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NCAA Tournament First Round Begins: What to Watch For
The NCAA basketball tournament already started on Tuesday and Wednesday nights as the “First Four” games played out, with the first round beginning Thursday afternoon. NTD’s Dave Martin has more on the games and what match-ups to watch for.
Basketball’s March Madness: When it Begins and How it’s Developing
We keep hearing about college basketball’s “March Madness,” but when does this Madness begin? And is the NCAA going to expand the number of teams? NTD’s Dave Martin has everything you need to know about the NCAA tournament.
NBA In-Season Tournament Sparks Interest
Generally, sports fans don’t tune in to the NBA until Christmas Day, when the league schedules a bunch of games, knowing they’ll have little TV competition, but the season starts back in October. Another thing the NBA did was entice the players with something like $500,000 per player on the winning team. Even though the […]
LeBron James Signs $97 Million Extension With Lakers
LeBron James signs a two-year, $97 million extension with the Lakers. An election expert weighs in on the NBA’s decision to encourage voting. Serena Williams loses in the first round of the penultimate tournament of her career.
Elena Rybakina Wins Wimbledon Women’s Final for 1st Slam
WIMBLEDON, England—Too nervous to wave, Elena Rybakina stepped into the Centre Court sunshine before the Wimbledon final Saturday and kept a firm double-grip on the black-and-red straps of the racket bag slung over her shoulders. No wave. Not much of a look around. Her play early on betrayed some jitters, too, which makes sense considering […]
2 Auburn Students Win $1 Million Bass Fishing Tournament
AUBURN, Ala.—Two Auburn University students have won the $1 million first-place prize in the Bass Pro Shops U.S. Open National Bass Fishing Amateur Team Championships. Logan Parks, a senior, and Tucker Smith, a sophomore, topped 350 teams in the three-day event at Table Rock Lake in Ridgedale, Missouri, pulling in five fish last Sunday for […]
Roger Hunt: English Football Mourns Death of Liverpool Striker and World Cup Winner at the Age of 83
English football is mourning the death of Liverpool striker and World Cup winner Roger Hunt at the age of 83. Hunt, who scored 285 goals in 492 appearances for Liverpool, died peacefully at his home on Monday following a long illness, said the English club in a statement on its website. “The thoughts of everybody […]
US Beats Japan in Women’s Basketball, Wins 7th Straight Olympic Gold
TOKYO—Team USA extended a historic run of championships in Olympic women’s basketball on Sunday, winning the gold against home team Japan in their first-ever medal match. The United States’ women earned their seventh-straight gold in the 90–75 victory at the Saitama Super Arena, north of Tokyo. Brittney Griner, who plays for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, […]
This Woman Is a Chess Champion, and She’s Blind
Jessica Lauser is relentless on the chessboard. She plays quickly, applying constant pressure on her opponents. She attacks constantly, not unlike the Beth Harmon character from the Netflix television series “The Queen’s Gambit.” She baits her opponents out of their comfort zones, then leverages the element of surprise. Her success in the game has won […]
NTSB Report: Pilot Felt Pressure to Fly Kobe Bryant to Game
LOS ANGELES—As helicopter pilot Ara Zobayan encountered a cloud bank and decided to try to climb out of it, he was likely worried about getting his star client, Kobe Bryant, his daughter, and six others to a girls basketball tournament, federal safety investigators said. That decision cost them all their lives, the National Transportation Safety […]
Woman Struck by Golf Ball Talks About Ordeal, Hopes for Safety Changes
The French woman struck by a golf ball that left her blind in one eye during the Ryder Cup on Sept. 28 says she initially didn’t know what had happened. Corine Remande, who was speaking to the BBC in Lyon on Oct. 3, was struck in the eye when American Brooks Koepka’s drive veered wide […]
Teacher Prayed, Hid, Survived Jacksonville Shooting
A Florida high school teacher, hid behind a table and prayed that he might survive when a disgruntled gamer opened fire at a Jacksonville event. Dalton Kent, 22, was hit in the shin, but he did survive. Two others did not. The victims were identified by media as Taylor Robertson, 27, of Ballard, West […]