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Man gets suspended jail sentence for racially abusing England soccer player Jess Carter on TikTok
A man who posted racially abusive online messages about England Women soccer player Jess Carter received a suspended jail sentence on Wednesday.
Top seeds still remaining in Sweet 16 are winning convincingly
Florida isn't around to defend its title anymore, but all the other top seeds in this year's NCAA Tournament are still around.
North Carolina parts ways with coach Hubert Davis after five seasons
North Carolina and men's basketball coach Hubert Davis have parted ways after five seasons leading the tradition-rich program.
Woods returns at TGL, but can’t stop Los Angeles Golf Club from winning SoFi Cup
Tiger Woods competed for the first time in more than a year and that wasn't nearly enough to stop Los Angeles Golf Club, which made three straight eagles to close out a 9-2 victory in the TGL final Tuesday night to capture the SoFi Cup.
Cinderella-less Sweet 16 represents new normal for March Madness
Midnight is arriving early for college basketball's would-be Cinderellas. For the fourth consecutive year, the men's NCAA tournament will feature just one double-digit seed, 11th-seeded Texas, as the transfer portal and name, image and likeness budgets make it harder for small schools to compete.
Robot umpires, Dodgers try for three titles in row, Rays return to Tropicana Field as lockout looms
Baseball is changing at a dizzying speed in 2026 with the arrival of robot umpires, the return home of the Tampa Bay Rays and an alphabet soup of networks televising games in perhaps the last season before a labor shutdown.
Bigger changes may be on the way to combat NBA’s tanking epidemic
The tanking epidemic is being discussed yet again this week at the board of governors meeting in New York. The NBA has tweaked the draft process a few times over the years, and it seems like bigger changes are finally on the way.
Fitzpatrick, DeChambeau lead growing list of players rounding into form for Masters
Matt Fitzpatrick was one putt away from a chance at winning The Players Championship. Seven days later, his final putt made him a winner at the Valspar Championship. That would seem to bode well for him with the Masters next on the horizon.
Even with robot umpires, MLB managers will find reasons to argue and get ejected
Kevin Cash isn't worried that manager ejections will become a relic of baseball's past just because robot umpires have arrived to settle some debates.
Bullpen questions, depth concerns accompany Nationals’ final roster projections
The cherry blossoms are blooming, and Nationals baseball is on the horizon.
Soccer fans launch complaint over World Cup ticket prices to European Commission
Soccer fans have launched a formal complaint with the European Commission against FIFA over World Cup ticket prices.
March Madness surges to its best TV start with viewership up 5%
The NCAA Tournament is off to its best start on record.
Syracuse hires former star guard McNamara as coach
Syracuse turned to its past by hiring former star guard Gerry McNamara on Tuesday in a bid to guide a fading men's basketball program back to prominence.
Fudd powers UConn past Syracuse and into Sweet 16 for 32nd straight time
Azzi Fudd matched her career high with 34 points and eight 3-pointers to lead UConn to a 98-45 victory over Syracuse in the second round of the women's NCAA Tournament to send the Huskies to the regionals for the 32nd consecutive time.
Players who followed Pollard from Duke lead the way for Virginia
Virginia's baseball program has shown no drop-off without Brian O'Connor.
Virginia becomes first women’s First Four team to reach Sweet 16 after double-OT win over Iowa
Kymora Johnson scored 28 points as 10th-seeded Virginia became the first First Four to reach the regional semifinals after an 83-75 double-overtime win over No. 2 seed Iowa on Monday in a women's NCAA Tournament second-round game.
Raptors sign 2017 No. 1 overall draft pick Fultz to a 10-day contract
The Toronto Raptors signed guard Markelle Fultz to a 10-day contract, the team announced Monday.
Hoiberg turns Nebraska from laughingstock to March Madness darling, Sweet 16 squad
Fred Hoiberg has lifted the Cornhuskers (28-6) from laughingstock to March Madness darling. The Cornhuskers were a combined 14-45 in his first two seasons after he took over in 2019.
Automated strike zone to create winners, losers among pitchers, batters who earned human calls
There will be winners and losers under the Automated Ball-Strike System, which makes its regular-season debut Wednesday night when the New York Yankees play at the San Francisco Giants.
New-look Nationals embrace process as spring training concludes
The Washington Nationals, now led by first-year President of Baseball Operations Paul Toboni and new manager Blake Butera, sent Dylan Crews, 2024's No. 2 overall pick, down to Triple-A Rochester over the weekend. They sent a message in the process: nobody's development would be rushed.
