Sports

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Bob Knight, the brilliant and combustible coach who won three NCAA titles at Indiana and for years was the scowling face of college basketball, has died. He was 83.

HENDERSON, Nev.— Changes kept coming to the Las Vegas Raiders on Wednesday, and it’s up to interim coach Antonio Pierce to make sense of it all and try to salvage the season.

OHIO STATE FOOTBALL

WAPAKONETA — After a thrilling shootout victory Saturday, Kalida found itself in another down-to-the-wire match in tournament play.

SHAWNEE TOWNSHIP — Ottawa-Glandorf moved on to the Division III regional girls soccer finals with a 5-0 victory Tuesday night against Riverdale.

PHOENIX — Marcus Semien’s two-run triple and three-run homer powered Texas to a 10-run lead by the third inning, Corey Seager hit another long home run and the Rangers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 11-7 on Tuesday night to move ahead three games to one in the World Series.

ADA — The third-seeded Ohio Northern women’s soccer team got a 1-0 victory over sixth-seeded Wilmington on the snowy Kerscher Stadium turf in the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament quarterfinals on Tuesday night. With the win, the Polar Bears advance to Thursday’s tournament semifinals at second-seeded Otterbein.

TIFFIN — The Shawnee girls’ soccer team has been tested this postseason.

COLUMBUS — Ryan Day had good news and bad news about Ohio State’s running backs at his weekly press conference on Tuesday.

The NCAA investigation hanging over Michigan as it heads into the final month of the season as a national championship contender is not affecting the College Football Playoff selection committee’s assessment of the Wolverines.