The best NBA and WNBA performances from March Madness history
Legends are made in the NCAA tournament.Not every player who stands out during the Big Dance ends up performing well at the next level, but it's certainly not a bad indicator by any means.Years from now, we might look back at some of the top performers in the 2023 men's and women's tournaments and say that this was the moment they truly became stars.
Seventh-grade prodigy Jaden Soong takes his shot at qualifying for the U.S. Open
Of 89 underdog golfers making last-ditch attempts to qualify for the 123rd U.S. Open on Monday, one elicited the most oohs and aahs as well as discreet eye-rolling.Jaden Soong, however, had little chance of advancing to the first U.S. Open held in Los Angeles, with emphasis on little.Soong is a 5-foot-1, 13-year-old seventh grader who Tuesday will return to classes at Thomas Starr King Middle School in Los Feliz.
Hernandez: Shohei Ohtani's WBC dominance proves he must leave the Angels
This isn't just about what's best for Shohei Ohtani anymore.This is about what's best for baseball.Ohtani can't sign another contract with the Angels.Next winter, Ohtani has to move on, and he has to move on to a team that will offer him a chance to play baseball every single October.His talent requires it.
March Madness Cinderellas: What is the lowest seed to win the NCAA tournament title?
Take heart, potential Cinderella stories and bracket busters.The odds don't favor you past the first weekend, but history offers you a North Star, a small glimmer of hope that anything is possible.On April Fools' Day, 1985, eighth-seeded Villanova became - and remains - the lowest seed to win the NCAA men's basketball championship, when it defeated top-seeded Georgetown 66-64.
Plaschke: UCLA looks all business in NCAA tournament opener rout over UNC Asheville
No Furman here.No Princeton here.No late craziness or shocking weirdness or shining momentousness here.No Cinderella, only smashing pumpkins.UCLA was not going to lose its NCAA first-round tournament game to 18-point underdog North Carolina Asheville at the Golden 1 Center on Thursday night.No way.No how.
How many times has a No. 1 seed won the NCAA men's basketball tournament?
This is not to be a Cinderella-hating, bracket-buster buzz kill, but ... Odds are, a No. 1 seed is going to be snipping net at the end of "One Shining Moment."Since the NCAA men's basketball tournament went to a 64-team field, a No. 1 seed has won 24 of the 37 championships.Kansas' win over North Carolina in last year's tournament final was the fifth straight by a top dog and the 11th in the last 15 seasons.
Jodie Burrage sets up all-British final with Katie Boulter in Nottingham
Katie Boulter and Jodie Burrage will contest a first all-British WTA Tour final for 46 years at the Rothesay Open in Nottingham on Sunday.Britain's leading women have responded in style to criticism of the fact none of them were in the main draw at the French Open with the sort of week not seen since the 1970s when Virginia Wade and Sue Barker were at the top of the game.
Soccer players' union looks to hold FIFA accountable for player payments
The global soccer players' union is working with FIFA to make sure that payments promised to all players at the Women's World Cup actually reach them.FIFA confirmed last week that the 732 players participating in the tournament, which starts next month in Australia and New Zealand, will be paid at least $30,000 each.
Equal prize money at men's and women's World Cups is a must, says FIFPRO
Equal prize money at the 2026 and 2027 men's and women's World Cups has to happen no matter what, according to world players' union FIFPRO.Gianni Infantino, the president of football's global governing body FIFA which organises the tournaments, said in March it was his ambition for there to be equal prize money after this summer's Women's World Cup.
Jude Bellingham uses pain of England's near misses in bid for Euro 2024 glory
Jude Bellingham says he is harnessing the pain of England's near misses as the talented teenager homes in on European Championship glory next summer.The national team are in the midst of their most successful period since Sir Alf Ramsey led Bobby Moore's heroes to World Cup glory in 1966.The surprising run to the 2018 semi-finals in Russia was followed by manager Gareth Southgate leading England to a first European Championship final two years ago.
Jodie Burrage has the British number one ranking and a top-100 place in her sights as she looks to write a positive narrative this grass-court season.Bone stress in her arm forced the 24-year-old to miss her chance to qualify last month for the French Open, where no British women were in the main draw for the first time since 2008.
