Sports

By DAVID MILLER sports@poncacitynews.com

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A former Arkansas pastor has been sentenced to one year and nine months in federal prison for his part in helping a sports memorabilia collector make millions of dollars by fraudulently selling normal items represented as valuable mementos.

TOKYO (AP) — The Olympic flame is set to arrive in Japan from Greece even as the opening of the Tokyo Games in four months is in doubt with more voices calling for the event to be postponed or canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers enter free agency with expectations of signing Tom Brady and bolstering a defense that will be one of the keys to helping the six-time Super Bowl champion quarterback be successful with his new team.

Seton Hall’s Myles Powell and Marquette’s Markus Howard went head to head during the regular season in a pair of games befitting two of college basketball’s most dynamic players.

NEW YORK (AP) - Sabrina Ionescu has joined an elite group, becoming a three-time All-American.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Kansas coach Bill Self has spent much of the past week mulling ways to commemorate one of the more remarkable seasons in the school’s proud basketball history, one that began with off-the-court distractions too numerous to count and ended in the unprecedented cancellation of the NCAA Tournament.

The Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association Tuesday reiterated its hope that state basketball tournaments eventually will be played.

First the Masters, now the PGA Championship.

STARTING PITCHER Madison Bumgarner (40) of the Arizona Diamondbacks talks with manager Torey Lovullo, right, after leaving a spring training baseball game against the Kansas City Royals March 9 in Scottsdale, Ariz. MLB players and owners have set up a fund to aid ball park employes during the current suspension of activities. (AP Photo)