Reuters Sports News Summary

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs. NBA roundup: Turner's triple-double leads Blazers

Rodney Hood scored 21 points, and Evan Turner came off the bench for a triple-double as the Portland Trail Blazers pulled away for a 132-122 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night in Minneapolis. Turner went 5-for-5 from the field while collecting 13 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in only 24 minutes for the Trail Blazers, who have won 10 of their past 12 contests. No. 1 Notre Dame blasts No. 2 Stanford to make Final Four

Jackie Young's 25-point, 10-rebound double-double Monday night helped top-seeded Notre Dame rally from a nine-point second-half deficit and stop second-seeded Stanford 84-68 in the title game of the Chicago Region at Wintrust Arena, earning the right to defend its national championship. The Fighting Irish (34-3) advanced to the Final Four in the NCAA Women's Tournament, earning a matchup Friday night in Tampa against Connecticut. It's a rematch of a regular season game in December that the Huskies won. U.S. women's soccer team say lawsuit about more than money

Members of the United States women's soccer squad (USWNT) have told Reuters their lawsuit against the national federation alleging gender discrimination is not just about wages but also improving the sport for women participating in it at all levels. All 28 members of the squad were named as plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which was filed in federal court last month and says the women are not paid the same as their male counterparts. NFL notebook: Browns trade Ogbah to Chiefs

The Cleveland Browns traded defensive end Emmanuel Ogbah to the Kansas Chiefs on Monday. The Chiefs announced the trade and said they would send safety Eric Murray in return. Ogbah, selected by the Browns in the second round (32nd overall) of the 2016 NFL Draft, did not show up to the Browns' training facility on Monday for the first day of voluntary workouts because he expected to be traded. NHL roundup: Lightning reach 60 wins

Yanni Gourde and Nikita Kucherov each had three points as the Tampa Bay Lightning cracked the 60-win plateau with a 5-2 road victory over the Ottawa Senators on Monday. The Lightning became just the third team in NHL history to win 60 games in a season, following the 1995-96 Red Wings' 62 wins and 1976-77 Canadiens' 60 wins in the pre-overtime era. With three games remaining on the schedule, Tampa Bay (60-15-4, 124 points) still has a chance of breaking Detroit's record. Porzingis accuser asked Knicks to 'mediate' payment: report

The woman accusing former Knicks center Kristaps Porzingis of raping her in New York in February 2018 contacted the team's legal department in October asking to "mediate in private" a $68,000 payment, ESPN reported Monday. Citing emails between the woman and the team, ESPN reports the 29-year-old woman communicated with the Knicks from late October through early November seeking hush money she said Porzingis had promised her, with the team eventually referring her to Porzingis' personal lawyer. MLB notebook: Dodgers’ Kershaw to make rehab start

Clayton Kershaw's run of eight straight Opening Day starts ended due to left shoulder inflammation. However, the Los Angeles Dodgers ace will have a different type of Opening Day assignment when he makes a rehab start at Oklahoma City on Thursday night. Soccer: Australia to receive World Cup progress report against U.S.

The Australian women's soccer team will get an early indication of their World Cup prospects when they face defending champions the United States in a friendly in Denver on Thursday. The Matildas, under new boss Ante Milicic, made short work of New Zealand, South Korea and Argentina to win the inaugural Cup of Nations on home soil last month but will be keen to see how they stack up against the top-ranked side in the world. Calipari accepts lifetime deal from Kentucky

John Calipari has agreed to a long-term contract to remain men's basketball coach at Kentucky, the school announced Monday. The new contract came after UCLA made overtures to land Calipari as its new coach. Kentucky didn't immediately announce terms of the deal, but The Athletic's Seth Davis reported that the Bruins' offered Calipari a six-year deal for approximately $48 million. Ice hockey: Collapse of Canadian women's league creates air of uncertainty

The sudden demise of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) has left the future of women's professional hockey in North America in disarray with many of the world's best players without a club team to play for. The CWHL, which was founded in 2007, is one of two women's professional leagues in North America and consensus was they could not thrive as separate entities even as popularity of the women's game has been rising in recent years.