Anthony Edwards will be on the floor Sunday when the Timberwolves attempt to secure their fourth straight playoff berth with a win over the tanking Jazz.

Edwards picked up his 18th technical foul of the season in Minnesota’s blowout win Friday over Brooklyn, which would have resulted in another one-game suspension had it stood. But the NBA announced on Saturday it had rescinded the tech, so Edwards will be available.

The Wolves are 21.5 point favorites to beat the Jazz.

After the game, Edwards said he told the ref “where was the (bleeping) foul?” after he was whistled for an infraction.

“I hope they look at it and rescind it so I can play in a couple day,” Edwards said after the game. “I’m praying they rescind it. I don’t feel it should’ve been a tech.”

Minnesota players and coaches pleaded with the officials immediately after the call was made, to no avail.

“I did not really get a good or clear explanation,” Wolves coach Chris Finch said of the tech. “It didn’t seem like there was any egregious or overly demonstrative (action) or anything like that.”

In a pool report, NBA official Bill Kennedy said Edwards received the tech “for use of profanity directed toward an official.”

— Jace Frederick

Gophers athletics

Wayzata DL commits to U of M football

The Gophers football program picked up a commitment from Wayzata defensive lineman Eli Diane on Saturday. He is the first pledge in the U’s 2027 recruiting class.

Diane, who is listed at 6-foot-4 and 235 points, had other offers from Iowa, Wisconsin, Rutgers, Iowa State, Kansas State and Colorado State.

“1000% committed,” Diane wrote in social media.

The Gophers offered a scholarship on Feb. 2, and he has made multiple visits to Dinkytown since then.

Entering his junior year, Diane does not have many recruiting rankings yet, but On3 initially pegged him as a four-star prospect.

— Andy Greder

Rowers sweep all five races in Kansas Regatta

The Gophers rowing team won all five varsity races to end the Big 12/Big Ten Double Duel at Wyandotte County Lake in Kansas City, Kan.

Minnesota covered the 2,000-meter distance ahead of the host Jayhawks in the first four races with an average victory of 19 seconds.

The Gophers’ Second Varsity Four got a 24-second win over Kansas that set the tone.

After a pair of first-place finishes by the eight crews, the First Varsity Four turned in another imposing race as it won by more than 34 seconds.

Minnesota closed the regatta by winning their fifth race of the day as the Third Varsity Four took down rival Iowa in dominating fashion.

Minnesota tallied 12 victories in 14 events across the two days of competition.

Baseball claims lopsided win against Ohio State

The Minnesota baseball team took a 2-0 lead in the second inning and never surrendered the advantage on the way to a 9-2 win against the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Sophomore Kyle Remington (1-5) started on the mound and picked up the win for Minnesota (15-17, 4-10 Big Ten). The right-hander went five shutout innings while giving up three hits.

Softball falls to fourth-ranked Ducks

The Minnesota softball team (14-25, 3-12 Big Ten) took a 2-0 lead into the sixth inning, but could not hang on and fell 5-4 to fourth-ranked Oregon (35-4, 11-1).

Junior Syndey Schwartz (5-13) started and took the loss in the circle for Minnesota.

In the batter’s box, the Gophers were led by Senior Taylor Krapf, who went 1-for-2 on the day with a home run, two walks and two RBI.

St. Paul SaINTS

Omaha claims first win of 5-game series

Omaha won the first three games of a five-game series against the Saints, claiming a 7-5 victory at CHS Field.

A four-run third inning was the difference maker in favor of the Storm Chasers, coming after St. Paul had taken an initial 3-0 lead.

Catcher Diego Cartaya’s first hit of the season was a big one, as he smacked a second-inning home run.

First baseman Mike Ford went 2-for-4 with two RBI.

Reliever Jarret Whorff took the loss for the Saints, allowing two earned runs on two hits over three innings.

Whorff came on for starter Randy Dobnak, who allowed five earned runs on seven hits in five innings of work.

The series finale is this afternoon at 2 p.m.

auto racing

Piastri takes pole for Bahrain Grand Prix

Oscar Piastri took pole in qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday as his McLaren teammate and standings leader Lando Norris could only manage sixth.

George Russell was a surprisingly strong challenger and took second for Mercedes, .168 of a second off Piastri’s time. Charles Leclerc qualified third for Ferrari and Norris was .426 off the pace in sixth.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was seventh after reporting a “terrible” problem with his brakes and seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton was ninth for Ferrari.

Esteban Ocon had a heavy crash in his Haas in the second part of qualifying, causing a delay. He signaled to the team he wasn’t hurt.

Verstappen is one point off standings leader Norris after winning the Japanese Grand Prix last week.

college football

Stockton takes hold of Georgia QB position

Carson Beck’s decision to transfer to Miami opened the door for Gunner Stockton to take over as Georgia’s starting quarterback.

Stockton’s status as Georgia’s next option was confirmed when he took over for the Bulldogs in the College Football Playoff following Beck’s season-ending elbow surgery.

Stockton, a junior, held off a challenge from redshirt freshman Ryan Puglisi to retain the starting role in spring practice.

Stockton’s role as the starter was confirmed when he took the field with the first-team offense.

— From news services