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March Madness: 154 perfect women’s brackets remain on ESPN’s site after Ohio State’s loss
LAS VEGAS — Perfect brackets on the ESPN Tournament Challenge site fell hard after second-seeded Ohio State exited Sunday in the second-round action of the women’s NCAA Tournament. Seventh-seeded Duke rallied from 16 points down to defeat the Buckeyes 75-63, causing 1,283 perfect brackets to drop to 154. Just .05%...
LSU coach Kim Mulkey lashes out at Washington Post, threatens legal action
BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU coach Kim Mulkey lashed out at and threatened legal action against the Washington Post on Saturday, saying the paper has spent two years pursuing a “hit piece” about her and that it gave her a deadline to answer questions this past week while the defending...
Coaches across Pa. state universities reach tentative labor pact with State System
Union and management negotiators have a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract covering athletics coaches across Pennsylvania’s 10 state-owned universities, officials said Thursday. If ratified by the parties, the pact between the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Facilities and State System of Higher Education would run through...
Top seed South Carolina hopes its young talent will fuel March Madness run
COLUMBIA, S.C. — It has been a different run of perfection for South Carolina coach Dawn Staley, fueled by a lot of precocious, talented young players who make it difficult at times to know exactly what comes next. “It feels a little bit different because they’re so young,” said Staley,...
Purdue faces the ghost of a shocking March Madness loss. Virginia has some advice on how to move on
Purdue had just fallen unexpectedly in the Big Ten Tournament last week and Braden Smith sat down alongside star Zach Edey and coach Matt Painter to meet reporters. It took three questions to conjure a March Madness specter: the Boilermakers’ improbable loss as a No. 1 seed to 16th-seeded Fairleigh...
Micah Handlogten will rejoin Florida for NCAA tourney after breaking his leg in the SEC title game
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida center Micah Handlogten, who gruesomely broke his left leg two minutes into the Southeastern Conference championship game on Sunday, will be on hand to watch the Gators in the NCAA Tournament. Already using crutches while recovering from surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Handlogten will make...
ESPN will remain the home of the College Football Playoff through 2031 under $7.8 billion deal
The College Football Playoff and ESPN announced a $7.8 billion deal Tuesday that will give the network exclusive rights to the expanded postseason through the 2031 season, with the national championship game moving to ABC starting in 2026. Financial terms were not announced, but as previously reported the new six-year...
Clemson joins Florida State, becomes 2nd school to sue ACC as it seeks to exit conference
Clemson sued the ACC in a South Carolina court Tuesday, joining Florida State in challenging the league’s right to charge schools hundreds of millions of dollars to leave. The complaint filed in Pickens County says the ACC’s “exorbitant $140 million” exit penalty and the grant of rights used to bind...
UConn back at No. 1 in AP Top 25 ahead of repeat bid in March Madness
Reigning national champion Connecticut is back at No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll a day after being named the top overall seed for the NCAA Tournament. The Huskies moved up from No. 2 in Monday’s poll, trading spots with Houston after the Cougars’ lopsided...
March Madness bracket reveal is the first step in a likely NCAA Tournament free-for-all
The story of March Madness figures to look a lot like the story of the regular season that led up to it: a healthy cross-section of very good teams, few dominant ones and no strong consensus on who’s the best bet to be cutting down nets at the Final Four...
Temple, Loyola (Md.) men’s basketball programs disclose gambling-related investigations
PHILADELPHIA — Temple University said Friday it will review reports that show at least one game involving its men’s basketball team was flagged for unusual betting activity while Loyola (Md.) said it had removed a person from its basketball program after it became aware of a gambling violation. The separate...
Caitlin Clark’s record-setting game draws top women’s basketball regular-season TV rating since 1999
Caitlin Clark’s record-setting game for Iowa against Ohio State on Sunday attracted more than 4 million television viewers at its peak and was the most-watched women’s regular-season basketball game since 1999, Fox Sports announced Tuesday. Clark scored 35 points and passed Pete Maravich as the NCAA Division I overall career...
Iowa’s Caitlin Clark breaks Pete Maravich’s NCAA Division I scoring record
Caitlin Clark stood alone at the free throw line on Sunday and made the foul shots that left her standing alone atop the all-time NCAA Division I scoring chart. The flash and pizzazz of her game have made her the biggest name in all of college basketball. Yet it was...
