The NCAA men’s basketball tournament’s main event is at hand, and a strong case could be made that any of the four teams left standing could wind up cutting down the nets in San Antonio Monday night. First and foremost, of course, they’re all No. 1 seeds as bracket followers well know. The accomplished foursome has a cumulative record of ...
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Rintaro Sasaki didn’t so much choose baseball as it chose him: Born to a legendary high school coach in Japan, gifted with a massive frame that generates prodigious power, and eventually addicted to the game like he was just another diamond junkie from Florida or Texas or California. Yet as Sasaki passes the one-year anniversary of his ...
They’re saying this Final Four repeats the history of 2008, and, by seed, they’re right. In many other ways, this Final Four is so much different. Blue bloods populated 2008 Final Four, won by Memphis. Duke is only blue blood in this Final Four. The 2008 Final Four reflected teams’ blue-chip recruits flourishing. Now, transfers like Florida’s Walter Clayton Jr. ...
President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of Jason Galanis, a convicted ex-business associate of Hunter Biden, whom Trump officials described as the ‘fall guy’ for the former first son’s business dealings. Galanis was sentenced in 2017 to 189 months, or 14 years, in prison, after pleading guilty to securities fraud based on bonds issued by a company affiliated with a ...
Two key bills backed by President Donald Trump are expected to get a vote this week as Republican lawmakers continue their first 100-day sprint of trying to enact the White House’s agenda. The No Rogue Rulings Act (NORRA Act) by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., would limit district court judges’ ability to issue orders blocking Trump policies nationwide. Additionally, the Safeguarding ...
First lady Melania Trump will recognize courageous women from all corners of the world at the State Department Tuesday and is expected to celebrate ‘the extraordinary strength of women who embody love in action around the globe.’ The first lady is returning to the State Department for her fifth year participating in the Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage ...
As President Donald Trump edges closer to potentially bombing Tehran, Iran, the intelligence community does not yet believe Iran is moving toward a nuclear weapon. ‘If they don’t do a deal, there will be bombing,’ Trump said Sunday. It was not clear whether that meant Israel or the U.S. would bomb Tehran. ‘There’s a chance that if they don’t make ...
Hollywood’s blockbuster slate is heating up, and AMC Entertainment is increasing the number of its premium screens to meet demand. The world’s largest cinema chain is adding 40 Dolby Cinema theaters to its U.S.-based AMC locations through the end of 2027. It marks a 25% increase in the number of the branded premium screens, bringing the company’s total number to more than 200. “Premium moviegoing is ...
SPOKANE, Washington — No one is beating UConn. Not USC on Monday night in the Elite Eight. Not UCLA, South Carolina or Texas in the Final Four, either. There are still three games left in the season, but you can be certain of this: When the buzzer sounds Sunday night, it’ll be Paige Bueckers and UConn cutting down the nets ...
And then there were four in the 2025 women’s NCAA Tournament. Three No. 1 seeds — UCLA, South Carolina and Texas — punched their tickets to Tampa Bay, Florida to the Final Four, which tips off on Friday. UConn is the lone No. 2 seed to advance after knocking out No. 1 USC, which was not at full strength following the season-ending ACL ...