SAN ANTONIO – Welcome to the Final Four, brought to you by the AARP, the Social Security Administration and Geritol. By college basketball standards, the Alamodome this weekend might as well be a nursing home. If you’re looking for a collection of players who are, shall we say, unusually mature to still be in college, you’ve come to the right ...
TAMPA, Fla. — Cori Close had a unique opportunity after her first season leading UCLA women’s basketball. The Bruins didn’t make the NCAA Tournament after that 2011-12 season, and she decided to make use of her extra offseason time. She called former Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw and UConn coach Geno Auriemma, asking if she could come watch practice to ...
The first day UCLA returned from the offseason, Kiki Rice could see Lauren Betts was different. She hadn’t overhauled her game or developed a new shot. The All-American center hadn’t needed to. What Betts had been missing was confidence, the ability to see in herself what everyone else did. “I could tell what a different player she was and ...
The Las Vegas Raiders acquired quarterback Geno Smith from the Seattle Seahawks in an offseason trade. The organization is making it clear the veteran is set to be the team’s starting quarterback for years to come. The Raiders signed Smith to a two-year extension Thursday, according to multiple reports. The deal will tie Smith with Derek Carr to be the ...
Miller Gardner, the teenage son of New York Yankees alum Brett Gardner, died from carbon monoxide poisoning, Costa Rica officials confirmed. A new toxicology report found the 14-year-old South Carolina boy’s body had carboxyhemoglobin level of 64%, which is 14% above what is considered lethal, the nation’s Judicial Investigation Agency said Wednesday. Costa Rican officials initially suggested that Miller died ...
Ja Morant was the hero Thursday night, capping an eventful week for him and the Memphis Grizzlies by beating the buzzer to down the Miami Heat, 110-108. Morant’s fadeaway jumper in the paint gave the Grizzlies the win and marked his 29th and 30th points of the night. It was the first win for the Grizzlies since the team’s surprise ...
After failing to record an extra-base hit through six games, Alex Bregman went 3-for-5 with his first home run for the Red Sox, two doubles and three RBI in his team’s 8-4 win over the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards. Bregman got things started with a two-run homer in the first off Orioles starter Charlie Morton, opening the scoring and ...
All but one Senate Republican voted on Thursday to confirm President Donald Trump’s nomination of Harmeet Dhillon to serve as an assistant attorney general. While the 52-45 vote was almost entirely along party lines, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska, joined Democrats in voting against Dhillon’s confirmation. Fox News Digital reached out to a Murkowski spokesperson on Friday morning to request ...
The Trump administration fired National Security Agency Director Gen. Timothy Haugh and civilian Deputy Director Wendy Noble, according to a report. The reasons for the firing remain unclear as of early Friday. They were first reported by The Washington Post on Thursday. Haugh also served as commander of the U.S. Cyber Command – a position from which he was also ...
Only four teams remain in the 2025 women’s NCAA Tournament. Who will be the last team standing? The Final Four in Tampa Bay, Florida is made up of three No. 1 seeds — UCLA, South Carolina and Texas. UConn, however, is the betting favorite to cut down the nets as the sole No. 2 seed remaining. Will UCLA cap its historic season with the ...