UCLA freshman Kiki Rice is checking in periodically from the NCAA Tournament as told to AP Basketball Writer Doug Feinberg.

Stanford has hired Sacramento State coach Troy Taylor to replace David Shaw and lead a football program that has had three losing seasons in the last four years.

Alyssa Nakken, hired in February as an assistant for the San Francisco Giants, made history Monday when she took over as the first base coach. Nakken is the first woman to do so and is the first ever female coach in Major League Baseball. Im so excited to be in this role for the challenge and the opportunity to make an impact for this organization that I love. But also, Im excited that now girls can see there is a job on the field in baseball. The Giants ended up with a 6-2 win in that exhibition game vs. the Oakland Athletics.

Head coach Herm Edwards of the Arizona State Sun Devils during the second half of the college football game against the Michigan State Spartans at Sun Devil Stadium on September 8, 2018 in Tempe, Arizona. Arizona State, which has a huge road date with No. 20 Michigan State on deck, will look to open the season 2-0 when it hosts high-scoring Sacramento State on Friday night. Sacramento State, picked to finish 11th in the 13-team Big Sky coaches poll, crushed NAIA powerhouse Southern Oregon 77-19 last Saturday night in its season opener. PREDICTION: Arizona State 49, Sacramento State 13More college football scoresCopyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.