Jordan Pickford determined to be remembered as an England trophy winner
Jordan Pickford is aiming for Euro 2024 glory after having sniffed success with England in recent years.The Everton goalkeeper has been a mainstay in Gareth Southgate's side and has retained his place as first choice heading into the Euro 2024 qualification campaign.Pickford played every game as England reached the 2018 World Cup semi-finals, lost on penalties to Italy in the Euro 2020 final and were knocked out by France in the quarter-finals in Qatar last year.
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Northern Ireland's Jonny Evans is determined to continue playing at club and international level.The 35-year-old is out of contract after suffering Premier League relegation at the end of an injury-plagued season with Leicester City.
BBC 'absolutely committed' to Women's World Cup deal
The BBC is "absolutely committed" to securing a deal with Fifa to broadcast the Women's World Cup, its chief content officer has said.With 37 days until the tournament in Australia and New Zealand, there is still no agreement between football's governing body and any UK broadcaster.It means games involving England may not be available to domestic viewers.
Wiegman says Houghton was considered for World Cup
England manager Sarina Wiegman says former captain Steph Houghton was "in our conversations" despite being left out of the World Cup squad.Houghton, 35, has not played for England since 2021 and never under Wiegman.The absence of senior players Leah Williamson and Fran Kirby due to injury had led to calls for Houghton's return.
Scotland batter Lorna Jack says getting to a World Cup is the "main aim" for the national women's side given nine players have been awarded their first professional contracts.Scotland have never reached the game's showpiece but the Under-19s made it to the inaugural World Cup last winter.From that squad, Katherine Fraser, Ailsa Lister and Orla Montgomery are three of the players to get contracts.
'I have had so many pinch-myself moments' - Jill Scott column
Former England midfielder Jill Scott, who won 161 caps for the Lionesses and appeared at 10 major international tournaments, retired from football last year after helping her side win Euro 2022 on home soil.She has since become a household name after winning ITV reality series I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
FIFA World Cup 26 official brand unveiled at iconic LA landmark
FIFA president Gianni Infantino / FREDERIC J. BROWN/GettyImages Ahead of the 2026 World Cup, FIFA pulled all the stops for a dramatic unveiling of the tournament's branding this past Wednesday in Los Angeles.FIFA president Gianni Infantino and two-time World Cup winner with Brazil, Ronaldo, unveiled the Official Brand of the FIFA World Cup 26 at the iconic Griffith Observatory.
Will Alyssa Thompson make USWNT World Cup team? Jill Ellis, Carli Lloyd think so
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Although the U.S. roster for this summer's Women's World Cup won't be publicly announced until next week, coach Vlatko Andonovski has already begun letting players know who made the team - and who didn't.One player whose fate isn't certain is Alyssa Thompson, the 18-year-old Angel City forward.
Stanford golf team foursome barking up same tree in U.S. Open at L.A. Country Club
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More than usual, Los Angeles Country Club is covered in trees.Four current members of the Stanford men's golf team have qualified for the U.S. Open - that's believed to be a record for the major championship - and, as any fan of the Cardinal knows, the unofficial mascot of Stanford is the tree.
U.S. Soccer names B.J. Callaghan new interim coach of men's national team
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B.J. Callaghan will coach the men's national team during this summer's CONCACAF Nations League and Gold Cup tournaments, replacing Anthony Hudson, who has served as the team's interim manager since January.Callaghan has served with the USMNT since 2019, joining the program as the strategy analyst before being elevated to an assistant coach.
March Madness Cult Hero Sister Jean' Was Born And Raised Right Here in San Francisco
The annual NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament is underway, and it turns out that the 103-year-old nun who's become the tournament's unofficial Cinderella-team mascot, Sister Jean Schmidt, grew up here in San Francisco.The NCAA basketball March Madness tournament tipped off Thursday morning, as did the day drinking that comes with it.
Rickie Fowler Reserves His Flash for the U.S. Open's First Round
No golf fans followed Rickie Fowler on Thursday dressed the same as he was.That used to be a thing in 2010 when Fowler, then 22, rode his relaxed dirt-biking roots and a boy band vibe complete with a top-to-toe orange outfit and a flat-brim hat to enormous popularity.Fowler, now 34 and a husband and father, was still dapper in Thursday's first round of the U.S. Open at the Los Angeles Country Club but hardly flashy in a soft blue-gray pullover with white trim that matched his white cap, pants and shoes.
