No. 1 South Carolina women down No. 3 LSU
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
NO. 1 SOUTH CAROLINA TOPS NO. 3 LSU FOR 31ST STRAIGHT WIN
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Kamilla Cardoso had 18 points and 13 rebounds, Zia Cooke scored 17 and No. 1 South Carolina beat third-ranked LSU 88-64 on Sunday in a showdown of the last two unbeaten teams.
Aliyah Boston finished with 14 points and nine boards to help the Gamecocks (25-0, 12-0 Southeastern Conference) win their 31st straight game.
Billed as a showcase between reigning AP player of the year Boston and Angel Reese, the game quickly become a highlight reel of South Carolina’s experience, talent and depth. The Gamecocks ran out to an 18-2 lead as they ended the record start of LSU (231, 11-1).
Alexis Morris led LSU (23-1, 11-1) with 23 points and six rebounds, while Reese finished with 16 points and four rebounds — her first game of the season without double-figure boards.
BASEBALL
DEREK JETER JOINING FOX SPORTS’ BASEBALL STUDIO TEAM
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez have been reunited.
Fox Sports announced Sunday during its Super Bowl pregame show that Jeter will be part of the network’s studio coverage for the coming season.
Rodriguez hugged Jeter as he came on stage and presented him with a Fox Sports baseball jersey. Jeter, who was elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame in 2020, also joins fellow Hall of Famer David Ortiz and host Kevin Burkhardt as part of the studio team.
“I was on set at the World Series in Philadelphia and (David) Ortiz kept showing me his World Series rings. I figured I would join the team and humble him a little bit,” Jeter joked.
Jeter and Rodriguez were teammates on the New York Yankees for 10 seasons, but their relationship wasn’t close. The two were good friends early on during their big league careers, but Jeter acknowledged during his ESPN documentary series “The Captain” last year that they had grown apart after comments Rodriguez made in a 2001 interview with Esquire magazine.
Rodriguez credited Jeter’s teammates for the Yankees’ run of four World Series championships in five years from 1996-2000.
The two, though, have seemed to put things behind them.
UFC
MAKHACHEV BEATS VOLKANOVSKI TO DEFEND UFC LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE
PERTH, Australia — Islam Makhachev defied a rowdy crowd and a sustained challenge from Alexander Volkanovski on Sunday to cement his supremacy in the UFC lightweight division in a grueling fight in Perth, Western Australia.
In the main event of UFC 284, Makhachev defended his 155-pound belt with an unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) to prevail in a five-round slugfest.