March 2006 in Sports - March 20, 2006 (Monday)

March 20, 2006 (Monday)

• World Baseball Classic: Japan beats Cuba 10–6, to win the first World Baseball Classic at PETCO Park in San Diego. Pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka was named Most Valuable Player.
• Cricket:
  • West Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2005-06:
    • Second Test at Wellington: West Indies 192 (Morton 63, Franklin 5/53) and 215 (Gayle 68) lose to New Zealand 372 (Fleming 97, Fulton 75, Astle 65, Edwards 5/65) and 36/0 by ten wickets. New Zealand leads three-Test series 2–0. Cricinfo scorecard
• American football: Paul Tagliabue, who has served as the commissioner of the NFL since 1987, will retire in July.
• Auto racing: Pole sitter Kasey Kahne won the rain-delayed NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Golden Corral 500. Bill Lester, the first African-American to quafify for a top level NASCAR race since Willy T. Ribbs two decades earlier, finished in 38th place, three laps behind.
• 2006 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament, Second round
  • Bridgeport Region
    • At Rosemont, Illinois:
      • (4) Michigan State 67, (5) Kentucky 63
  • Cleveland Region
    • At Nashville:
      • (1) North Carolina 89, (8) Vanderbilt 70
  • San Antonio Region
    • At Denver:
      • (2) Oklahoma 86, (7) BYU 70
      • (3) Stanford 86, (6) Florida State 70
    • At Nashville
      • (1) LSU 72, (8) Washington 49
    • At Rosemont:
      • (4) DePaul 71, (12) Tulsa 67
  • Albuquerque Region
    • At Tucson, Arizona:
      • (3) Baylor 87, (11) New Mexico 67
      • (5) Utah 86, (4) Arizona State 65