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Loudoun Co. vet takes charge of dog health care in Iditarod race 03/08/2026 05:17pm • These canines are no slouches. In fact, they're extreme athletes. That's according to Erika Friedrich, a Loudoun County woman who's helping to keep dogs running in the 2026 Iditarod healthy. "I think the thing that impresses me about them is their camaraderie as a team," Friedrich, who owns t Iranian state TV says Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the late supreme leader, has been named his successor 03/08/2026 05:16pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian state TV says Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the late supreme leader, has been named his successor. What does it mean to win gold at the Paralympics? Ask snowboard great Hernandez and her daughter 03/08/2026 05:07pm • CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — As the French national anthem played, the 51-year-old Para snowboard great Cécile Hernandez cried at the top of the podium. A few meters away from Hernandez, her 18-year-old daughter wept profusely. It was the ending that Hernandez, who won her second Paralympic go Kelly Pannek scores overtime winner to lead the Minnesota Frost over the Toronto Sceptres 3-2 03/08/2026 05:04pm • TORONTO (AP) — Kelly Pannek scored an overtime winner to lead the Minnesota Frost over the Toronto Sceptres 3-2 on Sunday in the PWHL. The Frost, who played without captain Kendall Coyne Schofield, picked up their first win in their second game following the Olympic break. Minnesota was coming off Berry leads Memphis to 96-95 OT victory over Tulane 03/08/2026 04:57pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Quante Berry scored 22 points to lead Memphis, including the winning free throws with 2.3 seconds left in overtime, and the Tigers took down Tulane 96-95 on Sunday. Rowan Brumbaugh's desperation heave from the logo was off at the buzzer. A layup by Tulane’s KJ Green with 13 s International Women’s Day is a celebration and a call to action. Here are things to know 03/08/2026 04:50pm • Women across the world called for equal pay, reproductive rights, education, justice and decision-making jobs and celebrate progress toward female empowerment during events and demonstrations marking International Women’s Day on Sunday. Officially recognized by the United Nations in 1977, Internat Professional Women's Hockey League Glance 03/08/2026 04:49pm • Teams awarded three (3) points for a regulation win, two (2) points for an overtime or shootout win, one (1) point for an overtime or shootout loss, and zero (0) points for a regulation time loss. All Times EST Thursday's Games Boston 1, New York 0 Sunday's Games New York 6, Ottawa 2 Minnesota 3, Werder Bremen beats Union Berlin 4-1 to leave Bundesliga's relegation zone 03/08/2026 04:45pm • BERLIN (AP) — Berlin-born teenager Patrice ÄŒović scored his first Bundesliga goal on Sunday as Werder Bremen beat 10-man Union Berlin 4-1 away to escape the relegation zone. The 18-year-old ÄŒović, who progressed through Hertha Berlin’s youth setup, entered in stoppage time with the game alre Zach Johnson wins his PGA Tour Champions debut less than 2 weeks after turning 50 03/08/2026 04:43pm • BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Two-time major champion Zach Johnson turned 50 on Feb. 24 and quickly cashed in Sunday in his PGA Tour Champions debut, closing with a 3-under 69 for a four-shot victory in the James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational. Johnson made an early bogey and that was his US soldier killed in Iran war has ties to Spotsylvania County  03/08/2026 04:39pm • One of the American troops killed in the ongoing conflict between the U.S., Israel and Iran has ties to Virginia. Robert M. Marzan, a 54-year-old chief warrant officer who was killed March 1 in Kuwait, grew up in Sacramento but had recently purchased a home in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, accor Pinion scores 22 as South Florida knocks off Charlotte 83-60 03/08/2026 04:27pm • TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Joseph Pinion's 22 points helped South Florida defeat Charlotte 83-60 in a regular-season finale on Sunday. The Bulls are 23-8 overall and won the American Athletic Conference regular-season title at 15-3. The 49ers dropped to 15-16 overall and finished in a tie for fifth place NTSB member says he was fired without explanation by the Trump administration 03/08/2026 04:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A National Transportation Safety Board member who was a public face of the investigation into last year's deadly collision of an airliner and an Army helicopter near the nation's capital said Sunday that he had been fired by the Trump administration without explanation. Todd I Rangers claim OF Dairon Blanco off waivers from the Royals and place Jordan Montgomery on 60-day IL 03/08/2026 04:12pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers claimed outfielder Dairon Blanco off waivers from the Kansas City Royals on Sunday and placed left-hander Jordan Montgomery on the 60-day injured list to make room for the 32-year-old Cuban on the roster. Blanco, who was designated for assignment by Kansas RHP Zack Littell agrees to 1-year contract with the Washington Nationals, AP source says 03/08/2026 03:58pm • Zack Littell has a new home after agreeing to a one-year contract with the Washington Nationals, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Sunday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the agreement was pending a physical. ESPN was the first to report on the move. The No. 13 Duke rallies past No. 12 Louisville 70-65 in overtime to win women's ACC Tournament 03/08/2026 03:55pm • DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — Taina Mair had 19 points and 12 rebounds, Delaney Thomas also scored 19 and No. 13 Duke rallied to win its second straight women's Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament title, beating No. 12 Louisville 70-65 in overtime on Sunday. Thomas' layup with 4 seconds left in regulation t