After loss in court, NCAA pausing investigations into 3rd-party NIL deals with athletes
Following another courtroom loss, the NCAA has halted investigations into booster-backed collectives or other third parties making name, image and likeness compensation deals with Division I athletes. In a letter to member schools Friday, NCAA President Charlie Baker said the Division I Board of Directors directed enforcement staff “to pause...
No. 25 South Florida enters the week with an AP Top 25 ranking for the first time ever
South Florida started the year with a new coach in Amir Abdur-Rahim and a roster picked to finish in the bottom half of its league, then had a rough start that seemed to justify that status. Instead, the 25th-ranked Bulls are closing February in far different position: armed with their...
Duke’s Scheyer wants the ACC to implement measures to prevent court-storming after Filipowski injuryVideo
Duke coach Jon Scheyer wants the Atlantic Coast Conference to implement measures to prevent court-storming after star big man Kyle Filipowski was hobbled following a collision with a fan during a weekend loss at Wake Forest. Scheyer said Monday that Filipowski was “a little bit sore” following the incident, which...
Texas rises to No. 3 in women’s AP Top 25 behind South Carolina, Ohio State
Texas rose to its highest ranking in more than a year in the Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll Monday after another week of shakeups among the top teams. The Longhorns moved up two spots to No. 3 after four of the top seven teams lost at least one...
Judge rules against NCAA, says NIL compensation rules likely violate antitrust law, harm athletes
A federal judge Friday barred the NCAA from enforcing its rules prohibiting name, image and likeness compensation from being used to recruit athletes, granting a request for a preliminary injunction from the states of Tennessee and Virginia in dealing another blow to the association’s ability to govern college sports. The...
Does soon-to-be NCAA scoring leader Caitlin Clark need title to be among game’s best?
Iowa’s Caitlin Clark will soon be the NCAA’s all-time scoring leader in women’s basketball. That, in many minds, is enough to put the 22-year-old Iowa star among the greats of college basketball. But even after passing Kelsey Plum atop the NCAA women’s list and perhaps Pete Maravich on the men’s...
Ohio State climbs to No. 2, Stanford up to No. 3 behind unbeaten South Carolina in women’s AP Top 25
Ohio State is up to No. 2 in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll, matching the best ranking in school history. The Buckeyes, who were fifth last week, have won 11 straight games and their only losses this season have come to USC, UCLA and Michigan. The Buckeyes...
No. 23 Indiana State ranked for 1st time since 1979; UConn remains No. 1 in AP Top 25
Indiana State’s balanced scoring, free-flowing offense and its goggle-wearing big man have the program off to one of its best starts in years. Now the Sycamores have something that hasn’t happened since Larry Bird played in Terre Haute: a spot in the AP Top 25. Riding a nine-game winning streak,...
UCLA coach Chip Kelly steps down after 6 seasons as Bruins prepare for move to Big Ten
UCLA coach Chip Kelly stepped down Friday after six seasons leading the Bruins, and a person involved in the decision confirmed to the Associated Press he was leaving to join Ohio State as offensive coordinator. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because Ohio State still was finalizing the deal...
UConn, Purdue and North Carolina stay atop AP Top 25; South Carolina joins for first time since 2017
Reigning national champion Connecticut, Purdue and North Carolina remained atop The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll for the third consecutive week, while South Carolina cracked the rankings for the first time in nearly seven years. The Huskies earned 45 of 61 first-place votes to remain at No....
Steve Belichick agrees to take defensive coordinator role at Washington, AP source says
SEATTLE — Steve Belichick has agreed to be the defensive coordinator for new coach Jedd Fisch at Washington, a person with knowledge of the move told The Associated Press on Monday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because no announcement has been made. The move was...
Packers hire Jeff Hafley away from Boston College to become their defensive coordinator
Jeff Hafley is leaving his job as Boston College’s head coach to become the Green Bay Packers’ defensive coordinator. The Packers announced Wednesday night that Hafley will take over for Joe Barry, who was fired last week after three seasons as Green Bay’s defensive coordinator. Hafley went 22-26 at Boston...
