The Los Angeles Angels have signed utility player Chris Taylor to a minor-league deal, according to the team.

It took Pittsburgh eighth-grader Otto Schellhammer until the Sweet 16 to finally miss one of his women’s picks for March Madness. No. 6 seed Notre Dame beat second-seeded Vanderbilt on Friday in Fort Worth, Texas, to open the regional rounds of the women’s NCAA Tournament. Schellhammer previously told The Associated Press it was “100% luck” and that he didn’t know anything about basketball despite that perfect start through 48 games.

Stephen Curry missed his 24th straight game for the Golden State Warriors on Friday night but is set to resume 5-on-5 scrimmaging in the coming days with hopes he might still return from a lingering right knee injury before the end of the regular season. The 38-year-old Curry was re-evaluated Friday ahead of the team’s home game against the Washington Wizards for the patella-femoral pain syndrome/bone bruising he has been dealing with for the past two months. Golden State had initially hoped he would return right after the All-Star break, and Curry sat out the All-Star Game this year. Curry, leading the Warriors with 27.2 points per game, last played Jan. 30 against Detroit.

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The Seattle Mariners placed right-handed pitcher Carlos Vargas on the 15-day injured list Friday with a right lat strain and recalled right-handed pitcher Cole Wilcox from Triple-A Tacoma. Vargas, 26, did not appear out of the bullpen for Seattle in Thursday’s 6-4 loss to the Cleveland Guardians. The third-year reliever broke camp with the Mariners out of spring training after going 5-5 with a 3.97 ERA last season, but manager Dan Wilson said Vargas felt something off with his lat and informed the team.

Wes Mendes and Florida State baseball outdueled Duke on Friday night, winning 3-1 behind 12 strikeouts from Mendes.