The Trump family, which has been the host of LIV tournaments in the United States and a big booster of the series' efforts to break away from the PGA Tour, expects to continue to see tournaments played at its golf courses once the merger is complete.This merger is a wonderful thing for the game of golf, Eric Trump said in an interview on Tuesday.
Judge Rules for Tiger Woods in Secrecy Battle With Former Girlfriend
A dispute between the golf star Tiger Woods and a former girlfriend about her right to live in his home must be resolved through arbitration under a nondisclosure agreement between them, a Florida judge ruled on Wednesday.The ruling put the spectacle on a path to be handled in private a victory for Woods, whose lawyers had contended that his nondisclosure agreement with Erica Herman, his former companion, broadly required disputes to be addressed privately through arbitration, not the court system.
At the P.G.A. Championship, Justin Thomas Looks for Last Year's Magic
PITTSFORD, N.Y.Five years ago, when Justin Thomas came to the 2018 P.G.A. Championship as the defending champion, he was still cruising along as one of the top three players in the game and had spent a stint as the top-ranked men's golfer in the world.At that moment, elite golf came easily to him.Thomas was 25 and the winner of one major championship.
The Same Work but a Lot Less Pay for Women. Welcome to Tennis in 2023.
The best tennis players in the world descend this week on Rome, where men and women will play in the same best-of-three-sets format, on the same courts and in the same tournament, which sells one same-price ticket for both men's matches and women's matches.There is one massive difference between the two competitions, however: Men will compete for $8.5 million while the women will compete for $3.9 million.
Ding Liren of China won the world chess championship in a tiebreaker on Sunday, defeating Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia to become the first Chinese man to hold the world title.Ding's victory is the latest high point in chess for China, a rising power in the game.The country, which once banned chess as a symbol of a decadent West, now holds both the men's and women's world championships.
The United States Open, which begins Thursday at the Los Angeles Country Club, has featured plenty of memorable shots over the years.One was the 4-wood struck by Corey Pavin on the final hole of the 1995 Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southhampton, N.Y.Pavin, clinging to a one-stroke lead, knocked his approach from about 2225 yards away to within five feet of the pin.
In March, DOJ Asked Trump for the Iran Document; In April, DOJ Asked for His Saudi Business Records - emptywheel
Remember how I responded to CNN's scoop that DOJ had recordings of Trump bragging about a document describing a plan to attack Iran that he acknowledged remained classified?I suggested that if DOJ knew he had the document in July 2021, but didn't find it in the documents returned in January 2022 or June 2022 or August 2022, then we'd have problems.
An Eye on the Sky Fine-Tunes the Golf Tournament Below
PITTSFORD, N.Y.Well before daybreak on Thursday, Stewart Williams joined an urgent discussion in a small second-floor room at Oak Hill Country Club, near the nation's northern border.The night had brought cool temperatures, clear skies and gentle winds and that was a problem.Frost was thickening on the golf course and, less than two hours before the P.G.A. Championship's scheduled start, the tournament's top official needed to know when it would melt.
Marlene Bauer Hagge, Last of the L.P.G.A.'s Founders, Dies at 89
Marlene Bauer Hagge, the last surviving founder of the Ladies Professional Golf Association and a member of its Hall of Fame, died on Tuesday in Rancho Mirage, Calif.She was 89.Her death was announced by the L.P.G.A. Hagge and her sister, Alice Bauer, who was six years older, were among the 13 golfers who created the L.P.G.A. in 1950, at a time when women's golf received little attention in the sports pages.
Calgary's New Mayor Says Her City Is More Than an Oil Town
With the recent oil price recovery, Calgary has awakened from a long economic slumber, and its new mayor wants to help the city reduce its dependency on oil by becoming a leader in new sources of energy.Image Jyoti Gondek, who became Calgary's mayor in 2021, believes her city's ethnic diversity helps it grow.Credit...Amber Bracken for The New York Times Jyoti Gondek has a Ph.D. in urban sociology, was a member of the city's planning commission and a city councilor.
TikTok has signed a new, multi-year partnership with Major League Soccer (MLS), which will see MLS share exclusive content and in-app programming, while also incorporating in-stadium activations and TikTok sponsorship of various MLS events and tournaments."As an 'Official Partner' of MLS, TikTok will be integrated into every MLS game throughout the season through various in-stadium branding, TikTok & MLS content across stadium videoboards, and more.
