By TYLER KEPNER

The Yankees brought their dominance to a new continent on Wednesday, overpowering the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 12-1.

By VIV BERNSTEIN

The upstart Minnesota Golden Gophers, seeded No. 7 and playing in the first regional final in team history, beat top-ranked Duke.

By JUDY BATTISTA

Agustin Calleri ended Andre Agassi's three-year run as champion of the Nasdaq-100 Open, eliminating him on Tuesday in the fourth round, 6-2, 7-6.

By CHRIS BROUSSARD

The Knicks' Allan Houston, family man, gospel hip-hop producer, role model, gets love only when he drops 35 points or more in a come-from-behind victory.

By LEE JENKINS

It was assumed that Jae Weong Seo would be the fourth starter based on his past accomplishments. But so much this spring has not progressed as planned.

By JACK CURRY

The chief negotiators for Major League Baseball and the players association reported progress regarding a new drug-testing policy that would conform to Olympic standards.

By TYLER KEPNER

TOKYO, March 30 It took one game for Alex Rodriguez, the reigning American League Gold Glove shortstop, to make a bold declaration.

By JACK CURRY

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By COREY KILGANNON

Baseball fans had to set their alarms for before sunrise to watch the Yankees open their season in Japan.

By KATIE ZEZIMA

Despite assurances to the contrary from historians and from the poem's author, Holliston, Mass., and Stockton, Calif., both claim to have been the inspiration of "Casey at the Bat."

By RICHARD SANDOMIR

Although it was a regular-season game, YES could have been more adventurous than finding a Yankees fan wearing a Godzilla headdress and a Matsui shirt.

By BRANDON LILLY

Rutgers beat Iowa State, 84-81, in overtime, and will play Michigan, which routed Oregon, 78-53, for the N.I.T. championship.

By MARCIA CHAMBERS

N.C.A.A. rules prohibit a university from using an athlete's name or image to promote a commercial venture, so universities have been using jersey numbers.

By RAY GLIER

Jarrett Jack, who carried Georgia Tech into the Final Four, studies film of Tech games as if it were his only hobby.

By DAVE ANDERSON

Club owners are expected to institute a new penalty and fines for premeditated group touchdown celebrations. It's about time. It's also not enough.

By DAMON HACK

A court granted an expedited hearing in Maurice Clarett's suit, providing the league another opportunity to try to prohibit underclassmen from entering its ranks.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By The Associated Press.

By THE NEW YORK TIMES

The Nets have lost five of six games since Jason Kidd and Kenyon Martin, their All-Stars at point guard and power forward, went to the sideline.

By DAMON HACK

The league's owners voted today to keep its instant replay system in place for the next five seasons, endorsing it by a 29-3 margin.

By DAVE CALDWELL

Mark Messier, who becomes a free agent at the end of the season, was scratched again for the fourth straight game.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By The Associated Press.

By RON DICKER

An Islanders victory over Montreal combined with a loss by Buffalo to the Rangers would clinch the Islanders' third straight playoff berth.

By JACK BELL

Plans to build a stadium for the MetroStars in Harrison, N.J., are close, but not as close as M.L.S. Commissioner Don Garber said they were.

By MAREK FUCHS

Manhattanville College decides to focus on hockey to raise "all-round" image and up enrollment.