Cause of bobsledder Steven Holcomb’s death unclear

Holcomb was a three-time Olympian and three-time Olympic medalist, including a four-man gold from the 2010 Vancouver Games.

Stanford’s winning streak was the longest active streak in college baseball, but Arizona State beat the 13th-ranked Cardinal 9-6 in Phoenix to snap the run at 11 games.

Stanford (30-13, 13-8 Pac-12) spotted the Sun Devils (20-24, 7-14) a 5-1 lead, but came back to tie it at 5-5 in the second inning before ASU scored three runs in the third and held off the Cardinal from there.

USF (24-25, 9-15 WCC) scored a season-high 18 runs on 24 hits in an 18-4 win against visiting Pepperdine (18-27, 7-14).

The United States bounced back from its surprise opening loss at the world championships with a 7-2 rout of Denmark in Cologne, Germany, thanks to a hat trick from the Arizona Coyotes’ Clayton Keller in the Group A game.

Earlier, defending champion Canada and Russia both continued their solid starts with resounding wins.

In Paris, Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon had a hat trick and an assist as defending champion Canada routed Slovenia 7-2.