Forward Mana Iwabuchi has been left out of Japan's 23-player squad for this summer's Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.The 30-year-old, who spent the second half of the season on loan at Tottenham from Arsenal, has been involved in the last three World Cups.Her absence means captain Saki Kumagai is the only survivor from the team that won the World Cup in 2011.
Stefanos Tsitsipas Takes On Doubles Tennis and His Kid Brother
Stefanos Tsitsipas already had a lot going on as he arrived at the French Open.He was trying to reach the level of the Grand Slam champions who came before him, like Novak Djokovic, who has beaten Tsitsipas in two major tournament finals, when he suddenly had to defend an attack from the sport's young stars, led by Carlos Alcaraz, a 20-year-old Spaniard ranked No. 1 in the world.
Soccer authorities move toward tougher sanctions for racial abuse over last decade
When Kevin-Prince Boateng walked off the field to protest being racially abused by an opposing team's fans a decade ago, he set soccer authorities on a path toward tougher sanctions in cases of discrimination.His teammates at Italian club AC Milan had his back when Boateng, who is Black, refused to tolerate the abusive chants he heard from fans of a small provincial club during a mid-season exhibition game in 2013.
Organisers of the 2023 Fifa Women's World Cup, which starts in 50 days, say they are closing in on one million ticket sales.More than 850,000 have been sold for the event in Australia and New Zealand."2023 is going to be a landmark moment for women's football," said Fifa secretary general Fatma Samoura.
Paris St-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe has been named as the new captain of the France national team.Mbappe, 24, has 66 caps for France since making his senior debut in 2017."Kylian meets all the requirements to have this responsibility," France manager Didier Deschamps told French TV channel TF1 in an interview to be aired on Sunday.
World Baseball Classic: White Sox players continue to shine
The World Baseball Classic has been live for about a week, and the action has not stopped since.As pool play concludes, the top two teams from each group move on to the quarterfinal round.So far, Pools A and B have wrapped up, with Cuba and Italy advancing from Pool A, and Japan and Australia from Pool B officially moving on to the second round.
Letters to Sports: PGA should be ashamed of itself after LIV merger
While I appreciate Sam Farmer's reporting, I respectfully disagree when he writes: "Professional golf's brief but intense battle is over."If anything the PGA has only switched sides in this battle and is now in conflict with American values.The PGA has entered into a partnership that is profoundly un-American.
At a Soaked P.G.A. Championship, Backward Ball Caps and the Umbrella Dance
PITTSFORD, N.Y.For a while during the third round of the P.G.A. Championship on Saturday, Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas, Scottie Scheffler, Justin Rose, Adam Scott and three or four other golfers were roaming the august grounds of the Oak Hill Country Club with their caps on backward.It makes me feel cool, Rose said.
With the P.G.A. Championship's Move to Spring, a Club Scrambled to Get Ready
Chilly raindrops were falling early this May when Jeff Corcoran walked Oak Hill Country Club's East Course in Pittsford, N.Y., near Rochester.Corcoran, Oak Hill's manager of golf courses and grounds for about the last 20 years, was cautiously confident in its lustrous condition.An unusually warm Western New York winter only 50 inches of snow fell in the Rochester area instead of what is usually around 100 was fortuitous for Oak Hill.
Denny Crum, Who Made Louisville a Basketball Power, Dies at 86
Denny Crum, who won two N.C.A.A. men's basketball championships and built the University of Louisville into one of the dominant programs of the 1980s during a long Hall of Fame coaching career, died on Tuesday at his home in Louisville, Ky.He was 86.The university announced his death after being informed by his wife, Susan.
The world organization for track and field keeps its ban on Russia and Belarus, adding to Olympic debate.
World Athletics, the international governing body for track and field, voted Thursday to continue its ban on athletes from Russia and Belarus from participating in events.The move by one of the most influential international sports federations in the Olympic movement is the latest sign that the push to keep Russia and Belarus out of the 2024 Olympics next summer in Paris has not ebbed, despite the hopes of leaders of the International Olympic Committee that it might.
Professional Soccer Players Union Asks FIFA for Equal Pay Ahead of Womens World Cup
The global professional soccer players' union says it sent a letter signed by 150 women's national team players to FIFA calling for equal World Cup prize money.FIFPro confirmed that the letter, which also asks for equal treatment and conditions for women's teams playing in soccer's most prestigious tournament, was sent to the sport's international governing body in October a month before the start of the men's World Cup in Qatar.
