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Team Vitality, MOUZ to battle in BLAST Open Spring grand final

Team Vitality and MOUZ advanced to the grand final with victories on Saturday in the semifinals of the BLAST Open Spring at Lisbon, Portugal.

The clash on Sunday will be a rematch of the Group A upper-bracket final, won by Vitality 2-0 in the tournament’s opening stage on March 24.

Vitality defeated Team Spirit 2-1 in Saturday’s semifinal playoffs, while MOUZ posted a 2-0 sweep of Eternal Fire, which had won the Group B upper-bracket final opening stage on March 24.

The $400,000 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event began with the 16 teams divided into two groups for double-elimination play. All group-stage matches were best-of-three.

In the single-elimination playoffs, all matches are best-of-three until the grand final, which will be best-of-five. The team that wins the Sunday final will pocket $150,000.

On Saturday, Team Vitality topped Team Spirit 13-6 on Anubis, then fell 13-6 on Nuke before emerging with a 13-10 win on Mirage. Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut of France was the only player for Vitality with a plus kill-death differential (plus-12 with 53 kills). Spirit was led by Russians Danil “donk” Kryshkovets with a plus-20 (56 kills) and Dmitry “sh1ro” Sokolov with a plus-11 differential (46 kills).

MOUZ knocked off Eternal Fire in a tight battle, 13-11 on Nuke and 13-10 on Dust II. Adam “torzi” Torzsas of Hungary led MOUZ with a plus-17 K-D differential (40 kills) and Lotan “Spinx” Giladi of Israel had a plus-7 (36 kills).

Ozgur “woxic” Eker of the all-Turkish Eternal Fire was the lone player with a plus differential at plus-7 (37 kills).

BLAST Open Spring prize pool

1. $150,000

2. $60,000

3-4. $40,000 — Team Spirit, Eternal Fire

5-6. $20,000 — Natus Vincere, G2 Esports

7-8. $10,000 — Virtus.pro, The MongolZ

9-12. $7,500 — Team Falcons, FaZe Clan, Team Liquid, M80

13-16. $5,000 — The Huns Esports, Astralis, Imperial Esports, FURIA

–Field Level Media

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Benny Gealer shoots lights out in Stanford's runaway win over SMU

NCAA Basketball: Southern Methodist at StanfordFeb 28, 2026; Stanford, California, USA; Stanford Cardinal head coach Kyle Smith gestures during the first half against the Southern Methodist University Mustangs at Maples Pavilion. Mandatory Credit: Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images

Benny Gealer posted a career-high 30 points and went 7-for-11 from beyond the arc as Stanford dominated visiting SMU 95-75 on Saturday.

Gealer added four rebounds and a career-high six steals for the Cardinal (18-11, 7-9 Atlantic Coast Conference), who finish their regular season next week on the road and went 12-6 at home.

Ebuka Okorie added 22 points and six assists, and Aidan Cammann contributed 15 points, six rebounds, and four assists. Stanford went 14-for-27 from outside the arc and made 90.6% of its free throws.

Boopie Miller posted 26 points and five assists for the Mustangs (19-10, 8-8), who finished their California road trip with an 0-2 record after a 73-69 loss to Cal on Wednesday.

Jaron Pierre Jr. added 21 points and six rebounds. SMU shot 47.4% from the field and 38.9% from beyond the arc, while allowing 17 points off of the team’s nine turnovers.

Okorie posted seven points, including a shot from beyond the arc, to give Stanford an early 12-7 lead with 16:03 remaining in the first half.

Gealer made his first three perimeter shots to increase Stanford’s lead to 20-12 with 12:55 remaining. Miller’s layup ended an SMU scoring drought to make it 20-18 with 8:04 left in the half.

The Cardinal failed to tally any points for over five minutes, but then went on a 12-2 run to go up 32-20 on a Ryan Agarwal three-pointer with 2:55 left in the half. The Cardinal held off a push by the Mustangs to take a 34-27 lead into halftime.

Stanford opened the second half on an 11-4 run to take a 45-31 lead with 17:34 remaining on another three from Agarwal.

SMU went on a 12-4 run to cut into the deficit and make it 53-47 at the 11:24 mark, but Stanford responded to increase the lead to 60-47 with 10 minutes to play.

That started a 19-4 surge for the Cardinal which effectively put the game away. They took their largest lead of the day, 72-51, with 7:50 left.

