The Dodgers’ final night game in Arizona has them hosting the San Diego Padres.

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— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) March 20, 2026

Friday game info

• Teams: Dodgers vs. Padres
• Ballpark: Camelback Ranch
• Time: 6:05 p.m. PT
• TV: SportsNet LA
• Radio: AM 570

Michael Conlan has confirmed it’s the “end of the road” following his split decision defeat by Kevin Walsh at Belfast’s SSE Arena.

The former world amateur champion had hoped a victory would set up a third shot at top honours as a professional, but in a rather drab affair, Walsh was awarded two 96-94 verdicts with Conlan taking the third card 97-93.

The 33-year-old visitor from the United States maintained his perfect record which extends to 20 victories in as many contests, while Conlan’s record ends at 20-4.

Conlan had high hopes of landing a shot at WBC featherweight champion Bruce Carrington later in the year.

It was a fight that never quite came alive despite some brief moments as Conlan sought to box rather than brawl and, while Walsh was never in full command, his moments were enough to see him take a career-best win with the Belfast man announcing his retirement.

“I said that the next defeat, no matter the circumstances, would be me finished with boxing and it has come,” Conlan told reporters in a sombre dressing room afterwards.

“I didn’t think I lost, but I wasn’t good enough and that’s just a fact. For me to become a world champion I need to be beating guys like that and beating them well. That was too close for comfort.

“I’m 34 now, too long in the tooth, I thought I won but it is what it is. I don’t want to do it anymore so it’s time to say goodbye to boxing.”

Confident Walsh silences the home crowd

Walsh danced to the ring, exuding the confidence of a man who had yet to taste defeat as a professional and despite being a long way from his home of Brockton, Massachusetts, he appeared right at home.

Conlan came out for the opening bell in the orthodox stance, but swiftly reverted to southpaw in what was an extremely cagey start from both, but a left hand from the Belfast man appeared to bring the challenger to life with Walsh getting through with right hands.

A gash had opened on Conlan’s forehead in the second – the result of a head clash – with blood flowing freely.

It remained cautious for the most part with Conlan seeking to find a home for the jab but they temporarily traded up close to close out the round and it was in this area where Walsh looked dangerous.

The American was feinting consistently and goading at times, seeking to draw Conlan’s lead but the Belfast man remained composed, refusing to over-commit as he sought to draw a mistake of his own.

Both appeared respectful of the other’s power which meant the moments of note in the first half were fleeting and limited to single shots, but Conlan appeared to be having more of them as his footwork was leaving the American short during his sporadic raids, but he got an opportunity to work on the inside in the seventh from a brief exchange.

While the blood from Conlan’s earlier cut appeared to have stopped, a gash by his right eye was now a problem in the eighth which offered Walsh some encouragement, but still he didn’t fully press in the ninth aside from a brief moment towards the end of a round Conlan seemed to control with his movement.

The visitor did open the 10th and final round with intent but fully sustain the attack, yet he was pressing a little more and ultimately, it was enough to see him home.

Conlan falls short of reaching ultimate goal

It was a return to Belfast for the first time since his defeat by Jordan Gill in December 2023 which left him with much to ponder in terms of his career.

After a 16-month hiatus, Conlan returned in March 2025 under new coach Grant Smith, producing a points win over Asad Asif Khan in Brighton before stopping Jack Bateson in Dublin six months later.

However, the SSE Arena once again proved to be the scene of one final night of disappointment that has resulted in his decision to retire.

It wasn’t a case of him being completely dominated this time, but there was self-awareness that his performance was not up to a level where he could threaten a standing champion.

Walsh will instead seek his own opportunity and called out WBC featherweight champion Bruce Carrington afterwards.

“It was definitely a close fight,” he told DAZN afterwards.

“Shout out to Mick Conlan – I’ve always been a fan of his but he couldn’t figure me out. He’s been a helluva fighter, but his time’s up.”

Those words rang true with Conlan confirming this is indeed time up.

“Boxing has given me an unbelievable life,” he reflected.

“I can never be bitter with the situation because it gives you so much and takes so much. I’ve always said you can never love the sport as it will never love you back.

“I want to walk away with my health intact and my family good. I’ve done really well in boxing, have reached some serious heights and fought in some serious arenas around the world, done things many fighters don’t get to do.”