Danny Dyer hopes England can secure win with teamwork at Soccer Aid match
D anny Dyer has said he hopes the England team can secure victory at Soccer Aid this weekend if they look after and rely on each other.The former EastEnders star, 45, is joining Paddy McGuinness, Liam Payne, Scarlette Douglas, Bugzy Malone and former England women's footballer and queen of the jungle Jill Scott on the squad.
Tennis stars get lots of hate online. The French Open gave them AI 'bodyguards'
Sloane Stephens of the U.S. plays a shot against Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus during their fourth round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Sunday, June 4, 2023.Thibault Camus/AP For American tennis star Sloane Stephens, the flood of hateful comments online is never-ending.
Every top club wants a No. 9 striker, but who are the best options?
As the summer transfer window edges ever closer ( find out when it opens across Europe here), there's one thing that's clear: most of the continent's top clubs are looking to sign a new No. 9 striker.With Erling Haaland's 52 goals in 52 games for Manchester City this season proving that a central goal scorer is a key part of any team, a number of teams will be looking to the transfer market to boost themselves in this position.
FIFA's compensation paid to clubs that release players for the men's World Cup has been increased by nearly 70% to $355 million for the 2026 and 2030 tournaments, the global football governing body and the European Club Association (ECA) said on Monday.The Club Benefits Programme affords clubs a share of national team competition revenues in return for releasing players and also protects clubs in case their players are injured on international duty.
Nigeria, South Africa under pressure heading to AFCON qualifiers round 4
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We're passed the halfway stage in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign, with some of the continent's best on the brink of securing their places in the Ivory Coast... and others nervously watching over their shoulder.
A man who racially abused Brentford striker Ivan Toney on social media has been banned from every stadium in the country in the first banning order issued under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act, the Premier League club said on Tuesday.Toney, who has been racially abused several times in the past, shared a screenshot of the message he received on Instagram in October after he scored twice in a 2-0 win over Brighton.
PGA Tour, Europe announce merger with Saudis and rival LIV Golf | CBC Sports
The most disruptive year in golf ended Tuesday when the PGA Tour and European tour agreed to a merger with Saudi Arabia's golf interests, creating a commercial operation designed to unify professional golf around the world.As part of the deal, the sides are dropping all lawsuits involving LIV Golf against each other effective immediately.
LAFC's CONCACAF Champions League title dreams shattered in loss to Leon
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LAFC has made a habit of collecting trophies at its fortress-like stadium in Exposition Park, bringing home two Supporters' Shields and an MLS Cup in the last four seasons.No MLS team has won more.But LAFC let the biggest prize slip through its hands Sunday, losing to León 1-0 at BMO Stadium in the CONCACAF Champions League final, the region's most important club competition.
Koepka Wins P.G.A. Championship, Vanquishing Demons and Boosting LIV
PITTSFORD, N.Y.Six weeks ago on Sunday, Brooks Koepka did not sleep.He had brooding to do and demons to chase.After everything the ghastly knee injury, the agony of unfulfilled ambition, the taunts and the splenetic rift in professional golf that he helped personify he had rallied to a Masters Tournament lead, and then he had fizzled.
The DFB has recently confirmed the upcoming three fixtures for the international window in June.The matches are underwhelming as many fans were hoping for the highest competition to prepare the team ahead of the Euro 2024 in Germany.The team needs all the preparation they can get, considering the last three tournaments for Germany.
Dig this: Long Beach State's Mason Briggs could be next big thing at libero
He's often the shortest player on the court.He wears a different color jersey than his teammates.He almost never scores points.Yet fans still want to be like Mason Briggs.After matches this year, fans regularly approached the Long Beach State libero to tell him that they want to play the same position as him.
Forged After a Tumultuous Era, World Golf Championships Fade in Another
AUSTIN, Texas It was not all that long ago Tom Kim, after all, is only 20 years old but before Kim emerged as one of the PGA Tour's wunderkinds-in-progress, he would watch the World Golf Championships.For sure, 100 percent, Kim cheerfully reminisced as he clacked along this week at Austin Country Club, the site of the championships' match play event.
