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The No. 2 seed Purdue Boilermakers are headed to the Elite Eight round of the 2026 March Madness, thanks to the heroic putback of senior forward Trey Kaufman-Renn with just under a second left in the second half of their Sweet 16 game against the Texas Longhorns on Thursday in San Jose. Kaufman-Renn’s game-winning bucket […]

The No. 3 seed Illinois Fighting Illini are moving on to the Elite Eight portion of the 2026 NCAA Tournament after pulling off a 65-55 win on Thursday against the No. 2 seed Houston Cougars in a Sweet 16 matchup at the Toyota Center in Houston. Illinois basketball’s suffocating defense played a big role in […]

The San Francisco Giants began their 2026 MLB campaign with a loud thud. In Luis Arraez’s regular-season debut for his new team, the Giants got clobbered in a 7-0 loss at the hands of Max Fried and the New York Yankees on Wednesday night at Oracle Park in San Francisco. There are not a lot […]

Veteran Philadelphia 76ers point guard Kyle Lowry rarely sees action in the 2025-26 NBA season, but on a special night on Wednesday, he got the nod to take the floor against the Chicago Bulls at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia. After all, Wednesday is his day, as he celebrates his 40th birthday. With a win […]

Rick Pitino has the fifth-seeded St. John’s basketball still standing in the 2026 NCAA Tournament, and they will have their biggest test of the season on Friday. With a ticket to the Elite Eight on the line, the St. John’s Red Storm will lock horns with tournament favorite and No. 1 seed Duke Blue Devils […]

With a huge college basketball head-coaching job opening in the ACC, particularly in Chapel Hill, following the North Carolina Tar Heels’ firing of Hubert Davis, big names like Michigan basketball’s Dusty May have been mentioned as possible candidates to succeed Davis. May has already shut down the notion of a possible move to UNC, saying he’s “incredibly […]

The No. 2 seed Iowa State Cyclones are still dancing in the 2026 edition of March Madness, and they will be taking on the No. 6 seed Tennessee Volunteers on Friday in a Sweet 16 matchup at the United Center in Chicago. However, there remains a major injury concern for the Cyclones, with senior forward […]

The New York Knicks continue to take care of business. They extended their winning streak to seven games after outlasting the New Orleans Pelicans in a 121-116 victory at Madison Square Garden in New York on Tuesday night. Jalen Brunson had a big performance for the Knicks, pacing his team with 32 points on 11-for-19 […]

The Detroit Red Wings are not doing themselves any favors of late, as they have dropped their last two games, including Tuesday night’s 3-2 loss at the hands of the Ottawa Senators at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. With the NHL Stanley Cup Playoff races getting more intense, the Red Wings have failed to capitalize […]

It is on to a new era for North Carolina basketball. After just four seasons on the job as the Tar Heels program’s head coach, Hubert Davis is gone in Chapel Hill, with the school deciding to fire him following yet another disappointingly early exit from the NCAA Tournament as a No. 6 seed. The […]

It is the dawn of a new era for Syracuse basketball after the program hired school legend Gerry McNamara to be its head coach. McNamara goes back to his college basketball roots with his latest career move, coming after he had just guided the Siena Saints to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 16 years. […]

The New York Yankees closed out their 2026 spring training campaign with an 8-3 win over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday at Sloan Park in Mesa, Arizona. Gerrit Cole looked good in a short start, as he struck out Pete Crow-Armstrong and Michael Busch consecutively before running into trouble against Alex Bregman. The Cubs third […]

The coverage schedules and broadcast tandems for games in the Sweet 16 round of the 2026 edition of March Madness have already been announced by CBS Sports and TNT Sports. On Thursday, Brian Anderson, Jim Jackson and Allie LaForce will handle the game between the No. 11 Texas Longhorns and No. 2 Purdue Boilermakers, while […]

Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers got some good news following their 105-104 win over the Orlando Magic on the road on Saturday. Luka Doncic was initially expected to serve a one-game suspension after accumulating his 16th technical foul of the 2025-26 NBA regular season during the Magic game at the Kia Center in […]

Luka Doncic has been otherworldly of late, but the Los Angeles Lakers superstar guard is still human. During a break in Thursday’s game and amid his scoring outburst in South Beach against the Miami Heat, Doncic was seen on camera looking exhausted on the bench, and also seemingly uttering a profane word to describe how […]

The No. 11 VCU basketball added to the stunning first day of the first round of the 2026 NCAA Tournament. The Rams battled back from a 19-point deficit and shocked the college basketball world with an 82-78 overtime win against the No. 6 seed North Carolina Tar Heels on Thursday at Bon Secours Wellness Arena […]

The No. 8 seed Ohio State basketball’s NCAA Tournament campaign has come to an end on Thursday, as they suffered a 66-64 loss at the hands of No. 9 seed TCU Horned Frogs at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina. It was not just the Ohio State’s March Madness trip that ended with […]

It will take some time for the sting of losing to Venezuela in the championship game of the 2026 World Baseball Classic to wear off for Paul Skenes and the rest of Team USA. The Americans were favored to beat Venezuela, but they ultimately fell short of their mission to take home the gold, as […]

The fifth-seeded Wisconsin Badgers were shown the door quickly (and unexpectedly) in the 2026 NCAA Tournament. Greg Gard’s team became the first victim of a Cinderella in this year’s edition of March Madness, falling prey to No. 12 seed High Point Panthers to the tune of an 83-82 score on Thursday at Moda Center in […]

The New York Rangers and the New Jersey Devils faced off Thursday night at Madison Square Garden, giving Olympic teammates JT Miller and Jack Hughes a chance to reunite on the ice, this time back to their usual roles for their respective NHL teams. Following the game, Miller was asked whether he had developed a […]

