Froch knocks out Groves, retains WBA, IBF titles

Two OSU boats reach NCAA women’s rowing finals

The Ohio State women’s rowing team advanced its first varsity eight and second varsity eight to the Grand Finals in the NCAA championships in Indianapolis.

The top three crews from each A/B semifinal automatically advanced to today’s Division I Grand Final.

The Buckeyes’ first varsity eight won its semifinal in 6 minutes, 28.58 seconds, ahead of California (6:30.15) and Washington (6:32.28).

The second varsity eight won in 6:34.99. Princeton (6:38.58) was second and Brown (6:40.32) third.

pitched into the seventh inning and Youngstown State earned its first NCAA baseball tournament victory, defeating Indiana State 5-2 in an elimination game in Bloomington, Ind. Youngstown State will play Stanford today.

doubled and drove in two runs to lead Xavier to a 6-4 victory over Clemson in an NCAA baseball tournament elimination game in Nashville, Tenn. Kentucky’s hit a two-out, two-run double to highlight a four-run ninth inning as the Wildcats rallied past Kent State 4-2 in an NCAA baseball tournament elimination game in Louisville, Ky.

knocked out British rival in the eighth round to retain his WBA and IBF super-middleweight titles in a rematch in front of 80,000 fans at Wembley Stadium in London.

Froch floored Groves with a huge right hook with about 30 seconds remaining in the round, with the referee immediately stopping one of mosthyped fights in the country’s boxing history.

Groves had started slower but improved as the fight went on, only to be knocked down by Froch’s biggest punch of the bout.

of Britain won the vacant WBA bantamweight title with a 10th-round knockout of

of Thailand at Wembley Stadium.

of Australia won the IBF middleweight title with a unanimous decision over of Germany in Krefeld, Germany.

Soliman won with a big margin on all three cards. One judge had him the winner with a score of 117-111, the other two scored it 118-110.

James leans to beat rival Merritt in 400

of Grenada edged American

in a photo finish to win the men’s 400 meters in the 40th annual Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore.

James, the gold medalist in the 2012 London Olympics, bested his rival by leaning at the end to finish in 43.97 seconds, best in the world this season.

won the 100 in a wind-aided 9.76 seconds. Had it not been for the breeze, Gatlin’s time would have been the best in the world this season.

won the starstudded women’s 200 with a personal-best 22.18. Olympic gold medalist

who continues to make her return from a hamstring injury in the world championships last season, was third.