Lionesses hunt more silverware at Arnold Clark Cup
Having claimed a historic first Euros title last year, England begin their preparations to take on the world whey they host this month's Arnold Clark Cup for the second time.Last year's inaugural tournament was won by the Lionesses , and this year will serve as valuable preparation for summer's 2023 Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Professional trail runner, coach, and pastor Mario Mendoza finds direct parallels between the journey of sport and his work as a pastor, run coach, worship leader, and philanthropist, all of which supports the local community.In a unique combination of work, the athlete thrives while helping others reach their own potential.
VAR is failing LaLiga, has relegated Espanyol to the Segunda
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CloseGraham Hunter is a Barcelona-based freelance writer for ESPN.com who specializes in La Liga and the Spanish national team.That Espanyol were relegated from LaLiga at the weekend might not have had too much impact outside Barcelona, their home city, or China, where their ineffective and unloved owners reside.
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A Massive Pickleball and Roller Skating Venue Opens Today in Edgewood - Washingtonian
Lace up your sneakers and skates: Kraken Kourts -a sprawling pickleball venue and indoor roller skating rink with a bar serving food and drinks-opens today in Edgewood.Once a Forman Mills department store, the massive 70,000 square foot facility (which neighbors other entertainment spaces like Alamo Drafthouse, the Van Gogh Immersive Experience, and Metrobar) houses 14 pickleball courts, an indoor roller skating rink (currently the only one in DC), a bar with food, and lots of cozy courtside cabanas for kicking back.
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Get your brackets ready.The 2023 NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments kick off on Tuesday, March 14 and Wednesday, March 15 (respectively).Make the most of March Madness at these TV-filled bars around DC, offering food and drink deals, happy hour specials, bracket pools, and more.4922 Cordell Ave., Bethesda The Bethesda sports pub is showing all NCAA basketball games on 40-plus TVs, and offer game watch party reservations.
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A New DC Escape Room Called Beat the Bomb Has a Messy Twist - Washingtonian
If you ever secretly wished to be slimed on Nickelodeon as a kid, Beat the Bomb -an immersive team game that opens today in Ivy City-might be right up your alley.Here's how Beat the Bomb's hourlong missions work: A team of four to six players dresses up in protective suits and passes through four rooms-each featuring a different game.
Red Sox Division Rival Rumored To Introduce Awfully Bland Jersey
We're much too early into the 2023 Major League Baseball season, but we already have a leading contender for the worst attempt at introducing a new jersey.And if the online rumors ring true, the Boston Red Sox might see them plenty this season, courtesy of their Americal League East rival the Baltimore Orioles.
Puerto Rico pitchers perfect in 8-inning WBC win vs Israel
MLB Team Puerto Rico bounced back in the 10-0 victory after falling to Venezuela on Sunday.MIAMI (AP) - José De León and three relievers combined on a perfect pitching performance as Puerto Rico routed Israel 10-0 in a World Baseball Classic matchup called after eight innings Monday night because of the tournament's 10-run mercy rule.
Kenley Jansen said he's skipping early WBC rounds to focus on MLB pitch clock rule
Morning Sports Update Jansen signed with the Red Sox in December.Northeastern won the women's edition of the Beanpot on Tuesday, defeating Boston College 2-1 in the final.Also on Tuesday, the Bruins defeated the Stars 3-2 in overtime thanks to David Pastrnak's winning goal: And the Celtics battled Bucks without either Jayson Tatum or Jaylen Brown, falling 131-125 in overtime.
WSL talking points as pressure mounts in title race
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In less than a month the Women's Super League season will be done and dusted, but the title race and relegation battle remain impossible to predict as we enter another weekend of action.
Ryan Hart - King of Fighters Champion 1997.He is one of the godfathers of esports.Ryan Hart is a five-time Guinness World Record holder and multiple world champion who has spent more than two decades competing in combat tournaments around the world.The 44-year-old speaks of "destroying" opponents, leaving them "mentally broken" with defeats that can "haunt for weeks, months, even years".
US to end COVID vaccination requirements for international travelers on May 11
Issued on: 02/05/2023 - 03:48 File photo: Travelers look at Covid-19 results after being tested inside JFK International airport in New York on December 22, 2020, Kena Betancur, AFP The United States will end its COVID-19 vaccination requirements for international travelers and federal workers on May 11, when the coronavirus public health emergency ends, the White House said on Monday.
They're Playing in the Tournament Too, but From the Stands
SEATTLE Ten feet from the basketball players looking to advance their teams to the women's Final Four stood another group of nervous students.They were huddled in the underbelly of Climate Pledge Arena some 30 minutes before tipoff, their arms slung around one another.They were getting ready to play, too.
