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South Carolina Gamecocks basketball coach Dawn Staley sparked fierce reactions on social media Saturday after she was asked about transgender participation in women’s sports. Staley and the Gamecocks outlasted N.C. State in the Final Four Friday night and will face Iowa in the national championship Sunday. During a press conference, OutKick’s Dan Zaksheske asked Staley her thoughts on the burning …

Purdue men’s basketball star Zach Edey became a two-time AP Player of the Year award winner ahead of the team’s Final Four matchup against N.C. State Saturday night. But Edey feels his profile and his wallet could have been padded a bit more this season with name, image and likeness deals. Because he’s from Canada, he’s not legally allowed to …

The UConn Huskies earned a shot at back-to-back men’s basketball national championships on Saturday with an 86-72 win over the Alabama Crimson Tide. The Huskies’ starting lineup was in double figures in scoring and the team shot an impressive 50% from the field to remind the nation why they were the defending champs. The Huskies had a four-point lead at …

The clock struck midnight on N.C. State’s Cinderella story Saturday night, and Purdue put away the Wolfpack in a men’s Final Four matchup, 63-50. Purdue will play in the national championship game for the first time since 1969. The Boilermakers only had a six-point lead over the Wolfpack at the half. But they were able to maintain that lead and …

LSU athletics were thrust into the spotlight over whether programs should be on the field or the floor for the national anthem. Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry urged state officials to enact a policy that requires student-athletes to be present for the national anthem after the LSU women’s basketball team received harsh backlash for missing “The Star-Spangled Banner” before its game …

The Deion Sanders-led Colorado Buffaloes took the college football world by storm last season. The Buffaloes had a disappointing finish to the season but have added several notable players to the roster over the past few months and will enter the 2024 campaign with high expectations. While Sanders is working to make sure the team is fully prepared for the …

The South Carolina Lady Gamecocks need just one more win to have a perfect season, and it will come in the national championship game. No. 1 South Carolina kicked off the women’s basketball Final Four with yet another dominant victory on the hardwood, this time over No. 3 NC State, 78-59, on Friday night in Cleveland. And of course, it …

The upsets in March Madness are what college basketball fans dream about when the NCAA Tournament comes around each year. And when they do come, there’s always those one or two players for the team no one expected to win their first-round matchup that gain immediate fame. That was Oakland University’s Jack Gohlke this year after he dropped 32 points …

The UConn Huskies gave Caitlin Clark fits in the Final Four, but that didn’t matter as the Iowa Hawkeyes are heading to the national title game again after a 71-69 win. The Huskies’ Nika Mühl made it a one-point game after UConn forced a steal on Iowa, and they would get a chance to take the lead with just seconds …

“Anybody can take it. Anybody can win it.” The words of Iowa star Caitlin Clark perfectly sum up the women’s tournament this year as just two games stand between the Hawkeyes and the program’s first national championship. But nothing about March Madness is ever certain. Caitlin Clark #22 of the Iowa Hawkeyes celebrates after the win against the LSU Tigers …