He continued: “I’ve achieved an awful lot but have I reached my goal of becoming a world champion? No, and that’s the hardest part of all.

“I’m a stubborn person and would want to keep going, but I’ve missed a lot of my family’s lives. I’ve two kids, my daughter is 11 next week and my son is seven. I’ve missed maybe 65 or 70% of their lives through boxing and training camps, so it’s time to go home.”

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The Carolina Panthers are signing former Atlanta Falcons tight end Feleipe Franks, according to a report from NFL insider Jordan Schultz. Franks, 28, signed with the Falcons as an undrafted free agent in 2021 and spent his first two seasons in Atlanta.

Despite playing quarterback in college, Franks switched to the tight end position under former Falcons head coach Arthur Smith. In 2024, Franks signed with the Panthers and appeared in 16 games. He returned to Atlanta last season and was active for all 17 games, primarily contributing on special teams.

Over four NFL seasons, Franks has recorded one catch for 12 yards, and 10 career rushing yards on six attempts. Atlanta did not re-sign Franks after the 2025 season. Instead, the team franchise-tagged Kyle Pitts and signed former Falcons tight end Austin Hooper in free agency.

The Falcons also completed a trade on Friday afternoon, swapping fourth- and sixth-round picks with the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for safety Sydney Brown.

Follow along with all of the team’s offseason moves using our Falcons free agency live tracker!

This article originally appeared on Falcons Wire: Former Falcons TE Feleipe Franks to sign with Panthers

Coming off a Super Bowl berth, the New England Patriots have a clear plan in mind for the 2026 offseason: it’s about remodeling, not rebuilding, as head coach Mike Vrabel said after the season.

The NFL Draft naturally is a major part of this process. Until the event in late April, the Patriots — led by Vrabel and EVP of player personnel Eliot Wolf — will be conducting interviews, working out prospects, inviting them for a finite number of pre-draft visits, and in general try to get as complete a picture as possible. It remains to be seen what this process eventually leads to, but there will be plenty of news to report.

In order to find out who the Patriots have already spoken to or worked out thus far, please make sure to bookmark this regularly-updated pre-draft tracker. We will have all contact listed to the best of our knowledge.

(Note: Please scroll down for a meeting-by-meeting breakdown)

