No. 11 seed Syracuse shocks No. 3 Michigan State to advance to Sweet 16 A bubble team with a 50/50 chance of playing in the NCAA tournament a week ago, Syracuse is suddenly in the Sweet 16. The Orange used their vaunted 2-3 zone to frustrate Michigan State and got […]
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Rory McIlroy: Limiting alcohol would curb unruly fan behavior Add golfer Rory McIlroy to the list of pro golfers who are becoming more agitated by the behavior of unruly fans at PGA Tour events. He boils it down to one factor: alcohol. After shooting 67 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational […]
UMBC watch party: celebrating NCAA history, cheering tournament darlings, studying CATONSVILLE, Md. — Eventually the crowd, expected to be modest because students are on spring break, grew so large that an overflow room had to be opened. So dozens of University of Maryland-Baltimore County fans — students, alums, neighbors of […]
2018 NCAA tournament: Houston’s liftoff starts with Rob Gray, basketball’s Baker Mayfield When Kelvin Sampson watches Rob Gray play, a dervish in a man bun firing up three-pointers or careening through the lane for layups, then making sure everybody knows about it afterward, the comparison is easy. “Baker Mayfield,” the […]
List of NFL’s 10 shrewdest free agent signings includes likely Hall of Famer, former first rounder Most of the big names on the NFL’s free agent market have signed, many commanding headline-making megacontracts. But it’s the shrewd deals made in the offseason that often determine a team’s fortunes. It was […]
Why believe Floyd Mayweather when he talks MMA fight Floyd Mayweather speaks so loudly, so brashly and so often, that it is tempting to dismiss his latest verbal offering as little more than an empty effort to stay relevant in retirement. Earlier this week, the former pound-for-pound boxing champion insisted […]
March Madness: 10 key takeaways from the NCAA tournament’s first-round action Friday UMBC is the greatest Cinderella of all-time. The Retrievers became the first-ever No. 16 seed to knock off a No. 1 seed in the men’s NCAA tournament history. And they did it in dominant fashion by drubbing the […]
Magic turn it on in 4th quarter, fall at home to shorthanded Celtics The Boston Celtics relied on their tough defense to get a sorely needed victory on the road. Terry Rozier and Greg Monroe each scored 17 points, helping the Celtics hold off the Orlando Magic 92-83 on Friday […]
Hot start propels Jazz to 110-79 win over Pistons If there’s such a thing as a perfect quarter, the Utah Jazz came close to playing one. No one could have scripted a better start to Utah’s 110-79 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night than what unfolded for the […]
Thomas rallies Lakers past Nuggets 112-103 Isaiah Thomas scored 12 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter, and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied to beat the Denver Nuggets 112-103 on Tuesday night. Julius Randle and Kyle Kuzma each had 26 points and 13 rebounds for Los Angeles, which trailed […]
