It could have been, and probably should have been, the University of Nevada playing in the Round of 32 on Saturday. The 10th-seeded Wolf Pack owned a 55-39 lead over No. 7 Dayton with just over seven minutes left in the first round. But the Flyers ended the game on a 24-4 run for an all-time comeback to advance to …
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“Women’s sports is strictly for women and girls.” If we had said that to anyone in 1972 when Title IX was signed into the Civil Rights Act, we might have met blank stares for stating the obvious; we might as well have said, “The sky is blue.” But 52 years later, that statement is seen as controversial. Women’s sports now …
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The Augusta National Invitation Tournament in Georgia teed off for the first time on this day in history, March 22, 1934. “A tradition unlike any other,” in the now-famous words of CBS broadcaster Jim Nantz, the golf competition was renamed the Masters Tournament in 1939 and moved to the first full week of April in 1948. Ralph Stonehouse, fueled by …
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The Kansas Jayhawks avoided an early upset in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament on Thursday night, thanks to a controversial call in the final minute of their first-round match-up against Samford. The 13th-seeded Bulldogs managed to cut a 22-point deficit to just one with 14 seconds remaining when Samford’s A.J. Staton-McCray says he pulled off a “great play” in blocking …
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An on-court scuffle during the Chicago Bulls-Houston Rockets game on Thursday night involving multiple players resulted in star players DeMar DeRozan and Dillon Brooks both being ejected. Houston ultimately won the game, 127-117. The clash took place in the third quarter, with 6:02 remaining and the Rockets leading 84-75. As Houston’s Jalen Green was carrying the ball up the court, …
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Payton McNabb, a former North Carolina high-school volleyball player who suffers from long-term physical and mental injuries caused by a biological male who identifies as transgender during a match in 2022, called out Democrat lawmakers on X for denying the harm that trans women cause in sports. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wa., said during a House Judiciary Committee markup on Thursday …
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Joe Flacco won a Super Bowl a little more than a decade ago with the Baltimore Ravens. His 11-year run with the Ravens came to an end after the 2018 season. He has become somewhat of a journeyman quarterback in the years since. Last offseason, every NFL team passed on the opportunity to sign Flacco. But, Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun …
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NEW YORK – Duke took the court for pregame warmups just as No. 4 Auburn was upset by No. 13 Yale, and the Blue Devils decided one upset was enough for the day. Although it got a little too close for comfort, the fourth-seeded Blue Devils pulled away from No. 13 Vermont for a 64-47 victory. Duke knocked down six …
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NEW YORK – The Northwestern Wildcats and Florida Atlantic Owls felt every emotion possible Friday afternoon at Barclays Center. There was anger and frustration from both sides when they combined to shoot 25.9% from the floor in the first half. And they were both ecstatic when they each had a lead with under a minute to go in the first …
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Steve Alford has coached the Nevada men’s college basketball team the last five seasons. On Thursday, the Wolf Pack faced the Dayton Flyers in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. Nevada held a considerable lead with just over seven minutes remaining in the fourth, but a late-game collapse cost the Wolf Pack the game. Dayton went on a 24-4 …
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