The unlikely rise of Gaelic football on the fields of Cambodia
Sovann ThidaAva has never met her parents.Born in the mid-2000s, she was found abandoned as a baby on the street in Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh.She was taken in by a local non-governmental organisation (NGO) for disadvantaged children, where she was raised."I have no idea where my mum went," says ThidaAva, who goes by the name Ava.
They're Desperation Heaves for Most Players. For Caitlin Clark, They're Money.
Lisa Bluder, the women's basketball coach at Iowa, had developed a concrete definition of a good shot attempt during her four decades of coaching experience.A player needs to be in range, in rhythm and uncontested.And then, in 2020, a 6-foot point guard named Caitlin Clark arrived on campus and that definition fell apart.
Mbappe 'understands' Griezmann upset over captaincy
New France captain Kylian Mbappe said team-mate Antoine Griezmann's disappointment at being overlooked for the role is "understandable".Mbappe, 24, was named skipper this week after the international retirement of World Cup-winning captain Hugo Lloris.Griezmann, 32, was reportedly unhappy to only be vice-captain with suggesting he was considering retiring.
Golfers tee off one last time for Dell Match Play in Austin
AUSTIN, Texas Golfers will tee off one last time for the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play in Austin this year, starting on Wednesday, March 22. Dell Match Play has been a part of the World Golf Championships (WGC) schedule since 2016 when Dell became the title sponsor and Austin Country Club became the host venue.
ALBANY, N.Y.Like a lot of boys, Donovan Clingan competed in many activities while growing up in Bristol, Conn.: baseball, basketball, fishing and soccer.But when his mother, Stacey Porrini Clingan, died of breast cancer in March 2018 at age 42, Donovan, then 14, decided to channel his pain, passion and prodigious frame into basketball in her honor.
The 2023 World Baseball Classic has reached the final stage, with Team USA advancing to the championship round for a highly-anticipated matchup against Japan on Tuesday night.The fifth installment of the international has been a smashing success, with multiple attendance, viewership and merchandise records being set.
Mexico motivated to go all the way after defeating Canada and advancing to WBC quarterfinals
When the World Baseball Classic began last week, Pool C was viewed as the United States and everybody else.Team USA, the defending champion, was the overwhelming favorite for good reason.The group of position players is unmatched.The pitching staff is one of the tournament's best.But Mexico stunned the U.S. on Sunday to rebound from a group-opening loss against Colombia.
Countdown to Change in Women's College Basketball: One Mississippi
PALO ALTO, Calif.Wait, hold on a minute.Upsets like this aren't supposed to happen, especially during the N.C.A.A. basketball tournament on the women's side.On Sunday night, on its packed home court, a No. 1-seeded Stanford team fronted by a pair of all-Americans played as if it were struggling to learn the basics layups and intelligent passing, to name two.
State bans Christian school from sports tournaments after it refused to play against trans athlete
A Christian school in Vermont has been banned from competing in tournaments sponsored by the Vermont Principals' Association (VPA) after its girls' basketball team refused to play against a team that included a transgender student-athlete.In February, the Mid Vermont Christian School's girls' basketball team forfeited a playoff game against Long Trail School, withdrawing from the Vermont Division IV state tournament.
2023 NCAA Women's Hockey Tournament: Frozen Four Preview
Northeastern has reached the final weekend yet again.This time for the first time they will not play Minnesota-Duluth who was knocked out last weekend.Instead they draw the top seeded Ohioii State Buckeyes.Northeastern v Ohio State This will be the first time since 2006 that these teams meet at all.
Ukrainian boys team embracing respite from horrors back home
Sports The Ukrainian Selects will face the Boston Junior Bruins in the Class AA division of the International Peewee Tournament at Quebec City's Videotron Centre.QUEBEC CITY (AP) - The travel, the diplomatic paperwork and out-of-pocket cost of $20,000 Sean Berube estimated spending crisscrossing Europe to gather a group of 21 Ukrainian refugees to form a hockey team of 11- and 12-year-old boys are a mere pittance compared to the payoff.
2023 World Baseball Classic Day 10: Ohtani, Okamoto send Japan to the semis
The knockout stages are now in full swing at the World Baseball Classic.The morning after the United States and Puerto Rico punched their tickets to the quarterfinals, Japan and Italy brought us the tournament's second win-or-go-home matchup with a spot in the semis on the line.We're bringing this recap early since it was the only game scheduled for March 16th and it wrapped up in the morning Eastern Time.
