The NFL is expected to argue that the Flores case is an internal league matter and should be heard by an arbitrator, not a federal judge. The Flores case once again laid bare the fact that the NFL, after decades of efforts to increase the diversity of its coaching and executive ranks, has just three …
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Kyrie Irving basked in it – a crowd eager for his return, and his belief that he had won the battle he fought this season against vaccine mandates. When asked about the game, after Sunday night’s 119-110 loss to the Charlotte Hornets, he smiled. He called it “historic” – being able to play for the …
SPOKANE, Wash. – The reigning champions are back in the Final Four. No. 1-seeded Stanford beat No. 2 Texas, 59-50, on Sunday to reach its 15th NCAA tournament national semifinals. The Cardinal were cheered on by a Spokane Arena crowd decidedly in their court thanks to fans of the Hull twins, Lexie and Lacie, who …
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SPOKANE, Wash. – No one here could escape the symbolism. March Madness logos seemed to be everywhere in this small city last week, on posters, stickers, towels, electronic billboards and in hotel lobbies. The madness had come to this and the three other cities hosting the final 16 teams in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament. …
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The last two teams for the women’s Final Four will be decided on Monday night in Bridgeport, Conn., And Wichita, Kan. The lineup includes the Connecticut Huskies, who have been to the past 13 national semifinals. The other three teams have much more to prove. UConn will play North Carolina State in the first game, …
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The United States men’s soccer team is not in the World Cup, not just yet. There is still one last trip to make, one last job to do, one last game to play. It would be hard, though, for a team to keep the Americans from going to Qatar now. And it would be nearly …
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GREENSBORO, NC – South Carolina, the top-seeded team in the women’s tournament, is heading to its fourth Final Four after defeating Creighton 80-50 on Sunday. The Gamecocks put on a show in one of their best games of the year. The 10th-seeded Bluejays, one of several big underdogs in the men’s and women’s tournaments this …
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PHILADELPHIA – After the University of North Carolina men’s basketball team ended the NCAA tournament run by St. Peter’s on Sunday in the round of 8, winning, 69-49, the two coaches involved were facing different futures, albeit promising ones. North Carolina’s Hubert Davis was still on track to become the first first-year coach to win …
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The Elite Eight round of the NCAA women’s tournament begins on Sunday, bringing even higher stakes and tight matchups. In the Greensboro and Spokane regions, two No. 1 seeds will fight for the Final Four spots that they believe are rightfully theirs, and two lower seeds – one much lower – will try to spoil …
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TAMPA, Fla. – The strongest division in baseball history – one through four, anyway – looks daunting again. Four American League East teams earned more than 90 victories last season, a first for divisional play, which dates to 1969. Now the Yankees, the Boston Red Sox, the Tampa Bay Rays and the Toronto Blue Jays …
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