The No. 1 Duke Blue Devils and No. 4 Arizona Wildcats both had aspirations of playing in San Antonio next weekend, but one of those dreams died Thursday after the two sides played for a spot in the Elite Eight. Cooper Flagg and Duke have been the juggernaut they were advertised to be, winning their first two March Madness games ...

The 2025 Major League Baseball season started in earnest Thursday, with 28 of 30 teams in action on the sport’s proper Opening Day. It began with New York Yankees’ Austin Wells making history and culminating with the the Los Angeles Dodgers raising the 2024 World Series banner. In the Bronx, Wells became the first catcher to hit a leadoff home ...

Texas Tech basketball just wouldn’t go away against Arkansas on Thursday night, and its efforts are sending it to the Elite Eight of the 2025 men’s NCAA Tournament. The Red Raiders mounted a 16-point comeback in the second half to force overtime, before taking the win in the extra period. The win marks the second-largest comeback win in Sweet 16 ...

The Texas Tech Red Raiders were storming back against Arkansas in the Sweet 16, but it was a stoppage that may have benefited them the most. After a missed Razorbacks free throw, Texas Tech was getting ready to push the ball back up the floor with 30 seconds left down 72-69. However, officials stopped play as the clock wasn’t running ...

Duke basketball star Cooper Flagg, one of the top contenders for national player of the year, continued his strong men’s NCAA Tournament showing with another impressive game against Arizona in the Sweet 16 on Thursday. The projected No. 1 overall pick of the 2025 NBA Draft led the 1-seed Blue Devils to a 100-93 win over 4-seed Arizona, as they ...

The first two tickets to the Final Four will be punched Saturday. Four teams advanced to the Elite Eight on Thursday, coming one step closer toward booking a trip to San Antonio. In the West Region, Florida dominated Maryland and Texas Tech used a furious rally to get past Arkansas. Out in the East Region, Alabama kept making 3-pointers against ...

The 2025 Major League Baseball season started in earnest Thursday, with 28 of 30 teams in action on the sport’s proper Opening Day. It began with New York Yankees’ Austin Wells making history and culminating with the the Los Angeles Dodgers raising the 2024 World Series banner. In the Bronx, Wells became the first catcher to hit a leadoff home ...

The 2025 Major League Baseball season begins in earnest Thursday, with 28 of 30 teams in action on the sport’s proper Opening Day. The Los Angeles Dodgers enter the new season as favorites to repeat, further growing their superteam in the offseason. They’ll have stiff competition in the National League with the Braves, Padres, Mets and Phillies expected to contend ...

NEWARK, N.J. — Call it good offense or bad defense. The Alabama Crimson Tide simply don’t care how you refer to it, as long as the ball continues to go in the basket, and it most certainly did on Thursday night. Alabama hit an NCAA men’s tournament record 25 three-pointers in a 113-88 rout of Brigham Young in the Sweet ...

Basketball Hall of Famer Lisa Leslie says don’t count out the USC Trojans just yet. ‘We can’t just write USC off because JuJu (Watkins) is not out there,’ Leslie said in an interview with USA TODAY Sports. ‘We have to give them their respect.’ The No. 1 seeded Trojans will be without superstar guard JuJu Watkins the rest of the ...