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Four-time NCAA Division I women’s basketball national champion Kim Mulkey presumably spent her Saturday morning putting the final touches on LSU’s game plan for their Sweet 16 matchup with the second-seeded UCLA Bruins. But just hours before tipoff, The Washington Post released its much anticipated profile of Mulkey. The longtime college basketball coach recently placed a spotlight on the article …

LSU star Angel Reese says the commotion on the handshake line after the Tigers’ 78-69 win over UCLA in the Sweet 16 Saturday stemmed from an assistant coach “talking a little crazy.” Broadcast cameras caught the tense moment when Reese appeared to say something to someone in the UCLA line. Angel Reese (10) of the LSU Tigers drives against Christeen …

Jake Bates played three college football seasons as a kicker, but he was used exclusively on kickoffs. That meant, even as a kicker, he never attempted an extra point or field goal in college. So, naturally, he drilled a 64-yard field goal with just two seconds left to give the UFL’s Michigan Panthers an 18-16 win over the St. Louis …

For the first time in school history, the UConn Huskies are in the Final Four in consecutive years. The top-seeded Huskies continued their March Madness dominance since their national championship last year with a 77-52 victory over third-seeded Illinois. With less than 90 seconds left in the first half, the game was tied at 23, and it looked like the …

The New York Mets honored slain NYPD officer Jonathan Diller with a moment of silence ahead of their home opener against the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday afternoon. Players from both teams lined up along the baselines as a tribute to Diller was shown on the Jumbotron at Citi Field in Queens. Slain NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller is remembered during a …

Louisville basketball fans are still celebrating Oakland’s upset of Kentucky, despite the Golden Grizzlies’ run coming to an end in the second round. The first real shock of March Madness came in the first round when Oakland topped the third-seeded Wildcats in an 80-76 victory behind Jack Gohlke’s career-high 32 points last week. Aaron Bradshaw, #2 of the Kentucky Wildcats, …

Reed Rohlman, a former Clemson Tigers outfielder who was a two-time All-American and later a Kansas City Royals draft pick, died in Florida Wednesday, the school said. He was 29. Rohlman played for the Tigers from 2014 to 2017. He batted .329 with 11 home runs and 135 RBIs during his collegiate career. Kansas City selected him in the 35th …

U.S. women’s national team midfielder Korbin Albert issued an apology Thursday after she was called out by former U.S. captain Megan Rapinoe for commenting on social media content Rapinoe ripped for being hateful toward the LGBTQ community. Rapinoe, who’s legendary career came to an untimely end when she suffered an Achilles injury in the final match of her career in …

Shohei Ohtani was adamant that he never bet on baseball, or sports in general, nor did he ever willingly pay a bookie, but not everyone is buying that story. Ohtani claims that his now-former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, stole money from his bank accounts in order to gamble, but that came after Mizuhara said that Ohtani had openly helped him pay …

Former LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels could be one of the first quarterbacks off the board next month in the NFL Draft, and he’s already turning heads on social media. NFL fans were quick to wonder about Daniels after a picture of his throwing arm went viral. Fans focused on the way his elbow looked as he threw in a few …