Quarterback

Haynes King (Georgia Tech): Pro Day

Running back

Kejon Owens (Florida International): Senior Bowl

Adam Randall (Clemson): 30 visit

Jordon Vaughn (Abilene Christian): College Gridiron Showcase

Mike Washington Jr. (Arkansas): Combine + Pro Day

Wide receiver

Lewis Bond (Boston College): Senior Bowl

Camden Brown (Georgia Southern): Hula Bowl

K.C. Concepcion (Texas A&M): 30 visit

Emmanuel Henderson (Kansas): East-West Shrine Bowl

De’Zhaun Stribling (Ole Miss): 30 visit

Tight end

Nate Boerkircher (Texas A&M): Combine

Oscar Delp (Georgia): 30 visit

John Michael Gyllenborg (Wyoming): Senior Bowl

D.J. Rogers (TCU): Senior Bowl

Dan Villari (Syracuse): Hula Bowl + Senior Bowl

Offensive tackle

Travis Burke (Memphis): Pro Day + 30 visit

Kamar Missouri (UTSA): College Gridiron Showcase

Jake Pope (Illinois State): Pro Day

Interior offensive line

Kage Casey (Boise State): Senior Bowl

Desmond Daniels (Alabama State): FCS Showcase

Nick Dawkins (Penn State): American Bowl

Jalen Farmer (Kentucky): Combine

Ashton Grable (Florida A&M): HBCU Legacy Bowl

Delby Lemieux (Dartmouth): Senior Bowl

Peter Nygra (Louisville): East-West Shrine Bowl

Brian Parker II (Duke): East-West Shrine Bowl

Connor Tollison (Missouri): American Bowl

Interior defensive line

Nick Barrett (South Carolina): Combine

Rayshaun Benny (Michigan): Senior Bowl

Gracen Halton (Oklahoma): Pro Day

Kody Huisman (Virginia Tech): American Bowl

Noah Miles (Howard): HBCU Legacy Bowl

Tyler Onyedim (Texas A&M): Combine

Kaleb Proctor (Southeastern Louisiana): Combine

Landon Robinson (Navy): East-West Shrine Bowl

Defensive edge

Keyron Crawford (Auburn): Combine

Dani Dennis-Sutton (Penn State): Senior Bowl

Dayon Hayes (Texas A&M): American Bowl

Michael Heldman (Central Michigan): Hula Bowl

Romello Height (Texas A&M): 30 visit

Cashius Howell (Texas A&M): Combine

Michael Lunz II (South Carolina State): HBCU Legacy Bowl

Akheem Mesidor (Miami): Combine

T.J. Parker (Clemson): Senior Bowl

R. Mason Thomas (Oklahoma): 30 visit

Zion Young (Missouri): Combine

Linebacker

Shad Banks Jr. (UTSA): Hula Bowl

Khalil Jacobs (Missouri): Pro Day + Virtual meeting

Javin Wright (Nebraska): American Bowl

Cornerback

Caleb Anderson (Michigan): College Gridiron Showcase

Rashad Battle (Pittsburgh): American Bowl

Elijah Culp (James Madison): American Bowl

Michael Dansby (Arizona): American Bowl

Andre Fuller (Toledo): East-West Shrine Bowl

Al’Zillion Hamilton (Fresno State): American Bowl

Jaden Rios (Texas State): Hula Bowl

Avery Smith (Toledo): Combine

Safety

Dathan Hickey (Youngstown State): College Gridiron Showcase

Cam Smith (Marshall): Hula Bowl

Gavin Gibson (North Carolina): Hula Bowl

Kamari Ramsey (USC): Combine

Robert Spears-Jennings (Oklahoma): Pro Day

Jalen Stroman (Notre Dame): Senior Bowl

Emmanuel McNeil-Warren (Toledo): 30 visit

Zakee Wheatley (Penn State): 30 visit

Specialists

Garrison Grimes (LS | BYU): East-West Shrine Bowl

Laith Merjan (K | Kansas): Hula Bowl

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Whereas the list above gives an overview over the prospects the Patriots have been in contact with before the draft, the following overview is a breakdown by meeting opportunity plus the source of each report.