Gio Reyna named to U.S. Soccer's Nations League roster
Forward Gio Reyna, the player at the center of a three-month soap opera that has engulfed and embarrassed U.S. Soccer, was called up to the national team Wednesday for Nations League games with Grenada and El Salvador.The roster announcement comes two days after U.S. Soccer released a report detailing the friction between World Cup coach Gregg Berhalter and the Reyna family, one that began at last fall's tournament in Qatar and left both men's futures with the national team in doubt.
Girls' high school deemed ineligible to play in future activities and tournaments after forfeiting basketball game against team with transgender student-athlete
A Vermont girls' high school that withdrew from a basketball tournament last month after refusing to play against a team that had a transgender player is no longer able to participate in future Vermont Principals' Association (VPA) activities and tournaments, the group said in a news release Monday.
Can You Predict the N.C.A.A. Tournaments Without Filling Out a Bracket?
A typical N.C.A.A. tournament bracket requires you to pick winners in 63 games.How time-consuming!In our challenge, you only need to make a few simple predictions, and you don't need to be a college basketball expert to give it a shot.Click the Submit button after each question to lock in your answers.
Indiana Is Here to Crash the Women's Basketball Party
For most of Mackenzie Holmes's young life, women's college basketball has been dominated by a handful of teams.Since 2010, Connecticut has won five Division I national championships, while the reigning champion, South Carolina, and Baylor each won two apiece.Stanford, Notre Dame and Texas A&M also won one championship each during that span.
A man who sent a racist message to Brentford striker Ivan Toney on social media has been banned from every football ground in the United Kingdom for three years.It is the first banning order issued under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.Antonio Neill, 24, admitted sending an offensive message at Newcastle Magistrates' Court in January.
Tips to Win an N.C.A.A. Pool Are Everywhere. Many of Them Are Bad.
As you prepare to fill out your annual N.C.A.A. tournament bracket, grimly determined not to throw away your entry fee yet again, you might be tempted to seek help.There are plenty of articles, websites and message board posts out there that presume to offer the secret to making winning selections.Unfortunately, some of the most widely circulated tips are unhelpful at best and actively terrible at worst.
USC earns 10th seed and first-round matchup with No. 7 Michigan State in East region
It wasn't always the smoothest ride, all the way down to the long wait on Selection Sunday.But for the third straight season, USC is on its way to the NCAA men's basketball tournament, punching its ticket as a No. 10 seed.The Trojans will face Michigan State, the No. 7 seed in the East region, on Friday in Columbus, Ohio.
A blank college basketball bracket is a beautiful thing.It is a ski slope cloaked in fresh snow, enticingly unsullied, waiting to be slalomed upon.As it fills up with picks, a bracket becomes something like a work of art, conveying a person's ideas and hopes and imagination.It remains aesthetically pleasing.
RB Leipzig vs. Union Berlin is no duel of East German clubs
ESPN's lead Bundesliga commentator Derek Rae gets to the bottom of why RB Leipzig and Union Berlin -- who lock horns on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. ET (stream live on ESPN+) -- represent a relationship between opposites that has become ever more hostile.Two football clubs based in the often-still-overlooked eastern part of Germany would, you might think, have some shared sense of place and culture.
Seven White Sox players will participate in the World Baseball Classic during spring training, including shortstop Tim Anderson and right-handers Lance Lynn and Kendall Graveman for Team USA.Rosters were announced Thursday.It's been known for some time that Anderson, Lynn, Yoan Moncada and Luis Robert (Cuba) and Eloy Jimenez (Dominican Republic) would participate.
Bayern Munich Frauen sees 18 players called up to international teams
Bayern Munich Frauen were supposed to play Potsdam in the Frauen Bundesliga but had to be rescheduled due to a frozen pitch.In the meantime, the players will be going to their respective international teams during this break, with some of the players playing in tournaments.The rescheduling of the Potsdam game based on when said tournaments will conclude; the Potsdam game will now kick off on February 25.
In just over five months, European champions England will get their 2023 World Cup campaign under way - but one of their opponents is yet to be decided.That will all be cleared up this week as the final three places up for grabs at this summer's tournament are decided via the play-offs in New Zealand.