffs.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Radim Vrbata set up the tying goal by Nick Bonino in the second period and scored the go-ahead goal during a 5-on-3 power play in the third, leading the Vancouver Canucks to…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The last time Mike Krzyzewski and Steve Fisher met in the NCAA Tournament, they were coaching two of the most memorable teams in college basketball history in a national…

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Taylor Gault scored a season-high 25 points, Kiera Clark added a career-best 22 and 11th-seed Arkansas-Little Rock beat sixth-seeded Texas A&M 69-60 Saturday in the ope…

FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — Although Kevin Harvick is on the biggest roll NASCAR has seen in four decades, the California native has been driving too long to take anything for granted when he attem…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Henrik Stenson of Sweden made a 20-foot eagle and a tap-in birdie over the last three holes at Bay Hill to seize control Saturday in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Aaron Harrison scored 13 points, Trey Lyles added 11 with 11 rebounds and top-ranked Kentucky outworked eighth-seeded Cincinnati for a 64-51 victory Saturday to remain u…

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Cole Hamels gave up homers to Jose Reyes and Jose Bautista, and Chase Utley made his first start at second base this spring in the Philadelphia Phillies' 6-3 loss to th…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's close call in its NCAA Tournament opener left Lady Vols coach Holly Warlick wanting to double-check Boise State's record.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A week after anxiously waiting and praying for an at-large berth in the NCAA Tournament, the UCLA Bruins certainly have done their best to quiet their doubters.

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Murray 6-2, 6-3 to reach the final of the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday, handing Murray his worst hard-court loss to the world's top-ran…

VIERA, Fla. (AP) — Jordan Zimmermann and Henderson Alvarez exchanged brush-back pitches and angry glares Saturday in a Washington Nationals split squad's 4-2 win over the Miami Marlins.

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (AP) — Allan Dykstra hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth, lifting the Tampa Bay Rays to a 4-2 win over a Minnesota split squad Saturday after Twins starter Trev…