DU claims 3rd NCHC title with 4-1 win over Omaha

The No. 3 nationally-ranked Denver Pioneers won their third NCHC Frozen Faceoff Championship on Saturday night with a 4-1 victory over No. 11-ranked Omaha Mavericks at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.

Omaha opened with a goal in the first period, but McKade Webster scored twice for the Pioneers in the second, and Miko Matikka and Rieger Lorenz each added a goal in the third.

It was Denver’s 18th conference championship, the first 15 coming in the WCHA.

The bracket for the NCAA men’s hockey tournament will be announced at 4:30 p.m. Sunday on ESPNU.

Longtime Orioles owner Peter Angelos dies at 94

BALTIMORE>> Peter Angelos, owner of a Baltimore Orioles team that endured long losing stretches and shrewd proprietor of a law firm that won high-profile cases against industry titans, died Saturday. He was 94.

Angelos, who brought the team with a group of investors in 1993, had been ill for several years. His family announced his death in a statement thanking caregivers “who brought comfort to him in his final years.”

Angelos’ death comes as his son, John, is in the process of selling the Orioles to a group headed by Carlyle Group Inc. co-founder David Rubenstein.

May will take over Michigan after 6 years at FAC

BOCA RATON, Fla.>> Dusty May is going to Michigan, returning to his Big Ten roots and leaving Florida Atlantic after six seasons highlighted by a Final Four run that thrust him into the national spotlight a year ago.

NCAA removes official because of conflict

RALEIGH, N.C>> The NCAA changed one of the officials at the half of the Chattanooga-N.C. State game because of a background conflict. An online profile for Tommi Paris says that she received a master’s degree from Chattanooga.

Huetter wins Cup downhill race to clinch her first title

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria>> In a surprising finale of the women’s World Cup season, Cornelia Huetter won the downhill race to clinch her first-ever title and deny Lara Gut-Behrami her fourth.Having already won the overall, giant slalom and super-G titles over the past week at the World Cup finals, Gut-Behrami was expected to become the fourth female skier to win four classifications in one season, after Lindsey Vonn, Tina Maze and Mikaela Shiffrin.

Larson lurks, snatches Xfinity overtime win

AUSTIN, Texas>> Kyle Larson passed Shane van Gisbergen and Austin Hill on the final lap in double overtime to win the Xfinity road course race at the Circuit of the Americas.

No. 3 Sinner beats Vavassori at Miami Open

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla.>> No. 3 Jannik Sinner advanced to the third round of the Miami Open with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over fellow Italian Andrea Vavassor.

Russia’s friendly against Paraguay off after attack

MOSCOW>> The Russian Football Union said Saturday that its team’s friendly against Paraguay scheduled for Moscow on Monday has been put off indefinitely due to the terrorist attack.

— The Associated Press