SMU attempted to climb back into things but failed to cut the deficit to less than 15 points. Stanford led by as many as 23 points in the final minute.

–Field Level Media

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Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 8 Michigan rolls past No. 14 Maryland

Syndication: Lansing State JournalMichigan’s head coach Kim Barnes Arico calls out to the team during the first quarter in the game against Michigan State on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, at the Breslin Center in East Lansing.

Olivia Olson scored 28 points with eight rebounds and Syla Swords added 17 points as No. 8 Michigan closed out its regular-season schedule with an 87-69 victory over No. 14 Maryland at Ann Arbor, Mich.

The Wolverines (24-5, 15-3 Big Ten) moved into sole possession of second place in the Big Ten Conference standings, a half of a game ahead of No. 9 Iowa, which concludes its season on Sunday at Wisconsin. The Hawkeyes beat Michigan in the lone regular-season meeting.

Mila Holloway had 12 points and six assists for Michigan, which won its second consecutive game after losing to Iowa last Sunday. The Wolverines went 3-1 to close out the regular season, all in games against ranked teams.

Oluchi Okananwa scored 19 points and Yarden Garzon added 14 for the Terrapins (23-7, 11-7), who allowed Michigan to score at least 20 points in every quarter and never recovered from a 46-31 deficit at halftime.

No. 25 Princeton 62, Harvard 49

The visiting Tigers didn’t let an early deficit prevent them from surging past the Crimson in Cambridge, Mass., for their fourth consecutive victory and sixth in their last seven games.

Fadima Tall scored a game-high of 18 points with nine rebounds for Princeton (23-3, 11-2 Ivy League). Skye Belker added 13 points, Ashley Chea had 12 and Olivia Hutcherson blocked three shots. The Tigers shot 24 of 51 (47%) from the field and scored 18 points off their opponent’s 15 turnovers.

Harvard, which led 13-11 after the opening quarter, lost for just the second time in its last nine games. The Crimson, which made just 17 of 57 field-goal attempts (29.8%), including 7 of 27 from long range, was led by Karlee White with 10 points and Olivia Jones with nine boards.

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NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for February 28, 2026

Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is for people who love golf.

As we’ve shared in previous hints stories, this is a version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans.

Like the original Connections, the game is all about finding the “common threads between words.” And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier — so we’ve served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

If you just want to be told today’s puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for the latest Connections solution. But if you’d rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

What is Connections: Sports Edition?

The NYT‘s latest daily word game has launched in association with The Athletic, the New York Times property that provides the publication’s sports coverage. Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.

Each puzzle features 16 words and each grouping of words is split into four categories. These sets could comprise of anything from book titles, software, country names, etc. Even though multiple words will seem like they fit together, there’s only one correct answer.

If a player gets all four words in a set correct, those words are removed from the board. Guess wrong and it counts as a mistake — players get up to four mistakes until the game ends.

Players can also rearrange and shuffle the board to make spotting connections easier. Additionally, each group is color-coded with yellow being the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple. Like Wordle, you can share the results with your friends on social media.

Here’s a hint for today’s Connections: Sports Edition categories

Want a hint about the categories without being told the categories? Then give these a try:

Here are today’s Connections: Sports Edition categories

Need a little extra help? Today’s connections fall into the following categories:

  • Yellow: Golf Equipment

  • Green: Materials in a Baseball

  • Blue: SEC School Locations

  • Purple: First Names of Chicago Bears

Looking for Wordle today? Here’s the answer to today’s Wordle.

Ready for the answers? This is your last chance to turn back and solve today’s puzzle before we reveal the solutions.

Drumroll, please!

The solution to today’s Connections: Sports Edition #523 is…

What is the answer to Connections: Sports Edition today?

  • Golf Equipment – CLUB, GLOVE, RANGEFINDER, TEE

  • Materials in a Baseball – CORK, LEATHER, RUBBER, YARN

  • SEC School Locations – ATHENS, AUBURN, LEXINGTON, OXFORD

  • First Names of Chicago Bears – CAIRO, CALEB, LUTHER, ROME

Don’t feel down if you didn’t manage to guess it this time. There will be new sports Connections for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we’ll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.

Are you also playing NYT Strands? See hints and answers for today’s Strands.

If you’re looking for more puzzles, Mashable’s got games now! Check out our games hub for Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more.

Not the day you’re after? Here’s the solution to today’s Connections.


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