Sports Schedule for Thursday, March 16, 2023

NHL
Colorado at Ottawa, 7 p.m.
Montreal at Florida, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Boston at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.
Chicago at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Dallas at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
Calgary at Vegas, 10 p.m.
Vancouver at Arizona, 10 p.m.
Columbus at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
Seattle at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
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AHL
Grand Rapids at Cleveland, 7 p.m.
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NBA
Denver at Detroit, 7 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
Sacramento at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.
Indiana at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
Orlando at Phoenix, 10 p.m.
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NCAA Men’s March Madness
East Regional First Round
At Amway Center
Orlando, Fla.
Duke (26-8) vs. Oral Roberts (30-4), 7:10 p.m.
Tennessee (23-10) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (26-7), 9:40 p.m.
West Regional First Round
At Wells Fargo Arena
Des Moines, Iowa
Kansas (27-7) vs. Howard (22-12), 2 p.m.
Arkansas (20-13) vs. Illinois (20-12), 4:30 p.m.
At Golden 1 Center
Sacramento, Calif.
Northwestern (21-11) vs. Boise St. (24-9), 7:35 p.m.
UCLA (29-5) vs. UNC-Asheville (27-7), 10:05 p.m.
Midwest Regional First Round
At Legacy Arena at BJCC
Birmingham, Ala.
Houston (31-3) vs. N. Kentucky (22-12), 9:20 p.m.
Iowa (19-13) vs. Auburn (20-12), 6:50 p.m.
At Wells Fargo Arena
Des Moines, Iowa
Texas A&M (25-9) vs. Penn St. (22-13), 9:55 p.m.
Texas (26-8) vs. Colgate (26-8), 7:25 p.m.
South Regional First Round
At Legacy Arena at BJCC
Birmingham, Ala.
Alabama (29-5) vs. Texas A&M-CC Islanders, 2:45 p.m.
Maryland (21-12) vs. West Virginia (19-14), 12:15 p.m.
At Amway Center
Orlando, Fla.
San Diego St. (27-6) vs. Coll. of Charleston (31-3), 3:10 p.m.
Virginia (25-7) vs. Furman (27-7), 12:40 p.m.
At Golden 1 Center
Sacramento, Calif.
Missouri (24-9) vs. Utah St. (26-8), 1:40 p.m.
Arizona (28-6) vs. Princeton (21-8), 4:10 p.m.
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NCAA Women’s March Madness
First Four
At Value City Arena
Columbus, Ohio
Purdue (19-10) vs. St. John’s (22-8), 7 p.m.
At Assembly Hall
Bloomington, Ind.
Monmouth (NJ) (18-15) vs. Tennessee Tech (22-9), 9 p.m.
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MLB
Spring Training
Atlanta vs. Tampa Bay (ss) at St. Petersburg, Florida, 1:05 p.m.
Houston vs. St. Louis at Sarasota, Florida, 1:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (ss) vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Florida, 1:05 p.m.
Arizona vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Arizona, 4:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Arizona, 4:05 p.m.
Oakland vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Arizona, 4:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, Arizona, 4:10 p.m.
San Diego vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Arizona, 4:10 p.m.
San Francisco vs. Seattle at Peoria, Arizona, 4:10 p.m.
Toronto vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Florida, 6:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets vs. Washington at Palm Beach, Florida, 6:05 p.m.
Philadelphia vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Florida, 6:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Florida, 6:35 p.m.
Texas vs. L.A. Dodgers at Phoenix, Arizona, 9:05 p.m.
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World Baseball Classic
Italy at Japan, 6 a.m.
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OHL
Peterborough at North Bay, 7 p.m.
