TAMPA, Fla. — Bree Hall was a bundle of nerves before her first national championship game. Hall, then a freshman, said she took a melatonin supplement to drift into a restful sleep in Minneapolis because she was so scared the night before South Carolina beat UConn to win the 2022 NCAA Championship. But last night? The senior guard said she’d sleep ...
BERKELEY, Calif. — There was a point earlier this year, after his house — along with his livelihood and his worldly possessions — had vanished in a fiery blaze, when Gary Hall Jr. perhaps fully realized why he was a swimmer. “Sport is not life or death,” the five-time Olympic gold medalist told USA TODAY Sports. “It’s entertainment. It really ...
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! For years, some of us have written about the Biden family’s multimillion-dollar influence-peddling operation and the Justice Department’s refusal to charge Hunter Biden with being an unregistered foreign agent. Now, years later, The New York Times has found evidence suggesting that the former president’s son was acting as a foreign agent as early as ...
Americans nearing retirement and recent retirees said they were anxious and frustrated following a second day of market turmoil that hit their 401(k)s after President Donald Trump’s escalation of tariffs. As the impending tariffs shook the global economy Friday, people who were planning on their retirement accounts to carry them through their golden years said the economic chaos was hitting ...
In a 2024-25 men’s college basketball season defined in some part by endless video reviews, it’s perhaps fitting that one of the biggest discussion points after the most thrilling game of the 2025 NCAA Tournament centered around the officials. Houston’s stunning 70-67 comeback victory against Duke Saturday night in the Final Four was made possible, in part, by a questionable ...
BERKELEY, Calif. — There was a point earlier this year, after his house — along with his livelihood and his worldly possessions — had vanished in a fiery blaze, when Gary Hall Jr. perhaps fully realized why he was a swimmer. “Sport is not life or death,” the five-time Olympic gold medalist told USA TODAY Sports. “It’s entertainment. It really ...
SAN ANTONIO – From the moment Florida reached its locker room at halftime of Saturday’s 79-73 national semifinal win against Auburn, the focus turned entirely to one corner of the room. Auburn had just finished the first half with 26 points in the paint, shooting 13-of-18 on 2-pointers. Johni Broome, seemingly unbothered by his elbow injury, scored a team-high 12 ...
Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd have waited a long time for this moment. UConn’s one-two punch of Bueckers and Fudd came close to winning it all in 2022, but the Huskies fell short to South Carolina in the championship game. Despite the 64-49 blowout loss, the future looked bright for UConn and its dynamic duo. But as fate would have ...
Caitlin Clark is back in the women’s national championship game. Sort of. No, the former Iowa star isn’t playing, but she’ll be part of the broadcast for Sunday’s NCAA Tournament title game between Connecticut and South Carolina. ‘The Bird and Taurasi Show,’ hosted by retired legends Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi, has been ESPN’s alternate broadcast for the women’s Final ...
SAN ANTONIO – For the last year, every day his feet have touched a basketball floor, J’Wan Roberts has finished that day’s work with 150 made free throws. Not free throws, total. The makes, plus however many he misses on his way to 150. Roberts isn’t alone. It’s a dedicated practice for Houston’s players, so engrained in team behavior coach ...