Ex-Cowboys CB Orlando Scandrick agrees to deal with Redskins The New York Jets’ trade to move up to the No. 3 spot in the draft will have some serious ripple effects in the first round. USA TODAY Sports’ Nate Davis and Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz on what the huge move means for […]
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MLB is reportedly lobbying Congress to keep minor leaguers from earning minimum wage All over Florida and Arizona this spring, some of the best baseball players on the planet are essentially doing volunteer work in the service of cash-flush Major League organizations: Though spring training is a mandatory part of […]
Connecticut beats Quinnipiac to reach 25th consecutive Sweet 16 Napheesa Collier scored 23 points and top-seeded UConn beat in-state neighbor Quinnipiac 71-46 on Monday night to advance to a 25th straight Sweet 16. Azura Stevens added 14 points and Kia Nurse chipped in with 13 for the Huskies (34-0), who […]
Madness indeed NCAA men’s tournament has been wonderfully chaotic, with more in store This isn’t madness, it’s insanity. A watch-the-clocks-spin-backward, howl-at-the-moon kind of bedlam that’s as spectacular as it is inexplicable. The chaos of the men’s NCAA tournament is why we watch, not really caring if our brackets get ripped […]
U.S. men’s national team calls on Tim Weah, other youngsters, for friendly CHICAGO (AP) — Tim Weah, a son of former world player of the year and current Liberia president George Weah, is among seven players who could make their U.S. Soccer debuts in an exhibition against Paraguay on March […]
Purdue coach Matt Painter’s plan, and contingencies, sent Boilers past Butler to Sweet 16 DETROIT — Purdue basketball glided through the middle of the season with at times a punishing ease. Adversity chased the Boilermakers down in Detroit and started piling on. One senior leader sat the bench Sunday, his […]
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 […]
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 […]
Senior trio hoping to take Fighting Irish to Final Four Senior trio hoping to take Fighting Irish to Final Four:- Mike Brey believes his 2017-18 team can go where only one Notre Dame men’s basketball team has ever gone before. “We’re driven by our senior class to play in a […]