FCS Showcase

OL Desmond Daniels (Alabama State) | Source

Hula Bowl

WR Camden Brown (Georgia Southern) | Source

TE Dan Villari (Syracuse) | Source

ED Michael Heldman (Central Michigan) | Source

LB Shad Banks Jr. (UTSA) | Source

CB Jaden Rios (Texas State) | Source

S Cam Smith (Marshall) | Source

S Gavin Gibson (North Carolina) | Source

K Laith Merjan (Kansas) | Source

College Gridiron Showcase

RB Jordon Vaughn (Abilene Christian) | Source

OT Kamar Missouri (UTSA) | Source

CB Caleb Anderson (Michigan) | Source

S Dathan Hickey (Youngstown State) | Source

American Bowl

OL Nick Dawkins (Penn State) | Source

OL Connor Tollison (Missouri) | Source

DT Kody Huisman (Virginia Tech) | Source

ED Dayon Hayes (Texas A&M) | Source

LB Javin Wright (Nebraska) | Source

CB Rashad Battle (Pittsburgh) | Source

CB Elijah Culp (James Madison) | Source

CB Michael Dansby (Arizona) | Source

CB Al’Zillion Hamilton (Fresno State) | Source

East-West Shrine Bowl

WR Emmanuel Henderson (Kansas) | Source

OL Brian Parker II (Duke) | Source

OL Peter Nygra (Louisville) | Source

DT Landon Robinson (Navy) | Source

CB Andre Fuller (Toledo) | Source

LS Garrison Grimes (BYU) | Source

Senior Bowl

RB Kejon Owens (Florida International) | Source

WR Lewis Bond (Boston College) | Source

TE John Michael Gyllenborg (Wyoming) | Source

TE D.J. Rogers (TCU) | Source

TE Dan Villari (Syracuse) | Source

OL Kage Casey (Boise State) | Source

OL Delby Lemieux (Dartmouth) | Source

DT Rayshaun Benny (Michigan) | Source

ED Dani Dennis-Sutton (Penn State) | Source

ED T.J. Parker (Clemson) | Source

S Jalen Stroman (Notre Dame) | Source

HBCU Legacy Bowl

OL Ashton Grable (Florida A&M) | Source

DT Noah Miles (Howard) | Source

ED Michael Lunz II (South Carolina State) | Source

NFL Scouting Combine

TE Nate Boerkircher (Texas A&M) | Source

OL Jalen Farmer (Kentucky) | Source

DT Nick Barrett (South Carolina) | Source

DT Kaleb Proctor (Southeastern Louisiana) | Source

DT Tyler Onyedim (Texas A&M) | Source

ED Keyron Crawford (Auburn) | Source

ED Cashius Howell (Texas A&M) | Source

ED Akheem Mesidor (Miami) | Source

ED Zion Young (Missouri) | Source

CB Avery Smith (Toledo) | Source

S Kamari Ramsey (USC) | Source

RB Mike Washington Jr. (Arkansas) | Source

Pro Days

OT Travis Burke (Memphis) | Source

OT Jake Pope (Illinois State) | Source

LB Khalil Jacobs (Missouri) | Source

DT Gracen Halton (Oklahoma) | Source

S Robert Spears-Jennings (Oklahoma) | Source

RB Mike Washington Jr. (Arkansas) | Source

QB Haynes King (Georgia Tech) | Source

Virtual meetings

LB Khalil Jacobs (Missouri) | Source

Local Pro Day

TBD

30 visits

ED R. Mason Thomas (Oklahoma) | Source

ED Romello Height (Texas Tech) | Source

S Emmanuel McNeil-Warren (Toledo) | Source

OT Travis Burke (Memphis) | Source

RB Adam Randall (Clemson) | Source

S Zakee Wheatley (Penn State) | Source

WR De’Zhaun Stribling (Ole Miss) | Source

TE Oscar Delp (Georgia) | Source

WR K.C. Concepcion (Texas A&M) | Source

Kevin Willard is famously combative in the media. Last year, when he was head coach at Maryland leading the famed ‘Crab Five’ to the Sweet 16, Willard was obstinate to the press on a daily basis when asked about the rumors connecting him to the Villanova job. Willard would leave for ‘Nova days after Maryland’s season ended, and he got back to the NCAA tournament this season in his first season on his new job. Unfortunately, Willard’s debut March run with the Wildcats might be remembered more for an off-the-cuff comment he made during a season-ending loss than anything he did on the court.

No. 9 seed Utah State beat No. 8 seed Villanova, 86-76, on Friday afternoon. As the game was slipping away from the Wildcats, Willard used an interview with CBS to say he was going to “fire his staff” for “giving up eight points” on baseline out of bounds plays. The video went viral after Villanova’s loss. Watch Willard’s comments here:

“I’m gonna fire my staff. Yeah, I am … The only thing I’m gonna do is fire them and get a new staff.”

– Villanova coach Kevin Willard to @LaurenShehadi 🤣 pic.twitter.com/6PdSBKa72z

— CBS Sports College Basketball 🏀 (@CBSSportsCBB) March 20, 2026

After the loss, Willard again said he was going to fire his staff, but this time he was clearly doing it in jest. Willard said he was joking during the in-game interview, and didn’t care about any online criticism.

This is classic Kevin Willard. Just classic. https://t.co/kbdXuN7KKr

— Steve Gorgei (@GorgOnSports) March 21, 2026

Call me a killjoy, but I just don’t think that joke is funny. During a moment of strife, Willard’s defense mechanism was some dry humor about blaming his staff, but not taking any responsibility for loss himself. A good head coach should credit his players and staff in public when things are going well, and take the blame when things are falling apart. Even if we take Willard at his word that it was all a joke, it’s still not that cool and pretty distasteful.

My advice to Kevin Willard is tell a funnier joke next time. Or, you know, just win the game.

What’s actually funny is that Willard’s staff is probably safer now after his bad joke. It will be a horrible look for Willard if he actually replaces staff members this offseason after joking about it during the elimination game.

Making the tournament is nothing to scoff at, so in that sense Willard’s first year at Villanova was a success. Hey, the Jay Wright era had a few early exits too before the program broke through with two national championships. Hopefully Willard learns some lessons on and off the court this season, or at least some better jokes.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (AP) — Ohio State scored four goals in the final 10 minutes of the first period, and the No. 1 overall seed Buckeyes beat fifth-seeded Northeastern 5-0 on Friday in the first of two semifinals Friday night at Pegula Ice Arena.

