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Fans welcome UConn’s repeat champs back to campus
UConn’s men’s basketball team returned tonight to the campus the school has branded the “Basketball Capital of the World.” Read more
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UConn’s men’s basketball team returned tonight to the campus the school has branded the “Basketball Capital of the World.” Read more
Tara VanDerveer lent her time and energy to a young Dawn Staley behind the scenes years before the South Carolina coach started winning championships or delivering an improbable undefeated season. Read more
Iowa’s Caitlin Clark won the John R. Wooden Award for the second straight year as the nation’s top women’s college basketball player today. Read more
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The women’s NCAA championship game drew a bigger television audience than the men’s title game for the first time, with an average of 18.9 million viewers watching undefeated South Carolina beat Iowa and superstar Caitlin Clark, according to ratings released today. Read more
Urias, 27, faces charges including one count of spousal battery, two counts of domestic battery involving a dating relationship, one count of false imprisonment and one count of assault, according to the Los Angeles City Attorney’s office. Arraignment is scheduled for May 2. Read more
Tristen Newton scored 20 points for the Huskies, who won their 12th straight March Madness game — not a single one of them decided by fewer than 13 points. Read more
The NAIA, which oversees some 83,000 athletes competing in more than 25 sports, is believed to be the first college sports organization to take such a step. Read more
With Staley directing a relentless attack from the sideline, the Gamecocks (38-0) became the 10th Division I team to go through a season without a loss. And they accomplished the feat after they lost all five starters from last season’s team that lost to Clark’s squad in the national semifinals. Read more
UConn withstood an early wave of 3-pointers before holding the Crimson Tide (25-12) without a field goal during a five-minute second-half stretch. Read more
Edey, the back-to-back AP Player of the Year, had his 29th double-double of the season Read more
It was one of the most-viewed games in any sport other than college football and the NFL over the past couple years. Read more
Caitlin Clark led Iowa back to the national championship game, scoring 21 points as the Hawkeyes rallied past Paige Bueckers and UConn 71-69 in the women’s Final Four on Friday night. Read more
The talented and tenacious Gamecocks (37-0) led by one at halftime before putting their full arsenal on display in the third quarter. Read more
The 19-year-old son of LeBron James announced today on his Instagram account that he also plans to retain his college eligibility and will enter the transfer portal. Read more
Like a loss in the playoffs, voter rejection of a stadium tax plan will force the Kansas City Royals and Chiefs to reevaluate their approach. Read more
The Final Four this week delivers the last entry in college basketball’s heartwarming yearbook, an annual assortment of legendary longshots, coaches looking for hugs and magic oozing from every corner of the bracket. Read more
The Athletics will leave Oakland after this season and play temporarily at a minor league park near Sacramento until their planned new stadium in Las Vegas is built. Read more
Dre Davis scored on a layup with 16 seconds left tonight to cap Seton Hall’s decisive late run, giving the Pirates a 79-77 victory over Indiana State and their first NIT championship since 1953. Read more
During a tour of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on their first night in town, several North Carolina State players picked up instruments and began jamming like a garage band. Read more
Their memories are blurry. Of AAU tournaments and Team USA practices. Of gold medals and deep 3s. O Read more
The star guard from Iowa was honored Thursday as The Associated Press Player of the Year in women’s basketball for the second consecutive year. Read more
