CNN — The sequel didn’t have the exact same cast as the original. College basketball doesn’t work that way. But the two prominent stars from the NCAA women’s basketball tournament a year ago – Iowa’s Caitlin Clark and LSU’s Angel Reese – remained front and center in the sport. Monday night, they both lived up…
The top-seeded and defending champions, UConn, continued their journey towards a back-to-back national championship after blowing out San Diego State in a Sweet 16 matchup Thursday night. As a result, the Huskies will now face Illinois on Saturday to determine which team will advance to the Final Four. The UConn Huskies secured their spot in…
Welcome to MLB Opening Day! All 30 teams were scheduled to be in action Thursday before rain postponed the scheduled Milwaukee Brewers-New York Mets and Atlanta Braves-Philadelphia Phillies openers to Friday. The Los Angeles Angels and Baltimore Orioles got things started with Corbin Burnes delivering a dominant debut for Baltimore. Soon after, things really heated…
The sweet become elite on Thursday and Friday. March Madness is full-steam ahead towards the Final Four, but first, there are a couple more stops to make before teams meet in State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Entering the Sweet 16, there’s been a fair amount of chalk throughout the tournament. All four No. 1…
The NFL banned the hip-drop tackle via a unanimous vote of team owners Monday in a controversial decision that the league contends will improve player safety. The rule change immediately prompted impassioned responses from players past and present. Detractors of the decision argue that the rule will fundamentally change how the game is played for…
March Madness shines the spotlight on the craziness that can happen in the world of sports. It’s a good preparation tool for the eminently unpredictable event that is the NFL draft. Much like the most analytically concocted brackets for the men’s and women’s brackets, there are always upsets and random chaos that simply cannot be…
Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani issued a forceful and detailed statement to reporters Monday denying he’d ever participated in any sports gambling amid the mounting scandal involving allegations his former interpreter stole money from him and placed sports bets. Ohtani said his translator had been “stealing money” from his accounts to pay off debts…
ORLANDO — NFL teams are still debating an overhaul to the league’s kickoff rules, but owners passed three new playing rules Monday, including a ban on one form of the hip-drop tackle, and a modification to the league’s challenge system proposed by the Detroit Lions. Owners approved granting a team a third challenge if the…
The U.S. men’s national team’s 2-0 win over Mexico in the Concacaf Nations League final on Sunday was temporarily halted after Mexico fans repeatedly used an anti-LGBTQ+ chant that continues to mar El Tri’s high-profile matches. The fans used the discriminatory chants at multiple times during the game, getting louder and louder with each usage….