Ohio State (36-4-0), which set the program’s single-season wins record with 36, advanced to its fifth straight national title game to improve to 14-4 in the NCAA Tournament and 7-4 in the Frozen Four.

Northeastern (29-9-1) was making its fourth Frozen Four appearance in program history and first since 2023 when Ohio State defeated the Huskies 3-0. The Huskies dropped to 5-7-0 in the NCAA Tournament.

Five different players scored for the Buckeyes and 10 players recorded a point.

Joy Dunne, a Patty Kazmaier top-10 finalist, scored on a rebound 10 minutes into the game for her 27th goal of the season. Then Kaia Malachino and Sanni Vanhanen scored a minute apart for a 3-0 lead.

Emma Peschel beat the first-period buzzer with a slap shot to make it 4-0 and Sara Swiderski sent a shot from the blue line that deflected into the goal in the third.

Hailey MacLeod recorded her fifth shutout this season with 15 saves — five coming in the first 10 minutes. She ended a breakaway chance five minutes in and finished the frame with eight saves.

Northeastern goaltender Lisa Jönsson made 37 saves.

Up next

The Buckeyes will face the winner of the second semifinal between No. 2 Wisconsin and No. 3 Penn State.

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Atlanta’s bats continued to make some noise here in the Grapefruit League as the Braves slugged their way to yet another win during spring training action.

It took a while for the bats to get going but once they did, a couple of the Braves regular made their presence felt in a loud manner. Jorge Mateo did deliver an RBI single in the second inning but the fifth inning was when things got pretty loud. With a runner on first and one out, Matt Olson appeared to have gotten all of a changeup from Pirates pitcher Nick Dombkowski. Olson crushed it with an EV of 109-mph with a 27 degree launch angle but it only ended up landing at the fence (386 feet away from home plate, to be exact) for an RBI double. Drake Baldwin scored a run on the play as the Braves went ahead in the contest.

Austin Riley came up to the plate right afterwards and he proceeded to earn bragging rights in the dugout by hitting a pitch from Dombkowski over the fence for a two-run dinger. Now granted, Riley’s batted ball was “softer” at 102-mph and shorter at 368 feet but the idea is to hit the ball over the fence and that’s what Riley did for the fourth time this spring. That gave the Braves a three-run inning as the middle of the lineup continued to look solid with the regular season looming.

While this was going on, José Suarez ended up throwing 75 pitches across 5.1 innings. He did a very solid job of keeping the Pirates lineup quiet in this one and it wasn’t like the Pirates sent a lineup full of organizational depth to North Port, either. Suarez finished with just one run allowed on two hits, two walks and six strikeouts as well. Suarez’s strikeout victims included Marcell Ozuna (twice), Oneil Cruz and Mississippi State baseball legend Jake Mangum, so it wasn’t like the strikeouts were coming against lesser competition, either. This certainly helped Suarez’s case for leaving North Port and heading to Cobb County instead of Gwinnett County.

Joel Payamps entered the game in the sixth inning in relief for Suarez and he ended up going 1.2 innings while striking out a pair of batters as well. That set the stage for Raisel Iglesias to enter the game in the eighth inning and he tossed his third scoreless inning in five spring training appearances so far. While Iglesias did give up a hit, he did strike out two batters along the way so as long as he’s doing that once the season is underway then people around here will be pretty happy about that. Robert Suarez ended up closing out the game with a scoreless inning and two strikeouts of his own, so it was nice to see the set-up man and closer both clicking in this one as well.

Going back to the regulars at the plate, Drake Baldwin and Dominic Smith each picked up hits in this one. 2026 World Baseball Classic champion Ronald Acuña Jr. was greeted with a very nice ovation upon his return to Braves camp and while he didn’t get a hit, he did make his presence felt by reaching base twice via walks. Meanwhile, Cal Conley hit a double, stole third base and scored on an RBI single, so that’s pretty encouraging. Luis Guanipa drove in Kevin Kilpatrick Jr. with an RBI single of his own and Jorge Mateo’s aforementioned RBI single was his only knock of the day.

If you’re the type who’s encouraged by spring training results then you have to be pleased to see the Braves currently at the top of the Grapefruit League standings. While nobody’s ever hung a banner for winning the Grapefruit League pennant, it’s still nice to see the Braves continuing to click out there as they get ready for the games that will actually begin to count by this time next Friday. Are y’all excited yet?