Even the supporters of 11-seed Miami (OH) RedHawks made a splash during Wednesday night’s First Four matchup at UD Arena in Dayton, against the 11-seed SMU Mustangs. With 13:37 remaining in the second half, SMU senior forward Corey Washington went to the free-throw line for a couple of freebies, with the Mustangs behind by a […]

The 11th-seeded SMU Mustangs will be without one of their key players for Wednesday night’s First Four showdown in the NCAA Tournament against fellow 11-seed Miami (Ohio) RedHawks. The Mustangs will be without the services of senior guard BJ Edwards on the floor against Miami (Ohio) due to a lower-body injury. “NEWS: BJ Edwards won’t play tonight for SMU […]

The Memphis Tigers took several steps back in the 2025-26 college basketball season. But that did not keep Tigers head coach Penny Hardaway from admiring the work he did in his eighth season on the job. “I feel like it’s the best coaching job I’ve done,” the 54-year-old Hardaway said, despite guiding Memphis to just […]

The WNBA and its players’ association finally agreeing to a new collective bargaining agreement is great news for many people. It is especially incredible news to the players, including none other than Las Vegas Aces superstar A’ja Wilson. Under the new CBA, the salary cap increases from just $1.4 million to at least $7 million. […]

Syracuse basketball’s search for its next head coach continues. The Orange fired Adrian Autry after just three seasons, leaving the program without a main man to take charge. One candidate that had been floated was South Florida Bulls head coach Bryan Hodgson, but he’s apparently now out of the running for the post, according to […]

Bryce Harper and Team USA failed to get the job done in the championship game of the 2026 World Baseball Classic. But despite the United States’ 3-2 loss to Venezuela on Tuesday night at loanDepot Park, Harper made sure to show up to congratulate the other side. The Philadelphia Phillies superstar went over to the […]

The 16th-seeded Howard Bison have done it. At last, the program has a March Madness win under its belt after defeating No. 16-seed UMBC Retrievers in the First Four round of the 2026 NCAA Tournament. Howard basketball outlasted the Retrievers for an 86-83 victory and a ticket to the first round of the Big Dance. […]

The Montreal Canadiens got back on track on Tuesday, snapping a two-game losing skid with a 3-2 overtime win against the Boston Bruins at the Bell Centre in Montreal. The hero for the Habs was none other than Cole Caufield, who earned first-star honors after recording an assist and a goal for a two-point evening […]

The Detroit Pistons will not have star point guard Cade Cunningham for the remainder of their Tuesday night showdown against the Washington Wizards at the Capital One Arena in Washington. The former Oklahoma State Cowboys star played in only five minutes before heading to the locker room in the first half of the Wizards game […]

It just keeps on getting worse on the injury front for the Memphis Grizzlies. Another Grizzlies player is done for the remainder of the 2025-26 NBA season, as Santi Aldama recently went under the knife to address a knee issue. He will no longer see action this campaign. “Grizzlies forward Santi Aldama underwent a successful […]

The New Jersey Devils may not be having a stellar 2025-26 NHL season, but that’s not dimming the spotlight on Jack Hughes, who’s enjoying a great individual campaign. Hughes, who was Team USA’s hero in the gold-medal game at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, reached a noteworthy milestone on Monday night against the visiting Boston […]

Somebody forgot about Atlanta Hawks forward Jalen Johnson. With a little over two minutes left in the second quarter of Monday night’s game between the Orlando Magic and the Hawks, veteran Atlanta guard CJ McCollum made a move along the baseline and attracted multiple Orlando defenders. What the Magic seemingly did not see was Johnson […]

After getting blown out by the St. John’s Red Storm in the Big East Tournament championship game on Saturday, Dan Hurley and the UConn Huskies are turning all their attention to the NCAA Tournament. UConn basketball is looking to reclaim the national title after missing out on a three-peat in 2025. Winning it all again […]

Juan Soto’s patience at the plate during a high-pressure moment in Sunday night’s World Baseball Classic game between his Dominican Republic and Team USA did not pay off. Facing a 0-2 count in the bottom of the eighth inning against Team USA reliever Garrett Whitlock, Soto was offered a curveball that went below the strike […]

Aaron Judge stepped up on defense for Team USA in the early goings of Sunday night’s World Baseball Classic semifinal game against the dangerous Dominican Republic. After a hit by the Dominican Republic in the third inning, Fernando Tatis Jr. sprinted toward third base, but he could not get there on time, as Judge hosed […]

Arkansas basketball freshman Darius Acuff Jr. continues to amaze. In his latest performance, he turned heads anew with another NBA draft-stock boosting showing, as he led the Razorbacks to an 86-75 win over the Vanderbilt Commodores in Sunday’s SEC Tournament championship game. Acuff torched the Commodores, going off for 30 points on 9-for-20 shooting from […]

No one scored 83 points on Thursday night in the Association, but someone erupted for a 50-point triple-double, courtesy of none other than Los Angeles Lakers superstar guard Luka Doncic. The former NBA scoring champion ripped the Bulls’ defense to shreds with a performance to remember. In just 37 minutes, Doncic racked up 51 points […]

Former Auburn Tigers head coach Bruce is still putting the mad in March. In a video that’s been making its rounds on social media, the 65-year-old Pearl can be seen going ballistic in the stands during a game on Thursday between the Tigers, who are now coached by his son, Steven, and the Tennessee Volunteers […]

Not even the threat of automatic suspension stopped Los Angeles Lakers superstar guard Luka Doncic from playing with some attitude, at least during one moment, in Thursday night’s home game against the visiting Chicago Bulls. During a possession in the first half, Doncic swished in a step-back jumper with Bulls forward Matas Buzelis’ outstretched arm […]